It’s getting closer!
Can’t wait….a few pics from this weekend….
ENJOY!
It’s getting closer!
Can’t wait….a few pics from this weekend….
ENJOY!
Families that travel together are not only making a lifetime of memories but sharing the unbelievable riches that come along with travel itself.
Imagine how your views of the world change once you are immersed in another culture firsthand. Sights and Sounds are one thing but the real education is in the cultures of the people you encounter along the way. It doesn’t matter if you are 5 years old or 90 certain trips will stay with you for a lifetime!
For this reason I believe in always trying or traveling somewhere new. You never know what surprises the journey or destination hold!
So get out there!
My favorite holiday! Absolutely LOVE it! when else do you have an excuse to dress up as whatever you want! I also love Fall, the leaves changing ( I absolutely miss this from living up North) pumpkins, apple cider….must I go on! I am getting nostalgic here!
So Yes, Fall or their lack of the season entirely is a little different here in Florida. Although you better believe I will find ways to still celebrate it!
On a happy note though living so close to Disney I now get to partake in Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Party!
It is loads of fun! So let’s start with that.
I decided to put together a list of haunting and scary Halloween adventures in the Orlando area! So please read on….
these are only a few and there is much more…..
Magic Kingdom
Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Party-Yes, I consider this the “Main Event” bought my tickets and reserved my room back in June! Well I KNEW I was going!
During Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party, Guests of all ages are encouraged to dress up in their favorite Halloween costumes. Even better, you can collect delicious candy as you trick-or-treat around Magic Kingdom theme park.
In addition to many favorite Disney attractions, Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party is filled with special entertainment, including:
The tone of the event is, well, “Not-So-Scary”, and is appropriate for children of all ages.
Check out 2012 ticket info and 2011 pics here…
https://disneychronicles.com/mickeys-not-so-scary-halloween-party/
Legoland
This October, the park is debuting “Brick-or-Treat,” Legoland’s first kid-friendly Halloween celebration.
“During Brick-or-Treat, presented by Wells Fargo, Miniland USA will transform into a fun, haunted scavenger hunt for the whole family with the invasion of LEGO Monster Fighters and their enemies.”
“This thrilling family event also features trick-or-treating along the brick-or-treat trail, a kids’ four category costume contest with brick-tastic prizes and a build your own Halloween themed LEGO pumpkin model activity station. Only found at LEGOLAND Florida, families can also check out the world’s largest LEGO Jack-O-Lantern made of 26,500 LEGO bricks and capture a great photo memory.”
Universal’s Halloween Horror Nights
This is not for the WEAK!
ok, not gonna lie…absolutely petrified of doing this! Although EVERY year I say I will ….I don’t…maybe if I got a whole big group of people to go…hmmmm maybe next year! 😀
Face your deepest fears in the flesh, or what’s left of it when Halloween Horror Nights 22 invades Universal Orlando.
Can you survive a nightmarish horde of zombies from AMC’s The Walking Dead? How about the demented mind of Alice Cooper, a magic trick by Penn & Teller gone horrifically wrong, or the next dimension of terror in Silent Hill? There’s only one way to find out! Experience all-new haunted houses, scare zones, live shows and more!
Plan your escape, select nights September 21 – October 31
and then there’s…I may have to leave this one for next year also 😀
Busch Gardens Howl-O-Scream
Zombies will overtake Busch Gardens this year. Jill M. Revelle, Marketing Director, promises that, “Even the streets themselves aren’t safe…for zombies live here, and insatiable hordes pour forth from every shadow, hungry to show fans the most horrifying Howl-O-Scream yet.”
We finally made it to Blizzard Beach before the summer ended! yes, we went Sunday and school started Monday! 😀
Hey, it was the end of summer “hurrah”! (still counts) so to begin….have you ever heard the Blizzard Beach “Story”…the how it all began?
Well here we go…
The Story
After a freak snow storm blanketed Florida in white, a ski resort sprang up with slalom courses, toboggan slides and iceberg walkways. When the weather shifted back to hot, the whole resort started to melt. What to do?
An enterprising alligator saw an opportunity. Clad in a scarf and hat, the gator slid down the ski jump, shouting “Yahoooo!” all the way. With a big splash he landed in a pool of melted snow below the mountain, and the slushy, slippery slopes became an exhilarating water park like no other in the world!
My kids are 9 and 7, and I felt that Blizzard Beach compared to Typhoon Lagoon was more enjoyable for them. It is split into different areas based on the age of your children. I do have to add though that Typhoon Lagoon is actually my favorite of the two. It just has a better feel for me.
But back to Blizzard..
Mount Gushmore is the centerpiece of it all! The whole park revolves around it! The detail around Mt. Gushmore is amazing. I must admit though some slides you will be climbing stairs to get to…and OH MY by the feel of your tired muscles you realize how high you are really going!
The lazy river is not as good as Typhoon Lagoons, the park was hardly crowded when we went, yet there was a big lack of tubes on the lazy river compared to Typhoon Lagoon. The river route is along trees so you get a lot of branches and leaves in the water. Maybe because it is the end of summer and I don’t have another time frame to compare this too but the lazy river was filthy. This could not possibly have been all from 1 day.
(So being the Disney addict that I am…Disney doesn’t disappoint me much…ever (I’m sure I usually overlook things)…well this was a HUGE disappointment! the theming as always was AWESOME! but you just can’t overlook how dirty this was!
now before we go on I admit …Summit Plummet (oh heck NO!) is the BIG one and is one of the world’s tallest and fastest free-falling slides. Standing 120 feet tall and 13 stories high.
There will be no review here because I did NOT ride it 😀
Teamboat Springs is a family raft ride down a winding river. Big kids, teens and adults can all ride together in a large raft that holds 4 to 6 people. This was fun and actually longer then I expected.
Melt-Away Bay is a one-acre wave pool, now this is a relaxing kind of wave pool. Nothing like the one at Typhoon Lagoon which is flat-out CRAZY…..and I absolutely LOVE!
Runoff Rapids sends you twisting down the banks of Mount Gushmore for a refreshing plunge at the bottom. There are 3 unique waterslides to choose from. I think this was my favorite of all the slides.
Snow Stormers are 3 slalom-style racing course waterslides that use toboggan-style mats to slide down. ok, this was scary! I will pass next time. 😀
Toboggan Racers has up to 8 riders in a waterslide race. Quick, fun and fast.
Check out the picture below….It was really fast!
Overall a FUN waterpark and you have younger kids it is really perfect!
Here’s a link to all my pics…
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151062152808853.441294.142061353852&type=3