I can't believe how fast the summer has flown by. The last post I wrote I told you all about how busy we were during our 2 weeks in Florida. What I don't want to do is leave the impression that our visit was all work and no play! We did manage to squeeze in some fun. So without a big into a summary of our FUN!
Well I will say that Windsor Palms itself provided tons of fun for the family. The kids wanted to try out everything. They didn't manage to do that but they did do a lot. The resort pool was a big attraction. I would have thought with their own pool at home they wouldn't be that interested, but I was wrong. For Sarah the big draw was other girls. She managed to make a new friend every time we went up there. Both kids had to check out the hot tub, they thought it was to hot, I thought it was amazing!
Since we knew this would be a working vacation we let the kids have a little fun we might not have done otherwise. We let them go a little crazy with the arcade games. Christian had tons of fun racing cars and Sarah found every game that gave a prize, and she wasn't shy if the machine didn't cough up what she was owed. Off she'd run to the concierge to get what was due to her. There was also ping pong and pool tables but we didn't get to that.
The next big adventure was booking a movie in the theatre. The kids poured over the selections and settled on Bolt, the regular version, not the 3D version. Neither of our kids are wild about 3D movies for some reason. The told the concierge and he put it into the computer for the next day and later that night we looked on the TV at the community channel and there was their movie on the screen! They thought this was great. So the next morning we headed up and they went to their movie and I headed to the gym. I managed to squeeze in that one workout. Not my normal routine but better than nothing at all.
We wanted to try our hands at tennis or basket ball or volley ball but time did not permit. We saw lots of other people enjoying the amenities though and that is great to see.
I told you about our trip to LEGOLAND so I won't bore you with another recap of that adventure. We also went to Mini golf, the exact name of the one we actually went to is escaping me right now as it wasn't the one we were planning to go to. The good thing that came out of that miss direction was that they had some baby Alligators and for a mere $3 the kids got to feed them, which was a big hit.
My cousin and his family came to stay for the last few days and it was a great distraction for the kids. They'd never met these cousins as they live far away so it was fun for them. And it was great that they weren't complaining about how bored they were. We had planned to hit Disney, Magic Kingdom to be specific during our second week but we were so busy we didn't think we'd be able to do it. So as a surprise for the kids we extended our trip by a day and booked a night at the Caribbean Beach Resort.
So we got our tickets (park hopper passes for the first time) and headed to Epcot, met up with Mickey, hung out with Figment (Sarah's favourite) and went to school with Nemo. We then checked into our hotel, cleaned up, left the car and headed over to the Magic Kingdom. Toby and I were so tired I think we fell asleep waiting for the bus and on the bus (to and from the parks, we were good if we were moving). We first headed to New Fantasyland and I must say it is impressive. We got our fast passes for Under the Sea with Ariel, which was a great ride. The animatronics are pretty impressive. The Seven Dwarfs Mine Train is an immense presence and I can't wait to see it finished. Another first was seeing the Electric Parade at Walt Disney World and seeing Wishes fireworks! It was an action packed and very long day.
In the morning we had some breakfast and then let the kids burn of some steam at the pool before the very long drive home. In addition to all the above fun we also got to meet our Property Managers, John and Elizabeth and our Realtor Shaun. After talking and emailing Shaun for over a year and a half it was great to finally meet!
In the end the kids told us it wasn't the 3rd worst vacation ever, it had moved down and was now the 6th or 7th worst. Next time can only be more fun! Thanks for stopping by. I hope to update the blog with upcoming events in the area and any changes to the property. Enjoy your long weekend!
No comments:
Post a Comment