A FEW THINGS I LEARNED AT DISNEY

After our return from Disney, I'm recalling a few things I learned while I was there.

1. GO WITH THE FLOW. We had a few special things we had to do at specific times. For the most part otherwise, we just came to a mutual agreement of what to do next...and did it. And if that didn't work, we made a quick revision and did the next obvious thing.

2. KIDS WILL AMAZE YOU. As the week wound down, Cindy asked the grandkids what they liked best. More than 1 responded...the swimming. (It reminded me of the many Christmases with our own little girls and then our grandchildren...when they got as much, or more, enjoyment out of the boxes that the gift came in...than the actual gift itself). Out of all the parks and all the rides and all the characters...the simple act of swimming was as much fun as any of it.

3. RESERVATIONS vs. DROP INS. Before leaving for the trip, we heard from many folks to have our meal reservations made well in advance for some of the restaurants. We chose not to...because we didn't want our time to be so structured that we 'HAD' to be certain places at certain times. Probably the best meal we had the entire vacation came about because we just went into the park to find something...the first place we 'thought' we wanted to go was busy...so we just kept looking and strolled upon a place that served the best and most food we could eat. It was truly the best meal there...and we would never have thought to go there if we had 'planned' it.

4. FANTASMIC vs. ILLUMINATIONS vs. WISHES. Each park has a special fireworks/laser show that is good and worth seeing. 'WISHES' was more than I could have expected. It is the night show at Magic Kingdom. Find a spot in front of the castle...and enjoy the show. The fireworks linked to the music that they play...was breathtaking. Cindy even broke into tears at the finale...it was THAT good. See all of them that you want...but DO NOT miss 'WISHES'.

I'll think of more...but gotta go for now.


Dan