Day five we woke up and had to pack up and check out. Our week seemed to fly by, so we were sort of bummed to check out. We were spending our day at Magic Kingdom and then heading to Dan’s parent’s for the weekend.

We ended up getting into the park in the late morning and went to Fantasy Land for a couple of rides. We ate lunch at Crystal Palace, which was very nice, but super busy.

Luke didn’t eat a bite of his food including his ice cream, which worried us. You can see his untouched food in a couple of the pictures. He was sneezing and he felt warm. After we ate lunch Dan went and bought some Children’s Advil. That is really something you don’t want to do at Disney. We went to ride Peter Pan (which I love as much or more that the boys!) and then as we were walking around Luke fell asleep.

As a side note I can’t wait to put the stroller in the trash. We have had that thing since Luke was new baby and he is huge in it now! The whole thing is all bent out of shape and I don’t think it would have lasted one more day in Disney!

Dan and Daniel rode a couple of rides and Luke got up in time to go to the Haunted Mansion for a second time- which he loved more than the first. We rode the train around Magic Kingdom and ate dinner overlooking it’s a small world. On our way out we rode the carousal and watched Mickey’s Philharmagic. Then I got like 8 snacks on the way out because we didn’t eat most of our snacks from our dining plan. We left with an awful lot of Mickey rice krispie treats and lollipops!

We had such a wonderful time and our kids were total troopers. We usually take a rest day somewhere in there, but took them all at the end at Dan’s parent’s house. Daniel walked the whole time- which was a lot of walking- and he never complained. We were so proud of the kids and had the best time!  We can’t wait to do it again!

We slept in on our third day and then got ready to do whatever we wanted on this day.

We went to eat lunch at Chevy’s and then headed to Downtown Disney. I think I like this place as well as a park! There’s so much going on and lots of shopping, which I enjoy.

We hit up Daniel’s version of Utopia- The Lego Store.

He LOVED this store and bought a few things. He made 3 mini-figures to buy. He made Indiana Jones, a bad guy, and Dan.

It’s the ultimate compliment from the Lego obsessed boy. He even has on an astronaut shirt, because Dan wanted to be an astronaut. Love it!

After Downtown Disney we headed to Animal Kingdom. We walked in right as they were having the parade.

Going late in the afternoon worked out great for this park. We zoomed through and did everything that we wanted to get done and more. We all loved the Safari, Nemo show, and the Lion King show. Luke especially loved the Lion King and the tumble monkeys. And we have a certain soft spot for the Tree of Life. (Dan worked there for a while, for those who didn’t know.)

Luke wanted to ride the Primeval Whirl so bad, but he wasn’t tall enough- by 6 inches. He kept telling me he had grown and was big now. So, when Dan and Daniel were done with the roller coaster, they took Luke on the Triceratop Spin. He loved that thing and rode it twice in a row.

Here they are going by, can’t you tell?

We closed this park down too and then headed back to the hotel super late. We needed to rest up for the next day… Hollywood Studios.

Hollywood Studios is probably my personal favorite of the parks. We enjoy Magic Kingdom a lot with the kids, but I think Hollywood Studios is the favorite for me and Dan.

Daniel was super excited about all of the Star Wars stuff around for Star Wars weekends.

Daniel got chosen to be part of the High School Musical show. He went out and played air guitar and loved every minute of it.

The kids loved the Lights Motor Action car stunt show and the Honey I Shrunk the Kids playground. Luke actually rode Star Tours this time, but did not care for it. He was a trooper though and didn’t cry or anything, he just didn’t enjoy it.

We ate dinner at the 50′s Prime Time Café. The atmosphere was fun and the food was very good. The restaurant is set up like a 1950′s house and there is a TV on every table playing good old black and white shows and commercials.

The dessert was absolutely sinful and delicious. Don’t worry, I didn’t finish it… and I shared… some.

We headed back to the hotel and swam for a bit. Luke took off like a fish with his little floaty arms. He wouldn’t let us touch him, he just swam back and forth and back and forth.

We finally headed to bed to rest up for our last day…. back to Magic Kingdom!

Our second day started off at Chef Mickey’s for breakfast. Luke was pumped up about Mickey Mouse waffles with Mickey. There was lots of whooping and hollering and jumping up and down.

Eating breakfast so early with the characters put us in the Magic Kingdom right after rope drop, which made my husband a happy camper. J

We were able to walk through Cinderella’s castle, which Daniel got a kick out of. It’s closed a lot because of a show that they do in front of the castle.

We made our way through Fantasy Land, which is always a favorite for the boys. Then we headed over to the ride that Luke has talked about for months…. Haunted Mansion.

He was so excited.

Dan and I had been wondering how he would react. He tends to be scared of things, but was super excited about the Haunted Mansion.

It turned out he really liked it. He kept talking about it afterward saying “Haaa Haaa Heee Heee… No doors….” The ghost in the beginning says with a cackle that there are no windows and no doors.

We all took a mid-day nap this day because I was falling asleep during the Country Bears! We ate dinner at the hotel and went back to Magic Kingdom to walk around and maybe ride a few rides.

We stuck around for the fireworks that night which were, as usual, gorgeous. Here’ s a lovely picture of them.

We headed back to the hotel to rest for the next day… Downtown Disney and Animal Kingdom!