Good evening everyone from the Uzima Savanna where it is nearly 80 degrees and the sun is getting ready to set and everything is nice a peaceful. Thanks again for all the nice comments which keep me motivated to keep updating everyone as we move along on our first trip home. For this who are coming down in the next week, we will be at the merry mixer on Friday Dec. 5th so hopefully we can say hello. Not sure what we will be wearing then so you can ID us, but maybe I'll through it in another update. Also, sorry for the many typos in my report as I don't usually have time to edit as I write and then have to post so we can head out or got to bed or something.
OK, well, after I hit the send button on my last update, we ran out the door and jumped in our rental car and headed over the Magic Kingdom. Again, as we pulled into the parking lot and boarded the monorail for our ride around the seven seas lagoon, the excitement kept building until we were ready to hit each other to get our the overwhelming energy (lovingly of course).
We passed through the turnstiles just as the opening park ceremony began on the train station platform. It was so cool and of course when the train pulled into the station with all the characters we got the chills. Then the rope dropped and we hearded in the with the rest of the cattle (it was a bit busy) and took in all the nice holiday decorations (sucks that the christmas tree is not up in town square yet). As we walked up main street, me snapping pictures and the DW taking video, we got what my DW and I refer to as magic in our belly. This refers to that intense feeling of Disney magic you get that makes you want to explode. Warning: This can happen just about anywhere on WDW property. The DW gets it anytime she walks up any Main Street at a Disney Park.
We then went straight for Spalsh Mountain. Since we have been in the UK for the last 2 years, we have gone to
Disneyland Paris about 5 times and Splash Mountain is not offered there, so we had been missing it big time. It was as wonderful as we remembered and since we got a little wet, we decided to take a ride on the wildest ride in the wilderness at Big Thunder Mountain Railroad. Now, this ride is offered at Disneyland Paris and is much better there, but we enjoyed it anyway. Next a ride on Pirates, which is sooo short here and the Davey Jones effect was not working (very disappointed). Still fun though. The next adventure was Jungle Cruise which is not in Paris. We had a good skipper and enjoyed our return to the jungle. We got helped off the pair of docks by the pair of dorks.
Then it was time for one of the major treats we had been anticipating for our return to the world.....dole whip. Yummy!!!! We went over to Tomorrowland to get a FP for Space and realized the people mover is here (I know TTA), we had totally forgot. So, after getting our FP, we jumped on for a nice ride around Tomorrowland where were got to see space with the lights on. We quickly made our way over to Haunted Mansion and realized how great this ride is since the refurb. AMAZING. Probably the best ride in MK.
We had a FP for Splash we got in the morning and returned for our second helping and landed in the front row. So, I'm sure you figured out we got soaking wet!! Well, the DW worse than me. It was time for lunch and we needed a good American hot dog, so where else but Casey's Corner. Oh, Yummy city....loved it, as the rag time piano player filled the air with that Disney magic. After we ate, we went straight for Philharmagic, which is another perfect WDW exclusive and walked right in. What an amazing show, except the CG characters look a bit odd. Now the parks were starting to get crowded so we used our FP for space, very different than the one in Paris. It's very old school here, but wonderful in a nostalgic way. I lost my sunglasses so we picked a new pair up on Main Street, did some other browsing and then back to the AKL.
We got back and went down to the pool for an hour. It was a bit cold to swim, so we read our books and enjoyed the sun when the clouds would let us and now we are back in the room and an antelope is chasing around some zebras as we get ready for dinner at Boma.
Well, I better get ready for another meal we have really been looking forward to so, as usual stay tuned.....more to come.
and don't forget breakfast and you must try the house "jungle juice." 
