This is my final recap post for our Florida 2015 vacation! To see all of the posts for this series, please click on the "
Disney Cruise and Disney World 2015" tag under labels.
Monday, 11/02/15
We started off our day at Animal Kingdom! It was one of my favorite Disney World theme parks, unfortunately we weren't there for more than a few hours because I was pretty sure that I was suffering through a heat stroke. I could not cool down for the life of me. Anyways, as we were entering the park, I got picked by Disney's marketing team to take pictures of items I liked or disliked and rate them. I received a $25 gift card just for participating!
We rode on Kiliminjaro Safari, ate at the Flame Tree BBQ, rode on Dinosaur Dumbo, rode on Mt Everest Expedition, enjoyed a Fanta Float, rode on the Jungle Trek, rode on Dinosaur, and then we left the park. We headed back to our hotel and took a nap. When we got up we went to Disney Springs and had dinner at Rainforest Cafe.
Tuesday, 11/03/15
Today was Epcot day! Epcot was
SO AWESOME! We went during the Food & Wine Festival and it was amazing. I was so glad we had so many snacks that we needed to burn through from our Disney Dining Plan. We rode on Spaceship Earth, checked out Innoventions, got some Starbucks, took pictures with various characters, rode on Living With The Land (SEVERAL times, this was my mom's favorite ride!), saw Boys II Men singing (Ahhhh! My heart was so happy!), and ate a lot of food. One of my favorite dishes was the fish & chips from UK. Mmmm, mmmm, mmmm. My only regret was only being able to go to Epcot once. Next time we go to Disney World I'd like to spend more time here.
Wednesday, 11/04/15
We checked out of Kidani Village and then we picked up our
car rental from Alamo. We then headed to Nipa Hut. We ate some yummy
Filipino food! My mom was so happy because she was so sick of eating American food all the time, LOL. We went to the Premium Outlet Mall on Vineland and then we went to the Mall of Millenia. Afterwards we checked into the Jambo House. I liked Jambo House a lot! Our room
DID NOT TAKE 10 MINUTES TO GET TO and the lobby was impressive. I also
liked our savanna view better too. After we settled in, Sean and I ate at Mara Cafe and explored our new home resort.
Thursday, 11/05/15
Sean and I went to Universal Studios. We only stayed in the original park since we wanted to save Islands of Adventure for when we met up with Cody and Genevieve. Sean and I only stayed there for a few hours... To be completely honest, I wasn't that impressed! I like the Universal Studios in Hollywood so much more. We did check out the Harry Potter section, and that was pretty cool. We also got to do a review of a possible TV show, the best part of that experience was getting $20 each! Lol. We picked up Jenn and my mom from the hotel and then checked out the other Premium Outlet Mall in the area.
Friday, 11/06/15
Sean and I went back to Universal Studios and met up with our dear friends, Cody and Gen! We ate at Panda Express and then hit up the parks. We started off in the original parks and rode ET (which I loved! It brought back some nostalgic memories of when I rode it as a kid in Hollywood!), Transformers (which OMG, I am so glad I took Dramamine... Though, I did feel uneasy afterwards), watched the Shrek show, and then rode the train to Islands of Adventure. The Jurassic Park section was pretty cool! Jurassic Park is my FAVORITE movie, so I was a happy camper. After we left the park we had a fun double date at Dave and Busters. I can't wait for the day they finally open up in Anchorage, AK!
Saturday, 11/07/15
We drove our rental car to the Magic Kingdom 45 minutes until our "Walt Disney: Marceline to Magic" tour. We parked our car and got a spot pretty close and walked to what I thought was the entrance of the park.
NOPE. We had to get herded into the monorail and make several stops along the route to get to the park entrance.
I WAS SO PEEVED. Instead of arriving at least 20 minutes early for our tour so we could have some good photo ops, we were about 2 minutes late. Anyways, I enjoyed our tour overall. It was so cool to learn more about Walt Disney and the legacy he created. I loved learning about all the little details of building his theme parks and information about the various rides. We got to see "back stage" of The Haunted Mansion, that was one of my favorite parts. After our tour we rode on Carousel of Progress which is my favorite ride at Disney World! The history is so interesting and rich. We enjoyed a buffet lunch at Crystal Palace. It was fun hanging out with Pooh and friends! One of the things I splurged on to spoil my family with was the Dessert & Fireworks experience. The dessert was delish, and the fireworks were amazing. I don't think it's something I would do again since it was so expensive, but I think you should at least try it once. My favorite part of the evening was seeing the Walt Disney's Electrical Parade! I remember feeling so sad when they took it out of Disneyland, so as you can imagine, I was really happy to see the parade up close and personal in Disney World. That was the best ending to a perfect vacation.
Sunday, 11/08/15
We checked out of Animal Kingdom Lodge and had the bell hop hold our luggage. We wanted to try our a pho place so we ate at Pho Real and it was pho-king great! Haha. We returned our vehicle, picked up our luggage, and hopped on the bus to head to the airport. We rode first class home, which made leaving such an awesome vacation a little bit easier.... Dear Florida, I hope to see you again soon in the near future.
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