From the time we left our resort Sunday afternoon until we made it to Epcot the rain STOPPED!! Hallelujiah! When the kids saw the giant "golf ball" they were so excited and couldn't wait to get to it! So, after taking a family picture, we went straight to the ride inside the Epcot ball! The kids were mesmerized with the idea of the ride and that's all it took. They were hooked and wanted to find all the other rides.
We started walking around and literally ran into Snow White, she was our first character, one that the kids really didn't know, but it was a great person to be a starter character. You'll notice Miles was hanging out by the wall and not too interested in meeting her. Brooklyn, was a little skeptic and did her little arms crossed, guarded body thing, but eventually she was willing to touch her and talk to her. Miles on the other hand needed some encouragement.
They couldn't figure out what their books were for until Snow White started signing it and then they couldn't wait to find other characters to sign! Brooklyn got a kiss from Snow White when we said goodbye!
After a few more rides and sight seeing- we went to eat. Dinner that night was a character meal at a place called Garden Grill. Supposedly, some of the food that is served there Disney grows below the restaurant. We went on a little ride about it and saw some of the food growing, too. The restaurant spins a full circle in one hour so the kids thought that was really neat! Pluto, Chip and Dale, and Farmer Mickey were the characters that evening that came to our table and the kids HAD.A.BLAST playing with them, seeing all the gestures, and getting their books signed! Our dinner was family style, home grown style foods, and it was DELICIOUS!
*I gotta say this about our meals all week-- because the kids have allergies, we put it in our dining plan reservations what they were allergic to and at every meal the chef came out and told us what foods were safe for our kids or provided us with allergy free menus. It was WONDERFUL and took so much pressure off of us in the food department! It was also a pain at buffet restaurants because we felt like we had the ability to determine by looking at the food whether it was safe or not for them, but once you notify Disney of an allergy they take it serious and you HAVE to wait for a chef! No matter what!
The characters do soooo good with the kids to entertain them and such. It was great! Miles definitely warmed up to the characters and didn't act like he didn't want them around. Now, Gavin, there was something that happened when he saw Farmer Mickey and walked straight up to him and embraced him. No words, just a hug. Brooks and I just sat there in shock. Like, it just meant something to him and it was neat to watch!
Our first night at Disney was great and we saw the kids excitement building and their questions about what was coming next were adding up and they couldn't wait to find out what was next!
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