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Category Archives: Travel
Disney World’s Pandora in Animal Kingdom – Vacation Day 3
At my old age, it’s hard to actually surprise me. People doing stupid things? (I have a whole top 10 from Disney World coming up), but those things hardly raise an eyebrow. Something amazing invented? Well, of course, it’s the … Continue reading
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Tagged Animal Kingdom, avatar, avatar flight of passage, bucket list, cast members, cunning plans, Disney, disney characters, Disney World, fastpass, fastpasses, Florida, heat, humidity, magic, magic band, Magic Kingdom, Orlando, plans, sore feet, step-dad, stepdad, stepparent, the prettiest-girl-in-the-world, the youngest, theme parks, thunderstorms
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Disney World’s Animal Kingdom – Day 3 – Troubles
I had thought that our first day at the Magic Kingdom would be our toughest. We’d be jet-lagged, we hadn’t figured out how things worked, and we had no idea how the weather would affect us. But I was wrong. … Continue reading
Posted in Disney And Universal 2019, Travel
Tagged alligators, Animal Kingdom, avatar, avatar flight of passage, bucket list, cast members, cunning plans, Disney, disney characters, Disney World, dole whip, dug, elephants, expedition everest, fastpass, fastpasses, Florida, giraffes, Gorillas, heat, humidity, Kilimanjaro Safari, lightning and thunder, magic, magic band, Magic Kingdom, Orlando, plans, rhinos, rope drop, safari, sore feet, step-dad, stepdad, stepparent, the prettiest-girl-in-the-world, the youngest, theme parks, thunderstorms
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Disney World Vacation – The Start
The Beginning of the Start We had to get up very early to catch our flight to Disney World and Universal Theme Parks. Like 3 am early. We wanted to have plenty of time in case things went wrong. Things … Continue reading
Posted in Disney And Universal 2019, Travel
Tagged air canada, Animal Kingdom, avatar, avatar flight of passage, Disney, disney characters, disney fireworks, Disney World, dug, flights, Florida, gack, haunted mansion, Magic Kingdom, on-line check-in, Orlando, space mountain, splash mountain, tower of terror, univeral studios, universal
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Disney World Planning 2019
Together, Disney World and Universal Studios, have more rides, more cool restaurants and more exciting things to do than any place on the planet. Want a donut the size of your head? Yup, they’ve got that. Want to ride up … Continue reading
Posted in Disney And Universal 2019, Travel
Tagged Animal Kingdom, avatar, avatar flight of passage, Disney, disney characters, disney fireworks, Disney World, disneyworld, dug, epcot, haunted mansion, hollywood studios, Magic Kingdom, mickey mouse, space mountain, splash mountain, theme parks, tower of terror, univeral studios, universal
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Disney World Planning
So, why go to Disneyworld? Why Walt’s Wonderland? Why the Magic Kingdom? Why not the equally exciting city of Calgary? Or camping in the mosquito-infested forests of BC? Why even go anywhere? Simple. But maybe not what you think. See? … Continue reading
Why An Alberta Adventure? 2018
This is my first blog in a while, but it’s also the first on my new website. The site is still a work in progress, but I hope you check out everything there, sign up for the super exciting newsletters, … Continue reading
Posted in Parenting, Travel, Traveling with kids
Tagged alberta, bad lands, calgary, calgary zoo, dinosaurs, drumheller, edmonton, humor, humour, pandas, prairies, step-dad, stepdad, the oldest, the prettiest-girl-in-the-world, the rockies, the youngest, Travel, travel writing, Traveling with kids, west edmonton mall
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1st Anniversary Part 2 of 2
We made it to our first anniversary. The dinner we had planned was something special – Dinner in the dark at the Dark Table in Vancouver. The plan… to eat completely in the dark. No light from a cell phone. … Continue reading
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Tagged anniversary, chia pet, dark table, dessert, eating in the dark, joggers, kitsilano, sgt peppper
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Fear
Fear, true fear, ultimately comes from the emotional part of our brain. Personally, I think it was how we died in a previous life and our spirit stored it that way so we wouldn’t, you know, taunt a lion, again, … Continue reading
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