Marshall's conference wasn't until Thursday but we won a trip a few months ago so we combined it with the work trip. We took a red eye Monday night.
We decided spur of the moment to get tickets for the Blue Man Group Tuesday night. We ate dinner and walked around Universal City Walk before the show started.
It was an awesome concert and way different than we expected. It was so funny, entertaining and clean.
On Wednesday we went to Universal Islands of Adventure. The Harry Potter part of the amusement park was awesome! Every thing was just like the movie. There were three different rides that we went on. We ate lunch there and the food looked like it was from the movie. We even tried Butter Beer which is non alcoholic and tastes like a butterscotch cream soda with lots of frothy cream on top. Yum!
We did not purchase a $50 wand but we did have fun trying on the robes.
We took this picture for Kaden. He loves Spider-man!
I'm photo-bombing this one. Wolverine walked up in between us and was very intimidating. Marshall snapped this picture right as his blades went out.
My kids would have loved Jurassic Park. The museum was really fun with lots of kid activities. The ride looked fun but it was way too cold that day and we didn't want to get wet so we missed out on the ride.
The restaurant was in a beautiful building. The food was amazing and the butter beer lived up to how it was described in the books.
The trip was a nice recharge and good to rest and relax. We thought it
would be warm when we got there. Even though the temperature was in
the 50s which is warm compared to Lehi being in the 20s, we felt so cold
the first few days. There was a really cold wind that cut through plus the humidity and
so we were wearing pants and jackets most of the time. Thursday was our beach day and it was not warm enough for swimsuits or a dip in the ocean. Instead we enjoyed lunch on the beach and then a long walk.
Friday morning Marshall had meetings. That afternoon we went on a Disney business tour. It was so cool! I learned so much about Disney Parks, resorts, etc. We were mostly behind the scenes at Epcot and Disney World for the tour. We did get to walk through Disney World for a little bit and get a picture by the castle. We also got to walk in the tunnels underneath Disney World. That was pretty exciting!
That night we walked through Disney Springs and checked out the Lego Store, and enjoyed all of the musical entertainment. The conference rented out part of Splitsville Bowling Alley. We had dinner and bowled a few games.
Saturday morning Marshall had meetings. We had a late check out and so I enjoyed sleeping in, exercising in the work out room and then swimming in the pool. It was a great morning! We went to the Orlando Temple and did a session after we checked out. It is a beautiful temple. My grandmother worked in that temple. I visited her during the summer when I was 16 years old and we went to the temple together so I could do baptisms. It was two hours away from her house so we had a really good time visiting on the drive to the temple and home. She told me all about meeting my grandpa, dating, getting married, raising her children, etc. So I had fun thinking about my grandma while we were at the temple.
