Epcot Day 1

We had been advised by many to skip Epcot but when we realized our tickets were park hoppers we decided to head over there for the evening (After Animal Kingdom). We were super glad we did! We enjoyed Epcot so much we decided that we would go again the next day. What we enjoyed:

(1) The Finding Nemo ride and aquarium area was cool

(2) The food was good. We ate dinner in the Germany area and were very happy with our meal

(3) I loved all the country themed shops and wish I had more time to spend in them

(4) The greatest event of the night was the Maelstrom Norway ride-the girls loved it and since there was no line we proceeded to go on it five times!

(5) We caught the fireworks show which we thought was pretty cool.

Animal Kingdom at WDW

Animal Kingdom was cool. The tree in the middle was awesome. It's called the Tree of Life and the base is made up of tons of animal shapes-really cool but I kept wanting to call it the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil-lol. 

We took the Kilimanjaro safari, and the train in Africa. The girls were able to play conductor and blow the whistle while everyone was boarding the train-thanks Daddy! The highlight of Brooke's trip was meeting Rafiki (who I dont think she has ever cared about before), we got caught in our only real Florida thunderstorm here and needed to buy ponchos because we lost all the ponchos we bought the day before at the Magic Kingdom. David and I went on Expedition Everest which is in the running for the coolest ride I have ever been on. We all went on the Dinosaur ride which is basically Indiana Jones but Dinosaurs-Sydney liked it-shocking. We saw the Nemo musical which I was a little bit skeptical of but it was actually really cool. All and all we were there for about 3/4 of the day and then decided to head to Epcot for the evening.

Brooke's Birthday Dinner

Dinner for Brooke's birthday was at Tony's Italian restaurant on Main Street. This restaurant is themed from Lady and the Tramp. I had read that you can request the patio and as a result we saw Electrical Light Parade #2 during our dinner. Mom and I split the Chicken Parmesan and it perfect-in fact all the food was great. Brooke got meatballs so that made her very happy. The girls danced to the music and we also got to see the Wishes show on the castle which was basically World of Color on the castle. Great ending to the perfect day at the Magic Kingdom.

Afternoon Snack Time (At WDW)

David and I picked the frozen chocolate bananas.

Disney's Main Street Electrical Parade!

When this parade left California for Florida I bought one of the lights that was in the parade-it sits in our curio cabinet. I bought the VHS video of the parade and used to play it for Sydney all the time. We missed it and it was my number one must see for the Magic Kingdom. I was lucky enough to see it three times while we were there. Couldn't love it more!