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🧨🧧Chinese New Year @ Orlando | 在奥兰多过年

This year, Chinese New Year is only a week after the MLK holiday. To take advantage of that, we planned a trip to the Disney World and Universal Studio.

We’ve been to the Universal Studio in Hollywood. Daisy has also been to the Disneyland in Shanghai for several time, but for me it’s the first time.

今年的春节和马丁路德金日之间只相隔一周,于是我们请了这一周的假前往奥兰多的迪士尼世界和环球影城。

Day 0: Red-eye Flight | 红眼航班 🛫

To save about $1000, we booked a red-eye flight that departs SEA at 9pm and arrives MCO at 6am.

为了省钱,我们订了晚上9点出发,早上6点到达的机票。

Waiting for boarding. 等候登机

We checked weather forecast before our trip, and we expected it to be colder than “usual Florida temperature”, but we didn’t expect that it’s as cold as Seattle.

出发前我们查了当地的天气,得知我们到达这天有寒流,但我们没有预料到奥兰多会和西雅图一般冷🥶。

The gate to the magic world, taken on the shuttle to the hotel.

Day 1: Disney Springs

Being sleepless, we didn’t plan for any theme park on the day of arrival. Instead, we went straight to the Disney Springs – to shop for winter wear. But even before that, we had our first meal at Rainforest Cafe.

到达的第一天,我们并没有计划去主题公园,而是去了Disney Springs购物中心——为了买几件厚衣服,包括羽绒服、冲锋衣。不过在那之前,我们先得填饱肚子,在Rainforest Cafe吃了第一顿午餐。

Disney themed Lego –

Our hotel –

Day 2: EPCOT

EPCOT is the first Disney theme park in our trip. Our first ride was Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind. It was a thrill ride, and we haven’t even had breakfast before the ride, which made it even worse. I felt a bit like being “tortured”, but Daisy was brave enough to ride it again.

EPCOT是我们去的第一个主题公园。还没来得及吃早饭,我们就去坐了第一个项目——银河护卫队。不得不说把我折腾得够呛。

After that, we took a few slower and more chill rides, such as:

当然也少不了中国元素——

EPCOT标志性的球体——

We observed the Harmonious firework show to end the day.

晚上,以烟火秀结束这一天。

Day 3: Magic Kingdom

The signature Cinderella Castle in Magic Kingdom.

Seven Dwarfs Mine Train

Prince Charming Regal Carrousel

Meet Princess –

Parade –

And of course, we can’t miss the firework show.

最不能错过的,当然是烟火秀。

Day 4: Hollywood Studio, and EPCOT again

In Hollywood Studio, we spent half day. The most impressive ride we had was the Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance, located in Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge.

In the afternoon, we took the Skyliner to revisit EPCOT, where we met characters on our way to Garden Grill Restaurant.

Day 5: Animal Kingdom

We took Avatar-themed rides in Pandora – The World of Avatar——

Tree of life

We also watched Festival of the Lion King show –

After the show, we hopped on Kilimanjaro Safaris

Day 6 & Day 7: Universal Studios Florida + Universal’s Islands of Adventure | 环球影城 + 冒险岛

After concluding our visits to Disney World, we moved forward to Universal.

Wizarding World of Harry Potter™ | 哈利波特魔法世界

The Wizarding World of Harry Potter™ is the most anticipated part of our trip.

Diagonal Alley | 对角巷

The entrance is barely noticeable.

对角巷的入口藏在地铁站边,很不引人注目。

Once entering, it’s a whole new world.

After riding Harry Potter and the Escape from Gringotts, we took the Hogwarts Express from King’s Cross Station to Hogsmeade.

Hogwarts Express – King’s Cross Station

Hogsmeade | 霍格莫德村

Interestingly, there are roller coasters the weaves around the architectures –

Day 8: Chinese New Year on the flight back | 飞机上的春晚

返程当天正好是国内时间大年三十晚,于是在春运的途中顺便追了春晚。

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  1. What a festive way to celebrate Chinese New Year! Looks like so much fun, and Daisy you look stunning too btw (loving all the outfits 😍). Saving this page for the day I visit Orlandos 🙂

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