I really should do this... I keep telling myself to update this with my birthday experiences (dolphins and stingrays! Yay!) and the my "return" to Disney World after 6 years.
I use to go to WDW nearly every couple years but then I lost a lot of interest in Disney. Now with their new 2D animated movie coming out next year and as that movie is being directed by "Ron and John" (the directors of
Aladdin,
Hercules, and
The Little Mermaid) I'm a mite excited about it. After that is
Rapunzel (hopefully) which I'm really psyched about as Disney hasn't done a fairy tale since 1991 with
Beauty and the Beast (which by the way, is an excellent fairy tale, though the elements I found most appealing were never in the Disney version.)
( wherein I ramble about a growing annoyance I see in The Little Mermaid and Ariel's presentation and goals in the film )Although, I suppose the most important parts to comment on are the stingrays and dolphins. For my (our) birthday, we got passes to Discovery Cove, a part of Sea World and Busch Gardens; there were stingrays there, in this huge pond. I feed them a few times and they were very nice. Also the dolphin we met (it was more of a meeting them in the water than really
swimming with them, except for one portion where you held onto the dolphin and she swam a short distance through the water) was named Kayley. I believe she was still a juvenile...it was quite an experience though I find have no way to explain it, except in hard, cold facts.
Also, Magic Kingdom was delightful and lent itself to some thoughts and revelations that are still stirring. Of course, visiting Disney again now stirred up interesting thoughts, revolving around dreams, the cast members who work there, what Walt even intended (thanks to a new biography I brought that finally supports my personal opinions), old rides/shows, and the children-aspect of the parks. Oh, and talking with Belle, but anyway...
For the moment that is all I believe, until I find better, fluid words to express my thoughts and feelings.
See how cute the cownose stingrays are? (the kind I feed at Discovery Cove)