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Disney Highlights

Tuesday: We slept in and then headed to EPCOT. We rode a few things and then Amber & Jonathan met us for lunch and a few rides. I am always confused by people who take pictures with terrible backgrounds when there are beautiful ones if you just turn and look around you. Well, here's an example of not taking your own advice. Ugh, why didn't I turn us the other way so spaceship earth was behind us or the fountains. Andy & I spent the rest of the afternoon enjoying a pretty crowded EPCOT. We returned to International Drive for supper and our last night @ Homewood Suites. (Which we came to seriously LOVE) Then it was time for the big bowl game, Go Dawgs!!!




Wednesday: We moved ourselves "on property" finally to Pop Century! We settled in, unpacked and were off to the Magic Kingdom. It was a super cold day where we wore long johns, 2 or 3 shirts, sweatshirt jackets and then big coats! (hat, scarf, gloves included...this is Orlando, FL) It was still SO VERY crowded! We did an entire walk through, fought our way around the place and left. Andy said "we'd have to get a fast pass for a turkey leg" at this point! Lines were all over an hour & a half long, there were about 25 people in each food line. It was nuts status still!! We headed over to the Wilderness Lodge where we had reservations at Whispering Canyon! Such a fun place with great food, you can't go wrong. Andy ordered "a little" lemonade, funny huh?


Thursday: We spent the first part of our day at the Animal Kingdom, where crowds were still pretty heavy. We still got just about everything in, other than Everest. It was packed with no fast passes left when we arrived. We saw a TON of animals on safari, watched "Lion King" which we hadn't done in years, saw "Nemo", rode Dinosaur and looked at animals galore. We headed back that evening to eat supper @ the Pop Century food court, added another layer of clothes and then it was off to the Magic Kingdom. We watched "SpectroMagic" which is pretty much my #1 favorite activity to do in all of Disney World. Then we rode a few things (where I kicked Andy's rear on Buzz with points) and left just before closing.

Friday: Andy went to play golf and I spent the first part of the day playing online and then reading half of a new book by the pool in the sun. It was much warmer and great to finally put on jeans and a regular shirt without freezing to death! The sun was warm and welcoming! When Andy returned we headed over to MGM. (with the last few days of that name, it has since become Disney's Hollywood Studio) We had dinner reservations at Sci Fi, one of my favorites! We rode a few things, saw Fantasmic (don't you LOVE that?!) and then saw the Osbourne Lights. It was the first time I'd seen them in years and years, we had never seen them "dance" before either. It was amazing! Andy (who is over Christmas the day after usually) really enjoyed them too and said it was nice to have the Christmas season extended down there for a few days!




Saturday: Andy returned for a round of golf while I headed to EPCOT to hang out with some friends and their family. It is always so much fun for me to see my favorite place through the eyes of little ones. Their entire family was there (including kids, cousins, aunts, uncles and grandparents) and so much fun! Andy arrived late that afternoon and we had dinner reservations at the Garden Grill, which was totally empty the entire time we were there for the most part. The furry critters were in need of something to do and we visited with them several times. At one point Chip & Dale sat down with us to play, it was a hoot! We spent the evening hanging out at EPCOT where Andy got to ride Test Track twice in a row. It's his favorite, so he was thrilled! Good day, good times! It did rain a few sprinkles here & there, which made for two beautiful rainbows. They were double at one point and we weren't in a good place for a photo. This photo will have to do.






Sunday: We decided to spend our last official day at the Magic Kingdom. We hadn't spend an entire day at a park in a long time and it was fun. The crowds were a little lighter than earlier in the week, thankfully! It was still crowded (very), but we were able to get around and ride lots of stuff! I kicked Andys rear (again) on Buzz, we got fast passes to several things and were handed some by a very sweet family. We saw the very last Castle Holiday Show of the season, where the fairy godmother actually "lights" the castle. It was very good and we were glad we went. I recommend it highly, hope it returns next year. The castle is absolutely beautiful lit up like that, they did good work. We had a fantastic day for sure!!




*Coming up in the next post: Our dream helicopter flight over the Happiest Place on Earth, lots of fun!!*