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Saturday, August 13, 2016

A Special Visit

This year we stayed in Florida for Christmas.  Lori, Greg and Emma came to spend a week before Christmas so we celebrated then.  We looked so forward to their arrival.  It was the first time Emmalyn flew and she was a real trooper.  Rather than staying with us and being crowded they stayed at Orange Lake Resort, a beautiful resort about 20 minutes from our park and about 4 miles from Disney.  This was the entrance to the main building.


Emma seemed to really enjoy the condo.  She had such a big bed to sleep in along with so much room to run around with grandpa and a nice big pool to enjoy with Daddy.






The weather was absolutely perfect the whole week which was nice for Lori since she was seven months pregnant with Little Owen James.  She announced they were expecting a boy with this photo!


Their first day there we took them to Disney Springs. Her mom and dad thought she was a little too young for the Magic Kingdom considering its cost.  Emmalyn rode the little train, merry-go-round and just loved watching all the people and decorations and lights.




While we were at the Springs, Lori & Greg inquired about reduced tickets to the Magic Kingdom since she was pregnant and unable to ride all the rides.  They were so lucky!  The gentleman at the ticket counter said he was feeling generous and gave them two free tickets.  So off to the Magic Kingdom the next day.

We spent part of the next day at the Magic Kingdom.  Both the Pirates of the Caribbean and Peter Pan malfunctioned while we were on them.  Lori commented that they really need to update the park as it hadn't changed much since she was young.  Emma was not too crazy about the Dumbo ride but someone else liked Dumbo!


She did enjoy the Tiki Birds as you can tell from her smile.


Once again the kids struck it rich.  Lori's friend works at Animal Kingdom and was happy to give them guest passes.  This was their favorite park by far.


Here is Emma on the safari ride.  She liked it, mom on the other hand not so much.  It was so rickety it made her sick.  That was the only ride we went on there but the kids loved just seeing all the animal habitats. I guess it was a long day for this little girl.




The last park we visited was Hollywood Studios, thanks to our friend who had guest passes.  Our kids were very blessed that week.  I think this park was best suited to Emma since they have the Disney Junior land. So many of the characters are ones that she watches on TV.  She was a little scared seeing them life size though.


This was the last year for the Osborne Light Show at Hollywood Studios so we were very excited to take the kids to see it and they were so shocked at how many lights there were.

The rest of the week was spent going out to eat, watching Emma so mom and dad could go to see Cirque du Soleil and just hanging out having fun!  We were sad to see them leave but so glad that they were able to visit.

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