MY VACATION ORLANDO

My Vacation Orlando

My Vacation Orlando

One summer, my family and I were going on vacation to Disney World. This time, we were going with my extended family from Ohio. I have many cousins my age whom I don't get to see very often. When my family from Ohio arrived at out home in Jacksonville, Florida, we loaded the vehicles with our things and prepared for the trip. Before we left for Orlando, we stopped at Atlantic Beach to swim. We always enjoyed swimming because Ohio has no beaches, and it wasn't very often when my family could visit us.

After the beach, my dad, who is in the Navy, took us on base and gave us a tour on his guided missile cruiser ship. My cousins had a blast because they had never been on a naval base. My dad took us into the dark radar rooms, which looked like a room full of video games. There were many war simulation games we could play. My dad brought us out on the helicopter hanger and the flight deck to see the missile bays on the front of the deck. He also answered many of my cousins' questions about his job and the ship.

Our family drove two big vans to Orlando. We brought many games to keep us entertained while on the trip. The trip for us seemed so long because we were very anxious to be in Disney World. We kept walkie-talkies to keep communications lines open. It was entertaining to talk across the highway to the other van.

After a day spent in Disney's magical world, we stayed in a room at the Polynesian resort. Once we checked in and settled in the room, we went to dinner at a luau. There were tiki-torches and hula dancing as we ate. There was a stage with people doing tricks with fire and native dances.The boys' boundary had a very large cooler full of ice and sodas. When we closed banquet, it was time for lights out. One of my cousins snuck down to the cooler and took some ice. It was lob black so we had no idea what he was planning to do. We finished up having ice in our bed and an ice conflict broke out. That after dark was such a blast.

When we arrived in Orlando, we stayed a hotel with two connecting rooms so the boys could have ...