Camp Mickey

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The first stop after walking in and seeing the impressive Tree of Life in the background was to Camp Mickey and the Pocahontas show. I fell in love with the talking tree. The trained "wild" animals were adorable. Then I ran into Ranger Donald Duck giving out autographs, which under the bridge I saw Daisy Duck taking Huey, Dewey and Louey out for a fishing trip.

Animal in All

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My first visit to Disney's Animal Kingdom. Quite an impressive preserve of endangered and extinct species. Although not show in any the photos, I was "adopted" by a young boy who spent a good deal of his time with me going through the park. That is until his mother decided he was getting cranky and needed to have a nap. It was nice to have someone to share the visit with.

Turn to the Dark Side

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Back to our regularly scheduled scrapbook pages after taking a break to wish the Bug a very happy birthday. It was fascinating to see so much devotion to the dark side in the Backlot museum. Darth Vader, of course, predominated but there was also a wall of Star Wars villains, a Storm Trooper and a special display for Barbosa of Pirates of Caribbean fame.

Happy Birthday

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Oh how the Bug has grown. And this year she celebrates her 49th birthday. I still picture her as this little squirt who use to peer out the bedroom window when I was coming home from a date. No goodnight kisses for me as I heard this little voice saying "I saw you. I'm telling mom." Love you anyway, sis. Happy Birthday

Great Movie Ride and more

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More of the Backlot with a tanker bursting in flames and then being flooded with rushing water (which, incidentally, managed to make its way into the tram) and scenes included in The Great Movie Ride. Singing in the Rain (one of my favorites), Mary Poppins (never got into), The Mummy (who doesn't love Boris Karloff) and the Wizard of Oz (of which my sister was terrified).

Ahead of myself, lol

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Here are the pictures of the special effects showing. While it may have been fun to have been chosen as a participant, I am rather glad not to have been.

Behind the Lot

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After the special effects showing we were taken through the warehouse and a ride on the tram through the area in the rear of the Backlot for a close encounter with the props and vehicles used in movies.

Ker-Bloom

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Even as far up in the bleachers as I was, I could feel the heat from the explosions. It was interesting to see how the car and motorcycle stunts were performed, as well as watching on they did the falling from buildings stunts. So while the name of the show may be Lights, Motors, Action; there is more to it than that.

Happy Anniversary

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It's hard to believe it has already been 24 years since that fateful day when we said "I do." But I would not trade one day of the last 24 years for anything in the world. Pan has made my life complete. We have grown together. Thank you darling, for everything you do.

Lights, Motors, Action

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Hey, there's Flik at the tables outside of the Honey I Shrunk the Kids playground. That was so much fun as you really got an ant's view of the yard and even bigger bugs. After we left the Sci-Fi restaurant (where we got acrylic ice cubes with lights in them in our drinks), we saw Sully across the way giving out autographs. The Lights, Motors, Action show was a relatively new one that was brought over from the Euro-Disney.

Toy Story

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Definitely some competition there between the Muppets and Toy Story (and yes, I know I left off the "s" on Muppets in the title, mom). Don't you just love the picture of Slinky peering down from the roof. Pan really liked the Buzz Lightyear ship and I think he would have brought it home if he could. My favorite was the army man sleeping on the bench, LOL. He had the right idea.

The Muppets vs.

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I just love this billboard. And the Muppetvision 3D show. The hot air balloon and the fountain. And wandering down the Streets of America in Hollywood Studios. On other thoughts (my mind is wandering itself today), did you know that san-serif fonts were referred to as Grotesque or Gothic while serif is referred to as Roman. Just a tidbit for thought.

Meeting up with old friends

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Must have had a serious brain rush when doing this page because I got going on the journaling, LOL. We did have a great time at Hollywood Studios and even ran into one of Pan's high school buddies, who was working as a pryotechnician on the Indiana Jones Stunt Show. How fun would that be. Well, for me it sounds fun, but I guess for him it was just a job. 

MGM, oops Hollywood

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I don't think I have ever seen Hollywood Studios (I will always think of it as MGM) so empty, even on the days I got early entry. But it was definitely quiet on this morning. Later in the week Pan joined me for so fun and frolics at the Star Wars Tour.

More of the Showcase

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I really have to work on my journaling. I just never know what to put down, since we have visited here for so many years. Although this year I bought some green tea from the Japanese pavilion and a green tea set which I still have among the other 3 sets I own. 

Wine Tasting in Showcase

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Do love traversing the World Showcase at Epcot, especially when there is wine involved. Thing is, it was quite early in the morning and drearily overcast when I was there so I only tasted one wine from Australia.

A Mission in the works

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Like I said the Mission to Space (okay I said Mars) wasn't really Pan's cup of tea, but I really liked it and when he was in his conferences spent a good deal of time riding it over and over and over again.

New rides at

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We were so looking forward to getting on Soarin' and Mission to Mars and now was our chance. While I really liked Mission to Mars it was not so kind to Pan's digestive system and he would not ride it more than once.

A roomy room

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Of all the exciting things that have happened to us, this was probably one of the best. We got there a little early and they didn't have a room ready so we got an upgrade. Living area, Murphy bed (in the event we needed more room), settees, a bar and a fabulous view from the window.

Dolphin

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Earlier (and later) I remembered to mark the room we were staying in. Unfortunately I failed to do so in this one and don't remember except as you are looking it is on the same floor as the top fountain and would be on the the right as you look from this view.