Disney World
We are at Florida’s Walt Disney World, staying at Fort Wilderness, the campground Resort. It is Easter Weekend, so there are a lot of others folks visiting the “Happiest Place on Earth” too. We have 3 full days to see what we can see, do what we can do and make some memories. We started off our first night at Downtown Disney, not a unique idea by the huge crowds that joined us there. A parking place was finally secured after much driving around, we now know; take the shuttle bus from the resort, do not drive!! We had dinner at Planet Hollywood and enjoyed a walk around the area, very warm evening and always a lot to look at, people watching was at its prime.
Saturday, Day #1 – we hit the Animal Kingdom nice and early and were pleasantly surprised that the crowds were not too bad. We made it on to our favorite rides relatively quickly. The first was the Exploration of Everest, the Yehti Experience, we were in the front seat of this wild and crazy roller coaster ride, YIKES!!!!, fun, thrilling and almost too much for this old gal. The Kali River Rapids, (yes we got soaked, but it felt good) and the African safari Trek were great rides too. We enjoyed a bit tamer but very entertaining musical production of Finding Nemo. After returning to the MoHo and taking care of the “Boys” we spent the evening in the Magic Kingdom, we enjoyed the ever favorite Main Street Electrical Parade and watched the fireworks from our campground as we arrived back to camp on the boat launch.
Day # 2 – we headed to Epcot, where we thoroughly enjoyed the Garden Show that was underway throughout the park. There were amazing plantings, displays and topiaries everywhere. We spent about 3 hours exploring the Future World Area; fairly soon the walking, crowds and heat got to us – so we retreated back to camp and rested for awhile. We returned for the evening show, Illuminations: Reflections of Earth, we enjoyed the show and dinner at the Mexican Restaurant we had visited on our previous DW trips, something a bit different this time, our kids are grown and the 100+ band kids are not here either – this 4th visit is awfully nice, just the 2 of us.
Day #3 – this is our last day, where to go, what to see?? We decided that we would go back to Epcot and see the rest of the World Show Case Area. A much later start this morning, the long days are catching up with the old folks, I guess. We did enjoy a couple of rides the Mission Space and Space Ship Earth were both re-runs for us, but fun none the less. We did a bit of shopping and bought some souvenir Toucans for Our Safari. They have joined several of their own flock up on the dash of the MoHo. After traveling around the world, sampling some beer, bratwurst and snacks from country to country we traveled back to Fort Wilderness for some afternoon R & R. In the evening we visited the Wilderness Lodge, just around the lake from our campground, for a very nice dinner. The resort building is modeled after Timberline and Yellowstone National Park Lodges, big, beautiful, and amazingly authentic looking. You have to give it to Disney; they do know how to build things to look “REAL”. We concluded our evening with a viewing of the Magic Kingdom’s fireworks from the Contemporary Resort. Incredible show, there were firework designs that we had never seen before, and of course choreography with Disney theme music couldn’t have been better. This has been a wonderful visit and definitely another highlight of the trip so far. Good thing we only had a 3 day pass, because I think we have just about used up our fun quotient for a while, these old campers need to have a bit slower pace (bed before midnight would be a good place to start).