Saturday - arrived to beautiful 90 degree sunshine. Holly didn't come in until later in the afternoon so I spent the day relaxing at the pool; swimming, sun bathing, going down the water slide, watching other people, watching the little lizards play around me, reading. Yeah, it was super-nice.
Saturday evening was Halloween. We contemplated going out to do something but we didn't rent a car, and Orlando is not the really convienent place to be carless. The hotel did have a free shuttle to the Disney shopping area so we went there, ate dinner, and walked around and watched people. lots and lots and lots of people. on Halloween. Plenty of stuff to entertain the people watcher in you.
The photo below is at the Lego store. This was a giant Lego water dragon. It was really cool.
Sunday - We went to the Animal Kingdom. I LOVED it. It wasn't very crowded and we got to do a loop of the park twice. Rode all the rides we wanted and even had time to do some stuff we didn't really care about but was fun none-the-less.
The picture below was on a little walking animal tour. These are giant fruit bats. And I did not crop this photo to make the bat appear larger. They ARE large. but completely harmless. unless you are fruit. They were really amazing and I probably took more photo's of the bats than anything else the entire trip.
The picture below are of beautiful Mandarin Ducks. I had never seen one before, but fell in love. We searched all over the gift shops hoping to find a stuffed or carved toy of these ducks. To no avail. Holly kept reminding me that we are outside the Disney Demographic.
Saturday Night was spent looking longingly across the major highway at the CVS and 7-11. Orlando seems to have a thing against gum and all we wanted was popcorn, gum, and a cheap dinner. But without a car that was vain wishing. We ate dinner at the hotel next door. Hotel food.
Monday we went to the Magic Kingdom. We arrived early and was able to ride about 6 rides before the crowds came in. We rode the Pirates of Carribean in complete solitude. It was spooky great!
Once the crowds came we utilized deductive planning and the fast pass system and again managed to ride everything we wanted multiple times. I loved the Peter Pan and Winnie the Pooh rides. Magical.
Below is a photo of Holly at the race track. (I don't think we're big picture takers. I made Holly take photo's of me, but always felt like a schmuk for getting in the flow of other patrons.)
The picture below is of the Swiss Family Robinson Tree House. I'm pretty sure I want to live on a tropical island in this 'house'. It was really fun and amazing.
Winnie the Pooh, Me and Tigger. Yes, we waited in line to take this photo. A line longer than most ride lines, but it was so adorable to watch little kids walk up and treat Pooh and Tigger as if they were real. I've decided that when I retire at the age of 95, I want to go work at Disney and be like a train conductor on the animal safari or something.
1 comment:
It sounds like you had an AMAZING time! Didn't read post yet on - Vacation -The Bad. But, I would have bee right there with you in line to get a picture with Pooh and Tigger no matter how long it was :)
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