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Wishes from the Seven Seas Lagoon
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One night during my May whirlwind weekend trip to Walt Disney World, my brother, the infamous “Chez Bro”, had a surprise for us. He’d hired a boat to take us out on a cruise from Disney’s Contemporary resort on Bay Lake over to the Seven Seas Lagoon, where we would watch Wishes from out on the water. After we’d had dinner at The Wave, we met some of our local Orlando-area cousins up in the Contemporary’s lounge for a drink, and then we proceeded to the Contemporary’s dock. Our skipper met us there with a cooler full of soft drinks and a basket of snacks. It was a fairly warm night, no need for a jacket. The skipper guided us under the monorail bridge and then over the water bridge that passes over the road leading to and from the front entrance of the Contemporary (the road actually passes under the water!). Soon we were floating in the middle of the Seven Seas Lagoon. We could see the light parade floating in the distance but by time we caught up with it, the show was over and the barges were dark.
After a while, the fireworks started and they were spectacular! Here, you can see the castle is lit in blue, lurking behind the train station. Mostly, our skipper tried to float us into a position where we could see the castle off to one side, but sometimes we listed away – this was one of those times.
Here, we’ve righted our position, and you can see the castle again, this time in lavender. I took many, many pictures but it was difficult to get clean shots due to the movement of the boat. These two were the best of the bunch. It was a wonderful experience and I’d certainly love to have the opportunity to do it again.
You want me to be happy, don’t you?
DON’T YOU?
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I’ve seen Disney’s Main Street Electrical parade only twice – well, one and a half times actually. The half-a-time was in August 2001 when I visited Disney’s California Adventure in Anaheim. I forget why, but my friend and I were in a hurry to get out of the park. We saw half the parade while trapped behind the inevitable ropes that prevent Guests from being trampled upon by the parade. Once the barricade was removed, we were outta there.
The second time was in February 2003 at Disneyland Paris. I climbed up to the train station at the head of Main Street to view it. I remember it was bitterly cold and I played a jumping-around game that I’d made up on the spot with some little kid I met up there, to keep warm. The little kid did not speak English and I did not speak French. But we both spoke the language of fun and games, so it was all good I loved the music from the Main Street Electrical Parade so much, I bought the CD on my way out of the park. The introduction in the disembodied electronic robot voice is in French!
Anyhow, after last year’s June visit to Walt Disney World, I privately vowed “Never again!” in the summer. May is tough enough, but June was a terror. The heat! The crowds! The bad behavior, obnoxious attitudes and meltdowns! And that was just the adults!
However, the Main Street Electrical Parade is only around through the summer and then it’s gone again. 2003 was a long, long time ago. I kinda wanna see it again.
My AP is good through the middle of January 2011, and it’s only a three hour drive….
I dunno – should I go?
Lost scenes from the Jungle Cruise
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Look, it’s a hippo! He’s either hungry, or else bored….
Sometimes when I’m out and about and taking photos with the camera phone, I’m too busy photographing to mobile blog. I know that sounds strange but consider: can you send email and take pictures with your phone at the same exact time? I can’t. In fact, I’m not sure there’s a camera phone that CAN do that. So if I start emailing, which can take 30-60 seconds depending on the size of the shot, I cannot keep on taking pictures while that’s going on, and sometimes miss a good shot. Therefore, I will sometimes just keep on taking pics and then forget to scroll back and start sending!
That’s what happened with some shots I took on the Jungle Cruise in the Magic Kingdom last week. I just kept snapping and snapping and then when we got off the boat it was off to another adventure and I never sent them. I love the animatronics on the Jungle Cruise -they still look great and some of them are very realistic. I think Disney especially did the hippo and the littler elephants really well.
This isn’t an animatronic anything. It’s part of the stone ruins that you pass before entering the temple. I call her “the goddess”. I’m not even sure why I think this is a “her” – just a hunch, I guess. She’s one of my favorite things in the Magic Kingdom
You want me to be happy, don’t you?
DON’T YOU?
Scenes from Saturday – for my friend Alicia
We did a few things in stroller hell – y’all know it as Fantasyland – before making our way out of the park for dinner. Caught the parade on the way out and saw Baloo!
oK that’s all for now – gonna hit the shower now and meet the family. I think today is an MGM oops I mean Hollywood Studios day. See ya real soon!
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Scenes from Saturday – yodle-odlee-ay-HEE-hoooo!
I think this is my favorite scene from It’s A Small World. The goats remind me of a song called The Lonely Goatherd from The Sound Of Music
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Scenes from Saturday – what a scream!
After Splash, we stopped in the shade to have some ice cream – Nieceling opted for Mickey head sammich while I chose a Mickey On A Steeeeek
Then we headed to the Haunted Mansion where we witnessed a belligerent Guest being approached by Security… We hastened inside and didn’t stick around for any of THOSE kind of fireworks!
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Scenes from Saturday – Splash!
nope, not enough pics got posted yesterday so I.ll send a few this morning. It was hot hot hot so we decided to do Splash Mountain. Got completely drenched by a decending batch of riders right at the beginning of the ride!
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Jungle cruise antics
Unfortunately, the jikes are lamer than ever
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