Trip Report Will it ever stop raining? Our June 2017 trip

Hi, all!! I've finally had a chance to start going through my photos and thought I would get started on my trip report! For those of you not familiar, here is my pre-trip report:
Adventure is out there...June 2017
If you don't want to read the PTR, here is a brief synopsis before I get started:
Who: Me (Amy), DH (Brian), DS Logan (14), DD Lily (12), and DS Owen (9)
When: June 2-17, 2017
Where: Universal Studios (Hard Rock Hotel), Disney (Art of Animation), and SeaWorld

For those of you who followed along with the live portion of my PTR, I apologize that some of the photos will be the same. I'm too lazy to go back and remember which ones I used!

I experienced one of the longest days of my life on Friday, June 2!! We left Dayton, Ohio before 5am.

Neither one of us drinks coffee, but we definitely needed some caffeine to start our morning! We stopped for the best Coke in the world!!

McDonald's!!
We had a little delay in Cincinnati because I-75 was closed both directions and we had to take a little detour.
We waved @LisaBelle and @21stamps and any other Cinci friends as we finally drove over the bridge and entered Kentucky!

We made sure to get past Lexington before morning rush hour, and stopped in Richmond for breakfast.

The kids had never had Chick fil A for breakfast, so we had to correct that!

 

[TheMouseFan]

The kids really wanted to ride Journey to Atlantis. Water rides are not really my thing, so I offered to hold the bags and wait! I had LOTS of time to walk around the area and get pics!
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[TheMouseFan]

We checked out the little aquarium that was right there.
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There was a glass floor in the middle with sharks swimming beneath.
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We took a quick refreshment break! This was a mixture of different types of sherbert. It was really good!!
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Then we did a little bit of shopping!
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We could see a storm heading our way, so we decided we had time for one more ride. The kids chose Manta, so I took them while Brian rested his knee!

Then one more quick go around with the stingrays!
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We came across another little aquarium on the way out, so we had to check it out!
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[TheMouseFan]

The rain appeared to be moving in quickly, so we headed toward the front of the park.
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We made it to the car before the rain started! We had decided earlier that we were going to check out Disney Springs if we were done early enough. We were definitely done early enough! We had no issues getting to Disney Springs, and it even stopped raining by the time we got there!
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Someday I will have this!
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And then the skies opened up!!

 

[TheMouseFan]

We quickly decided to head to dinner. After a little debate, we ended up here:
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Lily ordered macaroni, then remembered that she didn't really care for it!
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And we ordered two pizzas for us all to share.
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Then we ducked from shop to shop for awhile.
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[SweetEvangeline]

We did dinner at Homecoming on June 12th. Sure would have been cool to bump into you all!!

 

[TheMouseFan]

Brian took the kids somewhere, maybe to the store in Rainforest Cafe, so that I could brouse here:
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I always find lots that I would love to have!
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Then we met back up.
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So we could go here:
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We made a quick stop in:
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[TheMouseFan]

Then I spent way too much money in here!
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Brian liked this:
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[TheMouseFan]

The kids were asking to check out the Coca Cola store, so we headed there next.
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I love the views from the top of the building!!
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Then we headed back to AoA for an early night of relaxing in the room.

This was day 10 of rain for us!!

 

[TheMouseFan]

We did dinner at Homecoming on June 12th. Sure would have been cool to bump into you all!!

Yes, it would have been!!

 

[PrincessP]

Someday I will have this!
IMG_4934 by Amy Clingner, on Flickr!

Me, too! I want the LEGO castle. With all the LEGOs my kids my have received, one day it should be my turn.

Well, one good thing about the rain.....you have received a lot of practice so that you seem to have learned how to maneuver around it and escape if at all possible.

Looking forward to the next post of fun vacation memories and photos.

 

[TheMouseFan]

Tuesday, June 13

Today we were able to sleep in some. Brian and I did a load of laundry while the kids slept.
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Then we got breakfast to eat in the room. I have no idea what everyone else ate, but I had the ultimate Disney breakfast, a chocolate croissant and a Coke!!
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We drove to our destination for the day:
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We had to wait a few minutes before they started letting people in, so I took the opportunity to take pics!
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After opening the gates, we had a few minutes before we could check in for our Polar Patio, so I took more pics!!
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[TheMouseFan]

A few pics on the way to our Polar Patio:
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And a few pics of the patio:
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Our view out the back:
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Our view out the front:
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[TheMouseFan]

Lily and Owen decided they wanted to try Summit Plummet this year, so they headed there first. I stayed at the bottom to record the memories!!
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Unfortunately, I missed Owen and Lily when they were at the top of the slide! (Luckily, they decided to go again later and I got them then!)
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But I got Logan and Brian!
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[TheMouseFan]

Then we all headed up the hill together to ride Teamboat Springs.
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I love the views from up there!
Pandora:
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Expedition Everest:
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Tree of Life:
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Tower of Terror:
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Spaceship Earth:
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[TheMouseFan]

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Logan and Brian went to do Slush Gusher next, and I took Lily and Owen to do this:
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Then the three of us headed here:
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[TheMouseFan]

We met back up with Brian and Logan and rode the Snow Stormers.
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[TheMouseFan]

Lily and Owen were wanting to do Slush Gusher, so Brian and Logan went again with them. I recorded the memories again!!
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Then they decided to do Summit Plummet one more time since the wait was short.
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There was a PhotoPass photographer this time, too.
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[TheMouseFan]

We decided to relax a little in the wave pool before getting some lunch.
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This PhotoPass pic was from earlier in the day, I just forgot to post it in the appropriate spot!
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Then we headed to get lunch.
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Brian and Logan got pizza and a burger from here to share:
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And Lily, Owen, and I headed here to pick up ours:
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Lily got mac and cheese, and Owen and I split the chili cheese dog.
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[amjt660]

"Solar eclipse today - must look - but dont have the glasses - but I cant resist - maybe if I just squint and look through my phone......"

Max

 

[TheMouseFan]

We decided to let our food digest a little and take a ride on:
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