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ORLANDO
June, 2000

We spent a delightful week at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida.  Karlie stayed with John's parents, since we knew she was still too young to enjoy Mickey Mouse (and the hot, humid weather).  We had fun visiting Epcot, Magic Kingdom (aka Disneyland), and some of the other attractions, like Pleasure Island and Downtown Disney.  We missed Karlie, but knew she was in very good hands.

We were amazed at how big Disney World really is...40 square miles!  Besides the major theme parks that we visited, there were also three water parks, an animal park, and a park similar to Universal Studios.  Plus, there are several resorts, which are attractions in themselves since there are many shops and restaurants within them.  We stayed at Disney's Coronado Springs Resort for the first five nights, then moved to Disney's Dixie Landings Resort (our favorite of the two) for the remaining three days.  

Disney's Coronado Springs Resort	Disney's Dixie Landings Resort

We also had a chance to head out to the coast for an afternoon, so we toured Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, which was incredibly interesting. Our timing was perfect, as the Liberty Bell 7 exhibit was temporarily housed at this facility.  The Liberty Bell is the spacecraft that was recently retrieved from the bottom of the ocean, where it had been for 39 years. After leaving the space center, we drove over to Cocoa Beach to wet our feet in the Atlantic Ocean.

April with a "Lego Photographer" at Downtown Disney