Sunday, July 17, 2005
July 15th, Friday...
Well, we did what we said we would do... Breakfast at Friendly's, again...played at the beach...checked out of the hotel by 12:00PM...visited the Astronauts Hall of Fame...drove to Orlando and checked in to the condo...
At the Astronauts Hall of Fame, the kids discovered the hands-on stuff and played while I strolled through all the information on each astronaut. I grabbed the kids and made sure that they read the list of astronauts that died in the line of duty. I showed Nick (and Tony) that most of the astronauts made it to some level in Boy Scouts...
The drive to Orlando was great. We drove through some beautiful marsh lands and saw some spectacular Florida clouds. Trying to find the condo, though, was troubling - we got lost. None of the road numbers seem to match those on maps.google.com...
Updates to the blog, as well as sending/receiving email are difficult - no high speed access at the condo. I am waiting to contact Swales, on Monday, to get a dial-up account set up - yes I still have to keep in touch and do some work...
July 16th, Saturday...
We slept in this morning and lazily got ready for Typhoon Lagoon. During our trip into the condo on Friday, I located this park and had no trouble today getting us there. However, we discovered that the theme park tickets we purchased online are not valid at the Lagoon!!! So, we are either going to sell the theme park tickets or use them... depends on the shuttle launch scenario and our excitement with Universal Studios Theme Park...
We closed the lagoon and had a great time. We hit every ride except for swimming with the sharks! They were too real for us and the water was not heated - we are spoiled...actually the lines were just way too long for us...
Tony's favorite ride was the water roller coaster - we must have done that one about 20 times! Nick preferred the Tidal Wave pool and the river float. We used the river to float to the different rides. Gina sides with Tony and loved that roller coaster - probably because they were two and/or three person rafts and she got to ride with Mom or Dad all the time.
So, far it's been great. The most noticable thing, to me, is that all the kids are tall enough to ride! No one has an excuse to be left behind.
Tonight, we ordered chinese delivery. We were just too tired to go out. The boys got there chance to clean up in the Jacquizzi tonight and were quite pleased. I had to catch up on my emails by stealing access from the Radisson - sitting in the van near the lobby entrance to gain a strong signal!
Tomorrow....Universal Studios...
Well, we did what we said we would do... Breakfast at Friendly's, again...played at the beach...checked out of the hotel by 12:00PM...visited the Astronauts Hall of Fame...drove to Orlando and checked in to the condo...
At the Astronauts Hall of Fame, the kids discovered the hands-on stuff and played while I strolled through all the information on each astronaut. I grabbed the kids and made sure that they read the list of astronauts that died in the line of duty. I showed Nick (and Tony) that most of the astronauts made it to some level in Boy Scouts...
The drive to Orlando was great. We drove through some beautiful marsh lands and saw some spectacular Florida clouds. Trying to find the condo, though, was troubling - we got lost. None of the road numbers seem to match those on maps.google.com...
Updates to the blog, as well as sending/receiving email are difficult - no high speed access at the condo. I am waiting to contact Swales, on Monday, to get a dial-up account set up - yes I still have to keep in touch and do some work...
July 16th, Saturday...
We slept in this morning and lazily got ready for Typhoon Lagoon. During our trip into the condo on Friday, I located this park and had no trouble today getting us there. However, we discovered that the theme park tickets we purchased online are not valid at the Lagoon!!! So, we are either going to sell the theme park tickets or use them... depends on the shuttle launch scenario and our excitement with Universal Studios Theme Park...
We closed the lagoon and had a great time. We hit every ride except for swimming with the sharks! They were too real for us and the water was not heated - we are spoiled...actually the lines were just way too long for us...
Tony's favorite ride was the water roller coaster - we must have done that one about 20 times! Nick preferred the Tidal Wave pool and the river float. We used the river to float to the different rides. Gina sides with Tony and loved that roller coaster - probably because they were two and/or three person rafts and she got to ride with Mom or Dad all the time.
So, far it's been great. The most noticable thing, to me, is that all the kids are tall enough to ride! No one has an excuse to be left behind.
Tonight, we ordered chinese delivery. We were just too tired to go out. The boys got there chance to clean up in the Jacquizzi tonight and were quite pleased. I had to catch up on my emails by stealing access from the Radisson - sitting in the van near the lobby entrance to gain a strong signal!
Tomorrow....Universal Studios...
