The Pierce Family: Sav's Disney Soccer Trip

Over President's Day weekend Savannah's soccer team headed down to Orlando, Florida to play in a soccer tournament at the ESPN Wild World of Sports Complex at Disney and I was lucky enough to tag along with her. Our flight took off Friday morning just as a severe cold front was moving into Maryland and the temperatures forecasted for the weekend were in the single digits. Savannah and I, however, were overjoyed to be heading to the warm, sunny, 70 degree weather at the happiest place on earth.

The flight was smooth and easy going but unfortunately getting to our hotel wasn't. David had emailed me a confirmation number for the Disney Express that would take us from the airport to the hotel. The confirmation number didn't work; it was just showing David's name, not mine or Savannah's, and so they wouldn't let us on. We spent a good half hour trying to get everything squared away. I think one of the workers could tell we were having problems and my stress level was rising because he tried to cheer us up with Daisy stickers...a bunch of them. Savannah was amused, me, not so much.

They finally decided to just let us on with that confirmation number and off we went...to the wrong hotel. The confirmation number that David had sent me was actually the confirmation number for a business trip he had to Orlando at the end of the month. Yes, truly. So we ended up at the hotel he would be staying at which unfortunately they would not let us stay at. The hotel had a driver take us over to our real hotel, Disney's All-Star Sports Resort, and after seeing it Savannah and I both agreed we wished we could go back to the first hotel. But things started looking up when we started running into teammates and getting excited about all our weekend adventures.

We rested for a bit in our room and then met up with everyone at 6:00 to take the bus to Disney Springs for dinner. Once there we decided to split up, the girls going off by themselves and the adults heading over the The House of Blues for some dinner. It was such a beautiful evening and I was enjoying getting to know the parents a little bit better. I had some yummy lobster macaroni and cheese for dinner and topped it off with a cherry coke which I hadn't had in ages and think I might now be addicted to. After dinner we met back up with the girls who first complained about their gross meal and then just wanted to shop. It was fun walking around looking at all the different sights (some of which were not very family friendly) and stores.

Such a fun candy store!

One probably wouldn't believe me if I mentioned how many shots it took to get this picture just right; either one of them laughed or didn't have their bracelet showing or stuck their hand in the other's face. But finally, I got the perfect shot of Emily and Savannah showing off their cool Disney bracelets, one of Savannah's favorite parts of the trip. She repeatedly mentioned that she wished she had one of these to open her room at home.