Orlando Getaway

This past weekend we went on a great mini-vacation to Orlando with Andy's family. The trip felt like it was much longer than two days - probably because we crammed so much into the time we were there! We went to two parks - Universal and Islands of Adventure, spent time by the pool at our beautiful hotel, the Royal Pacific, and ate at Emeril's restaurant in CityWalk.

This picture is in front of the new Rip Ride Rockit roller coaster in Universal. We loved that you got to select which song you wanted to listen to during the ride. I rocked out to a little Black Eyed Peas "Pump It." (LOL) The craziest part about the roller coaster was the beginning when you are lifted straight up in the air 17 stories high and then you zoom down into that first loop at 65 mph! Talk about an adrenaline rush!

The Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Islands of Adventure was really cool to see even though I am pretty anti-Harry Potter. :) The weather was absolutely perfect the entire time we were there!

On Saturday night before dinner, we spent some time relaxing in the pool. We were able to watch the Kentucky Derby at the tiki bar and also saw the torch lighting ceremony that the hotel puts on complete with fire throwers and hula dancers.

Later that night, we had a fabulous dinner at Emeril's in CityWalk. I was very impressed with the food and recommend this restaurant to anyone visiting Orlando! I wanted to try one of their signature New Orleans dishes and decided on the andouille-crusted redfish. It was delicious! I forgot to snap a picture of mine, but here is one that I found online...

We had such a great weekend!