Next to Animal Kingdom, Ly and Alan spent the most time on their vacation at Magic Kingdom. Nothing beats the feeling of walking down Main Street!
The many days spent at Magic Kingdom were a blur but Ly & Alan were excited to see the new fantasyland. They ate lunch (and dinner) at the Beast's Castle, which was beautiful and delicious. The imagineers certainly outdid themselves. They also experienced the new Enchanted Tales with Belle, which was cute - especially if you have children. As always, they experienced multiple rides on all of their favorites, including Big Thunder Railroad and Space Mountain. Additionally, they tried something new and went to an exclusive dessert party where they had unlimited desserts and a prime spot for viewing fireworks. It was certainly a fun experience despite the fact that they could never eat their weight in desserts.
Ly loved the nighttime castle projection show which transformed the castle into the castles from a variety of favorite disney movies. Ly's favorite was when the castle changed into the castle from Frozen and the Fix it Felix game from Wreck it Ralph. At the end they added a holiday twist where it was changed it into a gingerbread house. In addition to the castle projection show, the fireworks were wonderful and Ly as always loved the Main Street Electrical Parade. In fact, she watched it multiple times and the music for the Main Street Electrical Parade makes her giddy.
Ly & Alan began their trip at Magic Kingdom and ended it at 3 am being one of the last to leave (reluctantly, I might add). There is nothing like being able to ride Big Thunder six times in a row without getting off and walking down a near empty main street to end a magical trip.
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1.05.2014
1.03.2014
Epcot
While Ly loved Animal Kingdom, Alan loved Epcot. The firework show at Epcot, illuminations, is by far one of the best shows in all of WDW. In fact, Ly & Alan went and saw it twice! The holiday message added at the end about world peace is certainly powerful and beautiful. Needless to say, Ly & Alan spent a lot of time in the evenings at Epcot - they even walked around the world showcase when there was hardly anyone left in the park. It is certainly a magical feeling to be one of a handful of people left in the park.
Some of the other highlights of Ly & Alan's Epcot adventures include: riding test track multiple times, buying a stuffed penguin in Japan, walking hand-in-hand around the world showcase, designing and riding our own roller coaster, lunch at the french bakery, and walking to the Boardwalk for an amazing dinner at the Flying Fish Cafe.
We highly recommend a trip to Epcot, especially at night.
Some of the other highlights of Ly & Alan's Epcot adventures include: riding test track multiple times, buying a stuffed penguin in Japan, walking hand-in-hand around the world showcase, designing and riding our own roller coaster, lunch at the french bakery, and walking to the Boardwalk for an amazing dinner at the Flying Fish Cafe.
We highly recommend a trip to Epcot, especially at night.
1.02.2014
Animal Kingdom
When Ly + Alan were at Disney, Ly fell in love with Animal Kingdom. Since Alan got super sick on their first day at Animal Kingdom (read: motion sickness), Ly & Alan spent some time exploring the park and avoiding the rides. They walked on all of the trails and saw tons of animals. Ly loved the fact that she could be a wilderness explorer and collect badges throughout the entire park. Alan also enjoyed this discovery because it distracted Ly & gave her something to do other than ride Expedition Everest a million times. They also took tons of photos of the animals (no surprise given Ly's affinity for animals). Animal Kingdom is so beautiful, the imagineers really out did themselves with the theming - from the lines themselves to the park in general, the entire place is plethora of beauty.
In fact, Ly loved Animal Kingdom so much that they decided to change their plans and went to Animal Kingdom every morning to ride Expedition Everest (her favorite ride...it goes fast, backwards in the dark, and even has a big drop) as many times as possible in a row before Alan puked (the limit was 4 times without a small break) and then to say hello to some of their favorite animals before going to visit the other parks.
In fact, Ly loved Animal Kingdom so much that they decided to change their plans and went to Animal Kingdom every morning to ride Expedition Everest (her favorite ride...it goes fast, backwards in the dark, and even has a big drop) as many times as possible in a row before Alan puked (the limit was 4 times without a small break) and then to say hello to some of their favorite animals before going to visit the other parks.
12.31.2013
4.03.2013
HIlton Head
This past weekend, Alan had "Spring Break" (aka a 3 day weekend) so Ly+Alan decided to get in the car and go to one of their favorite places - Hilton Head. It was, as always, a wonderful weekend full of relaxation. Ly spent a glorious amount of time sitting in the sand soaking up the sunshine. She also came home with a lovely sunburn on her face as a souvenir from the time she fell asleep and forgot to reapply sunscreen. Awesome.
The trip wasn't all sunshine and sand though -- it did rain quite a bit. Luckily, Ly+Alan stayed at an awesome resort and so they spent some time watching movies, eating snacks, and relaxing in their glorious hotel room while listening to the sound of the rain hitting the balcony. Of course they did go on some nice long walks on the beach in the rain, which was relaxing.
There is just something about the beach that makes all your worries wash away, even when it is raining.
1.08.2013
Looking Back at 2012
Looking back, 2012 sure was a year full of hard work -- but also full of fun. It started off in Idaho, with Alan's family and ended in California with Ly's family. All the time in between was full of studying, laughs (some tears), and adventures.
Highlights include:
Ly got a new computer so she could apply to grad school for advertising. She should've taken it as a sign when her old computer died a few weeks before her portfolio was due...but she applied, then didn't get in. Turns out that was great because at the end of the year she applied to grad school (again) only this time for a MDiv and was accepted within a few weeks...and thus begins her journey towards working in Pastoral Medicine.
For spring break, Ly + Alan spent some time at their favorite beach on the East Coast - Hilton Head. They ate lots of yummy seafood and Alan studied for his boards (which he took in July and totally rocked) while Ly read lots of books and made friends with the local wildlife.
After the boards, Ly + Alan went to the beach again - only this time to Cancun for almost 2 weeks. Ly loved being back in Mexico again (although this trip was quite different than her earlier Mexico adventures) and especially enjoyed her time on the beach, (surprise surprise) reading, and of course snorkeling with the sea turtles. Alan enjoyed not having to study for boards.
After getting back from Mexico, Ly + Alan moved into a new home...complete with an office AND a sewing studio. Then Alan started rotations for med school and spending time together became a rare gift.
Speaking of Salt Lake, in the fall, Alan + Ly flew out to SLC for a weekend to see Alan's youngest sister get married. She was a gorgeous bride, and Ly + Alan enjoyed catching up with friends and family.
As fall hit the east coast, Ly managed to steal Alan away for an afternoon to go apple picking and to go for a drive on the Blue Ridge Parkway. Ly loves the east coast in the fall...almost as much as the beach.
Finally, to finish off the year, Ly + Alan headed out to glorious Southern California to visit Ly's family and celebrate the holidays. Obviously ample time was spent at the beach and relaxing with Ly's entire family. It was the perfect way to end 2012 and ring in the new year.
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