During their honeymoon the couple visited the following attractions:

The first full day the couple spent in their favorite park – Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom.  The first two rides that they went on are Nancy’s favorites – Pirates of the Caribbean and The Haunted Mansion.  The next stop – where else – to Jeff’s favorite ride (though he had never been on it before) it’s a small world.  After that they spent the whole day on their favorite rides such as Peter Pan, Winnie the Pooh, Walt Disney's Carousel of Progress, The Enchanted Tiki Room, Mickey's Philharmagic, Tomorrowland Transit Authority (formally the People Mover!), the Indy Speedway - where Nancy drove - and the Walt Disney Railroad.  They dined at Cinderella’s Royal Table, located within Cinderella Castle – which they had to reserve 2 months in advance just to ensure seating!  From the inside of Cinderella’s Royal Table, you are able to see all of Magic Kingdom.  Since the reservations were made for “Honeymooners”, Jeff and Nancy received free champagne glasses with the restaurants logo etched on them.  After a relaxing dinner, the couple headed over to Main Street for some shopping and spotted a perfect place along the corner to view the Spectromagic parade.  As the sun set, Jeff and Nancy happily awaited the beginning of the parade.  Nancy sat on the curb and watched as Jeff sat beside her and videotaped it.  After the parade, the couple walked towards Cinderella’s Castle to watch Magic Kingdom’s nightly Fireworks display called “Wishes”, which Jeff also videotaped.  When Jeff and Nancy returned to their room for the evening, they were surprised by a chilled bottle of champagne and fruit platter – compliments of Jeff’s coworkers – The Staff at Torre Lentz.
 

This was the first time that either Jeff or Nancy were visiting Islands of Adventure, but still decided to make a half day out of the park since neither of them like roller coasters, which Islands has a lot of. They began by visiting Seuss Landing by riding The Cat in the Hat – and they both felt just a bit dizzy afterwards. Jeff and Nancy decided to spend some time reliving their childhood running around the Seussical playground If I Ran the Zoo. The Zoo featured many of the characters from Dr. Seuss’ books. In The Lost Continent the couple saw Poseidon's Fury and they were lucky enough to land front row seats (the splash zone!) to catch The Eighth Voyage of Sinbad show. Jeff and Nancy spent some time in Jurassic Park’s Discovery Center looking at dinosaur bones before walking over to Toon Lagoon for some shopping and photo opportunities.  They ate lunch in the Captain America Café in Marvel Superhero Island then doubled back to Toon Lagoon for more shopping.  Jeff and Nancy took in some swimming at their hotel pool before dining in the Olive Garden for dinner.
 

Yesterday while in Islands of Adventure, Jeff and Nancy made a lunch date with Jeff’s cousins Michelle and Aimee and Aimee’s husband Branden, since they weren’t able to attend Aimee and Branden’s wedding in February and they were unable to attend Jeff and Nancy's wedding.  The five of them ate nearby Jeff and Nancy’s hotel at Romano’s Macaroni Grill. Since Jeff and Nancy were going to be in Orlando for another week, they made plans to visit again at Aimee and Branden's home in Satellite Beach the following Friday. After lunch, Michelle, Aimee and Branden went back home as Nancy and Jeff drove to Downtown Disney’s Westside where they checked out Disney Quest. The five story building featured many old-school 80's video games (Q-Bert, Burger Time, Pacman and Donkey Kong to name a few), interactive and virtual reality games and computer animation. In a spur of the moment decision they sat in on one of Disney’s animation sessions in which an animator taught them how to draw a Disney character.  Jeff and Nancy each drew Pluto and bought their drawing after the session (look for these to be added to the website soon).  

They spent the afternoon shopping and stuck around to visit Pleasure Island – an all-night open bar extravaganza and celebrated New Year’s Eve with the crowd counting down to midnight with confetti and fireworks!  Jeff and Nancy also went to Disney's comedy club, Comedy Warehouse – an improv comedy show, where they stayed for two shows.

The couple also made a half day plan for Disney’s Animal Kingdom.  Jeff and Nancy took a walk around the Tree of Life - a large tree that is hand carved with over 300 different animals. Inside the Tree of Life they saw the 3-D presentation of It’s Tough to be a Bug. During their ride through Kilimanjaro Safaris, Nancy and Jeff were able to see Elephants, Antelope and Giraffes (oh my!).  They left Animal Kingdom for lunch at the Olive Garden and headed back to the hotel pool. To end the evening, the couple went back to Pleasure Island and the Comedy Warehouse. Jeff and Nancy were able to catch another two comedy shows that night and since they were wearing their Bride & Groom hats, they were definitely picked on by the comedians!

The couple made a half day plan for Disney - MGM Studios.   They saw great shows like the Indiana Jones Stunt Spectacular (where they were given VIP seats because they were on their honeymoon) and Jim Henson’s Muppet Vision 3-D.   They rode on The Great Movie Ride and caught a limited showing Behind the Scenes look at The Haunted Mansion movie set.   For a late lunch, they ate at the Sci-Fi Dine In Theatre - a burgers and fries diner. The Sci-Fi tables aren’t your ordinary tables  you are seated in the front or back seat of a car!  On the back of Jeff and Nancy’s car, their host had placed a sign with the characters Lady & the Tramp from the famous spaghetti scene and the phrase, “Congratulations Honeymooners”.  They also received a complimentary dessert! After a nice day at MGM, the couple relaxed in the hotel pool, then had dinner at the Rainforest Café within Downtown Disney West Side - where they skipped the 1 hour wait and were seated immediately because they were honeymooners.  They enjoyed the Rainforest Cafe’s unique atmosphere of special effects that included waterfalls, animal noises, simulated thunder and lightning and dimming lights as they ate.

Note that due to the fact that the tour goes into backstage areas of the Walt Disney World Resort no photography was allowed.

The couple made a half day at Universal Studios. They took some pictures of the Universal Globe and Archway Entrance before making their way into the park. Once inside the park, Jeff and Nancy walked to Universal’s newest attraction, Shrek 4-D. Inside the stadium seated room, they were given 3-D glasses and waited for the lights to dim and the show to start. Not only did the images jump out at you from the 3-D feature, but during chase scenes (and there were a lot of them), their chairs were simulated as if they were part of the chase scene. Nancy was disappointed to find out that King Kong no longer existed and that the Revenge of the Mummy-the ride, was about to take it’s place. Jeff and Nancy went straight to the back of the park to ride Jaws and wound up being first on the boat! During the ride when Jaws makes his appearance, Jeff and Nancy were splashed. Next they had to make a stop in the Back to the Future store (one of the couple’s favorite movies), before getting on line for E.T. Adventure. Jeff and Nancy cooled down after a hot day in the park by taking a dip in the hotel pool then dined at the Olive Garden where their server's name was Bosh.

Jeff and Nancy began their day at Sea World Discovery Cove in the Tropical Lagoon – an animal free pool that looked more like a beach in the Bahamas. Jeff wandered off to the Sting-Ray pool and Tropical Fish pool to get some cool underwater shots at the animals. They enjoyed a nice day on the ‘beach’ swimming and splashing around in the waterfall. Jeff lead Nancy around the pool as she held him around his neck, using him as a floatation device. Nancy decided using a real floatation device was a better idea, since Jeff tried to push her underwater. Nancy got him back by pushing him under and taking a picture of him underwater with his scuba gear on. They ended their time at Discovery Cove with Jeff swimming with a baby Dolphin named Hutch (Check out the Photo Albums page for all of these!). After showering and changing, they hurried off to Sea World (across the street) for the Makahi Luau at the Sunfire Inn. A combination of dinner, dancing, fire tossing and story telling, the couple had a lot of fun at the Luau.

The couple drove down to Satellite Beach to visit with Michelle, Aimee and Branden. During their drive, Jeff and Nancy drove through a terrible thunder storm with rain so bad, the car in front of them was barely visible. As they passed away from the storm, the both of the looked back with a sigh of relief that, that was the only time through their trip it had rained.  When they arrived at Aimee and Branden's house they were pleasantly surprised to see Jeff's Aunt Loretta and Branden's mom were there as well.  The family spent the day catching up and looking at pictures from each other's weddings.  Nancy and Aimee talked about different things in the kitchen as Branden and Jeff relaxed with a few beers in front of the TV (Star Trek was on) while Michelle napped on the couch.  Aimee prepared a fabulous dinner of salad, garlic bread and baked ziti with meat sauce.

Honeymoon photos are available on the Photo Albums Page of this site.
 

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