Meeting the Disney Characters

Disney is truly a magical place. They take all the cartoon characters that you enjoy watching at home and bring them to life unlike any place else in the world. After we went last year and the kids had such a great time meeting all of them, we decided that we would go back again this year. However, when researching prices I discovered that season passes weren't insanely expensive like I would have imagined. I talked Jennifer into getting them and next we just had to decide when we wanted to make the 1st trip down to see Mickey's house, as Landon calls it. We went to all the parks and enjoyed meeting a lot of the characters as well as riding almost all of the rides. The highlight of the trip was seeing the kid's eyes light up when they saw all of the characters. Sometimes they were a little shy at first, but they quickly warmed up to everyone. It is amazing to me how the characters can have so much personality without ever speaking a word.

Landon getting a big hug from Minnie Mouse.

The kids with their favorite Mickey and Minnie.

The Heflin's with Mickey and Minnie.

Landon getting a big hug from his buddy Baloo.

Baloo and King Louie.

The kids with Baymax.

Getting hugs from one of our favorites - Buzz Lightyear!

Brinley likes the real people better than Landon does, which doesn't really make much sense to me.

The kids with Queen Elsa.

Meeting Princess Anna.

The kdis with Cinderella. Landon wouldn't get close to Cinderella because he didn't want to step on her dress. Such a gentleman.

I can't tell if Brinley is scared or excited in this picture.

Landon finally getting to hug one of his favorite ladies, Cinderella.

The kids love Rapunzel! She asked Brinley if her little brother stinks and Brinley said that he did. Rapunzel said the next time he stinks then Brinley should put flowers in his hair.

Woody and Jessie are some other of our favorite characters. 

Last year we weren't able to get by to see Tiana and Prince Naveen. They were both really nice and I told her that I would love to have some of her beignets. She said that Prince Naveen ate all of them before they came over to the garden.

The kids and Tinkerbell.

The kids meeting talking Mickey Mouse. This is the only dressed up character that actually talks to you. Last year when we met him nobody could remember what he actually talked to the kids about. I filmed it this year so we wouldn't forget the kids conversation with him. Mickey told them that he rode a train this morning and asked if the kids wanted to pretend to be a train. Mickey walked around the room and acted like a train while the kids just stood there.

We went back to see him again on our last day at the parks. This time he talked about his friend Tigger and asked the kids to bounce like Tigger. They looked at Mickey like he was crazy and then Brinley did a few jumps. Landon didn't jump at all.

Meeting Kylo Ren from the most recent Star Wars movie. The kids had no idea who it was, but enjoyed meeting him.

Landon meeting Chewbacca. The size differential is crazy.

All the Heflin's with Chewbacca.

Our absolute favorite characters are the monsters. Here are the kids getting hugs from Sully.

Mike Wazowski giving the kids a big hug.

Everyone giving their best roar.

The kids with Buzz and Woody.

Landon meeting Sophia the First.

Brinley was having a little meltdown and wouldn't get in a picture with Sophia without Jennifer.

The kids with Jake.

Meeting Doc McStuffins. Doc told Brinley that she really liked her pigtails - at least that is what I interpreted because Doc didn't say a word.

The kids had such a good time during our week exploring the Disney parks.We have already started planning our next trip back. I can't believe how much fun the kids had as well as Jennifer and myself. I think the season passes were a great choice and I can't wait to see what else we are able to do on our future trips to the happiest place on Earth. Thanks for reading and God bless!