I found my car at Epcot this morning--woohoo! I also took a look at Wilderness Lodge today, and it was was really nice. There were actually people in the pool there, even though the temperature was in the 50's. Freaks. I spent the rest of the day at Animal Kingdom where it was an Extra Magic Hours night until 8:00 PM, so I got to stay after the park closed at 5:00 for anyone who wasn't staying at a Disney resort. I didn't ride one ride the whole day! I talked to Trey and Mallory and they both agreed they would [View Full Entry]

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Today, I went on a 7 hour behind-the-scenes tour of Epcot, MGM Studios and Magic Kingdom called "Backstage Magic". To some, it might have been a snooze-fest. To me it was the coolest thing ever in the whole wide world! I got to see how some of the attractions work, the underground tunnels at Magic Kingdom, where all of the Christmas decorations are stored after they're taken down, where the costumes are designed and the rides are made--all sorts of goober-y Disney geek stuff that I live for! The only person I can think of who would have appreciated it as [View Full Entry]

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Trey, Mallory, Alynn and I went to Animal Kingdom and MGM Studios today. At Animal Kingdom, we got to see the newest member of the Disney cast--a one-month-old elephant! She was adorable, but a little shy of the vehicles on Kilamanjaro Safari. At MGM, we rode Rockin' Roller Coaster and Tower of Terror (or course) and ate lunch at the Brown Durby. I think I could eat their Cobb salad every day of the week and not get sick of it. Mallory and Alynn got Disney costumes for their two American Girl dolls. After the parks closed, Marisol and Jessica went [View Full Entry]

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"Walk-in-and-Win" auditions were held at MGM studios for tapings of "Who Wants to be a Millioinaire". They randomly chose 325 people out of the 1,500 people who showed up at 6:00 AM to try and get on the show and I wasn't one of the lucky ones. Bummer. I did, however, have a gargantuan epiphany on the way into MGM when an elderly woman from Hudson, FL named Gloria fell on the pavement and broke her nose. Everyone was so frantic to get into the park for the auditions that no one would stop to help her. I stayed until the [View Full Entry]

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As of today, I am no longer burdened by an AccuData's non-compete agreement, under which I have been stifled for the past two years. WOOHOO! To celebrate, I'm going to Disney World!!! [View Full Entry]

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Basically went to Universal Studios and Disneyworld. Its kind of funny down there, it is really touristy and kitschy. Universal was pretty good. We were there for New Year's Eve fireworks which had a good atmosphere. I think I just may have cracked the theme park going tactics. Go early, before it opens and be with the first crowd to go in. Go on the popular rides one after the other - in the morning will hardly be any queue for about the first hour or so. Or, if you go a little bit later, start from way at the back [View Full Entry]

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A big fan of Lenscrafters now. Lost first pair of reading glasses when headed out to India. They are somewhere in LA. Thankfully, took the wrong seat on the Cathay Pacific 747 and just above the seat where was sitting was... a pair of glasses. The flight attendant picked them off the back of the seat, "Are these your glasses?" Before I could say "Yes" they were in my hands. From there could read menus, maps, with this new pair of glasses perfectly throughout trip in India. Then when departed India (morning of the New Delhi bombings, below) the eyeglasses departed [View Full Entry]

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Rumi once sang, Don't look at my outer form, take what is in my hand. Midway into CraniOcean® Mini Intensives, based on CranioSacral Therapy and other cutting edge modalities, one likes to ask, what is the theme of the sessions? Have you been able to discern a theme continuing throughout the session work? Okay, what is the theme of this trip to India with Carolyn Myss? First, why is it that so many people think the spiritual path has nothing to do with being human? Spiritual people are supposed to have everything on the instant, just with a wave of the [View Full Entry]

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Marce's mom, Mashenka, drove us down to Orlando last night to the sounds of Coldplay, Maria Carter, and Steph Taylor. We would have been listening through our old speakers, but Marce's brother, A. J., helped Allen install new speakers in Sirius (our car) on Monday night. Without them, we'd still be in Gainesville packing - thank you two so much! We quietly crept out of our hotel room at La Quinta to let them keep sleeping, and we arrived at Orlando International bright-eyed and bushy-tailed. Well, maybe not br [View Full Entry]

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Hello Blog Fans: What a grand slam weekend! Allen and Marce drove down from Gainesville, I flew in from the Bahamas, and Ina got "sick of work" so we could celebrate all weekend long with Mom, Guille and Grandpa! Mom officially retired on December 16th. Mom's retirement gift was a laptop so we fully expect to see her blogging very soon. Speaking of blogs, Allen and Marce are headed for a West Coast Adventure and are blogging as "The Boy and The Girl." Check them out at theboyandthegirl.com or right here on travelblog. I am in Orlando today, well some small [View Full Entry]

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