{Disney 2012: Magic Kingdom}

Our Disney trip was finally here and we had a blast meeting Mickey and the gang. A magical time was had by all.  We decided to stay once again at the Wilderness Lodge. It really is home away from home. The moment you step in the hotel, you get the whole Disney vibe and experience.

They renovated the rooms. They are so much brighter but you still get the lodge ambience.

The kids loved the Mickey ears towel and all the character tiles at the bathtub.

And throughout our trip, you will hear me talk about magical moments. Nothing is impossible at Disney! Samantha lost her balloon and it went all the way up our hotel's 8 story ceiling. But guess what, the stuff at Disney was able to retrieve it with a lil creativity. How awesome is that!

We hopped on boat from our hotel to begin our Magical trip.

We made it a point to see Magic Kingdom the first day. After all, when you think of Disney, you think of Cinderella's castle. I wanted the kids to have that wow feeling on their first day...not that it's hard to achieve that on any of the Disney parks. We made it to Magic Kingdom, let the memories begin!

After grabbing the kid's' autograph books, we were ready to explore the park.

We headed straight to Fantasyland to get our fast passes for all the popular rides. While waiting for our rides, William started playing with The Sword of Stone. Inscribed in it, "Whoso pulleth out this sword of the stone and anvil is rightwise ruler born of England". What a treat it was for William (and everybody) when he was able to pull the sword out of the stone. Bunch of kids ahead of him were trying so hard to pull the sword. Imagine, everybody's reaction when he was able to pull the sword out :) After that, all the kids and parents were trying to figure out how they can do it. I always thought that it was a permanent fixture. Evidently, Disney releases it once in a blue moon to create Magical moments for certain kids. Well, it was a magical moment indeed for William (and our family).

Then off we were to get on our favorite rides. A small sliver of the new Fantasyland expansion was open. I love where the new Dumbo is located, right by the new Storybook Circus area. I also love the new Indoor playground waiting area. Basically, you get a buzzer and your kid can play while waiting to get on the most popular ride in Disney. Winning!

Samantha was napping and woke up just in time to ride Dumbo.

William had a blast controlling the ride. He like the fact that you can make it go up and down.

Then we hopped on to the Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh. Samantha was a lil bit uncertain of this ride. It was dark and there were some storm effect that spooked her.

We had success though on The It's a Small World ride. She loved the music and all the dolls. This ride ended up being her favorite ride from the trip.

William's favorite ride was Goofy's Barnstormer. He absolutely loved his first roller coaster ride!

We headed over to adventureland to ride Pirates of the Carribean and the Alladin's Magic Carpet.

Time flew by and next thing we know it was time for our character dinner at Crystal Palace. The perfect place to meet the colorful character Winnie the Pooh and his friends Piglet, Eeyore and Tigger.

A day was not enough to explore Magic Kingdom and we had to come another day to see other areas of the park.

It was a great day to ride the Jungle Cruise.

Indulge on famous Disney treats, such as the Dole whip and Goofy's Sour Powder Candy.

Enjoy some entertainment at Magic Kingdom Main Street.

Here's William rockin' his Boyz Rules shirt. Too funny!

And meet some of the kids favorite characters.

Peterpan was really nice.

Samantha loves Tinkerbell and I am so glad that we found her.

What a treat it was to meet her sister Periwinkle. She asked William to have a snowball fight with her. Looking forward to the upcoming Secret of the Wings movie.