Sarah, Colin, and Clark flew down to meet me in Orlando and our vacation began! We went to our customary first stop for lunch at Sweet Tomatoes and then headed over to the Magic Kingdom. Unfortunately, it was very crowded. We used our fast passes to ride Space and Big Thunder and I couldn’t drive the autopia cars very well so Colin and I got to go twice on the Tomorrowland Speedway. We were all pretty tired so we called it a night and prepared for a new day tomorrow.

We stayed at the Marriott \240Residence Inn that night. (Rob also stayed there the night before. He drove down by himself and got in after midnight, so we could fly and still have a car to use in Orlando. He’s the best 😊❤️

Rob, Colin, and Clark went to Hollywood studios to sign Clark up for Jedi Training

Mom slept in 😊

We all met back at the hotel for breakfast, and then checked out.

We went over to Blizzard Beach and had a blast! It was empty!

We had lunch at Sweet tomatoes

Rob dropped mom, Colin and Clark off at Hollywood Studios and went to check into our room at Saratoga Springs.

Then he met us back at Hollywood Studios. Clark fought Darth Vader, we rode Star Tours, met Kyle Ren and rode on Toy Story.

I took the boys to Epcot. After a long wait to get in we rushed over to Soarin’ and waited for about 30 minutes. We then did Spaceship Earth and our favorite Test Track. Clark beat Colin and I in building the best car! We were embarrassed, but impressed. We then got to do Mission Space with a fast pass and headed back to the hotel for a much needed lunch. Sarah enjoyed a day working at the hotel. \240Later on we all got dinner at TRex Cafe and watched Toy Story 2 back in the room with some delicious popcorn.

We started the day by going to Blizzard Beach. Me, Dad, and Clark went on the family raft ride. Then we went on the lazy river! After that we went on a toboggan ride. Then we went to the iceberg area. It was so fun! After that I went on the big slide three times! And then I went on the big big slide two times! Then we went on another toboggan ride! After that we went on the “Death Star” ride! Then we took the lazy river to the exit. After that we went to Epcot! First we went on test track, my favorite ride! Then we had dinner at Via Napoli and ate delicious pizza and pasta. We collected the rest of the stickers for a Figment pin. \240After taking pictures with characters, we finished the day by going on Spaceship Earth.

We decided to drive to Tampa to use our Busch Gardens annual pass. \240Rob was so wise to purchase that for us! \240He is the best. \240This was our eighth park to visit with those passes, and although it was frustrating at times with rides closing and poor customer service, we had a fun time exploring a new place. \240

Highlights:

Cheetah Hunt

Log Ride

Bucket Ride

Goofy’s Sky School Rip Off

Playground

Lowlights:

SLOW ride loading

Rides closing twice when we got in line

Doing Cobra’s Curse twice in a row for Sarah

Traffic on way home

I took the boys over to Animal Kingdom for some morning fun. We rode Everest first and then went over to the Safari Ride. It was one of the best safari rides we have ever been on with giraffes everywhere, a baby hippo and elephant and lots of other up close animals. The park was very crowded though so we took off to head back to the hotel for lunch. That night Sarah and I got to explore the Arts Festival at Epcot while boys enjoyed the Simba Cubhouse games (childcare) . We had some delicious risotto and deserts, while also taking some dorky pictures (see below).

We went to Magic Kindom today! First we went on Space Mountain🚀. It was so much fun! Then we went on Big Thunder Mountain. It’s the wildest ride in the wilderness🎢! After that we took the train to the Barnstormer. It felt like we were actually flying on a plane✈️! Next we went on the little mermaid. Dad made a funny joke on the ride😄! After that we went on Peter Pan. A lady sprinkled pixie dust on the lap bar and it came down! Then we went on the Teacups. Dad almost got sick🤢. We walked over to Downtown Disney that night and Mom and I saw Thor Ragnarok! It was awesome!!!

Our last day at Saratoga Springs! 😩

The boys and I slept in, while Rob got up early to hit the gym. We started to pack up the room, then the boys and I went to the community center for a little bit of last fun before we headed out. The boys played Super Smash Bros while Rob finished packing up the room. We left the hotel at 10:00 and hit the road.

We had a long drive ahead of us. We got smoothies and coffee 30 mins out of the hotel. Colin got car sick not long after that, but thankfully we had a “sick bag” ready for him. We made a few other short stops along the way and (Finally!) got home at 9:15 😳