it was nice.

ice castle 2
Originally uploaded by green eyed so and so.

i never would have chosen to go to Disney World on vacation (and i still won't) but when someone else is paying for part of it and i get to see my family it's very nice. i get it: they hold your hand from the moment you step off the plane until you get back to the airport on the way home. our agenda was to visit with the family, and maybe ride some rollercoasters. anything else was a bonus.
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kudos to my sister-in-law for putting it all together. she made a handful of group meal reservations (not even daily) but otherwise we were free to break into small groups and self-schedule. we took a lot of afternoon naps, i took a lot of baths, i still rode rollercoasters with my Dad and the Haunted Mansion with my niece, and we all saw the Wishes fireworks from the top of the Contemporary Resort after dinner at the California Grill. awesome.

it was nice.

ice castle 2
Originally uploaded by green eyed so and so.

i never would have chosen to go to Disney World on vacation (and i still won't) but when someone else is paying for part of it and i get to see my family it's very nice. i get it: they hold your hand from the moment you step off the plane until you get back to the airport on the way home. our agenda was to visit with the family, and maybe ride some rollercoasters. anything else was a bonus.
( Read more... )

kudos to my sister-in-law for putting it all together. she made a handful of group meal reservations (not even daily) but otherwise we were free to break into small groups and self-schedule. we took a lot of afternoon naps, i took a lot of baths, i still rode rollercoasters with my Dad and the Haunted Mansion with my niece, and we all saw the Wishes fireworks from the top of the Contemporary Resort after dinner at the California Grill. awesome.

just shut up and forward the plot

we bought a couple DVDs on the trip, Mulan and The Hunchback of Notre Dame. i saw both of them in the theater, and remember Hunchback in particular as being jawdroppingly beautifully made. (Hunchback gains big points for causing parents to carry screaming crying freaked-out children out of the cinema during both of my viewings. that's with the happier ending.)

they're still lovely. but wow, the whole a-cartoon-must-be-a-musical thing is terribly intrusive. years of Studio Ghibli and Brad Bird had flushed the idea out of my brain. the songs in Mulan are particularly jarring. (and Eddie Murphy. sigh.) the production numbers in Hunchback are annoying too. and that's sad, since Hellfire is so great, and so is God Help the Outcasts. (i seem to be in the minority on this one. i also don't care for The Lion King film. which isn't that surprising since i don't like Hamlet.)

just shut up and forward the plot

we bought a couple DVDs on the trip, Mulan and The Hunchback of Notre Dame. i saw both of them in the theater, and remember Hunchback in particular as being jawdroppingly beautifully made. (Hunchback gains big points for causing parents to carry screaming crying freaked-out children out of the cinema during both of my viewings. that's with the happier ending.)

they're still lovely. but wow, the whole a-cartoon-must-be-a-musical thing is terribly intrusive. years of Studio Ghibli and Brad Bird had flushed the idea out of my brain. the songs in Mulan are particularly jarring. (and Eddie Murphy. sigh.) the production numbers in Hunchback are annoying too. and that's sad, since Hellfire is so great, and so is God Help the Outcasts. (i seem to be in the minority on this one. i also don't care for The Lion King film. which isn't that surprising since i don't like Hamlet.)