(I wrote some of this post on the plane and most of it right now, because I have been tired and insanely busy. [Insanely busy, that is, in a boring, too-many-essays-to-write sort of way.])
(I forgot to post this to mccloudtour, so here it is!)

We were at Disney World for five days. On the first day we went to Animal Kingdom. On the second day (I think) we went to the Magic Kingdom with Sara and Kennan. On the third day we went to MGM Studios, and the fourth and fifth days were Epcot. I was very proud of myself on Sunday, because I went on the Tower of Terror twice without going into shock. The last time I rode it, I was ten and not a Twilight Zone fan and completely unprepared for the ride, and I ended up screaming hysterically throughout the entire ride, then not being able to talk for two hours.
The only attraction that I actually disliked was the Imagination pavilion at Epcot. Yes, the one starring Eric Idle and the obnoxious purple dragon-y thing. The Tiki Room was also sort of terrible in an over-the-top, annoyingly self-referential way. I very much prefer the original at Disneyland. I loved most of the other attractions, though, for their differences and similarities to Disneyland and the fact that some are lifted straight from the California parks. (For example: Soarin’ Over California. Except in World, it’s called Soarin’, and the announcer’s mouth moves a little bit after he says “Soarin’” right where “Over California” should go, and the ride is exactly the same. The dinosaur dark ride at Animal Kingdom was apparently exactly the same as Indiana Jones in California, which explains why it was so dark.) Mission: Space was extremely suspenseful (though most of the suspense was caused by the pre-show saying things like “Closing your eyes will disorient you and cause you to throw up, and you may feel nauseous for several weeks afterwards, and if you find that your vision is permanently blurred after the ride it’s not our fault, and if all your bones snap like twigs it’s not our fault, and if you have a heart attack and die it’s not our fault, for you are a voluntary occupant of our experimental human centrifuge even though you’re completely strapped in now and there’s no way out.”), it’s a small world was bizarre and nightmarish (this was actually the first time I’d noticed that it is bizarre and nightmarish—I have a tendency to take the bizarre for granted), the ride/show starring Ellen DeGeneres and Bill Nye was just bizarre, and Everest (one of the new rides at Animal Kingdom) was like a cross between the Matterhorn and Splash Mountain (without furry singing animatronics).

I know there is more about Disney World that I forgot to add, but I need to start sleeping regularly because the lack of sleep is starting to catch up to me. So, to the McLeods, thanks for taking me to Disney World and letting me join the tour and stuff and everything! I also have a legitimate reason to visit again soon: Sky’s Sims2 CD is still in my CD drive.


P.S. Winter is the cutest living creature on the planet. Really.

P.P.S. POST, SKY, POST!

P.P.P.S. This post shall be edited, polished, and fleshed out tomorrow. I shall also post a photoset to Flickr in the not-too-distant future.