The kids were out of school for 3 days for President's Day. We took advantage of the break and went to Orlando with Seth's parents and sister's family Friday through Sunday.
We rented this giant van from the airport to the hotel. So fun!
Seth's cousin's family also came. We stayed at Royal Pacific, a Universal property. They had a restaurant (Jake's). We enjoyed a lunch outside all together. Adelyn was thrilled to push baby Clara around.
After lunch, we headed into the park! We spent the entire afternoon at Island of Adventure
Our first ride was The Hulk! It was a roller coaster with lots of loops and corkscrews and was really fun! Seth and I took Adelyn and Thomas on it. We sat in the front row.
Meeting Iron Man
Jurassic World
This ride had the longest line! But the kids liked it. Seth and James rode (I didn't ride it because you had to be in pairs and it was based on weight)
Toon town
Yellow sunnies on the cousins
Seuss Landing- it was ADORABLE! We didn't have time to ride anything because we were meeting friends for dinner
These are the friends we met! Randy (my friend from college) lives near Orlando and some friends from our town just happened to also be visiting. We joked that we had to go to FL to see them :)
SO, SO glad to get an evening with Randy and her family!
Randy, me, and Lauren
The next morning, we went to Volcano Bay, the water park.
We rented a cabana. There were 4 grandparents and they enjoyed chilling in the shade and passing around Clara
This volcano has several water slides in it. The wave pool is awesome!
100% Daddy's Girl
Da Boyz
Adelyn will ride anything! She's so brave!
Clearly, we had a great time! We only planned to do the water park for a 1/2 day, but it was fun for EVERYONE, so we stayed until it closed at 5 pm. James and Conner were not able (and didn't want to) ride several rides at Island of Adventure but the water park had plenty for them to do.
After quick naps and showers, we headed back out to Island of Adventures to finish Seuss Landing and Harry Potter world. Grandma and Grandpa joined us
These dipped ice cream cones were the bomb! We stayed until the park closed and had the best time!
On Sunday, we got to the park as soon as it opened to re-ride the favorites in Island of Adventure.
Popeye and Olive Oil
Emily and Blake took James and Conner back to Seuss Landing while we took the big kids on the other rides.
James and I rode these spinning cups 1,478 times while Seth and took the big kids on The Hulk
We spent the last half of the day at Universal Studios. In hindsight we should have done this first as we totally ran out of time and didn't have time to do half of what we wanted. Guess we'll have to return soon!
It was a GREAT trip! We loved the warm weather, family time, and rides!
