My Trip to Florida

I was in Florida this last weekend. It was amazing. I had so much fun. I got to hang out with one of my roommates from his camp and his dad. It was nice and warm. I flew into Ft. Lauderdale on Friday morning from Lexington. The flight was delayed an hour, and thank god it was. We got a half hour out from home and I realized I had forgot my passport, my only form of identification. So we had to race home and get it. Luckily, my mom called my dad and said that my flight had been delayed and we were going to make it just fine. Once I finally got into Ft. Lauderdale, we drove 4 hours to Orlando. We spent the night walking around Downtown Disney and looking at all of the cool shops. My favorite part of the night was getting pictures with Disney characters made of Legos. I got one with Woody and then one with Hulk.

            We spent the night in Orlando. The next morning, we got up bright and early to go to Disney World because the parks opened at 9 a.m. We started our day off at Epcot. It was really fun. The first ride we rode was the best one there. It is called Test Track. While you are waiting in line, you scan this card and create your own test model car. Then when you get up to the actual ride, you scan the card into the ride and it puts the data into the ride. Then on the ride itself, your car does a certain number of tests to make sure it is ready for market. Some of the tests include; Maneuverability, Responsiveness, and Power. The Power test was the best. We flew outside of the building and did a lap around the building almost reaching 70 mph. After spending the rest of the morning at Epcot, riding some more rides and walking through the food and wine festival where we had some amazing food from all over the world, we went over to Magic Kingdom.

            Magic Kingdom was amazing. Right away I realized that Magic Kingdom had many more rides than Epcot did. My favorites were Space Mountain and Thunder Mountain. Space Mountain was a really fast indoor roller coaster. The hill to start the ride had all of these really bright lights and strange space sounds, and then we got to the top and it was pitch black except for a few tiny star lights. You couldn’t really see anything. Once my eyes adjusted, I started seeing the entire track around me and I ducked because I thought I was going to hit it. Thunder Mountain was a roller coaster that kind of looked like a train. It was like we were going through the old mining towns. There was a Monsters Inc. Laugh Floor Comedy Show, but just as Mike Wazowski came out to start his bit of the show, it broke. He was stuck coming in and out of the door, I was so sad. That show was the thing I was most excited about. We ended the day with a Mickey Mouse Parade and a Fireworks Show.

Then on Sunday, we left Orlando and headed back to my friend Dylan’s house in Miami. We got back to Miami around 1 and just took a day off to relax. I watched the Dolphins-Patriots football game. We did a Google hangout with some other friends from camp who live in New York. Then we got together with our friend Chloe who also lives in Miami and got ice cream. We went to this really cool place where they used liquid nitrogen to make the ice cream, it was so delicious. That night; Dylan, his dad, and I went out to eat. We went to a really nice Cuban Restaurant where I got some Grilled Mahi Mahi with Beans and Rice. Then we went swimming back at Dylan’s house. The pool was freezing. We went in at night, so there was no heat from the sun, and the heater in his pool was broken.

On Monday morning Dylan’s dad dropped him off at school, and then took me to the airport. My amazing weekend trip to Florida was sadly over, but I had so much fun. Thanks Florida. As Mickey Mouse would say, “See ya real soon!”