(November 26th to Dec 3rd 2011)
Pat and Ali's Great Adventure to Disneyworld
(With Joe and Randy and Nechia)
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Day 1 - Saturday Night: in Downtown Disney
Day 2 - Sunday: A Day at Magic Kingdom
Day 3 - Monday: Day Trip to Cape Canaveral and a night at Hollywood Studios/Dinner at ESPN for Monday Night Football
Day 4 - Tuesday: Randy, Joe, and Nechia come into town and we do Disney's Hollywood Studios
Day 5 - Wednesday: An animal day at the Animal Kingdom
Day 6 - Thursday and an Epic Day at Epcot
Day 7 - Friday (Nechia has to leave and the Palis make all four parks and more)
Day 8 - Saturday: checkout from Vistana and a quick tour of Epcot and then off to the airport for the Palis
Another Orlando Saga
(click here for previous Disney Trips down through the years)
Day 1 - Saturday Night: in Downtown Disney
Dopey and Mickey
Dinosaurs......Yikes!!!!!
A Christmas Photos Spot and a Sea Monsters made out of Leggos
Hot Air Ballon Rides / Ali got a new pair of shoes
Day 2 - Sunday: at Magic Kingdom
Main Street / Adventureland
Pat's no Captain Jack Sparrow / The future of Disney World (under construction)
Isn't Disney Amazing....
Mickey / Walt the Man, the Myth, and the Legend / Mainstreet Parade
Woody's in the parade / The Tree at the Grand Floridian (this is where Joe and Randy are staying)
Day 3 - Monday: Day Trip to Cape Canaveral and night at Disney Hollywood Studios and Disney's Boardwalk
Command Center / The rock road aabove is where they transport the shuttles (filled 6 feet deep and the transport goes 1 mile per hour)
A Space Shuttle / Apollo 13 capsule
The Astronaut Memorial
Christmas at NASA / The Flags of the Nations involved with NASA
Then Back to Hollywood Studios
Pat's first time on the Rock and Roll Rollercoaster / Yes it rains sometimes in Florida
Day 4 - Tuesday: Randy, Joe, and Nechia come into town and we meet them at Disney's Hollywood Studios, but first a quick trip to EPCOT
Nechia starts the day with 2 left feet / Ali & Nechia at EPCOT / O Canada / The Palis at Pat's favorite Place (EPCOT)
Ali & Nechia / The EPCOT Ball / Pluto the bush / Nechia with Crash (the crash dummy)
Epcot / Nice house / Hugs for a Happy Morning / Father - Daughter or 3 poles (pohls get it???)
The Water Taxi to Disney Studios / Traditional Xmas tree photo / Tower of Terror (pat forgot to put his hands over his ears / Lunch
Joe and Randy finally get here so the fun can begin. They tackle the Tower of Terror first.
Tower of Terror (check out Joe for a look of real fear)
tower / lunch / C-3-PO in the Star Wars Ride / Cool Dudes with 3 D Glasses (who's the kid???)
Randy des dancing in the rain / New York City / San Francisco / Pearl Harbor Picture
The actors (Joe and Pat) get directed / The fan / Walking out to the scene
Click here for video 1 of Pat and Joe / Click here for video 2 of Pat and Joe
Pat's got wet pants / The "Ear-full" Tower / Backstage tour ride (see Herbie) / Sunset and Vine
Randy winning his Oscar / Nechia pretending to be Indiana Jones / Car Stunt Show (where's Ziker?) / Rock and Roll Roller Coaster
Fear of the Rock and Roll roller coaster / Faces in the crowd at Fantasmic / Fire water in Fantasmic / Grand Finale at Fantasmic
Xmas lights (5 milliom +) in Disney Studios (can you see the snow?) Snowing in Florida????
Good night lights / Thanks Disney Hollywood Studios / At the Boardwalk (Hey Joe where's the funnel cake???)
Click here for video 1 of Pat and Joe / Click here for video 2 of Pat and Joe
Day 5 - Wednesday: A wild day at the Animal Kingdom
We meet Joe and Randy at the Grand Floridian for breakfast. We bring Joe donuts..... How Ironic....
The entrance / The Tree of Life
Tree / Going to our Safari
Randy and Joe / Our new friends from South Africa: Cornelius and Thious
Nechia's favorite Charater
Let's go fishing....
The Festival of the Lion King
Then it was off to the Mt Everest Expedition ...
Saying "good-bye" to the xmas tree at Animal Kingdom and then back to the Grand Floridian to catch a water taxi to Magic Kingdom
The Grand Floridian / The Happy Sailor Girls
The Happiest Place on Earth
The Restuarant we almost eat at....
Unfortunately we lost Joe and Randy to an emergency back at their dog ranch so we had to cancel dinner and the rest of the trip for them.
Day 6 - Thursday - An Epic Day at Epcot
Check out the photos below. I was in Florida taking pictures of the Golden Gate Bridge, Lake Tahoe, Yosemite, and Disneyland (on the soaring ride)
The land where Disney grows vegetables, fruit, and fish for their restuarants
Standing in line for the Circle of Life I noticed the signs on the wall next to me indicating the distance to the next ride...
Fortunately the line moves slowly or I could have missed them (100ft., 75 ft., 50ft., etc.)
Then Nechia and Pat had to go to work (Attend the Athletic Business Conference)
Then back to EPCOT
We did find Nemo
And we did see "O Canada"
A long time tradition for the Palis is to do the World Showcase country by country. We go into each country and put on a hat for that country and take a picture then move on to the next country. We also eat some food from each country as we go along. This year because we made reservations for a nice dinner we skipped the eating in each country thing. OK we might have cheated in Mexico (churros) and between America and Japan (we found a funnel cake truck).
OK, here we go for real
Mexico
Sweden/Norway
China
Africa
Germany
Italy
USA
Japan
Japan is not well know for the recognizable hats.... we should have used headbands
Morroco
Hey look who stopped by Aladdin and Jasmine
Did we mention that not only Ali got a new pair of shoes, but so did Nechia
France
England (again what's with the no hat identity?)
What's a Yellow Submarine???
The Beatles are from England????
They still have phone booths???
Canada (which is spelled c "hey" n "hey" d "hey")
The World Showcase is just beautiful place
Then we ate a great dinner at the Rose and Crown
With dinner came special seating for the Candlelight Procession
Then of course we finish the evening off with the fireworks show called Illuminations
It was the greatest. But we missed Randy and Joe....
Day 7 - Friday (Nechia has to leave and we do all four Parks in one day, plus some more)
Photos of just Day 7
Then off to Pop Century Resort (Remember when....)
Then off to the Carribean Beach Resort
Then off to Animal Kingdom
Bats and Tigers
Back side of the Tree of Life / Train ride to Rafiki's Planet Watch
We had a wild time....bye Animal Kingdom / Lobby of the Animal Kingdom Lodge
Then it's off to Disney's Hollywood Studios
We try to get into the Swan but they charge for parking. So we go to our loyal Boardwalk instead
Then it's Hello Hollywood
Our Traditional Christmas Tree Photo / Pixar Studios
A couple of venues we haven't seen before....
The we make it to the Magic Kingdom (this is the third park for the day)
Then we go to EPCOT to finish the day off....
Check this out below
Pat and Ali going to see the classic Captain EO 3 D Show at EPCOT which they did 24 years ago at Disneyland in 1987 with Pat's kids and nieces.
Pat and Ali 2011 (EPCOT was showing this classic 3D film in their Theater)
Below is a photo from 1987 when Pat and Ali spent Thanksgiving at Disneyland. A Disney Tradition they started 24 years ago.
Sarah, Nechia, Dan, Pat, Marcie, Jeff, Tammy, and Ali
So Ali tries to do the hat thing all in one night (or should I say all in one store)
So we stop at Chick-fil-A and go back to the condo pretty tired....
Photos of just Day 7
Day 8 - Saturday: check out from the Sheraton Vistana and we see Beauty and the Beast (Disney Studios) and then it's off to Downtown Disney for last minute shopping and then off to the airport for the Palis
The Swan Resort / Traditional Picture at Disney Hollywood Studios
Last look at the Tower and Terror / Ali taking orders over the phone for Disney merchandise
A great show...
He turns into a prince
Working our way to downtown Disney
Lots going on....
OK, lets blow this popsicle stand ....
Bye Orlando, see you in 2013 if we're still alive.... It was a great trip.....