I believe we have decided not to do legoland. However we may try to get into the Pirates Dinner theatre, and do the Swamp boat tour, and Aquatica....which I've been told GKTW has tickets for. (you have to pay 50% on the pirate tickets, other than the wish child which is free.) We are going to be there 7 days, 6 nights and want to make sure we leave time for disney, and seaworld. All of our kids also want to see The wizarding world of Harry Potter at night. So I think we are going to try to stay with just a few things outside of the disney/universal/seaworld experience.
It looks like our flight lands in Orlando on a Wednesday Morning at 11:30am. We should have plenty of time to get checked in, visit walmart, and be ready for orientation that night.
My husband wants to try to do Seaworld the next day, because that is what we think our son will enjoy the most...I'm not sure that I want to do the favored event on the first day! I do plan to make "dine with shamu" reservations before we go down, so it may come down to what day we can get in for that. I know we want to get to seaworld by 9am, so that the kids can feed the dolphins. I think Spencer will be over the moon about feeding a dolphin!
After that, we are clueless. It's not our first trip to Orlando, so we're going to let the kids (mostly spencer, but throwing in some things the others are intersted in too....although spencer loves it all.) throw out ideas and see where to go from there. I know we want to catch the Halloween Party on Monday night at GKTW, and Santa's visit. I also hear the Princess and Pirates Party is amazing, but I don't know if they still do that one? Does anyone know if we need to take costumes for the Halloween party?
A little about Spencer. He is 8 years old with Duchenne's Muscular Dystrophy and some mental retardation. When I married his dad a year ago, spencer barely talked, ate very pickily, and wasn't potty trained. Now he eats like a horse, has been potty trained for going on two months now (completely! wooo hooo! big accomplishment for us!), and has a hearty appetite. He isn't in a wheelchair yet but walks slow and sometimes falls. (and has a pronounced limp.) He speaks in complete sentences now, but they are usually simple. ("I want that one." "It's gonna rain." "That's mama's." etc...) He is super excited about Seaworld, because he's never been and he LOVES water, sharks,dolphins,and whales. He also loves Cars and Buzzlightyear. He wants to try Butterbeer at The wizarding world of harry potter because he's been told it's good and he thinks it is the real deal. (LOL.) He was four when his mom passed away from breast cancer, and doesn't seem to remember her. (With his condition, it's likely that he doesn't.) So in his mind our blended family is his whole family and he treats everyone with 100% acceptance and love. He just lost his two front teeth and he thinks it's weird that they are growing back. (although he seemed to think it was fine that they fell out!) He loves to go to the pool. He loves a good action movie. He also loves to sleep and if 9pm rolls around he will let you know he is ready for bed. He's just a cool kid. We enjoy our lives with Spencer. He's amazing.
We are super excited!!!
I know I had my own private celebration party when I made mine too
