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Once we met up again, Luke asked if we could do the peoplemover, one of this favorites. We had some time before our Pirates fastpass, so off to tomorrowland we went. As were were moving around tomorrowland, we looked down and saw Buzz Lightyear was just coming out to his meeting area. I put...

We knew better than to take Makayla on the Barnstormer again. Thankfully the CM's there were willing to give us a riderswap pass at the entrance rather than make us go through the Seven Dwarves Mine Train drama. Luke and I went first on Barnstormer, while Sara took Makayla over for Dumbo...

Well done! They really have a way to make you feel awful, don't they? ;) Thankfully both Luke and Makayla moved on without any lasting psychological damage.

Haunted Mansion is one ride we had never taken Luke and Makayla on, for fairly obvious reasons. But this year we thought they might be able to handle it. We have a WDW soundtrack that plays in our car, and they both like the Haunted Mansion song. We had also shown them youtube videos of the...

Once we had finished our lunch, we took a brief stop at the bathrooms by the Village Haus to make sure we had no accidents later on. While Makayla and Sara were in the girl potty, Luke decided that the bench where we were sitting looked like a fun place to jump, and wanted me to take some...

For lunch, we decided on a quick service restaurant we hadn't done before, Pinocchio Village Haus. I believe their menu recently changed. I don't remember them having flatbread pizza before. Once we decided what we wanted, Sara took the kids outside to find a table. Luke was adamant...

Our mid-December week in WDW had been, for the most part, very crowded. But on this day we were enjoying having space to walk around. Scenes like the one below would have been unthinkable on Monday or Tuesday earlier this week. This space had been totally congested. So obviously I wasn't...

Thank you Sheriff!

When our eyes had adjusted after staring at the sun, we entered into Ariel's ride. This is a ride we hadn't done the year before. I was excited to see Makayla's take on it, since she had really grown to like "Mermaid" over the past year. Both of them were fans. Luke really liked the part...

We sat together and watched the story of how Belle met the Beast retold, then it was time for pictures. Luke wanted nothing to do with it. Apparently meeting princesses was too girly. (Well just wait until our breakfast at Akershus in a few days ;)). Makayla meanwhile had gotten cold feet...

Once we had finished waving goodbye to Mickey, we started on our way towards fantasyland. Our first ride of the day was going to be Winnie the Pooh. Luke initially didn't want to go on it because he thought the storm scene was scary. Once we convinced him that it wouldn't be scary, he only...

After a short wait, the opening show started, and Sara was ready with her camera. The opening show was fun. It was different not having the mayor or fire chief welcome us, but I thought it was nice how they incorporated the fairy godmother. By the time it ended, the kids were ready to ride.

Thursday, December 14th began early as our quest was to make the morning show. My alarm went off at 5:30. "Well, maybe not that early," I decided as I hit snooze once or twice. Once I got moving, things fell into place. The kids woke up and ate their breakfast quickly, and before long we...

I was the first one to wake up in the late afternoon, which I must say is pretty typical for our family. I took the time to gather and sort laundry, because Wednesday also served as our laundry day. Last year, our room had been almost directly beside the laundry room, which was soooooooo nice...

We left the Contemporary, and I was able to successfully follow the road signs to get to Disney Springs. We parked in the Orange Garage, which remains the only garage I know how to get into and out of at DS. It took two elevator rides to exit the parking garage, but soon enough we were walking...

Donald was the next to arrive. He really liked seeing Luke's hat. Trying to steal pics of Makayla for her autograph book was a puzzle Sara was trying to solve. Goofy was met by a giant hug. Sara and I both agreed that the food here was really good. Chef Mickey's seems to get a...

As we woke up on Wednesday, December 13th, it was nice knowing we didn't have to make a rope drop. It was certainly a more relaxed morning as we woke up and got going. Our morning activity was a 9:50 am breakfast at Chef Mickey's. The plan was to take a bus to MK, then take the monorail over...

Agreed 100% on CM Rick, making something mundane like waiting for a parade magical. Oh, and E-A-G-L-E-S Eagles!!!

We waited in France just a bit following illuminations to let some crowds clear. We decided to being our EMH evening in Mexico. Luke and Makayla were very excited to do the "Donald boat ride" again. We ended up doing it two times since there was a very small line. If it were up to Luke we...

Now back to the trip report :) The late start to our break following our Magic Kingdom morning led to a late start to our evening. The alarm went off at 6pm, but no one was very interested in getting up. The plan was to do Epcot extra magic hours, and we had a lot that we wanted to do. But...