Trip to Disney World at 27 Weeks

This has been a LONG, exhausting, but very fun week. I left for Disney World with my parents, Kyndell, Hayden, & Presley on Monday night. We drove to Nashville, then flew out at 6:15 Tuesday morning. I was a little nervous to be flying at 27 weeks pregnant, and to leave my husband for 6 nights. But the flights were good, no motion sickness at all, and BJ survived a week without me. Upon arriving at Disney, we unpacked our bags and immediately hit the Magic Kingdom. We didn't actually get into the park until about 6:00 pm our first night, which turned out to be a huge advantage for us. We ended up with shorter lines on all the rides since it was close to dinner time. This was Hayden and Presley's (my cousin's children) first time to go on a real vacation so they were soooo excited when we finally got there. We got to go on more rides in 3 hours the first night, than any other day due to the crowds. Pretty much every ride had a warning sign that said "Expectant Mothers Should Not Ride." This was a little discouraging at first because I was afraid I wasn't going to be able to do anything. After lots of research online and in our Disney book, I decided to use my best judgement on each ride, and ended up doing a lot more than "Disney" said I could do. At Magic Kingdom I rode Splash Mountain, It's a Small World, and Pirates of the Caribbean, and the Haunted Mansion. Everyone else got to ride Thunder Mountain Railroad, Space Mountain, Tea Cups, and some Race Car ride. We stayed at Magic Kingdom late enough to see the big firework show. It was awesome! This was the most exciting of all the parks I thought.

The second day we went to Animal Kingdom. I think we were all surprised at how much fun we had at this park. We thought it was going to be boring, but there were actually several really fun rides. We started the day by riding the River Rapids ride. Presley and I got completely soaked and the others barely got wet. It was hilarious! After that everyone but me rode the Mt. Everest roller coaster. The boys loved it! Next we rode Dinosaur, a ride that was pretty jerky. I rode this ride, but would not have ridden it if I could do it over again. It was fun, but I can see why pregnant women should not ride it. We also watched "It's Good to Be a Bug," a 3D show. This was a great time filler. We finished the day at Animal Kingdom by going on the safari ride. We got to see all kinds of live animals, which the boys also loved. After the rides, we ate dinner at the Rainforest Cafe which was a fun experience.

On Thursday, we went to MGM Hollywood Studios. This was also a very fun park. We started the morning off by going to the "American Idol Experience" show. Ofcourse I loved this! It really felt like being at a live recording of the show. I had to sit out on the Rockin' Roller Coaster which was everyone's favorite. We did the Toy Story ride, which was a 3D ride where you feel like you are going through a live arcade game. You get to shoot at all kinds of stuff and accumulate points. I had the least amount out of our group :( . To fill time, we watch the 3D muppet show. This was the worst thing we went to. We all did the Tower of Terror. This was actually a very smooth ride, but so scary. It scared Hayden and me to death. We screamed the whole time! Everyone else enjoyed laughing at us as we held on for dear life, and screamed.

Friday we visited Epcot. This was definately the park for older people. We started the day off here by waiting in line 75 minutes to ride Soarin. This was a fun ride because it felt like you were flying all over large cities in the US. The ride was short considering the amount of time we had to wait to ride. It also made me feel like I was going to vomit. After Soarin, Dad, Kyndell, and the boys rode Fast Track. While at Epcot we did the "Honey I Shrunk the Audience" 3D show. All the 3D shows were fun, but the 3D images in this one made me a little sick to watch. After we finished at Epcot, we took the monorail back to Magic Kingdom to do a few things we missed the first day. The boys got to get the funnel cakes and cotton candy that they had been wanting all week.

On Saturday, we went to the Blizzard Beach water park. This park had a lazy river that went all the way around the entire park. We rode it a couple of times. It was very relaxing and a nice change of pace after being on our feet all day, everyday. We rode 4 or 5 different water slides, and the boys played in the wave pool for a long time. By the end of the day we were all absolutely worn out. We went to downtown Disney that night to get souvenirs. I bought Baby Brewer a little onesie from the ESPN store that says "I watch ESPN with my Daddy." It has a soccer ball, baseball, football, and basketball on it. I thought it was cute! I got Sydney a few little things, and BJ and I a Christmas Ornament.

The one thing that bothered me the most was the extreme number of strollers at all the parks. I have definately decided that I will not take our children to Disney World until they are old enough to walk all day. I could not believe the number of parents that were pushing two in a stroller, holding one's hand, or carrying one on their hip. They all looked miserable. It's too crowded, and too much walking for babies and small children. Our trip was wonderful, but my body is tired all over! I did better than I thought I would, but it was definately hard to keep up some days. I am sure the baby was wondering what in the world I was doing all of those days. I hope the rides didn't scare him too much. My biggest fear for the whole trip was that something would happen to me or the baby while I was away from BJ. We all survived, and came back without any injuries. This is definately a trip I will remember forever, and I hope that we can take little Walker back in about 10 years.