ThreeBoyMama
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- Nov 5, 2014
Hi everyone! Finally getting around to writing up Sean’s and my trip from last September! Our dates were September 16th to the 24th, staying at the Beach Club for most of the trip with one night each at AKL-Jambo and Saratoga Springs. We had awesome (albeit hot) weather almost the entire trip, ate lots of good food, spent a ton of time at the pool, and had an all-around fantastic time!
Here is the lineup of where we ate, in addition to some quick service and booths at Food & Wine:
· Sanaa
· Rose & Crown Pub & Dining Room
· Yak & Yeti Restaurant
· The BOATHOUSE
· Cinderella’s Royal Table
· Via Napoli Ristorante e Pizzeria
· Sci-Fi Dine-in Theater
· Tusker House
· ‘Ohana (Best Friends Breakfast Featuring Lilo & Stitch)
· Wolfgang Puck Express
· Boma-Flavors of Africa
Let’s get this report started!
Additional Background:
So for those who didn’t read my last trip report, this trip was a special one because it was just me and my youngest son Sean, who was 8.5 at the time. We had planned this trip after we returned from our epic October 2016 trip during which his brothers had turned 12 and 14. That trip tended to focus more on the “big kid” stuff, including three days at Universal, and upon returning home I realized that we really hadn’t done a lot geared toward younger kids (we didn’t even ride Dumbo!). With that thought in mind, I started planning a trip for just the two of us that wouldn’t be so hard core go-go-go in the parks, would allow us to do some “little kid stuff” like the Frozen singalong, and would give us some rare one-on-one Mommy and Sean time.
We drove from Madison, Wisconsin, leaving on Friday, September 15th and stopping over for one night in Atlanta on our way south (I suffered through a lonnnng first day of driving so we’d have a shorter day going into Orlando the second day in order to maximize resort/pool time that afternoon). Yes, I am crazy and I drove from Wisconsin to Florida by myself with an 8-year-old. It actually was uneventful and he proved to be an awesome travel companion…I think I probably complained more than he did
Here is the lineup of where we ate, in addition to some quick service and booths at Food & Wine:
· Sanaa
· Rose & Crown Pub & Dining Room
· Yak & Yeti Restaurant
· The BOATHOUSE
· Cinderella’s Royal Table
· Via Napoli Ristorante e Pizzeria
· Sci-Fi Dine-in Theater
· Tusker House
· ‘Ohana (Best Friends Breakfast Featuring Lilo & Stitch)
· Wolfgang Puck Express
· Boma-Flavors of Africa
Let’s get this report started!
Additional Background:
So for those who didn’t read my last trip report, this trip was a special one because it was just me and my youngest son Sean, who was 8.5 at the time. We had planned this trip after we returned from our epic October 2016 trip during which his brothers had turned 12 and 14. That trip tended to focus more on the “big kid” stuff, including three days at Universal, and upon returning home I realized that we really hadn’t done a lot geared toward younger kids (we didn’t even ride Dumbo!). With that thought in mind, I started planning a trip for just the two of us that wouldn’t be so hard core go-go-go in the parks, would allow us to do some “little kid stuff” like the Frozen singalong, and would give us some rare one-on-one Mommy and Sean time.
We drove from Madison, Wisconsin, leaving on Friday, September 15th and stopping over for one night in Atlanta on our way south (I suffered through a lonnnng first day of driving so we’d have a shorter day going into Orlando the second day in order to maximize resort/pool time that afternoon). Yes, I am crazy and I drove from Wisconsin to Florida by myself with an 8-year-old. It actually was uneventful and he proved to be an awesome travel companion…I think I probably complained more than he did