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A video tribute to one of my favorite attractions (still missed in California.) Remain seated please and keep your hands and arms inside the video!

And some Animal Kingdom photos -

(Originally posted November 19th) Today was the last day for visiting Hollywood Studios and Animal Kingdom, doing the last things desired to, etc - this trip feels like it was over in an instant, and started a ridiculously long time ago. Got into Yak and Yeti without reservation. Magic Kingdom...

A brief look around inside the Columbia Harbor House at Magic Kingdom.

And here comes a assortment of photos! Islands of Adventure Many Imagineer/classic Disney designer homages in this Big Thunder bit of detailing. Chicken Masala at the Rose and Crown Pub. Very tasty indeed. Tribute to Disney legend Harper Goff (designer of the first...

More from Universal/Islands of Adventure. It was a good thing J.K. Rowling turned Disney down from trying to acquire Harry Potter rights for theme park use - they wouldn't have done justice to the full tone and quirk and 'dingy' feel of the world and the more British instances of...

(Originally posted November 17th) Hollywood Studios today, and largely uncrowded - but sadly not all that much to do there. Tower of Terror is very high quality in most all aspects, so that was nice. Some good detail certainly around - but the highlight was we did indeed get into Sci Fi Dine-In...

(Originally posted November 16th) Long day today, and four days of park admission to go! Started out in Animal Kingdom but that turned quickly miserable with rain and wet socks and all. Riding Everest with rain whipping hard against your face is no fun. But we'll be going back at least for half...

Mickey waffles for breakfast at Riverside before getting a taxi over to 'that other place'. Twirl 'n Hurl! 'Mother, oh god, mother! Blood, blood!' Ben Gardener's head from Jaws. Meg Mucklebones, the Jenny Greenteeth-inspired swamp beastie from 80's fantasy classic Legend. Very...

(Originally posted November 16th) Yesterday was Islands of Adventure and Universal Studios. First, I have to say at the outset - Islands is an amazing park and beautiful detail and scope and ambiance. It's better than EPCOT at current. (sorry!) Wizarding World delivered the charm and more...

Ah, frozen coke.

There's no place like World Showcase!

And now some from Future World! The name of the Duck Tales inventor character shown on the right escapes me, but very obscure character to be even hinted at in the parks. We miss you, Dreamfinder and a show for Figment that had some ambition and dignity.

(Originally posted the 14th) EPCOT was today, and actually turned out very relaxing, which I found surprising - used to Disneyland days usually getting hectic between crowds and long waits and the like, so we seemingly planned well in terms of when to visit. Arrived before opening and rode...

Another handful of Magic Kingdom photos:

Videos from Magic Kingdom day one:

Sorry I didn't update this along the way! Here are more thoughts and photos scrawled down elsewhere with lots more media to come.

Observations from yesterday (Magic Kingdom): Why are they playing the audio to Mr. Toad's Wild Ride from Disneyland on the bus to MK?? It's long extinct at that park. Park overwhelmingly large compared to Disneyland. Pirates is very disappointing against the original as a 'whole picture' - the...