We started our trip with a 5:30am arrival at O'Hare. This was the girls' first plane ride (and our first plane ride as parents) we came prepared. Snacks, toys, technology...and more snacks!! This is really the best part of a trip...arriving at the airport!!! We were so excited!
Finding the "family line".
See ya later Chicago....we're outta here!
Me and my seat buddies
How'd this guy get his seat alone???? Caitlin spent half the plane ride pretending to talk to people on a phone. About half way through the plane ride, she laid down and put her legs over the arm rest into the aisle and kept talking..what a character!
The girls were great on the plane! Absolutely no problems..and only 2 bathroom trips! ;)
When we arrived in Disney, we headed to the Magical Express. (Side note, everything at Disney is magical! My favorite was the auto-"magic" doors...great play on automatic.) It was about a 15 minute ride to our resort, and they had tvs that gave us tips and views of the parks so we got more and more excited!!!!
We checked into our resort (Pop Century) in about 10 minutes thanks to Express Check-in! And we were off.....
1st stop, Hollywood Studios.
Our first of many bus transports...but one of the best! (The very best was the way to the Magic Kingdom the 1st day).
We arrived around 2:00. We really spent most of this day just getting accustomed to the world that is Disney. We learned how to use our dining plan. We learned about Fast Pass...but not soon enough because we didn't get to ride the Aerosmith coaster here that we really wanted to ride because the line was 70 minutes and we missed our chance at Fast Pass.
Our first stop was Mickey Mouse Clubhouse show. It was the perfect start to our trip because the girls were up and dancing right away!!!
(They don't look excited, but they were really just watching everyone around us....)
We did a few more rides. Caitlin fell asleep in Little Mermaid so then Abigail and I walked around while Daddy stayed with Sleeping Beauty. Randomly, I ran into a friend from college...small world...and got some tips and advice from her!
We had dinner at Sci-Fi Dinner. You eat your dinner in a car while old Sci-Fi clips play. It was so much fun! What I appreciate the most about Disney are all the little things they do (dark sky with stars twinkling, etc) that make everything so magical.
After dinner, we did 1 more ride (Great Movie Ride) and headed home because we had two tired girls. While waiting for the bus home, I turned around and the family behind us are from our town. The mom and I used to do things together in our Mom's group. Small World #2! They stayed at our resort too...so crazy!
We missed a lot of things at Hollywood Studios(including taking pictures, but no worries, there are still 350 to come), but are looking forward to having new things to do next time!!!!
Next: Day 2-Magic Kingdom and Dinner with Princesses
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I love all of this. We leave for Florida in 10 days and this is like building my excitement!!!
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