"Bone" Voyage: Disney World here we come

After several phone calls, we decided to surprise Janae and Stefan for Valentine's Day and take them to Disney. The Shades of Green, the military resort hotel had a wonderful sweet heart special that included a buffet breakfast and dinner. Mark had always wanted to stay here so it was fun that we got to go. So after securing Miss Jim B at Patrick Air Force Base, we set off Monday morning Feb. 13th for 4 days and three nights at Disney. We had a wonderful time. There was a bit of a learning curve on how to best utilize the fast passes and best see the parks. I became the disney general and made sure we got to do as much as possible in our time. When Stefan said his heart was hurting because we were walking too fast, I knew I better slow down. Disney seems to be a place that one has to organize and plan. A highlight was seeing the incredible fireworks at Magic Kingdom. Afterwards, Janae kept saying extroadinary, that was just extroadinary!! On our last day we were dragging back to the hotel at around 8:30 and as we were climbing the steps by the waterfall,Stefan said, "This has been the best part of the trip, even better than Niagara Falls."

The hotel was just great and we loved the food and what a treat for me to not cook. Stefan loved the remote control boats and they ranked right up at the top of his list for his favorite Disney activities. We went to a park each day: Epcot, Magic Kingdom, Animal Kingdom, Hollywood studios. Epcot and Animal Kingdom were our favorites and Everest was our unanimous favorite ride. If there is a next time, would do Animal Kingdom first as it's a little less intimidating. I was so overwhelmed figuring things out the first day that I missed that the Epcot fountain was timed to music. Stefan noticed and enjoyed the fountain.

The Shades of Green-All the buses are cleaverly hidden out of sight behind the waterfall

It really is a small world and it was a joy to meet up with a dear friend, Hillary from graduate school. It was a joy to meet her great husband and beautiful daughters and we had a quick, fun lunch in MK. I hadn't seen Hillary since our wedding and I hope it won't be so long until the next time.

Summary of our personal favorites:
Stefan: Everest, hotel boats, Rockin Rollercoaster, test track, Indiana Jones, Stunt Show and Mission Space.
Janae: Everest, test track, safari, Rocking rollercoaster, soarin, Indiana Jones/Fireworks (tied)
Sondra: Everest, Soarin, Fireworks, Fantasmic , Lion King, turtle talk
Mark: American Pavillion, test track, stunt show, Indiana Jones, safari and Lion King