I am going to let you in on a little secret... I kind of have a fascination with Legos. I know that was a pretty shocking revelation but I just had to get that off my chest. Fortunately for me, my boys do too. So where is the one place that you have to go? Legoland of course. We have been fortunate to have gone to the one out in California a few times and we absolutely love it. But we don't have much reason to get out to San Diego much anymore, so lucky for us they built one in Florida. Since we go to Disney more than most people go to the bathroom it's great to have one so close to Orlando. It is about a 45 minute drive from Disney and it is well worth the trip. There aren't a ton of rides and it's not really geared toward the older crowd, but if your kids are like mine, they will love it... especially Miniland. I hope you enjoy this weeks Wednesday's Window.
We are heading in!
The Capitol
The Mall on Washington
Iwo Jima
One of the eight million mini golf courses in Florida
Florida State Capital
New York Hotel in Las Vegas
Capital Hill, Washington
The White House with the Obamas standing by.
Washington, DC
Tampa, Fl
San Francisco
I believe this is St. Augustine
A smarter man than I built this
The place is amazing. I tried to sneak out the Space Shuttle, but they wouldn't let me.
You can see more pictures like this is you follow along on Instagram.
Last week we took you on the latest Disney Cruise ship The Fantasy. If you didn't see it, you should take a look because the ship is beautiful. Disney in no way paid me to say that, but in the future it would be nice if they did. The ship made stops in St. Thomas, San Juan, and Disney's private island Castaway Cay. Well, I was equipped with my panorama feature on my iPhone which I probably overused, but it's such an awesome feature and you can take really cool shots that you can't capture with a normal phone. To get the full 180 degrees in an image is something that I have been wanting to do for some time, and now that I am able to, it's all I do. We take you to the Caribbean in this week's Wednesday's Window. I hope you enjoy.
Trunk Bay St. John's, USVI
San Juan, Puerto Rico
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Sunset in St. Thomas, USVI
Castaway Cay
Castaway Cay beach
Looking back at the ship
Castaway Cay
Castaway Cay
Sun setting at Castaway Cay
Next week I will take you to Legoland Florida. There will be no panoramic photos, but there will be plenty of legos.
If you didn't already know, my family is a huge Disney family. We have been lucky enough to go to Disney World too many times to count (my kids are spoiled I know) and our love doesn't stop on the land. Disney Cruise line in one of the BEST in the cruise industry and we were fortunate enough to sail on their most recent addition to their fleet, The Fantasy. I was also fortunate to have my hands on the iPhone 5 (man I am coming across as a snob huh?) which has that cool panorama feature built in to it's camera. So I figured why not give you a cool glimpse into what the ship looks like. I hope you enjoy this weeks Wednesday's Window.
The ship made it's first ever voyage to San Juan, Puerto Rico
View from the classic Promenade Deck
Looking out Deck 12 towards the Great Blue Yonder
Adults only section Deck 12 Forward
Deck 12 Forward
Adult only area. Cove pool down below
Mickey Pool. Fun for the kids
Midship Donald Duck and Mickey Pools
The Aqualab spray area
Goof's Sports Deck mini golf
ICE CREAM
Very classic Central Atrium
Movie theatre where we saw Wreck it Ralph
Walt Disney Theater
Enchanted Garden Dining room
Royal Palace Dining room
D-Lounge family fun
Our room. Small but easily fit a family of four
Main pools at night
Cove pool at night
More Mickey and Donald Pools
It was a beautiful ship. Next week I will share some of the amazing places that the ship took us.
I do believe that I have found the most awesome restaurant on the planet.
It's not one that everyone is going to be able to go to, but it is one that needs to be shared nonetheless. We were fortunate enough to recently sail on the new Disney Cruise ship The Fantasy and to say that their restaurant Animator's Palate is cool would be an understatement. Like their sister ship, The Dream, The Fantasy takes dining to a whole new level. Yes the food is outstanding, but it's what happens while you eat that is unbelievable part.
If you have ever seen the movie Finding Nemo you know the character Crush. Well one night on our cruise Crush paid us a visit at our dinner table. Much like the attraction at Epcot, Crush talks to you.
Now we had seen that before and it really is quite amazing how they pull it off. I still don't fully understand how they do it but compared to our next night of dining there, that was nothing.
Our second night at Animator's Palate left us all scratching our heads a little. Each of us was asked to animate a character on a sheet of paper and while were eating the magic happened.
How THIS is possible is something I will never comprehend. Now obviously it's done through computer magic, but the fact that they can take a little picture that I drew at my table and make it dance on the big screen is simply AWESOME. Each of us were now Disney animators.
Unfortunately for my wife and I now, dining out will never be the same. We have kind of set a standard as far as the whole dining experience is concerned. When we go to a restaurant and they give out crayons for the kids to use, I'm afraid that just won't cut it anymore.
In case you didn't know, my wife and I decided to take the kids to Quebec City. One of the main tourist attractions is The Citadel. Outside the Citadel guards stand watch 24 hours a day. Their main objective it seems is to not move or show any expression while tourists try to make them laugh. It's not as easy as it sounds as people will do anything to try and make them let their guard down.
I don't know what it would take to make these guys move, we tried really hard. But this guy changes his expression less than I do. Maybe we should have stood a little closer?
