Walt Disney World Part 1!!!

I am finally posting the first round of our pictures from our week's vacation inWalt Disney World!! We had the most amazing time!! Going to Disney World brings back such fond memories of vacations with my Dad, and now to be able to reexperience the magic through my son's eyes, is truly amazing! We couldn't have asked for more perfect weather....sunshine and 72. It wasn't crowded and we never waited more than 20 minutes for any attraction. We got to see everything and Jackson went on his favorite rides several times! This isn't the first time Jackson has been to Disney World. We went when he was about 18 months with my sister and her children, and Jackson was really just going along for the ride and doesn't remember any of it. This time, it was all about Jackson! We spent 6 full days at the park, often closing them down at night. We would ask Jackson if he was ready to go back to the room and he would say "1 more ride!" We stayed at the Polynesian, which I would highly recommend! There was so much for the kids to do, including a big screen movie on the beach every night, smores etc. Not that we took advantage of many of these things because we couldn't get Jackson out of the parks! We also did the concierge service, which was well worth it because we go breakfast every morning and they had snacks throughout the day. Each night you could also go up to the club level room and watch the Magic Kingdom fireworks. Being 7 months pregnant with all that walking was a challenge at times, but well worth it to see the huge smile on Jackson's face. Despite late nights and almost no napping, he did great without any meltdowns. Jackson still talks about his Disney vacation and asks when he gets to go back! There are so many pictures, so I am going to break this up into a couple of posts. The first picture is Jackson getting ready to say goodbye to Atlanta!

We got off the plane and headed straight to the Magic Kingdom. We had a hopper pass this time, which I highly recommend, so we could spend the morning in 1 park and the night in another. Since we were at the Polynesian, we were 1 monorail stop from the Magic Kingdom. Often we would go to a farther away park in the AM, and spend the evenings here. The monorail was definately a big hit for Jackson!

1 of Jackson's favorite rides! The Speedway! We must have rode this ride 5 times!!

The castle all lit up!

Another favorites for Jackson was meeting all the characters! He would get so excited when they would come around and would hug them so tightly!! I knew we were staying at the Polynesian and our character breakfast included Lilo and Stitch. Well, Jackson had never seen that movie, so we set him up to watch the movie on the plane ride to Orlando. He loved it and when he saw Lilo and Stitch, he was so star struck!!



Jackson loved to feel Pluto's whiskers!!

He was so excited to see Stitch!!

And of course....Mickey Mouse!!






Disney was all decorated for fall and Halloween with scarecrows and Mickey pumpkins. It was so cute! Disney does such an amazing job with decoratins and keeping the park spotless!

Jackson loves to turn any kind of wheel! This was for the motorized boats.

Another favorite of Jackson's....riding any kind of train!! This is the train that circles the park.

Woody and Jessie! Two of Jackson's favorite characters. He was jumping up and down with excitement waiting in line to see them! He was so sweet! He ran up to them and gave them both a big hug. He turned around for his picture and then waved goodbye as he walked away. I was really impressed that we didn't have to drag him away!

Getting ready to watch a 3D movie. Disney has several of these throughout the park. Jackson was so funny and would always reach out to try to grab whatever was in front of him.

We had a special treat with this trip and Jackson got to go trick or treating in Walt Disney World! It was amazing. You bought a special ticket, which gave you a wrist band. At 7PM, the park closed for everyone except wrist band holders. They had trick or treat spots, an amazing parade, and the most spectacular fireworks you have ever seen! Since there were only a limited number of entrants, all the rides had 5 minute or less wait times. Daddy loved that!! Jackson went on so many rides and was so pumped full of candy, that we were out to almost midnight!!

Trick or Treat!

Riding the Speedway...again. This time he got to drive the red car, which he said was the Lightning McQueen car.

The Halloween parade started out with a headless horseman. It was a real horse running down the street!

Giving Bullseye a high five!

Yet another train! This train was in Animal Kingdom and took us to Rafiki's Planet where there was a petting zoo.

Leave it to Disney to have a petting zoo where the animals and the surroundings are completely spotless!

Jimminey Cricket!








Rafiki from the Lion King.

Donald Duck! Whew! We got through the first round! Still plenty more pictures to go but I will stop here and give you guys a break!!