The Holley's Go to Disney World

We left Thanksgiving morning for Orlando to meet up with Anna, Alex, Ethan & Aidan for a week of fun at Walt Disney World. After collecting the crew at the airport we all headed to eat our "Thanksgiving Feast" which was served up to us at the Lonestar Steak House. The food wasn't great but the company made it fun. Anna's friend Julie, her husband Tom and their son Truman met up with us as well. Friday was our first day in the parks and we started at the Magic Kingdom. You can see from the picture that I am just a little bit excited to be there. We had a great lunch at the Plaza Restaurant and then hit the rides. Mike and I loved riding Splash Mountain and Thunder Mountain that day. The Haunted Mansion and Pirates of the Caribbean had been refurbished and we enjoyed seeing the changes that had been made to both rides. Mike and I finished off the night at a local TGIFridays watching the BSU/Hawaii Game. Unfortunately the game didn't end in our favor, but it was fun chatting with the locals and having some food. We actually ended up talking with one of the cast memebers that is one of the monkeys in the Festival of the Lion King at Disney's Animal Kingdom.


On Saturday Anna and I took Aidan to Epcot while Mike, Ethan, and Alex went golfing.




Aidan was able to have some quality time with Mickey, Minnie, and Goofy. His reaction was priceless. He ran right into their arms and posed for pictures.


There was a full size fire engine was parked inside the Innovations Building. Aidan had a great time climbing all over it and playing with all of the levers and buttons. Later in the day Mike met up with us and had a great time checking out the engine as well.

Next it was off to the Nemo ride where Mike and Alex met up with us. After the ride Aidan and I were able to get our photo taken in giant statue of Bruce, one of the recovering fish eaters in Finding Nemo.

Sunday we went to MGM for the day. I had to visit my favorite ride out of all of the Disney World Parks, The Rockin' Roller Coaster hosted by Aerosmith. This ride starts out by taking you from 0-60+mph in under 5 seconds. The coaster then moves directly into a full loop and doesn't stop.

Ethan was on autograph patrol the entire trip. He was very excited to meet up with one of his favorite cartoon characters, Handy Manny.

Mike and I joined in on the character meet and greet and posed with Mr. and Mrs. Incredible.

On Monday Alex and Mike enjoyed another day of golfing while Anna and I took the boys to Disney's Animal Kingdom. We spent the taking turns riding Expedition Everest, a great roller coaster; watching the Finding Nemo Musical, going on a Safari and taking a trip to Rafikki's Island.
I met this funny goat on Raffiki's Island and really wanted to bring him home. He was just hanging out in the sun and the smile on his face was the topper.

We spent Tuesday through Thursday riding the rides that we love and eating our way through the parks. We were albe to see all of the great Christmas decorations and see the amazing fire works put on at Disney's Magic Kingdom.

We had a great time during this trip. I really enjoyed spending time with my sister and my nephews who are too cute for words. I have more pictures but unfortunately I have hit my limit for this post.