Cape May Cafe and Hollywood Studios

On Monday we had breakfast at one of our very favorite places - Cape May Cafe! It is located at the Beach Club Resort. During our first trip to Disney, it was recommended to us and we have made it there for breakfast and dinner each trip since!

After breakfast we headed to Hollywood Studios and straight to Toy Story Mania! It's a fabulous fun ride!

My all time favorite Disney characters: Chip and Dale!!

This trip we saw the Indiana Jones stunt show, and it was really pretty good. We also saw the "lights, motor, action" stunt show. I think that is the name of it. I can never remember. We saw Little Mermaid and another one of our favorites is the Star Tours ride! I have always been too chicken to ride Tower of Terror, but this year I sucked it up and got on. Let's just say I have ridden once and that is enough! As luck would have it, we were on the front row and I was in the very middle!! Thank goodness someone warned me they open the doors at the top and you can see out to the parking lot! Needless to say I didn't see anything because my eyes were closed pretty much the entire time.

One of our all time favorite parades was the one at Hollywood Studios. It was a great character parade! A couple of years ago they changed it to a "Block Party Bash". It is a lot of fun, but I miss the characters. This one stops and they sing and dance with the kids for about 10-15 minutes before moving along.

The army man from Toy Story is in charge!

After a great day in the park we had dinner at another favorite -The Brown Derby! It is another one we visit each trip.

Hoop Dee Doo Revue

After a great day at Magic Kingdom, we headed to the Fort Wilderness Lodge to see this:
It is called the Hoop Dee Doo Revue. It was really good! We were all surprised, but really had a good time. Even the kids loved it! I will say they need to change their check in system. I made the reservation last October when I made all of the others. So I had my confirmation number. When you get there you have to check in at one place to get another confirmation number and then go stand in line to check in again and get your table assignment and stand in line for your picture. Crazy! Anyway, we had a really fun night!

They brought ribs and fried chicken to our table in buckets. It was all you can eat salad, ribs, chicken, mashed potatoes, baked beans with strawberry shortcake for dessert!

We had a funny waiter and our table was right up front.

Disney World

We had a fabulous Spring Break! It was a much needed break and get away! We left early Saturday morning and got there around 5:00. We stayed at the Boardwalk Inn. It is considered an Epcot Resort. This was our third time to stay there. We have stayed at other resorts, but we love the Boardwalk! We had dinner at Cat Cora's restaurant Kouzzina, which is on the boardwalk. Afterwards we walked along the boardwalk watching the performers and looking in the shops.
Each trip to Disney we try to do different things. Since the kids are older, we decided to get them lanyards and some pins for trading. Here they are with their starter kits.

We always go to Crystal Palace in Magic Kingdom for breakfast our first day! That way we are already in the park when it opens. Here's Johnny and the kids waiting for the bus. Yes, it is still dark outside! I forgot to mention, when we go we go! We go non-stop most of the time. We are up early and usually back in our room around 9:00.

James, Annamarye and Piglet. I'm glad my kids will still have their pictures made with the characters! This is probably the last year for James?

Our first ride of the day is always Buzz Lightyear! The past two times we have been the first ones on! The first family of the day gets free pictures!

Next we headed to the Speedway! Another favorite, especially since both can drive now!

Here's Johnny and James on the Jungle Cruise! This has been the same since I first went to Disney as a child! It is corny, but a favorite!

James saw his friend Logan while waiting in line for Goofy's Barnstarmer, so they rode together!

We rode all of our favorites - Dumbo, It's a Small World, Pirates of the Caribbean, Peter Pan, Aladdin, Snow White, the Teacups, and Mickey's Philharmagic. Johnny and James rode Space Mountain and Big Thunder Mountain Railway. I have ridden Space Mountain and once was enough. We were in line for Haunted Mansion and they ended up closing it. We did get to ride it later in the week though.

Spring Break Trip

We are back from a wonderful trip to Disney World! I am sorting through pictures and laundry and will update soon!

Vacation!

It is Spring Break and we are officially on vacation! We are all ready to take a break from the school/work routine and just enjoy hanging out!