Before Gabby even turned 5 we decided that we wanted to take her to Disney as a milestone. But Gabby has a mommy who loves to procrastinate. I mean she really, really loves it. So we didn’t make it until 8 months after Gabby’s birthday. But she’s still 5 so it totally counts.
We couldn’t have picked a more perfect age to take her. She is old enough to know what’s going on but also still young enough to get caught up in the magic and believe everything is real. Peter, well, we’ll take him to shoot guns or something when he turns 5 because Disney was not his favorite. He was a trooper though and we had a great time.
We didn’t want to do a full blown trip to Disney yet since the kids are still a little young so we decided to just focus on the Magic Kingdom. We drove over on Tuesday night and checked in at our resort then went to Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Party.
Let me start with the resort. We stayed at one of the “modest” resorts, Port Orleans Riverside. It was perfect! The staff was there to greet us with stickers and bubbles and the grounds were beautiful. We got lucky with a room close to the lobby, pool and bus stop but also with a “river” view. The room was sooo clean and cute. There were two beds plus a murphy bed that pulled out and had a picture of Louie, Tiana and Prince Navine. So we all had our own beds to sleep in which worked out perfectly since no one wanted to sleep with Peter. :)
As soon as we walked into the park we saw that the Princess Meet and Greet had no wait so we started there. To say that it was awesome is an understatement. Gabby was greeted by Sleeping Beauty, Rapunzel, then Cinderella. She got to talk to them and have pictures taken with each. We got lucky with a soft opening of the new part of the park, Fantasyland, and got to meet Ariel, ride her ride, then visit Belle’s cottage/castle.
After Belle’s cottage we got a little worried about Gabby. Her eyes were bloodshot and she had this wild look on her face. Disney should totally have a pill for that or something because I’m sure it’s common. She had a case of the Too Much Princessitis as Doc McStuffins would say. So we tried to keep it low key after that and watched the Halloween parade, hit the candy stands and walked around.
The next day we hit the park early and rode all the rides we had planned (no big roller coasters for this bunch). GranDeb met us in time for Gabby’s princess makeover at the Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique. She loved it of course! And Peter finally got to ride the race cars with Daddy which he will tell you was the only thing he liked. We finished up our magical tour with dinner at Tony’s Town Square Rest. (which was delicious) then visited the princesses AGAIN.
It was exhausting but so much fun and an unforgettable memory. We couldn’t have asked for a better family vacation and are so thankful that we got to go. Thank you GranDeb and Bill for putting up with us for a week!
This is inside Belle’s cottage/castle. They picked kids/adults to act out a skit for Belle. Gabby was an enchanted picture. Then they were introduced to Belle after. This was her favorite thing at Disney.
Trying their hand at the sword in the stone.
Almost time for her makeover and she is very excited.
