Disney Vacation 2009 - No kids allowed!

We decided to take a vacation just the 2 of us (no kids). We even decided to go to Disney World! We were very excited for our trip. We spent many nights figuring out the logistics of the trip. In the end what we figured out was that the kids would spend 1/2 the week with Grandma and Pawpaw Fritz and half the week with Grandpa and Mimi Eggleston. We would fly out of South Bend on Monday and fly back on Friday. Giving us 3 full days at Disney World to have a great time. We decided this is an EARLY 10 year wedding anniversary gift to us.

Monday morning Jamie's dad took us to the airport where we awaited our flight.

Don't we look happy to be leaving?

After a very uneventful and fun flight(they did a raffle!) we arrived in Orlando, FL. We rented a car and then made the hour drive to Disney World (in 40 minutes...Go Danny!). We found our room which was really cool for a simple room at All Star Sports Resorts.




They even had a towel decoration for us in the room.

Can you say Mickey Mouse?

From there we headed to Downtown Disney to spend the rest of Monday shopping and looking around. The sites we saw included the really cool Lego Store, a new Dinosaur Themed restaurant that reminded us of Rain Forest Cafe, and many many shops that we enjoyed walking through. We also saw some great characters.


Watch out Jamie, Stitch does Spit.


"Buzz Light year to the Rescue!"

Here is a small video account of our first day of Vacation:



Now onto our first day at the parks. We decided to head to Epcot for our first day, because of the extra Magic Hour in the morning for those people staying on Disney Property.




We started the day with the new ride Soarin'. It was really cool and a lot of fun. From there we headed over to Test Track which is always a blast.

Danny was a a great crash test dummy.


We then decided to try Mission Space. Not my best choices of rides. I was told this ride was basically a G-Force machine that pushed you into your seat. I was WRONG. It does that AND is a simulation ride. Simulation rides and Danny just don't mix. By the end of the ride Danny was in a cold sweat from head to toe. We moved on but the feeling stuck with him most of the rest of the day.

We then rode some other rides, nothing much to speak of. We decided to try out the Kim Possible Mission adventure. You will see a bit about that in the video later. We did the first set of missions, but then stopped because it was quite warm. When I say quite warm, they were pulling the cactus inside to keep them out of the sun! The Kim Possible mission was really cool and does make the countries a lot more fun for the kids (and those that are kids at heart like us).

Side note, because this was our anniversary trip Disney gave us buttons that we wore each day. These buttons had cast members wishing us happy anniversary we they saw it. It made us feel sort of special.



Because of these buttons when we walked into the American Pavilion in Epcot, they asked us if we were going to stay for the show and if we would be willing to be the 'First Family' for this show. We thought "sure that sounds cool". We had seating up top while there were singers for the preshow and got announced as the "First Family" celebrating our 10 year anniversary and got priority seating in the movie theater. And we received this cool certificate.



The aquarium ride has been themed since we were last there to the obvious theme of "Finding Nemo". We both thought this ride was great, a big improvement on the old set-up, and got into the act with some fun pictures.






Here is a video account of our Day at Epcot.



Stay Tuned for Future Blog(s) about the rest of our Disney Adventure!