Tuesday, October 17, 2017

Magical Trip

We had an amazing trip to Disneyworld and Universal Studios!  We had so much fun at Disney's Magic Kingdom, Hollywood Studios, and Universal Studios.  We packed our days as full as possible with fun stuff and needed a few days to recover when we got back.

The weather was hot (the heat index was over 100 each day) but luckily the hurricanes stayed away.  We walked a total of 30 miles over the 4 days.  No wonder my feet were so sore!  Not surprisingly, Peter had the most steps during the trip.




Note: I switched our photo storage to Amazon Photos and they unfortunately don't seem to offer a way to embed photos into a blog.  So until I investigate further, you can view the photos and videos at the links below.

Photos

Driver Pete

Halloween fireworks at the Magic Kingdom.
The concert of villains, the parade, and the fireworks were all amazing and a lot of fun.

Jedi Training
You may recognize some Jedis starting at the 5:35 mark.

Indiana Jones Stunt Show

Here's everything we managed to squeeze in during our 4 days:

Saturday (5:45am to 11pm, 6.4 miles)
Fly to Orlando
Bus to Wilderness Lodge
Water Taxi to Magic Kingdom
Be Our Guest (lunch)
Train to Frontier Land
Jungle Cruise
Parade
Haunted Mansion
Winnie the Pooh
Tomorrowland Speedway
It's a Small World
Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
Running in the rain
Liberty Tree Tavern (dinner)
Peter Pan
Fireworks
Tea Cups
Dumbo
The Barnstormer (Goofy Rollercoaster)
Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin
Water Taxi to Wilderness Lodge

Sunday (7:15am to 11pm, 6.4 miles):
Bus to Hollywood Studios
Sign up for Jedi Training
Star Tours
Little Mermaid
Muppet Vision 3D
PizzeRizzo (lunch)
Jedi Training
Indiana Jones Stunt Show
Beauty and the Beast (girls)
Build-your-own lightsaber (boys)
Toy Story Mania
Bus to Wilderness Lodge
Quick swim until pool closed due to thunder (boys)
Nap (Katie)
Dinner at Wilderness Lodge
Bus to Hollywood Studios
Star Wars Fireworks
Bus to Wilderness Lodge
Taxi to Hard Rock Universal Hotel

Monday (7am to 6pm, 5.6 miles):
Walk to Universal Studios
Diagon Alley
Gringott's Bank
Wand shopping
Hogwart's Express to Hogsmeade (Islands of Adventure)
Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey
Lunch at Three Broomsticks
Flight of the Hippogriff
Shopping in Hogsmeade
Dr Seuss Trolley Ride
Caro-Seuss-el
One Fish, Two Fish
The Cat in the Hat (twice)
Spider Man
Kong (Frank)
Pteranodon Flyers (kids)
Meet a Raptor
Hogwarts Train to Diagon Alley (Universal Studios)
Wand shopping (girls)
Walk back to hotel
Swim/eat/drink at pool

Tuesday (8:30am to 1am, 8.6 miles):
Water taxi to Universal Studios
Minion Mayhem
Shrek 3D
Jimmy Fallon's Race Through New York
Transformers
Diagon Alley
Gringott's Bank
The Simpsons Ride
E.T. Adventure
Water taxi to hotel
Change into Halloween Costumes
Take Lyft to Magic Kingdom
Monorail
Under the Sea (N, K, P)
Space Mountain (F)
Pirates of the Caribbean
Enchanted Tales with Belle (girls)
Buzz Lightyear (boys)
Carousel
Columbia Harbour House (dinner)
Trick or Treating
Halloween Show at Castle
Parade at Castle
Fireworks at Castle
Monsters Inc Dance Party
Tomorrowland People Mover
Buzz Lightyear
Peter Pan
It's a Small World (girls)
Tea Cups (boys)
Monorail
Taxi to hotel

Wednesday (11am to 6pm, 2.7 miles)
Sleep late
Swim/eat/drink by pool
Fly to DC