I just tried on my phone (I was on my laptop earlier), and I still don't see red.
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JenniferS
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Gold and white. I will die on this hill.Think it's a optical thing like the black/white gold/white dress from 2015.
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Correct.
I'm with @JenniferS
It looks like a crowded hill with a lot of correct people
donaldtoo
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To be honest, the only thing we would be interested in visiting anywhere in the Central Florida area, at this point, would be the Kennedy Space Center.
But that’s, essentially, just a day trip, and we’re certainly not going all the way to Florida just for that. Especially since we have the Johnson Space Center a few hours down the road in Houston, that we’ve visited before over the years, and is very extensive.
There is really nothing else in Florida that interests us.
Our 3 kids read some of the Potter books and we took them to some of the movies (which I always napped through
), but they never really got heavily into it, and Carolyn and I definitely didn’t.Epic has nothing we care about, either, etc., etc., etc.
Plus, we have Schlitterbahn down the road in New Braunfels, and Six Flags Fiesta Texas and SeaWorld San Antonio, just a bit further down the road.
All less than 2 hours away and easy day trips, or you could combine the 3 into a long weekend…!!!
Regarding WDW…
We’ll probably reevaluate again at some point (5-8 years down the road), but, for now, we just can’t care about a company that we feel doesn’t care about us.
MinnieM123
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Here's a fun (I didn't say, excitingTo be honest, the only thing we would be interested in visiting anywhere in the Central Florida area, at this point, would be the Kennedy Space Center.
But that’s, essentially, just a day trip, and we’re certainly not going all the way to Florida just for that. Especially since we have the Johnson Space Center a few hours down the road in Houston, that we’ve visited before over the years, and is very extensive.
There is really nothing else in Florida that interests us.
Our 3 kids read some of the Potter books and we took them to some of the movies (which I always napped through
Epic has nothing we care about, either, etc., etc., etc.
Plus, we have Schlitterbahn down the road in New Braunfels, and Six Flags Fiesta Texas and SeaWorld San Antonio, just a bit further down the road.
All less than 2 hours away and easy day trips, or you could combine the 3 into a long weekend…!!!
Regarding WDW…
We’ll probably reevaluate again at some point (5-8 years down the road), but, for now, we just can’t care about a company that we feel doesn’t care about us.
) attraction for the whole family, not far from WDW. I think it was "at least" 25-30 years ago that I drove up there, during one of my WDW visits. Gotta love those historic, FL attractions! Back then, a lady that worked in the gift shop also gave tours of the orange groves, and she drove me around in a golf cart. At the time, there wasn't much to see in the groves, only because they had either a (drought or flood damage that year). Having never visited an orange grove before, I still enjoyed seeing something different. The tower was
In this article, I also enjoyed seeing an old timey, nostalgic brochure of the Tower.
The Citrus Tower in Clermont
An Orange-Colored History of One of Florida’s Oldest and Tallest Attractions By Clay Waters from the Fall 2023 edition of Reflections Magazine For more than 60 years, the Citrus Tower in Clermont has stood sentinel over a deep slice of Central Florida. Featuring a 360-degree observation deck that
donaldtoo
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Here's a fun (I didn't say, exciting
I think it was "at least" 25-30 years ago that I drove up there, during one of my WDW visits. Gotta love those historic, FL attractions! Back then, a lady that worked in the gift shop also gave tours of the orange groves, and she drove me around in a golf cart. At the time, there wasn't much to see in the groves, only because they had either a (drought or flood damage that year). Having never visited an orange grove before, I still enjoyed seeing something different. The tower was
In this article, I also enjoyed seeing an old timey, nostalgic brochure of the Tower.
The Citrus Tower in Clermont
An Orange-Colored History of One of Florida’s Oldest and Tallest Attractions By Clay Waters from the Fall 2023 edition of Reflections Magazine For more than 60 years, the Citrus Tower in Clermont has stood sentinel over a deep slice of Central Florida. Featuring a 360-degree observation deck thatwww.thehistorycenter.org
Who could resist…plane tickets have been purchased…!!!!!!!
donaldtoo
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The apple doesn't fall far from the tree!
Thank you…!!!
Although it was like tryin’ to herd cats much of the time when they were little, Carolyn and I tried to raise them, what we considered, properly.
They’re all 3 in their 30’s now, and are responsible, caring, well-rounded adults, including our special needs son, who has been gainfully employed for many years now…!!!!!
donaldtoo
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OK, on with the cruise TR…
Saturday, June 28th, and Audrey’s 4th birthday cruise cont.…!!!
From deck 6, we headed up to Guy’s Burger Joint on deck 17, around 1:20p.
Megan, Emmy and Audrey enjoyed veggie burgers, while Carolyn, Daniel, Matt and Sarah had regular beef burgers…!!!
I didn’t have anything major, as I was saving myself for dinner, but I did munch on a few of the little beauties pictured below…they weren’t from Guy’s (I can’t remember where they were from
), but they were honey-glazed sweet potatoes, and, boy howdy, they were tasty…!!!!! 
Emmy and Audrey also enjoyed their Pina Colada Mocktails…!!!
About 2p, while still at our table, we got the text that our staterooms were ready…11451 and 11455…!!!
Saturday, June 28th, and Audrey’s 4th birthday cruise cont.…!!!
From deck 6, we headed up to Guy’s Burger Joint on deck 17, around 1:20p.
Megan, Emmy and Audrey enjoyed veggie burgers, while Carolyn, Daniel, Matt and Sarah had regular beef burgers…!!!
I didn’t have anything major, as I was saving myself for dinner, but I did munch on a few of the little beauties pictured below…they weren’t from Guy’s (I can’t remember where they were from
), but they were honey-glazed sweet potatoes, and, boy howdy, they were tasty…!!!!! Emmy and Audrey also enjoyed their Pina Colada Mocktails…!!!
About 2p, while still at our table, we got the text that our staterooms were ready…11451 and 11455…!!!
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MinnieM123
Premium Member
That photo of the two of them with their (Mocktails . . .) is hilarious!!Emmy and Audrey also enjoyed their Pina Colada Mocktails…!!!
Goofyernmost
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Last video I saw the citrus tower was now overlooking a housing development, unless there is more than one. Oranges are not the big deal it once was in Florida. There is the big processing plant a few miles south of WDW but I think they have there own orange groves and I don't remember seeing a tower there. That was probably 20 years ago as well. It was a very pleasant orange blossom scent wafting in the air as I drove by it on Rte 27 in lake Wales.Here's a fun (I didn't say, exciting
I think it was "at least" 25-30 years ago that I drove up there, during one of my WDW visits. Gotta love those historic, FL attractions! Back then, a lady that worked in the gift shop also gave tours of the orange groves, and she drove me around in a golf cart. At the time, there wasn't much to see in the groves, only because they had either a (drought or flood damage that year). Having never visited an orange grove before, I still enjoyed seeing something different. The tower was
In this article, I also enjoyed seeing an old timey, nostalgic brochure of the Tower.
The Citrus Tower in Clermont
An Orange-Colored History of One of Florida’s Oldest and Tallest Attractions By Clay Waters from the Fall 2023 edition of Reflections Magazine For more than 60 years, the Citrus Tower in Clermont has stood sentinel over a deep slice of Central Florida. Featuring a 360-degree observation deck that
MinnieM123
Premium Member
Hope you're mistaken about the "new" view from that tower. Back when I visited, it was fairly rural around that area.
Figgy1
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That area hasn't been rural in a while
donaldtoo
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We will have been back in Central Texas for 50 years come next August. We have NEVER seen a June/early July this wet and green, EVER.
Earlier, we had the below…
Then, we had this…
Typically, this time of year, we would not have had any appreciable rain in quite a while, fields and most yards would be brown, most everything would smell dry, etc., etc., etc.
Just so very atypical.
Thankfully, there has been no more rain today in the tragically flooded Hill Country areas.
Earlier, we had the below…
Then, we had this…
Typically, this time of year, we would not have had any appreciable rain in quite a while, fields and most yards would be brown, most everything would smell dry, etc., etc., etc.
Just so very atypical.
Thankfully, there has been no more rain today in the tragically flooded Hill Country areas.
donaldtoo
Well-Known Member
That photo of the two of them with their (Mocktails . . .) is hilarious!!
Yep, they were cruisin’ high on the hog with those “libations”…!!!!!
donaldtoo
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So, not sure how many of y’all may know about this, but ducks have become a big thing on cruises (including Disney cruises) over recent years.
Passengers hide them all over the ship, give them out to little kids, etc.
Carolyn carries ones like those pictured below in a large Ziplock bag in her purse/beach bag. They’re about the size of a dogs toy ball…!!!
I wanted to play too, but all I was gonna’ have were pockets to carry them around in… 
So, Carolyn found the little resin ducks pictured below on the internet, which are about the size of a small marble.
I could easily put 10-15 of those at a time in a pocket…!!!
We bought 150 of them for $9.99, and I, purposely, came home with just one of each color…!!!
Being a parent, I did make sure to do one thing…put them well outta’ the reach of young children, as they could be a potential choking hazard.
These little ducks were a huge hit…!!!!!!!
Passengers hide them all over the ship, give them out to little kids, etc.
Carolyn carries ones like those pictured below in a large Ziplock bag in her purse/beach bag. They’re about the size of a dogs toy ball…!!!
I wanted to play too
, but all I was gonna’ have were pockets to carry them around in… So, Carolyn found the little resin ducks pictured below on the internet, which are about the size of a small marble.
I could easily put 10-15 of those at a time in a pocket…!!!
We bought 150 of them for $9.99, and I, purposely, came home with just one of each color…!!!
Being a parent, I did make sure to do one thing…put them well outta’ the reach of young children, as they could be a potential choking hazard.
These little ducks were a huge hit…!!!!!!!