WDW day two - random thoughts
After a long day of running around WDW I have the following comments:
- Disney World sucks in July. Too hot, too humid, and too crowded. Now I remember why I used to go in the fall. In fact, Florida as a whole isn't that great. I miss California!
- WDW's new "Ticket Tag" thing stinks. Insert your ticket, then put your two fingers into the slot, wait for it to "check" that it's you, then you get your ticket back and you can enter. This slows things down in a major way.
- Seeing Fantasmic reminded me how much better Disneyland's version is. And the crowd control is awful. 10,000 people filing through one exit is NOT fun.
- Does all of Brazil go to WDW in July? I've never seen so many Brazilians in my life.
- I was surprised to see a number of kids and teenagers wearing headphones or playing Gameboys. Isn't Disney World exciting enough that they don't need such distractions?
- Amit asked me why I enjoy going to DL and WDW. I told him for the escapism, for the rides, and because I enjoy the way technology is used to tell stories. But today I realized that there's more than that. It's enjoying those things with friends and family that make the experience fun. I'm finding that doing the solo thing isn't that exciting, and this is probably the last time I'll do it, at least for this long.
Here are a few selected photos from today:
Tiger at Animal Kingdom
The upcoming Expedition Everest ride at AK
Rock'n Rollercoaster at Disney-MGM Studios
The coaster takes off... 0-60 in under 3 seconds
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Can you believe I've never been to either one? My uncle has been to both many, many times. I've only been to Northern Cali unfortunately, and haven't been able to go. Hopefully I will make it one day. :)
Hey!, thanks for the update in Expedition Everest. It looks terrific!. And again, I understand your point about why we like theme parks :D. Because of my work I have the opportunity to visit some european parks alone, and it's not the same as going with friends. The problem (at least for me) is that it's hard to find people so crazy that will love to go to these places more often than just one per year or so... Anyway I envy your great Florida vacations while I'm sitting in my office... :P.
Hi Jeff
Belive me Brazilians are everywere. But in mass in Miami. As my husband say they are slowly taking the world. As a Braziliam myself I know that is not the intension we all just think everything that US has is better tham waht we have.