Two Blondes, a Boston Terrier and a Wil: Orlando mini vacation

Thursday, July 2, 2009

Orlando mini vacation

We were able to get away last weekend for a mini vacation to Orlando. Marg and Tyson had purchased tickets to for a Disney water park on their honeymoon but did not use them. So they sent them to us! THANKS!!! We really enjoyed the chance to get out of town and go to our favorite place. Our passes are in their blackout period right now so we miss out on our frequent trips to Disney in the summer. Saturday, we went to Typhoon Lagoon and spent most of the day relaxing and riding the lazy river around in circles. That evening Matt surprised me with a delicious dinner in Downtown Disney at Portabello. This is a wonderful Italian restaurant.

Friday night after a quick Happy Meal dinner at McDonald's we went over to the Polynesian resort to watch the Magic Kingdom fireworks show on the beach. I got some great pictures...

The blue building in the middle is Cinderella's Castle.

Saturday after our delicious dinner at Portabello we decided to visit the Wilderness Lodge and the Fort Wilderness Campground (Matt and I are really big on finding the free stuff to do at Disney, we discovered you don't have to stay in the resort to visit and enjoy some of the amenities, so we make the most of our free entertainment.)

The Wilderness lodge was gorgeous and the grounds were beautiful. There was a stream outside the hotel and bunny rabbits were munching on plants along the walkway. It was picturesque.

Me and Matt at the Wilderness Lodge.

We took the boat from the Wilderness Lodge over to the Fort Wilderness Campground. There Matt was excited to have a drink at Crockett's Tavern!

Fort Wilderness was huge and beautiful. There were a LOT of RV's there and everyone gets around the resort with golf carts and bikes. We went to a marshmallow roast where Chip and Dale sing campfire songs with the kids and then they show a Disney movie. We missed the sing-a-long, but made it in time to see the beginning of Toy Story. It was so fun to see all the kids roasting marshmallows, making s'mores and giggling at the movie.

While waiting for the boat ride back to the Lodge and our car, Matt and I got creative with a light up Fort Wilderness key chain and the slow shutter speed on my camera....