Days 3 & 4

Day 3 we rested all morning.  We ate breakfast at the resort and hung out for a bit watching cartoons. We did Hollywood again that afternoon.  We used our fast passes and then watched their nighttime show, Fantasmic.  

Brody wasn't too happy here. =)

In front of Tower of Terror. 

This was the first "big" roller coaster Mason did on the trip.  It is very fast, dark, and goes upside down.  You can see in this picture that he wasn't too sure about it at all.  It scared him a tad, but he did great.

  

(**side note: the woman next to John told him she pukes on roller coasters right before it took off...) 

We survived Aerosmith's Rock N Roller Coaster. 

The toy solider from Toy Story. 

Best buds. 

 Every meal came with a giant dessert. 

We may have walked a ton, but we also ate a ton. 

Brody built his own droid and Mason wanted to build his own light saber in the Star Wars store. 

They have been playing with their sabers every since. 

Mason 100% did not like Tower of Terror.
He didn't like it one bit and is still talking about it. 

Halloween caramel apples while we waited on the show. 

He was pretty over it this afternoon.
But honestly, it was really the only time we had any meltdowns, etc.
Both boys did great.

Waited all afternoon and then it rained.  But it only lasted about 10-15 minutes and the show went on.  This was the only rain the entire trip.

Mom LOVED sitting in the rain.  =)

Rain gone and the show was awesome.

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Day 4 was busy!

We start out at Animal Kingdom.  I had never been here and was super excited about it.  We began this morning with a breakfast also.  They have pretty fun food and a specialty juice.  Super tasty.

We had been told the first ride you should do in Animal Kingdom was the safari.  The animals are up in the morning so you can see much more.  You ride in a jeep with a guide.  It was awesome.

The alligators were fighting.

 Just walking right by us.

The Lion King show is a must also.
Brody is still singing "Hakuna Matada".

We rode Kali River Rapids.  Brody was out once he saw us putting on our ponchos.  You can get pretty wet, so ponchos are recommended if you don't want to be wearing wet clothes the rest of the day.  He was adamant about not going and Mom didn't want to get her hair wet care if she rode it or not, so they got off.

Mason, on the other hand, didn't even wear his poncho because he wanted to get "soaked".

And he did.

The boys in front of the Tree of Life with their matching shirts.

All morning long these two were on a mission to find face paint.

The good thing about fast passes is you just walk right up and ride the ride.  No waiting. It was pretty easy to take Mason on the big rides and Mom and Dad hang with Brody because we weren't gone long at all.  I think all in all, we took Mason on four big rides.  Brody rode all the others.

This is right before Expedition Everest.

Love this picture of Mason.
So serious.

Everest was his favorite ride of the trip.

We headed back to the carnival-like games in the dinosaur area.  Thanks to their very talented Mom, they were each able to win these giant sea turtles (which we did fit back on the plane).  We won two games in a row.  Who knew I was so good at aiming water at a bullseye?!

After lunch, we hopped on the shuttles and went to Epcot.
Those buses made him fall asleep every time.

And him. =)

The child was clearly tired.
He slept for a good bit in the stroller.

 We met up with one of Mason's good friends from school.  They play on the playground just about every day after school.  We had known we would be down there at the same time and planned to meet up.  Epcot isn't the most thrilling park for kids, but they had a great time walking around with friends.

After walking around the countries, we ended up hanging at the aquarium for a bit.

We had reservations at Coral Reef which was fun because it was inside the aquarium.  They had a chart of the different fish for you to find in the tank.  The food was wonderful and the tank provided entertainment.

After dinner, we went back to the hotel.
I'm certain we were all asleep the moment our heads hit the pillow.