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Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Disney World Magic: Hollywood Studios/Animal Kingdom

Hey guys!

Taking a break from packing to share another vacation recap. On our second day in Orlando Shane and I went to Hollywood Studios and Animal Kingdom. Those are the two smaller parks, so it’s easy to do the park hopper and knock them out in one day. This was perfect for us, because we had three days left on our park-hopper pass, so doubling up on one day ensured that we would be able to visit all parks.

HWS

Shane had never been to Animal Kingdom, and neither of us had been to Hollywood Studios, so we were pretty excited. We went to Hollywood Studios first, and headed straight for the Aerosmith Rocking Roller Coaster. I had heard all about this from my friends, so I was pretty pumped.

The line was super short and we pretty much walked right through. I really liked it, but I wanted to head to the one ride I had heard about since I was a child. Hello, Tower of Terror! I am absolutely in love with this ride, I even loved the line décor! It was so freaking cool!

Tower

I only wish we had gone on it more than once, since the ride changes, and you can have different endings! We didn’t know this, however so we continued exploring.

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We checked out a few more rides, then headed out to catch a bus to the Animal Kingdom. We didn’t get too many photos there, but we still had a great time.

We rode the Expedition Everest, which has a fun twist, so it was great seeing Shane’s reaction to it! Then we did the rapids ride, which left us pretty wet! But the majority of this park we spent walking around perusing shops and trading pins! We love the Disney Trading Pins, and I was in search of a Bagheera pin, in honor of my kitten!

It was another wonderful day courtesy of Disney!

Okay, I seriously have to get my butt in gear, so I’ll be packing for the rest of the day. OH! I also finally got Instagram, so feel free to follow me! My username is Katefreak, Have a great day!

Thursday, May 3, 2012

Disney World Magic: Epcot

I love Disney so very much. Disney World in Orlando is one of my favorite places, and I know Shane feels the same way. He even proposed to me in front of Cinderella’s castle in 2010! Needless to say, we try to visit whenever we can.

This trip we managed to make it to all four of the major parks at WDW, Magic Kingdom, Epcot, Hollywood Studios, and Animal Kingdom. [Magic Kingdom is my favorite, by the way.] Usually when we visit the parks we are with a larger group, but this time it was just the two of us, which was nice.

[We love going with a group, but sometimes it’s nice to do something with just the two of us!]

The first day we went to Epcot.

Epcot

They are currently having their International Flower and Garden Expo, which is basically an explosion of gardens and topiaries all over the park. The Epcot website says there are more than 75 Disney character topiaries on location! We managed to snap a few photos with some!

Pluto

Lady and the Tramp

Pandas

butterflies

Not to mention the Snow White + the Seven Dwarves and the Woody + Buzz photos from above. [Side note, I know a lot of people are mourning the loss of Picnik. Try out Ipiccy, it’s very similar.]

We had a wonderful day just walking through the World Showcase, riding rides, trading pins, and just enjoying the beautiful sunshine.

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It was one of the best days I’ve had in a very long time. I love vacation!