Two days in Disney World

Nothing is for free in Disney World, and that includes wifi! In fact, we haven't even found any wifi! Hence the delay in the Disney blogs.

One of our main memories of the Disney parks will be of literally hundreds of strollers and mobility scooters for elderly/disabled/fat people blocking pathways and parked up around the beginning of queues for rides. Many contained large children and adults who obviously could, but chose not to walk.

We enjoyed many of the good old favourite rides including the Pirates of the Caribbean, Jungle Cruise, Small World, Star Tours, Mad Hatter's Tea Cup, and Haunted House.

Most of the new rides we enjoyed were at Epcot, the best was a Mission to Mars simulation where we each had our roles and tasks, e.g. releasing the booster rockets and lowering flaps for landing. It took a bit to persuade Graham to get on it, and it WAS quite exciting, but we both really enjoyed it, even if we had a rather bumpy landing on Mars!



Other goodies - Spaceship Earth which is in the icon Epcot Sphere I'm attempting to hold up in the pic, and Natural Earth rides about sustainable energy and more efficient food growth. They sound boring but Disney seems to manage to make interesting rides out of ordinary things.

Hollywood Studios was a little disappointing, but Fantasmic, the light show was pretty good. The way they move a huge crowd in and out of venues is impressive! The food all through Disney World, including the resort, was pretty much burgers, hot dogs, sandwiches and fries, and it was very difficult to find beer other than Budweiser and Miller light.

On our last night, just before we reached the end of the queue for the teacups, the heavens opened, and there was a thunderstorm with lightning that outdid any Disney fireworks display. We waited for about 20 minutes before deciding to ignore the rain and head for the bus. We were totally drenched by the time we reached the bus, having waded through water about 4 inches deep, but we were glad we had done as the rain, complete with thunder and lightning, went on for hours.

;-) Ann-a-Gram