Our days at Vacation Village in Kissimmee, Fl

Vacation Village

The next leg of our  Florida Winter 2012 vacation was at the timeshare Vacation Village at Parkway in Kissimmee, Fl.   We were on the 6th floor in a lovely suite, very comfortable.






While there we visited Old Town where antique cars were lined up along the street and a group played oldies on a bandstand while we danced 'the stroll' in the streets.  What a great night!

Old Town, Kissimmee, Fla

Another day we headed over the Clearwater, Fla to watch the Phillies winter practice but we missed it by a week.  On a few pitchers had arrived but we did get to see their practice fields. We were disappointed but we still had a great day.
We also tried to see my sister Doris in Pinellas Park but I missed her and she wouldn't answer her phone, so sorry about that

Our next daily adventure was to see Downtown Disney by way of a riverboat.  One of our dancing friends told us about Port Orleans, French Quarter where there was a performer on Thursday night who sang the Oldies well, so we decided to head over.  Since we arrived early, we walked the property and found a free riverboat so we hopped on, asking questions later.  Well we found it was heading to Downtown Disney.  After a half hour ride, we arrived and walked the excited streets full of  fantasy.

Port Orleans, French Quarter

When we grew tired of walking we headed back and enjoyed a free
night of music with a very talented musician singing lots of old love songs.

Free Riverboats

Disney Restaurant on the water

Someone else told us to see the Gaylord Palms Hotel while in town and what a treat that was.  It had 3 large atriums,  about 4 1/2 acres; Key West, Everglades and St. Augustine.

All of these atriums are inside and have walking
paths, with lots of ponds, waterfalls, buildings
restaurants and palm trees with foliage.
The Key West atrium even had a sail boat
with a huge fish pond containing many of
the fish swimming the Key West waters.
It was a restaurant where you could enjoy
a meal as well as watch the fish. 

This is the Key West atruim  when we watched them feed the fish.  Need I say how beautiful it was.

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 Another full day was spent at the ESPN Wide World of Sports watching David, Sandy and Lloyd's son, compete in the National Cheerleading Competition.  His school, Choctaw HS, placed 7th in the national which is a great rating.  I will say though that 10 hours of cheerleading was a bit overwhelming for us.  I think I could easily be a judge next year.

One of our best days was getting together with family.  Cathi and Erv hosted a party for us with her whole family with about 20 of us there, so much fun to catch up with Paul's brother's kids and their families.