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MinnieM123

MinnieM123

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donaldtoo said:
Hahaaa...!
I thought you might like those! :)

Since we've only ever been there for a week at a time, we commando the Parks and have never done any of the fun extras like mini-golf, the water Parks, etc.
Someday soon, we need take at least 10 days. :)
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I'd love to stay longer, too, (and have more expendable funds) and get to do all the other things. I do take in the water parks though, but just for a few hours each. Even if I had the extra time, I'd never spend a whole day at a water park.

A long time ago, I rented out one of those little MIce boats on the 7 Seas Lagoon--it was a blast. I'd also like to go parasailing, and go on a horseback ride at Fort Wilderness. Mini golf looks fun. I'd also like to go on a fishing excursion on one of those pontoon boats (I don't know how to fish, but maybe they'd show me? o_O )

It would also be fun to go and explore Orlando; I haven't been up there in years. It's also been quite a while since I was out in Kissimmee, or up to Clermont to the Florida Citrus Tower and orange grove areas. Haven't been out to the Cocoa area to the space station in ages, but I recall that was fun out there.

Have you ever tried to drive one of those airboats, somewhere off Rte. 192 around Kissimmee? One time, a friend of mine and I rented one (c'mon . . . a couple of city chicks attempting to drive an airboat through the Florida swamps?? :hilarious: :hilarious: ) and guess who drove it? Me!!! It didn't go very fast (thank goodness), but it made up for it in NOISE--those airboats are LOUD. I nearly rammed into another airboat and missed it by inches! You should have seen the look on the guy's face in that other boat! Good times! :joyfull: :joyfull:
 
MinnieM123

MinnieM123

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Pluto15 said:
I was there the last two weeks may and the weather was stunning. It felt like summer and was lovely but not too humid
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Glad you enjoyed your vacation! As for the weather, (week of May 17th), I found the afternoons to be too hot for me, so I'd retreat indoors for maybe 3 hours. But other than that, I thought it wasn't too hot. I enjoyed the mornings and evenings best when it was a bit cooler. :)
 
MinnieM123

MinnieM123

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Pluto15 said:
Baby silverback at animal kingdom.
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I saw this little guy at Animal Kingdom. He was playing with his mother. His mother was trying to teach him how to roll sideways down an incline; and he'd watch her, but not "get it". He'd then just run to her at the bottom of the incline, and jump on her and want to play. A bunch of people were watching this, and we were all laughing, because he clearly only wanted to play and could have cared less about rolling sideways?!! :p
 
Pluto15

Pluto15

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MinnieM123 said:
Glad you enjoyed your vacation! As for the weather, (week of May 17th), I found the afternoons to be too hot for me, so I'd retreat indoors for maybe 3 hours. But other than that, I thought it wasn't too hot. I enjoyed the mornings and evenings best when it was a bit cooler. :)
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The mornings and evenings were really nice. I was staying at AKL and walked to kidani village every morning before breakfast and it was great at sunrise.
 
Pluto15

Pluto15

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MinnieM123 said:
I saw this little guy at Animal Kingdom. He was playing with his mother. His mother was trying to teach him how to roll sideways down an incline; and he'd watch her, but not "get it". He'd then just run to her at the bottom of the incline, and jump on her and want to play. A bunch of people were watching this, and we were all laughing, because he clearly only wanted to play and could have cared less about rolling sideways?!! :p
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He was so cute. I could have watched for hours. I love animal kingdom. They had a calf giraffe at the lodge. I loved watching him and his mum
 
MinnieM123

MinnieM123

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StarWarsGirl95 said:
Well, might as well tell you all some of what's going on now that I know more...

A while ago, I twisted my thumb and heard a pop, reaching into my purse. I was trying not to use the hand and was wearing an ace bandage, but got concerned by a raised bump at the base of the thumb. I went to get it checked out, and it turns out that I tore the ligament. Doctor thinks it's just a partial tear. I hope he's right. So I'm in a splint (thankfully he says swimming is still okay) for four weeks. Typing on my laptop/Surface is really tough right now, and I can only do a one finger tap on my iPod, so you probably won't see me too much for a while.

The only good part about all of this is no dishes for four weeks...:angelic:
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I hope your thumb heals quickly for you. It's amazing just how often we use our thumbs, and it must be frustrating as heck to not have the use of it. (Happy to hear that you don't have to do the dishes, though! ;))
 
MinnieM123

MinnieM123

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Pluto15 said:
He was so cute. I could have watched for hours. I love animal kingdom. They had a calf giraffe at the lodge. I loved watching him and his mum
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Oh, that was special to see a young giraffe with his mom. I've never seen one before. Years ago, I did stay at Animal Kingdom Lodge (before the DVC building was built), and I used to love to go out on my balcony (Arusha Savannah) around 5 AM, and watch for the animals. I think it was around 6 AM or so, that the ground crew would drive up in pickup trucks, and they'd have branches in the back. They'd drive up to a tree and "plant" these thin branches to lure the giraffes up to the trees closest to the lodge, so that the guests would have a close up view. The giraffes were used to seeing the trucks, and one giraffe was so funny. He didn't bother to wait for the CM's to put the branches up in the trees; he just went up to the truck and started munching branches, right from the back of the open pick-up!! :hilarious:
 
MOXOMUMD

MOXOMUMD

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MinnieM123 said:
I'd love to stay longer, too, (and have more expendable funds) and get to do all the other things. I do take in the water parks though, but just for a few hours each. Even if I had the extra time, I'd never spend a whole day at a water park.

A long time ago, I rented out one of those little MIce boats on the 7 Seas Lagoon--it was a blast. I'd also like to go parasailing, and go on a horseback ride at Fort Wilderness. Mini golf looks fun. I'd also like to go on a fishing excursion on one of those pontoon boats (I don't know how to fish, but maybe they'd show me? o_O )

It would also be fun to go and explore Orlando; I haven't been up there in years. It's also been quite a while since I was out in Kissimmee, or up to Clermont to the Florida Citrus Tower and orange grove areas. Haven't been out to the Cocoa area to the space station in ages, but I recall that was fun out there.

Have you ever tried to drive one of those airboats, somewhere off Rte. 192 around Kissimmee? One time, a friend of mine and I rented one (c'mon . . . a couple of city chicks attempting to drive an airboat through the Florida swamps?? :hilarious: :hilarious: ) and guess who drove it? Me!!! It didn't go very fast (thank goodness), but it made up for it in NOISE--those airboats are LOUD. I nearly rammed into another airboat and missed it by inches! You should have seen the look on the guy's face in that other boat! Good times! :joyfull: :joyfull:
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You were wearing headphones I hope. :)
 

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