We headed out to Orlando, Florida for one last hurrah with our family before we were on our way to live in Santiago, Chile. It had been a few years since we had been to the happiest place on earth. We hit 4 parks in 5 days (resting Sunday): Disney's Hollywood Studios, Universal Studios, Disney's Magic Kingdom, and Disney's Animal Kingdom. These are busy days and far from relaxing, but we loved every minute of it.
We headed to Disney's Hollywood Studios the first day. We were lucky enough to have Cody's brother, Kip, his wife, Emily, and son, Cy, along with grandma Toni and grandpa Scott with us for the trip, so we had a fun group.
The crew after a 3D show at Hollywood Studios.
Our family with Lightning McQueen and Tow Mater.
The kids with Sully and Mike (Monsters, Inc.).
The kids, waiting in line for the Toy Story ride.
Whipperman kids at Hollywood Studios in Orlando, Florida.
This crew is "incredible"
Toni, with Mr. Incredible.
Family picture at Disney's Hollywood Studios in Orlando, Florida.
Our next stop was Universal Studios...the kids were so excited to see the new Harry Potter exhibits and get on the rides. Sawyer and Ryder have been reading the Harry Potter books and all of us have watched the movies together as a family. The kids were beyond excited to be able to see some of this stuff and spent some of the money they had saved up on wands and other Harry Potter memorabilia.
Sawyer and Ryder in front of the triple decker bus at the Harry Potter area of Universal Studios, Florida.
Grandma with Sawyer and Ryder at Diagon Alley.
Ryder in Gringott's Bank, Universal Studios, Florida.
Sawyer, with a minion from Despicable Me.
Doctor Emmett Brown from Back to the Future...the kids love that movie. He spent a lot of time with us telling us about the flux capacitor and trying to read our minds. He was great!
Uncle David and aunt Hope met us at Universal Studios for the day (they live in Tampa), and it was great to be able to see them.
Picture with David and Hope outside Universal Studios, Florida.
The third park we visited on our Florida trip was Disney's Magic Kingdom. The so called "Happiest Place on Earth." The kids were very excited to see all the Disney characters and go on some of the iconic rides.
Our group, getting ready to hit the park.
Obligatory family picture in front of the iconic castle.
Thunder Mountain Railroad was one of the kids' favorite rides.
Sawyer, sporting the Elsa cap and hair with Eliza, waiting for the boat to Tom Sawyer's Island.
Ryder and Zander waiting for the boat to Tom Sawyer's Island.
Zander, meditating on the boat.
Ryder, with cousin Cy, with uncle Kip and Nash in the background on the Aladdin Magic Carpet ride.
Sawyer and Zander on the Aladdin Magic Carpet ride.
Grandma Toni and Ryder at Magic Kingdom.
Family picture with Goofy.
Family picture with Donald Duck.
Grandma Toni and Sawyer on the Carousel.
Ryder, Nash, and Zander at the Swiss Family Robinson treehouse.
Sawyer, with Ariel.
Sawyer, with Rapunzel.
Sawyer, with Cinderella.
The 4th and final park we visited on our trip was Disney's Animal Kingdom. This park was less crowded than the others and has some good shows like the "The Lion King" and "A Bug's Life" that everyone enjoyed.
Entrance to Disney's Animal Kingdom.
Our group, ready to hit the park.
The entire group with Mickey and Minnie Mouse at Disney's Animal Kingdom.
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