We went to Orlando for a week in mid-July! Dean's parents traded two of their timeshare units to get two two-bedroom units and invited my parents as well as all their children. Dan didn't come, but everyone else did.
Robin really liked riding through the airport on his new suitcase
Liam figured out how to get a ride of his own
Traveling really wore Robin out
Our first stop was Animal Kingdom--the zoo where Mickey lives!
At the Tree of Life--carved with dozens of animals. You may notice that Dean, Kathy, and I are wearing matching shirts. We got them at Animal Kingdom when we went together five years ago. It's Winnie the Pooh, dressed in safari gear, looking through a magnifying glass at a tiger and asking "Tigger, is that you?" They still sell them, although they've changed. Now, Pooh is the computer animated Pooh (our shirts have the original animated Pooh) and the tiger is different.
Baby elephants! We saw them on the safari ride
Robin got to make a mask for himself
Liam looks cute in Poppa's new hat
Liam started showing a preference for both his grandpas during this trip. I think he recognized them as the people most likely to carry him when he reached up, rather than abandoning him to the boring old stroller
Look at all the fish
Look how close the hippo got! (I like how Robin's trying to make sure Liam looks at it.) This is the really neat thing about Animal Kingdom. They have tons of space, great animal habitats, and do their best to encourage the animals to be themselves and/or move about. They can do a lot more than your average zoo.
Watching a parade in the rain. That's Mickey behind us!
And now to the highlight of Robin's vacation: meeting Mickey himself!
Hugs! Robin surprised me, actually. I expected him to be intimidated by the big characters, but he required very little support (he wanted us with him, but didn't hang back) and was really eager to interact.
He also met Donald
We also got to see King Louie...
...and Baloo from The Jungle Book
He also got to meet Winnie the Pooh
And so did Liam
Eeyore and Tigger were there, too
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On his first "scary" ride, "Dinosaur" at Animal Kingdom. He did very well. He told us he was scared (and held onto us during these types of rides) and didn't want to ride it again, but was not dissuaded from going on other rides. Well done, Robin!
The day did not end here, but my camera decided it had had enough and the battery died. I have yet to
steal gather pictures from other cameras, so this is where they stop. We also rode a triceratops ride (it went around a central point) probably five or six times--there was NO LINE. That's absolutely unheard of at anything related to Disney, but yet, it happened. This was actually a great day to do Animal Kingdom, all the lines were quite short. After the triceratops we went to a dino-themed playground called the Boneyard (the slides were disappointing, they were more "scoots" than "slides) and finally to a show "It's Tough to be a Bug" before heading out to dinner. We were all tired, worn out, sweaty, dirty, and satisfied. In short, a perfect Orlando July Disney day!
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