Disney World!

We just got in from Disney and we had an absolute BLAST! Alden was great the entire time. When we got to the resort he actually thought it was Disney World because there were 30 foot statues of all his favorite characters, two pools, an arcade, a food court, and a shop. He was SO sad when we left but once we got into the park he was excited again.

His favorite ride was the Buzz Lightyear Star Command ride in Magic Kingdom. The only ride he didn't like was Dinosaurs in Animal Kingdom, and to be honest none of us liked it. All for different reasons. It hurt Tim's back, it was too loud for Alden, Josh didn't like that the guy was screaming over the already loud dinosaurs, and Lynnda & I didn't like that we were being jerked around (quite forcefully) in complete darkness.

I think my favorite ride was probably Aerosmith's Rockin Rollercoaster. Josh and I rode it on one of the nights we got to stay late in the park (for staying in a Disney Resort) and I was SO scared. I ended up loving it. I absolutely HATED Soarin' apparently I am NOT a hang-glider.

He only needed his headphones a handful of times. We forgot them during Fantasmic but he just covered his hands with his ears and really enjoyed the show.

He used them during the Nemo Musical which he absolutely loved. So he sat through his first musical and his first movie in a theater. He used his headphones during it too, the Muppets had crickets chirping in their movie and for some reason he is VERY sensitive to that sound lately.

I had a headache the first day from all the 3D stuff but I really enjoyed it regardless.

Noteable things he enjoyed: Kali River Rapids, Star Tours, Fantasmic, Teacups. Those were the ones you could tell he was having the best time on (Besides the Toy Story rides of course).

The night of his dinner he absolutely insisted we go ride Buzz Lightyear again. So we ran to the other side of the park, rode the ride, within 5 minutes...ran back out, then had to pee and then we RAN back to the other side of the park and made it JUST in time.

He LOVED his character dinner, he jumped up and joined the Friendship Day Parade with Pooh and his friends, marching & clapping while going in a circle all over the restaurant. The dinner was seriously overpriced, but you CANNOT put a price on seeing your child participate in something like that, especially when they are not one to join in group activities! It was so adorable.

I think the longest we waited in line was maybe 5 minutes. That was for Alladin because they didn't have FastPass or disability pass. It was absolutely AMAZING. Sadly we didn't get to ride Pirates of the Carribean or Voyage of the Little Mermaid. Pirates was broken and Ariel was being updated.

That's all I can think of right now, I'm pretty brain dead from doing an 8 hour trip home today. I'm going to unwind with a glass of wine and catch up on some TV. I'll update more later if I think of anything that was particularly awesome (which it all was)!

Here's a breakdown of what we did in the parks. (more for me than for you)
Day One
Hollywood Studios
Toy Story Mania
Star Tours
Muppet Vision 3D
Met Handy Manny, Leo & Annie

Day Two
Magic Kingdom
Buzz Lightyear Star Command
Met Chip & Dale
Peter Pan's Flight
It's A Small World
The Magic Carpets of Alladin
Mad Teaparty
Snow White's Scary Adventures
Splash Mountain
The Many Adventures of Winne the Pooh

went swimming in the Fantasia pool


Hollywood Studios
Fantasmic
Aerosmith's Rockin RollerCoaster*

Day Three
Epcot
Soarin
Inoventions

Hollywood Studios
Toy Story Mania
Star Tours

Magic Kingdom
Character Dinner with Pooh, Piglet, Tigger, and Eeyore
Buzz Lightyear Star Command
Wishes Fireworks

Day Four
Animal Kingdom
Kilimanjaro Safaris
Pangani Forest Exploration Trail
Kali River Rapids
Finding Nemo the Musical
Dinosaur
Triceratops Spin
Met Baloo
Everest Expedition*

Epcot
Illuminations