Last week, I visited Dallas for the Family Travel Conference. While there, I had the chance to see a few great places in Dallas, as well as stay at the Omni Dallas Hotel. Despite working with a team in Dallas for 10 years of my professional career, I never actually visited the city (except for the airport, which FourSquare and my phone’s WiFi reminded me).
I arrived with a few hours free before the first session, so I ordered room service and got some work done. Then, I headed downstairs to the conference. We had several excellent sessions – I got pages and pages of notes, before we all met in the lobby to take the DART over to the Dallas Zoo. I was impressed with the DART – it was easy to use and completely clean.
The Dallas Zoo was closed, but we were able to participate in some after-hours fun. I would have loved to spend the day at the zoo though – it looks like a great place for kids, and the design reminded me of Disney’s Animal Kingdom. The kids in attendance had fun feeding the giraffes, learning about the elephants and lions, and seeing a special little greeter, Sid the penguin. Sid also came to see us in the hotel the next day.
The next morning, I was greeted with my complimentary Omni Select guest coffee, and got ready for my day at the conference. The morning sessions were great, and then Disney hosted a fabulous lunch. complete a visit from Mickey and Minnie! Look at how cute those tables are!
In the evening, we hopped on some buses and headed to the Dallas Galleria. I live about 2 minutes from the largest mall in New England, so I didn’t think I could get that excited about a mall. But, obviously I hadn’t seen the Galleria, because it’s incredible. We ate at two different restaurants, watched an indoor ice show, and had dessert in the play area. So fun.
The next morning, I attended a few more sessions, then headed back home. I’ll definitely hope to attend the Family Travel Conference next year.
Disclosure: As a Family Travel Conference ambassador, my conference fee and lodging was complimentary.
Great post Jodi, sounds like you had a really productive and fun time. And the Galleria, well knowing that tree was 95 feet tall and indoors really caught my eye too! Many thanks for being part of FTCDallas.
Thanks for co-hosting such a great conference! That tree is pretty impressive!