David's Tangled Thoughts

Today brought us to my favorite park: Epcot. More importantly, we were there for the Festival of the Arts which means... art... and food! I had started eating well before this picture of some dishes from Mexico. The nice thing about being in a group of three is that we can share these expensive treats... for the most part. Germany had this braised rib dish that was so good, my mouth is watering just thinking about it. Beef Wellington at the America Pavilion. Not seen is is the flight of chocolates (in liquid form). Holy diabetes that was sweet! Mike bought a coffee to dump the chocolate in because we couldn't handle it in its pure form. The festival had setup these booths so you can be in famous works of arts. Here were are trying to cross the Delaware. No one listens to the navigator. Channeling my inner Frida Kahlo. World showcase is my favorite thing about Epcot. Here we are in Canada. Getting on in the day, we were filling pretty full but there was a rese

We started our day in the Animal Kingdom as it was opening an hour before all the other parks and we figured that we could rope drop Flight of Passage. By the time we go there, though, the line kept going and going until we were in the next land over--Africa. When we finally got to the end of the line, we decided that it wasn't worth the wait. So we continued on past Africa and into Asia to ride Expedition Everest. With the crowd waiting to get on Flight of Passage, the rest of the park was remarkably empty. We also took the opportunity to go on the Safari ride. I have read suggestions that the best time to see the animals were in the morning or evening. This lion didn't disappoint. Not quite roaring--but definitely making his presence known. We hopped on over to the Magic Kingdom after a quick breakfast. One of the new things that DW introduced since I last visited was The Muppets Presents... Great Moments in History. It takes place in Liberty Square at certa

Earlier this past fall, I started planning on going to Disney World. It had been a number of years since I last had a proper vacation and there were a number of new things that had opened since. It was also a good time because there were a number of things going away. I mentioned this to my sister and it turned out it was a good time for her and her fiance, Mike to go as well. So we decided to go together. Since Kris and Mike live near Detroit, we flew out of there to Orlando. Arrival at MCO We arrived to the All Star Music resort mid-afternoon. After stowing our stuff, we headed out to Animal Kingdom. The last time I was there, Expedition Everest was in construction. I was really looking forward to getting on that and seeing Pandora - The World of Avatar. Pandora at Night Pandora was fantastic. Kris managed to score some fast passes for Flight of Passage, the E-ticket ride for the land. While the ride wasn't technically impressive to me, the flying around Pandora wa