Massanutten Vacation 2009, Day One

Saturday, June 27, 2009 “Day one of vacation.” To many, there are few sweeter words than these. “Sun”, “fun”, “relaxation”, “enjoyment” – to some people, these words are often considered to be synonymous with...

Our Disney Vacation, Part 8

We awoke and ate breakfast early so that we could pack up and get on our way before checkout time at 11. I was anxious, given my extreme hatred of traveling. That coupled with the fact that The Wife can’t stand having me around when there’s packing to do caused the...

Our Disney Vacation, Part 7

Today was the big day. The big finale. The big trip to the Magic Kingdom, the Mecca of all things Disney. We drove up under the big Walt Disney World archway and found our way to the line to pay our parking tithe and made our way into the parking lot and eventually...

Our Disney Vacation, Part 6

Today we headed out to Disney’s Hollywood Studios, which the kids had been chomping at the bit to do all week. Largely, this was in anticipation of getting on the Toy Story Mania ride/adventure/event. So, we arrived at the park and waited in line to pay for the...

Our Disney Vacation, Part 5

Today we started the day out at Epcot again, to finish up the couple of countries and the couple of rides we didn’t get to initially thanks to the daily rain storms. So, off to the park we wandered and once inside we headed East (we did the Western route the other...

Our Disney Vacation, Part 4

Today we met up with The Girl’s friend from school and her family, the Reeds, in Sea World. We had talked the day before and would meet around 10 near the dolphin feeding area. So we waited there and got a call that they were stuck in line to feed the dolphins, so how...