When we looked at prices of flights for our trip, we realized that flying to Orlando a day early had significant savings- more than the amount of an extra night at our resort. We booked that flight which gave us a free day after our five day passes for the parks had all been used. None of us minded an extra day to play and enjoy our resort.
That morning after we got ready, we explored City Walk for a bit. We had put off browsing a lot of shops or buying any souvenirs because we knew we'd have plenty of time on Friday to look around.
The kids had fun exploring the shops- and realizing how over priced everything is. Samuel really wanted to spend some of his money, but in the end, couldn't justify the prices of everything. I was proud of his decision making.
For lunch we surprised the kids with reservations at the Toothsome Chocolate Emporium. The kids had asked a few times during our week if we could eat there.
They were pretty happy we said yes.
The theming was cute, the food was standard tourist food, and the overpriced milkshakes were fine. We paid for the experience, and it was a good one.
After lunch we walked back to our resort and spent the next few hours at the pool.
Katherine reminded us that she is a fish just like her brother, Samuel.
This girl does pretty awesome without any formal swim lessons.
We rode the water slide a few times, played ping pong, tossed around beachballs in the pool, and Matt and I even read a few chapters in our books. It was a needed time of relaxation after a full week.
That evening we explored our resort a bit more and ran into King Julian. I love the surprises at Universal. Samuel looked one more time at the gift shop at the resort for a souvenir also.
We ended the night with popcorn for dinner and a few episodes of Shark Tank.
The next morning our flight didn't leave out until 12:00 (thankfully I was able to reschedule the one we originally booked that flew out at 6:00am and had a layover). Since we had some time in the morning we rode the water taxi back to City Walk for one last vacation treat.
Then we packed up and ubered to the airport for our flight home.
The direct flights to and from Orlando certainly spoiled us, especially when we thought about the 20 hour drive we expeceted to have. Thank you for affordable flights!
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