Leave us now take a bus to Disney Springs, to tour the recently reimagined
which is pretty much the same as the earlier World of Disney minus the charm and whimsy of the décor.
Although there is some covetable merchandise.
Leave us now take a bus to Disney’s Grandiose Floridian Resort and Spa, where a reservation is rarely necessary at the Café.
Negroni + Appetizer A (Shrimp Cocktail) + Appetizer B (Mushroom Soup) = Dinner.
Leave us now take the boat from the Grand Floridian back to the Magic Kingdom (with a stop at the Polynesian). On the way, this cycle’s final waxing gibbous shines on the Contemporary.
The clogging of Main Street USA as seen from the railroad station.
I have been pretty peripatetic today, so after some wandering around and a grand circle tour of Tomorrowland on the PeopleMover, (you know the drill)
[…] take the ferry back to the Transportation and Ticket Center where the automobile awaits the drive home. During the voyage, a look back at where we have been.
Don’t even try to get in there and drive that locomotive yourself.
I’ll be in my trailer.
It has its devotees, obviously, but the Tomorrowland Speedway remains firmly in place as my least favorite Walt Disney World distraction. Of course, all those people in line for it are people who are not in line in front of me at an attraction I like, so… speed on, people! (While the speeding is good)
Another in the Articles-of-Clothing-That-Should-Be-Available-in-Adult-Sizes-But-Aren’t series:
Why is there a bust of Maurice Chevalier on display in the Emporium?
Some Happily Ever After viewed from off to the (west) side:
Not gonna stand in one spot for an hour or more in order to get the full frontal symmetrical view.
Shall I whirl ’til I hurl? (Note that the fellow in the green T-shirt and his daughter rode once while I was watching from the sidelines and again when I took my place in a tea cup. And he was making sure they had a very swirling good time.)
As I pause in the almost non-existent queue for the Haunted Mansion, I gaze out on the river where the Liberty Belle is not currently plying the waters because said river has been drained.
They put up dams in order to drain the river in sections. Running through the middle there is the I-beam that “steers” the paddle steamer. This refurbishment project has been going on since January and no completion date has been announced. The Liberty Square Riverboat is one of my favorites and I hope I live long enough to experience it once again…
Later, I have a boat all to myself as I set off to discover that the world is still small after all. No-one will judge you if you decide to join me on the happiest cruise that ever sailed. Or if you decide not to either.
All photos taken on Peter Pan’s Flight tonight are a blur. But I do talk to the Croc as I exit.
But you never smile at a crocodile.
I like the back of Cinderella Castle as much as the front.
Last look at the front thereof before exiting the park.
This took place several minutes past the official end of After Hours at midnight. The monorail had already turned back into a pumpkin. Fortunately, the Richard Irvine ferry boat back to the Transportation and Ticket Center had not.
Behold Disney’s Bay Lake Tower and Contemporary Resort beneath a waning gibbous as seen from the upper deck.
P.S.: On this date in 1946, Dumb Bell of the Yukon was released!
There’s usually one napping at the end of a trench at Disney’s Animal Kingdom also.
Flora.
“I’m just resting my eyes…”
“Wait–did you hear a noise?”
Heaven, I’m in heaven,
And the cares that hang around me through the week
Seem to vanish like a gambler’s lucky streak
When we’re out together dancing, beak to beak.
“I have the same number of vertebrae in my neck as you do.”
Further flora some more again.
That’s all. We didn’t see all of the zoo by any means. But although it was cool and nice when we got there, it got hot and sweaty so we left. Through the gift shop, as signs directed us. Sorry, no merchandise photos this time. Perhaps on my next Wichita expedition.
28 June 1910 – 10 February 1989
released 28 June 1929
released 28 June 1940
released 28 June 1946
