Florida - Part 2

Thursday, February 4

Ian, 6:15 am

The boys had had so much chilly, outdoor fun down at Great Grandma Balyo's, that rousting them out of bed was a bit more of a chore than usual...

Colby and Isaac, 6:15 am

...until they remembered where we were going!

7:55 am

Again, it LOOKS warm here, but I'm pretty sure we'd all have been much more comfortable wearing parkas, mittens and ski masks!

8:31 am

Welcome to Floroming! Welcom to Wyorida! Welcome to Cheylando! Welcome to Orlaska!

Just about to go into our first ride...

This was Isaac, Ian and Colby's very favorite ride. They thought that Tigger popping up all over the place was hilarious and they were thrilled to actually be "part of the movie"!

What a treat to meet the real!!! Mickey and Minnie, Goofy and Donald Duck. They also SAW Winnie-The-Pooh (who waved to them!) and Tigger close up and Chip 'n Dale from afar (on a parade float)!

Big Thunder Mountain Railroad was the very first roller-coaster that Isaac and Ian had ever been on! Isaac was not so sure he liked it, but all Ian could say was, "Oh, wow! Oh, wow! Oh, wow!" He was sold!

It was so nice to wait in such short lines (or not at all) for all of the rides. In fact, we were actually happy (in retrospect :), to trade extremely long lines for a little "brisk" weather!

Zane, taking an afternoon snack break.

This was one of the last rides that we did for the day and the boys LOVED it! Ian and Colby were pleased as punch that each of their cars had red paint...phew!

It got REALLY cold toward the end of the day when the sun started to go down, but we had gotten to do so many fun things it was extremely worth it!

And the results are in:

Colby's favorites: The Winnie-the-Pooh Ride and the Carousel of Progress and the raceway. Colby is also still talking about the funny Goofy movie they watched while standing in line to meet Mickey and Minnie, so that was a high point, too!

Ian's favorites: The Winnie-the-Pooh Ride, The Toy Story Ride, Big Thunder Mountain...and the Carousel of Progress (Ian and Colby are still singing snippets from its theme-song "There's a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow..."). Oh, and the raceway.

Isaac's favorites: The Winnie the Pooh Ride, The Toy Story Ride, The Peter Pan Ride, It's a Small World, the Carousel of Progress, The raceway and the monorail.

Erika's favorites: Big Thunder Mountain and Space Mountain.

Scott's favorites: Big Thunder Mountain and Space Mountain.

5:17 pm

Goodnight, Mickey!

To be continued...