Travel
Detailed travel logs and trip journals live here. Expect day‑by‑day itineraries (e.g., our Switzerland & Italy trip) with weather notes, meals and family anecdotes, plus posts on museum visits, road‑trips and cruises.
- Breakfast at Motel One
- Took Tram with luggage to Zurich HB
- Stored luggage at station (23-06, 23-09)
- S24 train to Kilchberg
- Visit Lindt Home of Chocolate
- S8 train back to Zurich HB
- Quickly retrieve luggage from storage, only 15 min stop
- Boarded IC909 to Landquart
- Transfer traina to Scuol
- Tammy published her first blog post in over 11 years! 🤩
- Taxi to Hotel Guardaval in Scuol
- Walk around Scuol a bit
- Meet fellow hikers and guides Dave and Erik for dinner
- Delicious four course dinner at hotel
- DL162 land In Amsterdam (10:26a)
- Sit on tarmac for 55 minutes waiting for gate to be available
- Clear passport control
- DL9568 to Zurich
- Landed in Zurich (2:06p)
- Checked in at Motel One Zurich
- Tuk Tuk Fondue Tour
- Walk around old city
- Sleep early, everyonr tired
- Lyft to MSP. Super nice driver.
- Cheeseburgers at Shake Shack. 🍔🍔🍔 Mazie got a quesadilla somewhere else.
- DL162 to Amsterdam departing at 7:50pm.
- Change to Central European Time, ahead 7 hours.
- Tammy and kids head to Magic Kingdom, Jamie hangs back to do some work things.
- Tammy and kids experience “rope drop” at 8:26a into Tomorrowland
- Ride space Mountain
- Ride Seven dwarves mine train not working
- Ride little mermaid
- Ride big thunder mountain railway
- Ride Splash mountain (Tyler sat out)
- Go to enchanted tiki house
- Visit Hall of presidents
- Go to Country bear jamboree
- Jamie rejoins party
- Visit Carousel of Progress
- Have lunch at Be Our guest
- Wish farewell to Magic Kingdom
- Drive to airport
- Flight DL1143 from MCO to MSP.
- Home!
- Check out of Sapphire Falls
- Drive to Polynesian
- Leave luggage at Polynesian
- Take Monorail to EPCOT
- Breakfast at Les Halles Boulangerie-Patisserie
- Kids ride Guardians of the Galaxy (3rd for Mazie, 2nd for Tyler)
- Ride Test Track
- Experience Journey Into Imagination With Figment
- Disney Pixar shorts
- Explore Canada, UK, Morroco, Japan
- Lunch at Via Napoli
- Monorail to magic kingdom
- Ride Peter Pan’s Flight
- Ride Splash Mountain
- Ride Seven Dwarfs Mine Train
- Ride Haunted Mansion
- Ride Space Mountain
- Amazing dinner at Teppan Edo in Epcot
- Monorail back to Polynesian
- Watch the fireworks over castle from the hotel
- boat ride to Universal from Sapphire
- Stood in line for Minions and baled
- Rise Jimmy Fallon race thru New York
- crepes stand
- Ride ET ride
- Ride Simpsons
- Go to Animal show
- Lunch at Today Cafe.
- Ride Minions ride.
- Diagon Alley: ice cream, wand time, explored
- Go to Curious George
- Go to Fivelous
- Return to hotel
- swimming but too cold
- Dinner poolside
- Disembark from Galactic Cruiser
- Transfer to sapphire hotel
- water taxi to Universal Studios
- Ride Hogwarts Express
- Kids ride Harry Potter and Forbidden Journey
- kid roller coaster hippo grid
- Jamie got frozen Butterbeer
- Tyler got picked at Olivanders for the wand choice
- Kids explore Jurassic playground
- Explore more
- Mazie road tower of fear
- Dr Seuss land road cat in the hat and trolley which was was too long and short
- Return to hotel
- Dinner at Amanista in hotel
- continued exploring Halcyon
- Shuttle to Batuu
- Exploring and missions on Batuu
- Ride Millenium Falcon
- Ride Rise of the Resistance
- Droid making workshop
- Drinks at Oma’s
- shuttle back to Halcyon
- Concluding our mission on the Halcyon
- hang with family and sent them off to airport
- Check out of pop century
- Took skyliner to Caribbean resort to explore
- Had donuts at Joffreys
- Skyliner back to pop century.
- Taxi to Galactix Starcruiser
- Board Galactic Cruiser
- Extensive shopping for Star Wars attire and two lightsabers.
- Explored the Halcyon and did missions
- skyliner to Hollywood studios
- Boat to Disney beach club
- Character breakfast
- shuttle to Magic Kingdom
- Mickey & Minnie meet And greeet
- carousel
- Small world
- Winnie the Pooh
- Alona and Garrett do Dumbo Teacups
- Dylan and Garrett depart for swimming and hotel
- Monsters Inc
- People mover
- Thinder mountain
- Jungle cruise
- Pirates of the carribean
- Jamie and Tyler look for bronze thing. Mazie and mom Swiss family Robinson. Alona and mom shopping.
- Bus to Pop Century and transfer to Disney Springs
- Dinner at Frontera
- Cirque du Solei
- Bus back to Pop Centiry
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Switzerland & Italy Log - Day 2
Weather: Hot and Sunny.
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Switzerland & Italy Log - Day 1
Weather: Warm & Sunny
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Switzerland & Italy Log - Day 0
Weather: Very nice warm day.
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Disney World Log Day 10
Weather: Warm and sunny.
Steps: 9,908
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Disney World Log Day 9
Weather: Warm and sunny.
Steps: 29,580 Most steps on any day!
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Disney World Log Day 8
Weather: Best weather of the trip. Temperate and nice.
Steps: 14,974
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Disney World Log Day 7
Weather: Cool and sunny.
Steps: 13,194
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Disney World Log Day 6
Weather: Cool and sunny.
Steps: 9,137
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Disney World Log Day 5
Weather: Cold and sunny.
Steps: 11,951
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Disney World Log Day 4
Weather: Warm and sunny.
Steps: 20,148