Dreamworks Experience at Opryland Hotel

Colby's big gift from Santa this Christmas was an overnight stay at Opryland Hotel for the Dreamworks Experience. He was so excited to go meet Shrek, Po, and the Madagascar Friends!! We checked in on December 26th at 2:30 and did not stop moving until 9:00 that night when we finally got to our room. It was a busy but fun time!!

Our fun started with a Holiday Shrektacular show. The boys loved seeing all of their favorite characters dance and sing! Their faces during the show were priceless!!

After the show, we headed for Po's house to kick off our Meet and Greets. These were great! The boys got to meet, hug, and take pictures with 7 different characters! The characters also stamped a Character Passport for the boys to keep. This will be a great way to remember the experience!

Po from Kung Fu Panda...

Alex from Madagascar...

Shrek!...

Gingy from Shrek...

Puss in Boots...

King Julian from Madagascar...

After the Meet and Greets and a quick dinner, we walked over to the Merry Madagascar Ice Exhibit. The boys loved this!! I'm not sure they got the fact that every single thing in there was ice, but they really enjoyed looking at it all. Their favorite part was of course the ice slides!!!

The Penguins...

Finally, we made it to our room and got into our pajamas!! The boys were SO excited to be sleeping in a hotel. This is something they have been asking to do for a long time! Unfortunately, not much sleep was had! Colby could not settle down and go to sleep! He was asking me questions until 3:30 in the morning. I must have dozed off at that point. When I woke up around 4, I found him laying sideways in the bed with his head on Jason's back. Hilarious! I thought we would then get a few hours of sleep, but Brody woke up at 5:30 and was ready for everyone else to wake up too. It was definitely a memorable experience!

Breakfast with Shrek, Fiona, and Puss in Boots!!!...

After Colby's wild night of not sleeping, he was exhausted! The poor guy felt terrible and slept through the breakfast with Shrek. I hate he missed it, because he LOVES Shrek and Fiona and would have loved all of the Shrek themed food, especially the Shrek shaped waffles. They were delicious!

Brody loved the Swamp Juice...

Our boys are not car sleepers, but apparently they were both totally exhausted!!! Both of them were asleep only 10 minutes after leaving the Hotel. This was an awesome family get away that none of us will soon forget!