Days #3 and 4: Disney Trip-Arrival at our destination and our first day at Disney!

I am a little behind on my posts but I was just so busy last night preparing for our first day at Disney today that I forgot to post about yesterday. Basically yesterday we woke up at a Residence Inn in Orlando and had a very leisurely breakfast at their breakfast buffet. We had some time to kill because we were meeting Bill's parents for lunch and then heading over to the resort where they have their timeshare to stay for the week. Lunch was at a Denny's, no big deal, but we were able to get into the resort early and check-in. The skies had been looking like rain all morning but it had held off of course until we got in our room and put on our suits. It started to pour! Gwynny was SO upset! How do you tell a 4 year old that wants to go swimming in a really cool pool with a pirate ship and all kinds of cool stuff that she has to wait until it stops raining? Hmmmm....well Daddy and Grandma decided to head over to the pool anyways with Gwynny after about a 1/2 hour when things calmed down a bit. Gwynny had a BLAST! The pool is definitely a highlight of this resort and it's only 1 of 2 that they have here. You could literally come down here and not even go to Disney and have a blast just hanging out at the pool. There is also a lake here, but you can't swim in it. I guess certain times of year you can get some kind of boat and go out on the lake but that wasn't available right now. They also have a Bar and Grill by the pool, as well as a playground and picnic area and miniature golf! It's really sweet! So after spending an hour or so down at the pool after Grandpa and Lily and I also came down shortly after the others we headed back to the condo and had a really nice dinner and relaxed. We had a big day ahead of us because today we were going to the Magic Kingdom!

This morning we woke around 6:30am to start getting ready for the trek over to WDW! We finally got everyone out of here around 9am and had to drive about 4-5 miles to get there. We parked then took the tram to the ticket offices but we purchased our tickets at the Disney store before arriving so we were able to go in and get in the line for the monorail. FYI: Those of you thinking about going to WDW and your child is fed through a feeding tube and takes medications that need to be kept cold do not fear. Disney will keep your medications cold at the First Aid office for no charge. We ended up not having to use that luxury because the weather today was very chilly. The high was in the 50's and it was very windy! I am so thankful that Billy went outside this morning before we left and came back in to tell all of us to put on heavier clothes or we would freeze our butts off! So we did and at times we were still cold. Still better than the 20 degrees they are having back at home I guess.

Gwynny completely enjoyed the day! We spent the day going through Mickey's Toon Town, Fantasyland, and Tomorrowland. We hit all rides and attractions in Mickey's Toon Town, and Fantasyland except Snow White's Scary Adventures because Gwynny opted not to go on that one. A little too scary for her! The only thing we did in Tomorrowland was "The Laughing Floor" with Mike Wickowski from Monster's Inc. Very cool! We especially loved Mickey's Philharmagic which was a 3-D movie that was very cool, the Dream's Come True stage show in front of Cinderella's Castle, and the "Celebrate a Dream Come True Parade". Lots of princesses to see in both the stage show and the parade. Gwynny was in heaven though she was convinced the witch in the stage show was the real one! LOL! There were also lots of characters located at specific spots throughout the park which was very cool to see. We didn't get any pics with them because Gwynny doesn't like to get close but we did get to see them in fact while waiting in line for the "Mad Tea Cup" we noticed that the white rabbit was on the ride and then Alice got on and joined him! So much fun! I felt like a little girl in a candystore today! A couple of times I just got very teary-eyed because I never ever thought last year that I would be at Disney World with my family especially with everything that happened with Lily. It definitely was a "Dream Come True" today and I thank the Lord for the opportunity to be able to go. We can't wait to get back there tomorrow and have even more fun! Stay tuned...