Disney World - Day 1

    We had been planning and anxiously anticipating our trip to Disney World for months.  We were all so very excited to get to go to Disney World again.  Most of the kids had some memories of our last trip, so they were even more excited.  I booked our trip back in April I think.  I didn't know at the time, that our house would be on the market and we would be closing two days after returning.  A Disney trip is stressful enough to prepare for, but it was beyond stressful to get everything completely moved out of our house, while packing for Disney World, and moving into my parents house.  I didn't think we would get it all done in time, but we did.  Thankfully, Joey is a very hard worker and requires very little sleep, and I am pretty organized and the queen of making lists.
    This time we decided to fly out of the Colorado Springs airport instead of Denver.  It is such an easier airport to fly out of.  We wanted some time Saturday night when we got to Orlando, so we opted for a very early flight.  Our flight left Colorado Springs at 6:30 a.m.  We were all up super early, but who could sleep anyway with the anticipation of a Disney trip looming before us?

At the airport ready to go

Super excited

The girls waiting for the airplane

They managed to squeeze in some doll time

    Our flights went pretty smoothly.  The first flight was super short to Denver.  All the kids did wonderfully, including Gracie.  The second flight was a lot longer and Gracie got a little restless.  We didn't bring a car seat for her and I wish we would have.  We could've strapped her in and she would not have known any different.  We did manage to keep her entertained, and before we knew it we were landing in Orlando. 

Flying with daddy to Denver

We had to pull out all the stops to keep her entertained

Drawing always occupies this one

Those who didn't have toddlers to entertain, got to sleep.  I was very jealous. 

Ella's baby riding on the airport tram

Of course Graceyn chose not to sleep the entire 3 1/2 hour flight, but decided to pass out 15 minutes before we landed. 

    We had to make a quick stop to put on our Magic Bands.  You wear a Magic Band the entire time you are there.  They serve as your room key, park tickets, Fast Passes, etc.  Once you put them on, you know it is officially go time. 

Fit great

Dawson and Jameson showing off their bands

Twins...almost

     We boarded the Disney buses and and we were off to our hotel.  We were fortunate enough to stay at the Yacht Club again which is the same hotel we stayed at last time.  The location can't be beat and we really enjoyed our stay there last time.  All three of our rooms were next to each other which is always super convenient.  

Our room for the week

I love the nautical theme

     Disney delivers your bags, but they usually don't arrive for several hours.  We had not choice but to go explore and eat.  I planned ahead and made dinner reservations for a restaurant at our hotel.  (Somehow I didn't get any pictures.)  It was an amazing seafood buffet.  We really didn't get lunch due to traveling, so we were all absolutely famished!  It was so good and definitely hit the spot. 

Ready to go explore

We stopped and got drinks and enjoyed the warm weather

Giving each other some Disney love

Such cool kids

I think out of all the kids, Jameson was the most excited to finally be at Disney World. 

Ready to soak up some Florida sun

  

   It was still fairly early after we finished dinner.  We all decided that we wanted to take advantage of every second of our trip.  So, we decided we had to head to Epcot.  Epcot is like a 10 minute walk, so it was a very short trip. 

Walking to Epcot

   We didn't have any Fast Passes for Epcot, so we decided to ride Finding Nemo for our first ride since all the kids could ride it.  The kids all loved it especially Jameson and Graceyn.  We also rode Spaceship Earth which is a favorite with everyone.  After our rides and walk around part of Epcot, we decided to head back to the hotel because we had a very long, and special day ahead of us the next day!  We all slept like babies that night.  What a long day it was!