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Disney World!

 

Disney World was fantastic!  We hit all four parks in four days.  We were all in and stayed at the Beach Club Resort, one of the Disney resorts near Epcot.  It worked out great, we were able to get early access to the parks and transportation access without having to drive anywhere. 

I chose not to bring my camera gear and use only the iPhone for photos.  It was quite liberating to not have a backpack and gear to lug around.  Disney required masks for all indoor activities and people were wearing them too.  February is supposed to be the off season and all the parks were just jam packed with people.  I can not even imagine what it is like in the summer. 

Our first day was Animal Kingdom and it was amazing! Pandora was incredible with the hanging rocks and the Flight of Passage virtual ride, where you ride a banshee - unbelievable! Africa was pretty cool too and then there was Asia and, and...just super cool! Felt like we were traveling the world. We did not take the safari ride, the line was extremely long and it was cold, we figured we we were good since we just did the Safari West last summer in Sonoma.  

Camera: iPhone








Day two was Magic Kingdom in the rain.  It rained all day, but there were less people.  The Magic Kingdom is just like California's Disneyland.  We got to ride all our favorites and see a few shows too.







Hollywood Studios was day three and we were most excited to see the Galaxy's Edge and the Millennium Falcon.  We arranged to build our very own light sabers and ride the Falcon.  The Rise of the Resistance was awesome too. We hit the Tower of Terror and watched an Indian Jones Stunt Show.  







Last day at Disney World was Epcot and we had very nice weather.  The park is huge and I don't think we saw all of it.  We did spend a lot of time in the area where different countries are showcased, which I really liked.  I felt like I was traveling the world again, just like in Animal Kingdom.  We got into the park early and visited Paris and Morocco, totally awesome and very authentic.  We had lunch at a restaurant in Morocco and talked a bit with our waiter, who was Moroccan.  He said that Disney invited the Moroccan media to the opening to get their sign off.  It was very nice to have it all to ourselves for little while.  Epcot is definitely an adult park, the margarita line was longer than the ride lines.















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