Long Weekend at Disney

Spent five days at Disney and had a great time. This picture pretty much sums up the whole weekend. Riley hadn't wanted to get near the characters the last several times we had visited but this time he was really getting into the whole thing and giving Pluto a hug was just the icing on the cake.


Here is just a quick list of what we did for the five days we were there.

- Checked in on Wednesday at the Pop Century Resort.

- Got rained out so couldn't go swimming.

- Thursday was Blizzard Beach, we ended up leaving just as it was getting very crowded, about 1400.

- Andy and Nikki did the Summit Plummet, 120-foot vertical free-falling slide, can you say wedgie.

- Cross Country Creek (lazy river) was a big hit with the kids, Riley especially liked the cave.

- The bobbing pool, Melt-Away Bay was very crowded but we had a good time.

- Friday I did my 7 mile walk because we didn't have to leave the resort until late.

- Earl of Sandwich has a breakfast menu and the sandwiches are delicious.

- Disney Quest hasn't changed much but Riley was able to do lots more things then we thought he would be able too and he loved them.

- Dinner at Jiko in the Animal Kingdom Lodge was fantastic. I would recommend it to any and everyone. It is pricey so I don't know when we will go back but so glad we got to enjoy it on this trip.

- Typhoon Lagoon - voted the best water park by this group.

- Typhoon Lagoon Surf Pool; be afraid, be very afraid or at least be prepared. No glasses, nothing around your neck, not holding small children, we made all these mistakes and came out in one piece finding everything we lost.

- Shark Reef; swim with the sharks and non-swimmers can watch from the underwater viewing area, this was Riley's favorite thing.

- Character Breakfast at Chef Mickey's is the best I have been too. We saw Mickey, Minnie, Goofy, Donald, and Pluto plus had a good meal.

- Kaleigh has moved into the "I don't like the characters so don't let them near me stage."

All in all this was a great trip and just doing the water parks at this time of year was the way to go. Can't wait for our next visit, Dan and I are going again in October for the Food and Wine Festival and the Race for the Taste 10K.