Day four and Five (coming home)

Day four: Island of Adventure.

On our last day in the parks we went and explored the other rides in Island of Adventure. It wasn't that crowded everywhere else because everyone was at Harry Potter Land. Some of our favorite rides there were: The Hulk! Dr. Doom's Fear Fall ( like the Rocket Re-entry) and Poseidon's Fury. There weren't that many rides there and Justin didn't want to go on the get wet rides. So after lunch we went back to Harry Potter land and rode the castle ride again and the other track on the Dragon Challenge. It was awesome because we walked right up to the front of the line. Hardly any wait. It was awesome.

So then we said goodbye to the parks and went home. We had fun but were ready to be done.

Highlights: Hardly any wait time for rides again! Getting a fast pass privilege for the Jurassic Park River Ride.

Bummers: Saying goodbye.

Day five Coming home!

After all the fun at the parks we were ready to come home and enjoy the hot but not humid weather of Utah.

Except it wouldn't be a complete trip with a stop at the Happiest Place on Earth, no not DisneyWorld but the Orlando Temple.

It was a really pretty temple and the day was really bright and the temple was so white it was blinding. It is very similar to the Bountiful Temple. They were built around the same time. Instead of arches at the front they had big white columns. But the inside layout was almost exactly the same. The celestial room was the same concept but just different colors. So it really did feel like home away from home. It was really nice to get away and just relax in the temple.

We had rented a car to get us to the temple and then the airport. It turns out that the temple was not to far away from where we were staying so that was cool. After the temple we went to lunch and then the airport. We felt a little bit better going this time since we had been there before. We get there, return our car and get everything taken care of. Our flight was scheduled to leave at 4:40 to New York then from New York to Salt Lake. Well when we got to our gate it said our plane was delayed. It continued to be delayed throughout the night. Eventually JFK was shut down due to a bad thunderstorm and rain in New York. All the people around us waiting were getting really impatient and it was a long wait. Finally at 11:00 p.m. we were allowed to board and get ready to leave. We just wanted to go somewhere! We got to New York at about 2 in the morning and nobody was there. No other planes were leaving and we had obviously missed our connecting flight so we were looking at other options.

The next plane for Salt Lake from New York was at 8 p.m. We would have had to wait over 16 hours in the same place. We were both so tired and at this point really frustrated. We ended up getting a flight to Long Beach. I figured if we get stuck there I have family close by that could come and help us. So we got on a 1:00 flight to Long Beach, then a flight to Salt Lake city later that evening. I called my sister in California and said " Hey want to play for a few hours?" So when we got to Long Beach my sister and husband graciously took us out to dinner and to get some fresh air. After waiting for almost 12 hours in the airport unable to get more then 20 minutes of sleep at a time it was a welcome break. We had a great dinner and then headed back to the airport. Of course our plane home was delayed about 30 minutes and there was a heart racing minute when we thought we almost didn't have a seat but all was well.

We finally made it home back to Utah 24 hours later then we were scheduled to. We had to wait for the 8 p.m. flight from New York to make it in so we could get the bag that we checked so even more waiting. But at least we were home! We got everything and made it home and crashed. It was quite the experience. No pictures were taken as I didn't really want to remember this . =) We did however keep a really positive attitude throughout it all. Justin was very calm and only near the end was expressing his frustration. It made it so much more pleasant to travel with. We were doing all that we could and so at times we just had to wait.

Home Sweet Home.