Pictures from DisneyWorld

We stayed at the Contemporary Resort, right in DisneyWorld. This photo spot is provided right at the back entrance door behind the lobby. It comes complete with camera holder so you just set the timer on your camera, set it in the holder, then scurry around front and get your picture taken with your own camera.


Here are Grandma and Grandpa at Downtown Disney.


Here's a night photo of the Contemporary Resort where we stayed. Our room is in the garden wing just to the right of where this photo was taken from.


The main reason why we stayed in the Contemporary Resort is the convenience of transportation. The monorail runs right through the middle of the 4th floor lobby, so you can catch it right there in the hotel and take it direct to the Magic Kingdom. You can also transfer at the monorail station and take the other monorail loop to Epcot. This makes it easy to come back to the hotel in the middle of the day and rest your feet, pick up a jacket, etc.



Here's Grandma and Grandpa at the Disney Animal Kingdom, a world-class zoo and botanical garden. This is on the bridge leading from the gorilla exhibit.


One of the more interesting attractions in the Animal Kingdom is the giant baobab tree, which has all kinds of animal relief carvings on its trunk. That's the baobab tree in the background.


Here is a photo of the picturesque Grand Floridian Resort, which is on the monorail trip from our hotel to the Magic Kingdom. This photo was taken from the Polynesian Resort docks. Dubby and I took a boat from the Magic Kingdom to the Grand Floridian and on to the Polynesian Resort early Sunday morning. A nice quiet relaxing cruise, a perfect way to spend a peaceful Sunday morning.


Here's our hotel, from the same dock, but looking in the opposite direction.


One of the highlights of staying in the park is that you get to ride the monorail at night after the crowds have dispersed. The very front of the monorail is where the driver sits, and he has four passenger seats in the driver's cab compartment. Grandma and Grandpa got the honor of being able to sit in the cab with the driver. Grandpa received an honorary co-pilot license for the monorail. Here is Grandam disembarking after their ride in the cab.



This is one of the best pictures I think I've ever taken.


We got to enjoy a Norwegian folk band outside the Norway pavilion.


Yes, that's really Grandpa sitting at the controls of the video game console. He got to drive a racecar through a simulated futuristic GrandPrix raceway.


Outside the Italy pavilion, we encountered a troupe of players putting on an impromptu sidewalk production of Romeo and Edna.


The troupe selected three members of the audience for some audience participation. Guess who was selected to play the part of Romeo!




We all enjoyed the vacation immensely. The fireworks show at Epcot alone was worth the trip to me. We also got to enjoy the fireworks at the Magic Kingdom (twice), and had a great time there Sunday night until almost midnight.

List of attractions we did:
Downtown Disney, including Pleasure Island and dinner at the RainForest Cafe
Animal Kingdom, including "A Bug's Life" 3D animated theatre, the gorilla exhibit, and innumerable other animal exhibits. I didn't get a photo of the ivy girl, but I believe Dubby might have. We ate at an African-themed restaurant, and walked a relaxing nature trail. The birds were gorgeous, we saw otters, and ... well, it's a zoo.

Epcot: Dinner at "The Land".
Journey of Imagination
The Sea (aquarium), including Turtle Talk (got to see live divers in the tank with sharks and barracuda and tuna!)
World of Energy (dinosaurs!)
Spaceship Earth (yes, it's inside the silver ball!)
China (360-degree surround movie)
Norway folk music, Germany shops, Italy player troupe
The American Experience (very nice movie and audioanimatronic robots)
Innoventions East and West

Debbie and I did the Magic Kingdom morning:
Pirates of the Caribbean, Thunder Mountain Railroad (runaway mine train roller coaster)
Tom Sawyer's Island
Cruise to Grand Floridian and Polynesian Resort

We all did Magic Kingdom evening:
Space Mountain (roller coaster in the dark)
Carousel of Progress
WEDway people-mover
Haunted Mansion
Mickey's Philharmagic Show (3D movie)
Cinderella's Castle
Main Street USA
and we probably did a few more that I can't remember right now. It was a great trip.