The Happiest Place In The World

My mind is going!!  Forgot to write about our trip to the Magic Kingdom before we went to the Kennedy Space Center.  We were very fortunate to stay at Shades of Green, a DOD hotel in the resort area of Disney World.  Park your car and ride buses or the monorail all over the 28,000 acres.  A very nice hotel with several great restaurants, golf course, gift shops, small exchange, laundry and fun bar.  We spend one evening in the bar with loads of enlisted guys doing karaoke and having the time of their lives.

First day was our trip to the Magic Kingdom.  Oh my, this humidity can zap your energy in a short time but at the Park there are lots of areas to sit in air conditioning and we carried water for hydration.  The Jungle Ride was first on the list and luckily, no lines.  Just as good as I remembered from Disney Land, and more importantly, cool. Next, and again, no line, we did Pirates.  Always a favorite of mine and Ron and Ron and Bernice enjoyed it, not to mention that we were out of the heat.  Much to my family's destain, we did the Tiki Hut.  I love that place with all of the great music.  I did Splash Mountain alone as Ron and Bernice took the warnings of "bad back, high blood pressure", etc to heart and just watched. Can you believe it, but I got the front seat and got a good soaking but no complaints as it cooled me down for a while!!!  We did ride on the big river boat and went in and out of exhibits.  We also rode the car ride which was different.  No way to get into trouble on this ride as you could only steer left or right a short distance and they went pretty slow.  I really wanted Ron and Bernice to experience It's A Small World but would you believe, it was under reconstruction.  Too bad, everyone should do that once in their lifetime.  Ha!  As we were exiting the park we were fortunate to watch the ceremony as the flag was taken down.  Lots of pomp and circumstance in the ceremony, patriotic music  and marching band.  Quite impressive.  Three old folks limped their way on the monorail and bus back to some relaxation at the hotel.  A really fun day for all of us.