Our 20th anniversary trip

Our 20th Anniversary was in August and I wanted to do something big... our friends had been talking about going down to WDW for the International Food and Wine Festival and wanted us to come, so we decided we would splurge for once. Lynn and Paul are friends of ours who worked at Epcot a few years ago and I travel down with Lynn every year for a girls-only trip, so I thought this would be a fun thing to do with Roger. Even though he isn't a die-hard Disney fan like his wife, he was a good sport and did very well! He did hurt his back on the fourth day and I sent him back to the hotel to rest while I played at the parks. ( He did fine... nothing a little ice and some pizza and football couldn't cure.)
I haven't loaded the pics from Epcot yet, but I'll share some fun we had at Magic Kingdom and Hollywood Studios!



So here we are at the Magic Kingdom. They have it all decorated for Halloween. Main Street is decked out with pumpkins, banners, scarecrows and there are kids and parents dressed up for Mickey's Not-so-scary Halloween Party. Believe me, there are some folks who go all out! I saw a family coming in as we were leaving and the Dad was Captain Hook, the Mom was Wendy, the kids were Peter Pan and Tinkerbell... and I'm not talking cheap costumes, either! I think I need to get back down there and go to the party too! It's another $60 bucks on top of your park admission, though. Hmmmm..... have to think about that one....
One of our first stops, the Haunted Mansion... we love this one, plus it is easy on Roger's back!
I tried to get a pic of the hitch-hiking ghosts... turned out pretty well considering...
And what is Halloween without Jack Skellington? Yeah, I posed him!

Next up, Disney's Hollywood Studios. ( aka MGM Studios ) This is the Pixar area of the park and Roger and I's favorite ride! It is the Toy Mania ride and it's new! It is like you are only 6 inches tall and waiting in line is like you are on the floor of Andy's bedroom with all the rest of the toys! Very Cool! Disney is all about the "details" and it is amazing!
Anyone remember having a View Master? Look closely and you'll see a Peter Pan scene!
Lincoln Logs, Tinker Toys, Barrel of Monkeys ? Yep, here they are!
...Even a monkey you may not have had in your barrel of monkeys!

Time for a parade, and look who's dancing down the street! It's Mr. Potato Head! Oh! and look! It's Boo, too!


Time to eat... so where do you eat when you are in Hollywood? I know! Let's eat at the Sci-Fi Drive-In Theater! Here is a place you can watch old clips of crazy sci-fi flicks... and your table is a convertable car! Fun, huh! Roger was LOVING it! He kept telling me that he had "seen that movie" and "seen this movie"... We had a nice time pretending to "park" !
This is a view of what it looks like. It is dark in there, so I hope you can all see it okay.



Um... this is the "Tower of Terror"... Roger wasn't having any of that one! But I've been on it and it is the bomb! Kinda like a free-fall, but the ride is different every time, so you don't know if you are going to fall just once or twice or even three times... LOVE IT!

One of my favorite places to take a picture. Walt and Mickey holding hands in front of Cinderella's castle. I was surprised that the park wasn't as busy as it has been all of the other times I have been here. Normally, you get alot of people around the statue and it bugs me... so I was happy about this one!

Even the birds are happy here! This is millet... looks like cattails but the heads are filled with seed... Disney birdies are some of the plumpest and happiest birds around!
I would've loved to have purchased this baby... a huge Mickey-shaped rice krispy treat,and it was about 3-inches thick, too... but $20 ? I think I'll make my own thank you! But Roger sure thought it looked tasty!!! YUMMY!
Just another detail to take a picture of.... Mickey Pumpkin decorations on the lightpost. They were everywhere!
And last, but DEFINATELY not least.... Captain Jack Sparrow! Forget the Mickey Rice Krispy Treat... I'll take him anyday!!! Boy did he look yummy.. and although it is not Johnny Depp, he was about as close to the character as I could imagine!

There are 3 other cameras with pictures on them that I haven't received copies of yet, so when they are available, we may have more to post!