Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Kilimanjaro Safari

Animal Kingdom is the most beautiful park in Walt Disney World. It is full of plants, and animals, and is home of one of Disney's most famous roller coasters, Expedition Everest. It includes attractions such as Kali River Rapids, Kilimanjaro Safari, and It's tough to be a bug.

Today I will be focusing on Kilimanjaro Safari, one of my personal favorite rides at Walt Disney World. Kilimanjaro Safari is a "two week" (20 minute) journey through Africa. Riders enter a vehicle that looks like a jeep for 50 people. The ride goes through real wild life preserves where one can look at tropical birds, zebras, giraffes, hippos, and my personal favorite, lions. (Don't worry, the lions can not come anywhere near the vehicle.)

Somewhere in the middle of the adventure, a message requesting help comes on the radio, and the course changes. The passengers go from being on a pleasure cruise to crossing "shaky bridges" and "saving elephants from poachers." At the end, the passengers get to see a baby elephant, animatronic that they saved from the poachers.

This ride is wonderful for children and adults.

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Donald Duck

Thanks to Lou Mongello, I just found out that March 14, 1935 was the first time Donald Duck was seen in a Mickey Mouse cartoon. Donald Duck is arguably the best classic Disney Character. His hot temper has made many people, including myself, laugh. Some May argue, he is the best duck in showbiz.
The 1944 animated movie, The Three Caballeros features Donald Suck and two bird friends that he met after her received a surprising (to say the least) birthday gift. He travels the world, and along the way meets, Panchito, and Jose. The film is full of fun music, and vibrant colors.
Donald's middle name is "Fauntleroy" after the sailor uniform he wears. Though he is not the most chipper of all Disney Characters, he has won his way into the heart of this blogger.

Monday, March 5, 2012

Middle of the Semester

It is the middle of the semester, and I know I haven't been posting every week. Even though no body is reading this, I still feel an obligation to keep this up to date.

Going to school full time with no electives is no fun. I am trying to keep all my online things up to date but between 15 page papers, mid-terms, Selling books on amazon, pinterest, facebook, twitter, tumblr, and this blog, my days are pretty full. I need to keep working hard, and stay motivated. If I stop, I will like the feeling of laziness too much to pick up and start again.

Every time I get frustrated, and want to stop, I think about what I want to do with my life. I think about how soon I will be living in Orlando and working at the happiest place on earth. Disney is a huge part of my life. It has been for a long time.

I have been to Disney World, eight times; Disney land, two times; California Adventure, once; and I have been on one Disney cruise. My parents are Disney focused travel agents, so I have had wonderful opportunities, and I am so blessed to have been involved with Disney.

I plan on focusing my blog more on the Disney lifestyle, and information on the parks than just my life, but I thought I would give a little background information.