Legoland

Our last day in Florida was spent at Legoland. To say the boys loved it here was an understatement and I am not even talking about the park. They were completely thrilled to just hang out at the hotel. There were legos everywhere in the lobby. They got to participate in a lego event in the evening and got to keep the legos they built. We cut the afternoon short in the park and went to hang out in the hotel pool. There were floating legos to play and build with. Macen has already requested we stay 2 nights the next time, lol.

We all got soaked on this one and it was so much fun! With 86 degree weather, we all dried quickly. I sat the second round out so I could get some pics. James and Macen rode a pirate version of this one in Germany.

We got Macen on some more roller coasters here and there were some he refused to go on. He really branched out and that thrilled all of us. I think we discovered (or confirmed even more) Maddox is our dare devil. He didn't hesitate to go on any rides with James. There was even one that he wasn't tall enough for and he cried while sitting it out. He even said "I would love that ride".

Magic Kingdom

Our last day was spent at Magic Kingdom.  There were a lot more rides at this park so we tried to get in as many as we could. In doing so we, we forgot to see some more characters, forgot to walk through the castle and forgot to watch the parade, lol. The rides were a lot of fun though and this just gives us another excuse to go back (other than all the new Star Wars stuff they are building). We did use all 3 of our Fastpasses at this park and ended up with another Fastpass from literally getting stuck on the Pirates of the Caribbean ride. Macen has been afraid of roller coasters for years now and one of the Fastpasses was for the Seven Dwarfs Mine Train. He reluctantly agreed to go on it and ended up really liking it. 

Prior to leaving, we had been saving pennies and quarters to the do the penny press machines. Once we got there, we bought the books to hold them. The boys loved these! It was like a scavenger hunt at every park. They enjoyed hunting for the machines and picking their designs for each penny. This was a great souvenir for them to bring home. 

We had a great time and I think all of us are looking forward to going back once all the Star Wars additions are done.

Epcot

Our second day was spent at Epcot. There was a lot of character topiary here. We got to meet several characters and the boys got lots of autographs. We rode rides in the morning, ate in Germany for lunch then we headed back to the resort for an afternoon swim. We all enjoyed some downtime. We went back to Epcot that evening for our character meal with Chip, Dale, Mickey and Pluto. The boys loved having them come to our table and interact with them repeatedly. 

This was a pretty cool ride (even if it was Chevy James said). We got to design our own cars on a screen and then you get in the car and went around a track (up to 64mph) and it let you know how the car you created did in the race. 

Jedi Training

We were pretty excited for the boys to do this. They were trained as Jedi's then got to fight Darth Vader. Prior to going to Disney, Maddox had announced he didn't want to go anymore. When asked why, he said he didn't want Darth Vader to kill him, lol. We had to explain it was just pretend. Both boys said it was pretty cool to be on the stage with him.

Hollywood Studios

The first day at Disney World was spent at Hollywood Studios. Getting the boys enrolled in Jedi Training was priority. Once we did that we killed time by riding the Star Wars ride and meeting characters. The Storm Troopers pictured with Macen patrolled an area and occasionally stopped to interact with people. Macen's shirt caught their attention so James was able to get a picture. However, Maddox was drawn to these guys like a magnet. When we saw them, he would start following them and most of the time we would lose him in the crowd. Thankfully we kept an eye out and he would eventually stop and look for us but man it was like he was under their power or something, lol.

The boys got to build their own droids and light sabers. 

This was the first character they met at Disney. They look pretty nervous so not sure if it was because they didn't know what to expect or because it was Kylo Ren.