Disney World

One could say that the Guzowski family has been bitten by the Disney World bug-- or I should say, "mouse." We got a little bit crazy over the past 6 weeks and went to Disney World, not once, but twice less than a four week period. We celebrated Kaylee's 12th (yes, do you believe it?) birthday and headed for Orlando. It was helpful that the kids were out of school the day before for a nice 3 day weekend with no dance and no gymnastics! So we did a marathon 2 days and 3 nights in Orlando. We covered the Magic Kingdom, Hollywood Studios, and Epcot (well, not the whole World Showcase, but all of Future World and Illuminations!) in 2 days. There wasn't a ride that we missed and many were done several times thanks to our "Tour Guide Mike" plan that we follow to "t." Bella is at the absolute peak age for this sort of thing and we had to do all the things that we tend to skip. For example: lots of time spent in Minnie's house, lunch in Cinderella's Castle with all the princesses, Dumbo, you get the idea.

That brings me to the above picture of Maddie, Grayson, and Sarah in Dumbo. Grayson was TERRIFIED and screamed like a stuck pig on this ride. Yes, this is our son who wants to be a fighter pilot-- well, used to want to be a fighter pilot. He couldn't handle the idea of getting onto Test Track either-- another moment in time that will probably scar him (an all those standing around him) forever. His twin sister, which just makes it so much worse, is a roller coaster junkie! He, much to his chagrin, is just tall enough for all the big roller coasters-- and he did survive Space Mountain (don't know how we swung that one)-- Sarah, is just a hair short of being able to ride all the roller coasters.

On our second trip to Orlando, we spent much time at Sea World. Maddie and Kaylee went back to the park almost every night just to ride Kraaken-- the 7 loop roller coaster. Sarah was so bummed that she wasn't tall enough.... oh well, maybe she'll eat more to try and reach that goal for when we return in November (yep....) Grayson was so thankful he was not even close to the 54" requirement for that one.