Grant and I are going on vacation with friends! Angie, Cori (3) and Andrew (8), and Steve and Kevin (14) are going to Disney World for a week. Then Kevin and Steve are flying home, and the rest of us are going on a cruise!
We left last night on a red-eye out of Ontario. Honestly, I am amazed at how well we are all doing! We left Ontario at 11:30 PM Pacific time and got to Orlando (after a layover in Atlanta) at 10:00 AM Eastern time. Cori did a lot of sleeping on the plane, Andrew slept in the terminal during the layover, and the rest of us grabbed bits and pieces here and there.
Arriving in Orlando - we amazingly fit all 7 of us and our luggage (including cruise luggage!!!) in a Toyota Sienna minivan. We drove to our hotel - Marriott Grande Vista Vacation Club, and luckily, they had a room ready for us. We are staying in a 3 bedroom villa, which is nice, because Grant and I get a room and a bathroom, Angie and the kids get a room and their own bathroom, and Steve and Kevin get their own room and their own bathroom! There is plenty of room for all of us!
We unpacked and then went to Walmart for groceries and then came back to the hotel for a quick swim before dinner. The pools are really nice and very kid friendly - the pool we liked best had a splash zone for kids that started out at zero depth and gradually worked its way to 4 feet, with lots of spraying water features. There were also water cannons outside the pool that people could aim at swimmers.
We went to the Animal Kingdom Lodge and had dinner at Boma. Yum. Again. I love this buffet! No one besides Grant an I had eaten there and they all loved it! Well, except for Cori, who slept through the entire dinner in her stroller! After dinner, we went behind the lobby to the Savannah to view the animals. Cori woke up for this and enjoyed looking at the birds, giraffe, gazelle, and the other animals.
After dinner, we decided to do a quick stop at Downtown Disney, just so Kevin and Angie could see what it is like (and how big it is!) since I’m not sure if we’ll be able to see it on the rest of our trip. We mostly just toured the marketplace. Andrew particularly enjoyed trying to get spit on by Stitch at the World of Disney.
We’re back at the hotel now ant it is 9:10. Hopefully we will all get good sleep tonight and be ready to hit the parks tomorrow!
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