A busy day.

On Thursday, March 14th, Erin and I planned to get up at around 8:00 to catch a bus at 9:30 to get Mickey waffles at Animal Kingdom Lodge. I set an alarm but I ended up sleeping through it until I woke up to Erin's text at 8:40 asking me if I was ready yet. I quickly got dressed, got my stuff together, and we left the apartment at 9:15. We managed to get to the bus on time and when we got to Animal Kingdom Lodge, we looked around the place since we had never been there before.

It was beautiful! There were animals walking around outside and the inside was themed really well. We looked for a restaurant that sold breakfast but they didn't have one that did. We decided to get a bus to Magic Kingdom so we could walk to the Contemporary and once we got there, we went to Chef Mickey's to see if they had Mickey waffles. When we asked someone about it, they said they stopped selling breakfast at 11:00; we were twenty minutes late! We just grabbed a muffin and decided to ride the monorail over to Epcot for the Flower and Garden Festival. The topiaries were gorgeous! We walked around looking for them for most of the day and naturally I took lots of pictures.

We also found some time to meet Belle and Mary Poppins! They were both very cute but they pulled a "love and shove" situation rather with everyone rather than long individual interactions, but I'm sure it's because Belle had to get back to her castle and Mary had to help Bert sweep some chimneys. At least we got pictures with them!

There was also an "Oz the Great and Powerful" display because the movie just recently came to theaters! It was really cute! There was a little play area for kids, an area for adults to sit that looked like the deflated balloon from the movie, and they had little carnival games too. I did a bean bag toss and got an Oz button as a prize! Here are a couple photos from it.

Literally the only ride we rode while we were there was Figment because it's Erin favorite. Afterwards we headed to Hollywood Studios. We wanted to do all of the things we hadn't done before so we watched the Beauty and the Beast show since Erin hadn't seen it. We did the Backlot Tour since I hadn't before, and we walked through One Man's Dream and watched the video, which I loved. We went on Star Tours too and it was exciting because I was the rebel spy!! Erin and I were hyped about the whole attraction. I went to the restroom after the ride and Erin told me while I was in there, the woman who sat next to us on said she thought our excitement was so cute. We were going to do Voyage of the Little Mermaid but the wait was too long so we got on Tower of Terror instead. Here are some pictures from that!

After ToT, we went to Magic Kingdom to see the fireworks.When we got there, the parade was going on so we got food at Casey's Corner and watched the parade. Afterwards, we got a spot for the fireworks. Since I watch Wishes almost every night, I know where the best spot to see the fireworks and hear the music is (on the left side of the hub) so we stood there. Erin teared up towards the end of Celebrate the Magic and I fell in love with Wishes again, as I usually do.

Once Wishes ended, we walked back to the Contemporary and got the bus home. We had a lot of fun that day and got a lot done! We wished we could have gone to Animal Kingdom but there just wasn't time. We were both really tired the next day but it was completely worth it. I don't care how much I go to the parks; they never seem to get old.