We were so lucky to have a wonderful weekend away with some of our oldest friends, The Daltons. We have not seen the Dalton Family in almost 5 years, so getting to spend the entire weekend in a gorgeous hotel was so much fun.
We stayed at the Hilton Grand Vacation Club in Orlando. We had a two bedroom suite, where Scott and I stayed in one room, John and Nicole stayed in the other room, and the girls all stayed in the middle living area. It was such a great room and the accommodations were spectacular!
This was our room that had a king sized bed, HUGE bathtub, and a TV that had one volume level ... VERY LOUD!
This is the kitchen and living area, where the girls slept. They loved their space!
John and Nicole's room ... king sized bed, kitchenette, and bathroom all to themselves, yet still adjoined to the rest of us!
Another shot of the living area and kitchen.
Our first night there, we had tickets to Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party at Magic Kingdom (well worth the extra money and we WILL be doing it again next year). We dressed up in our costumes and headed to the park for what we hoped was a night of trick-or-treating and rides. Unfortunately, we got A LOT of rain and did not get too much done that night. But the night was still a lot of fun ... just wet fun!
Schuyler, Reagan, and Riley ... all dressed in their costumes, ready for the night.
Our Pirates and Princesses!
The Posti Pirate Family!
Another shot of the girls before heading to the park.
On the tram, headed to Magic Kingdom.
ARGH!!!!!
Schuyler did not last long in her costume ... she didn't even make it to the gates!
The Dalton Family (Nicole, Schuyler, and John)
The only picture of the two of us!
Pirate Princess Reagan
Pirate Princess Riley ... she kept her "argh" face on all night long!
Riding Alladin's Carpet Ride, about 10 minutes before the rain started to POUR DOWN!
Mom and Reagan on the Jungle Cruise ... we were on this ride when the sky opened up. We got off the ride, took off running for a covered area, and mom slipped and fell! I was ok though ... don't worry!
Dad and Riley ... still with her face!
Picture with Captain Jack from Pirates of the Caribbean
Next was the Halloween parade, which was on a rain delay, but still a great show.
Girls were tickled to death!
The pirate ship, which shot fog from the cannon and one got the girls right in the face!
Captain Hook
Everyone having a great time.
The Haunted Mansion characters were the highlight of the parade. These are the grave diggers, who did a dance with the shovels. They were beyond amazing.
The Ghosts of the Haunted Mansion.
More Haunted Mansion characters
The end of the parade.
Next, we watched the firework show that was choreographed for Halloween.
What a great show!
As we were leaving the park, we got a chance to meet some princesses.
Snow White and her Prince
Rapunzel and Flynn Ryder
Cinderella and her Prince
Day Two, we planned to go to Magic Kingdom for the day. However, the weather had different plans for us. It started pouring down rain sometime during the night and NEVER stopped. We decided to have an easy day, relaxing instead. We ate a yummy lunch and hung out at the hotel. The dads took the girls to the swimming pool (yes, in the rain) and they had SO MUCH FUN. Then we ran to the grocery store to get supplies for dinner (since we had a stocked kitchen, why not save some $ and eat in).
Making Mac-n-Cheese for the kids ... however, we forgot to buy butter, so we improvised with butter cups!
It was Schuyler's 5th Birthday ... so we got her a cake.
Yummy!
We used all the dishes on our dinner, so we decided to use our hands as our dessert plates.
Day Three, it finally stopped raining about lunch time. We headed back to the Magic Kingdom to try and get some fun in while the weather was good. It turned out to be a beautiful day, cool and overcast. Yeah, it was pretty wet too, as Orlando got 9 inches of rain the two days before. We were prepared though, so it was all good.
My sweet girls, ready for another day of fun at the park.
All three, ready!
The gang, getting ready to ride Splash Mountain. Luckily, the ponchos we bought for the rain came in quite handy!
Waiting in line for Big Thunder Mountain roller coaster.
Reagan was so excited to ride all by herself.
The girls enjoying the People Mover.
Checking out the sights.
After a fun few hours, we were ready to head back to the hotel. Waiting on the ferry boat.
The girls having a pow wow while on the ferry.
Good Bye Magic Kingdom
I had one tired little girl on my hands.
Day Four, it was time to pack up and head back home. We had one more surprise for the girls, taking them to get their hair weaved and lunch at the Rainforest Cafe in Downtown Disney.
Riley sitting patiently while her hair is getting done. She chose pink, purple, and blue.
Reagan chose red, white, and blue ... just like her daddy, very patriotic!
My beautiful girls were so great all weekend. They used polite manners and allowed our friends to choose whatever they wanted to do without complaining.
Reagan's finished hair.
Riley's finished hair.
