Make a Wish Trip Day 7 and 8 - Downtown Disney and Boggy Creek Airboat Rides

The next three days of our trip were much more relaxed. It was nice because we all needed some extra sleep and for our feet to heal!

I knew I wanted to go to Downtown Disney to eat and to look for a souvenir for Avery. We didn't buy anything at the Disney Parks which was fine because Avery didn't even ask but I knew I wanted her to have something to remember the trip. We got to Downtown Disney just in time for our reservations at the T-Rex restaurant. 

The food wasn't the best but you couldn't beat the atmosphere. We were seated in the ice age room which would randomly change colors and it was hard to tell exactly what you were eating because everything was blue! lol. Avery loved looking at the life size dinosaurs that actually moved and roared at you! After we went through most of the shops and I ended up finding a cute picture frame with all the princesses on it for Avery. And since it was Valentine's day I had to stop at Ghiradelli and buy myself some chocolate covered strawberries. :) 

We went back to the hotel to enjoy some down time and played in the pool. That night we went to Olive Garden for dinner and Avery ended up falling asleep on the bench! 

The next day we got up and headed to the Boggy Creek Airboat Rides. I had heard it got crowded later in the day and I so we went early only to be turned away. They were running the boats but they told us that unless the temperature is around 90 degrees (which it definitely wasn't in February) that the alligators aren't active at all and we probably wouldn't see one. To kill time we let Avery feed the koi fish and then we drove to Subway to have lunch and wait for the day to heat up. 

The last time I was in Florida it was July we did the airboat ride and had several alligators swim right up to boat. I was pretty disappointed when we only actually saw one alligator the whole boat ride but Thomas and Avery enjoyed just being in the airboat. We stayed after to watch the demonstration where a guy actually lets you hold a baby alligator. I was too scared at first but he convinced me to try after my three year old did it and wasn't even scared! 

The rest of the day was more relaxing at the hotel and we all went to bed early.