Getting to know Orlando

It's the end of our first day in Orlando and we have already had such a great time so far! We left Charlotte at 1:30 and made it to Orlando around 3, only to find rainy weather and a little lightning. Once we were greeted by Steve from Orlando CVB, in his fabulous bright blue shirt, we went down to baggage claim to wait for our bags. While everyone waited out the weather, we decided to get to know some of the other people from our flight. We know why we're in Orlando, to win 67 more days of course, but why does everyone else come to Orlando?!

Once we got our luggage, we met 3 other finalist pairs on a party bus that took us to our homes for the trip. We spent the ride getting to know:

Kyle and Stacey, childhood friends from NYC

Kyle and Trina, newlyweds from Nebraska

and Renee and Nabavi(A fellow Nole!), friends from NYC

Once we got to the house we all sat and took individual personality tests. The tests were 240 questions with answers ranging from Strongly Disagree to Strongly Agree. After the test, we finally got to move our stuff into the house we are actually staying in. The 10 finalists pairs are split into three different houses, all provided by All Star Vacation Homes. These homes are BEAUTIFUL! They are all 6 bedroom/4 bath with game rooms, screened in pools and even themed children's rooms. Any family vacationing in Orlando would be crazy not to take advantage of everything they have to offer. Check out the website at www.allstarvacationhomes.com for more details. In the meantime, here are a couple of pictures of the rooms:

How COOL?!

Once we all got settled, the Orlando CVB staff and all of the finalists enjoyed a BBQ together so we could spend some time getting to know each other.

All 10 Finalist Pairs!

We have enjoyed getting to know the other pairs staying in the same house as us.

Tanja and Rommy, cousins who grew up together in Germany-

staying in a Pirate themed room.

Mike and Clay, brothers from Canada-

enjoying the bubble gum pink Hannah Montana room.

Brendan and Bryce, brothers from California-

racing to sleep in the NASCAR room.

There are also 3 other great pairs that we are looking forward to getting to know better as the trip goes on:

Daz and Kate, couple from Australia

Shannon and Justin, friends from Florida

Melissa and April, friends from Florida

We are anxiously looking forward to our day tomorrow! We are set to get up early but we couldn't be more excited for Hang Gliding at Wallaby Ranch and Indoor Sky Diving at Sky Venture Orlando. The Daily Buzz Morning Show will be there filming and we have been told they will be bringing a guest celebrity as well :) Check back tomorrow for more details!

All Smiles,

Tyler and Lindsay