Small World Tour by Solace

As mentioned I took the 300ish pictures Solace took in Small World and instead of posting the play by play as she would like me to, I picked out like 40 of the best pictures. I am sure you will feel like you rode this rid by the end of the post. So keep your arms and legs inside the boat and enjoy the ride (or tour by Solace)

And that's the (abbreviated) highlights of Small World according to Solace.

Days 5 & 6: The Magic Kingdom! That's right both days there...

After discovering all the wonderful parks. we decided that although we loved them all, we thought Magic Kingdom was the best park for our family at the ages and stages we are. There was just SOOO much more we could do as a family and there was lots for the shorter kids to do when the taller kids rode bigger rides. But to be honest, these last 2 days were spent on a lot of slow flat rides (as per the request of a certain 3 YO). We went on lots of the less popular rides that Kindle LOVED (and we still had plenty of time to go on the big kid rides over and over again as well). It ended up being the perfect way for us to finish out our WDW time! We had a blast-oh and we took WAY too many pics the last 2 days...I shall post a few in this post then maybe add a few more themed posts (like a Small World by Solace post since she took about 300 pictures in there-I have cut her tour down to about 40 pictures for your viewing pleasure)

The pictures in this post are from the 5th day!

Near Splash Mountain there is a play area for shorter kids-Kindle preferred the play area to the ride, so we spent some time there the last 2 days while others rode Splash Mountain. At one point she met a boy and the 2 of them set up a home at the top of the slide-they tried not to let anyone into their home until a boy said he would be their son. He was allowed to join in, but it took parents (read: me/Beckee) interfering before any other child was "allowed" to go through the "house" and down the slide...yeah, Kindle is "that" kid...Armour the model was with us as well as he was sick of Splash Mountain this time...Anyway, here are some pictures from that:

On our Animal Kingdom Day, Wes lost his hat (left it on a ride). So he bought one at Epcot the next day. But the hat pulled the whole outfit together and Wes feared he was too "Matchy Matchy,."  I liked it, but you be the judge:

We thought we ought to stop by the castle while we were there. Here are some pics of the cute kids and some of Wes's reaction to seeing Cinderella:

But when push comes to shove, Cinderella's got nothing on me (in Wes's eyes at least):

Check out more posts coming soon to a Johnson family blog near you...(by which I mean to say, stay tuned!)

Kindle's Disney World Trip (AKA what to do with 3 year olds at WDW)

I only like rides that are slow and flat. I do not like rides that are fast or go down! My favorite rides are it's a Small World, Buzz Lightyear Space Ranger Spin, Soarin', and Peter Pan. I liked when we met Donald, Mickey, and all those guys. I loved the parades, and I liked going to the Crush show. Crush talked to Armour and Ender but not me and in made me sad, but he was still funny. That's all...
Love,
Kindle

Solace's Disney World Adventure!

On our vacation we went to the 4 main amusement parks and Downtown Disney at Walt Disney World. The amusement parks are Magic Kingdom, Hollywood Studios, Animal Kingdom and Epcot (Experimental Prototype Community Of Tomorrow). My favorite park was Magic Kingdom. I will tell you my favorite ride at each park.

My favorite ride at Disney's Magic Kingdom was Space Mountain by far. I liked Space Mountain because it went really fast and it actually looked like you were in space! Even before you got onto the ride vehicles.

My favorite ride at Hollywood Studios was Twilight Tower of Terror. I liked it because it had a really scary setting but my favorite part was the drops. I also liked that I got to go with only my brothers Armour and Ender-no adults! It was an itty bitty scary but I reminded myself it was only mechanics.

My favorite ride at Animal Kingdom was Expedition Everest, and not just because it is named after my brother! :) I liked it because you went up the mountain then you saw the tracks were broken up and there were footprints in the snow. Before that when you were waiting to go in, you saw all this yeti merchandise. So, it got you all scared. Then the train takes you backwards into the mountains really, REALLY fast. And you see a shadow of the yeti breaking up the tracks. Then once he sees you, you go really fast, but you don't go the same way! You go straight out of the mountain toward the yeti. And here is the funny part-they take a picture when you pass the yeti and the yeti always looks like he is lashing out at my head (even when I sit in a different spot!)

My favorite thing at Epcot wasn't actually a ride-it was an adventure, a Kim Possible adventure. We took our KIMunicators on 3 different missions in Epcot. The first mission was in the UK and we did 2 KIMunicators so we could race to the finish, boys against girls. It was really fun AND the girls won!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We did 2 other missions together as a family, in China and in France. (I am looking at the KIMunicator in the picture above.)

My favorite ride at Epcot was Test Track! Test Track makes you the test dummy! So you go through different car tests in a test car. The tests are break tests, climate tests including hot and cold, uphill tests, a bump test, a barrier test and a speed test. When you get to the barrier test, you think you are going to bonk into a brick wall because they show other cars that have hit a wall on either side. Right when you are about to hit the wall...wait...I'm not going to ruin it for you! But you will survive!

We went to Downtown Disney a couple nights. On Mom's birthday we ate at Benihana. I liked their food and their hats! It was cool that they cooked on the table. After the dinner we walked over to Downtown DIsney where we shopped for my new earrings! They are Mickey Mouse birth stone earrings and I LOVE them!

One of the other things I really liked on our trip was going to Fantasmic at Hollywood Studios with Mom and Ender. It was AWESOME! Mickey saved the day and it shows a lot of the Disney characters!

Another favorite thing was out hotel. I liked it because every night at the pool there was a different movie on a big screen. Since we stayed at All Star Music Resort we had a guitar pool. There were actually 2 pool-the guitar pool and a piano pool-but we only went to the closest one which was the guitar pool. In the middle, where the whole would be on a real guitar, the pool had a small island with 3 people on it (one was Donald Duck). They all 3 squirted water on people. Around the island it is 5 feet deep, but I swam all the way there from the outside edge of the pool. That is how good a swimmer I am now.

One last thing I want to tell you about is how good the food was. I especially liked the Pinocchio restaurant in the Magic Kingdom. I really liked the food there and the setting. It peers out onto it's a Small World after all. I took the picture above in it's a Small World.

Overall, I LOVED Disney World. There is a lot more I could talk about but that is all I have to say for now. If you get a chance to go to Disney World, GO.


I Love Disney World!!!!

Solace
(Mom note-all word are Solace's-I just typed to make it faster. Also, all pictures were chosen by her!)