Our Disney Vacation!!

Last weekend we enjoyed a two night stay in Orlando.  We arrived on Friday evening and were very excited to see our hotel room..it was so big!  We stayed in a huge 2 bathroom suite and loved having all of that space, even though it's just the three of us.  We were all famished and soon after unloading the car we went out to dinner at Outback Steakhouse.  Even though we got back to our room pretty late (10:30),  T really wanted to go swimming in the pool, so we did a little night swimming and spent some time relaxing in the hot tub.

The next morning, we headed over to the Magic Kingdom.  We have taken T there several times but love it so much that we decided to go back.  After watching a show, we headed over to Fantasyland and enjoyed the rides.  T's favorites were It's a Small World, The TeaCups, Dumbo, the Carousel, and the racecars.  He was terrified of Snow White's Scary Adventures and Peter Pan.  After several hours of riding rides and meeting characters it started storming.  While the storm itself lasted only about half an hour, after it passed all of the rides remained closed for a long time.  They even cancelled the afternoon parade of characters, which was a bit disappointing.  We walked around a little more but decided to call it a day once more storm clouds started rolling in.

After relaxing in our room for a few hours we headed out to Dave and Buster's to meet Daddy's friend who was celebrating a birthday.  T had a blast playing all sorts of arcade games and collecting prize tickets.

The next morning we drove over to Sea World.  T had not been there yet, and my husband and I had not been there since we ourselves were kids (I had only been to the one in Ohio).  As soon as we arrived, T enjoyed meeting several characters and having his picture taken with them.  Next we went over to Shamu's Happy Harbor to ride a few quick rides before heading over to the Shamu show, "One Ocean".  We really enjoyed the performance and were amazed at the tricks the killer whales can do and how they were all perfectly in sync.  After the show, we headed back to kiddie land and rode rides, played in the sprinklers, climbed around in the nets, and watched an awesome performance by 5 men on stilts.  Next we went to a cafe and had lunch.  Afterward, we watched the Sea Lion/Walrus show, which was really funny.  After the show, we traveled back over to Shamu's Happy Harbor so T could ride a few more rides which included the Flyin Fiddler, the Carousel, Jazzie Jellies, Ocean Commotion, Swishy Fishies, and the Shamu Express Roller Coaster.  His two favorites were the Flyin Fiddler and Ocean Commotion....his least favorite was the Roller Coaster, which did go very fast!

For dinner, we visited the Medieval Times Dinner & Tournament..  We got there early and were happy to have some time to walk around because there is much to see!  The castle features an eight-cottage medieval village, with one big section designated as the "torture chamber".  This area was home to many authentic and horrible devices that had been used to extract confessions of prisoners.  The torture chamber was captivating and terrifying, and we were quite glad to get out of there and wait for the show to begin!  Once we were seated, we had a few minutes to get settled in, then the lights dimmed and the show started.  "Our" knight was clothed in black and white, and we were thrilled because both he and his horse sported a huge red cross on their chest.  Dinner was delicious and we were treated to a four course meal of tomato bisque soup, garlic bread, chicken, spare rib, baked potato, and an apple turnover.  The food was great, but the entertainment was amazing and we had fun cheering on our knight as he competed in the jousting tournament and later went into battle.

We had a wonderful weekend together and I am so thankful for the memories we made.  We are looking forward to returning to Orlando real soon!!