Thursday

I've been negligent in keeping the blog updated over the past 48 hours. Here's a quick recap.

Wednesday was our day at Hollywood Studios (formerly known as Disney/MGM). We got there just as the park opened at 9am, but we could quickly tell that John was not feeling well. Maria and I decided that we would try to get him through to lunch, where we had a special lunch planned at one of the restaurants. But John let us know pretty quickly, during our first ride of the day, that he wanted to go back to the hotel. So at 9:45am, John and I went back to the hotel for the rest of the day while Maria and Kevin stayed with the Hanshaws at the park.

Back at the hotel, John had a pretty lousy day. He took a 4 hour nap in the early afternoon, and was still pretty much out of it when he was awake. But by the evening, he was showing a few signs of starting to feel better, so that was encouraging.

Meanwhile, back at the park, the rest of the gang had a great time.

Today was Blizzard Beach, one of Disney's water parks. Fortunately, John was feeling better today so we could all go and have a great time. I was the only one brave enough to go down the "Summit Plummet" water slide, which was a 120 foot drop at speeds over 50 MPH. We stayed at the park from when it opened at 10am until around 3:30pm, when we all went back to our respective "homes" to get changed and regroup. The plan was for us all to go back to Hollywood Studios for the evening to see the "Fantasmic" show, but John was pretty pooped out from the day at Blizzard Beach and didn't want to go out again. So I took Kevin and we met up with the Hanshaws. The Fantasmic show was amazing. I was able to record most of it on video, so Maria and John can check it out in the morning.


A brief clip from "Fantasmic"

Tomorrow is our last full day in Orlando, and is a day off from the parks. I'll be going to get the blowout tire either repaired or replaced first thing in the morning. The plans for the remainder of the day have yet to be determined.

That's all for now.