drive in sci fi movies

Drinking a cup o' joe this morning and thinking of the drive-in sci-fi movie show yesterday. The galaxy of taste treats included battered onion rings and those big milk shakes.

And don't forget to unhook the speaker before driving away.

on safari in trainers, in case we meet a tiger

I'm not sure about visiting this little trail along the side of an old temple. I wonder what we'll find?

Judging by the signs "Safe Water for Travellers", we are not the first people along this way.

Although that seems to be some of the local wildlife. I'm not sure that it is completely tame, either.

And I'm also not sure that when it starts to stand up is necessarily a good sign. At least I am wearing trainers.

Key Lime Pie confounds car detection

The car is a Nissan Nondescript. We were supposed to have a Chevrolet Cantdescribe, but we'd gone to the wrong Hertz desk.

Although my name was displayed, it had a mysterious TERMB next to it, instead of a pick-up bay number. I'd spoken to the man who initially tried to up-sell me but then quietly found me a car that was a near equivalent of the one parked somewhere in a different zone.

Not to worry, the new car was fine and easily swallowed our bags and passengers. The thing is, it does look like an awful lot of other car types. A kind of mix of Audi, Kia, Toyota, Acura such that we walk along the line afterwards studying similar looking vehicles for signs that it might be our one.

Twice we have lost it properly. Once was in the Team Mickey car park, where we'd parked in what was a fairly empty parking lot and then a few hours later spent about 10 minutes seeking our vehicle which was now lurking among rows of almost identical models.

Then, when we were on our second visit to Publix. The visit where we found the Edwards Key Lime Pie. The first time it was notably absent from the shelving. A gaping hole in the section where it should have been located. Even the minimalist two-slice version had gone.

This time we were triumphant and the full 2lb 4oz version was on display. Checked out, we had a very patient man wheeling our trolley back to the non-existent car as we wandered the Publix car park looking for it.

"It happens all the time," he tactfully lied in a moment reminiscent of the 'slippery little suckers' scene in Pretty Woman.

I gotta ask you, what did the chicken do?

Along the Sassagoula river to arrive by water at the House of Blues. This was always going to be on the list, with a chance to augment the tee-shirts as well as to listen to some music.

I'm pretty sure I'll have posted a picture of this water tower at some time in the past, but here's today's view. Time to sit down for a cool drink and maybe some of those feisty nachos.

Today we decided to spend some time by the front porch listening to some tunes as well as jokes like the one about the farmer's cussin' parrot punished by 10 minutes in the freezer. Comes out shivering and asks a question...

obligatory poolside picture

Okay, so this one doesn't include knees or feet in the foreground. Maybe later...It was 92 degrees according to that Fahrenheit system, which I make is about 33 Centigrade.

today we visit Harambe

This time we're off to Harambe, in East Africa.

We'll be catching the train to the reserve and then hopping aboard a high-sided truck to bounce our way across the savannah, on the lookout for wild life.

The baboons around the station could be mischievous, and the train itself is something from the Victorian age. At least the truck looks as if it doesn't need anything very sophisticated to repair it.

Sure enough, there's the first giraffe, and close by are a few more. The rhinoceros decided to stand in the middle of the road until a few of his chums came along so that they could move away together to new spot of mud.

There's a couple more, preparing for one of those bookends poses.

And then, around the next corner, a lioness. She'd grabbed a great lookout spot on the rocks, but there's unlikely to be much movement until the sun drops further.

I think we'd better get back into a safer area before the sun gets much lower.

Brooklyn, Telegraph Hill and Newbury Street in five minutes

Okay, now we're off to Brooklyn, and maybe San Francisco.

They are only a few steps apart in Hollywood Studios, and even if the old British phone box has gone, there's a Chinatown SF one to replace it. Nearby there's the Golden Gate Bridge, seen here in a view with accompanying Telegraph Hill that you wouldn't get in the real San Francisco.

Then again, turn and look back along the same street, and it could be Newbury Street, Boston?

fast pass plus

The Fast Pass Plus system helps get around the parks at a good speed.

We decided we've reached a kind of Zen Mastery level of the parks now, skipping from one mountain ride to another, whilst slotting in a few of the shows too.

By the evening, we needed a rest for ach day's 9-10 miles of footwork. I've loaned out my fitbit, but still have 19,000 steps recorded for one day and 17,000 for another.

Today, for recovery, we headed along to the Contemporary, to their Californian Grill, which serves fine food and also is a fantastic place to watch the fireworks across at Cinderella's Castle.

That'll be the castle on the left...

Café Bustelo

It makes a change from our usual road trips, to this time to be in one place for enough days to get in some provisions.

“Bustelo, Marlboro, banana by the bunch” - Oops, that's the Rent lyric. Ours (obtained from Publix, of course) would be coffee, breakfast, that kind of thing.

inside space mountain

A minor hiccup at Space Mountain, when the ride was stopped.

You don't really ever get to see the inside of this ride normally, what with it being in outer space.

Snacking in Florida

Memo to self: Local snacks are quite large. This was supposed to be for one person. Be very careful.

band of explorers

Fully technological, with our whizzy bands for Access All Areas. Normally I'd say more about the technology, but on this occasion I will just call it magic.