The Wilsons: "Three in One"-Day 2

For our first full day at Disney, we started at the Akershus Banquet Hall for a Princess Storybook Breakfast. This was located in Norway at Epcot. The past two trips have included Cinderella's Royal Table at the castle. We enjoyed something new this year. Cole was such a sport during this, although he didn't ask any of the princesses to sign his autograph book! Each of the girls called him handsome, so I think he enjoyed his time as much as we did.

Our princess at the Akershus Royal Banquet Hall

Cole preferred hanging out with the Vikings OUTSIDE the Banquet Hall

Meeting Belle at the Storybook Princess Breakfast

Royal dining

Princess Aurora...#1 and #2

Catching up with Cinderella

MC's new favorite princess, Snow White

Ariel--what a pretty mermaid!

What a sweet brother sitting through all those princesses. I think he secretly enjoyed being called "handsome" by the girls!

After breakfast, we headed over to the Test Track for some fun. We rode that several times before going to Mission Space. While we were waiting in line, Judd reminded me that this is the same ride where someone died. How comforting! There are two intensity levels for this ride. We opted for the less intense experience. Apparently there were some mechanical problems with the ride. As soon as we were closed inside this tiny capsule and strapped in, there was a delay. A long delay. I looked at Judd and the kids and started feeling very trapped and claustrophobic. My cell phone to call for help was stowed away and not within reach. There was no way to open the door from the inside. All of this made me break out in a sweat and hit full panic mode. Luckily, the problem was fixed within 10 minutes. What a cool ride! It felt as if you were in a shuttle being rocketed to Mars. Since we loved it so much, we decided to try the more intense version the next time. HUGE MISTAKE!!! The capsule rotates so fast that it creates the feeling of g forces. We all felt dizzy, nauseated, and had no way of grabbing the barf bags available to us. It was the absolute worse feeling and left MC and I a little queasy for awhile! We enjoyed rides in the Mexico and Norway exhibits before leaving for the Magic Kingdom.

The boys on Test Drive

The girls loved it, too!

Reminded the kids of my driving!

We took the monorail from Epcot to the Magic Kingdom. We went straight to Frontierland to ride Big Thunder Mountain Railroad and Splash Mountain. This year, the kids were much more interested in riding the rides instead of chasing down the characters. They are growing up so fast!

Riding Big Thunder Mountain Railroad

Rollercoasters are the bomb! AWESOME, shouts MC!

Cinderella's castle at the Magic Kingdom

For dinner, we went to Hollywood Studios. We ate at the Sci-Fi Restaurant. It looks like a drive-in movie. We sat in a sea foam green car for dinner. There was a huge screen showing classic television shows and commercials. There was almost no sound in the entire room. Everyone was mesmerized by the cool atmosphere and watched tv during dinner.

Our dinner date from the 50's

The Sci-Fi drive-in restaurant was so cool!

Our car at Sci-Fi

How classic- the 50's girl with a cell phone! She gets it honestly.

Enjoying a sundae

We spent the rest of our evening in Hollywood. Toy Story Mania is a fun carnival-type ride. We have fun competing with each other for the highest score. Judd usually wins, but not by very much. I'm learning how to play! That night, we found our new love...Rockin' Roller Coaster. It is the fastest ride and it plays the loudest music, performed by Aerosmith. Cole and I rode this first. He was skeptical at first, but agreed to go with me. MC was so glad to see that her brother survived, so she decided to try it, too. She was probably 1/2 inch too short of the required 48", but we taught her how to stand up tall and the big hair bows always gave that little lift she needed! That poor baby was shaking all during our wait to ride. However, she fell in love with it and wanted to keep riding it. It goes from 0-60 mph in about 6 seconds. It does upside down loops and goes very fast. What a smoothe ride, but it was too short of a ride! MC and Cole compared it to a slinky because of all the loops. I didn't have any takers for the Tower of Terror that night, but I surely wasn't going to give up.

After we returned to our room, we were exhausted and rubbed our tired feet. After all, we had been going for 15 hours and had been to 3 different parks. This is the way to do Disney World. And this trip, Judd said our kids were too big to ride a stroller around the parks. So we traveled on foot. My feet are hurting just thinking about it. Good times!