Scoobymoons
Mouseketeer
- Joined
- Jul 23, 2011
Sorry, sorry, sorry!! Work has been sooooo madly busy - parents' evenings this week which kind of eliminates writing time! Many apologies - I'm not doing a disappearing act, it just all gets rather busy at times.
So where was I - ah yes, beavers and bus stops...
We had had a fab day at Epcot and next on the agenda was Animal Kingdom. I love the way this park has developed since it first opened. I was lucky enough to visit AK in its first year and at the time it really didn't feel like much....now it's a totally different park - so much more.
So, we woke at 7.30ish and DH made coffee. DD did some stickers (blimey does that girl loooove stickers!) We decided to head straight to AK and get some breakfast there. We tided DD over with some grapes in the car. We arrived at 9.15 and parked in Unicorn 29 - I love the way the car parks are organised - DD did too - thankfully she has a better memory than both DH and I so we could always find the car at the end of the day!
We knew from experience to head straight to the Safari but on the way we found a Photopass photographer. This was the first time DD was asked to pose with an imaginary 'thing' - we'd heard about this but so far hadn't experienced it. We love the result:
The Safari was a walk on and as it was relatively early there were lots of animals out and about including baby elephants:
Ok, so that's a giraffe bum but hey... you can't win 'em all...be grateful its not a bus stop
Once we had disembarked 'Simba 1' we had to go and pick up the buggy from the buggy park. It was at that point that I saw this cheeky chappy....
You'll notice a theme here...a squirrel related theme....it seems that wherever I go, I get photos of squirrels...random I know. Between us DH and I are photographers extraordinaires! We went to New York for part of our honeymoon and whilst there visited the Bronx Zoo. The animal I remember most was a black squirrel that we saw on the way back to the bus. We have many squirrel pictures that you can look forward to
So, by now it was a little late for breakfast and we had a somewhat hungry child (oops!) so we popped into Pizzafari. We went to the counter and while we were waiting one of the servers went up to DD and jokily asked her for her beaker of fruit juice because she was thirsty. Bless her, but DD handed it over much to the server's delight. Anyway, that was the start of our first little bit of Pixie Dust. We got seated with our breakfasts: DD had french toast, DH had a breaskfast pizza and I had a breakfast platter with bacon. Well, just as we had got settled, the server came over to DD with an individual cupcake for her as a surprise. Now given that DD is a total CAKE MONSTER you can imagine the sheer joy! Let's see if what you imagine matched the reality....
She was thrilled and full of icing - result!!!
There is something even nicer about breakfast with Pixie Dust
We then decided to wander over to camp Minnie Mickey to see what the queues were like. On the way there were other photopass opportunities....
The queues were ok so we decided to wait to meet the fab five...and Chip and Dale. Here goes...no bus stops or squirrels...I promise...!
Oh yeah...and Thumper with Miss Bunny...
Seriously...the chipmunks attacked DD....
And a whispered conversation...she speaks fluent quack...
This was the park in which we realised that everyone loooved DD's hat. One of the photopass photographers took one of our favourite photos of the trip. I'll leave you with it before I sign off for this installment...
Bwah hah hah hah.....!!!!
That's the real one!!!!
So where was I - ah yes, beavers and bus stops...
We had had a fab day at Epcot and next on the agenda was Animal Kingdom. I love the way this park has developed since it first opened. I was lucky enough to visit AK in its first year and at the time it really didn't feel like much....now it's a totally different park - so much more.
So, we woke at 7.30ish and DH made coffee. DD did some stickers (blimey does that girl loooove stickers!) We decided to head straight to AK and get some breakfast there. We tided DD over with some grapes in the car. We arrived at 9.15 and parked in Unicorn 29 - I love the way the car parks are organised - DD did too - thankfully she has a better memory than both DH and I so we could always find the car at the end of the day!
We knew from experience to head straight to the Safari but on the way we found a Photopass photographer. This was the first time DD was asked to pose with an imaginary 'thing' - we'd heard about this but so far hadn't experienced it. We love the result:
The Safari was a walk on and as it was relatively early there were lots of animals out and about including baby elephants:
Ok, so that's a giraffe bum but hey... you can't win 'em all...be grateful its not a bus stop
Once we had disembarked 'Simba 1' we had to go and pick up the buggy from the buggy park. It was at that point that I saw this cheeky chappy....
You'll notice a theme here...a squirrel related theme....it seems that wherever I go, I get photos of squirrels...random I know. Between us DH and I are photographers extraordinaires! We went to New York for part of our honeymoon and whilst there visited the Bronx Zoo. The animal I remember most was a black squirrel that we saw on the way back to the bus. We have many squirrel pictures that you can look forward to
So, by now it was a little late for breakfast and we had a somewhat hungry child (oops!) so we popped into Pizzafari. We went to the counter and while we were waiting one of the servers went up to DD and jokily asked her for her beaker of fruit juice because she was thirsty. Bless her, but DD handed it over much to the server's delight. Anyway, that was the start of our first little bit of Pixie Dust. We got seated with our breakfasts: DD had french toast, DH had a breaskfast pizza and I had a breakfast platter with bacon. Well, just as we had got settled, the server came over to DD with an individual cupcake for her as a surprise. Now given that DD is a total CAKE MONSTER you can imagine the sheer joy! Let's see if what you imagine matched the reality....
She was thrilled and full of icing - result!!!
There is something even nicer about breakfast with Pixie Dust
We then decided to wander over to camp Minnie Mickey to see what the queues were like. On the way there were other photopass opportunities....
The queues were ok so we decided to wait to meet the fab five...and Chip and Dale. Here goes...no bus stops or squirrels...I promise...!
Oh yeah...and Thumper with Miss Bunny...
Seriously...the chipmunks attacked DD....
And a whispered conversation...she speaks fluent quack...
This was the park in which we realised that everyone loooved DD's hat. One of the photopass photographers took one of our favourite photos of the trip. I'll leave you with it before I sign off for this installment...
Bwah hah hah hah.....!!!!
That's the real one!!!!
In 2009 when we rode I was in THE SEAT - the one which meant I was totally drenched when I got out of the raft - so much so that I was ringing my shorts out for a goodly time afterwards - you don't do that in England - not unless you want hypothermia. The return time wasn't until 3.20 so we had plenty of time to kill before then - shame! 
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It was a bit of a downer to say the least.
Consequently, everything else kind of went out of the window...sorry 
for your mishaps in NY. That is one of the places on my list to visit one day. Really sorry to hear about your misfortunes at work. 13 years is a long time in one place nowadays. I feel your pain with this as I was let go in 2009 after 17 years with the same company. All because I didn't have, shall we say, "the right parts". I had the last laugh though because the person they kept over me ran the business into the ground and they ended up firing him too. And I ended up working at a job I absolutely love most days and have greater flexibility in my work hours. It may not seem like it right now, but I am certain that you will end up in a better place eventually.
You know what they say... There is no need for revenge, Karma will sort everything out, and if you're lucky, you'll even get to watch 
