Still More Disney Scenes

 Certain members of our party just can't get enough of
the fireworks

Who can resist the cascading ones?

From the terrace of the Contemporary Hotel

Another night, another parade...

Now at the Christmas-ized Jingle Cruise

At Raglan's in Disney Springs, Marie and Vicki study the menu as
the band plays on

Heavy Irish stompin'

Singin', dancin', clappin'...?!

Ever more fireworks

Moment of silence at the Haunted Mansion (note tombstone)

Ticket-holders massing for attack at the first Mickey's Christmas Pageant
of the year

Inscribing a gift for a special person

Lunch at the revolving Garden Grill (enabled us to forego standing
in line at a concert that evening)

It's not really about the food

More Disney Scenes

Our month in Orlando included a number of trips to the parks and to nearby Disney Springs...

Ghost dumplings, among an assortment of tasties at the Hangar,
in the Springs

View from one of the hotels...just a bit of the 47 square mile Disney complex

At one of fireworks celebrations

Don Quixote and Sancho in Espana, It's a Small World; also Rocinante

Only one torrential rain during our time in Orlando

Helpful map of whatever planet the Guardians of the Galaxy were guarding

While others are on the rides, I'm enjoying the landscaping

More decadence

We finally did the back-stage "Keys to the Kingdom" tour

We were pretty excited with the opportunity to see how all the magic works

Souvenir key...alas, the 6 hour behind-the-scenes tour permits no photos

Mid-afternoon parade, best seen from near the town square

Not letting it snow

The hot air balloon really ties things together for us...
It all started with a pair of mice...

Mickey's Halloween Party

We were in the City of the Mouse from mid-October to mid-November. Same condo as in 2024-2025. Daughters Rebecca and Rachel, and grand-daughter Penelope, joined us there for Mickey's Halloween Party. The pix that follow recount that event, sort of, featuring Mark's four favorite women dressed as Disney villainesses. 

Villainesses

Guarding the Galaxy, another day

Out of character

Madame Leota

Best T-shirt

Jeremy was there too

Interim Update #1,290

Date line: Chicago, December 3rd...and much to recount. After Albuquerque, we drove I-40 all the way back to Knoxville, then Cary, for the usual refit and reorganization. And then we drove to Orlando for a month there...same condo as previously. Rebecca, Jeremy, and Penelope, and also Rachel, came down for Mickey's Halloween Party, Marie for a week, and then Rebecca and Penelope again for a long weekend. Our stay in Orlando concluded with a concert by the Beach Boy [sic]. There was also a trip to Key West. All these ventures will become blog posts in due course, some day. Most importantly, after considerable research, we finally rented an apartment, in Winter Garden, about which I will write, when we move in, in January. In any case, after Orlando, we returned to Cary, to begin the packing up from the storage unit there. And now we are in Chicago, visiting Tawana and Wes, and condo-sitting while they return to Arkansas. We'll spend the holidays on Tybee Island with Rebecca and Rachel, et al. After more packing in Cary, we'll be snowmobiling in West Yellowstone for a week. And then we'll move everything from Cary to Winter Garden. Our apartment, FWIW, is less than a mile, as the horse flies, from Cinderella's Castle. FWIW.