Sidenote---departure was quite an adventure! We were supposed to leave SLC at 4:50 but due to "mechanical difficulties" we did not leave until 9:30! Thankfully there was some compensation given, food vouchers from Delta made the long delay a little more bearable as well as a flight voucher on another Delta flight. We finally landed in Orlando around 4 a.m. and still had to get our rental cars! We finally made our condo at 5 a.m.-whew!
Our first day was spent relaxing by the pool. Our resort had a plethora of fun pools so we definitely made good use of them! We needed to rest this day so we took it pretty easy.
Tuesday morning, Heather, Justin, Matthew and I headed out to Aquatica (Seaworld's waterpark). We surmissed that we went to Orlando at the perfect time-after Spring break but before schools were let out. The outcome? Little to no wait lines at the slides! We had a great time there, the rides were way fun! There is even one where the tube goes under water into a dolphin tank, it was crazy being so close to the dolphins! That evening all 5 of us went to Seaworld. We played with the Stingrays that evening and watched the Shamu "Believe" show. That's a big fish! After Seaworld we went out to eat at Giordanno's-a Chicago favorite of Justin's. Deep-dish pizza is so heavy! We each had one piece and were completely full. We had 4 pieces leftover, which in a to-go pizza box weighed what felt like 5 lbs! (Unfortunately, I dropped it upside down getting out of the car, it was that heavy! But it was still edible, no worries.)
Wednesday we took it easy at the pool, then headed to the Orlando Temple. Although it was closed for cleaning it was still gorgeous to look at! That afternoon and evening we went to the pool, which was again relaxing and fun.
Thursday, Justin and I headed out to Kennedy Space Center. We spent a loooonnng 5 hours touring the area and watching an IMAX movie. Justin was really intrigued by the space specs NASA had to offer. They were launching a space shuttle in 4 days so they had both launch pads occupied with space shuttles. My favorite part about the adventure was the drive into the Space Center. It's located on Merritt Island (I believe...) which is a natural animal refuge. So alongside the highway were alligator filled small canals. Seeing the alligators out in their natural habitat was crazy! After we left the space center we headed south about 20 minutes to go to Cocoa Beach. It was a very pretty beach!
Friday Justin and I headed back to Aquatica then met up with Heather, Josh and Matt for an afternoon at Seaworld. The highlights from this trip to Seaworld: feeding the dolphins, watching the Otter & Sealion show, and especially the dolphin show! Seaworld is a great place!
Saturday we headed back out to Cocoa Beach to visit the Pier and then back to our resort to soak up the sun for the last time! That evening we went out to dinner for Heather's *26th* (sorry sis!) birthday (May 10th).
It was a wonderful trip, thank you Josh and Heather for inviting us!!
2 comments:
Sounds like fun! What a great reward after graduation! And Happy Anniversary! Sorry we missed you this weekend! Hope you had a great time together!
I wish it was my 25th bday. I turned the ripe old age of 26, sis. Thanks for going on vacation with us. It really was much more fun having you guys there. Maybe we'll leave it up to you guys to plan the next trip and we'll tag along :) Good pics too.
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