You take such scenic trips on your morning runs! It must be more fun to run around the Disney sights than just staying on a treadmill in the health club (although Sturdy Branches is an adorable name!

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SO. MUCH. BETTER. than a treadmill! No comparison. Let's see - boring TV versus exploring? No brainer. I love exploring the various resorts and the only one that really stinks for running is the Animal Kingdom Lodge. There is seriously no place to run outside. But the health club at Kidani IS really nice with a pretty view.
I love that name - Sturdy Branches. I wonder who thought of that?
The new Dumbo is so cute - I don't blame you for taking lots of pictures of it! The water feature really does make so much of a difference!
It was very cute and I really need to get my nephews over there this summer. I think they will love it.
Glad to hear your roomie did not throw you under the bus about making your morning coffee!
I think I was pretty quiet, so I really hope I didn't disturb her. I knew I would be up before her every morning because I just naturally get up early, so I always made the coffee the night before.
What a great morning run! Really interesting things to look at. The lobby of the villas lodge really does look pretty.
Like I said - one of my favorite places to run. I remember the first time I ran there. I thought I was heading towards FW, but I really wasn't sure until I got there. It was exciting to see what was at the end of the trail.
Love the Halloween decorations. The orange really pops at the Magic Kingdom. I didn't realize that the carved pumpkins were themed to the restaurants. That is very cool!
I never realized that either until I actually went back and looked at all my pictures. I find the Halloween decorations so festive. I wish every park had them. Is that asking too much?

for a ride on Dumbo. Someday I will do that. Someday. The Storybook Circus area is such a beautiful, colorful area.
We literally walked right on. It was great. I just wish the ride was about 1 minute longer. It feels like as soon as you settle in, you're back down to earth again.
The next time I stay at WL, I'm going to find that path to Fort Wilderness, it looks so pretty!
It's a pretty cool path. The first time I followed I kept thinking, "maybe I'm not supposed to be here"
The lobby of VWL is beautiful, I'd love to see it decorated for Christmas too!
I feel like I walked over there and took a peak last December, but its really not the same as staying there. It would be so fun to just open that door and see the Christmas decorations everytime you headed to the room.
Don't you love taking the boat over to MK from WL? Wilderness Lodge is just perfect, I love it so much!
LOVE IT!!!!!!! We did a lot of boat transportation this trip and I really enjoyed it. We did several different combinations of things and it was really fun. You'll see how we mixed it up a bit.
Yay, Dumbo! I wanted to go on, but the line was way too long, maybe I'll try it on my next trip! I love that whole Storybook Circus area, it's too cute!
That's why we HAD to go on. There was no wait. How could we pass that up????
Try to stay awake past 9 tonight if you can...

Happy New Year!

I might make until 10pm!

You see - the problem with falling asleep that early was that I was up well before the crack of dawn. Now I am all messed up, but I'll do my best.
I'm not a fan of running for the sake of running at all, but if I could ever find anything to give me the incentive to do it, it just might be some of the scenery and trails that you enjoyed. That would be a nice way to start the day!
I love starting the day that way and I am a big fan of running the different Disney resorts. I can honestly say that the only resort where I didn't enjoy running was at AKL/Kindani. There was no place to go and it was annoying. Every other resort has something interesting to see. I even love all the value resorts for running because the giant icons make the run so interesting.
I love seeing pictures of the Halloween decorations (since I've never seen them in person). I'd really love to get around to visiting the parks sometime during the fall.
I hope you do get a chance to visit in the fall. It is really nice. The MK looks so cool and I never tire of seeing the Main Street decorations.
Don't apologize for too many pictures!!! I love what they've done with the Storybook Circus area, and I really think the new Dumbo set up is a huge improvement.
I too A LOT of pictures on this trip. So this may end up being a LONG trip report just based on the sheer number of pictures.
I agree - Dumbo is a huge improvement!