WDW Trip - Day 1

When we left Cleveland, it was a mere 6 degrees outside and gray. We lugged our carry on luggage and our monster stroller to security. Celie did really well, taking off her shoes and going through the detector. We collected our belongings and headed for our gate. We were a little early, so we let the girls run around to get their energy out - so far so good.

We were one of the first people to board so we chose to sit in the bulk head area. The rest of the plane loaded and Celie was getting excited to get going. Then we took off. Both girls were wonderful in the air. Anna fell asleep and Celie and I played with stickers and her "people." Then, Celie fell asleep 30 minutes before landing. She stayed asleep while the entire plane deboarded which was o.k. because we were waiting for our stroller. We were the last ones off. We put the girls in the stroller and off we were to meet our driver to take us to the hotel.

Where's their luggage? Well, trying to minimize any tantrums, I sent all of our clothes, diapers, etc. that we would need for the trip ahead of time via UPS to the hotel. Since Celie doesn't understand "waiting," I didn't want to have to wait for luggage, etc. So, we found our driver and headed to the car. We loaded up and were on our way to the Polynesian Hotel at Walt Disney World.

The sun was shining and it was about 55 degrees. FL people were complaining about the cold, but we were extremely happy with the weather. It was perfect for us.

Once we got to the hotel, Bob took the girls to see the waterfall and there was a coloring area with a TV w/ cartoons. The girls gravitated their while checked us in. While I was checking in, Aunt Sue & Uncle Tom arrived. Celie looked at them with a very puzzled look on her face, "Uncle Sue? Uncle Tom?" and ran and gave them a huge hug. It was great. We were presented with leis and Anna found them a lot of fun to wear and carry around the room.


Once we were all checked in and found our rooms (they were right next to each other), we headed to the quick serve restaurant for lunch. After lunch, we headed to the rooms and unpacked quickly. We then loaded up for an afternoon in Magic Kingdom.

We rode the monorail to MK. Once through security and the main gate, I got in front of Celie so that I could see her face when she first saw C'rella's (that is what she calls Cinderella) castle. The look on her face was priceless.


She looked at the castle and said, "It's C'rella's castle. It's bootiful (beautiful). WOW!" We strolled toward the castle and they were having a show, so we watched the show and then walked around MK for awhile. We road on our first ride - Aladdin's magic carpets. Celie and Anna had a good time.

We headed back to the hotel to get our rest before our next big day. Animal Kingdom.