Family Visit :)

I am officially behind on everything… including this blog! Therefore, please do not be overwhelmed by three posts in a row.

My family arrived Wednesday March 17 – mom, dad, Nick and Aunt Nancy. They stayed at my cousin Jeff’s house about fifteen miles away. My mom’s brother, Joe and his wife Cynthia live here as well.

The first night, we went to Downtown Disney to walk around. Many locals go here to hang out all the time. It’s always alive and boomin’ with people. I apparently wore them out walking, but little did they know the parks for a full day at a time would be much worse than an evening in Downtown Disney.

Thursday was spent in Magic Kingdom. My favorite park of course because I work there! We ventured around between the different lands and rode some rides. We ate in the park too and it was scrumptious. Magic Kingdom’s nighttime spectacular is Wishes and they have a night parade called SpectroMagic. We hung out and watched both of those before heading home. I always enjoy Wishes because I can sing along. But, I don’t normally get to watch it from the front of the castle; I always watch it back from Toontown at work.

Friday will be an entirely separate blog. Stay tuned.

Saturday we spent the day in E.P.C.O.T.; Experimental Prototype Communities Of Tomorrow. I have only been there once so I enjoyed exploring this park. The front half is Future World and the back half is The World Showcase. I had not been to the countries in the showcase before of memory. As a family we came to WDW (Walt Disney World) four time with family Radio Shack trips. Epcot’s nighttime show is Illuminations: Reflections of the Earth. It’s pretty extravagant.

Sunday we spent the morning in Animal Kingdom and the evening in Hollywood Studios. We had a down pour in the middle, but luckily we were eating a late lunch in the Rainforest Café and missed the big part of the rain. Fantasmic is Hollywood Studios nighttime show and it was magical. Mickey always finds a way to ward off those evil villains in every show.

Then, Monday we had a scheduled tour, Keys the the Kingdom, which takes place at Magic Kingdom. It was about 5 hours of walking and learning about the park and Walt’s dreams and plans. It was similar to my park orientation; I heard many things repeated, but it was neat for my family to see backstage and the Utilador. If you did not know, Magic Kingdom where the guests are is the second floor of the park. There is a floor underneath where the guests play and that’s how we navigate around to different spots. My location is not connected to it though, Toontown gets its own little bus stop.

Tuesday was a lazy day and packing for the family. They flew out in the evening and I worked at 4pm. We parted ways and I told them I’d see them in two months.

I cannot believe my program is already more than half way over.