Spring Break Orlando Pt 2

So where was I, ahh yes I believe my Mother and I were just about boarding our flight to Orlando at around 2 in the afternoon. The flight took about two hours and thirty minutes so it wasn’t that long of a flight, and was quite enjoyable. Mother fell asleep while I remained awake and was listening to my music and watching a couple of Tv Shows for the remainder of the flight. At around 5pm we landed and reached Orlando, I was looking out the window while we were landing and must I say Orlando is absolutely beautiful. After getting our baggage and stamping our passports and what not we got into a taxi and headed to our hotel.

Now our hotel was super amazing I don’t even know how to describe it, we were staying at Disney Coronado Springs Hotel. Must I say I highly recommend it for anyone who wants to go and see Disneyland. The hotel was so pretty and had so many amazing features to it. The coolest thing to me was that the hotel was divided into different parts, so the lobby was a building by itself and then around it there were about 14 buildings with 3 floors that had all of the rooms. That place was super cool and you literally didn’t feel like you were in a hotel. It was so amazing that in order to go out to the lobby you had to walk across this beautiful lake and then you would reach the lobby. But I mean its Disney this is what you expect and will get and they will exceed your expectations. I remember when we were searching for hotels to stay at and I knew that this one would be the best one and the pictures online do not disappoint. It’s even better in person especially the view of the lake from the nicely decorated rooms.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

After checking in at our fabulous hotel we got a ride in a golf cart to take us to our room. See this is what I was talking about don’t you see how awesome and cool this is. So we left the lobby and then we got into the golf cart and the driver loaded up our bags onto the back and drove us to our building. We were located in the 5th building on the second floor which was pretty far away from the lobby but the drive their was amazing. On our way to the building the sights that I had observed were indescribable and the sun was starting to set, so you could imagine I was literally dying thinking that I was in another world. I had never seen a sunset as pretty as the one in Orlando after all it is the state of sunshine :). Once we reached our room we decided to call it a night order some room service and head to bed at around 8pm.

The next day we originally had planned to go to Magic kingdom but decided to explore the outlets instead. The outlets in Orlando are really nice and had amazing sales and offers. Especially during the time we went which was during Spring Break and it was an amazing Outlet. That day consisted of exploring the outlet and buying some nice stuff. At the end of all that shopping we headed back to the hotel to just sit and relax. Over the course of the next 3 days Mother and I viewed and explored Magic Kingdom, Animal Kingdom, and Hollywood Studios. All of those parks were seriously amazing and exploring them was a blast.

On the 4th of April we went and checked out the Magic Kingdom theme park and must I say it was my favorite park out of all the ones that I had the chance to explore. Our day started off at around 5;30 am ( now I know what your thinking again why would she wake up at 5am during vacation?) well I had to because our only ride to the theme parks was the bus stop at our hotel.But getting up early and heading to parks was so nice cause it wasn’t crowded at all and we spent a good 7 hours there and at each park. I won’t continue on and bore you of all the other details because as they say a picture says a thousand words so the pictures that I have will speak for themselves.

 

On the 5th of April we headed to the animal kingdom park which was a really nice and adventurous park. The design of the park was super unique and amazing you definitely felt like you were at a jungle or in the woods. One of my favorite things to do at the Animal Kingdom was to go on a safari adventure and we were able to see real life animals. That ride was really an adventure and it was enjoyable.

The day after we headed to the Hollywood Studios park and explored it, it was a nice park but not my favorite but I did enjoy going to the plays and shows they had on as well as visiting the exhibits. My favorite one was the one about Walt Disney and the reason behind creating Disney Land and World. All in All, It was a pretty great trip and I had a blast after we got back from Orlando to New York we spent about 2 days in the city just walking around and doing some shopping and visiting the places we have been to before.

 

 

 

 

 

Oh yeah and I forgot to mention the day we were leaving which was April 9 was the day the new MacBooks were launching the mini ones and my sister J wanted one so bad. So Mother and I headed to the nearest apple store to go and see if they had one available in the store. Sadly they didn’t but if they did it would have been cool to be the first people to walk out the store with one of them and news reporters were out there waiting to get a glimpse. But yeah we made it to the airport at great timing and we left to head back home to Kuwait at 9pm and landed back here at 4pm. I hope you all enjoyed reading about my spring break adventure and hope that it was fun to read.

P.S those pictures from outside the hotel are completely real and were taken by me cause
I know it looks so unrealistic but it was.

Love, Miss Talks xoxoxoxo

Spring Break in Orlando – Pre Orlando

About a couple months back in the year I was sitting on the couch and talking with my mother and telling her about where I wanted to go for spring break and this year I really wanted to go to Orlando. A day after that while I was sitting on the chair at school  I saw this message from my mom and it was a picture of a travel itinerary  for our flight. I couldn’t believe it I didn’t think that it would really happen I was filled with happiness and joy, I just couldn’t wait for the trip. I  just love to go out and explore the world and you get such a great feeling when you go to a new country that you have never been in before, and you just want to go out explore and have fun and don’t forget to make new memories. As the months passed by slowly I was just counting down the days till I would leave and explore a new country. Once April was around the corner I had to start packing my suitcases for my trip and of course my sisters and father kept on telling me to pack light so that I would have space to buy stuff from Orlando and put them in my luggage and bring them back with me.

April 1,2015  5:15 am, I woke up from my beauty sleep and I rushed towards the bathroom to get dressed and brush my teeth to get ready for my flight. Once I was ready I closed up my suitcases and my Father loaded them up on to the car. Mother and I were then heading to the airport with my Father at 6 am. On the way to the airport Mother and I were chatting with Father and telling him what we will do once we get there in New York. Oops  did I forget to mention that in order to get to Orlando I would have to fly out to New York and stay their a night, and then take a flight out of New York to Orlando the next afternoon.  After a long 30 minute ride to the airport, we finally arrived there and checked in our bags to the plane at the check in counter. As always we  have to go to Starbucks because well who doesn’t love it, so after we checked in our bags Mother, Father, and I went down to Starbucks to have a couple of drinks. I had a hot chocolate and Father had a cappuccino while Mother didn’t want to drink anything so she just had water. 

We headed into the gate at around 8:30 am as we waited it was finally time to board the plane at 11 am. I was beginning to get tired of waiting and I just couldn’t wait to take off and leave. Mother and I got on the plane and put our carry ons on the over head bin on top of our seats and sat down with our seat belts fastened waiting to take off. 12 pm we finally took off, throughout the flight I slept for a couple of hours watched tv on my ipad thanks to my sis Jumana (Jacqui) I was watching the Goldbergs and has anyone seen it if you haven’t then I recommend you to it’s super funny was laughing throughout the whole flight, and listened to some music on my iphone and my ipod. Of course I was very eager to get to New York to see my sister who lives there but unfortunately she was busy so we weren’t able to see her but that’s okay. As the hours went by slowly it finally was time to land and once we landed it was about 5 pm and chilly like 41 degrees Fahrenheit. We got off the plane got our passports stamped and collected our luggage from the baggage belt and hailed a taxi to head to our hotel. Our hotel was very close to La Guardia Airport because the next day we would take a flight  from New York to Orlando.

After a 30 minute drive from the airport to our hotel we finally arrived and we checked in our beautiful room and relaxed. It was about 7:30 pm when I was starting to get hungry and I asked Mother if I could order room service so I ordered a shrimp cocktail which by the way was very delicious but was a small portion wish that we got 2 of it but oh well, I also ordered a Caesar salad it was also yummy. While I was waiting for the food to arrive my Mother had fallen asleep and I started to feel very tired so I fell asleep. Of course I forgot all about the food and my Mom woke me up at 9pm telling me the food was here and I was so hungry so I got up and started to eat the shrimp cocktail and my caesar salad. While I was eating I was checking my messages and Instagram and decided to brush my teeth and go back to bed.Mother decided to do the same thing since we were both exhausted from our 14 hour flight from Kuwait to New York ( 14 hours I know what you are thinking and it was super exhausting).

We got up around 9 am and freshened up and got dressed and headed down to the lobby, Mother and I went into the hotels restaurant and decided to order some breakfast.I had some pancakes while Mom had eggs and toast we both had some orange juice and we sat in the restaurant for about half an hour. We talked to our family back home and sent them pictures since Dad was demanding we send them so he could see what we were doing  and feel like he is apart of the vacation. At around 11 am Mother and I zipped up our bags made sure nothing was missing and checked out of the hotel. Luckily for us there was a bus outside the hotel that would take you directly to your gate at the airport, So Mom and I got on the bus and the bus driver loaded up our luggage to the place where they put them. Finally, after a long and bumpy ride we reached our gate and got off the bus and the bus driver handed us our bags and we left to go and get our boarding tickets. We got our tickets and checked in our suitcases, then we headed for the TSA security check where while we were in line we saw a police dog who was sniffing our suitcases.After that we were asked to put our backpacks and carry-ons in buckets and take off our coats,laptops,shoes,and any liquids from our bags to the buckets. This process took us about 5 minutes tops, once we were done we headed to a restaurant and ate before our flight. We got on the plane at 2 pm and took off and Mother and I were on our way to Orlando. Stay tuned for the next post where I will include details about Orlando and what we did their.

 

 

 

Love, Miss Talks xoxoxoxo

My first trip to New York/U.S Part 2

So where were we…..  ah now I remember it was the night we landed and I had gotten all checked in the hotel and one of my sisters that lives in New York came to visit. That night was amazing but also really ,really cold, my sisters and I ordered pizza from Rays and it was delicious. We also stayed up till 9:30 where we watched tv and shared a couple of stories and caught up with each other. Then it was time for my sister to go back to her house so that she could sleep since she had to complete some work the next morning, so we said goodbye to one another. Shortly after that J and I headed for bed I fell asleep real fast while she slept a couple of hours after me, I was super tired from the flight and had a really nice restful sleep. It was 10am the next morning(December 20) and we began to slowly get up and get ready for the day, we ordered some breakfast from our hotel’s restaurant and decided it was time to go out and explore the city.It was  my first time out and about exploring the city so obviously we took a taxi and headed over to my sisters place so that we could all go out together. After we met up with my sis N, we all went out to our first stop which was Barnes & Noble. This was my first time visiting a real bookstore ever since back in Kuwait we don’t have that many and they aren’t usually the same as the ones in the States. I head in the store with a look on my face that shows I am amazed at how big and beautiful it was and how there were so many books displayed there. I walked towards the teens section and started browsing and looking at books. Those books were really interesting and very well written that I actually bought a couple of the books that I enjoyed ( can’t remember which ones because well this happened 3 years ago :p ).

After we looked at the book store for a while my sisters wanted to show me Union Square which is exactly where we went after being at the bookstore. I loved Union Square and its especially beautiful in the winter time, it was really crowded and a lot of people where there looking at the booths and buying some hot chocolate. For those of you who don’t know what Union Square is it’s basically a place in New York where people go to sell their stuff they have made so like some of the markets we have here in Kuwait but it’s much better and there are much more booths and variety’s of items and people. I truly enjoyed looking around in the booths and seeing some cool things people were selling they also sold jewelry which was cool and they were really beautiful pieces.

So after our visit to Barnes and Noble and Union Square my sister J and I went back to our hotel to relax a bit and then get changed so that we could go out. Now where we went was some place magical we went to a Broadway show, this was my first broadway show and it was amazing. We watched Cinderella and it was really nice and well written I enjoyed a lot, but because we chose the later timing to watch it at around 8pm I started getting tired and falling asleep :). The only thing that would wake me is when the tone of the characters voices would shift and I would suddenly wake up and be like Huh what just happened in my head of course out loud that would have been embarrassing. I loved the play and I could proudly say that my first broadway experience was a success and I enjoyed it so much.

The day after that on the 21st my sisters and I visited the M&M store where we looked around bought a couple of sweets and took goofy pictures in their photo booth. We all had a blast and especially me because this was my first time visiting the store and I loved it. The store was really big and had so many M&M’s I literally could get lost in the store it was amazing, so glad that I was able to see the store in person. For years my sisters have visited the states and went to the M&M store and bought me back some candy but to be there in person is amazing and wonderful. Later on that morning we headed towards Times Square and I got an amazing look around Times Square. We walked and walked and walked around Times Square visiting all the attraction available. Also I was able to see the famous ball that is dropped every New Years Eve it was such an amazing sight. Hours after walking around we got tired and very hungry so we headed towards the nearest restaurant which happened to be Juniors. This restaurant came highly recommended to me by my sisters as they enjoyed and loved it so much. It was such a delicious meal and I was glad to be able to try the food and by the way there fudge chocolate cake is to die for 🙂 . Later on that evening we headed back to our hotel ordered in some dinner and went straight to bed, what a delightful day we had filled with exploring around the city.

 

 

 

The next day on the 22nd we visited many place like Central Park, Disney Store, and the American museum of natural history. We first started the day by visiting Central Park looked really beautiful in the winter and was really nice and enjoyable.While in central park we took a nice stroll and saw all the sights to see, and we also were able to try Waffles and Dinges the best stand in central park. It was super delicious my sisters and I enjoyed the delightful snack, during our stroll we found an area where there were people selling books so of course I look around and see some of the books there and I picked one out it was “Sisters” by Raina Telgemeier a really nice book. After enjoying a snack and having a good read at the park we decided to head towards the Disney store in Times Square.It was my first time visiting the Disney store and I loved it, the store was humongous filled with toys and because I am still a kid in my heart I went over to the barbies section and just took a minute to look at the wall full of barbies 🙂 . I had a really nice time visiting the store and looking around so afterwards we left the store and started walking around the streets. My sisters and I decided to split up my Sister N and I wanted to go and visit the American museum of natural history while J wanted to go ahead and watch a movie. So after the 30 minute walk to the museum we were finally there, I loved the museum it was amazing and all of the artifacts  in their I had learned in school like their was this whole section about Ancient Greece and I remembered some of the stuff I learned while i was looking at the pieces of art and history. My sister and I both had a lovely time and she loved showing me around and watching me have fun overall the outing to the museum was a success I had a blast. Later on we went back home to get some rest and fuel so the next day we would be energized.

 

 

 

 

The day after that my sisters and I decided that we wanted to go watch a broadway show so we booked some tickets for the earliest showing to watch Aladdin. Before the show we decided to grab some early lunch from Mc Donald’s while it was pouring rain outside boy was that a fun thing to do stand under the shade on the side-walk beside Mc Donald’s eating a cheeseburger and watching the rain. Then ten minutes later we entered the building were the play was showing and grabbed our seats. Around 15 minutes later after everyone was seated the play began. The broadway show Aladdin was amazing the songs, acting, dances, it was all great it portrayed the movie really well and showed it in a very good way. After the show we went towards the gift shop and I purchased for my self a mini Jasmine, we later than left the building and just walked around Times Square.

The brochure for the play.

Over the course of the next few days I visited the Rockefeller Center, Madison square park, I got a haircut, Chelsea Pier, Metropolitan Museum, Empire State building, and etc. Lets go back to the day where I visited the Rockefeller Center , so I was walking around 48th street and saw this big christmas tree and it was super beautiful so I had to go towards it and take a picture. After I got a picture with the tree I saw the Rockefeller building and went inside I couldn’t believe that this was the building where all the late night talk shows were filmed. It was such a fun experience walking around in the building and getting to see many shops and stuff. After that lovely visit to the Rockefeller Center the day after it was Christmas and so since everything was closed after my sisters and I stayed in and had some food, we decided to go and walk around in Madison Square park. It was so beautiful and nice to be outside where it isn’t quite crowded because everyone else was in their home celebrating. So we spent an hour just walking around and taking pictures of the beautiful park and the weather was perfect it was such a beautiful day I loved it. The day after I had been dying to get a haircut so i decided to go to a salon that was next to my sisters apartment and go and cut my hair. After that haircut I felt amazing like I was a new me and of course I loved my haircut so much because it was just the perfect length.The next morning my sisters took me to the Chelsea Pier and it was super amazing and pretty, I totally enjoyed my time and had a blast. We entered one of the markets there and there were so many amazing things for sale and a lot of jewellery. I couldn’t resist so I just had to buy this beautiful  silver necklace that had the letter L on it and till this day I still wear it and never took it off. After our ventures at the Chelsea Pier we decided to go and have breakfast at a restaurant called “The Park” it was a really cool restaurant the interior of the restaurant was meant to feel like your outside and they even had birds in the shop fly around. I enjoyed the food but it wasn’t that quite great since I didn’t like a lot of the stuff on the menu, but I had a nice time dining their with my sisters. On New Years Eve I visited the Metropolitan museum with my sister N and we walked around the museum, I loved this museum as well as the museum I visited before. We had a blast walking around and learning new things, after we were done with the museum we just started walking back home. The walk home was very nice and it was cool to see some of the New Years decorations being prepared for later tonight. After we reached to our hotel we decided to relax a bit and my sister N was gonna sleepover at the hotel with us so we just chilled and waited for my sister J to return. J and I decided that we want to go to Times Square to witness the ball drop, so once she got back home we got ready and left. It was such a fun experience being their but we were so far away that we eventually decided to leave before it was midnight. Plus it was really crazy and crowded so we headed back to the hotel and decided it was a smarter decision to watch the ball drop on TV while you’re in a warm room. Of course when the time came and I saw Taylor Swift on the TV I was really sad because I could have gotten to see her in real life but oh well maybe next time. After we rung in the New Year we went to bed and woke up the next morning really happy and had some breakfast from room service. While we were having breakfast we were deciding on what to do since this was our last final day in New York. So I thought how about we go and see the Empire State Building what a great idea right. Once we made the trip to the building we saw that the line was super long but we still went. The view I got to witness after standing in a line for so long was really worth it. Once we got out to the observation deck it was super windy and when my sister J was taking pictures of me I could barely keep my eyes open.Later on after getting to visit the Empire State Building we headed to a steak house to have some lunch. We headed home later and started packing our bags since the next morning we were leaving and coming back to Kuwait.The day we had to leave was a very sad day for me because I didn’t want to leave the city and I had such a fun experience, but i knew that this definitely wasn’t the last time that I would see New York I planned to go back many more times. As soon as we finished checking out of our hotel we headed to the airport. We go there checked in our bags and then chilled till it was time for our flight. The flight lasted for about 1o hours so I only slept for like 4 hours and we got home around 4pm. Once we touched down it felt great to be back at home and it was such a fun trip and I was glad that I went and experienced it. Thankfully I don’t get jet-lagged and my winter break didn’t end till a day after I returned so I had a day for resting and relaxing.Over all, my first experience traveling to the States was a success and a blast loved it and of course since then I have visited the States twice. Hope you all enjoyed reading the experience of my first trip to the States and liked it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Love, Miss Talks xoxoxoxo