Wednesday, July 23, 2008

June in Orlando - Sea World & Disney World

Lans had a conference in Orlando the second weekend of June. It was a "Family" conference, so Ali and I were allowed to come along. We had an absolute blast. Ali was an angel on the plane. We stayed at the Orlando- Ritz-Carlton... a very family friendly resort. They had fun family parties each night, the first night they had clowns, fireworks, a kiddie dance party... We went to Sea World twice and to Disney World once. We only stayed at the theme parks for a few hours each. Ali LOVED the shark encounter at Sea World, it is a giant heavy duty plastic tube that you walk through and there are giant sharks swimming all around above and on the sides of you. Very cool. She kept shouting "WOW", "BIG", "FISH!" She was absosolutely amazed, as you can see. The Kiddie Pool at the Ritz was a really neat set-up, it was a rubberized surface wading pool that was connected to a playground. Very fun! Being in Orlando in June was very hot as you can imagine, so we spent A LOT of time at the pool.

This is the life!

We went to Disney World's Magic Kingdom on my birthday for a couple of hours late in the day. What a fun way to celebrate. We took Ali on the teacups, "It's a Small World", and the Winnie the Pooh ride. Her favorite part was riding the monorail!

Ali and her Daddy enter the gates to the Magic Kingdom

Ali on the Small World boat ride

For my birthday Lans had roomservice bring up every dessert they had on the menu. They even spelled "Happy Birthday" in chocolate syrup! Fancy Schmancy!


Waiting for the dolphin and bird show the 2nd trip to Sea World!

Ali loves to dance. The last night in Orlando they had a big outdoor family dinner complete with a band. Ali literally danced the entire night away. She was moving and groovin' all night.

What a totally fun family trip!!!


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