Thursday, April 29, 2021

Disney World - Part 2

 The second park we visited was Epcot. It was so nice to be able to walk right in from our hotel. We were there during the Flower and Garden Festival and it was beautiful.

Our first ride was, of course, Frozen. Ellie's excitement was contagious.
We visited the butterfly garden that was set up for the festival.
Ryan loved the Nemo ride and the aquarium.
We stayed in the park for dinner and one last ride on Frozen before bedtime.
On our third day, we went back to Magic Kingdom.
Disney didn't have any meet and greets with the characters because of Covid but they had fun character parades throughout the day.
Ellie's favorite ride at Magic Kingdom was Under the Sea.
Waiting in lines was hard for Ryan but lollipops kept him pretty happy.
Ryan's favorite ride was Winnie the Pooh and he was thrilled to get his own Pooh Bear in the gift shop. We caught one last character parade as we were heading out.
We enjoyed our last afternoon at the Beach Club's awesome pool.
Ellie loved this statue of Ariel in the courtyard.
Ryan loved playing on our balcony.
Our last park day was at Hollywood Studios. We spent the morning in Star Wars Land and Ellie got to go on the spaceship ride.
We got reservations at Oga's Cantina which was pretty cool. Ryan liked the blue space milkshake.
The other highlights for Ryan were the Mickey's Runaway Railway and Toy Story spinning aliens rides.
Ellie's favorite was the Frozen sing-a-long. Anna and Elsa performed on stage, and it even snowed in the theater.
For our last night at Disney, we stayed at the Animal Kingdom Lodge. The kids were pretty excited to see giraffes and zebras when we arrived.
The hotel had a cool splash pad and playground.
Chris got Ryan a baby Yoda doll and he loved it.
In the morning, we walked around to see all of the animals. The flamingos were especially fun to watch.
Ellie tried a water slide for the first time and loved it.
We went to lunch at Disney Springs and went shopping at the Disney Store. It was the perfect last stop before we headed to the airport.