Animal Kingdom

The best show in Animal Kingdom was the Lion King. All the kids where enthralled by the music and the actors. We rode the safari and stopped in front of the Tree of Life. While riding the safari a giraffe crossed about ten feet away from us! We were stopped for about 10 minutes until the giraffe stopped it's migration, very cool!

The Lion King

Thomas in awe of the show

Tree of Life

Paul enjoying the safari

Thomas excited to be on a truck!

Hollywood Studios

We saw a lot of shows at Hollywood Studios and sadly had to skip the Tower of Terror. We saw Voyage of the Mermaid, Playhouse Disney Live, Muppets 3D and Beauty and the Beast. The 50,000 dancing Christmas lights topped off the day.

Mira Belle entranced by Beauty and the Beast

Beauty and the Beast was one of the best stage shows

She kept the glasses on the whole time

The Osborne Family Spectacle ... Beautiful lights everywhere!

We even got to meet up with my cousin Jackie and her husband Joe. They used to live in Raleigh and relocated to Orlando.

Epcot

In Epcot we had breakfast with the Princess at Akershus Castle in Norway. Aniela got to meet all the princess and get their autographs. For the princess breakfast, the girls dressed up as Minnie Mouse, thanks Grandma! We strolled around the World Showcase while the kids napped and got some Christmas shopping done.

Iconic Picture

The whole gang with Princess Belle

Cute Minnies

Cinderella

Had to get a picture with Minnie all dressed up

Giving a smooch to Donald

Checking out Pluto

Thomas still wasn't sure about Pluto and went back to check him out

Magic Kingdom

Hard to blog about Disney ... the happiest place on earth!! We had such a great time and took a ton of pictures so I thought I would just add them by park. We spent most of our time at the Magic Kingdom meeting characters and riding the rides. We also ate at Chef Mickey's where we met Mickey and Friends and at the Crystal Palace where we met Winnie the Pooh and gang.

Pia and Aniela
(one of my favorite pics!)

Chef Mickey

On the monorail ... Thomas' favorite part

Aniela jumping up and down when she spotted the castle

Dumbo ... A favorite among all the girls

Pia, Mira Belle and Aniela

Waiting for Small World

Eeyore!

Uncle Mike and Alyse bought the coolest balloons ever!!!

The Teacups were by far Aniela's favorite ride ... or "teapots" as she called them.