Jayden+Gonzales

Memoir Zip! My parents and I were packing our bags to go to Orlando, Florida for summer vacation! As I was heading to the car with my suitcase full of clothes and other items, I tripped over my sister’s suitcase which was almost as full as her wardrobe. Sweating bullets, I was waiting in the car witch was off so it had no air conditioner. After about fifteen minutes of impatient waiting and being attacked by the power of the scorching sun, my parents finally came out the doorway of my house holding about two or three bags of clothes in each hand. As my parents and my sister got into the car, it felt like coming out of an oven and going into a freezer. I had no problem with it though, but my sister did. She said she felt like she was swimming in Antartica during a blizzard. As we parked at the airport, it was crowded of course because it was summer. We took all of our bags and headed towards the entrance. We went inside the crowded airport and successfully made our way to the gate where our flight was showed the guard our tickets that we got online three weeks ago. As I took my seat next to my mom, I of course took the window seat. I strapped my seatbelt in wondered what the screen in front of me was for. As the announcer spoke, I soon came to realize what the screen was for. It was for TV! The plane slowly accelerated down the runway and eventually took off. Looking out the window, all I see is cities, fields, and the wing of the plane that said “Jet Blue” on it. This plane ride was not boring at all, In fact, it was actually fun. Three hours later, we finally landed in Florida but it was night time so we couldn’t see what new things it could actually offer. As we got out of the plane and got our luggage, there were more people than I saw earlier before the flight. When we actually went outside, it was BURNING hot even though it was night time so we don’t know what temperatures could await us during the day. It took us about an hour or so to rent our car that was like any other ordinary car that you would see on the streets. We got in the car and turned on the built in GPS to go to the hotel that we are staying at called Floridays. I’m telling you, this hotel was the second best hotel that I went to as a kid. When we actually got there, we checked in and our building that included our room was 2B. The minute I saw a bed in our room I slept in it like I never slept for five weeks straight. I obviously took a shower before we left the house and my mom unpacked for me so I had nothing to worry about. When it was actually morning, I woke up extra early because I slept earlier than everyone else. I got up and brushed my teeth because my tooth brush was already in the bathroom. I changed my clothes and woke everybody up from their peaceful sleep. As soon as everybody was up, I heard a knock on the door and I went to go open it. When I opened the door, my aunt and my cousin stood right in the doorway. I greeted my aunt and high fived my cousin which was six and I was five at the time. My parents and my aunt were chatting about past experiences while my cousin and I were playing hide and seek. Ten minutes later, we all finally left the hotel room to go somewhere. My cousin and aunt were taking another car and following us to “somewhere”. When I asked my parents where we were going, they said it was a “surprise”. Before me and my sister knew it, we were in front of the entrance of Disneyworld! My sister and I were yelling with joy as we parked and got out. My aunt and cousin parked about half a mile away from ours. As we walked to their car, I could already see the best rides there and the screams of the people on them. When we got to their car, my cousin was as excited as I was. We all started walking simultaneously to the entrance of the park and saw those rides getting closer and closer. When we bought our tickets and got a map, there was a HUGE crowd surrounding something that I guess was very important. With a lot of pushing and shoving, we finally made it through the fierce crowd and saw what the problem was. It was a guy in a Mickey Mouse costume taking pictures with random people for remembrance. After that, we made our way to the castle where there is a lot of rides and they are all decent but do not deserve a ten out of ten. The first ride we went on was the famous “Tower of Terror”. The line was as long as the entrance because it involves the old TV show “The Twilight Zone”. As soon as we got on, it started going up because it takes place inside a haunted elevator in a hotel. When it got to the top, it quickly took a picture and sent us down almost at the speed of the Back To The Future car. All the people behind me were screaming so loud I thought that their lungs would give out any second. I didn’t even notice that I was also screaming as loud as them. When the elevator reached the bottom, it quickly came back up and then went back down faster and faster. As soon as the ride ended, we were glad that we could be on the ground once again. The next ride we were going to was Space Mountain which is an extremely popular ride at Disneyworld. We all had to walk a mile to a part of the park called “Tommorowland” which is supposed to be all futuristic and everything. When we got to “Tommorowland” we headed straight towards the tallest ride there which was Space Mountain. Once we go there, we had to wait in a line that was five times longer than the Tower of Terrors. Once we finally got on, it was supposed to take place inside a space shuttle and you are inside a rocket. It was a fairly sized rollercoaster but I heard the one in Disneyland is a lot better than this one because it goes almost ten times faster. About five minutes later, we got off all the twists and turns of Space Mountain and went on so many other rides. When it was finally night time, there was something going on in front of the castle. We then had to walk ALL the way to the castle see what on earth was going on because there were thousands of people standing there. As soon as the castle was in our full view, all of a sudden, fireworks started going off from everywhere you can think of. Also, a bunch of music started going off so loud that probably the people in SeaWorld can hear it and that amusement park is very far away. This event lasted about thirty minutes until it got really dark and we all decided to go back to the hotel room. Once again, we had to walk a long distance back to the car to go back to the hotel. We all said goodbye for the night and went back to the hotel room so we could go to sleep. When we got up in the morning, we got dressed and went out to eat breakfast. After that, we went to our other relative’s house to see them. My parents were mostly excited about because all I mostly cared about at the time was having fun. And so I did for the rest of summer vacation.