Disney World

We went to Disney World around Halloween this year. My sister Alisha, her family and my parents came with us. We stayed at the Animal Kingdom for the first few nights and it was AMAZING! We had a Savannah view from our room and we were able to see giraffes,zebras and a few other animals out our window/balcony at anytime during the day. The second half of the week we stayed at the Wilderness Lodge. That was great too. We were much closer to the parks during this part of the stay. From the Wilderness Lodge we were able to take a boat ride to Magic Kingdom. Everywhere else was bus rides. Disney put so much detail into thier hotels it was very neat. We had a lot of time (8 hours) sitting in the Animal Kingdom lodge waiting til check-in time, therefore we were able to explore the hotel. I kind of wish we would have had time to explore the Wilderness lodge too, maybe not 8 hours but an hour or two would have been cool.
Animal Kingdom
The Animal Kingdom was our first park visit. We had a blast. We were welcomed in by Mickey and Minney, we saw the Jungle Parade, went on a Safari, and rode rides of course. I think that this park was probably my favorite. It is a park you can get done in one day. I do not think that I would want to do more than that but we sure had fun while we were there.
The Magic Kingdom
Magic Kingdom was park number two. If you have been to Disneyland than you have pretty much been to Magic Kingdom. Having said that, it was still a blast and the only park that we went to more than one day. There is just so much to do there and I still do not think we got everything. Because we were there during Halloween we bought the extra tickets for Mickey's Halloween Party. We were hesitant to buy them but they were deffintaly worth every penny. There was an awesome nighttime parade, (which I think was my favorite parade), a great firework show, lots of candy (which we all know I love). The kids had fun dressing up and going to trick or treating around the Magic Kingdom. A couple of days after Halloween we came back and went to the Electric Parade and thier normal firework show which were also good.
Hollywood Studios
The third park we visited was Hollywood Studios. For us that was a great half day trip. They had some fun rides, the Playhouse Disney show was fun, and of course we had to hit up the Star Wars area.
Epcot
The last park we visited was Epcot. By this time we were all tired of walking and to be totally honest I could have done without it. The few rides they had were fun. I did get a great Christmas present for Chet at one of the shops. But mostly we walked and walked and walked. Because we had 5 kids under 6 we were not about to go shopping in all the different countries but I am sure they would have been great.
However, thier firework show Illuminations was by far my favorite firework show!

Chet's Sister reccommended a website called tourguidemike.com I too would highly recommend that as well. You pay a small fee (like $20) and he helps you map out a plan for when you are there based on your ages, what you want to do, when and what rides to go on to avoid standing in line, etc. He has so many articles to help you make your DisneyWorld trip as fun as can be. We followed his recommendations and I think that we hit the best of the best at each park. This website would be a must if you are going during peak season.

When we the boys what thier favorites were they said
cooper. lodges. toys (making lightsaber). dinosaur ride
beckham- tower of terror. star wars. space mtn.
chet- halloween parade. AK lodge. everest ride
korryn- illuminations. halloween parade. everest ride

We had a great vacation, the weather was awesome it rained for a few hours one day and other than that perfect, we had fun being together. This is not a relaxing vacation, but very very fun!