On Tuesday July 29Th At 4:45am a white limo pulled up at the house to take us to the airport, finally our trip to Florida was here. We arrived in Orlando around 10:30am. As we pulled into Give Kids A World we knew this place was very special. We were given our key to Villa 199, and outside there was a Mayor Clayton Rabbit sign with a yellow strip that read "PAYNE'S", at last we were home (at least the place we would call home for the week to come). That afternoon we decided to spend the day walking around GKTW and playing games with the boys.
Wednesday July 30Th We headed out at 8am for horse and pony rides in Keaton's Korral, each one of the boys got a cowboy hat and Cowboy certificate. At 10 the Mears shuttle was there to take us to the Magic Kingdom. Our first ride of the day was Splash Mountain, followed by It's a Small World, Dumbo the Flying Elephant, The Haunted Mansion, Swiss Family Tree house and so many more then I can mention. We stood around and watched the High School Musical 2 parade and of course got to meet some of our favorite characters!
Thursday July 31st 8am we had pictures with Minnie and Mickey in Julie's Safari Theater then as we walked outside we were greeted by Pluto, Goofy, and Belle=} From there we headed over to eat breakfast and see where all of our new friends were headed. 10am the shuttle arrived to take us to Hollywood Studios (MGM Studios) Of course right when we walked in the gate we had to ride The Ultimate Star Wars Thrill Ride, this ended up being Masan's favorite ride that day and I must say as you go zipping in and out of outer space in warp speed you really feel like it is real. Next up was Toy Story Mania the new 4~D attraction where you and your family member can compete to see who gets the highest score!( I won with 93,480 points) After that we headed over to Al's Toy Barn for pictures with Woody and Buzz!!! Walt and I decided to take the kids on the Great Movie Ride and show them some of the best movies that have ever been made, we got to see scenes from Mary Poppins, The Wizard of Oz, Casablanca, The sound of Music and many more... We hope to end the day with the tower of Terror, but Prestan was too short (and after talking to other parent he probably would have been scared to death). Back at the village it was time for Christmas in the village, Santa was there and all the kids got to pick out a gift. Masan and Tavan both got mini media players, and Prestan got a new baby animal.
Friday August 1st Friday August 1st 8am we headed over to the Castle of Miracles for pictures with Barney and friends. The boys were so excited because this was the day we were going to Animal Kingdom. We started the day out by riding Dinosaur (The clock is ticking on your Time Rover and you have mere minutes to rescue a stray dinosaur, this ride was full of excitement, but very scary) Next we ventured over to Expedition Everest in search of Yeti, the first few minutes of this ride wasn't bad at all basically you go way up into the "snow covered mountains" but then just as you reach the top you realize something is wrong....very wrong the track has been cut by the Yeti without having a second to think about it you are whipped backwards and I must say for a split second my life flashed before my eyes!!! After that ride we were all sick to our stomachs and just wanted a nice relaxing ride, instead we got the Kali River Rapids! Walking around the park you notice this amazing tree with all these different animals carved into it this is called the Tree of Life! We ended the day there with the Kilimanjaro Safaris being so close to all these animals was something the boys will never forget. Back at GKTW it was Pirates and Princess night Elmo, Shamu, Mrs. Mary, and Mayor Clayton were all there dressed up and ready to have pictures taken with the kids. Walt and Tavan decided not to go, but instead wanted to explore the fishing pond behind our villa. Man were they ever surprised when Walt got a bite on his fishing line and then realized it wasn't a fish...it was a baby alligator!!! (No more leaving the villa for mommy! lol)
Saturday August 2ND We headed out at 9am, destination Universal Studios and Island of Adventures our first stop was the Amazing Adventures of Spiderman this 3~D ride really makes the kids feel like they are helping Spiderman fight the Green Goblin, Doc Oc, Elctro, Hobgoblin, HYdro Man and deadly Scream. By far nothing else that day topped this ride in Masan's book he even rated this ***** (five stars)! After helping him fight, we had to go meet him. The boys all got autographs and tons of pictures with Spiderman they even managed to get grandpa George an autograph=} Next up was the Dudley Do-Right's Ripsaw Falls this ride was fun for all of us but I must admit that Masan handled the final drop even better then mom did! The final ride for the day was Jurassic Park River Adventure, at the very end of this ride you come face to face with a T~rex as you think to yourself how are you going to escape this terror...you all of a sudden take the 85-foot plunge into water (SCAREY!!!) After that ride the kids were ready to head back to the village and get ready for Mayor Clayton's Birthday Party. At 9:00pm Mayor Clayton came to our villa and tucked the boys into bed!
Sunday August 3rd 9am we headed out to Sea World, as you may have guessed the highlight of this day was getting to feed the dophins! Our journey was coming to an end as sad as we all were to be leaving the new friends we had made we were so excited about getting back home and see the family and friends that we had left behind! Sunday night we spent alot of time getting email addresses and phone numbers from other families so we can stay in touch with them. Back at the villa we backed up our suitcases and made sure we hadn't forgot anyhitng. This was it our lastnight here...we all sat around talking about everything we had seen over the last few days, these memories we will hold in our hearts forever and the best part about it was we shared them as a family!!!
Monday August 4th our flight left Orlando at 430pm and we arrived back at KCI at 630, we were greeted by Terry and Joann Parker, they helped us get our luggage and showed us the way to the limo. Finally we were back at home=}
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