Ok so when I left you I had just got off the plane... but I found a few more photo's so we're back tracking slightly!!
The last 2 hours of the flight were agony... we were so close yet we still had 2 hours to go! It didn't help that we were late and knowing that we should have landed by now was a real killer! I occupied myself by watching the Virgin guide to WDW, a lot of fun! Definately got me in the mood!!
They also brought round one of my favourite desserts ever! I love choc ices and was in a real need of a chocolate fix, so I'm so glad that they apparently heard my whines!!!
The last half an hour whizzed by, could be something to do with the fact I was listening to disney tunes on my ipod, but I definately don't know where it went, I was so excited!
By the time we had got through security, grabbed our bags and made our way to the car pick up place I was uncontrollable.... im my mind I was home!!
(and now back to our regular programming!)
So we made our way to the Dollar check in desk to pick up our car, when I spied this...
I wanted to be able to get on one of these so badly, I've never stayed in a Disney hotel at WDW so it would have been amazing, but unfortunately I had to make do with this instead
We waited in line for what seemed like ages, well I say we waited in line, it was more my Dad and Brother, Mum and I stayed out with the cases listening to the security announcements that came across the tannoy and marvelling at the amazing way Americans say the word orange!!
Our car was really nice actually, I don't remember at all what it was only that it was a black Chrysler!
We manouvered our way out of the airport to the car and almost as soon as we left the airport the immense humid heat hit us, it was phemonimal, like a wall of heat suddenly cascading upon us, a definate contrast to Britain!! Unfortunately the heat brought thunderstorms with it and like clockwork as soon as we stepped in the car the heavens opened and a thunderstorm ensued! Nice! So this was the first site to greet us once we left the airport... our first site of Orlando...
The drive to our hotel was a mixture of complicated instructions and squinting in the rain at the road sides, so I have no pictures. I did feel sorry for Dad, his first drive in a car he didn't know was in the pouring rain going to a place he had no idea about!
We did however arrive at our hotel and as we had been informed reliably by Dis, requested a room in building 5 on a top floor.... we were placed in room 5805, it was
definately worth it. The view was spectacular, we could see DTD, the Contempory, a bit of the castle, The Tower of Terror, Space Mountain, and the Swan and Dolphin, as well as Kraken from Sea World, and a bit of Universal!!
This isn't the best picture due to the appalling weather conditions but I have better ones coming!
Our condo itself was outstanding, it had everything we needed and more, we were really at home there, every room was a perfect size, my parents had a king size bed and my brother and I a double bed each, it was amazing! I figured a picture montage would be better than explaining it, so here we go...
The living room
Complete with wide screen TV
The kitchen
Mine and my brother room
My parents room
Our amazing bathroom!
(does this photo show up... it was looking a bit wierd on photobucket!)
So we didn't have towel animals... but we did get these wicked little towl bag things which I thought were quite cool!
After exploring the hotel we decided to hit
Walmart for some much needed food, both for current consumption and for breakfast tomorrow, my first Walmart experience was definately something I will remember! It's huge!!! After that we made our way back to our condo/hotel thing (I was never sure how to refer to it because it was more than a room!) and watched Illuminations from our balcony. Unfortunately I had misplaced my camera and I didn't find it again until tomorrow morning so I have no pictures from now on!
After watching the fireworks we made our traditional first evening trip to DTD to immerse ourselves in the Disney spirit, it was amazing, all lit up it looked fantastic! I was in complete awe, it was so much better than I remember it being! We were hungry but also shattered so we needed something we could eat quickly, and I have to say McDonalds just called to us, so we headed there to grab whatever we fancied! By this time it was 3am UK time and we were suitably shattered so chose to head straight to back bed rather than wander around DTD anymore.
As you can see this concludes our first day at WDW. It was truely amazing to be back there again, despite thunderstorms!! Hopefully I'll be able to write the next installment soon, although my results come out tomorrow and then I'm away at a music festival all weekend! But I will try! I promise!!
This is me, I'm Laura, 18, love anything Disney and I'm more or less known for it by all my friends. I've just finished my last year of school, I get my results next week eek!, so I'm off to university in september which is slightly scary but also very exciting! I plan to disney-fi my room in any way which is humainly possible!
This is my dad, he's pretty much in love with his job (I did work experience with him, I fell asleep I was so bored, but I guess whatever makes him happy!) He loves Disney deep down and had an amazing time when we went, I saw the little smiles of delight 
This is my mum, she likes Disney to an extent but didn't get why I was so excited about the trip... that was until about 2 weeks before, then she became like a little kid, was very very funny!
And finally this is my younger brother (16), he's at that age where liking Disney isn't cool, but I know he likes it really. He really relaxed at WDW and had a fantastic time!
slightly annoying!
Great first update...the lime DS is very cool! Those photos from the air were really pretty too!
