and now back to our regularly scheduled vacation posts-----typhoon lagoon-----our vacation day 5

   tuesday was typhoon lagoon day. one of disney's beautiful waterparks.


we had heard of the awesome wave pool that they had here.

so, everyone waited around in the shallow water waiting for the time for the big waves.


                once again, jacob loved the water





                               
                                         UNTIL THIS!!!


everyone else loved the huge waves. they played here for hours. i think they could have played in the wave pool the entire time.

i was holding jacob, in the shallow water, when the first wave came and we still ended up falling over and riding the humongous wave to dry concrete.

                                                but, there was so much more to do. so, we headed off to the the water slides.
                                                this is aaron and josiah finishing the straight-down drop water slide.

                      
with olivia and rachel following. the verdict was "FUN! but you get a huge wedgie."
rachel is taking care of that in this picture. LOL
           



about half way through the day, jacob was water logged. he napped while everyone else headed over to the snorkeling area.














here we are,  getting ready to snorkel with the fish, stingrays, and even sharks! everyone loved doing this!


            the snorkeling mask is so flattering!


amanda was scared at first and wouldn't go. but, she did not want to miss out and eventually did it.
she was so glad that she did.

                   the water was really cold too!



      but, you got used to it once you got in and started floating around.





            now we are ready to snorkel in the real ocean some day.


typhoon lagoon closed at 5 pm. so, we went back to our resort, cleaned up and headed
to downtown disney to eat, check out the shopping, and disney quest.



                               on the bus to downtown disney


                ready to eat, shop, and play


                                            we ate  here!




   it was fun seeing a lot of the props that were used in so many movies


                  can you guess which movie this is from?


after we ate, we went over to disney quest, a five story building with any kind of arcade games you could  possibly imagine.
i think the kids could have played there for an entire day.


           jacob is learning to drive already!




it was not easy keeping track of jacob here. i finally found a small area that was gated off for him to play in.
it was surrounded by a bench seat that i could sit and watch pinocchio keep him entertained and fascinated for a very long time.


we did not leave downtown disney until almost midnight. we were all exhausted at the end of the day but everyone had a blast!