I'm Back

I have returned from my trip to WDW and all is calm, all is bright. My lament that I would not see the Wishes fireworks was for naught. I saw them 3 times. Once from Main Street, once from one of my favorite restaurants, 'Ohana where they pipe in the audio track (did not know that), and then finally from just off the monorail. The whole trip was awesome. We went on a Segway tour of EPCOT that was amazing (and was on my list of 43 Things). I had never been on a Segway before. The castle was more beautiful than the video I posted could ever convey. I made this trip with my parents and my usual traveling companion. My parents had not been to the Disney parks in a long time and we thought it would be fun to show them what our typical trip is like with the added bonus of Disney Christmas. We brought them to all of our favorite restaurants, etc. I bought my mother Mickey ears. She chose the Year of Million Dreams with silver ears and flashing lights edition and she became a rabid pin collector. The best part was that she loves spinning rides but my father and I can't spin, but AJK can so they went on the carousel, Dumbo, Astro Orbiter, and the tea cups. Watching them on the tea cups was fabulous. We also got rides, separately, in the front car of the monorail. Each moment was perfect (well, my parents did heckle Tigger at lunch...but he was a good sport)...other than that...My cold is gone. My eye infection is cured and my knee is much improved. Best of all, joy has returned and I feel like my old self. Now I can start to enjoy the new car. The miracle of Pixie Dust.