Part 4
(For
those of you who are just first reading about our cruise, be sure to check out
Parts 1, 2 & 3 first)
Wednesday, May 23rd Florida
We had a rental car and a whole
day ahead of us until we needed to be at the Orlando airport for our flight
that evening.
Our first stop HAD to be the
beach. We had not collected any shells yet
and the kids were determined to head home with arms full of them!
After the beach, we made a quick
stop at a gas station because we needed
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| Toy Story Lego Display |
some change for the toll booths. We also picked up some snacks.
We then headed to Orlando. Our table mates on the cruise told us about
Downtown Disney and we had to check it out. We had some time to browse. It was basically a plaza full of a bunch of
Disney and other themed stores and restaurants all spread out over several
miles. The first store we came to was
the Lego store! Walls and walls of
Legos! There were also several Lego
displays including Toy Story and Star Wars!
That was pretty neat.
We ate lunch at the Rainforest Café. I have always wanted to eat there. In this restaurant, it is decorated like the
Rainforest and every 20 minutes a “storm” hits (it’s all lights and sound) and
every 10 minutes the animals come to life.
The kids (and me) really enjoyed the scenery while we ate.
Eating “off-ship” was such a disappointment. No one cut our food for us; no one made fun
designs with our condiments. The staff
was friendly but nothing compared to the Disney friendliness we were used
to. To top it off…..they handed us a
check as we were leaving. That’s when we
knew we were back to reality.
We checked out a couple more
stores before hitting the highway and heading towards the airport. None of us wanted to make that final leg of
the trip. It signified the ending of our
vacation and back to normalcy. Uggh!
Fortunately, we did not have any
of the craziness we had experienced on the way down to Florida. We were able to again check the kids’ carry-on’s
since the plane was full. This helped us
immensely and was one less thing we had to mess with when we switched planes in
Atlanta. We did not have any problems
finding the airport, returning our rental car or getting to our gate. Thankfully there were no plane delays and we
made it back to St. Louis on time.
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| Leah & Cameron passed out on Abby's shoulders on the way to the airport |
The kids were excited to see
Douglas when we got back to Lambert. We
are thankful that he was able to meet us and pick us up.
We got home about 10:30pm and the
kids went right to bed. We were all sad
to end our vacation but were happy to be sleeping in our own beds.
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