Fun Times at Disney World!

Well, my trip to Disney for the Disney Princesses Half Marathon was all I expected and more! We had a fabulous time...tired feet, legs, and all.

Despite a delayed flight, my friend Lauren and I arrived at the Orlando airport and boarded the Magical Express (which, sadly, is less express and more "local"...took 1.5 hours to get to our hotel!) We finally made it to the Carribean Beach Resort and crashed into bed around 2 AM.

After a quick run around the resort, we headed off to the race expo to pick up our race info, bibs, and shop a little bit. We then spent a long, but fun, afternoon and evening at Epcot riding some of the rides and wandering around the World Showcase. Dinner at a pub in the UK included fish and chips...followed by Scotch cake and Irish coffee. Yum!

Lauren enjoying a Margarita in Mexico

Saturday was our crazy day...spent the morning in the Animal Kingdom, scooted over to the Magic Kingdom for a little while...Space Mountain!, and then finished up in Epcot with dinner in Italy.




Sunday, I got up at 3:45 AM (which with the time change was actually 2:45 AM) to catch the 4:30 bus to the race start. The race didn't begin until 7 AM, so we wandered around and took a few photos prior to the race.

Page's Princess gear laid out the night before

On the bus at 4 AM...

Waiting for the race to start...

Corral A....what?!

The race itself was a lot of fun...but tough because we had done so much walking around during the 2 days prior. I finished in a decent time for me (2:33) considering I was run/walking. After a shower and a quick nap, we headed over to Hollywood Studios for the afternoon and dinner at the Brown Derby. We finished the day at the Magic Kingdom...where we were trapped by the same parade twice and the fireworks once. Note to self...do not go to the Magic Kingdom at night between 8 and 9 PM unless you want to watch parades and fireworks!

On Monday, we caught our yet-again-delayed flight back to Baltimore in time for Rachmaninov rehearsal. At that point, I knew the magic of Disney had ended...