We got back from our fun-filled, yet exhausting Disney vay-kay late last night. Late for those of us used to Eastern time, that is. Getting to and from our destination via flying is my one hundred percent least favorite part of flying. I've gotten pretty phobic over the past few years about turbulence. If the flight is smooth- I'm pretty cool and relaxed. If it starts to get bumpy-I start hyperventilating. Not pretty, I'm telling you. In fact, our flight to Cincinnati, the layover on the way to Orlando, was downright terrifying to me. Probably the worst flight I've been on since my fear started on a hairy flight from Japan about 8 years ago. Anyway, the point is that we made it to and from Disney in one piece, albeit missing my suitcase which didn't make it on our tiny plane from Orlando to Houston on the way back.
As I've blogged about for the past few months, I love planning trips - especially Disney trips. I'm not sure what I'm going to do with my time now that we're back, but the planning really paid off. Even though it definitely required some daily planning on how to get back and forth to the restaurants I reserved months ago (Disney transportation is great, but it's not fast!), we had some wonderful meals. The standouts to me were the the Kenyan coffee barbecue braised short-ribs at Jiko at Animal Kingdom Lodge. One big bonus - the meal was interrupted by a fire alarm midway through the meal so they replaced all of our meals after we were able to re-enter the building which means I got 1 1/2 meals of yumminess! We also had a wonderful relaxed meal at the California Grill atop the Contemporary resort. A big plus - we had an awesome view of the fireworks from Magic Kingdom. Also, as Chris blogged about, we had a sentimental meal at Cinderella Castle in Magic Kingdom. This is a special place to us as we ate their on our honeymoon 1o years ago and they gave us engraved champagne flutes. We also witnessed a proposal while we were eating, so it's fun to know that others will have similar romantic memories.
I had pretty much made touring plans for each park and we stuck with them for the most part. As Orlando in July = hellishly hot weather, it was nice to get to the parks at opening, tour for a few hours and escape back to the air-conditioned comfort of our villa. Speaking of our villa, we stayed in a one-bedroom unit at Old Key West. I am in love with this resort! It's so relaxing and removed from the hustle and bustle of the parks and other resorts. It's a bit spread out but I really don't want to stay anywhere else.
Chris will be posting more pictures soon and I'm sure I'll blog more about the trip in the upcoming days, but I'm in need of a shower and I'm also needing to reconnect with my canine children :)
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It doesn't matter where we go for vacation... by the end I'm ready to be back in my own bed! Had a great time and it was lots of fun!
Welcome home!
Welcome back!
I want to hear about your Japan flight. Was it horrible?
Hmmm, where are you guys going to go next? Because if it is someplace exotic, I'll copy your well-planned itinerary. :)
Glad you guys made it home safe and sound.
Vacation sounds fun! Can't wait to see photos.
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