A Surprise Disney Christmas Adventure

We avoided all travel this year, including the beach, thanks to fear of Covid. Our original Disney trip in June was canceled as well.  BUT, enough was enough!  Dave and I decided to take a risk and plan a surprise Disney trip for the kids at Christmas.  We made it all the way until Thursday to tell them we were flying out on Saturday at 7am. The surprise was awesome! 

After getting up around 4am, we made it to the airport in just enough time for our 7am departure.  The airport was pretty empty, but our flight was full. 

We finally checked into the hotel, Disney's Yacht Club, and made it to Main Street before noon.  Let the adventure begin!

At my request the first ride was It's a Small World!  The wait was ridiculous, but it was fun to start our trip with my favorite.

While the boys were on Space Mountain, Savannah and I rode Buzz Lightyear a couple times!

We had a full, long day in Magic Kingdom and ended with this awesome castle picture! 

The next morning we were up bright and early to walk to Epcot.  We hit soaring first to avoid the lines and then made our way around the park, saving the countires for later.  The wait for Test Trak wasn't that bad even though the posted time was 70 minutes.  It was my favorite Epcot ride for sure!

We enjoyed the countries and ended with a delicious dinner in an Italian restaurant, our only table service meal for the trip.  We sure missed the meal plan since they stopped that due to the virus.

Savannah and Dave outside the Germany entrance.

Day 3 was spent at Hollywood Studios.  We did our favorite Toy Story interactive ride first and then the boys went to ride Slinky while Savannah and I enjoyed LOTS more on the spinning ride and more Toy Story rides too.

Preston outside the rockin roller coaster.  He was so proud to do his first upside-down coaster . . but didn't know going into it that it actually went upside down. ;)

The longest wait of our entire trip was almost two hours for the Star Wars ride (we would never have waited that long, but the posted time was much shorter).  Thankfully, we made it out just in time to race over to make our reservation for the exclusive Star Wars adventure.  I think after waiting so long for the first one, they weren't as happy coming off, but at least the three amigos got to do both Star Wars rides!

And we say goodbye to Hollywood Studios . . it was fun to ride the skyliner back to Epcot and then walk to the hotel.

Our last day was spent back in Magic Kingdom.  The boys hit the Seven Dwarfs Mine Train first and there was still a small wait (even at 7:15 in the park!) while Savannah and I rode a few other rides that the boys didn't care about.  Of course, we all rode Buzz again and a few other favorites before grabbing something quick for lunch and heading back to the resort to catch the Magical Express to the airport.

We are so thankful for the safety measures Disney had in place.  From required masks (we didn't see anyone without one) to distancing and sanitizer everywhere, we felt pretty safe.  Obviously, it wasn't as magical as normal, but it was a super fun way to spend some of Christmas vacation and a trip they'll never forget.  Thanks for the memories Disney!!  We'll see you real soon . . .