Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Disney Decorations

One thing I really wanted to do this Christmas was make it out to Disney to see some Christmas decorations. They really know how to go all out and there's so much that you can see without spending a dime. So I loaded up the girls and our first stop was the chocolate carousel at the Beach Club Resort.
It was quite impressive and very tasty looking. Here's a description of all the ingredients used to make it.
As soon as we got there, Brooke found a space where she could sit and sketch. Love my little artist!


While Brooke was drawling, Ali and I tried to find the hidden Mickeys disguised in the carousel.

One of our favorite things to do at the parks is pin trading. Except for a little money spent up front to buy some starter pins, it is a fun free activity that the girls have really liked. You can walk up to just about any Disney cast member and ask to trade a pin with them. You never know what you're going to find!


After we left the Beach Club we drove to the Polynesian where they had some cute gingerbread houses on display and we did some more pin trading!



Then we took the monorail over to the Grand Floridian to see their beautiful Christmas decorations. Their tree is huge!


We looked like little elves in front of it. It's so big (but not real)!


The main attraction at the grand Floridian is the huge gingerbread house! It is also made out of real gingerbread and they even operate a little gift shop inside of it.

Riding the monorail back to our car..


Our last stop was to the Disney shopping village. We were hoping to see Santa Goofy, but there was a very loooooooong line for him. I decided to take the girls up near the front of the line so they could catch a glimpse of Goofy and decide if they wanted to wait in line or not. But Goofy wasn't there. He was actually on his way back out to the line as we stood there. He came right by Ali, gave her a high five and then got to his line and went to work. Luckily for me, that was satisfying enough for Ali and she didn't feel like she needed to wait in line anymore. So we walked around for a bit and the girls played with the Lego's at the Lego store and mommy splurged and bought some overpriced popcorn for us to share.

Beautiful weather and minimal whining is a good day in my book!

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