Andy Cohen had the ‘ultimate family vacation' at Disney, then things took a turn
Fun in the sun? Sort of, kind of.
Besties Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen took their kids to Disney World in Orlando for spring break. The reviews? Mixed.
The trip to the so-called Greatest Place on Earth started out great for the single dads who have two kids apiece.
The Bravo chief's children are Lucy, who turns 3 on April 29, and Ben, 6; the CNN anchor coparents Sebastian, 3, and Wyatt, who turns 5 April 27, with ex Benjamin Maisani.
While Cooper, 57, doesn't document much of his personal life on social media, Cohen, 56, posted two snippets from the getaway.
One picture saw the New Year's Eve revelers on the themed park's famed Tron Lightcycle, which zips through a digital cosmic landscape.
'It was the ultimate family vacation,' said the caption. 'What a joy!'
The age restriction for the ride is 8, but the little ones got to enjoy a different area of Disney — Magic Kingdom, where Lucy is seen in dad's Insta pic hugging Daisy Duck. The hilarious caption says they had 'squashed their beef.'
Cohen appeared on the 'Today' show Tuesday explaining that his daughter found the beloved cartoon character to be 'bossy.'
The 'Real Housewives' creator also admitted that things were on the four-day sojourn good, until they weren't.
The group's breaking point came on the last day at the OG ride, the Tower of Terror at Hollywood Studios.
'[I was] sitting there eating my eighth Mickey ice cream pop and I was disgusting and I smelled like humanity,' Cohen told Jenna Bush Hager. 'The children, who I had formerly found adorable, were screaming, and I was like, 'Who am I? Get me out of here!''
Plan B: To escape back to the hotel.
'We called it,' Cohen added. 'I was in the pool an hour later.'
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