Disneyworld Vacation

You might remember that the People went to Disneyworld a couple weeks ago. I haven't blogged about it, because I wasn't invited, and there are no photos of me with Donald Duck or Mickey Mouse, so I didn't figure you would be interested. However, I have hit a bit of a slump in my blogging material, so I thought I would make a post about the things Woman told me about Disney. If you're only here for the Pug photos, you can stop reading now. LOL!

The People stayed at Animal Kingdom Lodge and said the hotel is fantastic. The intended impression is that the hotel was built on an animal reserve and you can view animals from various platforms and even most of the hotel rooms. The People did not pay extra to get an animal viewing room, but ended up in one after complaining about their assigned room.

Here are some photos of the lobby.





The first day was spent in Animal Kingdom and Magic Kingdom - Woman's two favorite parks. The weather was beautiful for Animal Kingdom. The People had a fun time on the safari, riding the rollercoasters and watching the various shows.

Ian got a prescription for a motion sickness patch so he was able to ride all the rides this year without barfing! See it there behind his ear... You can also see that he was wearing a birthday badge. Everyone in the park told him "happy birthday" the entire time they were there. Very nice people.



Woman said this rhino reminded her of me.



Ian played some drums.



Here are the People in front of the roller coaster, "expedition everest."



Here are the People in front of the tree of life.



This guy reminded Woman of Page's husband Rob, so I thought I would share.



Ian worked up a hunger on those roller coasters.



Woman practiced her sassy poses.



The People left Animal Kingdom and headed for Magic Kingdom. You have to take a bus to the tram depot from Animal Kingdom, and from there you can take the tram to Magic Kingdom or Epcot. The People waited for the third tram so they could sit in the front car with the conductor. Pretty cool, eh? Woman hit her head on the glass. Doh!

Here is a photo of Ian in the front.



And a view from the front car.



Woman said it was kind of freaky.

The People made their way to Magic Kingdom where they rode some of their favorite rides; Haunted Mansion, Buzz Lightyear, Winnie the Pooh, Peter Pan, Pirates of the Caribbean, Thunder Mountain etc. Sadly, it started raining at about 6pm, and the fireworks show got canceled. Woman was really ticked, because that was the night that the park was open for an extra two hours for resort guests, but they didn't get to enjoy the extended hours due to the rain. They even had to buy ponchos.

You can see the clouds started to turn threatening as the People entered the park.



Woman likes to model silly hats.



Woman was impressed with the ingenuity of Disney's "hat making" options. You choose the cap base and "ears" separately - the ears just snap onto the hats. You can also add optional "flare" to the cap.



There aren't many photos of Magic Kingdom since it rained.

The next day was supposed to be spent at Epcot and Animal Kingdom, but since it rained most of the day, there wasn't much that could be done at Animal Kingdom, so the People stayed at Epcot.

There were a lot of freaky looking faceless topiaries around the park in celebration of the festival of flowers.



And a lot of flower blobs. OK, maybe it's supposed to be a flower tower, but it looks blobbish to me. I'd still pee on it though.



Here is a photo of Woman in her Mickey Mouse shirt.



And here are the People having a good old time without me.



Despite the rain, the People had lots of fun at Epcot. They rode Soarin' twice and enjoyed many other rides. They also took a tour of all the countries around Epcot and had an adult beverage at each one. Let's look at some of the highlights.

Margaritas in Mexico



Brewskey and potato quiche in Norway



Plum Wine in China



Wine in Denmark



Wine in Italy



Sam Adams in the USA



Saki and Sushi in Japan



Canada was dry this year. Odd.



Hard Cider in England



Wine in France



Sangria in Morocco



The final day of the trip was spent at Hollywood Studios, because it was raining the entire day, and Hollywood offered the most indoor type activities. Woman wasn't a great fan of this park and will probably not go back. She said it was kind of boring.

She said there were people up in your face the entire time.



The redeeming quality is the Aerosmith roller coaster, but still not worth the wait.



So, that's that. The People got pretty soggy, and Woman was incredibly cranky by day three. They still managed to have fun though.