"Mickey & Friends" OR "Damn, my feet hurt!"

Remember I said that it would be a long day with lots of pictures? I was right on the money. By the end of the day, I was both out of energy and memory on my memory card for my camera. With 150 usable pictures taken from today, I'll have plenty of memories to keep forever. You do realize that 150 regular photos would be roughly 5 36-exposure rolls of film (7, if you use 24-rolls). That alone would have run me around $50 just in film..and don't forget another $60 or so for film processing. See what I mean? I love my camera. One of the best investments I've purchased recently.

Today was yet another cool (or should I say hot and muggy) day in Orlando (or should I say Kissimmi). People suggested that we visit Magic Kingdom late in the week to avoid the heavier crowds. Since I don't have anything to compare today to, I'll just ay that it was pretty darn crowded. But I also realize that it could have been a whole lot worse. The only ride we didn't ride because of the wai was Splash Mountain where the wait was supposed to be 90 minutes or so. Ridiculous. We did, however, ride Thunder Mountain Railroad, The Haunted Mansion, Space Mountain, and sat through numerous other attractions, too. We caught the evening parade in the park at 9pm and then rushed to the 15th floor of the Contemporary resort to catch the fireworks from high above. It rocked. And I have pictures to prove all of this.

I think the highlight of the day was conquering Space Mountain. You see, back in '87 when I last visited Disney, I had a rather traumatic experience and have had a small issue with this coaster since then. Riding today brought back a ton of memories and I can see now exactly why I was so scared of it back then. It was even a bit hair-raising today because you can't see at all inside there! It was great fun and I'd definitely do it again. Good closure to a 13-year old issue.

I've posted pictures from Day 5 (Downtown Disney/Pool/Chill Day). There's only 13 photos in there, even though I actually took something like 35. These are the ones that I thought you'd all enjoy, though. So, go ahead and check em out!

Tomorrow, we leave. But not before we cram every last minute of vacation action into this trip that we can! We're thinking about visiting some other smaller-ish attractions early tomorrow before we have to have the rental van back to the rental place by 1:45pm. And then our plane doesn't fly out of Orlando until 4:30 or so. We should be arriving back in Dulles around 6pm.

Random thoughts of the day: I miss my truck. Go ahead, laugh. I hope it's ok sitting in our apartment's parking lot. Mike emailed me a few days ago to tell me that the guy at Firestone called to say that my wheels had come in, so I'm really psyched about going to try em' on early Sunday morning. YAY!

Posted by Jeff at June 30, 2001 2:20 AM