Destination Disney: This Is It

Well, here's my last post about Disney. It was so hard to condense our trip... and it's taken me three weeks to get some of our memories recorded. But, I've been busy teaching Kindergarten. I'll tell you more about my Kindergarten adventures later.

We stayed at Disney's Pop Century Resort. It is a value resort and met our needs and expectations. We got 2 adjoining rooms and honestly were only in them long enough to sleep. Our long days at the park were exhausting and we had little trouble falling asleep in our double beds.

The resort highlights the decades beginning with the 1950's through the 1990's. Pop Century features giant icons that salute many of the 20th century popular culture crazes--including toys, gadgets, music, movies and catch phrases. We stayed in the 1990's section. Currently, the 2000's section is under construction.

The dates we selected for our trip qualified us for free dining. We chose the quick-service option and had so much food. I am so thankful we did not have to pay Disney food prices. We got 2 meals and 2 snacks a day per person. I think we brought about 40 snacks home because we could not eat them all while there!

Here are some of the pictures from the Pop Century grounds:

The pools were heated!

After begging to go swimming all week, we finally let them in.

J.J. used to have one of these phones!

I had a big wheel!

One day it poured down rain. It was the only day we returned to the resort for a few hours. We dried our clothes and some of us took naps.

The food court at Pop Century had a variey of offerings. We ate there several times and most nights went for some ice cream or another late-night treat.

This picture was taken the morning we arrived. We really got a lot of use from our refillable mugs that were included in our dining plan.

Kay and Corinna do the twist!

We have no complaints about the resort bus system. We parked our car when we arrived and didn't move it until departure. Most of the time our wait for a bus was under 10 minutes.

We did a little shopping, but not too much. The kids received gift cards that they used.

Ma Ma bought each kid a special souvenier.

Hayden and Drake found their treasures in Downtown Disney.

We splurged a bit and paid for a couple of meals that weren't included in our free dining package. We headed to the Polynesian for a luau. It was a neat experience and the food was extremely tasty.

We headed over to the Contemporary Resort for a character breakfast on the Sunday morning of our trip.

We were greeted by some of Disney's classic friends such as Minnie.




The next few picture are with characters from throughout the parks. I forgot to include them in my first post.

Tigger was bouncing around and accidentally hit Hayden in the eye with the autograph book.

Jasmine and Aladdin

King Louie and Baboo



Our Disney World trip was phenomenal. Honestly, I hope that we can go back in a few years.

So long!

I'll leave you with a little flamethrowing!