~Disney World 2013~

Danika's (and mom & dad's) 1st time at Disney World!!!!! We went there for a Waterman family reunion. It was the first time Danny got to meet his biological father as well as the rest of the Waterman family. We had a blast! It was so much fun!!!! Thank you Mike and Marcia for everything!!! You guys are awesome!!! :)

Danika's first time on a plane and we got delayed for 6 hours on a layover in Utah! The plane got     de-iced twice and they finally flew us to Florida! We got to Florida at 4:00am the next day!

Checking in our bags at the airport

Trying to keep Danika occupied on the plane was not easy!

 We were lucky on the flight from Phoenix to Utah......she fell asleep.

Layover in Utah......

 The layover was so long. Danika was tired of being held and she got really fussy and started crying. At that point, I was so tired! If Danika wanted to play on the airport floor, then by all means play! lol

Danika trying really hard to get back to the floor to play

The flight from Utah to Florida was 4 hours long!!!!!! Danika hated every minute of it! While people are trying to sleep on the plane, there was Danika screaming and crying and kicking and throwing herself back the entire 4 hours! Danny managed to finally get her to sleep shortly before we landed! I'm hoping as she gets older, flights get easier????? Because at this point, I never want to re-live that experience again!

Day #1 Disney's Animal Kingdom

Bus ride on our way to Animal Kingdom sitting next to Michelle and Piper.

Bella, Danny, Peter and Jodie 

While we were waiting to go in, Beverly went to the gift shop and got all the kids Disney autograph books and Disney pens to get autographs of all the characters we saw! Thanks Bev! :)

Bella and Piper

It's Tough To Be A Bug

Kilimanjaro safari cruise

Expedition Everest 

Magic Kingdom Parade!!!
So many of the characters came up to Danika during the parade and she didn't know what to think! She would just stare at them! At least she didn't cry!

This guy came by and drew Goofy with a brush and water! (at least I think it was water)

One of the Chip~n~Dale's saying "Hi" to Danika

The gang deciding what we should do next!

After Animal Kingdom, we went to Pioneer Hall where the  Hoop-Dee-Doo Revue restaurant was. We sat at a buffet style table and ate while we watched actors put on a show. They involved members of the audience in their show. Awesome! :)

Waving our napkins. From left to right (Patrick, Mike, Marcia, Danny). Poor Danny looks tired.....

Danika is always getting someone's attention! lol 

Danny's jammin' out on the wash board they gave him to play as an instrument!

Danika making random friends on the bus ride back to the hotel.

Day #2 Disney's Hollywood Studios

Bus ride to Hollywood studios sitting next to Marcia and Marty :)

Star Tours: The Adventure Continues ride

Mmmm french fries! Take a good look at this pic because you will probably never see another fry in her mouth if Danny has any say about it! lol

Jodie holding Danika while Danny and I go on the Star Wars ride. Bella eating her apples.

Marty and Danny

Obviously to Danny and I, the ride was scary! There was a small bar in front of me that I used to grab onto, and as you can see.....Danny wanted my bar too!!!! From left to right (Michelle, Beverly, Me, Danny, Mike & Mathieu).



Long day for my baby girl!

Marcia and Danika before we left for Disney Hollywood Studios

The Muppet's 3D

Us and Ian with Lightning McQueen and Mater :)

I forgot what this was called, but they show you how they do all the car tricks in the movies

Phineas and Ferb time!!! Woot woot!!!

 

At the end of the night, we saw the show Fantasmic! But it was to dark to take any pictures. We sat in the 3rd row. Danika totally slept through the entire thing! Through the water being splashed all over us, fireworks, everything! If she's tired enough, she can sleep through anything!!!

Day #3 Disney's Epcot Center

On the monorail on the way to eat breakfast!

Danika and Piper having a conversation

Danika smiling at Peter



 LOL she's sad for 2 reasons! One, she doesn't like wearing those ears on her head (so mom wore em). Two, she rubbed sunblock in her eyes and wasn't happy about it!

Don't look Danika! 

 Peter and Jodie (newly engaged) :)

 From left to right: Beverly, Ian, Michelle, Piper, Bella, Alex and Marty



This Mission Space ride was the first ride we rode here! It was also ALMOST the last ride I rode at Epcot because I'm a sucker when it comes to motion sickness and this ride screwed me up for most of the day! Danny loved the ride and went on it again with Marty and Ian!



The next ride "they" went on was "Test Track" which was some kind of car racing game where u pick the make, model, etc of your car and race against others. I stayed with Danika while they rode the ride. She had fun on the Test Track car that was outside. :)

At THE LAND was when I finally braved to ride another ride. We rode on "Soarin". The ride made you feel like you were flying over all these different places in different countries.

There is a big body of water separating the rides from the food. On the other side of the water is food from all these different countries. Each country that you walk to looks like your actually in that country. We walked to Germany to eat, but first we took the faerie across the water. This is us waiting in line for the faerie.

Jodie, Peter and Danika

Germany!



The entertainment at the German restaurant. The food was buffet style. Different......but good. :) We got some German chocolate while we waited to be seated!

 Peter, Jodie, Mike, Marcia, Danika, Tara, Danny, Marty and Patrick! Ready to eat! There was a huge fireworks display at the end of the night! Awesome!

Day #4 Disney's Magic Kingdom

Danika playing with Michelle and Mike

Ha ha ha this pic always makes em laugh! Danika was totally passed out sleeping when we got there!

This little girl is starving! Were in line to see Mickey Mouse!

Almost there......

 All of the Waterman peeps seeing Mickey Mouse!!!!



Next we saw princesses Cinderella, Rapunzel and Aurora

*Princess Rapunzel*

*Princess Aurora*

We got Danika this balloon on our way to see Belle's cottage and when we got out, it was stolen! :(   But at the end of the day when we were taking our stroller back, someone had taken their stroller back and left a balloon tied to it, so Mike got it and gave it to Danika! :) 

  

The balloon was irritating Danny because it kept flying in his face while he was pushing the stroller lol 

Hidden Mickey's!

Alice In Wonderland :) 

*Belle's Cottage*

Inside Belle's cottage they get 15-20 people in the living room and pick people to play the parts of the Beauty and the Beast story. Bella was picked to be the tea cup and Ian was picked to be the Beast!After their done picking the parts, you walk through this magical mirror that disappears into an open door and you walk into Belle's library to do the play. 

*The Beast's castle*

 *Belle*

 Belle and Ian dancing

*Daisy Duck and Minnie Mouse*

Minnie signing Danika's autograph book

We went to get good seats for the night time show and they were having a party in the street! They invited everyone to join in and dance with the characters! :) Danika was jammin' out!

Time for Disney's Electrical Parade!!!!

We had an awesome time in Florida meeting everyone and going to all the different Disney parks! There are still so many parks we didn't get to go to! Till next time....... :) We got home in one piece....although our luggage got put on another plane and we had to come back to the airport later that night to retrieve it! We had an awesome vacation!!! :)