Was absolutely amazing! As most of my small blogging community knows, I went to Walt Disney World for the week of spring break. My Mama, Grandma, and I left NC on Saturday morning headed for Disney. We stopped in South Carolina to eat lunch at Angelou's (a seafood restaurant run by a very nice Greek family that Grandma and Grandy have known for a long time). After eating we were on the road again. And we were on the road some more..........and some more.........and we were still on the road............and finally we arrived at our new home for the next week!!! And there it was, the most glorious resort I have ever stayed at in my life, Animal Kingdom Lodge.
The 6 story, thatched roof resort complete with open savannah for all sorts of African wildlife to roam across. It was perfect! And here is how you know it is one of our family trips, no sooner had we parked the car at the check-in station when a very nice gentelman approached us and asked us if we wanted assistance with our luggage. We kindly replied no we've got it and he says okay well get it out of your car and go check in. Well....FYI Mr. Valet Concierge Man thats not how we typically do things we usually check in first then get our luggage out of the car just in case the scenario plays out where we can't get connecting rooms and we change resorts last minute to accomodate our needs (I'll just interject here you could not have pried me away from that resort with a crowbar...). He kindly replied alright well give me your keys to which my mama promptly handed him and said here you go without even thinking where this perfect stranger was going with our car. We checked into the resort, got our room numbers, went back to the car and after seeing how long of a journey it was to our rooms decided to let them assist us with our luggage after all. The rooms were amazing, two queen sized beds, a large vanity mirror with two sinks, a pretty sweet shower, and there it was...the balcony overlooking the savannah. I pulled back the curtains, opened the door, and my eyes looked upon a giraffe!!! I just want to repeat that, there was a giraffe right outside my window staring me in the face! Needless to say I was pretty excited and I will admit it was a little difficult to even leave the comfort of my balcony to go to the parks.
However, I did leave the comfort of my balcony to go out into the parks. They were all amazing (Magic Kingdom, Epcot, Hollywood Studios, Animal Kingdom). In Magic Kingdom there was Cinderella's Castle, The Haunted Mansion, Big Thunder Mountain, Pirates of the Caribbean, The Tea Cups, and coutless other rides and attractions. And of course, it is Disney World, there were tons of characters. Animal Kingdom provides a plethora of pachaderms (thats just me being silly) they have a lot of animals not just pachaderms. In addition to all of the animals they have Expedition Everest, The Primeval Whirl, Kilamanjaro Safaris (which showcases the animals in a natural environment), an awesome Finding Nemo broadway-esque musical, and Dinosaur (it is pretty scary.....I'm lying its terrifying lol). Epcot has World Showcase, Test Track, Soarin', Mission Space, and of course Spaceship Earth (the ride inside the Epcot ball). Hollywood studios is pretty action-packed with rides such as Rockin Rollercoaster featuring Aerosmith, Tower of Terror, The Great Movie Ride, Star Tours, and this nifty new ride called Toy Story Mania which is a 4-D ride where you try to shoot random objects using your toy sized cannon (it is really fun I don't feel like that description does it justice so if you are curious about it just ask me and I will be better able to communicate because I will be able to talk with my hands). It was an awesome vacation and it was really refreshing to get away for a little while. I am sure I will share some more stories from Disney but for now I am done.
