Day 7 was a sleep in day, so we took our time in the morning.

We walked around the hotel for a bit before we left for our breakfast reservation.  This is in the 70s section of the resort.

Mickey with a rotary phone in the 70s section.

Hailey posing in front of a big wheel, also in the 70s section.

Then we were off to breakfast.  Hailey and Rich enjoyed the ride on the monorail.

When we got off the monorail at the Grand Floridian for breakfast we went to 1900 Park Fare to check in for our reservation.  While waiting to check in Rich and I realized that neither one of us was carrying our backpack.  In a bit of a panic I went back to the monorail, not really sure what I was going to do and how we were going to track down our backpack as it was riding around by itself.  Thankfully our backpack was at the station since someone very nice must have realized we left it and taken it to a cast member for us.

Us posing at 1900 Park Fare

Hailey all ready with her autograph book.

Hailey and Pooh

I love Pooh!!

Hailey with Mary Poppins

And we celebrated Hailey’s birthday again

Tigger is one of my favorites!

Hailey and Tigger

Hailey with Alice in Wonderland

Hailey with the Mad Hatter… who was probably the funniest of all the characters we saw.  He had me laughing right out loud!  I also think that 1900 Park Fare for breakfast was our favorite place to eat from our entire trip.  It was amazing!

The beautiful Grand Floridian

Then we were off to Magic Kingdom

Hailey with Wendy and Peter Pan

Another attempt at pulling the sword from the stone.

Then we went to visit Minnie Mouse’s house… it’s going to be gone the next time we’re there so we had to take a bunch of pictures.

Living room

Craft room

Minnie’s desk

Having some tea

See all the cheese in her refrigerator?

I love them so much!

Waiting to meet the fairies

Iridessa and Hailey

Tinkerbell and Hailey

Vidia and Hailey

Hailey meeting the White Rabbit

Hailey and Dumbo

Time for a little snooze… I had a delicious Dole Whip Pineapple float while Hailey napped.

Jessie, Hailey and Woody

Hailey, Goofy and Rich right before we rode the Pirates of the Caribbean

Hailey on the Magic Carpet Ride… we waited forever for the ride to start and it never did… so they made us get off

My aunt and uncle who live a few hours away had called and wanted to meet up with us to take us out to dinner.  So, we left Magic Kingdom and headed over to Chef Mickey’s.

Mickey mouse saying hello to me and my Uncle Dave.

Hailey and Mickey

Hailey and Goofy

Hailey and Donald

Hailey and Pluto

Hailey and Minnie

A group picture before we parted ways… it was wonderful to get to eat dinner together and to talk for a little while.  The last time we saw them was in Disney World when Hailey was 11 months old.  Much too long!

After dinner we went to Downtown Disney to do some shopping.  We were so tired from the day that we only stayed for a short time before we were ready to head back to go to bed.

Hailey’s favorites for today: Ride- Peter Pan, Characters- Peter Pan and Wendy

Day 6 started bright and early again.  We had an early breakfast reservation at Akershus and Hailey decided that she wanted to dress up in her Ariel dress.

Posing at our hotel before we left for the day.

Us with an empty Epcot behind us.

There was no one around but us.

Empty Epcot

Akershus, where we had a princess breakfast

Belle and Hailey

Hailey and Sleeping Beauty

Hailey with Cinderella

Hailey and Snow White

And lastly Hailey got to see her favorite princess- Ariel.  Hailey has a necklace that sounds like Ariel singing, so she was wearing it and pushing the button for Ariel to hear.

Celebrating Hailey’s birthday again.

Hailey got to meet Marie

And then the Queen of Hearts… she was pretty funny.  She made Hailey kiss her hand.

When a cast member yelled at the Queen of Hearts for making Hailey kiss her hand, the Queen had a little tantrum and was stomping her feet.

Hailey waiting to go on Soarin’ for the first time.

Hailey on the ride… she loved it!!  There were a couple of times she said it made her feel “bizzy” but she liked it enough to want to go on it again.

Next we went on the Livin’ With the Land boat ride- see the Hidden Mickey I found?

Afterwards we went to see the Circle of Life… I always manage a little nap during that show, then we went on Soarin’ again.

We spent a long time doing all the activities in Innoventions West- here is Hailey while we played a game called The Great Piggy Bank Adventure

Afterwards we went to a comedy show at Slap Stick Studios- Hailey got to be a part of the show.

There were 2 teams and they had to see who could use all of their blocks and have their tower remain standing.  The blocks had velcro on them, so if positioned the right way they stuck together.  Hailey’s team won!

Then there was a game for the dads- Rich was thrilled to be picked to be a part of the show… hahahaha

They had to see who could put diapers on the most babies and then give them a bottle…

…then stick the babies to their aprons.  Rich and the other dad tied.  It was lots of fun to watch!

Hailey had been asking all morning about meeting Mulan and it was finally time to go meet her.  Hailey was thrilled!

Then she got to give the Beast a big hug.

Hailey with Beauty and the Beast.

Then Hailey took a little nap.

When she woke up it was her turn to meet Pluto and Mickey.

We stopped by Club Cool to sample soda from around the world.

You get to try all of these sodas for free.  I got a good picture of Rich tasting the Beverly but he said I couldn’t post it.

Then it was time for dinner at Le Cellier!  I was so excited that we were able to get a reservation here.  The food was amazing!!

We celebrated Hailey’s birthday, again

Our beautiful princess

Hailey loves the Sea with Nemo and Friends- so we had to ride that and then we were off to Animal Kingdom for Extra Magic Hours.

We went to see It’s Tough to Be a Bug- one of our favorite attractions when we arrived at Animal Kingdom.  Then Rich insisted that we go on the Dinosaur ride.  I thought it was too scary for Hailey but he wanted her to try it.

While we were waiting in line I saw this sign and I love it!  It’s definitely how I feel when I’m in Disney World and one of the reasons I love to go there.

Us on Dinosaur… Hailey did not like it, she was terrified.

So we had to end our evening by going on It’s Tough to Be a Bug again.

Hailey’s favorites for the day: Ride- Soarin’, Characters- Ariel, Mulan and Beauty and the Beast.

Day 5 was our take-it-easy day.  We slept in and had a nice slow morning.

Hailey waiting for her breakfast at our hotel.

Hailey with her Minnie Mouse that she found in the gift shop and loved right away.

Posing with Goofy in the Goofy Spray Area.

Enjoying the spray area.

The Hippy Dippy Pool, shaped like a flower in the 1960s section, is the main pool at the Pop Century Resort.

Hailey posing in front of Baloo and Mowgli in the 1960s section of the resort.

Play-Doh, also in the 1960s section.

Entrance from the Hippy Dippy pool area to Classic Hall.

Hailey loved the kiddie pool.

Everything Pop had the gift shop and lots of dining choices.

After a relaxing morning at the resort and a little nap we got ready to head out to dinner.

Waiting for the bus, all dressed for dinner.  We decided to celebrate Hailey’s birthday everyday for the second half of our trip- so notice her birthday button.

My beautiful princess waiting for the bus.

We enjoyed Cinderella’s Happily Ever After dinner at 1900 Park Fare.

Hailey posing in the beautiful Grand Floridian Resort (where the restaurant was) while we waited for our table.

Us

Hailey got to meet Prince Charming first while we were enjoying our dinner.

The she was able to see Cinderella.

Hailey was so excited to get to see the stepmother and the stepsisters!  I think she was more excited about seeing them than she was Cinderella or Prince Charming.

Hailey asked the stepmother, “Why do you always yell at Cinderella?”  And the stepmother responded by saying, “I don’t know what you’re talking about, I never yell at her.”

When Drizella saw that Hailey had a Cinderella dress on she told her that she looked like a little ‘Rella.  Hailey asked Drizella, “Why are you so mean to Cinderella?”  Drizella answered by saying, “I am not mean, I’m just honest and some people don’t like honesty.”

Anastasia also called Hailey a little ‘Rella.  Hailey told Anastasia that she is her favorite, which made Anastasia act a little bit more friendly.  All three were very funny though and very perfect for their roles.

Hailey was so excited that she got a cupcake for her birthday celebration.

I loved the character interaction at 1900 Park Fare but the food was probably our least favorite of the whole trip.  Not that it was bad, I guess it just wasn’t as good as we expected it to be.  I did absolutely love the Strawberry Soup- amazing!!

After dinner we went over to Epcot for a few hours.

Of course we had to ride on the Nemo ride and afterwards we had to go see Bruce and the other shark displays.  Hailey loved this one and wanted to keep sticking her hand in the shark’s mouth which resulted in various responses from Bruce.

We also enjoyed riding on the Gran Fiesta Tour in Mexico.

Then we rode on Maelstrom which Hailey did not enjoy so much.

Taking a break to play the bongos.

Waiting for Illuminations to start.

Illuminations.

Another perfect day in Disney World!  Hailey’s favorites of the day: Ride- Nemo, Character- Anastasia

After a short night we got up bright and early (thanks to another wake up call from the characters) to head to ‘Ohana for breakfast.

In order to get to the Polynesian resort we had to take a bus to Magic Kingdom and then get on the monorail to get to the Polynesian.  Hailey was busy making plans for after breakfast while we rode on the monorail.

Us at ‘Ohana

Hailey enjoying her breakfast and getting her autograph book ready for the characters.

Hailey and Pluto.

Hailey and Lilo

Stitch had a little fun with Rich before stopping to see Hailey.

Hailey and Stitch

Hailey and Mickey

Me and Hailey waiting for the monorail to take us to Magic Kingdom

Us in front of my favorite place in the world.

Hailey was soooo excited to meet Princess Tiana and Prince Naveen.  They actually spent quite a bit of time talking to her.  Hailey asked Tiana what it felt like to be a frog.  Tiana told her it was slimy but fun and she loved all the hopping.

Waiting in line for the Pirates of the Caribbean.

Hailey had been begging to go on Splash Mountain ever since she rode it at Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Party- so we waited in a short 10 minute line to ride on it.  But Hailey didn’t like it this time and said the drops were too big and scary.

We decided to head over to Toontown before the day got too busy.  We stopped and rode on Pooh on our way since it had a 5 minute wait.

I love Toontown and will be so sad when it’s all gone.  I’m excited to see what they do there instead but I’ll miss Toontown as it is now.

Once we got to Toontown Hailey decided she wanted to ride on Goofy’s Barnstormer.  We reminded her that she did not like it last year and that it goes fast.  But she said she was brave and wanted to try riding it again.

Hailey feeling brave as the ride started.

Obviously she decided she didn’t like it.

Then we went to check out Mickey Mouse’s house.  Since it will probably be gone the next time we go I had to take lots of pictures inside the house.

Fall decorations

Mickey’s living room

Mickey’s bedroom

Mickey’s game room

Mickey’s kitchen that Donald Duck got into and messed up

Pluto’s doghouse

Then it was time to cool off in Donald Duck’s boat

Hailey driving a car at Tomorrowland Speedway

Rich in his car.

At this point Hailey was getting pretty tired and so we let her take a nice nap in her stroller.  After her nap it was time to use our Peter Pan fast passes.  Then we rode the People Mover.

We took a picture of Mickey and Minnie on our way out of the park to head to Hollywood Studios for extra magic hours.

When we got to Hollywood Studios we ate some dinner at the ABC Commissary.

After dinner we used our fast passes for Toy Story Mania (the ones we got because the ride had broken down the day before).

We love Toy Story Mania!  Hailey was having a blast!!

Then we went to see The Voyage of the Little Mermaid and then headed off to a dance party in Playhouse Disney.  Hailey loved the dance party!

Hailey dancing with Minnie.

Dancing with Mickey… see Rich in the background also dancing with Mickey.

Handy Manny dancing with Hailey

Pluto

A pretty flower balloon that Hailey got at the dance party.

We played for a long time at the dance party.  Then we went to see The Magic of Disney Animation which was really interesting.  Then it was time to head back to our hotel.

Hailey’s favorites for today: Ride- Peter Pan, Characters- Stitch at breakfast and Princess Tiana and Prince Naveen.