Our adventure began on Friday, January 12. Along for the ride was me, dh (Jason), dd7 (Taylor), and ds (Tucker) 8 months.
Day 1- Up at 4:30 to get ready for the 5.5 hour drive to Orlando. The drive went great (well at one rest stop dh thought he left his very expensive sunglasses but we luckily found them when we pulled over.) We stopped at Chick-fil-a for breakfast and got into Orlando about 12:30. We were meeting up with dh's stepmom and 2 kids. She took off from Pensacola with no directions so we missed the exit to Sea World while trying to figure out where she was and give her directions as well... I was getting really frustrated with Jason at this point...no big deal. We ate at Wendy's by the entrance to Sea World and Taylor thought it was so cool to see all the Sea World workers in their uniforms eating at Wendy's! So all is well, we're all excited to get into Sea World...
I had printed off the tickets we purchased on AAA.com. When we went through the gate, the lady tells me, "You can come back for a free day anytime w/in the next 2 weeks." I looked puzzled but then realized we got one extra free day... how cool! We quickly had the idea to come back on Thursday after leaving Port Canaveral for one more day of fun after the cruise!
First stop was the Shamu show at 1:00. All I have to say is AMAZING!!!!!!!! I told Jason if I were a kid, I'd decide right then and there that I want to be a killer whale trainer when I grow up. The show was the coolest thing ever and the interaction and relationships you could see the trainers had formed with these huge creatures was truly amazing. We rode rides, grabbed a free beer at the Budweiser place and finished the day around 5:45 (they closed at 6:00) with some very tired and hungry kids.
We headed back to the hotel we were staying in... the Hilton at DTD. We were so tired that night we decided to just eat at Benihana's for dinner at the hotel. The drinks were good and I got a cute little buddha glass but I was NOT impressed with the food. We love Kobe and I couldn't believe a Japanese steak house didn't have shrimp sauce!! Anyways... the baby acted horribly during dinner b/c he was so tired and fighting sleep. He finally fell asleep at the end of the meal as me and Jason had taken turns eating. All I wanted to do was get back to the hotel room and go to bed. Jason wanted to go down to the bar for "a drink" but I think he really was going down to bum a cigarrette off of someone.
On a side note, the hotel was just okay. We paid about roughly $170 a night to stay there and although it was convenient to DTD and had a small Disney shop inside, I don't think I'd stay there again.
Day 1- Up at 4:30 to get ready for the 5.5 hour drive to Orlando. The drive went great (well at one rest stop dh thought he left his very expensive sunglasses but we luckily found them when we pulled over.) We stopped at Chick-fil-a for breakfast and got into Orlando about 12:30. We were meeting up with dh's stepmom and 2 kids. She took off from Pensacola with no directions so we missed the exit to Sea World while trying to figure out where she was and give her directions as well... I was getting really frustrated with Jason at this point...no big deal. We ate at Wendy's by the entrance to Sea World and Taylor thought it was so cool to see all the Sea World workers in their uniforms eating at Wendy's! So all is well, we're all excited to get into Sea World...
I had printed off the tickets we purchased on AAA.com. When we went through the gate, the lady tells me, "You can come back for a free day anytime w/in the next 2 weeks." I looked puzzled but then realized we got one extra free day... how cool! We quickly had the idea to come back on Thursday after leaving Port Canaveral for one more day of fun after the cruise!
First stop was the Shamu show at 1:00. All I have to say is AMAZING!!!!!!!! I told Jason if I were a kid, I'd decide right then and there that I want to be a killer whale trainer when I grow up. The show was the coolest thing ever and the interaction and relationships you could see the trainers had formed with these huge creatures was truly amazing. We rode rides, grabbed a free beer at the Budweiser place and finished the day around 5:45 (they closed at 6:00) with some very tired and hungry kids.
We headed back to the hotel we were staying in... the Hilton at DTD. We were so tired that night we decided to just eat at Benihana's for dinner at the hotel. The drinks were good and I got a cute little buddha glass but I was NOT impressed with the food. We love Kobe and I couldn't believe a Japanese steak house didn't have shrimp sauce!! Anyways... the baby acted horribly during dinner b/c he was so tired and fighting sleep. He finally fell asleep at the end of the meal as me and Jason had taken turns eating. All I wanted to do was get back to the hotel room and go to bed. Jason wanted to go down to the bar for "a drink" but I think he really was going down to bum a cigarrette off of someone.
On a side note, the hotel was just okay. We paid about roughly $170 a night to stay there and although it was convenient to DTD and had a small Disney shop inside, I don't think I'd stay there again.