Day 1- Wednesday Jan 4, 2012
Drive all day. Coop did pretty good! He ate his oatmeal in the car and I was able to pump along the way. We left early am (driving by 6am). Our first stop was just to feed him but Coop ended up having a HUGE blowout. It took about 15 min to clean him up and then an additional 20 min to feed...quite the stop. The rest of the way went great. I packed a lunch for us and made good timing. We even got to stop by Matt's sister's on the way so we enjoyed a short visit and Matt got to squeeze in a nap.
The Harts arrived a little before we did and we got to meet up with them for dinner. I was so excited to be there especially since the driving part was out of the way! Our hotel was cheap-o but we saved money, got 2 free park hopper passes and we were on disney property so it ALL worked out!
Day 2: Hollywood Studios & Epcot- Thursday Jan 5, 2012
We got up bright and early to enjoy a full day of fun. I really had a great time. We started off at Hollywood Studios just to do the two big rides- Tower of Terror and the Rock & Roll rollercoaster. We loved those two! Half the fun though is riding together which we couldnt do with Coop man but we still loved the thrill. We only spent two hours or so there and then hopped to Epcot!
I LOVED Epcot and enjoyed going to the different countries. Matt & I could just be together and do simple boat rides (Mexican and Nimo) with Coop. We enjoyed French for lunch and dinner-our favorite- Moroccan food with a belly dancer for entertainment. Coop got super fussy by 6 (when we normally begin putting him down) so it was a long ride home. We missed some of the rides- with long lines and having an infant makes it tough.
Day 3: Magic Kingdom- Friday Jan 6, 2012
We had a magical time with the Harts. It worked out great switching rides so couples could go on one while the other couple watched the babies. Space Mountain, Splash Mountain and a jungle cruise were probably my favorite. Matt also loved the Swiss Family Robinson 'house' (he's always said he'd love to have something like that). We also did a Winnie the Pooh ride and watched a show with the babies. Coop did great...took naps in the stroller and we held him while he was awake so he didn't have to be in the carseat the whole time.
Dinner was a mess though. Magical Kingdom doesn't have much to offer and the quality restaurants are packed by 4-ish! I enjoy wholesome foods but ESP the night before a race! Everything was booked at the park so we went home and figured we'd get something close by. Well, we got home and misread the time to pick up our running packets so Matt had to do that first while I put Coop down. After getting the packets, Matt went to Downtown Disney and picked up a sandwhich from Earl of Sandwhich (suggested by the Cope's) and it was SOOO good! So worth the wait. However eating at 8pm and not our typical style dinner was not the smartest thing to do before a race but everything worked out. Poor Matt practically walked a 1/2 marathon getting our packet and food for the evening.
We were exhausted and before we went to bed, I made sure everything was ready for our race and Coop since we had to be up so early .
Day 4: Race Day
Matt signed us up for the race for the Disney experience....we did it and will not ever do this race again. Granted it does probably have the best entertainment and great spectators which makes it a fun run but waaaaay too many people. Between a family 5k, 1/2 on Sat and full marathon on Sunday, there were 50,000 people racing. Many of those on our day. We had to get up at 2:45 in which I fed Coop then took him to the Harts room so they could watch him (I'm SOOOO grateful they did that for us!). Buses from the hotel only ran from 3-4am and race started at 5:30. It was super cold and barely stretched because I was too cold and too tired to move. We didn't read the instructions about lining up so we missed up our leg to begin the race so we were behind people who were already walking in the first mile. Despite all this, we did have an enjoyable run. It wasn't a hard run, probably because so many people to dodge slows you down plus I enjoyed the entertainment. We ran all through Magical Kingdom and through the castle so 92% or so is running in between parks. We briefly ran through Epcot where the race was finished. Fun time and grateful for the exercise.
We loved Earl of Sandwhich so much that once we checked our of our hotel, we went back there to eat lunch. Our drive was long which is why we stopped at a hotel on the way home. Being up so early and going non-stop the last couple of days, wore. us. out. We were asleep by 8:30 and I LOVED it! So grateful to get a nice rest.
We'll def be going back to Disney but will probably wait til Coop is a little older to enjoy it. We had are so grateful the Harts came along too!
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