DISNEY!!!!! (And Chicago!)

Well I've had such a fantastic week and I'm so excited to share it with you now! I left Seattle last Friday at midnight and took a red-eye down to Florida. Hannah and I both arrived at 11 so we found each other and headed off for Disneyworld! 

We found the others at the hotel (which was awesome!), went to Downtown Disney for the afternoon while we waited for the last two to arrive. The rest of the night was pretty chill, which I much appreciated after flying all night! 

We stayed in the Animal Kingdom Lodge, thanks to one of the girls' parents who cashed in a timeshare for us. The room(s) was awesome with a kitchen, living room, master suite and second bedroom. Plenty of room for all seven of us! 

This is me and Erin at Downtown Disney that first day.

Andi, Hannah and Mel on the carousel

Oh, the other incredible part about the resort was the fact that the resort circled a whole savannah where they had giraffes, impala, antelopes, zebra... all roaming about! One night the giraffes slept right by our room!!

Sunday we went to Magic Kingdom and had so much fun!!! We went on every ride (many multiple times!) and just had a blast reliving childhood memories and enjoying the day!

Here, Cinderella's stepmother wanted Chee to show her her golf swing :D

Connie and I

Olivia and I

 Mel and Chee with characters

 Yay!!!

We went to the Boardwalk for dinner that night and I convinced everyone to go to the ESPN Zone so we could watch the seahawks in the playoffs. It was perfect timing and we got to watch them win!!!

Massive screen...

 Magic Kingdom was really pretty, still all decked out in Christmas decorations

The fireworks show was incredible!

Olivia and I on Dumbo!

So Monday we played golf at one of the Disney resort courses. It was so fun to get out and play after not playing a round since mid-October. The weather was iffy and rained the last several holes but overall it was a really fun day!

Chee and I

 Tuesday we went to Universal's Island of Adventure (and where Harry Potter world is). OH MY GOSH HARRY POTTER WORLD IS SO COOL!!!!

This is the entrance... doesn't it look just like Hogsmeade?!

Here's Hogwarts...

And they had a whole ride inside of this which was hands-down the coolest ride I've ever been on. I can't even describe it so you'll just have to make your way to Florida and see it for yourself :D

In Honeydukes, the candyshop

 They have all the candy that is in the books too! It's so, so, so cool!

So they had all the shops that are in the books... and you can buy all sorts of stuff in them! Wands, candy, robes, books... butterbeer. It truely is an incredible attraction!

Wednesday, our flight didn't leave until 7pm so we spent the day at Downtown Disney and at our pool... A really nice, chill day after all our adventures!

Connie and Melanie are recreating the lion king scene here...

 Thursday and Friday (today) we have been in Chicago, bouncing around to different houses. Melanie and Hannah both live here in Chicago and so Connie, Andi and I flew back here with them so we wouldn't have to fly all the way home for just a couple of days. We stayed at Melanie's the first night and then yesterday, I met up with Libby who lives in chicago and we went downtown and explored the city and then made dinner at her house and just had a really fun day!

Here we are at the Bean!

Now it's late Friday night and we are driving back to STL in the morning! Can't believe we're already going back but I'm also really excited to get back, get settled in, start my classes and see my friends! It's going to be a really great semester, I can already feel it... I'll post again this week once classes have started!