Friday--
We got into Orlando about 1pm and picked our rental car to drive out to our hotel welcome center (we got roped into one of those time-share thingy's and had to jump through all their (stupid) hoops). After getting our free tix to the park on Sat., we had a simple lunch at the "Biggest McDonald's in the World". It was fun for the girls and M&I got to play Ms. Pacman and Asteroids. We made our way to the Hotel Royal Plaza and unpacked. We settled down for awhile and then hit Downtown Disney for some sight-seeing and then took a Ferry Boat to Old Key West Resort for some fancy (slightly) Carribbean food.
After dinner we returned to Downtown Disney where they were having a kiddy dancy party and Avery jumped right in. After some cojoling and hearing her fave HS Musical song, Maryn finally joined the party too and couldn't drag herself away. It was the funniest and cutest thing I've ever seen. We grabbed hot cocoa from Ghiardelli and walked back to our hotel.
Saturday--
We started with breakfast at Perkins, and then made our way to the Magic Kingdom.
We started with Tomorrowland, had $7 hot dogs for lunch, and then we were onto Main Street USA. After that we started Fantasy Land, but were so exhausted, we called it a day around 6pm. But not before squeezing in a quick visit to Santa. We got back to our hotel and had TGI Fridays for dinner.
Sunday--
We had to go to our (stupid) timeshare thingy at the crack of dawn and left feeling a little used and jaded. We shook it off pretty quickly after getting to the park again and starting where we left off in Fantasy Land. This was our best day because the lines were shorter and we were more prepared. We had lunch with Pinnochio and then continued on into AdventureLand, Liberty Square, and FrontierLand.
We even had time left to go back to Tomorrow Land and finish some rides we missed on Sat.
Before we left we got to see the castle lit up by a swoop of Fairy Godmother's wand and some sweet fireworks too.
We definitely ended it properly. But some of us were more tired than others.
We hit Perkins for a light dinner (after stuffing ourselves with funnel cakes, caramel popcorn, and ice cream at the park on our way out).
Monday--
We had a breakfast buffet at our hotel, and swam in the hotel pool. The heater was broken, and so the water was chilly but still fun for the girls. We checked out and stowed our luggage in our car and hit downtown Disney again to pick up our souvenirs.
We said our final goodbyes to Disney and headed towards the airport where we had Cracker Barrell for lunch. We got back to Detroit around 8pm.
The trip was great. It was a bit stressful at times, but mostly relaxing and exciting and a chance to spend quality time with the girls. We were together constantly and it's the first time in a long time I've been able to just walk around for hours with them holding my hand. I can see why people love it. It's more than the $ it costs to get there, it's really the memories that you come away with that are priceless.
5 comments:
This was such fun to read ! I almost felt like I was there, but didn't have to do any of the walking ! Some of the pictures tell the story in and of themselves ... the dancing Avery, the sleeping Avery, but my fav is the one of the backs of their heads with their hats !
I love that you included every place that you ate!! A girl after my own heart! That is always the BEST part of every trip for me..I love the eatin' out! :) The trip sounded so fun! I am so happy that you guys got to do that while the girls were still in their Disney "prime"! What fun memories!
Yay!! I've been a-waiting these pics... :)
What a fun vacation you guys will always remember!!
We remember all of the eating, too, from our Disney trip...sounds like you didn't try the turkey legs either! I love the "tired" picture on the bus ride home. When you are there you just want to get every penny's worth of your park ticket, so we always stayed late too...it's exhausting but well worth it! Glad you had a good time!
amy
You have such a cute family!
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