First Day at Disney

   We made it to Disney without " a hitch". The weather was beautiful.... It really has been a great week weather wise. I know the north is gearing up for a category one hurricane: Sandy. I believe it is not going to hit Maine directly. Whew!!!
   However, my brother in New Jersey is sweating it, I'm sure. I will be praying for them...

We made it!!

   I love driving to Disney and seeing the entrance as we pass under it.. Knowing we are there...
   We were to meet our friends Dave and Cindy at Boardwalk. They had just been on a Disney Cruise. They found us in the lobby. First question we asked was, "How was the cruise?"
   They both said it was really bad due to Hurricane Sandy. The cruise ship could not dock at any port because of the storm... The water had huge waves that caused everything to sway back and forth.. I felt so bad for them.. We are determined to make the next few days way more fun.


Check out the person in pink. Russ is in front of them.

     We headed for Mt. Everest first. Everyone loves to ride this roller coaster except me... I said I would be the photographer. I did a great job. Check out the picture and see if you can find Cindy, Dave, and Russ.  I did a great job..


The Giraffe

    Next we went on the Kilimanjaro ride.  We saw tons of animals. We walked practically right on this ride. I think we saw more animals up really up close than every before. I got fewer pictures of animal butts  this time.. I must be getting better at taking pictures.




A rhino right beside the truck

 


    
   It's a really cool ride. You get to rest after alot of walking and enjoy the animals of Africa.

Underwater hippos

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We decided to eat lunch at Flame Tree Barbecue. The food was healthy and delicious. We had the turkey sandwich on whole wheat bread with fruit. Ummmm.. good.


  

The Muppets in 3-D

        Cindy and Dave took us to the 3-D Muppet Show. It was hilarious. We had never seen it before. It was at Hollywood Studios. We would go again 'cause we laughed so hard. We saw a t-shirt with the dirty old men on it from the Muppet Show. I should have bought it.

Too funny

 We decided to get some groceries at Goodings Market. I love that store. The food looks so yummy. However, we had superior self control and did not pick up anything that wasn't healthy. I am not counting the orange chocolate coconut  treat.

Dave had a 2/3 of a pound hamburger. We had 1/3 of a pound. 

  Dinner was at Fuddruckers which was next door to Goodings Market. We ate good there. The burgers are excellent and you get to add pickles, lettuce, tomatoes, and onions at the condiment bar. 

Dave and Cindy

   We decided to go to Epcot and check out Soarin, but it was wicked busy. There was a 70 minute wait. We met some friends from home: Helen and Eddie. They were with their daughter and her husband. It's a small world, isn't it?
   We watched a group from Canada play for a while . They were in kilts. Wicked good group. I might be able to put up a video tomorrow night. I keep getting kicked off tonight. Must be alot of people using the Wi-Fi at Boardwalk.
  It was a great day. We are looking forward to  tomorrow. More beautiful weather. Sorry everyone in the Northeast. I heard I-95 was closed all the way North.. I think I'll put  my feet in bed. Ahhhh.....
  Toy Story Mania and Soarin tomorrow.. rest my little feet... tomorrow is another day....

Animal Kingdom today!

   We had a good nights sleep and headed to Animal Kingdom for the morning. The weather was quite lovely. Not too hot. We love to take the Disney bus from Beachclub right to the park. Didn't seem like there were too many people there. It was early morning hours for Vacation Members. Nice...


Giraffe siting

    We headed for the Safari Ride. We practically walked right on. Hardly any wait time. It was a rockin roll ride. The driver was not a meadering driver. He really went to it. He stopped when there were animals to see.. Which was nice. Here are some pics of the animals I was able to get.

Posing for us

   We saw so many more animals than we normally have seen. We saw a girfaffe chasing some wilderbeasts. An ostrich came right up to the jeep and started chasing us as we left. The driver said they can peck you... I was glad it stopped after awhile   



Flamingos

   We walked around and saw as much flora and fauna as our feet would let us. This is a great park. We spend half the day there. We actually saw the back of the Tree of Life. I have many pictures of this tree. This was a great shot of the side toward Mt. Everest.

LOve the carvings

                                                              
  We all stood behind these walls to get some interesting shots of us. I think they are a hoot.
We had a great day at Animal Kingdom. We rode
on a new ride that we had never been on called "Dinosaur". It was not a bad ride as rides go. I cloesed my eyes through alot of it, though.







Heehee...



Hee hee

   I am not sure what we are doing tonight, but I think we are going to Hollywood Studios to see fireworks and to play Toy Story Mania. We are resting our feet now. We will need the energy later.
   Here are some more pics of the Epcot Flower show from yesterday. Enjoy!







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The Longest Day!!



I could almost touch him!



    We set off for Animal Kingdom this morning wicked early. We caught the first bus going there. The weather was perfect. We went on the Kilimanjaro Safari. We really got close to the animals. We didn't see any lions, but the rhinos were right next to the jeep.





Isn't he cute?

     It was a rough ride,but we got great pictures of the animals. The giraffes were everywhere. Really a great ride.
   I just love The Tree of Life. It

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 so beautiful. Russ and I walked all around it to get some of these great pictures.


Looks real!

 




Go, Russ!

    Russ had to go on Mt. Everest alone. I am too much of a weenie. Once was enough for me. He had to stand in line fo r about 25 minutes while I waited outside hoping to get a picture. I did!! He's the one in purple.

   We spent the whole day there. It ended with Mickey's Jammin Jungle Parade. What a fabulous day.

We didn't get to see the Festival of the Lion King 'cause about ten minutes into the show they told us the show was cancelled. Bummer.



   Tomorrow onto the Strawberry Festival with my sister, Phillis, her husband, Cary, and Mom. I am drooling just thinking about a strawberry shortcake. Hope to have a video of the event.

   These pictures are from Mickey's Jammin Jungle Parade. We had never seen it before. It was wicked cute.