More Firsts in 2008

January, 2008

Day 3

Chef Mickeys and Hollywood Studios

Breakfast at Chef Mickeys was first on our agenda. We headed to Magic Kingdom and hopped on the monorail to the Contemporary Resort. Even though it wasn't a terribly early day, we were so tired. Disney is not for wimps! 

Santa brought them these cute outfits. I loved how precious they looked!

My sweet girl was tired and sleepy...

We were happy to see every character who stopped by for a visit.

Cooper checked out Goofy's teeth.

Funny boy with a funny face...

My sweet girl was able to enjoy all of the characters and that brought me so much joy!

Oh wee...

Minnie checking out Claudia's shirt...

Our reservation for breakfast was one of the later reservations which means the restaurant began clearing out. The reward of a late reservation is extra character time. Cooper was up on his knees looking at Donald and Mickey snuck up on him. It was a priceless moment.

Claudia joined them and I got sweet pictures.

Donald was the only character who never made it to our table so Claudia just went to get him. She led him to Cooper, so sweet...

A little help from Donald...

Then Goofy came over for some love as well...

One of Claudia's favorite shows was Full House. She had several of the seasons in boxed sets. Prior to our trip, we had watched the shows where they went to WDW over and over. After we left The Contemporary, we stopped by the Grand Floridian to explore since that was where Danny Tanner and family had stayed. This was the staircase where DJ fell running to meet her boyfriend. Claudia loved that part so we took her picture right there. She thought it was cool that she was in the same spot they had been in. The Grand Floridian was beautiful to us.

After our sight seeing expedition, we headed to Hollywood Studios for the remainder of our day. Such fun to be had at HS!

Cooper fell alseep and missed meeting the Playhouse Disney characters.

High School Musical 2 was the newest thing and of course Claudia was a fan. She loved posing with these props.

Snow White was lovely to meet...

This was the last year for this parade at HS. The next year when we were there it had changed. I still like this parade better!

We watched the HSM 2 show and Claudia was a little disappointed. She was thinking it would be the characters from the movie.

We took pictures with this guy on our last trip. How have my little ones grown so quickly...

The kids LOVED playing on the Honey I Shrunk the Kids playground.

Eventually, we were all tuckered out. We stopped to get a bite to eat before leaving and Claudia entertained Cooper for us while we waited.

As we headed out, I took their picture on this horse. Last year I took it again in the same position to see how much they had grown and changed. When we were there in January of this year, the horse was not there so I couldn't get a picture to compare to last year.

Waiting for the bus to take us back to our resort. We all hit the sack early because we were worn out. It was a magical 3rd day. We were sad to be facing our last day.