Epcot (Day 3) - Part 2

Thursday evening we enjoyed a character dinner at The Garden Grill in Epcot. The guests for the night? Chip and Dale, Farmer Mickey, and Pluto. The resturant rotated as you ate your meal, so that was a neat twist to the experience. The food was good and our waitress was great.

Waiting to meet Chip and Dale 

Not sure if this is Chip or Dale (he he)... Either way, Elijah was happy!

Looks like my two guys had a great dinner

And so our night comes to an end 



Epcot (Day 3) - Part 1

On Thursday, May 17th, our adventure was Epcot. It was a beautiful day and the magic continued.

LOVE this little guy!

While we were at Epcot, the HGTV Flower and Garden Festival was going on, and as you can tell by the pictures below, everything was beautiful!

During out time at Epcot, we enjoyed "The Seas with Nemo & Friends" as well as "Turtle Time with Crush". Both were awesome! To me however, "Turtle Time with Crush" was my favorite and I believe a must see! 

Unfortunately, we forgot to take any pictures. We was too busy watching Elijah's reactions. :)

Byron also had the chance to experience the amazing ride "Soar". 

 

 Having some fun as we walked through the different countries

Elijah and his new friends

 I think this picture is so funny!

Back to the room...

Our Little Man ready to rest (with Pluto) before the evening fun begins

Magic Kingdom (Day2) - Part 2

After a very busy morning, we went back to the resort so that Elijah could rest. Each day we would try to be at our room around 3:30ish so he rest and then we would go out again that evening.

Enjoying the view from our balcony as Elijah rested

  

 Back at the Magic Kingdom for some nighttime fun

 My two boys

 My turn on Dumbo with Elijah

 This is the roller coaster Elijah said he wanted to ride. We didn't think he would follow through with riding it but he proved us wrong. He rode it 3 times!

 The castle as it starts to get dark

 Wednesday night was our first time to watch the Disney Electrical Parade. And after the that night, Elijah was hooked. So we watched it every night for the remainder of our stay.

 M-i-c-k-e-y  M-o-u-s-e

  
As the parade ended each night, we would go back the hotel and watch the fireworks. It was beyond nice being able to watch them without fighting the crowds and from the comfort of our room. Below are just a few pictures Byron took of the fireworks the first night. (The pictures do not do them justice)

 And end to a magical day!

Magic Kingdom (Day 2) - Part 1

We started off Wednesday morning with a character breakfast at 'Ohana. The restaurant was in our resort which made it very convenient. Elijah was beyond excited to finally meet Mickey Mouse!

 Waiting to see the characters

 Mickey Mouse waffles were a big hit with Elijah

 We meet at last

 Mickey and our Mouseketeer

 One happy boy!

 And the smiles continue

 Pluto is Elijah's 2nd favorite character

 Taking part of the parade at the breakfast

 Pluto and Elijah watching one of the chefs make some Mickey waffles

 First time to meet Stitch- Elijah had no clue who he was, but he liked him :)

 And meeting Lilo for the first time too

   First character meal for Elijah= HUGE success

After breakfast we went to the Magic Kingdom 

 We hadn't been in the park long at all when Elijah spotted Daisy

 Enjoying the carousel

 This month the new Dumbo ride opened and it was one of Elijah's favorite

 Ready to go

 While riding the train, Byron spotted Winnie and Tigger. Tigger was so funny!

 Enjoying "It's a Small World"

 Watching the Street Party parade for the first time

What a great way to end the parade

Side Note: Elijah was given very cute 2012 Disney autograph book from our travel agent. So each time he meet a character, he got their autograph. His autograph book is full and several pages even have two autographs on the page. Thank you Mrs. Dana.