The Mouse

Yes, it’s true. We did go to Walt Disney World on a last-minute trip last week…because we didn’t get enough magic in Tokyo or Hong Kong. This is our last true vacation in a long while, and that reality is slowing sinking in.

No Post Is Complete Without a Jumping Picture, Right?

First off: remember Duffy from Tokyo? Well, somehow the little guy hopped on a plane and is trying to integrate himself all throughout the Disney parks in Orlando. Sadly he is losing the battle. It made us laugh because he was such a fixture in Tokyo. The Japanese were obsessed with him, yet here in the States, no one really knows who he is…or cares. He greeted a few fans outside his own store:

Duffy. Hidden Mickey Alert: We JUST Noticed That the Tan Part on His Face Is Mickey-Shaped.

Duffy Stuff on the Shelves…and No One’s Buying.

Random note: we stayed at Disney’s All-Star Movies Resort which has different themed wings. We stayed in the Mighty Ducks area, and a three-story Ducks helmet greeted us to our wing. No day was complete without chanting, “Quack! Quack! Quack!” as if it were 1992.

Rather than write deep analyses about how the Disney rides represent the painful journeys we all experience throughout childhood, we will present pictures instead:

We Really Were at MGM. Note the Sorcerer’s Hat in the Way Background.

Awkward Senior Pic of Mike. Still Not Sure Why We Left New York to Get This Picture.

Giraffe Attack at Animal Kingdom.

Neither of Us Has Ever Eaten a Turkey Leg at Disney, But Everyone Else Loves Them So Much That a Shirt Is for Sale.

We completely realize we don’t have any pictures with characters. Let us state our dismay that there are always lines of about 30 minutes to have your picture taken. Gone are the days from our childhood when characters are just roaming through the parks…

More pictures to come tomorrow.