Yesterday we had an opportunity to spend the afternoon and evening in Orlando. One of our friends here in Lakeland ended up with three hotel rooms in Orlando for his sons birthday party. He tried to cancel the Hilton Disney Resort room but to his dismay and our benefit they would not let him cancel. So he offered it to us at half price. Now my husband really does not care too much about the kind of hotels he stays in. I do care and I love staying in a nice hotel. So when he asked me if I wanted to go I was all for it. So off we went to Orlando. After driving for 45 mins. we arrived at Downtown Disney and checked into the Hilton. We had a huge suite that overlooked Disney and all its parks. We immediately hit the pool. The kids and Nathan and I had a great time hopping between two pools and a hot tub. After a nice time at the pool we cleaned up and headed across the street to Downtown Disney shops and restaurants. We ate at an Italian restaurant that I actually had eaten at yrs ago when I was in college and my dad had taken my brother and sister and I on a family vacation.
Legoland was our next stop. The boys did not want to leave. There was a station where you could make three of your own lego men and then buy them. The boys had a ball doing this. Next we hit the princess stores. One thing that was really cool was in each store you could make and purchase your toy. One store had a station where you could make your own Star Wars Light Saber. Another station where you could make your own treasure chest and stuff it full of treasures. After exploring Downtown Disney we went back to the hotel, slept and then you guessed it went back to the pool for the last few hours before we checked out. It was a nice "vacation in a vacation" as Grace put it. It also gave the kids a little taste of Disney.
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