We spent the fourth of July in Orlando at the Rosen Shingle Creek and was supposed to go to Disney Springs to see the firework display but because of a situation I decided to go to downtown Orlando for the fireworks.
Arriving at the Rosen Shingle Creek
We drove to Orlando from Tampa with my 2 grandkids and my 2 cats to the Rosen Shingle Creek, it is a pet friendly hotel, and we were excited to take our cats on our road trip. My wife got a Hyundia Palisade just to have a bigger vehicle for the cats to be comfortable. The last time we went to Orlando we rented a van and the cats enjoyed having more room to move about. As soon as we pulled up in front of the hotel a valet greeted us, and a bellman took our luggage and our cat carrier. The rules are they must take our luggage to the room we could not use the trolley.
A half hour later the luggage had not arrived at the room and my wife panicked that the cats were being stressed out. I went down to the bell stand and asked them to check on the luggage. The person behind the counter radioed another person to check on the luggage and I went to get more stuff out of the SUV. When I got back, I saw our luggage and cats at the counter and was told cats are not allowed in the hotel. A manager walked up and was told we have cats, and he stated the had to go cats are not allowed only dogs. The manager offered a full refund, but I decided to leave the rest of the family and drive the cats back to Tampa and get a sitter.
Fireworks downtown Orlando 2022
On my back to Orlando, I realized it would be a little late to go to Disney Springs to see fireworks, so I told my wife downtown Orlando has their 45th annual Fourt of July celebration at Lake Eola Park. The fireworks were to be set off at 9:15PM so we had time to drive there from the hotel and hopefully find parking. There was bumper to bumper traffic and I said we could stay in the traffic and see the fireworks, but we found a corner to park and watched the fireworks. The fireworks started late, almost 9:35, and we had a magnificent view and we got away from all the drama that was happening around Lake Eola.