Disney World- Day 9

Our "going home/back-to-reality" day had finally arrived. Sadly we all woke up (to an EARLY alarm), to load up in the car for the 10 hour drive back to North Carolina. Even with the heat and the boys being sick, we had an AMAZING week and made so many wonderful family memories. I can totally see how people become Disney World "addicts"-- I began asking Tyler when we can plan our next trip as soon as we started driving off Disney property!! ;-) I'm keeping my fingers crossed for 2012!!!!!

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Disney World Day 8

This was originally supposed to be our "Going Home" day. But due to Tyler getting sick, we checked with the resort and we were able to extend our reservations by one night. By this time, Caiden started feeling not-so-great. But it was our last day and we had yet to visit EPCOT, so off we went!! Thankfully the heat had finally subsided, and it was a beautiful, sunny, mild-temperatured day, and it actually got quite chilly that night! We had a WONDERFUL day at EPCOT, and I would really have loved to spend more time there-- I really think you need two days for EPCOT, one for the "Land, Sea, Space, Air" side, and one for the "Countries" side. Our night (and our trip) ended with EPCOT's not-to-miss SPECTACULAR fireworks show. We saw a lot of fireworks shows while at Disney, but EPCOT's was by far the best!!!

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Disney World Day 7

We managed to get in bed at a decent hour the previous night, so we were able to get up early and make it to Animal Kingdom shortly after the park opened. We were able to go on, and do everything today that we weren't able to do the first time we went to Animal Kingdom. We enjoyed the park MUCH more being there first thing in the morning, as opposed to later in the day! After we had our fill of animals, we headed back to Downtown Disney to finish our souvenir shopping as our trip was quickly coming to a close! Then we headed back to our room to freshen up before our dinner reservations at The California Grill restaurant atop Disney's Contemporary Resort. I had read that this restaurant was one of THE best in all of Disney, and that you could also watch Magic Kingdom's fireworks show from the top. What a NEAT experience!! We went outside onto the hotel's rooftop viewing area to watch the fireworks. They even had speakers on the roof coordinating the same music and narration for us that was playing throughout Magic Kingdom!! Then it was back inside for our super Gourmet dinner. We have NEVER experienced a dinner like this, and although it was especially tasty, I'm not sure if we'll do it again- we're more of a burgers & fries kind of family. But it was definitely a cool experience, and I highly recommend experiencing a gourmet dinner at least ONCE in your life!!!

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Disney World Day 5 & Day 6

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We decided to take a break from the parks for a day and head over to check out Disney's Typhoon Lagoon Water Park. This time it was just me and the kids. Poor Tyler was feeling miserable on this day, and decided it was best if he stay behind and rest up for the rest of the week. The kids and I had a great time together playing on the water slides, but Tyler was definitely missed. Although I really think this "day off" helped out a lot! He came and picked us up from the park that evening and we headed over to Downtown Disney for dinner and to play at the Disney Quest huge video-game/arcade center.

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The following day we left Disney World for the day and headed up the road to visit Sea World. A HUGE thank-you, once again, to Anheuser Busch for the "Hero Salute" program that they offer year in and year out for us military families!!!

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Disney World Day 4

This day was our BIG day!!! We decided to purchase tickets to attend Mickey's-Not-So-Scary Halloween Party event that evening. Kids, adults, and even Disney characters were dressed in Halloween costumes! They had a special parade, and special fireworks, and there were even places for the kids to "trick-or-treat". Between the three of them, they received enough candy to last a lifetime!!! We also decided to let the girls experience the Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique, and let Caiden experience the new Pirate's League- perfect experiences to make our Halloween party even more fun!!! What another GREAT day!!!!

**This is the LONG slideshow, but SO worth it! :-)**

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