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| Illuminations Show. Sammie is doing her Italian street-show pose. |
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| We made a point to stop in Paris for a second visit to the bakery. So, yummy! |
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| We spent well over an hour in the Butterfly garden. |
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| Sammie caught 3 butterflies and shared one with Alayna. |
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| Fast Passes and Fanny Packs. That's what these 2 recommend. |
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| Smitten again! |
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We purposely planned a mid-week day off! Genius!
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| We headed down to our hotel's food court for Mickey Mouse Waffles. |
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| Then, over to our pirate themed pools and slides. |
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| Lots of exploring to do. |
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| We headed over to Downtown Disney for lunch and serious suveniour shopping. |
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| The potato-head store was fun and the Lego store could have been fun if we were into legos. |
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| Alayna picked out Mickey Mouse squeezy toys. Samantha got a rainbow Mickey Mouse necklace, charms for her bracelet and a book to hold her stamped pennies. Papa has got her started on her collection and they scout out the penny stampers at each park. |
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| Now, it's off to Epcot again. |
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| Alayna loved catching the morning rays before she would take her first nap. |
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Poor Sammie was too small for the Aerosmith Roller Coaster...she wasn't too happy about being left behind, especially after braving Tower of Terror.
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| Alayna loved seeing Mickey Mouse and all his pals on stage. |
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| Another Samantha favorite was Star Tours. She took everyone on it at different times. |
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| Toy Story was fun! I almost beat Blake on points...I think I should have been given the win since I was holding Alayna. |
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Honey I Shrunk the Kids Playground.
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| Epcot was easily our favorite park and it deserves 2 days. |
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| This Spring they featured a Flower & Garden Festival throughout the park. It featured the most intricate topiaries, characters and gardens. It was beautiful! |
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Pixie Hollow Garden
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| The street shows were so fun and we seemed to hit the timing perfectly for most of them. Samantha got to be the constant volunteer for the Italian sisters comedy show. At one point her and Papa were both posing. Sam remembered this pose and you'll see it in many more pictures to come. She felt so special. |
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| Soarin' |
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| Dinner at Akerhaus Castle for Papa's Birthday. |
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| Alayna walked right up to Belle, sat down and then scooched in closer. It was adorable. |
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| Ariel was hilarious! She called us all guppies and said Alayna must be part-whale because of her whale spout. |
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| Samantha is a HUGE fan of Ariel right now. |
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| Sam asked Cinderella if she still gets to see her step sisters again and if they are still mean. "Oh, no...they are much kinder now!" |
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| We asked Snow White who her favorite dwarf is..."how can I decide, they are like children! I couldn't possibly pick a favorite...could you." Ummm, yes...we could depending on the day. |
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| We got to keep the pictures with Belle. They were instant treasures of Sam's. She is just adoring them in this picture. We even saw her kissing and hugging them. She is so dramatic. |
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| We went to the Nemo building towards the end of the day and ending up spending about 45 minutes just sitting while the kids played. We left about 8pm and missed the Illuminattions show...another day, right? |
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| This was technically a day not recommended for this park, but with Deesh and Melissa only here a few days, we had to do it today. It was fabulous! We had researched that April (after Easter) is a perfect time to come for crowds and warm weather. It's true! We were actually a bit chilly from time to time on the first few days...but by the end of the week, it was warm (not hot) all day. |
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| Melissa made a special trip to Downtown Disney to find the perfect shirt and ears for our first official day at Disneyworld. |
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| After carrying Alayna for about 3 hours the first morning, she finally crashed. We quickly learned her routine and my arms eventually got some relief! |
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| Samantha had 2 favorite rides. The cars and Splash Mountain. We did each countless times. We got her to go on Space Mountain, but I'm pretty sure she was scared...despite doing it twice! |
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| It is always appropriate to stop and dance! Especially with Deesh! |
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| Samantha thought of questions to ask each princess. It allowed her a bunch of time just to chit-chat. She was mesmerized by princesses. Even Alayna warmed up to them. |
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| Have I mentioned how much Alayna loves Mickey Mouse! |
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| We had just come from lunch at the Lady and the Tramp place, had fast passes to meet the princesses, and when we walked out the door, we sat our butts down on Main Street and watched the parade. Alayna loved it! |
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After a mid-day snack, we all needed a nap.
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