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Model trains at Disney’s Boardwalk Inn
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There’s a big gingerbread house set up in the lobby of Disney’s Boardwalk Inn during the holiday season, and this train circles ’round the base of it. Each of the cars represents a place on the Boardwalk, like the Atlantic Dance Hall or a restaurant, etc. In the background, you can hear one of those old-timey guys singing “It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas”, like Bing Crosby or maybe Dean Martin (actually, I think it IS Dean Martin – does anyone else think so?). The poinsettia are red, likewise some of the signage on the train cars (such as The Flying Fish) – and of course, the caboose is red, too!
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Mobile Blogging from Walt Disney World this weekend!
Yep, I’m going to Disney World on Friday – right after work, I’ll head over to the “pearly gates” ºoº .•:*¨¨*:•. ºoº and meet up with some friends at the Animal Kingdom Lodge’s new restaurant, Sanaa. Can’t wait to see everyone! Just scroll down past this post to see all the LIVE mobile blogging that will happen Saturday and Sunday. See ya real soon!
Magic Kingdom? I wish!
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At the risk of making an insider’s joke, if you’ve ever been bashed by a marauding stroller at Walt Disney World, you know what I’m taking about here! The more crowded a theme park gets, the more difficult it is to navigate the mobs of humanity with a stroller. Consequently, more people will be sporting swollen, purple, grapefruit-sized ankles. File this under “signs we WISH we’d seen in the Magic Kingdom”! Sign actually exists at the Naples Zoo in Southwest FloridaSIGNS and THE ROAD:
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I’m going to Disney World to see the Christmas lights!
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First one friend posted that he would be in Disney World mid-December and then another friend said she would be there, too. And then, yet another friend texted me last night to let me know there was a behind-the-scenes special on HGTV, all about decorating Disney World for Christmas. The sight of the sparkly, shimmery castle was too much for me. I hopped online, saw that I had enough points for two free nights at the Swan, and booked it before I could think twice.
Looking forward to seeing my friends. Looking forward to Holidays Around The World at EPCOT. Looking forward to seeing the sparkly, shimmery castle at the Magic Kingdom!
Speaking of booking free nights at the Swan, someone wrote and asked me what that was all about. I do it through the Starwood American Express card. You can redeem the points for hotel stays. If anyone out there is interested in this card, please shoot me an email – BellTinkR at gmail dot com – so I can refer you!
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Friends at the fishin’ hole, Disney’s Animal Kingdom
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You want me to be happy, don’t you?
DON’T YOU?
Taken
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Wounded, reproachful
“I trusted in You!”, she cries.
There is no response.
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Catch a wave on Fort Myers Beach
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Sand sculpture of a surfer dude catching a wave. Just trying to be a little clever for Watery Wednesday Fort Myers Beach, Florida. 2008
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“A Neighborhood Tradition” on Captiva Island
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This sign hangs over the bar at the Mucky Duck, a restaurant on the island of Captiva. It’s located right next to the jackalope Um, the sign, I mean, not the restaurant!The irony? I don’t think the Mucky Duck is even open for breakfast… but they do have a webcam pointed toward the beach!
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Fort Myers Beach Sand Sculpting Festival no longer free
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This is the 23rd year of the Sand Sculpting Festival on Fort Myers Beach here in Lee County, Florida. It is also the year that unemployment in Lee County has climbed to within spitting distance of 14% and may rise well beyond that by year end. So, naturally it makes perfect sense that this is the year that Fort Myers Beach decided to levy a per-head charge of $3-$5 on spectators.
Because, you see, they aren’t going to pay enough for the outrageously over priced hot dogs, burgers and ice cream cones to feed their kids. And they’re certainly not going to make any purchases at the vast open air market, nor are any of them going to belly up to any number of pool bars and fork over ten bucks for something fruity with a little pink umbrella thrown in. And hey, the people who come and cheer and support this festival can certainly make that unemployment check stretch just a wee bit further, so that they can get beyond the barriers that FMB allows the hotels to put in place at the tide line – even though NO ONE OWNS THE BEACHES, DAMMIT.
The whole thing just kind of made me ill, so I skipped it this year. Here are some pics from last year that I never quite got around to publishing. You will note there is a red water sprayer in the first picture, qualifying this post for Ruby Tuesday, where I’m sure Mary will chuckle in appreciation of my righteous indignation. The artists do an amazing job; standing there to watch them, even in the hot sun, is a real treat. Last year, each sculptor had their immediate work area roped off but otherwise, spectators could walk around freely between sites and get as close as perhaps 6-10 feet to any given sculpture.
It’s a damned shame that the people had to PAY to get this close to the sculptures this year. I bet I’m not the only one who stayed away. Fort Myers Beach, in this of all years, you should have figured out another way.
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Isn’t there a leash law in this town?
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Not seeing any actual canines in the pickup truck in front of me, I can only surmise that the driver is referring to him (her?) self. September 2009, Fort Myers, Florida.
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