• Travel & Vacation: Epcot’s Gardens (Orlando, FL)

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    Our wild crew at Epcot!

    Our family had a blast exploring Walt Disney World’s Epcot park.  It was a lot of fun seeing all the beautiful sculptures made out of greenery all over the park.  Many Disney characters were represented in the gardens.  It was the kids first time visiting Epcot.  They loved it so much we chose to do it 2 days instead of just one.  Thankful for the opportunity to spend time with my family while seeing these amazing creations.

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     Lady and the Trump

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     Mickey Mouse instead a garden of flowers.

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     Beautiful flower gardens at Epcot.  This was taken while passing through on the monorail.

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     Snow White

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    Kiddos in front of Beauty and the Beast

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    Pausing for a moment!  These were my two favorite characters from Beauty and the Beast

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     My sweet girl.

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    They did an amazing job making these garden sculptures come to life!

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     Monorail, flower gardens, and lake.

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     Cinderella and Prince Charming

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     Hanging out next to Winnie the Pooh Bear (his red balloon glowed at night).

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     Look out for Captain Hook

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     Brina liked the Frozen garden!

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     Karlie, of course, liked the Buzz Lightyear

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    Tinker Bell

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     Too cute!

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     The Frozen characters garden at night

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    Beautiful garden across the water from where the boat drops you off at Epcot

  • Travel & Vacation: It’s a Small World, Pirates of the Caribbean, Jungle Cruise at Disney’s Magic Kingdom (Orlando, FL)

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    Brina and Jake riding on the boat through It’s a Small World

    The lines weren’t too long so we were able to get onto several rides, however, we had a couple hiccups with some as well.  The kids liked It’s a Small World so much that we did it 2 times.  The Pirates of the Caribbean was a little bit of a disappointment because we stood in line for an hour and were 10 people from the front of the line when it broke down so we didn’t get to go on it.  It took us another 30 minutes to get back out because we had to wait for all the people behind us leave.  The girls did well and had a great attitude despite the long wait time.  The Jungle Cruise was a fun boat ride with lots of neat sights along the way.  The kids really enjoyed it.

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    Smiling and soaking in all the sights at It’s a Small World

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    It’s a Small World banner as you go in

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    Fascinating!

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    Always something to look at on the boat ride

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    Still smiling while waiting in the long line for the Pirates of the Caribbean

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     Catching up and chatting while in line

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    Yay, found a place to sit while waiting

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    Going on the Jungle Cruise

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    All smiles on the Jungle Cruise

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    Beautiful waterfall

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    They loved looking at all the animals and sights on the Jungle Cruise

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    So much fun!

  • Travel & Vacation: Tomorrowland Transit, Monsters Laugh Floor, Prince Charming Carrousel at Disney’s Magic Kingdom (Orlando, FL)

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    Brina relaxing for a few minutes on the Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover

    The girls never stopped moving all day while at Disney’s Magic Kingdom.  The only time we paused was standing in line, on the rides or at the shows.  We did have a few bathroom breaks since the girls were drinking about 50 ounces plus throughout the day from their camel backs.  The camel backpacks have been a life saver or should I say back saver.

    Each person carries their own food and drink.  The kids never have to ask for a drink or something to eat they can reach in and get their drink, sandwich, snacks, etc…  Of course hand sanitizer is on every backpack to for all the germs we encounter while we are out and about. The had no problem carrying the backpacks and you’ll see them wearing them in almost every picture.

    The kids have really enjoyed having the freedom to eat and drink whenever they need to.  Usually when we are standing in line for a few minutes I would remind them that it was a good idea to grab a sip and something to drink.  Although by mid-week I no longer needed to remind them; they did it on their own.  Usually if someone had a snack out it would prompt the rest to get something as well.  This helped a huge amount with preventing dehydration and hungry plus we never had to stop and get something to eat we just kept on going from sunup to sun down.  We wanted to squeeze every last minute of fun out of our trip.

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    Karlie soaking in all the cool activities and figuring out where she wants to go next.

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    Karlie was not sure about the transit when it went into the pitch black, she ducked and said, “What’s going to happen now!?”

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    One last ride on the Transit after a very long, but super fun day at Magic Kingdom.  We were there at opening and until closing.  And yes, we are still smiling.

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    Having a good laugh at the Monsters, Inc. Laugh Floor Comedy Club

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    So funny!

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    The first time we went to the show it froze in the middle of the show so they had to let everyone out and gave us free fast passes for almost any ride at Magic Kingdom.  The girls were disappointed, but the fast passes helped us get onto Peter Pan much quicker.

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    Smiling contently as they ride the Prince Charming Regal Carrousel

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    They LOVE anything pertaining to horses and this ride was relaxing too with a short wait.

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    Karlie riding hands free

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    She cracks me up…it takes skill to ride hands free on a moving horse

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    That was fun!