Thursday, June 2, 2011

Orlando vacation begins...

So excited for the vacation, my brother and I leave for the airport on May 23rd and get through security in no time :).  So far good start ...hehe.  We get to Orlando around 6:45 pm and the way airport is situated is that you have to take the tram to get to main terminal.  We get to the level 1 where the ground transportation is for Mears transportation and get our round trip shuttle ticket ($34/person) and head out to catch the shuttle.  As we head out, the sudden change in weather hits me with hot and humid air...oh I could feel the 90 degree temperatures :P.  We have to wait for 20-30 mins for the shuttle so I immediately go back in the building to sit in the air conditioning hall ...haha...I don't know how the rest of the days will work out when I am out in the open parks in 90+ degrees temperatures, but we'll see about that.  Surely our shuttle comes within 25 minutes and we are at our hotel in little over half an hour.  The hotel looked very nice (at least from the lobby) since it had huge and very nice lobby.  The check-in was quick and as told by orlandovacation.com, we received all of our theme park tickets at the counter.  We were so hungry and tired, but on our way to the room, we picked up all the theme park maps and time guides along with the  hotel shuttle times that we would be using every day.

Hurrying up to the room, I was pretty happy with the room.  It was nice, big, and spacious, with 2 queen beds, 42" plasma tv, nice bathroom, AC, fridge, microwave, and wooden closets.  We did a quick check in the room and found 2 things missing, one light bulb and the microwave dish.  The maintenance guy comes within 5 minutes to take care of it.  Now about the food, there were so many restaurants near by within 5-10 minutes of walking distance, but we headed to Cici's pizza which was just a 5 minute walk from the hotel.  It was already 9:15 pm and they close at 10, so we went to eat first and then plan our days out for the next 7 days :).  With our tummy's filled, we were able to plan out the first day which was at Magic Kingdom (MK).  The park was going to be open from 9 am - 9 pm and our shuttle left for MK at around 8:30 am which worked out perfectly fine.  We jot down the list of rides which we want to cover first and the shows that we didn't want to miss.  We call it a night and go to sleep....waiting for the next day's adventures!!

First stop of the vacation is Magic Kingdom, stay tuned for all the details coming up....

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