Day 3-Magic Kingdom

Wednesday was a pretty jam packed day.  We started the day in Magic Kingdom with breakfast at Belle's castle.  The girls loved seeing the castle.  In one of the dining rooms, it looked like it was snowing outside the windows.  In another, was the famous West Wing, complete with the magical rose.  The dining room we were in had big figurines of Belle and the Beast dancing, spinning much like a music box.  We thought this was a character breakfast but after waiting for quite a while with no princess appearances, we decided to move on and have fun on the rides.  We rode A LOT of rides!  I was so proud of the girls riding so many that I wouldn't have expected them to.  They loved them all with the exception of Splash Mountain...the picture below says it all!  We rounded out the day with a special dinner at Cinderella's Royal Table.  This was a highlight.  From the moment the girls had laid eyes on the castle, they had asked multiple times if it was possible to go into the castle.  Dinner in the castle was pretty magical...add princesses to the mix and it was over the top.  While we were waiting for our table, the hostess would come over the intercom saying that "Cinderella invites the _____ family to attend the party."  Braelyn looked up and said "Oh Mommy, I hope we are invited to the party!!"  It never crossed my mind that she would think not everybody waiting would get called!  She was beyond excited when our name was called!  When dinner was over, the fireworks were about to begin.  Since we had seen them the night before, we decided to ride some more rides while the crowds were all around the castle.  It was pretty magical to be flying high above Disney in a rocket ship when the fireworks went off!

We didn't know beforehand, but happened to catch Mickey and his friends welcoming everyone to the park when it opened to kick off the day.

In front of Gaston's after our Be Our Guest breakfast

I loved watching their faces on the rides!  This was on the Little Mermaid ride.

Might should have waited a little longer after breakfast to spin in the teacups!!

Making a wish at Cinderella's wishing well

Splash Mountain-me and Shawn screaming, Braelyn right before the tears started, and Em holding her breath!

They loved finding these machines to make souvenir pennies.

We caught the parade before heading back to the room to cool off and regroup.  It was awesome other than being extremely hot!

Braelyn was so excited about getting changed into her Ariel princess dress for dinner.  Emerson said she wanted to be the "comfortable princess".  

After our rest, we were ready for a few more rides.  We kicked it off with Pirates of the Caribbean.

We actually got to ride together on the Magic Carpet ride.

Too cute laughing and squealing together as their carpet flew high.

Note the very similar reactions to Splash Mountain, only this time everyone was happy on the other side and wanting to go again!

We had a few minutes before checking in for dinner for a carousel ride.

They were beyond excited to finally be IN the castle!

Waving her magic wand.

Closing her eyes and making a wish on her "wishing star".

One of the dessert options was a cupcake that they could decorate...

of course that was what they both chose!

So beautiful!  It was really amazing because a storm was off in the distance so every so often lightning would flash behind the castle too.

After we rode the rockets while watching the fireworks, we got in one last ride.  It was a Toy Story ride where you actually scored points shooting targets.

Needless to say, we all were apparently really into it!