We arrived in Orlando, FL on 7/6/16 bright and early! Our resort room at the Port Orleans was not ready so we took the bus over to Animal Kingdom to explore. It was over 100 degrees but we still took a safari, rode rides and shopped! We were exhausted so we went back to the resort to hopefully see our luggage and shower! However our luggage was in another room but they gave us a free night's stay and extra fast passes for 2 days! Our luggage arrived a few hours later!
On the 7th, Emma had a workshop with her dance studio so it was a pool day for us! It was wonderful since it was a beautiful but hot day! When she was done, she changed and her and I took the bus over with other parents for a special gala dinner with her studio. Ethan and Erik stayed at the resort and relaxed. Emma met tons of characters and her fave princesses and ate and danced the night away at Epcot!
On the 8th Emma and her studio were performing at Disney Springs. We took the ferry over and watched her perform. It was extremely hot that day but these dancers kept going through 4 shows in the afternoon. We did a little shopping and then headed back. Emma was exhausted so we just had dinner and the food court at our resort! Still yummy!
The following day we had planned to go to Magic Kingdom and Hollywood! It was exhausting and hot but we did both parks in one day. We did not get to do everything we wanted but we hit what we could. I found out that my kiddos LOVE rollercoasters! We also did some more shopping and snacked on some great foods at both parks.
The 10th was a pool day to relax and veg out! We spent the entire day at the pool and headed over to Disney Springs on the bus (since it was going to storm). Luckily we had ponchos but the storm was quick and we were able to shop and try a great burger place (very expensive gourmet burgers though).
The 11th was our last full day at Disney so we hit Epcot. We rode almost every ride and went through the countries and tried some different foods. We also had dinner at Coral Reef and watched the fish swim by!
If I had to do it over, I would of course maybe not go in July but not my choice AND go to the parks in late afternoon or evening during that time of year! Emma's studio usually dances there every 4-5 years so we might be back!
