Sunday (9 Feb) - Washington Dulles Airport

Get ready for some photos! I had some issues while I was traveling and wasn't able to upload any of my photos to the server... so, now you get the backlog! Don't worry, they'll be behind cuts.

On Sunday (the 9th), rackham drove taradaktyl and me down to the airport at what felt like an obscene time of the morning... especially for a weekend! Taradaktyl's birthday had been that week and the trip to Florida was her big birthday present... and since very few members of her family could make it, she asked if I'd like to come along (her husband travels a LOT for work and was able to get my ticket on points) and how could I refuse! We ended up with about an hour and a half layover at Washington Dulles airport... my first time to ever fly through there.

( This was a rather pretty lighted wall not far from our gate. )

Crossposted from my Livejournal.

Monday (10 Feb) - Incredible Hulk Ride

Monday, we hit Universal Studios Orlando... and it was surprisingly empty! I got to ride the Dragon Challenge Coasters three times (and could have gone more but decided to move on). I decided to pass on Forbidden Journey this time, since even with my rather iron stomach, it seems to always make me queasy. Grabbed some lunch at the Three Broomsticks for the first time... the food was okay, but I sort of wish I'd stuck with my favorite and gone to Mythos, instead. Ah, well... I know better for next time! We did a few other rides in the park, but I was very happy to manage three rides on ( what is still my favorite roller coaster, anywhere. )

Crossposted from my Livejournal.

Tuesday (11 Feb) - Expedition Everest

Okay, so there's starting to be a theme going here... but this is my last roller coaster pic for this trip, I promise! On Tuesday we headed over to Disney's Animal Kingdom and another of my favorite rides: ( Expedition Everest. )

Crossposted from my Livejournal.

Wednesday (12 Feb) - Dark Skies Over EPCOT

We started off Wednesday over at EPCOT... which, of course, meant I got to go on my favorite ride of all time (not to be confused with my favorite roller coaster), Mission: Space! I also got to have lunch at one of my favorite Disney World restaurants, the buffet over in Germany, where I got to eat my fill of braunschweiger. I think I mentioned last year, when we went for the first time, that I'd tried it and liked it... it was, interestingly enough, the only unlabeled thing on the buffet and at the time I was pretty sure that if I'd known what it was, I probably wouldn't have tried it (and when I finally found out what it was, I knew I was right... but by then I was hooked). I've really got to find a good place locally to pick some up. Need to check that German deli in Bellevue again.

Anyway, we had a fun day riding rides, playing the Phineas and Ferb game and visiting all the countries in the World Showcase, until late in the afternoon ( when the sky turned absolutely angry with clouds. )

Crossposted from my Livejournal.