On June 20th, our family took a trip to Disneyworld in Orlando. My mom has always dreamed of taking the grandchildren there, so we made the decision to do it about a month ago. There were eight of us including my brother's family and kids, my family, and my mother. We stayed at Saratoga Resort and Spa, which is a Disney Resort hotel. The resort was HUGE. It sits on 65 acres. Our particular building was near Downtown Disney (we could walk there in 5 minutes.) That turned out to be pretty convenient for dinner, since we were on the Disney Dining Plan. Our group did mostly little boy things since we had a 6-year-old, a 4-year-old, and a 3-year-old. We got help planning the trip from Cindy Miner, who is a Disney guru from Little Rock. She helped us with things like booking our dinner/lunch reservations, giving us directions on which lines to get in first and so forth. I highly recommend her services if you are planning a Disney vacation. She has made Disney her life and visits the parks about 10 times per year. She really knows what she is doing. I also recommend downloading an app that gives you wait times on rides. It will save you alot of walking. I got one that is called "Undercover Tourist: Disney World." This one includes maps of all four parks along with wait times and a GPS locator, cuz it's always good to know where you are. ;-)
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| Henry on the Carousel at Downtown Disney |
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| First day: Magic Kingdom |
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| Henry's absolute fav: Star Tours at Hollywood Studios |
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| The wrath of tropical storm Debby--it rained ALL day on Sunday for Hollywood Studios |
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| Character lunch at Tusker House in the Animal Kingdom |
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| Dinner on the first night at Whispering Canyon Cafe--If you ask for ketsup, you GET KETSUP! |
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| Henry after Day 1: Asleep in the stroller |
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| My mom and I on "It's a Small World" |
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| Henry on "It's a Small World" |
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| Karin and Solveig on Main Street |
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| Watching Chip and Dale at the hotel lobby |
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| Kilimanjaro Safari at Animal Kingdom |
