We left for Disney World on Thursday, January 17th. The younger three stayed home from school that day. Cole had two semester exams to take. We picked him up from school at 11:00 a.m. and headed straight for the Dayton airport.
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| Riley's first airplane ride |
Unfortunately, we couldn't get a direct flight. We flew to Atlanta, had an hour layover there and then on to Orlando. Once we arrived in Orlando, we collected our luggage and headed for the Magical Express (the Disney bus that takes you to the resort). We were all so excited.
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| on the Magical Express |
We were staying at Disney's Art of Animation resort. This resort had only opened a few months before our arrival. We had seen many pictures online and were looking forward to seeing it in person. It did not disappoint.
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| our resort |
After checking in, we were off to see our room. We were staying in the Cars section of the resort. The buildings in our section were themed like the Cars movie inside and out. In fact, the outside was so well themed that you actually felt like you had been plopped down right in the middle of the movie.
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| Cars section |
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| view from our room |
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| the pool in the Cars section |
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| Luigi |
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| Lightning McQueen and Sally |
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| Tow Mater |
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| our room |
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| our room |
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| our room |
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| our room |
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our room
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We were all starving and went to the food court at the resort for dinner. We were lucky enough to get a special for free dining during our trip which included two meals and a snack per person each day. After dinner, we looked around the three other sections of the resort. There is a Finding Nemo section with the main pool, a Lion King section and a Little Mermaid section. The resort is huge. So huge, in fact, that we never made it back to the Little Mermaid section again after that first night. After seeing it all, we were very happy with the section we chose and the location we were in. We were close to the cafeteria and the Disney bus stop. (The buses take you to and from the parks each day.)
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| Finding Nemo section |
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| Pool in the Finding Nemo section |
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| Pool in the Finding Nemo section |
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| Finding Nemo section |
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Finding Nemo section
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Lion King section
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| Little Mermaid section |
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After all the walking around, it was late. We were tired from a long day of traveling. We made it back to our room, unpacked and went to bed looking forward to our first full day at Disney World.
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