About halfway Graham asked if I'd drive (he is alway the designated driver) so I said sure. And what do you know but 5 minutes later he fell asleep! I could've kicked him for leaving me up to make the dreadful drive. But then it was kind of cute because he began these little snores! And I absolutely documented it, because he absolutely would deny it. And sure enough, he did. Luckily I was resourceful enough to prove my point.
Here is my doll.
So when we finally got to Orlando we visited the temple. Personally, it was my first trip seeing it at night in person. Gorgeous! It's so amazing because it is set up on a hill, so immediately this massive lit-up is eye catching. Here is a photo of the temple and us!
So until now our plans had been spot on. The next trip was to Hollywood Studios at Disney! There was a special Villain party in honor of Friday the 13th until 1am. To my dismay, the place was said to be brimming with people. There is no fun to be had when you can't do anything! So we ended up going to Downtown Disney.
Do y'all like Downtown Disney? I sure do! For anyone who doesn't know, it's basically an outdoor complex filled with restaurants, shops and activities- particularly Disney related.
For supper we stopped at Earl of Sandwich. I grabbed Mac&Cheese with Chocolate milk and Graham got a traditional sandwich. I include these details to expound upon how delicious they were and how hungry I now am. :(
After, we just explored the many shops we haven't entered! So many were there, filled with so many cool trinkets. There is a Lego store, varied restaurants, several gaming destinations and multiple Disney stores.
My favorite mouse ears hat!
An original Little Mermaid painting. Selling for $4,500.
World of Disney had the most adorable accessory. If you go to the princess section and stand in front of a mirror- like projector it transforms your image into a princess! I had the most exciting time. It was so adorable!!!
So finally we went to the hotel, bought our Disney SEASON PASSES FOR WHICH I AM SO GRATEFUL, and went to bed at about 1:30.
And 7:30 on Saturday we were right back at it! Hollywood Studios was the first destination. It is not my favorite park, but it does have several cool rides worth visiting. We started off with Star Tours, then Tower of Terror (this really terrified me the first time I jumped on), then Rock n Roll Rollercoaster with Aerosmith, back to the Tower of Terror, and finally on to Toy Story Mania! Now this Toy Story ride (there is another in magic Kingdom) is a ride that has baffled me- there is always a ridiculous wait time and no fast passes.
For example: we arrived to get Fast Passes (basically a skip to the front of the line ticket) at 8:15 merely 15 minutes after the park opened and we had to return at 9:40 use them? So we did, I was really eager to play! Well as we returned the waiting line was an hour (I think) and the fast passes had been bumped up to 3:30! Keep in mind that the park has only been open to the public since 9. But moral of the story: if you love Toy Story or shooting games- it's a winner. I even tripled Graham's score! He complained that I cheated all day ;)
Next stop- Animal Kingdom! This was my very first trip there- talk about exciting. I loved it! Between riding Expedition Everest (Graham got sick at one point) then jumping to Dinosaur (Graham threw up after all the jolting and being a little sick before- luckily it was in the darkness ha) we had quite the time! Some other great perks were the Festival of the Lion King- amazing, a must watch- as well as the Safari tour! If anyone cares I know I rode Everest three times and it was so fun! But from now on I'll just have to go solo on that one, I guilted him into riding I think, then I felt so bad for little Graham when he actually did get sick:/ We had a great time all in all though. We have not experienced everything so of course we plan to return.
And finally we headed to our last destination for the day- Epcot! I have only been to Epcot once but boy do I love it! Half of it is full of quick rides and the remaining half is set up as countries with restaurants and activities. As soon as we got there (by the way we traveled by boat) we decided to go to a few of the busy rides. We weren't able to get on Soarin' but we did ride Test Track and Project Tomorrow (aka the big ball). These are my favorite rides there for anyone who cares to know. We finally had to quit to head to Mexico. Once inside Mexico we waited for our reservation at San Angel Inn, a place that is on the water (well the water for a boat ride, not lake or anything haha). It was so cute inside! Very scenic.
After we had eaten it was 9 on the dot. We rushed out to the the fireworks show (always fun), but I was entirely too tired to enjoy it. We had to get back on the boat to get to our car and I fell asleep on it! I was so exhausted that I slept the entire way home, leaving sweet little Graham to stay up by himself. Luckily we were able to make it home safely.
Sunday was the total opposite of Saturday- utter relaxation. We went to church (I have so many funny stories from Primary- they literally should just be recorded all day long) then napped for several hours. Finally our home teacher came over, who we truly love, sharing with us a great message.
Ugh I love weekends way too much! I am so lucky to have such a wonderful husband, who loves to have as much fun as me. Running around doing fun stuff together is what I enjoy!
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