Friday, May 15, 2009

Orlando, Bahama's a wonderful place

Alright where should I start this blog off, btw its been forever since i have posted so bear with me. First of all our trip begin in lovely Anchorage, Alaska as we had to prepare for a fab trip down to Orlando. In case you didn't know Shanna didn't tell me where we were going except to Orlando and i needed a passport :) so back to Anchorage we took a beautiful walk along turnagain arm as we basked in the sunset, geese and dog poop. So our trip took us to Seattle then to Orlando and talk about a long flight!!! 3 and half hours to Seattle then 6 hours to Orlando. Luckily we got upgraded from Seattle to Orlando as we got first class on the way down which was hot!!! Especially for a long flight it was wonderful and i was over joyed. So we got to Orlando and the place is humid!!!! We got there at night and decided to check out downtown disney. Which is just a downtown place with shops and some disney stuff around. More like a shopping area then rides or anything like that. We ate at the joint call T-rex, which had pretty good food. So we were exhausted and had a crazy day the next day so we got some sleep and started off at the Wild Animal kingdom, not to friends arrive at the park early and get on rides fast!!! By the Shanna outside of Anchorage
time 10 am came around the place was packed!!! I would recommend the Kali river rapids ( you get soaked) , everst the ride, and the bugs life 3d film. After peeping out the animal kingdom we took our act to the Epcot, Epcot was alright but i thought it would have more but nonetheless fun. Hey were on vacation!!! Oh how i wish it was 2 weeks ago!! but i had a problem because seattle airport croc store didn't have Shanna and I at the 3d movie, Above Shanna pulling a cart at Animal Kingdom
my sandal crocs and i had to buy some disney ones that tore my feet up but anyways we went on rides around epcot and did dinner at the italian themed area of the giant place.....there are different types of areas of the world around epcot and not as much rides. We were going to stay over for the fireworks and show but after running around for 12 hours we decided to go back to our room to get ready to leave the next day. I still didn't know where we were going yet. So we get back and to nurse our soar feet we decide to swim in the pool and hot tub. This is where Shanna unleashed the suprise on me. We were going to the Bahama's to the Atlantis resort!!! What a start to a vacation!!! Hang out in Orlando for a couple of days then to find out i'm goign to a tropical area with only the best water park ever and a casino :)


On our way to the Bahama's




Epcot was Fab








The View from our Hotel Room

So the next take off the next day on Jet blue, btw jet blue rocks!! they have satellite tv's on every seat and makes the trip go by so fast. So we land at the Bahama's and we are going through immigration and in front of us are a couple around our ages and we get to talking and find out were both staying at the Atlantis and they suggest we share a cab over.....we chit and chat with them on the way over and my impression is they are great people so once there we decide we should do Dinner together. Oh there names are Christie and Scott and they are from Tampa bay. Go Bucs!! So we do dinner and afterwards we explore the area and by this time we are aquainted well and every day afterwards we hang out with them. Great people i tell ya!! The next day at the Atlantis we check out the waterpark which is Huge!!! they have so many different rides and rivers and its located right on the beach. So my recommendation is to do all the rides but chillax out on the curren/rapids river. You go down rapids and a wave machine. totally awesome ride!!! We also hang out at the Beach which is awesome as they have white sand, aqua oceans and cute fruity frozen drinks :) We spend the whole day relaxing and swimming and it was awesome. We go out and eat a nice little bohemian restaurant called Behimini road!! Totally recommend it there great food, great drinks and great atmosphere. There we had my

Us and our New friends Christie and Scott

birthday a little early :) As they did there drums and what not celebration for my birthday. Totally cool.

So on Monday Shanna had planned that we go on the Dolphin excursion. This was really fun!! it was a little short but definitely a experience that i won't forget. They had to use two dolphins for me :) also we got to use the water scooters that took us down to the bottom of the habitat and there were dolphins all aound with us. Definitely an experience i won't forget. So that night we ate a nice little eatery called the Luciano's which is in Nassau and that place is grand!! good food and what not.....the next couple of days we basically did the water experience again as i couldn't get enough of it. On tuesday night we ate at the fish fry and its located like in the mountain view area like Anchorage....Scary place i wouldn't go down there by myself as i was afraid i would get

At the Dolphin Experience

jacked!! Our friends left on Wednesday and they were such a great couple and made our experience that much better.....we have a lot of great memories and look forward to seeing them again.Shanna and I didn't leave till Thursday but one more thing we did the time share presentation and got free money and stuff and they are quite convincing but its expensive and not sure if its worth it. So we left on Thursday back to Orlando and went to Hollywood studios which was my favorite they had cool rides and just a good atmosphere...the tower of terror rocked as did the aerosmith ride too....our day was too short there as we had to make our way over to the magic kingdom for the parades and fireworks. Before we went there we celebrated my birthday dinner at Narcoosse's which is at the grand floridian...This was the best food of the whole trip!!! Afterwards we capped it off at the magic kingdom. By the time we made it back to the hotel we were beat!! The flight back was long but not that bad thanks to gossip girl :) xoxo.....So we gave our gifts to my nephew and he loved the snorkel set i gave him and shirts....Shanna departed to Nome on Saturday and i unfortunatley got stuck in Anchorage till wednesday due to red dog weather. So back at work and can only day dream of the beaches of Paradise island. Thank you Shanna for a great trip and yes i did get Doxie!!!
take care

My nephew, proud with his snorkel











Shanna and I on the Aersomith ride...she loved it