DH had a convention at the Disney Dolphin. Hmmmm….should the family join him, we ask?
OH YEAH!!
At first, we thought we might just join him for the few days that the convention ran. Then, our wheels started turning….
…what if we transferred our Maui timeshare to Orlando?
…what if we used air miles for the boys’ air?
…what if we stayed the maximum dates we can at the convention hotel rate?
Then, we started looking at our not so little boys and realized this was the perfect time to take them to Disney…
…they were old enough to handle long days and a lot of walking…
…they were still young enough to appreciate the magic of Disney…
Before we knew it, an epic trip was planned.
Our flight had a quick stop in Seattle; enough time to have a dinner with Dado and Dada. We met at Anthony’s Homeport on the waterfront and had terrific dinner and sweet, albeit quick visit.
The first place we stayed at was the Sheraton Vistana Resort. This was the exchange we made for our Maui timeshare. We were able to get into a lovely two bedroom condo. This is the view from our screened in balcony.
We started our adventure with two days at Universal Studios. The rides were intense!
Entering Harry Potter’s World Hogsmeade…
Yum! Butterbeer! (This is the beverage Harry Potter and friends drink. It’s like a caramel cream slushie with heavy whipping cream on top…
A talking wishing well.The boys had quite the conversation with him.
Humidity hair…
A mama duck and her babies were nestled at the foot of our stairwell…
The Blues Brothers jam!
Oh, the excitement! Getting ready to enter Diagon Alley!
Lunch at the Leaky Cauldron, and yes, more Butterbeer…
The dragon hovering over Diagon Alley…
After two full days in the muggy Florida heat, sharing space with half of America, and walking an average of eight miles a day, our bodies were beat! But, we were having a blast!
Paul and Kelly joined us for the rest of the adventure. Paul works with David and helped him with the convention. Kelly works for a company that got us a great deal where we paid for three days at Disney and got four free, including the hopper (ability to go from park to park), and the two Disney water parks!
Welcome to Magic Kingdom!
Princess Ears!
Swiss Family Robinson Treehouse…
The boys in the Mad Hatter Teacups…
Antee Sara and her boyfriend Charlie, joined us for the weekend. We attended during the Star Wars Weekend at Hollywood Studios and got to see our fill of Star Wars characters! Hollywood Studios has a drawing class you can take and make a Disney character. We all took the class and made ‘Sith Donald’, (in honor of the Star Wars weekend…)
Paul and Kelly, heading toward the Tower of Terror (one of the best rides EVER, (imo…)
My other set of ears! 
Charlie and Sara in “San Francisco”…
Antee Sara and me!
“These are not the droids you’re looking for…”
Animal Kingdom!
The magnificent Tree of Life; a decorative tree that is at the center of Animal Kingdom.
Back at Magic Kingdom for Fireworks and Electric Parade…
Paul and Kelly with a huge ice cream cookie sandwich…
Epcot. Getting ready to for on Mission: Space….
A huge eel at the ‘Seas’ exhibit…
Getting ready to go into Spaceship Earth at Epcot.
Lunch at Fulton’s Crab House at Downtown Disney. ‘A’ and I shared a seafood platter. ‘R’ wanted nothing to do with it…
‘A’ and I took a walk along the hotel grounds of the second property we stayed at…
the Disney Dolphin. We enjoy hanging out in some hammocks until awesome thunderstorm hit.
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Epcot Test Track. The boys worked together to create a virtual race car, then competed agains other racers. They did great!
Visiting Epcot’s World Showcase. Here we are in ‘France’ and ‘Japan’….
…pretzels in ‘Germany’…
Take a look at these two photos of Kelly. They were taken one second apart. She had a multicolored flashing ice cube in her drink!
Another round of Hollywood Studios and the Tower of Terror!
Waiting for the Indiana Jones Action Show to begin….
We needed a vacation from our vacation, but it was tooooottttaaallllyyyy worth it!