Orlando Fun...Day 2

Thursday, May 7, 2009
We purchased 4 day tickets that came with 3 days free and 7 days for water parks and Disney Quest. Not a bad deal considering how expensive everything Disney is! We decided against the park hopper option because our previous experience in Orlando taught us that with little ones, a park hopper is unnecessary. When the kids are older and they can move faster, then we'll start to consider the park hopper option again.

Blizzard Beach
Today was our day to go to Blizzard Beach. It is a huge water park that was perfect for us and the kids. We stayed there about 4 hours. Handy tip: You must get there early (a little before opening) or else you can't find a place to "park" your belongings and grab a seat in the park.

The kids had so much fun sliding and enjoying the water. This park had something for every member of the family to do. We all rode the lazy river tubes in "Melt Away Bay"...my ONLY time "tubing". For the Arizonans you know about tubing down the Salt River Canyon...I'm one of the FEW natives who has never been. Hee hee, tubing in Orlando is MUCH better and probably cleaner anyway!

Anthony rode a zipline ride and got catapolted into a pool of water. Jackson conquered walking across the ice glaciers in the Ski Patrol Training Camp area and Taylor tubed by herself down the water slides in the Tykes Peak area. The whole family rode a chair lift up to the top of a Mount Gushmore and conquered Teamboat Springs. It is a water slide where 4-6 people fit in a huge family raft and coast down a winding river slide. Very fun and very fast!

Of course we didn't bring our camera and I didn't think it was necessary to purchase a water proof camera. To our surprise Disney had their photographers out and about around the park snapping pictures of everyone. We got a great shot of Anthony coming down on the zipline. Disney sure KNOWS how to market and "trap" you into their magic!

Downtown Disney
After we had our fill of water and sliding, we came back to the hotel and showered up and then went to Downtown Disney where we shopped and got dessert at Goofy's Candy Company! It was WONDERFUL! Of course we hit the Lego store for the boys and World of Disney for Taylor. Team Mickey Athletic Club for Tony and yes for mom...Goofy's Candy Co. It's at Goofy's that mom has the most fun. No where else can you order a custom dessert made right in front of your eyes. I always go for the custom caramel apple but this trip I decided to try the Mickey Rice Krispie Treat. Tony went for the pretzel sticks, Anthony had the marshmallows, Taylor had the fudge filled oreo cookie and Jackson decided on the apple.
Here's how you order:
1. Decide which treat you want
Caramel Apple
Oreo Cookie
Rice Krispie Treat
Pretzel Rods
Marshmallows
Gingerbread Cookie

2. Choose your Chocolate
Milk Chocolate
Dark Chocolate

3. Choose your Toppings
Crushed oreo crumbs
M&Ms
Reeces Pieces
Sprinkles
Gummy Bears
Peanuts
Pecans
Milk Chocolate Drizzle
Dark Chocolate Drizzle
White Chocolate Drizzle
Caramel Drizzle

Sit back and watch the magic and sugar shock begin!

Then it was back to the hotel for the boy's homework time and sleeping. There's not that many pictures from this day just due to the nature of our activities. It was relaxing and so nice to have a change of pace than doing a theme park all the time.