Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Vacation in Florida - Day 1 and 2

We arrived in Orlando a little later than planned. Our flight from Ohio had been delayed, but we got there early in the morning on Wed, only to find out that Trisha and Danny's flight was delayed and coming in late also! We all got to bed around 4:00 or so in the morning! The next morning Tess was up early getting everything prepared to start our excursions...
The first day we spent in Disney's Typhoon Lagoon Water Park. It was a HOT day, but plenty of water to keep us cool! This is Grandpa Brent with Ali and Grant as we were getting tickets for the park.They had an awesome wave pool that went on forever, and when that sound of thunder hits...you better run!! It had the biggest wave and wall of water!


We had such a great time with the wave pool, and the slides and the kiddie splash pools. We also spent some time relaxing and riding around the park in the lazy river on rubber tubes. Thanks to Tess, we had plenty to eat and drink and lots of treats! She was a great hostess! That night we met Jake in Downtown Disney for dinner at the T-Rex Restaurant.



It was a pretty awesome place to eat...yummy ribs!! The kids loved the scenery and all the dinosaurs and fish and ice caves inside.After dinner we walked around to see a lot of the displays and Addi got to meet a princess, and Ali found Mickey to cuddle up to!




There are also some really neat lego displays, Grant had fun petting the lego dogs, and Trisha and Danny's family got to see the Lochness monster coming up from the water! We had fun just enjoying the sights!

The second day we hit Disneyworld full force! We went to the Animal Kingdom and got to see some fun 3-D shows, and ride some pretty cool rides. Then we headed over to the Hollywood scene where we rode things like the 'Tower of Terror' right down to 'Toy Story'! It had some pretty cool street scenes (just wish it HAD been cool...it was so stinking HOT!!!) But we found some air conditioning here and there to endure the heat.

After the hot afternoon, we took the Monorail over to the Magic Kingdom in time for the nightime Disney Parade and the awesome fireworks show!!! It was Great!Addi, Tess and Jake in Magic Kingdom.

Ali, Danny, Grant and Trisha, waiting by the castle at dusk for the parade to come!

One tired Grandpa! "When can we go home?"

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Katie said...

Looks like you guys are having fun!