Country Inn & Suites By Carlson Orlando International Drive

... all day Saturday at the Magic Kingdom (a big THANK YOU to my friend Cynthia) and although it drizzled on us from 9:30am till around noon the weather then cleared up and we had a great day. We did ALLOT. Rebecca and Chris amazed me because we walked and walked and walked and they pulled through it, and we did allot of rides.Rebecca's favorite was Stitch's Great Escape, while Christopher enjoyed the ...

... delayed for over three hours. i still kept my hopes high of our trip going good.I have always loved being in the airport observing people and trying to understand the objective of each ones presence there. Not to forget the multiple shops and eat-outs.So we finally din't realize the passing of time until before we were boarding and were on our way to Orlando.

It was mid November for us at Maryland and we were ...

... stream - see video below. Julie stood next to a huge stuffed alligator in a gift shop on international drive (see picture).

In the afternoon went to wet n wild and had another go on some rides. I carefully stayed out of the sun to give the sunburn chance to heal.

all told a lazy day .... but a nice one. Also had some chocolate covered pretzels... yum yum...

... an attractive Japanese woman in her early 40’s I surmised. She was a teacher visiting the Peace Park with her class. We sat and talked for a while…

“So, I asked her what the Dome meant to her. She thought for a moment, then replied, ‘It’s a symbol of peace.’

“This took me a bit by surprise. While meditating on it, she asked me back, ‘What does it mean to you?’

“I thought for a ...

DEMA Show is the ONLY international trade-only event for the diving, action water sports and travel industries.
JADS will be attending as "dive professionals" look for us running around between seminars. If you would like to meet with either Jean-Pierre(Owner/IDC ...

... about 15 or so minutes. Overall, the Sleep Inn was a great value for a basic hotel.
Sea World:
Our original plan was to visit Sea World on Friday and then drive to Tampa on Saturday and go to Busch Gardens. We bought the 2-park, 2-day tickets for FL residents which came out to $74.95 per person. Overall, Matt and I were both incredibly impressed with Sea World!
Shows and ...

... is grilled chicken, a salad and some lovely chevre and red wine that M bought us today at the fancy "corner market".  (wow... I'm digressing again!) Barrett has been thrilled to have her here, though he's also kind of agressive with her. When she's not around, he's asking where she is. When she's trying to talk to him, he's running away. I hope that's typical 2yr old behavior, tho it's pretty typical Barrett behavior ...

... We found one which had a big exploding volcano and dinosaurs dotted around and started playing (well, bashing and hoping really) only to be greated at the 3rd hole by a downpour. Being so hot we didn't really mind the rain so carried on regardless. Was fun actually. Not wishing to exert ourslelves any further, and to avoid the persistant thunderstorms, we spent the afternoon in the cinema. Now, we were going to watch something exciting and blockbustery, like ...

... had committed suicide a few years ago. He was one of my first big crushes, I loved him in the "Neverending Story II" and "Ladybugs". It actually made me really sad. What a shame. Tonight we had reservations at the magic show at Skull Kingdom, and we had to get there early to pick up our tickets at 5:45 for the 6:00 show. We wanted to leave a little earlier than we did, but Mike and I were being lazy and we didn't wind up ...

Christen was in her "terrible" two's so for the 16 hour drive, Leah had packed a number of gifts wrapped up as presents for her to open and items for her to play with. Well.....after about 2 hours of travel, she had run out of these presents....In a stroke of genius, Leah just began re-gifting, re wrapping the gifts and giving them to ...