Princess Night!!!

It was time to get ready for our special planned evening. We got to the hotel at about 6:30 PM and I put the kids right into the shower. First we got Tristin in the tub and scrubbed his beard off, lol that process took some time. Then it was Melody's turn but luckily her make-up washed right off.. After the kids we took our turn to shower and started getting ready. I was actually excited since I had heard nothing but good things about this place..

Can we say Happily Ever After!

We arrived at 1900 Park Fare and from the moment we walked in she was in total shock. When we entered the dining room and she saw Cinderella, her face was just glowing..

The entire walk to the table you can tell she was excited! She kept looking back to get a glimpse of all the characters inside the restaurant.. The moment we sat down we noticed Lady Tremaine was coming towards us and Cinderella was not that far behind her. It was actually funny cause Melody was worried that Tremaine might do something bad to Cinderella....

Lady Tremaine and the kids..

Cinderella with Melody!!

Then Drizella came over and decide to bother Tristin a bit... LOL

Drizella with her HUGE smile and Melody...

She bothered Tristin so much that she finally got him to pose with her and

Melody for a picture, HAHAHAHAHA Tristin just wanted to eat...

A few minutes after they called everyone who was celebrating a special event to join Drizella and Anastasia on the center of the main floor. It was so cute looking at all the little kids running towards them and just having a great time..

I was even more happy to see my baby girl just loving her special night.. She was just enjoying everything that was going on. To see her smiling and giggling with pure joy and excitement made my night complete..

Notice how she holds her dress as if she was wearing a princess ball dress, LOL so cute!

Then came the very loud but very funny Anastasia.
Melody really likes her ;)

We were soon finishing up with dinner when we realized that Prince Charmin had not been by our table. Dad decided to mention it to our waiter who soon got a cast member involved and told us that they were very sorry, the prince did not realize that he missed our section..

Finally the cast member came over again and escorted the kids and I to a secret location where the "prince" would be meeting us.. I thought it was really nice of them to get him back for us..

While I was away meeting the prince, daddy created this masterpiece for me...

We finally finished up dinner and headed outside to catch the Magic Kingdom's fireworks "Wishes" was about to start and we wanted to see it from across the Seven Seas Lagoon.. We actually LOVED the view and the kids thought it was cool too...



While waiting a bit for the marina to clear we noticed the boats from the Electrical Water Pageant were coming back towards us to go into where the parade storage area is. I thought it was cool that the guy driving the boat turned it on for a second so the kids could see it..

It was truly a wonderful day that ended with a very special night!

So we finally headed back to our resort.. I had to put the kids in bed and do some packing since we were leaving the next day.. While getting everything done I realize daddy was eating more birthday cake... Did I mentioned how good and tasty the cake was? It was real good!!

Time to say goodnight!!

Water Park Hotel & Under The Sea Cake :D

We woke up at about 9:00 AM to get ready for an amazing day of water fun...

Orlando just got another water park hotel.. CoCo Key Water Resort is the Largest Canopy Covered and Outdoor Water Resort in Orlando. CoCo Key combines the relaxation and enchantment of the islands with the wild excitement of over 62,000-sq. ft. of waterpark fun.

We were so excited to stay here, the hotel has just been open for 3 weeks and 2 days... Here is a view of the inside of our room..

This is the bathroom area

This room has 2 double beds.. Love the beach ball pillow :)


We went out to explore the hotel since the water park opens at 11:00 AM.. They have this real awesome Arcade Room filled with state-of-the-art video games. The arcade room has the latest and most popular video games for all ages plus they even have some bowling..



For the little ones!



Air Hockey




Haunted Mansion Game



That is just a small portion of games at the arcade. Then right next to the arcade room is the food court which has Callaloo Grill, Pizza Hut Express and TradeWinds Restaurant.. Outside for the Big Kids they have the Wet Rooster Bar..

We headed back towards our room because Mikkel had arrived with the cake.
I was so excited to see it!



The cake was PERFECT! Every little detail was amazing.. My daughter is a HUGE fan of the little mermaid and she was thrilled to see a fishy that looks like "Flounder" on her cake.. Her work is amazing and the cakes taste so good.


Last years Cake



Here is our annual picture with Mikkel 2010



Last Years Picture with Mikkel 2009








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You will be very Happy :) you did.

We said goodbye to Mikkel since she had to go back to work and we hit the water park..

Here is Melody with CoCo the hotel mascot.. She was thrilled to actually see the parrot in person.



Both kids with CoCo :D



Melody made a new friend, meet Kyle.




They would not go down the slide without eachother...




Hello



Here is Minnow Lagoon this is for the littlest ones with a zero-depth entry, mushroomy water features, soaker cannons and milder slides. It’s under a canopy, which is a great break from the sun..



This is the second area, has a deeper pool with Cyclone slide 48" height requirement. It's a fun section and you are still covered by the large canopy..



Now we have the main playground or as they call it the jungle gym. This section has slides for all the younger children or the older kids too.. Featuring a zero depth entry PLUS a 400 gallon bucket of tipping water fun! The Height Requirement for this section is 36” and 40”.



These are for the kiddies



If your child is scared of tall slides some of these may not be good for them..

This blue slide is a tube slide and it's dark so Melody did not like it at all!!






Then there was the yellow one, she seemed to like..



The Green was fun for her too!!





I noticed that open slides may be the way to go if you would like your little one to go down bigger water slides.. The tube ones are just too scary for those little hearts..


Here is Dad with his little Princess!



Now the following section is more for older kids, teens and or adults..
This section has 3 different rides with 3 different height requirements, one of the rides you must be atleast 48" to ride.



The Blue and Orange slide is called "Over the Falls" and it's a tube slide. This ride is very fast and dark.. I got out of that slide dizzy, LOL it was pretty cool but very fast.. The height requirement is 40" but I think the ride is too intense for a small child..

The yellow slide "Surfer Splash" is a single or double tube slide that is super fun. Height requirement for this is 42" to ride.. Ray and Tristin got on together and I got on with Melody :)



The following slide is the red and white slide called "Boomerango" which the two-person tubes leave the tower, go up a ramp, experience a sense of weightlessness before sliding back this way.. Height for this is 48"



By the way that is Tristin and I all the way up there, LOL!

My birthday girl getting a BIG hug..



The water park was lots of fun and it was something new but the hotel has a lot of growing up to do. The hotel itself is not running smoothly as it should be but let's just say they are in the beginning stages, so we will cut them some slack.. I had a lot of issues with them so I will not say it was a GREAT experience but we will go again and see if they worked out those issues... If all good on our second run to them, I will be planning one of the kids Birthday Parties next year at this location..