Spontaneous Trip to Disneyworld

Yes, I've been known to surprise members of my family by just showing up on their doorstep unannounced, but usually it takes me weeks of planning. I get a kick out of suprising people but I'm not very spontanous about it. Until two weeks ago today that is, after a few days of sulking around the school and my house knowing that my parents and sister were at Disneyworld without me (ME! -- A self-proclamed Disneyworld fanatic), I decided to buy an airline ticket to go meet them. I bought the ticket at 3:30 pm, and was at the airport by 6:00 pm to board my 7:30 flight to Orlando that night. Instead of surprising them at their hotel room, which I actually considered, I called my Dad shortly after ordering my airplane ticket to see if they could come get me at the airport and if I could crash with them in their hotel room. They were really surprised and happy to have me. And I was happy to be in Orlando and be somewhere much warmer than 20 degrees!

My parents went to my younger sister Kristen's house in Fort Lauderdale, Florida for the holidays, and just like me, they LOVE Disneyworld. So almost every time my parents come to Florida, they make time for Disney. The weekend after New Year's Day, they drove up to Orlando with my sister Kristen and her kids (her husband Aaron had to work) to spend some time at Disneyworld. By the time I got there on Tuesday night, they had already been to 3 of the Disney parks with their 6-day pass. My sister was going home with her kids on Thursday, so I only overlapped one day with her family. It was so fun to see them! Her kids, especially Parker, liked riding the rides with me. They would've preferred riding with their cousins (my kiddos), but I was an okay exception I think. After Kristen left, I went to 2 more parks with my parents. It was SOO fun, and warm, and so very Disney!

This was the first day -- EPCOT

The morning before we went to the park. This was outside my parent's hotel room. Kristen's room was down the hall.

"Finding Nemo" ride


We are vikings in one of the "Norway" stores


We ate in a restaurant in "Italy". I had a really delicious ravioli dish.

Parker and I in a phone booth in "England"

My second day was -- HOLLYWOOD STUDIOS

Mom and I getting ready to watch a really cool stunt car show called "Lights, Motors, Action!"

Dad and I in front of the stunt car set

In front of "Muppet-Vision 3-D" show. I LOVE the muppets!

My favorite ride... "The Tower of Terror". We rode it twice!!

This may be the last time we see Mickey's sorcerer's hat at Hollywood Studios....
We found out that they'll be taking it down soon....

My third and last day was -- MAGIC KINGDOM

Dad and I in Fantasyland

I'm on Big Thunder Mountain Railroad

Going into Adventureland

Dad and I are stuck!!

Mom and I in Liberty Square

Mom and I rode the carousel

Racing cars on the Indy Speedway

In front of the castle at night

Nothing is like the fireworks at Disneyworld!

Okay, I know what you're thinking.... Julie takes another trip at Disneyworld without her kids?? Yes, I did! And I'm not ashamed of it! My kids are actually getting use to it. But I've promised them a trip next year. Our family is also very big fans of Universal Studios Florida, and next year is the grand opening of the "Harry Potter Island" at Islands of Adventure in Universal Studios! We are really excited to see that too!