Disney World- Day 3

Day 3 of Disney was full of fun and exhaustion!  Literally- Exhaustion!  I'll explain more about that later:)! 
We started the day off by getting up early to make the early hours at Epcot.  We got packed up and headed out on the monorail.  Kenny felt the need to make fun of me and my fanny pack though and obviously felt the need to document it as well, as shown in the picture below.


On our way to the first park- Epcot!

 The kids loved the monorail- they had alot of fun riding them and were really excited when we got to ride the "Tron" themed one.

Waiting at the Monorail Station

Once we got to Epcot (and after hearing the men complain, yet again, about the amount of things us girls pack) we headed to the fun rides.  None of us felt the desire to see the "countries" part of Epcot, so we hit the rides immediately and stuck with them!

Maddie & Samantha in front of what all the kids called the "Big Golf Ball".

Leaving Epcot with our troop.

Our kids were able to ride alot with all the swapping we were able to do because of the babies! We started with riding the newer ride called Soarin' which was amazing and ended up being a huge favorite out of all the rides! The babies loved the Nemo ride, and the Talkin' with Crush was hilarious! We also got to ride Test Track and Mission:SPACE.  Not to mention the ice cream!

Cole and Parker, looking at the sea creatures while waiting for Talking with Crush.

Maddie & Rusty
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After Epcot we headed (as quick as we could!) over to the Magic Kingdom to our lunch at Cinderella's Royal Table inside the castle.  We were in a bit of a rush to make our reservations because of a mix up with the monorail system, so we had to rush the kids into Magic Kingdom, but I don't think that they really cared- they were just excited to be there.

The back side to Cinderella's Castle (and entrance to Cinderella's Royal Table Restaurant).

We bee-lined for the back of the castle where the restaurant was and made it just in time! 

At this point, Cole was starting to act really tired.  He kept asking if we could go back to the hotel because he was tired.  He felt pretty hot so we gave him some Tylenol and a ton of water, and then we let him relax in the stroller for awhile.  We went in to eat, and he was still wanting to just lay down on the bench and sleep (which he finally did toward the end of our meal). 

Inside of Cinderella's Castle

Inside of Cinderella's Castle

Armor inside of Cinderella's Castle


Once inside the castle the kids got to meet Cinderella and have their pictures taken with her.  Then we got to walk up the winding staircase to our table.  It was in a beautiful large room with a huge window overlooking the Magic Kingdom.  When we got in there we saw all the other princesses walking around to each table.  Our waiter was wonderful- he started off by wishing Katie a Happy Birthday (this was her Birthday dinner!) 

Maddie, Katie, & Cinderella



Inside of Cinderella's Castle in the restaurant

The kids each received a Wishing Star, and the girls got magic wands and the boys got swords!  Cole felt well enough for a few minutes to have a sword fight with Parker at the next table.  The food was incredible!  Very good, even though Cole didn't eat anything, but we did get him to drink his Sprite.

Maddie, Katie & Cole eating at Cinderella's Royal Table



My favorite princess there was Ariel!  She almost had me in tears at one point.  She noticed how quiet and sad looking Cole was and took him aside and whispered all sorts of adorable things to him!  He perked up a little and was smiling and I was so impressed that she didn't care that he might be sick (we had told her that he wasn't feeling to well) and she still gave him a hug and made sure he felt special!  I LOVE her!!! She was so great!  She even continued to play with my kids when she was done with our table by making faces at them when they were getting their pictures taken with other princesses!  She was the BEST!

Ariel, aka the Little Mermaid, with Katie, Cole, & Maddie

Snow White actually had a high-pitched voice like in the movie.  It sounded so funny!

Snow White and the kids

 Princess Arora told the girls that they all matched perfectly that day!

Princess Arora (Sleeping Beauty) with Katie & Maddie

Belle asked Cole what his favorite ride was that he has been on so far, and Cole told her test track.  She said, "Beast loves that ride, when he's wet he rides it, and it's like a big hairdryer for him!"  Cole thought that was pretty funny!

Belle, Katie, Cole, & Maddie

That was the best lunch I think I've ever had!  It was so much fun for us and the kids (even with Cole sick). 
After lunch we decided to take the kids back to the hotel and let them rest a little and go swimming.  It was a great idea because we were able to get out of the hottest part of the day.  It was also good for Cole to get out of the heat.  We went back to the hotel, and of course Cole perked up just enough to talk me into letting him go swimming with the rest of the kids.  In hindsight I should have made him take a nap with Logan and I, but I gave in because I wanted to let him have as much fun as he could.  Plus I figured if the doctors we were traveling with thought it was ok;) than I'm sure it was fine! They figured he just got overheated.  The best thing when your kid is feeling ill is knowing your surrounded with people who can take care of him:)!!! 

Maddie & Katie waiting outside Cinderella's Castle



Maddie, Mary Poppins, & Katie

After swimming and naps we were ready to go again!  We headed off to the Magic Kingdom again, and started off with a stop to the hat store first!  We had to get our ears!  Maddie choose the traditional mouse ears with a colorful twist, Katie picked out a cute pink Disney ball cap, and Cole picked out the Pluto hat with ears!  SO very cute!  I tried to get Logan something, but he did not like the idea of wearing a hat.  After that we were headed down Main Street toward the rides!

All of us in front of Cinderella's Castle

Cole was excited to get going again, he was a little drugged up for the rest of the day, and still tired and hot, but he hung in there the best he could!

Cole in his Pluto hat

Cinderella's Castle

We all had a good laugh when someone tried to sell us balloons for $10 EACH!  Really, we might as well attach a ten dollar bill to a balloon and watch it fly away!  :)

Looking down Main Street toward the entrance in the Magic Kingdom.

We walked through Cinderella's Castle this time because their were no performers out front.  The kids liked that.

Walking by Cinderella's Castle

Main Street

The first ride we went on was 'It's a Small World'.  I was warning the kids that it was a boring ride, but was surprised to see it was different than I remembered.  Not nearly as long, and actually quite cute!  The kids liked it, and it was perfect for Logan, who was staring in awe the entire time!

Outside of 'it's a small world' ride- our first Magic Kingdom ride!



Katie & Parker

We were pretty lucky this entire trip.  Before we left Kenny was warning the kids that we would be standing in line for at least an hour for every ride.  I thought he was being a little extreme, but I still expected to wait about 30 mins for the rides, and longer for the popular ones.  Lindsey and I were good about getting fast passes and baby swap tickets when we could, and I had an app on my phone that let me know the wait times of every ride.  With all that we were lucky enough to get on alot of rides almost immediately.  Most of the time we would go on a few 5 minute wait time rides and then use a fast pass.  The kids also got to go on rides multiple times because we could get baby swap tickets.  So they would ride with the moms first then go with the dads.  It worked great!  I don't remember ever waiting in line longer than 20 minutes, and even then we only did that once or twice.

Maddie, heading into our first ride!

Maddie, waiting to go on the ride.

Katie, waiting in line for It's a Small World.

Waiting in line for our first ride.

Cole, ready to ride!

Logan- The first ride was his favorite!

Katie & Parker- she was making it look a little more exciting than it really is:)

Maddie & Samantha- It's a Small World ride

Cole, with a little fever, but still smiling!

Logan- trying to see everything.

It's a Small World

After riding It's a Small World we headed to the Haunted Mansion.  The kids were all excited to go on that one after see pictures and videos on it.  Katie went with me, and out of all our kids she gets the most frightened.  We started the ride and before we even settled into our seat her head was in my lap and her hands were on her ears!  I think after hearing the first part she was just too scared to open her eyes or hear anything.  It was a little bit of a bummer, and I kept trying to tell her that it wasn't that bad, but she wouldn't listen to me.  We did eventually go on it again on Sunday, and after talking to the other kids about what it was like she was brave enough to go again and actually keep her head up and watch everything during the ride.  She actually liked it after that:) !

Fantasyland

We then went to Splash Mountain!  This one is a super fun ride!  We were again lucky enough to have some guy give Chase a bunch of fast passes that he wasn't going to use!  So we headed straight to Splash Mt. to use them!  The kids and the moms went on first while the dads and the babies waited for the next round.

Logan and his best-buddy Rusty!

Playing outside Splash Mt.



No, we did not plan the shirts:)



Katie & Logan

Katie, Rusty & Logan playing in the Splash Mt. play area.

After Splash Mountain the kids were all hungry and their was a cute place right next to the ride so we stopped there.  It was called Pecos Bill Tall Tale Inn and Cafe, and it had HUGE hamburgers!  It also had really yummy taco salads!  We found some seats outside which were perfect because to our surprise the Electrical Parade was going by right when we finished and out tables were right next to the street! 

Kenny & Maddie eating at Pecos Bill Tale Tall Inn and Cafe.

The parade was fun, and a perfect way for the little ones (aka Logan & Rusty) to finish their night.  They loved the parade and all the lights and dancers.

Watching the Electrical Parade.

Tinkerbell!

Logan loved the parade!

Katie & Parker watching the parade.

After the parade Lindsey and I decided to take the younger kids back to the hotel and put them to bed, and I also decided to take Cole since he was starting to fade pretty quickly.  Since we were leaving at 10 we made it right when they were letting off the fireworks!  The dads stayed with Maddie, Katie, & Parker to go on more rides until they dropped or 1:00am, whichever came first!  (They dropped first, because they got back around midnight.)  They were able to go on a ton of rides though- Big Thunder Mt., Pirates of the Caribbean, Space Mt., Peter Pan's Flight, Splash Mt., Prince Charming's Carrousel, and they had pretzels!  They told us all about it the next morning!

Katie on Prince Charming's Regal Carrousel

Maddie & Katie on Pirates of the Caribbean

Maddie riding Prince Charming's Regal Carrousel



Kenny, Katie, & Maddie in front of Cinderella's Castle