We Had The Time Of Our Lives

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Finally I have managed to catch up with most of my mylot emails I received this past week. As some of you know our family went on vacation to Orlando Florida last week and had a blast. We stayed at the Orlando Florida World Center Hotel and Resort - Marriott and it was flash. My husband managed to find a good package for 5 days and 4 nights including 3x tickets to Seaworld for the duration of our stay. The hotel had everything we could think of from Starbucks LOL to restaurants, souvenir shops, a food court, children's activity center including arcade and games, table tennis, basketball and volleyball court, huge swimming pool with water slides and water falls, and everything else that usually comes with the hotel. Of course we stayed away from the mini bar and a few of the restaurants because of the prices and dined on take out and ventured around the outlets and streets nearby the hotel. The only restaurant we dined at for dinner one time and breakfast three times was Solaris, very yummy buffet breakfast (eat all you want for $20 or thereabouts LOL). The service was great and my son LOVED the hotel rooms and the beds, they were so comfy. This was his first time in a hotel room LOL and he didn't want to leave. One things for sure, the weather is so much hotter down there than it is back in DC. We found that out the next day we went to Seaworld and should have waited until late afternoon. We were sweating and I think slightly dehydrated even though we had lots of bottle of water with us. We were forever looking for aircon rooms to visit instead of being outside in the sun. We got to touch dolphins and stingrays which was a little scarey and slimy at the same time LOL We saw 2x Shamu the Whale shows during the day and at night. The night one ROCKED and we got splashed bigtime. It was nice and refreshing considering how hot it was that day. We saw all types of sharks, penguins, fishes etc it was fascinating. They even had fireworks at night which was ok, not as big as Disneyworld, but was a pleasure to watch. We bought souvenirs, even won a big sized dragon from my basketball shots but had to leave it at the hotel as it was too big to take home. We even had to give a few toy dolphins away because we had so many that we won and couldn't bring home. We found a few theme parks nearby and played mini golf and of course I won, rode gokarts and mini rides too LOL - they were so much fun! definitely felt like a kid again! Most of all we enjoyed the swimming and sitting by the pool sipping on diet coke or sprite LOL It was the life and even though it lasted only for a week, it was well worth it:) Next time, whenever that is, I hope to visit Disneyworld and Universal Studios.