We just returned from 11 days in Florida. What a trip to remember. We visited Gatorland, Legoland, Clearwater Marine Aquarium (home of "Winter" the dolphin), Sea World, Kennedy Space Centre, Animal Kingdom, Magic Kingdom, Blizzard Beach and Universal Studios. The kids were fantastic and the 'grumpies' managed to stay away for the most part. The only not-so-great part was that Liam got an ear infection on day 2 (his first one ever) so Todd took him to emergency at 3:00 a.m. He was given a strong painkiller and antibiotics which he had an allergic reaction to (also a first). Back to the hospital once the allergic rash appeared and onto a new type of medication to treat the infection. He's not one to suffer in silence and the 2nd medicine tasted awful to him so we created a concoction of Dr. Pepper and a slice of lime as a chaser. He didn't even taste the medicine and didn't complain after that discovery. He's all better now and I must say that the care he received and quickness of the hospital was fantastic. Twenty minutes (in emerg!) and he was out.
I took close to 800 pictures; below is just a few of the highlights.
Lounging in the pool at the house we stayed in
Gatorland
Brave bird
Brave boy
Equally brave girl
Both kids loved being in this bird sanctuary
Legoland
This took over 2500 hours to build by 22 people
New York in lego
Clearwater Marine Aquarium
Winter's prosthetic
Winter
A stingray; the kids felt one too
A beach in Clearwater
Sea World
The dolphin show was very well done
Pirate Show was good too
This was a huge turkey leg that Liam devoured
Amazingly trained sea lion
This thing was pretty disgusting actually
Very cool tunnel
In the mouth of a great white shark
Shamu the killer whale show
Liam was pretty impressed when he was soaked by the whales
Kennedy Space Centre; brought back memories of when the Challenger exploded
Animal Kingdom safari
Lion King show at Animal Kingdom
Magic Kingdom
Waiting for the parade to begin
This was a late night, but worth it
Blizzard Beach
Liam aka 'thrill seeker' went down a 12 storey waterslide and loved how his tummy tickled
Universal Studios
Harry Potter world was packed with people
Some funny snails that appeared after a rain downpour
Leaving Universal Studios; the last stop on our adventure
