For about four weekends out the year, they have a special section of the park called Winter Wonderland. You can ride a reindeer roller coaster, travel to the North Pole to meet Jack Frost and Elsa, ice skate, and ride a winter carousel.
The kids couldn't believe it was snowing. They decided it was because Santa, his elves, and reindeer were there and that they had brought the snow with them.
In order to get to Santa, you had to travel through Santa's mail room. Four elves were there to help us find our way. Jingle the Elf took us to see Santa. The kids have been very concerned that Santa would not where to find them this year because they were no longer at the yellow house in South Carolina. He assured them that he knew where they were. He gave each kid a gold coin and a small gift.
After visiting Santa, we visited Snow White's Cottage and found several fairy houses on our walk.
We stopped for lunch in the castle which had a food court and a large indoor playground for the kids. After lunch we spent a lot of time in the Alice and Wonderland portion of the park. You could sit at the Mad Hatter's table for a cup of tea. Zach and the kids found their way through the crazy maze which was actually pretty difficult with 10 foot hedges.
The kids' favorite ride was the White Rabbit Hole. They rode in a Cheshire cat with figures from the story of Alice and Wonderland all around them. Paul Bunyon was randomly located here and was at least 15 feet tall. Both kids were just slightly nervous that he would come to life. This is as close as they got to the friendly giant.
Their least favorite ride was the Teacups. Mom loved it, but both of them were mostly petrified the entire ride. They finally loved it right as we exiting the ride.
The remainder of the day we spent visiting all the fairytale characters. Desmond's favorites were Humpty Dumpty and the Three Little Pigs. He kept telling the Big Bad Wolf that he needed to stop "eating those pigs and that he was in time out."
Sierra loved Hansel and Gretel's house I think because it looked like it was covered in candy. However, she was slightly nervous about the wicked witch and the jail inside.
Sullivan, being the true boy that he is, loved the french fries the most (or chips as the the Brits call them). He pretty much had nothing to do with us until he finished the entire container below.
All in all it was another great adventure for the Steele family and was a fantastic way to kick off the holiday season!
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