Troy Smith

  

          Every year my trustee would give a trip, money, etc. if I meet the requirements by summer. This year was probably like a celebrity’s vacation. I got to go to Florida, and I stayed with my mom’s sister for one week. I got to go to Orlando and visit three Disney World parks for the other week. On the first week I went to the beach, a water park named Rapids, and the Kennedy Space Station. Finally, on the last week I got to go to Epcot, Magic Kingdom, & Animal Kingdom.

            So one of the first things I did was go to a waterpark and I would say it was one of the best ones I’ve ever been to. It was pretty massive. For one thing, it probably had more than 20 big water slides, a lazy river, a wave pool, & much more. Also, even though the park was fun, I had to wait for a while just because a storm rolled in. But we got to continue on the rides because there was no lightning. Then, the bad thing about being the first to climb 30 or more feet of stairs is that feeling you’re about to throw up on the second most intense ride in the park! But I didn’t because water slides are not scary or tough. They’re easy. After the fun day at the waterpark we went back to the house for our next big day at probably the most famous space center ever, the Kennedy Space Station.

            That morning we woke up early so we could get there on time because my mom got me the upgraded pass. After all, I love learning about space and I do wish to be an astronaut myself. First we went to explore the visitor center, where they had rocket gardens, shuttles you can go in, and the world’s biggest space gift shop. Then, we went on a bus ride to the real space station and got to go inside and see the launch room and other things. Also, another thing was we got to see was the first ever launch pad. After that we got to go in a museum of spaceships where I think I saw the real Saturn V. It was taller than the Empire State Building. Finally! After that long day we were in for a long trip back to the house that took maybe an hour or more. I was tired. I even slept for most of the ride back and boy, when I got home I slept like a rock.

            After traveling for a day, it was finally time to go to the first Disney Park, Epcot. We woke up, got on a shuttle, & arrived where we got our fast passes and cards then we went exploring. My mom had to stop and figure out how to work the fast pass, which took a while because the internet was slower than snail who drank chamomile tea. Then when everything was completed we set out and rode lots of rides that especially appealed to my interest in space, such as the Space Shuttle Simulator, Soarin, & the Test Track where the tracks were humming. Then we went to the reflection lake with all the different country related buildings. But the bad thing was it started to rain so we rushed over to a Japanese restaurant and ate. Later, we had to keep going to the next building because of the storm. We wanted to go to this Chinese part, but then I saw a huge lightning bolt. So we went to the next building and then we had to leave because the shuttle was going to pick us up.

            The next day we went to Magic Kingdom, and my mom’s sister came with us. We rode a monorail and a boat to finally get there. After that we rode all the rides like the Haunted Mansion, Big Thunder Mountain, Splash Mountain, Space Mountain, & the new Mine Train that had a 140 minute wait. Later I heard this one guy say, “I have a job here and I had to wait in line for it.” Also, we went on the small funny ones like Winney the Pooh, which broke down and we waited maybe 30 minutes just because the managers supposedly couldn’t find the keys. But hey, we got extra fast passes. We also saw shows and plays like a creepy one about country bears and one said, “There was blood on the ground and there was blood on the sand and there was a big puddle of blood on the ground.” Finally, it was time to go back to the hotel where we went to go rest up for the last trip.

            The last and final park was Animal Kingdom, which I’d say was the most intense park there. At first, I thought it would be about nature and not its fury. That was until I saw the Everest ride! It was huge and once I rode it I couldn’t even speak because of the speed. Also the rides weren’t the only scary thing. We saw this show there and once it ended and we exited there was a storm. Florida’s lightning is scary because I heard this one that sounded probably like a nuclear explosion. So, after the storm rolled out we were waiting for the next ride called The Rapids. We had to wait for technical problems and the storm. But hey, we got on later. Finally, our day was done and we went to pack up for the next trip.

            After all that fun and running it was sadly time to leave. But I wasn’t going home, I was going to Mississippi, my home state, for a whole month. Before that, we went to Dave & Busters to talk with my aunt for the last time. It was fantastic, with games endlessly everywhere and the food was like heaven. After we said goodbye to my aunt, we set out on the road to Alabama, & met my nana where she was. After we arrived, I said goodbye to my mom and my nana took me to Mississippi.

 In conclusion, I would say that my summer trip was probably the best one I have ever had. When I called my mom, she said, “Guess what? I lost around 20 pounds of weight after all that walking around!”