Disney World 2010 - Getting there 2

We decided that 1:30 pm would be a good time to eat lunch.  (We ate breakfast at 6:45 am at the airport) Although parents were famished, we were not about to wake up the girls.  So we drove until Casey woke up.  Unfortunately, Kathryn was still asleep and we would have to wake her up.  This involved a bit of crankiness (sleepy and hungry is not a good combo for Kathryn Hale).

But once we got a little bit of food in our bellies, we were in much better spirits.  

In all of my planning of this trip, I had forgotten to make an appointment for the girls at the Bippidi Boppidi Boutique.  They would transform the girls from little girls into princesses - hair, makeup, and nails.  While the girls were alseep in the car, I called and got a 5:50 pm appt for this day at Cinderella's castle.  (There are 2 boutique locations - Cinderella's castle and Downtown Disney.  The Castle blows Downtown Disney away!)

Casey in front of Steak and Shake.  Kathryn
wanted no part of this picture.

After lunch, we still had to drive a bit longer, check into our hotel, change clothes, catch a bus and make it to the Castle by 5:35 pm.  Disney suggests that you give yourself and hour and a half to get from anywhere within the park to a different location for appointment just in case.  We had several hours to do all of this, which sounds like a lot of time, but with 2 aspiring princesses in the back seat, it wasn't.  Our goal was to be on the bus by 4 pm.

Jeff is not only a better driver, he is a better photographer.  Since he was currently driving, this was the best picture that I could get with the camera and my arm out the window.  This is the entrance to the resort hotels.  Our hotel was located at the very end of the street, which normally would not have been an issue but we wanted to be on the bus in one hour and it was cutting it close.  

We stayed at the All Star Movies Resort in the 101 Dalmations section.  It was great.  It served our needs - which was to eat, sleep, and shower.  We would stay here again.  We really liked this hotel.  Jeff dropped me off at the front and I went inside to check us in (which was speedy).  We found where to park (needed a map to find our section of the hotel), unloaded, and found our room.  We quickly changed the girls into their Snow White dress up clothes and headed to catch the bus, which left for the parks every 15 - 20 minutes.    A friend of ours gave us a heads up to bring our own dress up clothes for the Boutique.  One of the options was to buy an outfit along with the beauty package ($$$$) so I appreciate the heads up.  

We made it to the bus with plenty of time to spare.  At this point in the picture, the girls had gotten up at 4:30 am, flew in a plane, slept in a car, and are about to board a bus to Disney World.  The time was 3:45 pm and we had quite a night ahead of us!