House Of Mouse, cont'd

Did I mention it's really hot at Disney World?

Because it is. Really. Hot. Seriously.

We spent considerable time at our pool and the two water parks, Typhoon Lagoon and Blizzard Beach, but we managed to snag nary a picture at any of them.

I have to say, I'm not a fan of water parks, but Typhoon Lagoon was the most un-waterpark feeling waterpark I've ever been to. Actually felt like we were in a jungle.

If the jungle had children screaming with delight in the background and the continual sound of rushing water. And conveniently placed chicken nugget stands.

Since we have nothing to document our time there, here's a stolen shot from the web.
You get the idea.

We spent part of a very hot day at Animal Kingdom, which had some very cool animals, and often in places where you could really see them.
That's us, not the animals.Anya had her own method of dealing with the many long lines.
This is her method for dealing with many less-than-thrilling parts of life. Long drive? Read a book. Waiting for parents to get ready to go out to dinner? Read a book. Can't fall asleep? Read a...well, you get the idea.

Our last day was spent at the Magic Kingdom.
It could have been a pretty miserable day, because it was the hottest day yet, and I kid you not, I think the entire population of a small European country was crammed into the park that day.

It's also the home of those creepy tea cups. Anya, Kennedy and Jenna were not afraid of them.
I still am.

A random, mild inconvenience actually transformed it into one of the best days we had, at least when it comes to riding the attractions. You see, at lunch in the Magic Kingdom, our waiter neglected to bring out Karen's lunch with the rest of ours, so hers was about 10 minutes late. As a result, the manager came to our table and handed us 20 passes allowing us to jump to the front of any line in the park.

So 5 of us stayed at the park and (along with fast passes we already had) we rode 5 rides in the span of about one hour. Without those passes, we'd have probably ridden 1 or 2 at most.

Honestly, we wished we'd known this policy earlier in the week. Each of us would have gladly taken a turn at delaying our meal if it meant we could score those passes every day.