4th of July Vacation!

Ken was attending a conference in Orlando the first week of July, so we decided to tag along and spend a few days at Disney World! I am a huge Disney fan, and LOVE Disneyland so this has always been a dream of mine to head to the bigger place. It is beyond huge and consists of maybe five different parks. You cannot just park-hop like you would at Disneyland, you have to take a taxi/shuttle and usually takes about 15 minutes to get from one to another. It was really hot and humid which made the kids a little irritable at times, but I was having a blast and could have kept going! Ken was able to spend the first day with us at Magic Kingdom, and then we were on our own! My friend, Sarah, came with which was a lot of fun!

We had only 3 days of theme parks so we had to pick which ones to visit; we chose Magic Kingdom (basically Disneyland), Hollywood Studios, and Disney's Animal Kingdom. Let me just say that 3 days is not nearly enough time to get everything done! Animal Kingdom was by far my favorite, and I wish I had 3 days to just spend there! Here are a bunch of pics from our vacation.

Magic Kingdom:

We enjoyed many of the classic Disney rides, including Pirates of the Caribbean, Splash Mountain, and Thunder Mountain. This park was missing some of my favorite's that Disneyland has, so while I really enjoyed being there, I can say that Disneyland still holds the top spot for being my favorite.

Hollywood Studios:

This park is comparable to California Adventure. The day we went here, was probably the hottest and most humid day so we didn't stay too long! But it was fun and enjoyable nonetheless. I loved the entrance! You walk down this street that has the old Hollywood buildings which leads to the main courtyard where Mickey's huge magical hat sits!

Animal Kingdom:

This park is really fun! It is basically a very large zoo with some of the most fun rides mixed in as well as all the Disney characters. The African Safari Adventure was by far my favorite. The kids had a blast, and the weather was actually cool this day! This was the only day that it poured rain. The first major down pour we fled to the nearest cover which was this little nook that was basically only tree cover. I stood there with the kids, and they were just laughing at how wet we were getting! It looked like a flood running down at our feet so our shoes were soaked. Jessica said this was the day she would never forget! We toughed it out, and put our poncho's on and went for it!