Disney's Hollywood Studios (Tuesday)

WE had lots of rain this morning. It sounded so cool in the treehouse! We had a delicious Bobby G breakfast and enjoyed the rain.

In the afternoon, we headed to Disney's Hollywood Studios. We went to see the Lights! Motors! Action! car stunt show, which everyone enjoyed.

Next, we went to the Honey I shrunk the Audience playground, and Geoffrey had a blast walking up the stairs and sliding down the slides.

We saw the American Idol experience, and one of the guys that performed could actually sing! That was fun!

We went to do the Backlot TOur, which really sucks now that it is so short. They took our the residential street (where the Golden Girls home use to be) to build the Lights Motors Action set. Also, the Studios is no longer and actual working studio. SO it is kind of lame.

Oh well. We finished off the evening riding Tower of Terror and Aerosmith's Rockin Roller Coaster.

By the time we left, it was almost 10, so we went ti IHOP for dinner. Service was awful. We were seated at 9:50, and other then one round of drinks, not a drop of food was given to us until 10:50. Granted, a big crowd had come in, but it was ridiculous.

Oh well. All in all, it was a fun day!

EPCOT / Magic Kingdom (Monday)

Today we headed to EPCOT for lunch at Les Chefs de France. WE got a later start then expected due to a downpour, but by the time we arrived at EPCOT, it was a steady, gentle rain that stopped completely while we were at lunch, leaving us with a beautiful, overcast, relatively "cool" day. (mid 70s).

Lunch was delicious, (and peaceful - Geoff slept through the whole meal!) and we had a nice view of the French street performers outside. Plus, Remy, from Ratatouille came by our table.

After lunch, we finished up the things we hadn't seen yet with Danny at EPCOT: Journey into Imagination, Living with the Land, and Finding Nemo and the aquarium.

WE took the monorail over to Magic Kingdom and headed to Tomorrowland. We got Space Mountain fast passes, and then did Stitch's Great Escape. We did the People Mover, and then rode Buzz Lightyear. Next, we used our Space Mountain fast passes while Bobby and Geoff went on the People Mover again. Geoff fell asleep towards the end and got in another nap.

Fantasyland was next. Grant, Mom, Bobby, and Danny went to see Mickey's Philharmagic while Geoff finished his nap. Then Danny, Geoff, Grant and I rode the Flying Dumbos together. Danny left at this point to go back to the treehouse and watch the baseball game. The rest of us stayed and rode the carousel,  Snow White, and The Haunted Mansion before watching the fireworks.

WE waited a bit for the crowds to subside before exiting the park. The monorail line was super long, so we took the boat to the TTA instead. The queue for the boat was awful - there were about a million gnats swarming to the lights. I had never seen anything like it. It was awful waiting for the boat - the gnats were everywhere! They flew all over - everyone was waving there arms and keeping their mouth shut. Even now, I can feel them flying in and bouncing off of me. Yuck.

Anyway - the wait wasn't bad - we got on the boat pretty quickly, thank goodness. There was a family close by with two wheel chairs, and a young boy was pushing one of the wheelchairs, so we helped him get the chair on and off the boat because the dock was uneven and partly uphill.

The monorail to EPCOT was empty and we were to our car before we knew it. We ordered pizza and it was delivered to our treehouse shortly after we arrived.

On our first night in WDW, I noticed that the moon was just a tiny sliver - like a clipped fingernail. Now, it is a full moon. Wild.

Sunday - A day of rest... sort of! - DVC!

So today, we moved hotels. We got up and finished packing to move out of our town home. Mom and I took Geoffrey to the playground while Danny, Grant, and Bobby loaded up the van.

We headed over to Saratoga Springs Resort to check in to our Treehouse Villa - our first DVC resort! We checked in and dropped off our refrigerated groceries for them to store until we were able to move them into our villa. The villa wasn't ready yet, so we went to Downtown Disney and ate lunch at Wolfgang Puck Express. They texted us our room number during lunch so we headed over to the treehouse to unload our stuff.

We had stayed at the treehouse when we came in 2000. Then, the treehouses were part of the Disney Institute. They have since been torn down and rebuilt as part of the Saratoga Springs Disney Vacation Club Resort. Now, the entire villa is on the upper floor.

The villa has three bedrooms. Grant and I have a queen bed, and our bathroom has a unique set up - the glass door leads to the shower, and past the shower is a bath tub. I've never quite seen a bathroom set up that way - but it works really well - Geoff can take a bath and I can take a shower right next to him - in the same section of the bathroom - without the shower splashing on Geoff.

Danny's room is small and holds a bunk bed, while Mom and Bobby have a room with a queen bed as well. Those two rooms have another bathroom with a shower/tub combo. The main room has a kitchen with a bar/island in the middle, a table with three chairs and a bench, a couch and another oversized chair. (the couch and the oversized chair technically open up to a double bed and a twin bed.)

Everything is really modern - flat screen tvs in each room, marble counters, etc.

We are in unit 7026 - and we are RIGHT ON THE WATER. I can't imagine a  better view - or a better location - right between a bus stop and the boat transportation, and relatively near the pool. We got our groceries and then headed back to our villa and unpacked. While there, we had a huge storm - it poured - so we decided not to go to the parks.

Grant and I picked up dinner for Mom, Bobby, Danny, and Geoff, then we headed to Downtown Disney for a date. We wanted to go to Disney Quest since we could use our pass to get in. We did the big stuff - Virtual Jungle Cruise, Pirates, etc. It closed at 10, so we then went to have dinner at Portabellos, an Italian restaurant at Downtown Disney, before taking the bus back to our treehouse!

After we unloaded the car, we drove back to the main lobby of Saratoga Springs. We walked around the lobby and checked out the cool main feature pool - it had a zero entry section, a big slide, a small slide, and a splash zone - featuring Donald Duck.  We h

Animal Kingdom (Saturday)

We decided to make today a short day because we needed to pack, also.

We arrived at  the Animal Kingdom sometime in the early afternoon. We watched Finding Nemo the Musical, first.

After the show, Geoffrey spent some time playing at the Boneyard, and excavation themed playground. He had SO MUCH FUN! He wore himself out!

WHen we moved on, he fell promptly asleep in his stroller. Mom, Grant, and I rode Expedition Everest three times. Then Mom and Grant rode Kali River Rapids. When they got off, they were going to ride again, but a storm had moved in and the rides were closed due to lightning.
 
We headed for home and spent some time packing. We had dinner at The Golden Corral - it was CROWDED. We went back home and finished packing.

Tomorrow, we check out of our town home and into the Treehouse Villas at Saratoga Springs!

Magic Kingdom (Friday)

On Friday, we started out our day by heading to the Outlet center to get some Crocs. Mom had some blisters and people swear by them. They had some $5 sales, and Grant asked the sales lady if there were any men's on sale. She said that they only had pink in men's on sale. He said, "Great, that's my favorite color!" She said, "They are kind of bright, more like a fushia." ANd Grant said, "Even better!" He and Bobby both got a pair.

We went to Sweet Tomatoes for dinner - it is Souplantation with a different name. They just opened at the Crossroads shopping center. They were really cool - they let Geoffrey have a free milk or juice.

Next, we went to the Magic Kingdom. We got there at about 8 in the evening, and parked at the Polynesian per usual. The Magic Kingdom was super crowded. Geoff had fallen asleep, so Grant, Mom, and Bobby went to see the Hall of Presidents while I waited outside with Geoffrey. Then Grant stayed with him while Mom, Bobby, and I saw Mickey's Philharmagic.

Geoffrey had woken up by then, so we all rode The Haunted Mansion together. Then we rode The Jungle Cruise and Pirates of the Caribbean before watching the Country Bear Jamboree.

Next we used our Peter Pan fast pass and avoided a 45 minute wait - and finished off the evening by riding Winnie the Pooh. Not bad for four hours!

Blizzard beach (Thursday)

Today we went to Blizzard Beach.

We had breakfast at the house, first. Geoff was sort of playing with his food, so Bobby took his plate, thinking Geoffrey was done. Geoffrey looked at Bobby, pointed at his plate, and  adamantly said "EAT!" Guess he wasn't done! SO funny!

We got to Blizzard Beach around one. We had so much fun in the lazy river. They had a family raft ride that all six of us could ride together. It was really long and a lot of fun! But quite a hike to get to the top! Geoff took a nap while we ate snacks and then he spent some time in the toddler play area - he had fun there! We took turns playing with Geoffrey in the wave pool and riding slides.

Later, we decided to take the chair lift to the top and do the family raft ride again. The height limit was 32 inches - same as Tomorrowland Speedway - so Geoff was just tall enough. I was a little nervous, but Geoffrey did really well. He was very careful, and held on tight to me with one hand and to the side of the chair with his other hand. About halfway up, he relaxed a bit, but still held on and set nicely for the whole ride!

We wanted to do it again, but at 6:30 they had to close the park due to thunder. The park was supposed to close at 7, anyway. We left and headed back to dry off and change, before heading for dinner at Whispering Canyon Cafe at the Wilderness Lodge.

The people who work at Whispering Canyon Cafe are real characters. They love to tease the guests. If you ask for ketchup (which we had Danny do) you have to stand in the middle of the room and shout "Anybody have ketchup?" Then anyone who has it on there table has to bring it to you - we ended up with 8 bottles of ketchup on our table! The food was pretty good - we did an all you can eat family style bbq meal.

We were also lucky enough to run into Mom and Bobby's neighbor and her family. They are visiting at the same time and staying at the Wilderness Lodge. It was fun seeing them.
 

EPCOT (Wednesday)

On Wednesday, we spent all day at EPCOT. Danny went with us. We started out at World Showcase and rode Maelstrom and Gran Fiesta. We swung by First Aid and the Baby Care center to get some band-aids and change Geoff's diaper. WHile in the baby care center, I pointed to a picture of Mickey and Minnie, and I said "Ther'y Mickey Mouse! There is Minnie Mouse!" And Geoff pointed and said "Mi Mouse!"

We wanted to use our Disney rewards perk to get pictures with the characters, but just as we got there, Geoff fell asleep. Instead, we went to ride Ellen's Energy Adventure - 45 minutes in the cool darkness.

After that, Geoffrey woke up, so we went to the character experience. It took us about 10 minutes, and then we were in a room with Mickey and Pluto! SO cool! I thought only Minnie and Goofy were there, so it was a nice surprise. This was the first time  Geoffrey has met Mickey Mouse! We took some pictures, and then Mickey sat down and tried to get a picture of Geoffrey by himself. Mickey put his arm around Geoff and put him on his knee. We got some pics of just the two of them! THEN, they continued to play with Geoffrey! They stayed on the floor and played with him! When Geoffrey gets shy, or sees new people, he reaches down to touch his shoes. So he was doing that, and Mickey and Pluto started imitating him! It was such a neat experience. We probably spent 10 minutes there. I was wondering if we were taking too long, but the picture lady kept snapping away, and Mickey and Pluto stayed on the floor with Geoffrey. I thought maybe there wasn't much of a line, but when we left, there was actually quite a long line. I think Mickey was having so much fun with Geoff that he was ok just having some play time. It was really cool, and I felt very fortunate to have such a special experience with Mickey and Pluto. They made it really special for us!

After that, we headed over to over to Italy and ate dinner at the brand new pizza place that is in soft opening. We shared a huge appetizer of fried cheese, fried veggies )mushrooms, asparagus, zucchini, etc.) and calamari. Then we shared a huge pizza - half four cheese and half prosciutto and melon.

We followed our delicious lunch by rides on Test Track and Mission Space. (Bobby rode Mission Space on the Green Team (less intense) with Mom, Danny, and Grant, and then I swapped with Bobby and we did the Orange Team.)

We had planned to head over to the Magic Kingdom but it was getting late, so we just finished the evening at EPCOT. We rode Spaceship Earth, and then saw Captain EO - Bobby's first time! Then we spent some time watching  the jumping fountains at the Imagination pavilion. Geoffrey loved watching the water jump from pod to pod. He had so much fun running from one section to another!

Disney Studios (Tuesday)

Today we got up and made a Wal-mart run to stock up on groceries.

Then we headed to Disney Studios. We rode the Tower of Terror, and the Great Movie Ride, Saw the Voyage of the Little Mermaid and Journey into Narnia (LAME!), rode a double ride on star tours (it hasn't closed here yet - after our first ride, they made an announcement that the cabin was not full for the next ride and we could stay on and ride again if we wanted.) Then we saw (listened?) to Sounds Dangerous, before watching Fantasmic.

Geoffrey's vocabulary is really growing. He repeats a lot of what he hears, and he's saying lots of words now. We're making a list that we'll post later. Here's a preview:

When he drops his cars down the track, we say "ready, set, go!" Now he says "set, go!" himself, both when he drops his cars down the track and when he's about to go down a slide. He says tractor, eat, butt, book... lots of stuff. So cute!

Magic Kingdom (Monday)

Well, I know I have been slacking on my posts - I've been reading "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" in my free time instead of blogging - now I've finished it, and I think I will wait until the cruise (or at least, the drive to the cruise) to start the next book.

On Monday, Grant, Geoff, and I went to The Magic Kingdom. It was pouring when we got there, and Geoff had just fallen asleep, so we let him finish his nap and we waited out the storm.

We had parked at the Polynesian again, so we took the monorail to the parks. It was a nice day, weather-wise, because it stayed overcast and relatively cool all day. We road the train all around the park, and then Grant rode Splash Mountain while Geoff and I played in the Winnie the Pooh playground. There was a kid there who was a terror! He kept pushing kids out of his way down the slide. He was, maybe, 3 years old. I never saw the adult that was supervising him. He pushed Geoff out of the way several times. Once, Geoff was waiting at the top of the slide and this kid walked up the slide and then proceeded to hit Geoff in the face! I walked over, took his hand, and said, "Don't hit. That's not nice." I expected, at this point, to be yelled at by the brats mom - but no adult appeared! I still didn't know who was supposed to be watching him by the time we left!

Anyways, next, I rode on Big Thunder Mountain while Grant and Geoff headed over to Toon Town to play in the park there. I met them there and watched Geoff play happily for awhile. Then we headed over to Tomorrowland and watched the Carousel of Progress, the Peple Mover, and then Buzz Lightyear. By the way, I like the Buzz ride better in Florida, but the game play is far superior in California. Finally, we rode Pirates of the Caribbean before leaving the park at around 7:30.

We swung by the house and picked up Danny, and then headed to the airport to pick up Mom and Bobby!

We needed to exchange our rental van. The one that we had, well, had issues. Every time you opened the back tail gate, it jerked open with a repeating loud thunk, thunk, thunk. About half the time when you opened the side door, it would open all the way and then close right away. Freakin crazy. Worst of all, it was getting like 13 miles per gallon.

Danny and Grant exchanged the van while Geoff and I went to meet Mom and Bobby at the baggage claim. Our timing was perfect. We couldn't have been there 5 minutes when Mom and Bobby came down the escalator. There bags were already on the carousel, so we grabbed them, met Danny and Grant at the rental car pick up, and we were on our way! We stopped at Steak and Shake for dinner and then headed home.

Animal Kingdom / Swimming at WIndsor

Yesterday, we went to Kidani Village, which is the DVC portion of the Animal Kingdom Lodge. WE really liked it - the lobby was much more intimate then the main lodge (Jambo), and it was very easy to see animals from the lobby. (The pool complex blocks your initial view at Jambo, where as at Kidani, the pool is built in front and off to the side.)

We had lunch at Saana. The food had very Indian flavors - I didn't love it, although I could tell it was fresh and well made. Grant really liked it. I LOVED the view - there were two giraffes eating just outside our window!

After lunch, we took the bus to Animal Kingdom. Geoffrey fell asleep, so Grant rode Kali River Rapids, and then we took turns riding Expedition Everest. Geoffrey woke up an hour later, and we were able to catch the 5:45 showing of Legend of the Lion King!

We decided to head home after that. Magic Kingdom had Extra Magic Hours, and Disney Studios had Star Wars weekend. Instead, we went back to Windsor and swam in the community pool, and then went to Cici's pizza for dinner.

Geoff is so cute in the pool. He loves to jump in - and he is just as busy in the water as out of it. He loved running over to the dancing waters, and then running back into the pool.

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EPCOT / Cape May Cafe

On Saturday, the weather was forcasted to be 95 degrees, feeling like 107 with humidity. Fun! It actually didn't feel as bad as the weather channel said - at least I didn't think so.

We parked at the Beach Club, because we were eating dinner there later. The Beach Club is a short walk to the International Gate entrance into EPCOT. WE headed straight to Ellen's Energy Adventure in the Universe of Energy pavilion, and enjoyed 45 minutes of air conditioning. Geoffrey fell asleep, so I rode on Spaceship Earth and Grant went to see Captain EO. Geoffrey woke up about 10 minutes before Grant got back, and promptly searched the stroller for the bag of popcorn. Then he walked up to the lady next to us to say hello. She gave him a velcro frog from one of the Innoventions pavilions, and he gripped it all day long!

Once Grant got back, we swung through Club Cool to drink some International soda, and then rode Journey into the Imagination.

We took the boat back to the Beach Club and enjoyed the Clambake buffet. I gorged myself on crab legs, fried shrimp, lobster ravioli, and more crab legs. Grant enjoyed the steak, the house salad, and the clam chowder. We both loved the chocolate melting cake desert.

We walked back to EPCOT and hung out in the UK pavilion. Geoffrey explored the hedge maze for a while, and then we got our pictures taken with Winnie-the-Pooh and Tigger, too. At 8:00, The British Invasion came out and we watched them do some Beatles numbers.

We decided to stay  for Illuminations, so we walked over to France and watched Impressions de France. The film ended just a few minutes before Illuminations began. We watched between France and Morocco with a great, uncrowded view. Leaving through the International gateway was quick and easy and we didn't have to fight crowds all the way to the main entrance!

Typhoon Lagoon

Today, we headed to Typhoon Lagoon. We got there just after lunch and dropped off our stuff by the kid play area, then took a float in the lazy river. About half way around it started to pour, and just as we made a complete circuit, they cleared the water due to lightening storms. We went back to our stuff and sat for about 30 minutes before they reopened the water areas.

We played in the wave pool for a while, and then Danny and Grant went to ride some slides while I took Geoff for a nap. Right after he fell asleep, Grant came to watch him and Danny and I went to ride a different slide - bit just as we arrived, they closed the water rides again due to more lightning. This storm lasted two hours - heavy rain, lots of thunder and lightening. Geoff slept through half of it, and then woke up and had a snack. At 6:00, they reopened the park, and from  6 - 8, we basically had the park to ourselves. We rode all the slides we wanted to, including Crush n Gusher and the family raft ride with absolutely no wait, Geoffrey played in the toddler splash area (and had a blast!) and we got to do the river and wave pool some more.

Once the park closed, we swung by home to change and then went to Cracker Barrel for dinner. Now we're playing and watching tv - relaxing and aiming for an early night!

pool / animal kingdom / magic kingdom

We started Thursday morning with breakfast at our town home, and then we went out to the clubhouse pool to swim for a while. I went down the water slide a few times. Geoffrey enjoyed the dancing waters and the zero entry into the pool.

Geoffrey took a little snooze and we headed back to our unit. We showered and had lunch, and then Danny headed over to the movie theater, while Grant, Geoff and I headed to The Animal Kingdom. Today was HOT - 95 degrees. We went straight to Finding Nemo the musical and enjoyed the AC... and the show. While we were waiting for it to start, Geoff and I walked up and down the steps of the theater. Then Geoff headed outside and heard the calypso band playing, and he started dancing along in his cute, head bobbing, feet stopping way.

After the show, we headed to the Safari - it was a walk on. The guy in front of us asked annoying questions to the driver - some of which he answered, and some he ignored. The guy didn't seem to be aware that the driver was telling the safari story. Anyway, towards the end of the safari, three rhinos came right up to our safari vehicle. Two crossed right behind us, and one was right up next to us (you could probably have touched him!) The stupid girl belonging to stupid question man started CLAPPING HER HANDS at the animal to try to get it to react - the driver had to ask her not to spook the rhino (and she was old enough to know better.) You could tell from the driver's reaction that the fact that these rhinos were so close was a rare and awesome event.

Geoff fell asleep on the safari. The park closed at 6, and it was about 6:15 when we got off the safari, so we headed to Magic Kingdom. Since Geoff was asleep, we decided to get a snack at McDonalds so that he could sleep longer without risk of him waking too early on the transfer from the car seat to the stroller.

We parked at the Polynesian, took the monorail, and arrived at the Magic Kingdom at about 8:00. We got fast passes for Peter Pan, and then rode The Haunted Mansion. By this time, the lines were getting really short due to the 9:00 electrical parade. We walked on Winnie the Pooh, the Tea Cups, and the People Mover (which officially changed its name from Tomorrowland Transit Authority).

Disney World is doing a Summer Nightastic promotion and they have a new firework show. The fireworks were AWESOME! They are so much bigger, and they launch from a few different places across the sky. VERY COOL.

The fireworks were at 10, and the park closed at 11. We headed back into Tomorrowland and road the Tomorrowland Speedway - this is the first attraction Geoffrey has ridden where he stood up and measures up to the height limit - 32 inches!!! My big boy!!!

We went to Peter Pan to use our fast passes next, and then headed over to The Magic Carpets of Aladdin. When we got off, we decided to see if we could possibly make it on the Jungle Cruise - and we did - the last boat of the night. As we got on, we were deemed the world's strongest family - capable of holding up a WDW attraction. ha ha ha. They held the boayt for a few more minutes to let on about 10 more people and then we enjoyed our tour of the jungle.

We caught the monorail back to the Polynesian. The monorail was crowded and Geoffrey was in his stroller - he couldn't see anything so he played "I Hear Ewe" on Grant's iphone. (It is a program where he selects an item and it says "This is the sound a frog makes... ribbit ribbit"
As we were getting ready to pull out of the TTA, The monorail driver made an announcement that they would need to reboot the system and it would just be a minute. The lights dimmed, and the engines and AC went off. All of a sudden we all heard an alarm going off. Everyone started looking around - and then laughed when we realized it was the "I Hear Ewe" game on the transportation mode... "This is the sound a police car makes... WOOwooWOOwoo..." SO funny!
 
Geoffrey fell asleep in the car. Back home, he drank his milk while I changed his diaper and put on his PJs., then listened to me read a story and went down without a peep. Good boy!

Windsor Hills / EPCOT

On Wednesday, Geoffrey and I woke up first. We went out to swim in our little splash pool on our patio attached to our town home. Grant woke up and joined us. After we were done, Danny joined us to check out the club house. The pool looks fun, with a zero entry section, a toddler "dancing fountains" section, and a cool water slide. The game room has a few video games, and pool tables, and a nice movie theater. We stopped by the welcome center and browsed the list of movies. They play movies every day at 10, 1, 4, and 7, and you can request movies if there are none scheduled.

Next, we walked to the playground - it is very cool. It is themed like a castle, and has teeter totters, a merry-go-round, a giant checkers game, swings, and a jungle gym in the center that looks like a castle. Geoffrey was napping, so we'll have to go back so he can play on it!

Back at our townhome, Geoffrey finished his nap and we had some lunch. Grant cooked up some chicken breasts for Danny's dinners, too.

Around 4:00, Grant, Geoff, and I headed for EPCOT (yeah for annual passes!) My pass had some issues, but they resolved it pretty quickly at guest relations and we were on our way. The first ride we did was Spaceship Earth. In the dark, Geoffrey went to nurse, but started looking around and realized there was interesting stuff to look at. He paid attention during most of the ride!

We continued to tour future world - visiting The Living Seas and Nemo. Geoffrey enjoyed looking at the dolphins and the fish. We also saw a really cool old sea turtle!

Next, we went to visit The Land, and road the Living with the Land boat ride, which was closed last summer.

Then we went to the Imagination pavilion and went on Journey into your Imagination with Figment. Captain EO is playing at WDW right now, so we saw that. The theater is so much bigger than at home - their lighting effects were cool, and I thought there use of motion during the show was much more effective then outs. They incorporated some other effects - *spoiler* for example, they used the physical effect of the mice running through the theater from Honey I Shrunk the Audience during the whip warrior scene. *end spoiler.*

Geoffrey fell asleep during the show, so Grant and I went over to the other side of Future World. I rode Mission Space, and then Grant rode Test Track while I played one of my favorite WDW people watching games: Is he gay or European?

We headed to world show case, and had walked around clockwise. We stopped at Norway and had a chocolate pretzel snack, visited Italy and looked at the menu for the new pizza restaurant, and then walked around the UK pavilion a bit. Geoffrey woke up just as Illuminations started, and he watched it while we walked out of the park.

We went to Five Guys for dinner and then got home around 11:00. Geoff fell asleep with little trouble last night!

Tuesday, August 10th - Journey to Orlando

Our flight to Orlando on Jet Blue via Austin was quick and painless. The second half of the flight was half empty, so we had the while back row - both sides, for the four of us!

Once we arrived in Orlando, grant went to get the rental car while Danny, Geoff and I got our luggage. We drove our red dodge caravan to Windsor hills, and checked out our wonderful town home. Some differences from last year's: the table is in the kitchen now instead of in the living room, and the guest bedrooms are arranged differently: the upstairs room has a queen bed ( which fits much better than in the downstairs room) and the down stairs room has two twin beds. Danny is sleeping downstairs, and mom and Bobby will be sleeping upstairs when they arrive next Monday. Grant, Geoff and I are sleeping in the master bedroom - Geoffrey is having a Harry potter experience because we set up his pack and play in the closet (with the door opened, of course!) Other than a little trouble initially falling asleep, he slept through the night just fine!

Anyway. After we dropped off our bags, went to the grocery store, and then ordered pizza for dinner. Grant and Danny then went for a midnight run to walmart, while Geoffrey and I wound down and went to bed.