Friday, March 25, 2011

Geeky Girl: I got the Disney bug, bad (part 2)

I've been bitten by the bug and want to visit Disney so bad, so to alleviate some of that desire I'm taking a trip down memory lane with some of my favorite aspects of living and working in Orlando. =) Part 1 is here, and is all about working for the mouse! But lets face it, even if you have the best job on earth, it's still way more fun to have time to play! And with Disney World as your playground, there was lots of playing to be had! 

Part 2: A Few of My Favorite (Disney) Things

 (naturally, there's major photo overload coming, click to see larger!) 


 
 I'll start at EPCOT, I wouldn't say it's my "favorite" park, but it's definitely the one I frequent the most... between the amazing scenery and photo opportunities, the fabulous food, and the overall laid back atmosphere, it's just my go to happy place, especially after work!


The Seas is probably one of my favorite places to just hang out, I love watching the fishies swim around, and the background music there is very soothing...Plus there's this awesome convention space around the backside of the big aquarium, and while I was working I got to go to that venue quite a bit, which made working so relaxing!

I also checked a massive X off my bucket list and got to SCUBA in the Living Seas with a few of my co-workers during my college program! It was amazing, the water there is so clear that I was taken a little aback that it was even salt water lol =P
 Conveniently right across from The Seas is The Land, where arguably my favorite food in all of the World is, a Turkey "muffaletta" sandwich (there's no olives, but I swear I think they still called it a muffaletta)... It's divine, and massively filling for someone who usually doesn't like sandwiches... And after a wonderful lunch, it's just a few steps to Soarin, quite possibly my favorite ride, and well worth the wait...


And of course... let's not forget all the amazingness that is the World Showcase... So many photo-ops!




Did you know you can take a boat from World Showcase to the Hollywood Studios? It's a fantastic little boat ride, and if you time it right at night you can watch illuminations from the boat, it's fun! And speaking of Hollywood Studios, I have a few favorites from there as well!


 Hollywood Studios, ironically, is the most contemporary of the parks in my opinion, with lots of high thrills rides and fabulous live shows and entertainment, all of which have insanely long lines because of their popularity and relatively close proximity to each other (and lack of other, boring attractions to diffuse some of the lines) Now the obvious choice for my favorite ride would be Star Tours, but honestly I couldn't be happier it's getting a major facelift, the ride itself was rather dull and just too bumpy for my tastes... Doesn't mean I don't like hanging out around the attraction and meeting up with characters there!



 For me the studios is fantastic for entertainment, it's very high-paced between the streetmosphere (characters who bust out in the middle of the streets) and the high energy rides like Tower of Terror! And then there's the newest offering, Toy Story Midway Mania, which is just so much fun and very much kid and adult friendly, it's great! Both are not the kind of rides you can really take pictures during, as a matter of fact I had a hard time finding photos taken at the studios that weren't star wars character pics lol =P Star Wars weekends is awesome but it's only a few days a year, so it's not getting any blog-love today haha... Instead I've got a pic in front of Tower, and one taken inside the queue for Midway Mania lol...




And one last picture from the studios, and yeah I know part 1 was about work, but  I didn't technically work here, just visited it a lot while I worked haha... It's the seamstress work room for all the character costumes on property except the special events ones I worked with =) We occasionally used them when we had overflow though, everyone there is super nice and it's a really fun work place too!


That's enough of the Studios though, from the smallest we'll go to the largest of the parks, Animal Kingdom! (technically Studios isn't the smallest, but it feels like the smallest in terms of usable 'guest' space, plus I needed a segue haha)


Animal Kingdom is always so hot and humid, I really don't like to go there just to hang out... It's massive too, but has some amazing gems that are very much worth the trek into the jungle...
 Finding Nemo the Musical is an absolute can't miss, it's really the best show that Disney has!! Amazing performers, acrobats, puppets, original songs... wow... Super fun, and well worth the wait for the show...


 Aside from that, Animal Kingdom is great for, well, Animals =P The Safari is always a favorite, and usually doesn't have a long line because so many cars can be out on the savanna at once, and each car holds tons of people... Even in the heat of the day you can usually spot a few animals out there =)




 And with that there's only one park left, but I have way too many pictures here already, so I guess this is gonna be a 3 parter!! Magic Kingdom and more absolute favorites here

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