EPCOT - SEA WORLD

This week was a couple of days in EPCOT.  Then a day at Sea World for a change of pace.  Monday still seems to be the best day of the week to visit EPCOT.  Just not sure where all these kids come from.  Either school's no longer in session are a lot of kids are skipping out of school. 

Sea World wasn't that crowded.  A mid-week visit  had us in mildly crowded pathways, but only half-full eating establishments and shows.

Weather's been fine, with a cold front passing through on Wednesday.  Good bike riding weather this week, and we've taken advantage of it.  Fort Wilderness is an expensive campground, but it's just a nice place to sit and enjoy for a while.

Santa, France, EPCOT

Still here for another week.  More bike riding is planned plus some reservations at restaurants we wanted to try in WDW. 

Of special note, Donna and I accepted a two-month volunteer position(s) at the Rainy Lake Visitor's Center, Voyageurs Nat'l Park next year.  A lot can change between now and then, so it could fall through.  But we're excited and looking forward to that. 

More pics of what we saw at Sea World, below.  Now - back to Disney World!

Later, David

Campsite Decorations @ Fort Wilderness, Walt Disney World

Since coming to Fort Wilderness during November 2010, we've been impressed with the private decorations people set up at their campsites.  Here's some photos of how this year's decorations have turned out.  David

Disney World!

We've made it to Walt Disney World! We're here for just over two weeks so there's no pressure to get a lot of things done, visit all the parks, etc.  One of the things we discovered last year was all the decorations that people put out on their campsites.  Seems there's a group that do this annually.  They leave their decorations in local storage.  Arriving as early as September, they pull in, get their decorations out of storage, put 'em up, and stay as long as the end of January before repacking, storing and doing it all over again the following year.

So far we've just done a lot of shopping and looking at the Christmas decorations.  Already we've eaten at one of my favorite restaurants, Whispering Canyon Cafe (nothin' quiet about it, though) at the Wilderness Lodge.  As I get older, just riding the various boat shuttles, riding the monorails, and watching all the families is a lot of fun. Do that for a day and you feel like you've really visited Walt Disney World.  WDW isn't crowded at this point, but that will probably change this weekend as more people get out and about for a pre-holiday visit.  Anyway, we're having fun & just enjoying ourselves.

More later, David.

Wilderness Lodge Christmas Tree

Sunset over the Grand Floridian Resort

Wilderness Lodge pool area

Grand Floridian Resort pool area

Downtown Disney decorations

Outside the Animal Kingdom Lodge