Vacation 2005 - 2006, Day 1

This year after Christmas we went down to Orlando, Florida, to meet up with my parents and brother Randy and his family at a rental house where we all would stay. Flying with us down to Orlando was Chris and family. Mom and Dad rented a house near the theme parks, big enough that we could all stay together in one place. It was a nice house, with a pool in the back, but of course we didn't go to Orlando of all places to hang out at the house - we went for the "Happiest Place on Earth". To start us off right, we made it over to the Magic Kingdom at Disneyworld for the first day of the vacation. You can see Chris was very excited as we pulled up to the park in our rental minivan.
Brenna shared in Chris' excitement. Meredithe is holding her while Grandma watches patiently on the ferry ride from the Magic Kingdom parking lot tram to the entrance to the park.
Randy and Dad in line for the Swiss Family Robinson Treehouse. I have to admit, this was much cooler when I was 6, but I also though people actually lived in it, so it's really your perspective that counts.
Kayla and Aunt Jill ready for some 3-D fun with the Disney characters. Unfortunately Chris, Zack and I missed the 3-D and Toon-Land fun while we went on Splash and Space Mountains. Great Disney theatrics of course, but the rides really don't hold a candle to Cedar Point. Of course though, nobody takes care of the whole experience better than Disney. After we all met up and walked through Minnie's house - next to Mickey's, I guess they couldn't live together, not being married and all...
Chris and Kayla waiting for the monorail back to the tram to the parking lot. Heading back to the car is a hour-long experience at Disney - you either have to take a ferry or a train to get to a parking lot tram to your car. Of course Disney does it best and it went very quickly.

Randy grillin' some kabobs for dinner. Each of the 3 kid-couples (Randy/Meredithe, Chris/Brandi, Jill/Me) cooked dinner one night each since we were all there for 3 nights. Overall - a great first day of vacation.