Brian's First Trip To Walt Disney World

Hi All,

From Feb 1 to Feb 8 2009, Christina and I got to take Brian on his first trip to Walt Disney World (Florida). At first we were uncertain of what he would like or if he would be scared of characters, fireworks, etc...We had nothing to fear. Brian was a dream the entire time, and had a blast. The first night we took him for fireworks and a ride on Small World. After that it was all, as Brian says, "Go! Go! GO!!!!"

The above slide show is a good sampling of what we saw, and what Brian liked.

The first two of the castle are from our first night at the park. Brian liked the changing colors and the fireworks! I liked the fact that my new camera (Nikon P80) is able to take such nice photos at night. Especially the fireworks and fountain photos.

On the topic of character photos.....Brian liked any character in a mask. For example, he was unhappy with the Mad Hatter because he sat in Christina's chair and pretended to drink her coffee. Notice Brian's hands in this picture, flat on the table, looking at the Mad Hatter with a look that said, "You're not Mom and that's Mom's chair!"

Mickey was the first one he encountered, but he had the best time with Tigger, Eeyore, Piglet and Winnie the Pooh. He also likes Tinkerbell; so we went to visit the fairies in toontown twice. Brian was absolutely amazed. We had told him for weeks that we were going to see Tinkerbell....imagine his amazement when we actually met Tinkerbell!

Each day we would put all of our shoes together in the hallway of our Cabin. It was pretty cute too. Brian would line up our shoes next to his.

We also for the first time gave him ice cream and chocolate on a stick. Even us adults like Mickey Bars!

Stollers look alike! I had forgotten how many stollers are to be found at Walt Disney World. Lucky for us Christina had thought ahead and made a nice stoller tag for Brian, complete with sea turtles!

At the end, on our last day, he fell asleep mickey sucker in hand, in his stroller hours before the ride to the airport.

Hope you enjoy the photos. Yesterday we took Brian on his first train ride to downtown Chicago, which he really enjoyed.

More to come as the spring and summer progress....

-Paul