DISNEY Spring Break Adventure

Of course we had to let Preston sit in the cockpit before we got off the plane :)

The kids have been begging to take a Spring Break/Easter trip, and somehow we pulled this last-minute trip to Disney off this year!  It took a LOT of work and was super stressful not having everything booked on Disney property through a planner, but we managed to pull it all together.  I do think it was a bit cheaper, but on the way home, we all agreed we won't stay off property again!!

We took a later flight out of Charlotte on Wednesday and caught the bus at 7am Thursday morning from the hotel to hit the best park first, Magic Kingdom.  We even splurged on lightning passes so that the boys could ride as much as possible in one *magical* day. :)

Savannah and I hung together and opted for a lot less scary rides!

The refillable popcorn bucket was a hit!

The race cars were crazy!  Preston almost got us thrown out of there by brake checking me

 

Getting out of the park was INSANITY!!! We stayed for fireworks, realized we never had dinner so we had to revise our plans and decided to try to leave the park by 9:45 so we could make it to the bus at 10:30 to the hotel.  We grabbed something quick to eat and then tried to get back to the 10:30 bus. LOL  The crowd was so massive we didn't even get near the boat or tram to get back to the ticket center before 10:15 so we ended up having to uber back to the hotel.  What a mess!

After the late night and crazy adventure on Day 1, we were thankful Epcot opened later so we could catch the 8:05 bus and still make it for early park entry.

It was a fun day, but we wrapped up early and decided to walk to Disney Springs after a quick stop by the hotel.  It was a fun night of shopping, dinner, and Ghirardelli sundaes!

Our last day was spent at Hollywood Studios.  The park opened at 8, but the boys caught the 7:05 bus and were super glad they did because early entry started even earlier, and they hit their two favorite rides TWICE each before regular people entered.  It was a bummer for me and Savannah because we got there right before the park opened for everyone, and they wouldn't let us use the early entry. :(  We rode a few rides, ended up waiting in line over 90 minutes for TOY STORY because it kept breaking down, and again grabbed ice cream Mickey sundaes before catching the bus back to the hotel at 3:30.  The one amazing discovery we found was the single ride line . . . instead of waiting 90 minutes to ride certain rides we literally waited 5 minutes and rode two and two instead of all together.  Hallelujah! 

We waited SO long for Toy Story!!!

It was a fun trip, and just what we ALL needed to escape Charlotte for a bit.  We do think it was less magical than before, mostly due to cast members not being as pleasant and friendly, but also because transportation was super inconvenient, not staying on the monorail.  So we made the most of it and enjoyed our crazy adventure and time together. :)  Now these two kiddos are officially on school countdown!