Disney Freezing World

Well, what do you say when your once-in-a-lifetime disney vacation becomes a battle to stay warm? Maybe I should start with the flight to Florida. Everything was going well until we started our decent into Orlando International Airport. Brenna wails and screams her little head off. Apparently, her ear infection had not cleared up like the pediatrician thought it would. One of the flight attendants came over and gave me a tongue lashing for flying with a ear infected child. We landed at about Midnight Orlando time. The temperature was a balmy 70 degrees. We took a taxi to the hotel and slept like babies. The next day was less warm but still very nice. We loaded up our six plus Don and Ruth and their 2 scooters into the 7 passenger mini-van rental and tried to check-in into the condo but check-in wasn't for another 5 hours. We drove to Patrick AFB and got 7 day disney tickets. Then we went to the beach and played on the sand and enjoyed a splendid sunset.

























We made it back to the condo and checked-in. It was a really spacious 3 room condo. After check-in, we unpacked and crashed. The next morning it was raining like crazy and wasn't warm anymore. We hung out at the condo then went to pick up Daron at the airport at 4:30 pm. So now we have 9 people in our 7 passenger van. That was crowded! After that the weather was downright cold! It was below freezing most mornings and never got over 60. We bought thermals and warm sweatshirts for everyone but it was still dang cold. We went to Animal Kingdom for our first day. I might have enjoyed it more if was warmer. But I left feeling like it wasn't enough Zoo nor was it enough amusement park. The shows were kinda fun.

Epcot was our 2nd day. It was cold and cloudy and cold. Now, I'm no stranger to cold but it wears you out fast. In Disney World you want all your energy to enjoy the park you are paying big bucks to attend. Here we are before the cold wore us all out.








Next was Disney's Hollywood Studios ( formerly MGM studios ). Here's Alyson and I waiting for the Monorail. I'm wearing a t-shirt, long sleeve shirt, long sleeve thermal shirt, long sleeve sweater and the jacket I thought I wouldn't even need. The stores were all sold out of hats/gloves so I wrapped one of the kids hoodie-sweaters around my neck and over my head. It barely kept me warm. We had lots of fun riding the rollercoaster and the tower of terror. The lines were less than an hour and we had some good fun.



To Be Continued...