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Not gonna lie, I'm taking this harder than some friends and family members I've lost. Not sure why, as I never met him (not for lack of trying ). I guess he's like extended family to all of us who've enjoyed his content over the years. I will say one thing, he definitely lived life to the...

Day 10. Our MK day. Originally we were going to go to MK on the next day, which was supposed to be a regular day but they changed it to a party night. Or maybe I'm getting old and misread it when I planned the days. Anyways, you guys know the deal with the rides. It was the usual rides but...

Day 9. Our first time ever at the new Epic Universe park. The park was open from 9 or 10 until 10 pm, so you know we didn't get there until roughly 11. Now, I'm going to do this part differently. Instead of trying to remember the order in which we did stuff, I'm just going to say what we thought...

Okay on to day 8. Being that Legoland is a bit of a drive away from Kissimmee and they closed at 6, we actually got up early for a change. I know what you're thinking, we got up and made park opening. Whoa there, Tonto, not so fast. When I say early, I mean we got there early enough to get to...

Alright, on to the next day. October 19th, my birthday. If you're thinking, "I just know they woke up early and had a full day of activities planned", well, you haven't been paying attention to our trips over the last 10 years... 😂. I couldn't even tell you what we did before heading out to go...

Day 6 was our DHS day. As usual, we got to the park around noon. We made our way into the place and I believe our first ride was Runaway Railroad. It was posted as a 50 minute wait and I believe it was that long. Have I mentioned how I'm getting old and holding an almost 40 pound 2.5 year old is...

Day 5. This was our first actual non Halloween party day in a Disney park and we started with Animal Kingdom. As I've said before, we're no longer open to close type of people so I want to say we got there around noon with a closing time of 6pm. Honestly, there's not much to do for the little...

I will say that the one across from Old Town is the worst we've ever experienced anywhere. About 12 or so years ago, we went there after the parks and we literally spent over an hour waiting on our order. We get back to the hotel we were staying at, which I believe was the Rodeway Inn next to...

On to day four. We headed back to Cocoa Beach and still somehow barely got to spend an hour there but it was totally worth it. So before last year, I never knew there was a small park with free parking for the beach. All of these years we spent paying for parking... 😂. Anyways, at one point...

Thus why I said that all they had to do was write up a sign and place it at the podiums.

I forgot to add that we were there when that young lady took her own life and that's the reason I had to take the ferry across to go look in the car for Jace's costume. I saw the resort line was down when I came back and thought it was odd. After hearing about what happened, I felt terrible for...

For day three, we had two objectives: head to Cocoa Beach for a bit and then come back so Amy and the two oldest could go to Horror Nights while me and three younger boys chilled at the house. Well, we got a later than planned start to the beach (as usual) so we only got to stay for just over an...

So for day two, we had our first Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween party. Now, I'm still a bit upset over what happened and I'll explain in a bit. This was the first trip where EVERYONE was dressed up or at least it's been a long time since everyone had a costume. Anyways, we got there just a few...

So, we flew into Orlando out of Memphis on the 13th with a departure time of 3:40 pm. With the shutdown and everything I was a bit concerned about being there 2 hours early. Especially with a family of 7, including the small one which meant we'd be bringing a car seat for him and gate checking...