Disney - Day 1

We are home from our 10 day vacation to Florida where we went to Walt Disney World, Sarasota Florida to visit our relatives and spend some time at the ocean, and ended our vacation at Sea World.  Lexi got to go to Walt Disney World when she was 5, so now it was Will's turn since he recently turned 5.  Our traveling companions on this trip were our good friends the Fischers..Josh, Tammy, Maddie and Abbie. Hopefully after spending so much time together, they will still be our friends. :)

Here is Abbie and Will at the Appleton airport.  They were both flying for the first time.

Our trip began on  Friday, September 16, 2011.  We had to get up at 3 a.m. to get to the airport for our flight out of Appleton at 5:30 a.m.  We had no problem getting the kids out of bed with the anticipation of what they would see over the next week. 

Lexi, Abbie, Will and Maddie

 Abbie and Will patiently waiting for our plane.

 Ready for take off!

 At the O'Hare Airport..eating some breakfast.  Our original flight plan didn't have much of a layover, but since booking our flight, they changed it to us having a 4 hour layover in Chicago.  With the anticipation of the trip and being together with their friends, the four hours didn't seem all that long.

Love this pic..Lexi and Maddie

We called them our "camp directors" for the trip.  After we did something at Disney they would immediately ask what we were doing next.  They made sure we stayed on our toes and didn't miss anything, especially all the big rides..they couldn't get enough.

 Lexi's Mickey earrings she had gotten for Christmas...

 We have arrived at the Orlando Airport!  Below is Abbie and Will on the Disney bus taking us to our hotel.  If you stay on Disney property, a Disney bus picks you up and takes you to your hotel.  You don't even have to worry about luggage, it meets you in your room a few hours later.

 Lexi on the bus

 Outside our hotel.  Notice Josh in his Kentucky shirt and hat..he got asked many times if he was from Kentucky and if he bleeds blue. lol

 Maddie walking the red carpet...

 Lexi doing the same..

 Checked in and walking to our rooms..

 Stopping to pose for a picture with Daisy...

 and Donald...

 Our themed room was the Love Bug..this was the car outside of our rooms..

 Cool off spot outside of our room..

 Once we were settled, we had tickets to go to Magic Kingdom for a Halloween Party from 7 p.m. to midnight.  The kids wore the costumes that they wore last year.  The party was awesome and worth the money.  They only sell so many tickets, so you could walk on most of the rides.  There was a Halloween parade and trick or treating.  Seeing all the other costumes was fun as well.

 The gang ready to go.  Abbie was only able to keep her dress on for a short time because it was so hot and sticky, she had to change into something cooler.

 At the Magic Kingdom!!

 Standing in front of Cinderella's castle.

 Going on Splash Mountain for the first time of the day!

 Dance party with Woody, Jessie and Bullseye.  Lexi got picked to dance with Woody.

 Will giving Bullseye and high five

Abbie and I took our first ride on the tea cups while the rest went on Space Mountain for the first time. 

Will and Abbie meeting Buzz

Back at our hotel.

Abbie fell asleep on the bus on the way back to the hotel..

as did Will.  After being up since 3 a.m., they were exhausted.  We finally made our way to our rooms around midnight.

A great start to the vacation. :)