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We had made better time than we thought we would so we had a bit of a wait for our flight. But soon enough we boarded our plane and we were on our way to Chicago where we had a Layover. We decided to check Daniels Car Seat on the flights home to see how he would do in the seat on his own. It...

That final walk thru Universal is always that moment when it hits that this trip is over. We did make a quick stop at the Universal store though and then a final walk thru CityWalk where we seemed to catch many of Universal's good buys along the way. After the long walk back to...

We still had a couple hours until we needed to head to the airport so what better way to end the trip then spending it in our favorite place. Universal Orlando Resort. We still had a few things to buy and we couldn't leave without another Butterbeer anyways. Or that Jaws photo as well...

Day 7: Travel Home Our final day of vacation was upon us. Tonight we would be home. But you better bet we were gonna make the most of the day before we needed to be at the airport. After the late night at Disney we slept in as long as we could and checked out right at the required time. We...

Upon exiting Small World the park was officially closed and the Christmas Party over. It was weird to see Fantasyland so empty. That was until we walked thru the Castle and saw the crowd trying to exit the park. We would take our time taking photos of our family along the way. We...

When the parade ended we had less then an hour until the Christmas Party was over for the night. And we still hadn’t done any of the Fantasyland Attractions. So we pushed thru the leaving crowd and got in to Fantasyland much easier then earlier when we tried. The first ride we got to was the...

Finally it was time for the “Mickey’s Once Upon a Christmastime” Parade to enter Main Street. We loved the ambiance of the Music with the falling snow during the parade and this by far is the best location we have ever watched a parade from before. It was amazing. The parade...

After the fireworks we had intentions of going to Fantasyland and try to do some attractions before the Parade which was still 45 minutes away. But with only 1 route in to Fantasyland open at this time it proved nearly impossible. We literally sat in on spot for over 5 minutes as the crowd...

We only ended up riding one Tomorrowland attraction this night and it was Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin. We did it mostly because its one Daniel loves and a little competition is always fun in our family. The ride was practically a walk on which was great. Although we do enjoy...

When we finished with the Jingle Cruise the park was officially closed to Day guests and the Christmas Party had officially begun. This meant low waits were in store for attractions pretty much the rest of the night. So we made our way next door to our next attraction. Pirates of the...

After the 1st couple rides it was becoming apparent that Kena wasn’t feeling too good. So we decided to take a small break and get her a drink to see if it would help her feel any better. It took some time but it did eventually help her. Remember at the start of the trip how Kiera had Hand...

Since we had to Child Swap we got the swith card and I ended up riding it both with Kiera and Kena while Daniel enjoyed the waiting time playing on the small playground near Splash Mountain. It was a great ride as usual. We timed Splash Mountain perfectly as right when...

In all it took exactly 30 minutes to retrieve the phone and get to the gates of the Magic Kingdom. The rest of the family was already inside. I found the entry that specifically said “Christmas Party Entry” and entered the park there. I had my Christmas Party Ticket out (as well as my Magic...

After our quick stop we hopped back on the Monorail and continued our loop over to the Contemporary where we would again be getting off. Here they have another large Gingerbread display but this one was of the Frozen characters done in the style of “Its a Small World”. It too was pretty cool...

It was about a 25 minute drive to Disney Property where we made our way to the Magic Kingdom’s Parking lot for tonight’s Christmas Party. After getting parked we had a little over an hour until we would be able to enter the Magic Kingdom for the Party. As many of you know you pretty much...

Since we rode a ride we didn’t plan on doing (as well as going to IOA) we were in a hurry to get things done. We got our traditional photos in front of the castle. Then we grabbed our Butterbeers for the day and our time at Universal was finished. We quickly made our way out of...

Day 6: The Disney Day Today was our final full day of vacation. So far on this trip we have had an amazing time at the Universal Orlando Resort. But today would be different. We would be breaking away from Universal to go to Disney. Tonight we had tickets for Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas...

It was 9:30 when we finished Dinner and it was time to head back to the hotel for the evening. It was so odd seeing CityWalk so dead at this time of night but I guess this must be what its like during the off season on a week night. We would soon be back to the Hotel where we took a quick swim...

We held off eating Dinner in the parks tonight because we wanted to try something new. So for Dinner we decided to Eat at the new CowFish restaurant in CityWalk. I’d been watching this place since it opened and everything looked good. And we love both Burgers and Sushi so whats not to like...

The spot turned out to be excellent for the show. We had a perfect view of one of the water screens and we were much closer with a better view of the fireworks then you get in central park. This is our new favorite spot to watch the show from. The show itself was good and enjoyable but its...