DW Day 4-5

For Day 4 we went back to the Magic Kingdom to redo the rides we wanted, such as Buzz Lightyear and the rides we had not gone on yet, such as Dumbo. I had to have my kids go on Dumbo, because I knew it was one Amaya could ride and I remember going on it with my little sister and my dad when my older siblings left to ride on "big kid" rides.

I think everyone at the park had the same idea that morning. We waited a ridiculously long time for this short ride. Amaya loved it though, she got to control the up and down in our elephant and Ella got to ride by herself.

I can't get enough of the pictures from behind, it's so cute seeing the anticipation written on their body language.

We had a very relaxing day we played in toon town and saw Mickey and Minnie's house. Amaya didn't want to leave Minnie's. We let the kids play for a while in a little playground, then hopped on the train for a ride around the park.

We said good-bye to the Magic Kingdom on this day. We headed to Hollywood Studios. We wanted to get a jump on that park so we could leave for home a little earlier the next day.

I really wanted a picture of Dash with the character Dash from the Incredibles. They didn't have him though. Only Mr. Incredible. I was really disappointed that they didn't have any Dash merchandise. Oh well.

Finally a Mickey Mouse encounter.

We stayed to watch a couple of shows The Little Mermaid and Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and have dinner. Then we went back to the hotel to go swimming one more time before we checked out the next morning. Shad and I took all the kids to the pool. Randy and Rebecca had to make an important phone call. Randy was called to be the 1st counselor in our bishopric while he was on vacation at Disney World, too funny.

The next morning we got up and checked out. I felt a little sad that it was all going to be over.

We went back to Hollywood Studios to do what we didn't get to do the night before. We were told that the Toy Story ride was a must. And it is! We had so much fun. The wait time said 50 minutes, but the fast passes were for too late in the day so we had to wait. It actually only took us 20 minutes to get through the line, and it was set up so fun. All the toys were huge and made you feel like you were tiny. Mr. Potato Head was mechanical and even talked to Dallin.

We hit the Tower of Terror, the Beauty and the Beast show and tried to do the Rockin' Rolla- Coaster, but it had ridiculous wait times so we opted out on that one.

We went to Downtown Disney on the way out of town and got some souvenirs. Shad didn't want anything, he was happy to be leaving. Ella got a stuffed Mickey Mouse. Amaya got a Sleeping Beauty doll, which she has slept with almost every night since. Dash had his ears from Epcot. And I got myself a Disney Cookbook. I opted for the book without pictures because it was $20 less, but now I wish I had gotten the other because it had food I had seen or tried on my visit. Lesson learned: next time spend MORE money.

We made it home at 11:30 pm. I was EXHAUSTED!!! Last night on a TV Show called The Modern Family a Dad was trying to get his wife to relax cause they were on vacation in Hawaii. She said to her husband "I'm a mom, this is a business trip for me". I feel that is so true. We take these vacations for our kids, though I had fun. I felt I was the activity director, meal coordinator, toddler-toter, and Security Guard for our little group. I now need a vacation from our vacation.

I think my work is done here.