We arrived on Friday night and met up at Chef Mickey's, a restaurant in the Disney Contemporary Hotel. Chef Mickey's gave the boys a chance to meet some of the most popular Disney characters.Here is Nathan with Goofy. He warmed up pretty quickly to the characters and seemed to really enjoy it.
Christopher on the other hand, took a little longer to warm up to the characters.
Christopher finally decided to warm up when Minnie Mouse showed up.
And he promptly took off his shirt. Hopefully he gets out of his streaking phase, before he turns 18.
After dinner, we hopped on the tram that goes around the Disney property, which goes through the Contemporary Hotel. The boys enjoyed it so much, we questioned why we even bought tickets to Disney for the next day. Below though, you will see Nathan is upset because he isn't sitting next to the window.
Christopher with his cousin Danielle.
After the tram ride, we went to hang out at the Contemporary Hotel. The boys got a little restless. Fortunately, Danielle was a great sport and entertained them.
The next day, it was time for Disney. We learned that the key to Disney with toddlers is to arrive early, take a break after lunch, and return in the afternoon so that the boys get rested up for a late night.Our first stop, was the Buzz Light Year ride. Best part of showing up early, was no lines!
Uncle Dale and Aunt Becky really got into the spirit of the ride.
After Buzz, it was onto a ride that was a little more low key, the people mover that took us around Tomorrowland from way up high. This is probably one of the boys' favorite rides.
As you can see Christopher and Danielle really hit it off.
How many people can you fit in a teacup?!
After the teacups, it was onto the Dumbo ride. The wait was relatively short, but naturally, once it was our turn, the ride had mechanical issues, which resulted in a 30 minute delay. Fortunately, the boys held up relatively well while we waited for them to figure out the issue.
Onto the next ride!
Don't know how many times we rode the carousel, but regular readers will know that this is obviously THE favorite ride for the boys at Disney. Thankfully, we don't have to pay for their tickets to get in until they turn 3.
Time to wait for Disney's Street Party! This was the EVENT that Nathan was waiting for all morning. 
Here comes the floats!
Hanging out while the floats passed by.
Finally, the moment Nathan was waiting for...time to dance!
No idea the name of this character, but it is orange and a monkey...so obviously one of Nathan's favorites!
Our little dancing machine!
After the dancing was over, it was time to waive bye bye to the floats and all the characters.
After the Street Party, we headed back to the hotel for our afternoon break and nap, which was much needed given the Florida heat and humidity in June. Afterwards we headed back to the park for the evening activities. We started off the evening with dinner at the Crystal Palace, which features characters from Winnie the Pooh. Thankfully, Amy knew to book reservations for both the Crystal Palace and Chef Mickey's months in advance. These are activities that we would not have know about and missed out on.Waiting for our tables.
The boys started getting restless as they got hungry.
Fortunately, their cousins were well behaved while we waited.
Finally, we are in and get to meet the characters.
We wish we knew what goes through Christopher's head sometimes.
The group picture after dinner. If you look closely, you will see Christopher is making a face...and they both decided to take off their shoes.
Waiting in line at It's a Small World. We were a little surprised that the older cousins were interested in this ride. We were also relieved that the boys weren't as facisnated with it as the last trip, so we didn't have to ride it quite as many times.
At the end of the night, for the last stop, we went to visit Mickey and Minnie. Another secret, if you don't want to watch the fireworks, is that there is no line at this time to see Mickey and Minnie! Aside from missig the fireworks though, the other negative is that it is pretty late in the evening, and the boys weren't in ideal moods for pictures.
Somehow though, despite the late time, Mickey and Minne were still able to have great smiles and perfect poses for pictures.
The boys started getting restless as they got hungry.
Fortunately, their cousins were well behaved while we waited.
Finally, we are in and get to meet the characters.
We wish we knew what goes through Christopher's head sometimes.
The group picture after dinner. If you look closely, you will see Christopher is making a face...and they both decided to take off their shoes. 
Waiting in line at It's a Small World. We were a little surprised that the older cousins were interested in this ride. We were also relieved that the boys weren't as facisnated with it as the last trip, so we didn't have to ride it quite as many times.
At the end of the night, for the last stop, we went to visit Mickey and Minnie. Another secret, if you don't want to watch the fireworks, is that there is no line at this time to see Mickey and Minnie! Aside from missig the fireworks though, the other negative is that it is pretty late in the evening, and the boys weren't in ideal moods for pictures.
Somehow though, despite the late time, Mickey and Minne were still able to have great smiles and perfect poses for pictures.
All in all, it was an amazing time, and it was so great to meet up with Uncle Dale and Aunt Becky, Dave and Amy and their kids, and Kathy and her kids.
3 comments:
This has to b one of my favorite posts. They both look like they're in good moods and happy. Christopher's thing with Minnie made me laugh. literally. Soo funny.
Oh, I googled it and the orange orangutan is named "King Louie"
oh yeah! i love how nathan looks like he's hugging an old friend with tigger.
haha...I think as far as Nathan was concerned, Tigger is an old friend.
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