Roxy driving and Kristine navigating during one of our many trips to Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida.


A favorite vacation spot when our children were younger was Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida. It was so convenient to stay right on the Disney property. We've stayed in the Caribbean Beach, the All-Star Sports, All-Star Music and Dixie Landings Resorts. We even took a motor home and stayed at the Fort Wilderness Campground, but we've found that flying is MUCH better!

Our vacation would not officially begin until we had our first look at the Castle at the Magic Kingdom! We loved the rides, some more than others. The kids loved Splash Mountain, Space Mountain and Thunder Mountain Railroad. They also loved the Pirates of the Caribbean and the Haunted Mansion. The girls liked It's a Small World while the boys liked Adventure Land and Tomorrow Land better. Bill's favorite was Dumbo, the Tiki Room and the Hall of Presidents.

We found several restaurants at Epcot Center that we really enjoyed including The Coral Reef, Marrakesh in Morocco, The Teppanyaki Dining Room in Japan, L’Originale Alfredo di Roma Ristorante in Italy, to name a few! We also loved several of the resort restaurants and would always take in a character meal or two for the kids. Our favorite snacks were Strawberry Swirls, Citrus Swirls and Dole Whips.

We enjoyed Disney MGM Studios, including the Star Wars ride, the Indiana Jones Stunt Spectacular (in which Bill played a role!), the tour of the movie sets and the parades.

We enjoyed the live shows with colorful singing and dancing, the daytime parades, but especially the night parades and fireworks. Tinkerbell was a favorite for the fireworks at the Magic Kingdom and Illuminations at Epcot was amazing.

We are planning a return trip in the near future to see how much things have changed since we were there last. The sunshine and warm weather is always a welcome experience after the cold, wet winters of northern Wisconsin!

Have a great day,

Bill