The Adventures of Team Stolasz!: The Big Trip! Days 5 & 6

On Tuesday we headed to the Magic Kingdom. It was all decorated for Halloween/Fall and looked AMAZING!

Waiting for the morning show:

Sasha and Teddy plan their day:

The morning show was WEAK!! The major came out, but there were no dancers, no "Good morning" song, and the train didn't come it! What??? So I was a bit bummed but that first glimpse of the castle took all my blues away.

Can't wait to get there!

We headed straight to Dumbo for a first ride of the day.

Then we headed toward frontierland

This is how we kept the children under control!

Then onto Splash! This may be my all time favorite ride pic.

Big thunder!

Then we wandered back to Liberty Square.

We checked out the Hall of Presidents and then ate lunch at the Columbia Harbor House. I could tell that my Dad was getting it when he said "the atmosphere is just so 'up'!!" That's my favorite thing about the MK. Just being there and listening to the background music and everyone and everything around you being so happy and jubilant. At that moment a marching band came out a side door and started playing some wonderful music. It never stops!
We headed toward the central hub:

All of a sudden the speakers came on all around us and we hear "HEY! Get up! Get Loud, Start Pumping up the party now..." And super fun music starts playing. So we knew "Move it, Shake it, Celebrate it" was about to come around the corner. So we hung out and had a spontaneous dance party and I loved it!

We rode the Carousel of Progress and then headed out of the park. But on the way out ice cream was calling. Had to stop on Main Street!

Everyone had a great rest back at the resort because we had a big night ahead of us. It was Mom and Dad's anniversary so we sent them to Narcoosee's for their Anniversary dinner.

Team Stolasz meanwhile headed back to the MK for Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party.

We ate dinner at the plaza.

And then raced into Tomorrowland to ride Space Mountain and start Trick or Treating!

Space!

Trick or Treating at the party was so much fun! They scooped giant hand fulls of candy into our bags and they were full after only 3 or 4 stations!

I always have to fall on the grenade and take the kids for a spin on the teacups.

And of course we had to visit the Haunted Mansion on Halloween:

Then it was time to snag a spot for Hallowishes. Jeff attracted many young fans who lined up to have their picture taken with him. This happened more than once and I think it's like totally against the rules but when you're fabulous you just have to go with it right?

We had to get Sasha a Pascal to make her outfit complete. She was so happy!

Then Hallowishes began. I was blown away!

After the fireworks we headed down Main Street to get a good spot for the Boo to You parade.

While we were waiting the kids and I wandered around a bit and we got this great shot:

Then Teddy and I went into the candy shop and he was so lusting after the M&M's that the cast member working there gave him a free bag! That's Disney Magic....

Then the parade started in the Spookiest way imaginable. The Headless Horseman rode right down Main Street.

The Boo to You Parade is the single best Disney Parade I have EVER SEEN.

The performers had so much energy and the music was infectious.

Then we finally gave up and headed home. We felt like this:

The next day was our rest day (as if!). In the morning I went for a run and I ran over to the entrance to the Studios and the Mater and McQueen topiary was gone! In it's place was a massive, gorgeous Christmas tree! It's like we went to bed on Halloween and woke up the very next day to Christmas. Those Disney elves must be speedy!

We had a nice, lazy morning at the resort. I knew my Dad was fully hooked when I caught him watching the DVC propoganda channel. The woman was saying in her overly perky voice:
"If you could go anywhere on Earth, where would you want to go?"
Dad to T.V. -
"Right. Here!".
Ahhh Success!! We headed to breakfast at the Cape May Cafe.

The food was awesome and the characters were hilarious. Here's me and my fav. I told him that we had a hot date lined up in 2013 and he was psyched!

Donald actually sat down with this guy because his wife was getting food. He was so funny! Then he couldn't get up again!

The meeting of the 2 ducks:

All the characters were in their best beachy attire of course.

After breakfast we headed to the pool! The Beach club pool goes on forever. One area has a sandy bottom and some sand bars to play on.

And to get to the slide you have to cross the sidewalk, go up to the crow's nest of a ship and then slide down the mast back into the main pool!

Sasha heading down:

View of the Boardwalk from the Crow's nest. What a beautiful day!

Then we decided that for lunch we wanted Food and Wine booth food so we headed into Epcot for a leisurely, mellow lap of World Showcase. Here's us in France:

Of course Germany had to be a pit-stop. Their booth featured a bratwurst on a pretzel roll. Heaven!

Beer and Pretzels!

Then into Mexico. Jeff and I both thought that the Spicy Shrimp Taco at the Mexico booth was one of the best things at the Food and Wine fest.

I had every intention of getting people down for naps before La Nouba and Fulton's Crabhouse. I really did. But we had so much fun at Epcot that we just didn't make it. La Nouba was MIND-BLOWING! If you're ever at WDW please just go see it. After that though, the kids were shattered. They got to the restaurant and pretty much asked to lie down and sleep on the benches. We rush ordered their food and managed to get a few bites into them.