Disney World Day 1

Our first day at Disney World. We got a late start the first day because Alyssa was up for about 2 hours in the middle of the night with an earache. Luckily it was just pressure from the plane trip and not an ear infection. We started at Hollywood Studios and Alyssa's first ride was the Tower of Terror. That was a mistake. We thought she would like the ride part since she's been pretty brave in the past. I knew it was a little scary (dark, old, creepy etc.) but it had been a while and if I would have gone on it first I wouldn't have taken Alyssa. She was so freaked out of the dark, and all the scary stuff. She really never mentioned the ride part, she just couldn't stop talking about everything else. We redeemed ourselves by taking her to The Little Mermaid and Beauty and the Beast shows. They were pretty good. We headed to Magic Kingdom at lunch time. Our original plan was to take a break every afternoon and go back to the condo. It never happened. It just took too much time and ended up not being worth it. So our kiddos had to tough it out. Mason did great, but Alyssa got really tired at times. So we got Magic Kingdom just in time for the last Christmas parade of the season. It was the best! Probably one of the highlights. Alyssa loved it so much and waved the whole time. We did a couple rides that day including Splash Mountain, which Alyssa also hated. I was feeling pretty bad for her since she didn't like most of the rides we took her on the first day. So, note to self, don't take a 4 year old on all the scary rides, especially the first day, just because she's tall enough. Alyssa met some princesses and we ended the night with the Christmas fireworks. The castle is absolutely beautiful all lit up for Christmas! I'm so glad we got to see it. It was a busy first day but so much fun!








They invited the kids up to dance during a performance and Alyssa ran out to join in. She's so funny!



Beauty and the Beast. The costumes were amazing. I actually enjoyed it more than the Broadway version we saw last month.

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Me and Nate outside Rockin' Rollercoaster. Best ride at Disney.




The Christmas parade



One of my favs. She put her arms up when they threw the confetti.





Alyssa with Sleeping Beauty. She saw Sleeping Beauty again another day and said "Sleeping Beauty didn't remember me".



Cinderella



Belle.

Meeting the characters was a highlight for Alyssa. We didn't wait more than 20 minutes for a ride (thanks to Nate for running all over the parks for fastpasses) but we waited in line 20-30 minutes to see most of the characters. That was something I didn't expect.



The castle lit up for Chritmas. Beautiful.





Fireworks. or pops as Alyssa used to say.




Alyssa and Addison. We had the chance to see both of our friends that have just recently moved to Florida. Nate, Tessa, Addison and Jake met up with us that day. The girls really enjoyed seeing each other.

We also got to see the Haag's the day we left. Logan and the kids came to our hotel for a swim and then we got to see their new house and hang out a bit before they took us to the airport. Thanks guys!




I wish this turned out better, but I still like it.