Sunday, February 10, 2008

Greetings from sunny Orlando Florida

It is about 80 degrees and sunny here in Orlando Florida. Home of Walt Disney World. I am having a wonderful time basking in the wonderful warm weather. It just doesn't seem right for it to be this warm in February. Trust me, I can get used to it.

On Friday my friend and I got up bright and early and went to Walt Disney World's magic Kingdom. It is a magical place. I don't know what it is about it, but there is a great feeling around the park. You just feel so relaxed and happy. The staff is so nice and accomodating. One of the workers even took time to find out where we were from and point us in the direction of a reasonably priced restaurant for lunch. The food there was good too.
We were able to do the entire park in one day. I was even pushing her in a wheelchair, which by the way is the only way to do the park. The handler gets lots of exercise, but you get past all the rides too. You show up at the beginning of the line with a wheel chair and they whisk you right on by the rest of the line. Imagine the dirty looks from everyone who has been waiting in line for 30 minutes. I know, I have been there in the past.
We got to see a Captain Jack Sparrow show outside of the Pirates of the Caribbean ride. I will post some pictures later. That ride is so good, we rode it twice. We also went on practically every other ride we wanted to go on. We were tuckered out by bed time.
On Saturday we went to Disney's Epcot center. That was one of the most amazing places I have ever been. The rides there are unique. There is one called test track where you get to ride a test car (sponsored by General Motors) through a test obstacle course and then go 70 mph around a curve in a convertible. I would have loved to ride that one again. I am looking forward to my next trip. We went to the World Showcase where there are pavilions representing around 10 countries. We decided that we would be exotic for our meals and try a little something at each one. We sampled a churro in mexico and listened to a mariachi band. We sampled leftse in Norway, bought a coke in China (we were having Vietnamese food the following day, so I didn't want anything Asian); candy in Japan, a Tangerine roll in Morocco, and Quiche in France. We opted not to try anything in Canada and Great Britain because it is so much like our own and that Quiche had filled us up.
We ended the night and Disney weekend by taking a ride on the most anticipated ride of the day --Soarin. It is like you are in a hang glider and flying over famous landmarks in California ending up in Disneyland. It is a pretty amazing ride. It amazes me sometimes how these companies put these rides together.
Stay tuned for an update on my last two days here.

4 comments:

Robin Hayes said...

Soarin' was a very cool ride! Glad you're having so much fun!

Ann-Marie said...

When we were shivering in church on Sunday - we thought of you! I told everyone I saw - "Heidi's in FLORIDA! Can you believe it?" You were the "sunshine thought" of the church!

And it WAS cold! I'm SO glad you are having a good time!

Jennittia said...

Sounds so warm and wonderful!! Great memories for a lifetime- and to be kid-free for a few days- must be heavenly!

Heidi said...

Well, I am back on planet earth today.