Saturday, August 31, 2019

Magic Kingdom and EPCOT with friends!

For our second and third days at Disney, we met up with friends!

The kids were thrilled to have their friends along...it was so wonderful and perfect in every way!

Traditional family pictures on Main Street, in front of the castle! 
I love having this picture taken each time we come here.

Or, do you like this one better...a bit more centered, but I also like the one off-set so you can see more of the castle....thoughts?!
 
Up close, so you can see Walt and Mickey.

Family selfie...a bit closer to the castle.

We went on "It's a Small World" with our friends. In fact, we went on almost every ride with them. It was a super full day and so much fun.



Riding on the Speedway together before lunch.

Riding with friends.

These two are a hoot together.

Krypto took one for the team and rode alone.

More friends met up with us at lunch time and we spent the rest of the day together!

It was a downpour as we waited in line for the Haunted Mansion.

These two have been writing and Skyping with each other for over two years. This was the first time they had seen each other, in person, since June 2017. Waiting in line to ride Pirates of the Caribbean gave them some catching up time.

Same here, monthly Skype calls and emails have been the way they have kept in touch since summer '17...so thankful for our long distance friends.

These two had met in the summer of '17 as well, but two years later, a bit of growing up, and they really connected and became friends. We hope we can get these two together again soon.

The Jungle Cruise!

Big Thunder Mountain!


Splash Mountain!
We hit all the fun ones! So awesome!

The fireworks at night at the Magic Kingdom are always amazing.

We got to watch the show from several different vantage points.

We loved the Beauty and the Best story lit up on the side of the castle.

So neat how they do the light show.

It was definitely different than the show we saw back in '17 or even years previous to that.

Our last day, EPCOT!


Waiting in line for Spaceship Earth with our friends.

Me and my girl.


Pin trading!

So many fun pins...Krypto traded away his Jafar pin to this guy for a "Hidden Mickey Nautilus" pin. He was thrilled to get the Nautilus pin, but I was bummed about losing Jafar, so I had to go on eBay and find it again....silly, Mommy!

Wreck it Ralph.




We spent the afternoon exploring all the lands...here we are in Canada. They had just closed the show down for refurbishment two days before we arrived. Too bad, because we had talked up the show to our friends. It was so funny!


Classic telephone booth shots.



Awe...in England, you have to find your favorite Pooh characters.

With the Eiffel Tower in the background!


We have this picture, taken over 20 years ago together, in storage somewhere. Had the kids take it again as a sweet memory.




We made it to Venice, again! Love this city!

Dinner was in Mexico!

Very good food, just a bit dark.



Sunset over the lake is so lovely.

The golf ball, all lit up at night.

The next day, before we checked out from Shades of Green, our friends from Tampa drove up to see us for a few hours. We treasured our time with them. THANK YOU for coming to see us.

My sweet friend from Tanzania. We miss you guys!

Most of the group...we were missing Craig who was traveling and Sissi took the picture.

Another sweet visit and time with friends who are like family!

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