Orlando Part 5

Happy Friday!! I hope that you had a great week!!!

So this is the last day that I will be talking about our trip to Florida!! I promise unless I want to tell you how much I LOVE the orange juice at Grandpa's house!!!

We had a great family vacation!!! This trip has been something we have wanted to do for a couple years and everything finally worked out for us to go!!!

Tommy and I decided that the next time we go to Disney the kids will be 9 or 10. We also agreed that we would rent a camper and camp at the Disney campground!!!

While in Disney, w

e decided that we would go on an adventure called Stitch. The kids liked the movie called "Lilo and Stitch." I figured that this would be fun!!!

You walk into this building like you are going to a space training camp. When you walk in there is an alien that greets you over the TV. It's very loud and they turn down the lights. From there you walk into a room that is suppose to be an auditorium for trainees. Speed Racer is crying that he wants to leave because it's scary. However, there was another alien there that Speed Racer would listen to. So we figured as the adventure progressed he would be ok. Then you walk into this other place where you sit down and they have a shoulder harness that comes down over you. Then all of a sudden smokes comes out and in the middle of the room is a large glass case that opens  s-l-o-w-l-y  and Stitch is standing there.(Bigger then life size) Ballerina started screaming on the top of her lungs. She wiggled her way out of the seat belt harness and was climbing all over Tommy. In that same moment Speed Racer started screaming as well. Tommy and I were cracking up. The staff person came up to us and escorted us out of the building. I am sure that this is not the first time that this has happened but they should have some kind of warning!!!

Our favorite ride:

Despite the hour wait, Tommy and I loved Splash Mountain.

Ballerina loved the Aladdin ride. Which was the first ride we went on. She liked controlling going up and down.

Now, if you know Speed Racer you know what ride he liked. You guessed it the Grand Prix ride.

The favorite part of our trip was being with Grandpa.

We had a great time just being with him at this house. He cooked for us, told us great stories, and he got to spend time with the kids which they really enjoyed!!!

I know that we will try to go down there every year to see Grandpa and have some orange juice. Have I told you how much I love that Orange Juice? LOL!!!

I promise to be back next week with some good recipes and helpful tips.

What are your big plans for the weekend?

 

Orlando Part 4

Thursday was our day at Disney's Magic Kingdom. I haven't been there in over 20 years. This was the first time for Tommy and the kids.

We were all excited. Before we headed over to Disney we hit IHOP for breakfast!! We wanted a big breakfast to keep us fueled for the day.

We decided to drive the car there and not deal with any shuttles. Which was a great idea!!

Once we parked the car we hopped onto the Tram car that took us to the box office to buy our tickets. After we bought our tickets we had to choose if we wanted to go to Magic Kingdom on a steam boat or the monorail. We opted for the steamboat.

Our Steamboat pulling into dock!!

Another steamboat!!

The castle was so close but yet so far away!!

We passed this hotel on the way to Magic Kingdom!!

I love this sign!!

Getting closer to the castle!!!

Our first stop was  Adventure Land.

I was so thankful for this bubble lady because up until this point the kids were very cranky and whiny. (We all had colds)

Bubble Lady turned their frown upside down!!! Thank you bubble lady!!!

After we left bubble lady we came across Little Mermaid!!

Ballerina was so excited to meet Little Mermaid. Speed Racer on the other hand had no interest in meeting her.

We walked through the Robertson's Swiss Family house.

Then we hopped onto our first ride.

We rode on Aladdin's carpet!! So much fun! Ballerina had control of us being up in the air. She had us all over the place. Up, down, up, down.

We hopped onto the Jungle Cruise which was a lot of fun!! We saw a lot of cool fake animals.

Tommy enjoying the cruise!!

After the cruise we headed over to Pirates of the Carribbean which was always one of my favorite rides. I even got to meet Jack Sparrow!!!

Just kidding I made Tommy try on this cool hat!!!

After this we decided that we would lie to the kids. Tommy and I really wanted to go on Splash Mountain. The kids had already told us no water rides. We told them it was a log ride. It was a great ride. The kids liked it until they got wet.

Tommy after Splash Mountain.

After Splash Mountain we hopped onto the Steam Train back to Main Street for lunch.

After lunch we stopped at the Castle for a photo opp.

So great to be in Disney!!

Ballerina driving the race car.

Speed Racer driving Tommy around.

 After the Speed Way we went to the Tea Cups. Tommy suddenly had to go to the bathroom. So I was stuck riding the tea cups alone with the kids. Once we got to the front of the line the kids suddenly did not want to go on. I did not stand in line for 30 minutes to not go on the ride. I picked them up and put them on the ride. They ended up enjoying the ride. Go figure!!!

It was 4:00 and the kids were getting cranky. We still had to get back to the car so we decided to get on one more ride.  We chose Dumbo!!

 

It was time to head back down to Main Street to get our souvenirs and a little treat!!

We said good bye to Magic Kingdom and a great family adventure!!!

Considering we all had cold and got a little sleep it was a great day!!

Come back tomorrow to find out about our favorite rides, what ride we were kindly asked to get out of, and what we bought at Disney!!