Kids Make Disney Even Better!

See that smile?  It is priceless!  That smile says, "I'm having fun and I love being here." 

Like seeing that smile?  Well get used to it because at Disney, every single thing there was put there specifically to bring this smile out of you and your kids.

This picture was taken when we were playing putt-putt golf over at the Winter Summerland course, where there is always snow on a hot summers day.  If you guessed that Ashley is holding up the number one to show her age, you would be wrong.  Every golfer knows that is the universal sign for "YES!  I just scored a hole in one!"  And she did!

Even at your hotel, your kids will find amazingly fun things to do.  Here, Ashley was in the lobby of the Polynesian Hotel when the castmembers there started having the kids make grass skirts for themselves.  Ashley loved posing in hers, and as you can see, she got a keepsake to take home with her that she will always remember.

Yes I challenge anyone who has children to take them to Disney for even a day and not walk out of there having shed some tears of joy at seeing your kids get wide eyed in amazement and joy at the things they see.

For instance, sit down at the end of the day in the Magic Kingdom and
watch the SpectroMagic parade with kids.  Yes waiting for the parade to start can be tough for kids as you have to kind of sit there a long time before the parade starts to get a great seat, but having food and snacks available as well as ipods and gameboys help make the wait seem shorter.  But once the lights go out, the music starts, and then every awesome Disney character walks right by you, and I mean just inches away from you, just look down at the faces of your kids and see the wonderment in their eyes.  That look says to me every time, "Maybe wishes and dreams do come true!"

My kids have been to Disney almost every year of their lives, sometimes more than once per year.  As they grow older, of course they begin to lose some interest as they learn that Mickey is a person in a costume, and their interest start to lean toward the thrill rides that are more abundant over at Universal Studios Islands of Adventure, but there are still plenty of awesome moments to be had and memories to be made.

For example, my family loves eating at the Sci Fi Dine In Theater.  The food is amazing, but it is truly the ambience and the "show" that keeps bringing us back every time we go.  As you can see, your family sits in an old time car and actually watches a real drive in theater screen as bits and pieces of old B horror and sci fi movies are shown, along with some older footage of Walt Disney himself.

There is one part of the show where they show a clip from "Attack of the 50 Foot Man".  At one point in that clip, the 50 foot man looks out from the screen and yells "I Don't Want To Grow Anymore".  Don't ask me why but my kids laughed so hard at that line that we were soon all in tears laughing at it.  Now at the most random times we will often look at each other and yell ""I Don't Want To Grow Anymore" and start laughing hysterically.

Truly there are millions of memories and special moments waiting around every corner of Walt Disney World and Disney Land for you and your family.

I hope to see you and your kids in the parks someday and maybe we will be sharing a meal at the Sci Fi and you can yell along with us!  What are you waiting for?  Your memories are calling for you!

See ya real soon!

Brad