Fantasyland at The Magic Kingdom

Time to visit The Magic Kingdom again...this time we will go to Fantasyland.

In Fantasyland, we find Snow White's Scary Adventure. Luckily, in the end, Snow White gets her Prince Charming.

It's A Small World had a small line...the wait time was only 10 minutes for the boat ride featuring children from around the world.

Next, we were off into Neverland on Peter Pan's Flight.

Will Wendy have to walk the plank?

Captain Hook gets his just rewards in the end.

In Fantasyland we happened upon Winnie the Pooh and Tigger. They were visiting with their friend, Darby, from Playhouse Disney.

Marlon stops in front of props depicted from Alice in Wonderland.

Time to experience The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh in our very own hunny pot. This ride replaced Mr. Toad's Wild Ride several years ago.

These are the stars of the ride.

Once again, the focal point of The Magic Kingdom...Cinderella's Castle.

Experience It's A Small World first hand (kind of) in this video.
For more pictures of The Magic Kingdom, go to http://public.fotki.com/Marlonfleenor/1/2008/january/magickingdomjanuary/ .

To be continued...

Return to Cypress Gardens Adventure Park Part 2

Now we are heading in to see what exotic animals await us here at Cypress Gardens Adventure Park's Nature's Way.

Vanna points the way.

What is this? This is Nature?

"When Radios Were Radios" is a neat collection of antique radio equipment located in Nature's Way.

This is a not-so-antique goat, probably of the African Pygmy variety.

Lemurs doing what they do best.

This Coatimundi took time out from its busy schedule to pose for us.

This is a marmoset. He was quite a little thing...about 8 to 10 inches tall.

Remember the Wallaby Squash? It was a carbonated lemony soda which only lasted in the soda wars from 1976-1980.

Anyway, here's Bennett's Wallaby. We don't know who Bennett is, but this animal is similar to the kangaroo. Hopefully we'll get a better view of it in the future.

This seagull just got finished taking his bath.

Reeve's Muntjac tries to figure out how we got up there. We don't know who Reeve is either.

This one IS an antique. This is an American Alligator named Tarzan. He is currently 77 years old and makes his home at Cypress Gardens.

He is a retired actor, having been miscast as Cheetah...er...a crocodile in the Johnny Weissmuller Tarzan movies of the 1930's.

Here's the miniature Loch Ness Monster of Lake Eloise.

Marlon put together a brief video of Cypress Gardens on this visit. Here it is.
For more pictures of this visit to Cypress Gardens, go to http://public.fotki.com/Marlonfleenor/1/2008/january/cypressgardensjanua-1/ .

To be continued...

Return to Cypress Gardens Adventure Park Part 1

We decided to return to Cypress Gardens today to see some of the park we had missed the first visit.

Here's a quick view of Topiary Trail as we walk toward the botanical gardens.

A swan...

A duck...

A waterfall...

Pictures of the Cypress Gardens Botanical Gardens.

A bridge spans a babbling brook...

Don't drink out of the babbling brook.

The cypress trees from which Cypress Gardens gets its name.

The huge 70 year old banyan tree of Cypress Gardens.

As promised in the prior blog, today we rode the Sunshine Sky Adventure. This is the only panoramic tower in North & South America.

The platform rises 16 stories into the air and revolves 360 degrees for a spectacular view of the park and the surrounding area.

See the next blog for the zoo section of the park.

To be continued...