I don't even know where to start in talking about our August trip to Disney World - we had such a great trip, one that was jam-packed with activities and adventures from the minute we got to Florida! I also have almost 1000 pictures from the trip so it will be tough to narrow it down.
Jay and I decided to surprise the kids so we didn't tell them until the day before we were leaving that we were going on vacation to Disney World. I had planned the trip for months (and almost spilled the news on numberous occassions) coming up with what I hoped to be the perfect meal and park schedule and we couln't have been more excited to go (unless the rest of the family came too!). Grandma took us to the airport and off we went.
We were picked up by the Disney Magical Express because we were staying on a Disney property and watched movies on the bus until we got to our hotel. Our hotel, the Port Orleans Riverside, in the early afternoon so we did a little hotel exploring before heading to Downtown Disney. I really liked the resort and would definitely recommend it - the grounds were really pretty, the kids thought the pool was great and we found the transportation to and from the parks very convenient using the hotel buses. Our bags were delivered directly to our room from the airport so when we arrived, we quickly checked in, changed in to bathing suits and headed to the pool - it started thundering after an hour so we went back to the room, changed again and took the bus downtown for dinner.
(Ryan would not take a picture with the "red lady" because "she is super creepy") I think that it still didnt really hit the kids that we were at Disney because we hadn't gone to a park yet, but once they saw the LEGO store, they both decided this was going to be a really fun vacation! (I think they would have been happy just spending a week at the LEGO store).
We didn't even make it into the store because the kids saw the race track and immediately started building their cars.
When it was time to do to dinner, the kids had a SERIOUS meltdown about leaving the Lego Store, until they saw where we were having dinner: T-Rex (plus we promised to go to the Lego store again another day). The kids begged to set in the "color changing ice cavern" because the waitress told them that is where they would have the best view of the "Meteor Shower" every 20 min - the boys had a blast and while we ate, we talked about some of the things we wanted to do on our trip.
After dinner, we headed out back to the Dino Dig site where the kids used brushes to uncover fossils.
As time went on, we began to hear thunder so we decided to head back to the hotel (plus it was already 10:30 at night!). As we were heading to the bus, it started pouring!! Luckily, we somehow finagled our way on to the first bus back to the hotel. We were all pretty wiped out from our first day, a day that was probably the most relaxing of the week.
The next day, we needed to get up bright and early to get to Hollywood Studios so it was off to bed as soon as we got back to the room.
stay tuned for Day 2...
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