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Disney World ’07: The Magic Kingdom Part 2 – From Liberty Square to Tomorrowland…and Beyond
Friday, October 26th, 2007
After our whirl around the Haunted Mansion – which Adam did not care for – we headed back over to the Hall of Presidents to catch the next showing. As a Presidential buff, I always eat up this attraction and will be anxious to see the representation of our 44th President during one of my next visits. For now, I’ll have to be satisfied with the speech of President Bush. Our wait wasn’t short, so we browsed the Presidential artifacts and watched Adam get his diaper change and swing on the velvet rope partitions. This attraction concluded our visit to Liberty Square. Read the rest of this entry »
Disney World ‘07: The Magic Kingdom Part 1 – From Adventureland to Liberty Square
Friday, October 19th, 2007
Denise, Aaron, Ashleigh, and I arrived at the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World at about 10:00am, fresh from a quick morning at Disney’s Animal Kingdom. Here we met up with Mom, Bob, and little Adam – who was ready for a day of fun that he will never remember. They were already inside the park and waiting for us. The bus had taken them from our room directly to the Magic Kingdom without stopping at the Ticket and Transportation Center. This was unprecedented as Walt Disney’s vision had always been to give the illusion that the Magic Kingdom was on a ‘faraway island.’ Read the rest of this entry »
Disney World ’07: Disney’s Animal Kingdom
Saturday, October 13th, 2007
After leaving Plains, the ride to Kissimmee was uneventful. Mom, Bob, Ashleigh, and I had stayed longer in Plains than Denise, Aaron, and Adam, so they were quite a ways ahead of us. We arrived at the Pop Century Resort in the early evening. We were glad to be there even though there was (naturally) some confusion about room keys, tickets, and the like. Disney has become technologically advanced enough to print each guests name on their room card keys, apply the park ticket to the card keys, and apply charging rights to each card key. Read the rest of this entry »