Here is this beautiful creation from 1982.
My favorite part is that it is made on the computer paper that was ubiquitous in my childhood and disappeared once dot matrix printers appeared.
There’s even some good first-grade handwriting on display.
Also available: the itinerary for the trip to Hawaii. I remember that we missed the last day or two of school so that we could get to Portland. Grandma and Grandpa came over to Boise to pick us up. There was road construction along the way. Also, what a very long time spent in Hawaii. Glorious!
This is the itinerary for the Florida trip the next year. South Seas Plantation (they’ve now wisely dropped “plantation” from their name) on Captiva Island was very lovely, and we went to Busch Gardens, not Disney World because the crowds would be too big. (It’s also a bit closer, but only 30 minutes or so.) “Are you going to Disney World?” was the number one question people asked when told about the trip.
Another fun thing: The Bubble Room, which I remembered fondly even before we found the kids menu.
I find it interesting how the kids menu food is just the same kind of food as the adult menu. No mac and cheese, grilled cheese, or chicken tenders to be found. (It might have been before chicken tenders?) But what did we order, you ask?
Why, here is the receipt! We went for the steak. I remember that chocolate cake. It was good.
The Bubble Room is currently closed (I believe hurricane damage). But I did find the kids’ dinner menu. I’m grabbing a screenshot of it, just in case it disappears. The game has been replaced by a coloring sheet.
The fresh fish and the shrimp are the same. The steak is now fillet mignon. No more pork chop option or ravioli.
To me, the prices don’t look like they’ve increased much from 1987 to 2024.