Disney World 2016

We are finally here!!!  After dropping our carry on luggage at the resort and collecting our celebration buttons we practically ran to Magic Kingdom!

 

Preston favorite ride (non rollercoaster one at least) was driving the race cars in Tomorrowland.  It was so much fun watching the joy on his face as he crashed again and again . .  

Dinner night one was a luau at the Polynesian.

 We hit Magic Kingdom again bright and early Sunday morning.

This was outside of the Peter Pan ride. We worked the fast passes and hit the high wait rides early.

Another family favorite was the Buzz Lightyear ride.

We took a cool break for the Micky's Philharmonic show. I couldn't help but capture this photo again since we took the same shot 4 years ago.

And this one 4 years ago as well!

Day Three began at Hollywood Studios.

How crazy was it to run into one of Savannah's friends and their family while waiting for the Muppet show?!  Our favorite ride of the day was definitely Toy Story!!

One last picture before calling it a day and heading to the resort pool!

After some fun at the pool (and a run on the treadmill for me) we headed to a delicious buffet dinner at 1900 Park Fare.  Amazing food, fun characters, and of course the kids enjoyed the personal birthday attention with these cupcakes. 

Day Four was spent at Epcot! Test Track was our first stop where we enjoyed designing our own cars and then racing around the track!

We explored a lot around the Seas and they loved this huge sea turtle

Another one of my favorite pictures was the kids trying to "catch" the dancing water!

Who needs a candy shop when you have a coke shop?!?  This kid was in heaven trying the different 

kinds of "spicy" drinks.  

We bought a passport and had it stamped as we explored all 11 countries in Epcot!  The afternoon wrapped up with another amazing dinner at an Italian restaurant in Italy. 

Either he was just starving, couldn't find the fork, or just didn't care how you're supposed to eat spaghetti.  It was delicious and he ate it all!

 Of course there was more birthday treats, songs, and celebrations! Almost 12 hours in the park and still going strong . . .

Our final day was spent back at Magic Kingdom just doing the favorites! Tea cups, Buzz, the race cars, space mountain for the boys, and of course the people mover. :)

Who doesn't like huge ice-cream treats before lunch?!?

Once again, it's good to the last drop.  Good grief!

One last family castle picture and we were headed back to the resort to catch the Magical Express back to the airport.

This was such a fabulous trip! With the kids being older they were able to hang a lot longer in the parks and did practically ZERO complaining even though we walked and walked and walked all day.  We were thankful that it only rained for about 10 minutes our entire trip so we didn't even need our ponchos.  We were also thankful that we were isolated from all of the terrible events in Orlando while we were there.  It was truly a magical, unforgettable trip!