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We checked into Chef Mickey's right at 5:20 and our buzzer went off just as we were getting our family photos taken. We were excited that we'd be seated right away, we came here two years ago for dinner on the big family trip and had to wait a long time to be seated. We finally got at least...

Wednesday August 23 continued. Disney World at last! (nothing but happiness and fun for the rest of this day!) We met back up in the lobby, all taking deep calming breaths as it finally sunk in that the best part of the vacation had just started. I'd debated for a long time when originally...

I'm so glad you were able to reschedule your vacation! I'm sure it was stressful to have to change plans because of Irma. Good luck with everything diagnosis and evaluation wise, I know all those appointments and paperwork can be overwhelming! I haven't talked about it so far in my trip...

Thank you! Xander had a few more "moments" but was mostly happy the rest of the vacation.

I got a little stressed out again when writing about it:p. Seriously though, I didn't want to gloss over it and pretend every minute of the vacation was total bliss but also didn't want to get too down about it. There definitely were funny moments in retrospect! "This is a new hotel!" is one...

This post will be very text heavy since I was in no mood to document the following events with pictures:grumpy:. We have made so much progress with Xander in all areas since our spectrum journey began when we finally figured out that something was "different" with him at the age of two. His...

It was just about time to leave Universal but as we passed Dr. Seuss land we couldn't resist Xander's pleas for "playground!". I had to get a picture of Xander with the Mr. Brown can Moo sign first. We've read that book with him more times than I can count. Love this water area! I ducked...

Platform 9 and 3/4! You really do get a different experience going both ways on the train so I'm glad we took time to do this! We went to Honeydukes and got some more candy along with the chocolate frogs I'd promised Maddie. Then it was time for Butterbeers.Final butterbeers of the vacation...

Wednesday August 23 continued Our goal for the day was to leave Universal around 3pm. Our next stop on this vacation was THE CONTEMPORARY!! We had an ADR at Chef Mickey's for 5:20. When we were done with lunch we had about two hours left at the Universal parks. Everything on Maddie's list...

Maddie has had a fascination with jukeboxes for awhile now. I've been surprised with her determination to find one that works, it's one of those times when she lets her guard down and acts like a kid:). She finally got her wish later in the trip when we ate at Beaches and Cream! We watched...

I do this with baking! I also love big band music like Glenn Miller. Maybe I was born in the wrong time period?

Maddie was eager for one last ride on Rip Ride Rockit and the posted wait time for single rider was only 10 minutes! I finally got a daytime picture of her in front of her favorite ride and sent her to the line. See, right behind her it says 10 minutes. For such a short wait time James and I...

Going this way meant we could finally get a family photo in front of the Universal globe!

Maddie and I chose these pumpkin cakes, I wish I'd taken an up close picture of one. They were really good, covered in extremely sugary icing:hungry:. The sun started getting a bit intense while we were finishing up the treats so we ducked into this shaded alley and admired all the details...

Wednesday August 23, Last Universal day and the day when this trip report finally becomes a DISNEY trip report! We set the alarm slightly earlier so that James and I could get ready and make sure we were all packed up to leave the room. Once we left for the parks this morning we wouldn't be...

The next morning, Xander still asleep with his minion:inlove:

We were past the mini crisis, Xander's tummy was full, and family harmony reigned again. Maddie found a cool t-shirt to buy in the gift shop that featured her favorite Rip Ride Rockit in the background. It was just past 7pm and the Universal park wasn't going to close until 9pm. We decided to...

For the vacation I'd gone all out and made a power point spiral bound book that laid out the schedule for the trip and the general idea of what we'd be doing each day. I was worried it was a bit overboard but it really helped throughout the trip. When we first got to Orlando, Xander...

It sounds like our Florida family is doing OK. Some power outages and flooded streets but not too bad considering. The Jacksonville cousins made a smart decision to evacuate when they did since the flooding there looks really bad. They won't know for awhile what the condition of their house...

At Honeydukes I let Maddie pick out an assortment of bulk candy as long as it wasn't chocolate since I had visions of chocolate melting on everything in the heat. I promised that we'd be back for chocolate frogs before we left Universal for good the next day. Next we went to Dr. Doom's Fear...