tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-238811632012-01-26T00:34:29.456-05:00Our trip to the Happiest Celebration on Earth!Lelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02197481494660819281noreply@blogger.comBlogger381100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23881163.post-1145061882667630802006-04-14T19:44:00.000-05:002006-04-14T19:44:42.686-05:00

Thanks for letting us share our vacation with you. :)

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The coke bottle you see there sprays water over unsuspecting passersby every 30 seconds or so.  Cools people off when it's hot - which it finally was on our last day.

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The current exhibit as you leave the Backlot Studios Tour features Villains. :)

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What do you do in a Villain shop while your crazy mom tries on hats?Put pirate hooks on your hand and sword fight with another kid!

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I woke up with the worst case of frizzed out been-on-vacation-all-week-and-can't-fix hair on Friday, so we resumed the search for a hat...Um...noMaybe?No, he didn't need a hat too, but it did look cool on him.Yeah. That fit him better. :PThere it is. The perfect hat. Even Indiana Jones told me that I had a cooler hat than him. :)

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Most of the pictures I took during this parade were blurry or hard to make out (digital camera that I was not nearly as well-versed/practiced in as I'd have liked), but this was by far the coolest.

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You're looking at what was probably our last happy moment in the Animal Kingdom. Because right after this, we went to the birds of prey show.And I got kicked out.Yeah. Me.How, you may ask?Well, Caedyn was sitting beside me on a bench. Mike on the other side of him. In what has to be the whole minute since I'd looked over at him, Caedyn got on his knees on the bench to see over/around the woman in

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This was an awesome ride. Very roller-coastery with a twist. Lots of fun for Mike and me, less so for Caedyn who has decided maybe roller coasters aren't his thing for a couple more years.

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A neat area of Animal Kingdom that's kinda a pre-historic carnival?

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DinosaurThis is a lot of fun. You get into a jeep-like time-travelling vehicle and race through the end of the dinosaur age looking for a dinosaur that one of the scientists at the museum has (against orders from the boss) tagged for retrieval. It's a very turbulent ride, however, and somewhere in the midst of it, my cell phone actually unclipped itself from my pocket and decided to take off for

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And so, after Test Track, we headed for The Land to find Soarin'. Ever wanted to fly? This is like getting into a giant hang-glider and flying. Your feet dangle. There's wind in your hair. You see some of the most beautiful places on Earth. It's stellar.One of those little gems we found during our last vacation was a band called Off Kilter. We ran to catch their last performance of the day in the

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Mission: Space

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Universe of Energy...

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So, we stopped to take a break in a quiet little spot near the castle. There's tables with chairs, and water, and ducks swimming in the water...And, while we're sitting there, I hear Caedyn say..."So, any of you related to Donald?"

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This is not a ride. It's a show...a movie...a 3-D...no, a 4-D experience.Donald messes with the magic hat (the one from the Sorcerer's Apprentice in Fantasia) when he shouldn't be and has to chase it through several scenes from different Disney movies. This is probably one of the best shows I've ever seen them do. When the pie from the "Be Our Guest" sequence from Beauty and the Beast comes

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So, there's this great site called the Virtual Magic Kingdom (VMK for short) that we found out about back when we went to Disney for Caedyn's birthday. It's basically an online game for kids where they earn points to decorate personal rooms and win stuff for their characters. Mike and Caedyn both love it. When you visit the actual Magic Kingdom, you can pick up little brochures with trivia

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This was taken outside of one of the new things Disney brought in for the big celebration (50 years of Disney). Apparently, it's an attraction at Euro-Disney. It's a stunt show with the little cars you see behind the guys here, and it's really very cool. Caedyn just wouldn't stop asking people if they'd seen it and telling them they should if they hadn't. Not just car stunts, but car chases and '

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This is always a lot of fun to visit. The show is very silly. :)

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This guy asked "Haven't you ever seen an intelligent life form before?" And, of course, we had to get Caedyn on the speeder...

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Seriously, folks. I'm in trouble when this kid starts dating. Look at those heartbreaker eyes.

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Each trip, we pick one "nice" restaurant in one of the parks to have a meal at. This year, I asked for the Brown Derby so I could try a real cobb salad. :)The food and the service were stellar, and we had a really nice lunch.

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Picture if you will...You're one of those people they hired to wear those character costumes...And out of the line comes a wild red-haired woman, arms outstretched...And the only thing she could think to say at this point was..."I'M YOUR BIGGEST FAN!"And, of course, your first thought has got to be 'Damn, you may well be the biggest I've seen.'But then you flash on 'The Incredibles' and remember

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One of the funnest parts of visiting the different shops throughout Disney World is trying on the different hats and accessories. They're really great about letting you take pics of each other in them too.Now, mind you, I did NOT start out looking to buy a hat, but I do have some affection for them, and we forgot our hats this year, so I was motivated to try on a bunch in search of the

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Now, we're getting somewhere!With a full night of sleep under our belts, we headed for MGM Studios and our first two rides were the most essential of any trip to Disney for the Mommy every year.First, The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror. (Caedyn took the bypass on this, so Mike and I had to take turns. Disney's kid switch policy rocks for that.) After a walk through the lobby of the Hollywood Tower

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And so, we finally admitted we were exhausted and left to grab some lunch on the way back to the hotel.Now, our decent little hotel? I want to go back already. The beds were decent, the room was really pretty big compared to some we've stayed at in the area, and we had a neat little table with a couple of chairs where we ate our lunch (and late dinners the rest of the week). And it had the

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And so, we set off for the Magic Kingdom from the Ticket and Transportation Center, embarking on the short ferry-ride, during which we caught our first sight of Cinderella's castle. He really is pointing at the castle, guys. I promise. And this is where I must confess that the majority of my pictures will probably be Caedyn-oriented. His reactions were the bestest, and he hams it up for the

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After much frustration with work schedules, time-tables, and the traditional tearing-up-the-apartment-while-packing, we were on our way on Sunday night...Somewhere around 2 in the morning...Cuz I'm nuts. :PWe arrived in Kissimee-St. Cloud about 6 in the morning and planted ourselves at Denny's for about an hour to revive with breakfast and cruddy coffee. We found a decent (read affordable) hotel

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We just spent five days in the land of Mickey, and I've got so much to share that I thought a separate blog would be helpful in keeping the confusion to a minimum on my main blog at http://lelaspace.blogspot.com/ Over the next couple of days as time allows, I'll be posting pics and telling you about our trip. Thanks for visiting us!

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