Walt Disney World. When I think of that place my eyes go all heart-shaped and my hair blows in the wind like Pocahontas. As a little girl, my family went one time when I was 6 years old. I remember turning in the tea cups until I thought I would step out and vomit. My only other memory is crying as we left the park that day because I didn't get to step inside Cinderella's castle. Mama promised that we would do that next time.
Next time didn't come until many years later. Fast forward to age 21, Graham and I are hitched, he lost his job and since we didn't get to take a honeymoon we figured we would go down to the parks for a treat. For the first time I visited the 3 lesser known parks. Graham showed me every nook and cranny he could recall while I followed behind like a kid in a candy store. Whenever we were more financially secure, we bought annual passes to be able to go down on the weekends.
To this day, as many times as I have been, I still get a rush when we're pulling into the gates. The songs from all my favorite childhood movies are always rambling in my mind. Disney just gets me.
Since things have been hard lately, as dumb as it sounds, it's really been a light in a dark place. (Please don't hate me critics of the world.) The two of us have driven to Orlando and came home with full bellies and smiles. It's been our own little get-away place.
Well guess what? We were down there this past Saturday! Being the woman that I am, I paired us with matching shirts. (And for the first time since my 23rd birthday I wore my hair in a crown braid. It stayed the length of our stay so I was very pleased.) All day long we heard "Go Cubs!","Yeah cubbies!" "So what part of Chicago are you from?" Graham could not get it together- so when someone would call out in agreement to him he would take around 5 seconds to realize that they were referring to him and would then offer a half-hearted "Yeah! Cubs!" but the delayed response made it very awkward as he was already watching them walk off. We were laughing so hard by the end of the day, this little running joke of ours. He managed to do it within a respectable time frame once. Whoop! Go cubbies!
G made an excellent call to go to Animal Kingdom, which was completely empty. We tried to do/see/learn things that we hadn't before. We ventured into the conservation area, which we hadn't visited for a reason, it was good but boring. Of course, we couldn't leave without riding 3 of our fav rides: Everest (just me!), Dinosaur and Kali River Rapids. On the KRR the 2 of us ended up being the unlucky ones who happened to be seated in the chairs that were completely drenched! We ran around the rest of the evening looking like drowned rats, but it was nice for that humid, hot day. After that, we left for Epcot, with me scouring multiple food blogs for top picks for dinner. It was at Epcot that my dreams were made true by getting my staples: a French croissant with cheese and bacon, a creme brulee, a German chewy bar and caramel corn. G went for a Moroccan restaurant to grab some yummy lamb wraps (Yes I did try the lamb! Moist and tender). Seriously, foodies, get over to Epcot- there are so many delicious options! That's always my favorite thing to do when we get there :)
Graham asked if Disney was an outlet for me, and it is! I have never went and had less than a fantasmic time (hehe, Disney fans will get the joke) Here is to another 6 months of uses with our passes. Friends, if you want to go/are going/get passes- yall know who to call!
A beautiful rainbow over in Italy at Epcot :)
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