Thursday, March 08, 2012

Florida Vacation - Day 1



Our house! Day 1

Getting ready to leave for airport!

Getting ready to get on the ferry going to Magic Kingdom! You can see Cinderella's Castle!



On the ferry!
On the "teacups"! I loathe this ride, as I don't do well with spinning, but I suffered through it...literally!




In line for the Haunted Mansion...not scary!



Having an ice cream break!





Tanner took this picture!


Goofy outside the Pirates of the Caribbean ride.

The "Wishes" night show!



Florida Vacation - Day 2 and 3

Disney's Hollywood Studios
Day 2


Lizzie and me waiting on the boys to ride
THIS:
Lizzie and I had NO interest! This ride did not look fun at all. BUT, notice Lizzie's shirt below?
The little skunk decided to try it!!! And she LOVED it! Which meant that *I* had to ride it, too - because I made the mistake of agreeing to ride ANY ride that Lizzie would ride! I did go - and I still have no interest in riding this ride!


The above pics were while we waiting on the Beauty & the Beast show to start! Loved it!


Phineas and Ferb!




Disney's Epcot Center
Day 3


Autographs from Daisy Duck and Stitch!


Getting ready to ride Mission: Space. LOVED this ride!


Kids got pulled into a street show...





Waiting on the tram to leave the park....got tired of waiting and walked instead!

Florida Vacation - Day 4

Clearwater Marine Aquarium
March 4

This is the home of Winter, the star of the movie - Dolphin Tale. Winter was found injured in 2005 and lost her tail. Google "winter, the dolphin" - if you want to know more!



This boat was actually used in the movie!




The kids holding one of Winter's prosthetic tails...she's had 18 made for her over the past several years!


Winter, and perhaps other rescued dolphins, actually painted this turtle!







St. Petersburg, FL Beach

We went a little further south and found St. Petersburg. This was a lovely beach! The water wasn't super warm, but we got used to it quickly. Lizzie just swam like a fish...Jeremy and I were happy thigh deep!




The boys enjoyed playing in the sand!



Picture with palm trees!