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Trip Report Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Brrrrrrrrrr

It's time to report on our first mother-daughter trip to WDW!

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If you’ve ever wondered what happens when you take a 4 year old to Disney in early February in record-breaking cold… buckle up.

From 2/2–2/6, we somehow travel with both sunscreen and mittens. We flew out of Boston optimistically thinking things like, “It won’t feel that cold in Florida, right?” Reader: it did. There were puffy coats in the Most Magical Place on Earth. There were goosebumps in line for rides. There were moments when I questioned every life choice that led to me saying, “Let’s go in February!”

And yet.

There were also shrieks of joy. So. Many. Rides. The kind of fearless, hands-in-the-air, “Again! Again!” energy only a four-year-old can sustain on pure adrenaline and Mickey-shaped snacks. Nora conquered attractions like a tiny theme park warrior, equal parts princess and chaos gremlin.

Of course, no toddler-centric Disney trip is complete without the full emotional range of the human experience. We had magic. We had meltdowns. We had tears (some hers, some… undisclosed). We had triumphant parade dancing and dramatic collapses over the wrong color straw.

Here we go!!
 

MickeyPretzelEnthusiast

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Nora's first time on Guardians! I was pretty nervous, but I also know my girl so not TOO worried.

Similar to ToT, she did NOT like the pre show portions, but survived lol

She was pumped that she got the same row as her age!

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How did we do?

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She looks concerned but SHE LOVED IT. Oh my gosh she was hopping around like a jumping bean as we exited and could NOT stop talking about it. She is so fearless and fun - it's so amazing to experience with her. (and crazy.. wasn't she JUST a tiny little baby?!)

Next up, LL for Spaceship Earth!
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She was excited but didn't remember how slow of a ride it is LOL

We tapped in and waited... and waited... and waited...

The ride was stopped but not closed. 5 minutes, 10 minutes. And it was COLD. And WINDY. and naturally.. the 4 year old had to pee.

So, I went to the CM and they luckily put a LL back on our account to ride later.

Bathroom break completely (with more stress and tears TBH but we somehow survived), we grabbed a couple pictures before we headed to the Skyliner to take an afternoon break.

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Nora also LOVES Encanto so we stopped to listen to the music for awhile on our way out.

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Nora also requested participating in painting the mural.

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As we were about the exit the park, one of Nora's wishes came true. She had been sad that Daisy hadn't been at any of our character meals yet, and there she was with no line!

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She showed Daisy that she was on the back of her sweatshirt :inlove:

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We had some ups and downs, but overall a successful first half of the day at Epcot1
 

MickeyPretzelEnthusiast

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Once we made it back to Pop, Nora decided that the gift cards from Christmas were burning a hole in her pocket.

This was her selection:
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We headed to our room just to relax in the warmth for a bit. Nora played with her new toy while I caught up on some work emails and looked at Ella updates from our daycare app.

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I also remembered that I had taken home my dessert from Sci Fi. This was the Cerulean Moon

Chocolate Mousse Dome with Strawberry Filling on a Graham Cracker Tart with a Hibiscus Sponge, Green Space Dust, and Chocolate-Caramel Sauce

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It was pretty good!

After a little break and playtime, we headed back to the Skyliner. It was still COLD but much brighter.

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We had a LL for another round on Soarin' but had time so made a loop around World Showcase with thousands of our closest friends.

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We made sure to grab some photos along the way.

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Finally it was ride time. Nora was SO excited to get a round 2 here.

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I took the cutest video of her this go around for Ian to watch. She just kept gasping and smiling so big. :inlove:

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Up next was our LL for Test Track. This would be Nora's first time ever and my first since the refurb!

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MickeyPretzelEnthusiast

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We tapped in and within 3 minutes we were at a standstill. I eventually sat on the ground with Nora to avoid whining, and the dead stop lasted about 15 minutes before we were finally on the move!

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She was a little nervous but happy to finally be on the ride!

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And how did it go? ...

ARMS UP!!

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She loved it, naturally.

Up next it was finally time for SSE after our failed attempt earlier in the day.

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No issues this go around.

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Except that I didn't make it into our future 😅

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It was time to head out and back to the Skyliner after this, but first some pictures (DUH)

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I loveeee this last one.

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MickeyPretzelEnthusiast

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I grabbed some maple popcorn on our way through. Nora wasn't a huge fan which meant I didn't have to share!

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Once we made it back to Pop, I mobile ordered a quick dinner for us to take back to the room.

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It was busy in there, so we killed time with selfies lol

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Once we made it back to the room, we ate our dinner (Italian sandwich for me and chicken for Nora) while watching the recording of HEA on TV.

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I finished up quickly so that I could get us packed up. All too soon the next day was leaving day. We would check out in the morning before heading to AK!
 

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