There were ducks,
rabbits and lizards as usual. But a lot more squirrels than we
normally see. Including one that had a great routine outside Space
Ship Earth. He/she would start at the first stroller parked outside
the ride. Check out the seat, all pockets, the storage areas on the
handle bar, then move on to the next stroller. Never touching the
ground, he'd jump over to the next stroller in the line up. And there
were well over 40 strollers in the stroller parking area. We laughed
so hard. It reminded Mom of when the squirrel chewed through Dad's
golf bag to help himself to Dad's cinnamon bun many years ago.
There were quite a
few “friendly” ducks at the Classic Hall for breakfast (almost
any time of day really). But they were not as persistent as the
starlings. Those opportunists would fly into the food court causing
staff to stop what they were doing and work on getting them out. And
they'd help themselves to food on guests plates. The bird would sit
on the back of the chair to make like they were one of the family.
One day Mom turned her head to look at a duck by her feet and a
starling took off with a whole piece of french toast! We tried to
always sit outside as the weather was lovely and the food court was
noisy enough that it was difficult to have a conversation. Although I
note that hundreds of people each day don't seem to have an issue
with the noise. The food court was always full except for early
morning. And there were always tables available outside and there
weren't that many tables there. Personally I liked sitting outside
because they don't let the ducks come in. And I like ducks.
The kids provided a
great deal of opportunity for fun on the trip. Singing to us because
of our Birthday Pins. Getting so excited when they had their photos
taken with their favourite characters. The little girl at the
butterfly house who refused to move until a butterfly landed on her.
She was standing perfectly still, arm out before we got there and was
still standing there by the time we had finished touring the area and
taking a lot of photos.
And the princesses
and pirates! The kids that got dressed up were so much fun. Next time
I go, I am going to take a photo album to ask for their signatures.
No photos as that would be creepy having random strangers taking your
child's photo. But to ask for their autograph just might make a
little one's day.
Jeff had ordered
custom stickers for our Magic Bands. These were a hit, not only with
us, but with the CM's. Every time I went to pay for something at one
of the resorts, the CM would call over co workers to show them. “How
come Pop Century has a resort specific band? When will we get one?”
Managers would ask if the bands were new items at Pop. I'd be trying
to explain that these were stickers ordered from “Magic My Band”
off the internet. The bands were real conversation starters. And
these stickers even held up with going into the swimming pool!
The Animal Kingdom
backpacks did get a bit of attention. There were several photos taken
of them. And one CM caught up to us on our second visit to Animal
Kingdom. She had noticed us the first day but had been busy with some
guests. So when she spotted us again she made sure to talk to us.
Apparently there were a number of CM's talking about the bags in the
break room.
We realized the
importance of decorating our resort room windows when Suzanne was
woken up by a drunk insisting that she should open the door as the
drunk was sure it was her room. Some balloons in the window
identified the room easily. Not only for her, but told others that it
wasn't their room.
I managed to get
most of our decorations up before Mom noticed. It was a fun surprise
for her birthday. Then Jeff topped it by adding LED magnetic lights
around the outside of our door for my birthday. Some of them were
still working by the time we left!
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