On Thursday we visited Animal Kingdom. I wasn't sure what to expect with Animal Kingdom and honestly did not think I'd care for it all that much, but it ended up being one of my favorite parks. It's really just a big, beautiful zoo with great places to eat and tons of shade--much needed that day since it was super hot and sunny. There isn't much by way of rides there, especially for someone under 40" tall or for pregnant women (those restrictions shut us out of some things) but I'm still glad we went and we had a good time.
One of the funniest/most ridiculous things said during the trip happened at Animal Kingdom when we went to a petting zoo. They had goats there and right outside of the pen was a big bucket full of brushes you could use to pet them. Chad, trying to call Charlotte over, said "Hey! Charlotte! Want to brush a goat?" It's not a question that gets asked...ever.
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| Brushing a goat while holding her nose to escape the "stinky smell." |
On Friday, our last full day at Disney, we went to Hollywood Studios. We had planned on staying there much of the day but we ended up only staying for a few hours. It was definitely our least favorite park...there wasn't much going on that appealed to us and it was the hottest and sunniest day there--with no shade anywhere. At that point everyone was completely exhausted, hot, and very tired of walking around. You could definitely say that by this point we were all ready to go home!
The highlight of Hollywood Studios was meeting Baymax and Hiro from Big Hero 6.
We left Hollywood Studios early and headed back to the hotel for a nap. That evening we had reservations at The Crystal Palace at Magic Kingdom that we did not want to miss since A) they were hard to get and B) that's the only place in all of Disney with the Winnie the Pooh characters. And Charlotte definitely wanted Winnie to meet Winnie.
She was so excited when we got there that she stood peeking in the window with rapt attention until our table was ready.
I don't have many good shots of her with Tigger, but it's alright because she was chosen to do something very special--she got to lead a parade through the restaurant with him! That was a big deal :)
After dinner we walked around Magic Kingdom one last time. Charlotte rode her favorite ride again--the carousel.
On the way out, Charlotte got an unexpected surprise when we spotted Princess Aurora in a secluded gazebo area. There was no line, so we thought maybe she was heading over to Fairytale Hall (where the line is always at least 45 minutes). The photographer saw Charlotte and called her over so she got to have a visit with Aurora right before we left.
Saturday morning we woke up early and were on our way--the last shuttle, bus, monorail, train, and airplane ride of the week and we were ready!
It was so nice to get home after a fun but truly exhausting vacation. On top of that, Charlotte's nasty cold that she had during our trip turned into an ear infection, so by Saturday night she was pretty miserable. It's taken until today for all of us to feel somewhat well rested and back to something resembling a normal routine.
Even though I've only visited once, I feel like I could write a book of advice about traveling to Disney World...Chad suggested I write something called "Disney for Introverts" or "Disney for People Without Patience" or "How to Visit Disney with a Child Under Age 7 and Not Kill Anyone."
I don't know about a book, but there's definitely one last Disney post in mind about all of those topics so stay tuned :)
~Stacy
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