Month: August 2012

Florida V – Orlando to Fort Lauderdale

“All good things have to come to and end and its the same with the wild wood weed.”

Oops, sorry, that’s in a song, but it really doesn’t have anything to do with the end of our trip

Dad At Epcot
Dad At Epcot

to Florida or, really, anything else about us. We found ourselves heading back south  to Fort Lauderdale, and from there, home. We made a point to drive down the Atlantic coastline as much as possible. We stopped a couple times to get our feet wet. Wiser people than me have noticed that there’s something about the beach that makes some people lose their minds. (Just kidding.)

One last thing: Thanks, Dad, for going with us.

Florida IV – Disney’s Animal Kingdom

At the Animal Kingdom, the first thing we did was go on an African Safari – by which Disney meant that we would be driven on a bus through a rather well designed zoo with some very well fed and healthy looking animals.

 

The park also has a tremendous gorilla area that we enjoyed.

Gorilla at Disney’s Animal Kingdom in Orlando

 

I guess its true that everybody loves a parade, because if it were just me, Disney would have parades every day at every park.  Well, they do and, get this, each park does it differently!

 

 

Florida III – Disney’s Epcot Center

19-Bucky BallWe enjoyed Epcot Center  most of the Disney parks we visited. We really enjoyed the feeling of being able to step from one country to another. There are little corners tucked into each country that just quietly say “This is us.”  It was cool riding around inside the big bucky ball that has been the signature of this park since its beginning in 1982. (OK, its not really a bucky ball because Spaceship Earth is made out of triangles, and bucky balls are made from pentagons and hexagons, but  still!) These photos show some of the other great things.