Thursday, December 5, 2013

Disney World - Day 4 - Magic Kingdom & Epcot

We started the last full day of our Disney World trip by going back to Magic Kingdom and getting on the Buzz Lightyear ride again!



And Dumbo, too!


This time, the boys got a chance to run around Tom Sawyer Island, and they loved it!



The only cute thing about this picture is Ben's adoring face... not sure why there's a sticker stuck on mommy's forehead though!


We promised dessert if they ate their lunch...


After the boys took a little nap in the car, we went to Epcot. The park's iconic geosphere was pretty impressive!


We all enjoyed the Spaceship Earth ride inside the geosphere!


This was the view of the stars above us as we rode through the geosphere...


Oma and mommy were being super silly...


The end of the ride led us to a play area with a bunch of fun interactive games...



The boys kept begging for these bubble blowers sold throughout the parks, and sweet oma bought them each one...


Naughty Bryce blowing bubbles on his brother's face...


Of course, Epcot had it's own giant Christmas tree...


At the end of nearly every single ride at Disney World, there was a gift shop... of course! So, we made a deal with the boys that they could pick out one little toy at the end of each park visit. Waiting on them to pick out a toy was quite a long and painful ordeal!


After what felt like 10 hours walking around one of the Epcot gift shops, they each finally made a decision!


A water show started outside of the gift shop, so we sat and watched...


The geosphere looked spectacular at night...


There were only a couple of rides at Epcot that the boys were tall enough to ride and most had very long lines, except for the Spaceship Earth. So, we decided to ride it one more time...


Oma and mommy rode together again and made more goofy faces for the screen! Is that an arm on top of mommy's head?




Then we spent more time in the play area...



My adorable glowing cosmic boy...


My three boys playing a 3D game...


Needless to say, we all had an amazingly great time at Disney World! It is definitely a magical place!!


Wednesday, December 4, 2013

Disney World - Day 3 - Hollywood Studios

The boys perfected the tourist look by day 3 of our Disney World trip!


Hollywood Studios was also decorated for Christmas with a giant Christmas tree...


Well, hello, little guy!


Ready for the Star Wars ride! The boys loved it!


They were being so goofy while oma and I tried to take their picture next to McQueen and Mater!


It took about a dozen tries to finally get this!


We had to get a penny from each park for their penny passports...


The fake rain and explosion was pretty cool on the movie set tour...


Opa was ready to give a speech for his Oscar...


In line to see Mike and Sully!


Bryce was a little spooked by them so daddy had to stand between him and Sully, while Ben held Mike's hand. So cute!


This picture makes me smile every time I see it!


This was the cute ceiling above the LONG and SLOW moving line for the Toy Story ride... but, it was definitely worth the wait!


We had lots of time to take pictures while standing in that line!



We finally got close enough to the front to receive our 3D glasses. This picture made me laugh out loud!


Coolest ride ever!!!




We were sad when it was over! If the line wasn't so long, we would've ridden that ride again!


The iconic Sorcerer's Hat!


The boys always said no to face painting... until Disney World!


I don't think I've ever seen Bryce sit that still for that long before!


Ben was so excited!





Our adorable Super Hero!


Bryce's face took a little bit longer so Ben got to watch him...


Love it!



So cute!!!


Next stop was the Disney Junior - Live on Stage show...


Confetti!


We stopped for one of their all time favorite treats! Bryce was trying to eat without getting cotton candy on his face paint. :) He got so upset when he accidentally wiped some of the paint off around his mouth so we headed back to the face painting tent to get a free touch up. He was happy again.


We got front row seats (and churros inside an R2D2) at the Fantasmic show!


It was time to pull out mommy's hidden stash of glow sticks and light up rings!



The show began as soon as it got dark!



Being on the front row had it's one big disadvantage... the loud speaker that was sitting right in front of us! It bothered Ben so much that Daddy eventually had to carry him away for a little while.



It wouldn't be a true Disney show if there weren't fireworks! Bryce was so tired that he slept through all the fireworks!


Bryce still sleeping while mommy shopped in the gift shops...


We had a long fun day at Hollywood Studios!