Chuck and Aundrea: August 2011

We took a Disney Magic Express (or something like that) bus from the airport into the Disney World parks. This is when we made our grand entance on the roadway. We stayed at a resort called Saratoga Springs and within that, the Treehouse Villas. They were made to look like a treehouse in a wooded area. Accomodating all 9 of us; they were just right. :)

Sometimes we would take a boat to the main resort or to Downtown Disney. Alison snuggling with Aunt Kelly on the boat the first night.

This is where we enjoyed dinner the first night (located in Downtown Disney).

The next day we explored Magic Kingdom. We tried to meet as many characters as we could. Anna had a neat book special for collecting all of the autographs of different characters she met along the way.

The classic Dumbo ride. We could actually catch a little bit of a breeze when we were up higher and spinning in a circle. Well, it was very hot and any relief was very welcomed.

And Alison enjoyed flying. She was a pro at moving the knob control around.

The next day we went back to Magic Kindom to explore some more and to have Anna's princess birthday party in the Castle. We also lined up early to meet Rapunzel. The children colored a picture and then danced with Rapunzel too before meeting her close up.

Alison might have liked meeting Rapunzel's friend Pascal just as much or more. :)

Anna meeting Cinderella before breakfast.

During our princess birthday breakfast feast, most all of the princesses came by our table to meet us and especially for our birtday girl, Anna. :) Here's Snow White.... Others were Sleeping Beauty or Arora (which I didn't really know or remember that was her name until this trip), Ariel, Belle. I think that is everyone counting Cinderella in the beginning. Jasmine and Pocahontis are considered Disney princesses as well.

I even decided to meet Mary Poppins. :)

We thought of Levi as we walked by a miniature train and village. We took several pictures to show him sometime! ;) This was at Epcott. The day in between (the second day at) Magic Kingdom, we had a splashin' good time at Typhoon Lagoon. And the day after Epcott, we went to the other waterpark called Blizzard Beach. Unfortunately, we must have forgotten our camera those days...plus we were mostly wet most of the time. But they were fun days as well and it was refreshing to splash around in the water.

There was a lady working in a shop at Epcott who really took a liking to Alison. She was playing music and wanted to dance with Alison. She dressed her in a fancy wrap and a beaded head covering. Alison just liked playing with the head-dresses and skirt that jingled. But she is a good dancer too. ;)

We went to Animal Kingdom on Friday. We took pictures on the bumpy safari ride. We helped find and "save" this baby elephant on the journey.

We stirred the Rhinos....

There is a lion resting on the rock...

We took a break to watch a bird show. I really enjoyed seeing all of the different birds. Of course the bald eagle is always impressive. Look at those awesome wings. We learned that they are off of the endangered species list.

The petting zoo was closed at the time we visited it because of lightning and an approaching storm.

Alison still enjoyed looking at the animals from afar. They mostly stayed under the shelter. But one goat did wander over to Alison and she was excited to touch the goat.

We ate at the Rainforest Cafe that night (and of course it was actually raining outside).

We went to Disney Hollywood Studios the next day. Alison enjoyed the play area of "Honey I Shrunk the Kids" play set. She especially loves caves and tunnels. She also enjoyed some of the slides there.