Last weekend Brian and I took Brett and Emma on their second trip to Disney World! I love Disney so much and we try to go whenever we can. Brian has a lot more 2-day weekends during the summer so we try and take advantage whenever possible.
When we went to Disney this time we decided to stay at a new hotel that I was so excited about! It is the Art of Animation Resort. It just opened May 31 and is based on 4 Disney/Pixar movies; Finding Nemo, Cars, Lion King, and The Little Mermaid. As of our visit, only the Nemo phase was ready for visitors. The hotel is being completed in phases and will be completely finished in September! I think we will have to go back a few times to check the rest of it out :)
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The sign says "Welcome back to Disney, Boksen family." If you look really close. OK, not really.
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| Art of Animation Resort! |
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| The Cars phase being worked on, opening June 18. |
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| Welcome to Motor Springs! |
After we checked into the room we went down to the pool. WOW! The pool is huge and so beautiful. And there is a huge water playground for kids. It is decorated with Nemo characters and is really cool! Brett and Emma loved it!
After all the swimming and splashing, we ordered food from the pool bar. Emma decided to do a dance, apparently she loves PB&J!
We finished up our food and drinks and then did a little shopping inside the hotel. I got a new pair of sunglasses and Brian got a coffee cup. Brett and Emma got new toothbrushes, a new book, and some toys. They are shopaholics. Not sure where they get that from :)
Shopping wore us out so we went back to our room to enjoy life under the sea! And Brett took Emma for a spin in a big comfy chair! (Big shocker here...Brett immediately found the remote control and wouldn't put it down. Typical Boksen boys!)
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| Emma going for a spin! |
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| We found FISH! |
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| View of the spray park. |
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| Brett climbing in furniture, knowing how cute he is! |
Sunday we contemplated sticking around the hotel because of the weather, but luckily we stuck it out and went to Magic Kingdom. It didn't even rain a drop! The lines were pretty long and we only made it on a few rides. But we did stop for lunch which always leads to entertaining pictures.
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| I gave Brett the bun from my chicken lunch and he shoved the entire thing into his mouth! |
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| And little Miss Emma, eating french fries so delicately with a fork! |
The trip was really fantastic! It was nice to get away for a couple days and spend some time together. We get so busy sometimes that the only way for a break is to actually leave town. It was really nice!
