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We start off today at the Animal Kingdom
The park was not too crowded, Baloo was out looking for guests to interact wiht..
A couple shots of the walls in Asia where the new restaurant is going in
No one was riding the rapids this cool December morning
So they shut down the Fastpass system, actually it just never was turned on for the day
Not much activity along the Jungle Trek
A group performing out in Camp Minnie Mickey
Now some Festival of the Lion King Shots
On the safari we spotted a hippo out of the water.
The baby giraffe was out again too
The Cheetahs were quite active.
Some construction along World Drive
A GM flex fuel SUV in Innoventions
Noticed this new transportation display in Innoventions, it is basically a wall covered in photos and captions..
Not much activity toward Universe of Energy
Wonders of Life was open for the holidays.
The place was dead.. it was nice to see it open, but there was very little life.
Some of the posters in the queue for Cranium Command
We next walked by Mission Space (there was no line)
This is the warning message and description of the two versions..
Over at Test Track the virtual reality thing is gone (thing it was called Dream Chasers if I remember right), in its place is this display
This car is still on the other side
The new on ride photo area that now uses Photopass
A Hummer..
This is where the butterfly exhibit usually is during the flower and garden festival, looks like they put in concrete to put the cage structure on
The placement of these Year of a Million Dream banners in the various parks is kind of odd to me..
A look across the lagoon
Work continues in Japan (in May the left tower was under wraps)
A good view of the China tarps
I think its interesting how the food and wine festival booths have been recyled to be holiday cheer
Here is the price board
The Three Kings were out by Mexico
The crowd gathered around the three kings
Some shots in China
The new museum exhibit in China, the Hong Kong Disneyland display is long gone
The German storyteller out
We spotted this boat on the lake, its the one that is usually over at the Swan/Dolphin Dock
The boat was heading backstage to the marina area
I found it very odd that the Friendship boat doing the World Showcase cycle only had MGM guidemaps onboard, no EPCOT ones..
Another of the Year of a Million Dream signs
I thought there used to be a bench or something here.
Club Cool is decorated for the holidays
A couple random Spaceship Earth shots
They are still working on the post show area
Next stop the Magic Kingdom
The signs over the entrance/exit gates
Looking up Main Street
The tree has been moved to Town Square and the traditional garlands are now up.
The Magic Kingdom Flag Retreat
A couple shots of the Twas the Night Before Christmas show.. for more check out our
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The Roger E Broogie pulling out of the Toontown Station
As we entered Space Mountain on the People Mover (TTA) we noticed it was brighter than usual.
Then we pulled into the main building and the lights were all on.. so here are some pictures
My Buzz score (which I thought was really good)
Unfortunately the Geeks Brothers was better...
The Comedy Club sign at night
A couple Spectro Magic Shots
The Contemporarys tree at night
Captain Hook and Smee leading a group of kids (and their parents) out to the docks for a fireworks cruise
The boats they went out on appear to be the old Discovery Island boats from Animal Kingdom, or at least the same type of boat
Ducks took over the Contemporary pool
Now a series of shots of the space shuttle launch taken from the shore of Bay Lake.. we first saw an orange glow
Then a bright light over the tree tops
It really illuminated the sky, unfortunately these shots do not do it justice and they just look like a giant orange ball, but it was really impressive in person and you could see the 5 engines (3 main and 2 booster)
Here is a shot of the booster separation.. we were able to see the shuttle for a good 5 minutes or so
We end over at EPCOT with a shot of Mission Space (no interesting shots from Illuminations tonight).