First Family Vacation! - Florida

July 19-28, 2007

It was a busy schedule as we took our first family vacation and went down to Florida.
This was the original schedule, though we added many hours
at the parks and also spent an evening in Magic Kingdom, returning to the hotel after 2 a.m.

 

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

 

 

 

 

19 – Leaving Boston 2:30 AM Arriving in Orlando 5:35

20 – Old Fashioned Airboat – 11:00 (90 minutes

 

Mt. Dora

 

Cirque Du Soliel  6:00

21- Day Hopper –Animal Kingdom

 

 

22 – Day Hopper – Typhoon Lagoon

 

Emeril’s @ 5:30

23 – Day Hopper – Epcot

24 – Discovery Cove – Dolphin Swim

25 – MGM &  Dinner 6-8 @ Sharks Underwater (arrive at 5:30)

26 – Day Hopper – Sea World

 

Go to Bob & Heidi in evening

27 –

Canoeing w/Bob & Heidi

 

Red Sox 7:10 Tampa Bay  Bob & Heidi

28 – Leaving 6:20 pm Returning Home 9:15 pm

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Day 1: We arrived a little late due to storms and a problem with the airplane.
We went to the hotel, All-Star Movies and checked out things. 
Day 2: We went on a airboat ride today. Very rustic and LOUD. We saw wild life including a couple moving alligators! We also went to see home where Keith had lived as a child and later in the evening went to the Cirque du Soliel show which was incredible.

Air boat ride

Alligator swimming!

 
Day 3: Today we went early to Animal Kingdom and had the best meal of the vacation at the Melting Pot.

A gorilla having his morning snack.

 

Day 4: Spent the day at Typhoon Lagoon and then went to Emeril's restaurant at Universal for supper. Expensive supper, but delicious! Too many waiters though. There were 3 waiters for every table. It was a little bit over our class! We finished our day at Magic Kingdom viewing the fireworks and going on rides until 2 a.m.

Day 5: Today we spent time at Epcot. It was a hot one! We spent the early evening by the pool and after dinner went and played a round of miniature golf. Keith won!

 

 

 Day 6: Discovery Cove! Awesome! The highlight of the vacation! Incredible! Would go back in a second! Loved everything about the day. It was Samantha's 21st birthday and Tyler (our dolphin) swam to her with a little gift.

Day 7: MGM Studios was anti-climatic after Discovery Cove, though we spent about 8 hours there. We went to lots of shows including there new . In the evening we went to dinner in Sea World at the Shark Underwater Grill. Every table faced the huge shark tank. We went back to MGM in the evening to see the Fantasmic Show which was awesome.

Stunt Car Show 

Day 8: Sea World day. We traveled to Tampa to visit with Bob & Heidi in the evening.
Shamu #1 
Shamu #2 Shamu #3 
Dolphin Show Sea Lion Show

 
Waiting for one of the shows!

 

Day 9: Canoeing with Bob, Heidi and Derek. We traveling down a 7 mile stretch of water. Samantha and my boat capsized! We did see a couple of manatees in the river. Had a great time. After - we traveled to Tropicana Field to see the Red Sox play the Devil Rays. Great seats! Great game!

 

Red Sox just won the game

 

The before post-game interview with Youkilis