For our Honeymoon, we went to Orlando, Florida. We stayed at the Sheraton Vistana Villages Resort Villas. We chose this hotel because each room has a kitchen, living room, patio, separate bedroom, and HUGE bathroom. We wanted this option so we could cook some meals in our room. We were also in the back of the resort, which has it's own separate pool. Hardly anyone was ever out there. It was like having our own, private pool.
So we flew into Orlando the morning of the 19th. We thought it would be nice to get there early so our flight was at 8 am. BIG MISTAKE. We had to wake up at 4 and be at the airport at 6. We would have much rather slept in and gotten in later.
Our first full day there, we just wandered around Downtown Disney. We had lots of fun going in shops and just taking pictures.
The next day we went to this funky museum called Wonderworks. It is an upside down building in downtown Orlando. According to Wonderworks legend, "the main building was once a laboratory that was swept away from its original spot in the Bermuda Triangle by a powerful tornado. Where it rests today is where the fictional tornado left it. The building is still very much a place where scientists can run all kinds of experiments, and guests are welcome as well to try their hands at things like landing a Space Shuttle. From your simulated Space Shuttle cockpit, you'll man the controls and take charge of making sure that you touch down safely on the airstrip. For those visitors who always wanted to be pilots, the Fighter Jets exhibit is sure to please. You'll again find yourself in a simulated cockpit, only this time you'll be flying fighter jets." We had a ton of fun here!
Another day we spent at Universal Studios. We were able to get free park tickets from some credit card reward points. Neither Josh nor I had been there before. The park was super busy, as it was the week before Christmas, so we mostly just walked around and went to shows. The park was all decorated for Christmas so we really enjoyed that. We did go on the Jurassic Park ride which was a water ride which we got soaked on (that explains our wet shirts in some of the pictures below). We also went to The Wizarding World of Harry Potter. It looked exactly like the movie.
JURASSIC PARK
Aren't these the COOLEST dinosaur hat/mask things EVER!!
HARRY POTTER
This is us drinking Butter Beer (non-alcoholic). It kinda tasted like a butterscotch cream soda. There was foam on top, and this is us with foam mustaches.
Three Broomsticks Restaurant where we ate lunch. There were long tables to eat at and lots of yummy food from the movie.
WHOville. It was really decorated for Christmas.
Scoobby Dooby DOO!
Back to the Future Car and the Blues Brothers
MainStreet
I SURE DO LOVE THIS GUY!!
Check out our awesome expressions in front of the Giant Grover!
After spending the day at Universal, we were kinda pooped. So we spent the next day watching ALL of the Jurassic park movies. I had never seen any of them so this was fun for me.
We also spent one day driving to the beach. We had fun shopping, walking by the water, and enjoying great food at a rooftop restaurant.
Also speaking of food,during our Honeymoon we ate LOTS of great food. We tried to evenly split going out for dinner and eating in. That first night we were lazy and just ordered Chinese The next night we went out to a seafood dinner. We learned that if we told a restaurant that we were on our Honeymoon, that would usually give us a free dessert/ appetizer or something else fun. We also went out to a Interactive Pirate Dinner.
I don't remember if we just didn't take any pictures or if we just misplaced them. This was a really fun night. The show we saw was called Pirate's Dinner Advenutre. Before the show, you enjoy appetizers and get to meet some of the pirates in the bar area. Then you go into the theater. The theater is set up with tables all around this giant pool of water with a pirate ship in the middle. On the link above there is a great video showing what the show was like, it is so hard to put it into words. The show was alot of fun to watch and also interact with. Each section of the theater had a different pirate that we cheered for and helped throughout the show. I got to participate during the show by throwing balls up to our "team's pirate". We had so much fun having a good meal and enjoying a show!
Another night for dinner, we had a Southern Boil. A Southern Boil is taking corn, sausage, potatoes, crab, lobster, and shrimp and boiling it all together with Old Bay Seasoning. Then you dump it all out onto newspaper and EAT UP!!
BEFORE
Our dinner. (The lamp was our Christmas tree as we were there for Christmas)
AFTER
For Christmas Eve, we went to Hemingway's at The Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress. We got all dressed up and really enjoyed our meal.
For Christmas Day, we decided to make our own dinner at the hotel. We had a BBQ grill outside of our building that we thought would be fun. We planned on making Lamb, Zucchini and Potatoes. Started with good intentions, but quickly went downhill. Neither of us had ever cooked Lamb so we weren't sure when it was done and it ended up over cooked. The Zucchini burned to a crisp. And the potatoes were so hard that we had to load them with POUNDS of butter to soften them up. In the end, I think we had 4 bites total before ordering a pizza.
We had such a fun and busy but also relaxed Honeymoon full of great memories and a great way to start our marriage!
I loved seeing all the picture from back when you two were first married!! :D looks like so much fun!
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