John's Blog

A personal blob published by John Norsworthy about various aspects of his, and his family's daily life.

Saturday, May 07, 2005

Dad, Kristine, Mary Jean, Michael, Olivia, and I went to the Okefenokee Swamp and rented a couple of boats. We saw lots of alligators, no one got wet and we all had fun. Posted by Hello

Friday, May 06, 2005

It is Friday, our last day at Disney. :( We decided to go back to MGM to see if we could get the rest of the Incredibles to autograph Michael's book. We were successful! Mr. Incredible and ElastiGirl were there. We also rode the Star Wars ride again and one we missed the first time called The Great Movie Ride. Michael really liked it when we went by the gangsters shooting and when the boss jumped on our car and took over.

Next we headed to Downtown Disney to do some shopping. They had a lot of different stores and something for everyone. It took a lot longer than we expected but it all worked out. Then we were saying good bye to Disney and off to S. Georgia.

Thursday, May 05, 2005

Today we headed to the Animal Kingdom. It was a little disappointing, but still fun. (mostly because it was small compared to the other parks. We saw the Lion King Show and the Tarzan show. We also went on a Safari and saw lots of wild animals. Towards the end, we went on a Dinosaur ride. It was the only ride so far that scared Michael. It was so jerky and jumpy and it was very dark. But after we finished, he said he would like to try it again anyway. We said we didn't have time though since we wanted to go back to the Magic Kingdom and do Splash Mountain, the Haunted Mansion again as well as a few other things like Mickey's Philharmagic 3-D show.

Wednesday, May 04, 2005

Today we did Epcot. We started the day with Breakfast with Chef Mickey at the Contemporary Hotel. It was fun and the buffet was good too. Then we headed to Epcot. Michael and I played a game and finished in second place (I thought my legs were going to give out). One of us had to run real fast (me) while the other jumped to avoid obstacles. After that we went to another area and built (assembled) a plastic robot that Michael really liked.

There were 2 rides that really stood out, Test Track and Soaring. In Test Track, you ride a car that simulates going through the testing phase of car development. At the end, you go around a track in excess of 70 MPH. It was cool. Soaring was a Hang Glider Simulator. You really felt like you were "soaring" over the land and it had wind and aroma effects. When you soared over an orange grove for instance, you could smell oranges.

We ended the day by walking past the different countries. It was a fun day.

Tuesday, May 03, 2005

Today we had breakfast with Pooh and his friends at the Magic Kingdom! The buffet was good and we saw Pooh, Eeorye, Tigger, and Piglet. After breakfast we hit the Kingdom! Michael rode his first roller coaster, later we rode Splash Mountain and he loved both of them. The three best rides (according to Michael) were, Splash Mountain, The Haunted Mansion, and the Buzz Lightyear ride. On the Buzz ride, we got to shoot Zerg and all of the bad guys. As the day wound down we were waiting for the fireworks, watching the castle change colors, when it just started to POUR down rain. We made a quick exit to the buses but still managed to get completely SOAKED! As we waited for the bus, we watched a duck walking in the road. The other buses waited for it to get out of their way. It was like it was able to just go wherever it wanted to with no fear.

Monday, May 02, 2005

Well today we hit the first Disneyworld Park, MGM Studios. We had a blast! Michael especially liked the Star Wars ride, which was actually a simulation of a space trip to alderon. It was a lot of fun so we rode it twice! Next we went to the Muppet Vision 3-D show and that was a hit too. After we finished up with that, it was off to meet the Power Rangers! They signed autographs and posed with the kids. Next we got autographs and pictures of the Toy Story Characters. We watched several shows like, The Little Mermaid, Playhouse Disney, Beauty and the Beast, and Fantasmic! We stopped to get autographs from the Incredibles, but just Frozone was there.

Sunday, May 01, 2005

We got to DisneyWorld today and checked into our hotel, All-Star Movies. We got lucky and were able to get a room in the Woody building. Michael really wanted to stay in the Buzz Lightyear bld. but the Woody building was a close second. :)