Disney World, day 6

First of all I know it is two days after Christmas and I haven't blogged anything current for the last month. I will update once I am done w/ Disney. I know, I am a bad blogger.

On this day Jayden and I left Trinity behind at the hotel (it's okay, she didn't want to go) and we took a bus to Kennedy Space Center. It was a great time to go because it was only two days until the launch of space shuttle Endeavour.

Our first stop was the Astronaut Hall of Fame.

Then we went to the Visitor Center and took the bus tour. The first stop was the Observation Gantry. From here we could see the launch pad and learn about shuttle launches.

Here is the launch pad. The shuttle is on it, but you can't see it from our angle. You can see the external tank (red) and one of the solid rocket boosters (white).

Here is the Crawler transporter. It moves the shuttle from the Vehicle Assembly Building (in the distance) to the launch pad.

The Vehicle Assembly Building.

This was the second stop on the tour, the Saturn V rocket. This was used in several of the Apollo missions.

This is the Command Module of the Saturn V.

More sections of the rocket

This is the space suit that Jim Lovell would have worn if he'd walked on the moon.

And the last stop on the tour was the International Space Station Center. This is where parts of the Space Station are built before being loaded on the space shuttle.

Back at the Visitor Center...

some goofing off in the gift shop

Check out his cool shuttle cup.

On the way back to Disney, I got a call from an old friend, DJ James. He asked me where I was and I said Orlando. He asked if I'd been to an IMAX movie that day. I may have freaked out a bit. He told me he was sitting a few rows behind Jay and I during the movie and couldn't catch up to us after. So we invited him to meet us for dinner at Planet Hollywood in Downtown Disney. Before we met up w/ DJ, we found a really cool sports store. Yes, he tried on a hat of some sort in every store we went in and yes, I took a picture of each.

Same ol' DJ!

He didn't know what to think of this guy.

After dinner, we hung out in Downtown Disney. We checked out this cool store with unusual collectors items. Lots of original band memorabilia. Here is an autographed picture of Abraham Lincoln...check out the price.

I took these pictures before I saw the sign that said No Photographs Please. Oops.

And as we passed another store, some guy gave Jayden this light saber.

And we took lots of goofy pictures.

and took pictures w/ the cell phones.

Can you tell which people are real and which ones are legos?

And of course...pirates.

Disney World, day 5

Today we decided to leave Disney and go to Wet'n Wild. It wasn't the warmest day to spend at a water park, but we had fun and there wasn't alot of people there. Our first ride was the Bubba Tub and it was COLD. We found out that some of the rides, Mach 5, The Flyer and the Blast, had really warm water so we rode these for a while until we warmed up.

Then we went on Disco H2O, my favorite! You get in a four person tube and enter a dark tunnel w/ loud disco music, the tunnel goes down a steep drop and into a big round room that resembled a toilet bowl. Only this toilet had a disco ball and strobe lights. After you "dance" around the room a few times, you get flushed down another tube to the end of the ride. It was so fun.

We spent lots of time in the wave pool. The water was warm and Jayden loved it. It was so cute watching him laugh as he jumped into each wave. His smile was priceless.

We also rode Brain Wash, the Lazy River, the Serge and I was the only one who rode the Storm. My last ride down the storm, I got water in my ears (which over a month later, still haven't popped!).

We met a couple from Germany, Feliz and Marcus. Marcus was injured and couldn't ride any of the rides and Feliz wanted to ride the Bubba Tub (below) but couldn't ride by herself. So we invited her to come along with us. Marcus took all these photos of us and they emailed them to me when they got back to Germany.

Playin in the wave pool

Mach 5, the Flyer, Blast

For dinner we decided to go to ESPN Club on the Boardwalk. We took the shuttle to Hollywood Studios and got on the ferry to the boardwalk.

Jayden looked so cool in his new shades that we bought at Wet'n Wild.

Big screens on every wall and hanging from the ceiling all playing different ESPN channels. And lots of sports memorabilia on the walls...including Joey.

After dinner, Jayden played in the arcade.

Not a great shot, but I love his smile.

And after dinner we walked along the Boardwalk. We could see the Epcot fireworks.