Saturday
Santa Ana Airport
I got the sisters off to Oakland early Saturday morning. Finding the John Wayne airport in the daylight is much easier than in the night. They arrived at the Santa Ana Airport (the other name for this airport around 9am. Their plane took off at 10:30 so they had plenty of time.
I turned off the I5 too soon getting suckered at the Chapman turn off and had a scenic tour of the city of Orange and then Tustin. Eventually I found Keatella, and there is really only one Keattalla... so I headed West and found its intersection with Harbor and everything was cool. By this time there was a traffic jam headed for the park and while I was secretly sorry that we would not be going back today there was a part of me that wanted to take it on even with the crowds.. such a glutton for fun.
Escondido
We had an adventure headed for us today however. We were going down to the San Diego Zoo's Safari Park in Escondido. The night would be spent in Hotel Circle in San Diego, about 35 miles away from the Park.
We packed things up and headed South on the Interstate 5. There were a few slow downs and outright stops as it was clear that this was a holiday crowd on the freeway. We passed San Onofre
with its huge nuecular dome and San Juan Capistrano and San Clemente. The traffic started to slow down as we came close the Marine Base at Camp Pendleton. Still we slipped down the coast and headed inland at the juncture of I5 and the road to Escondido.
Escondido was the place that Dad went to high school before he signed on and shipped out to be a part of the Navy in World War II. He spent many of his High School years living by himself, going to school and milking cows and picking lemons for his support. This town has surely gown up since Dad was here 70 years ago. Parts of the town that we discovered looking for the right road were still that little old mom and pop store downtown that you would expect off the beaten path. Some of the major roads were filled with the usual big box stores and fast food franchises.
Through all of this somehow we found the named road that would take us to the San Diego Zoo Safari Park. Coming our of Escondido it is spindly road that follows along the crest of a rolling hill than dives down and meets the connecting road to Romona on the East and further west to Interstate 8 that eventually dumps into San Diego. Coincidentally, this freeway connected to our overnight spot on the Hotel Circle in San Diego.
San Diego Zoo Safari Park
We made the requisite left turn and headed up the hill to the parking lot. There was a difference in cost between priority parking and general parking but it was waved as we got out our handicapped parking placard. The parking attendant told us that we could park anywhere we wanted. We were aware of the strength of the power chair battery so we picked one that was close to the entrance. There was a big line to get in but someone from the park said that the people handling the memberships could also do the daily entrance. For some people the 45 dollar admission was a hard gulp. If we were to do it again, I think that we would have stayed an extra day in San Diego and bought the 118 dollar 7 day consecutive admissions that would also include Sea World in the package. This is available through Costco.
The diversity and value is enormous in this park and the San Diego Zoo proper. In this park we waltzed through the gift shops and found some pretty cool things. One of them was a hat for me. The hat is similar to my walking hat at home but it actually fits over my head and comes down on the tops of my ears. It is tan with vents in the crown. It has a leather brim strip that allows for it to be held on the chin to avoid losing it to the wind. It is pretty hard to find a hat that would fit me but here it was and just in time for the African savannah or what we thought was going to be a truck tour of this animals in wild environments.
Flamingos from Chile
We stopped at the flamingos, they were from Chile instead of the usual Caribbean or African ones. Their feathers are a very pale pastel pink. The ducks were busy grabbing food in the water from kids all to happy to throw some pellets they got from the 50 cent feed machines.
Meerkats
We had to stop and look at the meerkats. They were pretty close to the crowd. These little creatures are pretty loveable until you take a look at their claws. The live in underground burrows that they dig themselves. A TV series featured their activities on the Animal Planet. It was named Meerkat Manor. It ran for four seasons until it was canceled in 2008. There are about a dozen in Safari colony. Sue watched one of them come over to the glass and pee in the corner. Then another came over to smell it. A little 8 year old wanted an explanation of what they were doing. Sue was happy to provide it.
Gorillas
We had a look at the extensive gorilla exhibit which had a couple of families working our their life as the excited tourists including me fired off multiple digital images. One reserved photographer with a lens the size we would have loved to use shooting sports photography, was set up in the corner with a tripod,ready to capture the family unit. In the meantime the tourists were pitching out rationals for the behaviors they were observing like a screenwriter cranking our soap opera scripts. The photographer behind his camera showed a sly gin that basically disputed their rationalities. Strictly suppose alls.
We headed down over the hill and came to the lemur exhibit. A camera crew was set up to take photos of the families as they arrive. The were taken in font of a green screen. The pitch, we will put lemurs all over you. Lemurs have grown in popularity with the release of the movie Madagascar.
Lorikeets
We snaked around on this level of the terrace to come an unusual exhibit. There were kids and adults lined up to buy little cups of nectar. Right beside the stand was a bird double entrance. People go in one door let it close then go into the next so that the birds do not escape. Inside was a most unusual set of small parrots from Australia that have specialized tongues that feed on the nectar or flowers and berries. They are called Lorikeets. Kids would get a cup of nectar and feed these birds from tiny plastic cups of nectar that they had purchased. Sue was all about remembering to get the nectar the next time we were in the park.
More tomorrow on our San Diego Zoo Safari Day. : ) Pat
A written expression of a 65year old plus retired Speech and Language Specialist in the Central Valley of California.
Wednesday, April 30, 2014
Monday, April 28, 2014
Part 2 Southern California April Vacation
Friday
Bright and early we all took a vow to get out there earlier than we had the day before. The result... maybe a half an hour earlier. We were all enjoying being somewhere else which was okay. Sue needed some extra time to get ready and eyes open so we headed across the street for some Coco restaurant sustenance.
California Adventure Day
Back to the Crowne, we loaded up and headed out to the park. I am always happy to let Linzi drive the expedition as it takes a little pressure off of me. We had anticipated a bigger crowd at the park. This day was good Friday and some people get to get off early for religious services. We decided to make the day a California Adventure Park day. It was a pretty good move.
Sue loves the gift shops on the avenue of this park. They seem to be an extension of the Downtown Disney venue so lots of plush animals plus everything else.
The little Mermaid attraction was down for some repairs and the line was 40 minutes for Soaring Over California. So we got some fast past times. They pass out little cards that allow you to jump the line for a particular time period if you get their reservation.
Soaring over California has always one of Sue's favorite rides. To describe it to most people it would sound much more risky than it is. The passengers sit in rows and rows of swing set steel seats. The swing set rows are lifted to up into a huge circular screen while your feet dangle freely below your seat. This movement gives you an unobstructed 180 degree vision as you travel in a hang glider by video over various California scenes. Once up into the screen, the swing seats do not move. Sue tells me that she still hangs on for dear life even though she knows it is perfectly safe. It is really a fabulous ride and drags in a huge amount of people at one time to "Soar Over California." In a previous time, we watched as a mentally nervous person tried to board the ride. His first reaction was that he did not want to stand in line. He attacked the attendant with all sorts of nasty comments about how many people were allowed to ride at a time and why was it so slow. The attendant calmly told him that this ride processed more people in and out of it than any ride in Disneyland or California adventure. When it got right down to it he was just too nervous to ride on it anyway and had to take an early exit before everyone was seated. This is really an easy ride to be on and there are no surprises.. it just looks a little scary.
Aladdin the Stage Show
Our next adventure was the Aladdin Stage show. This typifies what I always miss in modern theme parks. There is nothing like the shmaltz of Broadway Musical. This show does not disappoint. The theater is massive and it was filled to the brim as we waited for to me shown inside. Those with power chairs and their connected families sit right down in front as it is easier if they have an issue to exit early.
Aladdin is a great story of a poor boy trying to get noticed by the princess who is trying to find a suitable husband. Disney uses many of the staging that they used with the Lion King in the Aladdin. And this show costs no more than your admission to California Adventure. The show is not as long as the Lion King but there are some memorable songs that came out of the animated movie. My favorite is sung by the Genie.. "You'll Never have a Friend like me." The cast keeps it topical with references to current events. Sue, who admittedly is not a musical fan said after seeing this that she could stay and see that show again.
Throughout the show the cast uses the aisles and the overhead to make the show even more interactive. It really something not to be missed. The thousands that line up for the performances could testify to its value.
We got separated outside of the show we were to meet up at the corn dog palace. Its a great spot on in the Wharf area that specializes in various corn dog delights. It also does cheese corn dogs and hot link corn dogs. It might be in the top 5 of all cheese dog restaurants (reference Sean).
We thought that they were headed to the one on mainstreet by Monsters University. Luckily we were in contact with cell phones and corrected out moves.
At this time Sue was almost out of power and she had found a post that had a power connection that she plugged into to give her powerchair a little more life. When we met up, Sue and Heather headed to the shopping area and Linzi and Pat got a chance to take in a session at the animator's studio. This is a great place to sit right down and learn how to draw one of the characters in the Disneyl ine up with one of the Disney animators. It dose not get better than that. the little theatre had the animator down below with a projector on his board and each seat had a huge drawing board and a pencil to follow along.
We worked on Sulley, the big blue Monster from Monsters Inc and Monster University. It was really fun. There were artists of all abilities and ages that participated in the event. In the end we signed off the drawing and got to keep it.Throughout the day there are different characters drawn as the animators guide each group into the hints and specialties of the character.
When we met up with Sue she was in the same shape as her power chair, happily tired and out of power.
Sue and I headed back to the hotel via and parking shuttle and the sisters had a chance to do some Disney on their own.
Bonus Time with the Sisters!
That evening, I got a message from the sisters that they were up on the top floor of Tortilla Joe's in Downtown Disney. It was about 5:30. They were having top drawer margaritas and enjoying the cool breeze. When I arrived there was a line of significant size waiting to get a table there. We watched as the waiters made big tables out of small tables and stole chairs from one place to another. We asked if we could be seated at a table to get served. This is usually not a problem. Tonight it was a problem as all the folks were waiting for tables outside the restaurant. The sisters were pretty amazed at the lines as we abandoned the perch and headed to Disneyland to have some fried chicken at the Plaza. AS we left we took a look at Tortilla Joes. It looked like good Mexican food but seemed overpriced.
The walk into Disneyland was easy and so was the Plaza fried chicken. It is one of the best deals in the park. We chose two plates and the three of us ate off of it perfectly. It came with mashed potatoes and gravy and green beans.
We headed to Star Tours to avoid the fireworks. This tour started up with Darth Vader and backwards movement. It was one version that I had never been on. We almost missed the fireworks but there were some residuals as we rolled through the gift shop.
The trip would not be complete without a stop at Captain EO's.... Were going in! The show was as good as always and the 3D is something else even now.
At this time we decided that we had had enough and took the shuttle to the parking and headed back to the hotel.
Everyone had given it all they had without getting grumpy so what more could you want?
Happy Easter VACAY Disneyland.
Bright and early we all took a vow to get out there earlier than we had the day before. The result... maybe a half an hour earlier. We were all enjoying being somewhere else which was okay. Sue needed some extra time to get ready and eyes open so we headed across the street for some Coco restaurant sustenance.
California Adventure Day
Back to the Crowne, we loaded up and headed out to the park. I am always happy to let Linzi drive the expedition as it takes a little pressure off of me. We had anticipated a bigger crowd at the park. This day was good Friday and some people get to get off early for religious services. We decided to make the day a California Adventure Park day. It was a pretty good move.
Sue loves the gift shops on the avenue of this park. They seem to be an extension of the Downtown Disney venue so lots of plush animals plus everything else.
The little Mermaid attraction was down for some repairs and the line was 40 minutes for Soaring Over California. So we got some fast past times. They pass out little cards that allow you to jump the line for a particular time period if you get their reservation.
Soaring over California has always one of Sue's favorite rides. To describe it to most people it would sound much more risky than it is. The passengers sit in rows and rows of swing set steel seats. The swing set rows are lifted to up into a huge circular screen while your feet dangle freely below your seat. This movement gives you an unobstructed 180 degree vision as you travel in a hang glider by video over various California scenes. Once up into the screen, the swing seats do not move. Sue tells me that she still hangs on for dear life even though she knows it is perfectly safe. It is really a fabulous ride and drags in a huge amount of people at one time to "Soar Over California." In a previous time, we watched as a mentally nervous person tried to board the ride. His first reaction was that he did not want to stand in line. He attacked the attendant with all sorts of nasty comments about how many people were allowed to ride at a time and why was it so slow. The attendant calmly told him that this ride processed more people in and out of it than any ride in Disneyland or California adventure. When it got right down to it he was just too nervous to ride on it anyway and had to take an early exit before everyone was seated. This is really an easy ride to be on and there are no surprises.. it just looks a little scary.
Aladdin the Stage Show
Our next adventure was the Aladdin Stage show. This typifies what I always miss in modern theme parks. There is nothing like the shmaltz of Broadway Musical. This show does not disappoint. The theater is massive and it was filled to the brim as we waited for to me shown inside. Those with power chairs and their connected families sit right down in front as it is easier if they have an issue to exit early.
Aladdin is a great story of a poor boy trying to get noticed by the princess who is trying to find a suitable husband. Disney uses many of the staging that they used with the Lion King in the Aladdin. And this show costs no more than your admission to California Adventure. The show is not as long as the Lion King but there are some memorable songs that came out of the animated movie. My favorite is sung by the Genie.. "You'll Never have a Friend like me." The cast keeps it topical with references to current events. Sue, who admittedly is not a musical fan said after seeing this that she could stay and see that show again.
Throughout the show the cast uses the aisles and the overhead to make the show even more interactive. It really something not to be missed. The thousands that line up for the performances could testify to its value.
We got separated outside of the show we were to meet up at the corn dog palace. Its a great spot on in the Wharf area that specializes in various corn dog delights. It also does cheese corn dogs and hot link corn dogs. It might be in the top 5 of all cheese dog restaurants (reference Sean).
We thought that they were headed to the one on mainstreet by Monsters University. Luckily we were in contact with cell phones and corrected out moves.
At this time Sue was almost out of power and she had found a post that had a power connection that she plugged into to give her powerchair a little more life. When we met up, Sue and Heather headed to the shopping area and Linzi and Pat got a chance to take in a session at the animator's studio. This is a great place to sit right down and learn how to draw one of the characters in the Disneyl ine up with one of the Disney animators. It dose not get better than that. the little theatre had the animator down below with a projector on his board and each seat had a huge drawing board and a pencil to follow along.
We worked on Sulley, the big blue Monster from Monsters Inc and Monster University. It was really fun. There were artists of all abilities and ages that participated in the event. In the end we signed off the drawing and got to keep it.Throughout the day there are different characters drawn as the animators guide each group into the hints and specialties of the character.
When we met up with Sue she was in the same shape as her power chair, happily tired and out of power.
Sue and I headed back to the hotel via and parking shuttle and the sisters had a chance to do some Disney on their own.
Bonus Time with the Sisters!
That evening, I got a message from the sisters that they were up on the top floor of Tortilla Joe's in Downtown Disney. It was about 5:30. They were having top drawer margaritas and enjoying the cool breeze. When I arrived there was a line of significant size waiting to get a table there. We watched as the waiters made big tables out of small tables and stole chairs from one place to another. We asked if we could be seated at a table to get served. This is usually not a problem. Tonight it was a problem as all the folks were waiting for tables outside the restaurant. The sisters were pretty amazed at the lines as we abandoned the perch and headed to Disneyland to have some fried chicken at the Plaza. AS we left we took a look at Tortilla Joes. It looked like good Mexican food but seemed overpriced.
The walk into Disneyland was easy and so was the Plaza fried chicken. It is one of the best deals in the park. We chose two plates and the three of us ate off of it perfectly. It came with mashed potatoes and gravy and green beans.
We headed to Star Tours to avoid the fireworks. This tour started up with Darth Vader and backwards movement. It was one version that I had never been on. We almost missed the fireworks but there were some residuals as we rolled through the gift shop.
The trip would not be complete without a stop at Captain EO's.... Were going in! The show was as good as always and the 3D is something else even now.
At this time we decided that we had had enough and took the shuttle to the parking and headed back to the hotel.
Everyone had given it all they had without getting grumpy so what more could you want?
Happy Easter VACAY Disneyland.
Sunday, April 27, 2014
Observations from the So Cal Vacation
We just returned from a great 6 day vacation in Southern California. We are roughly five and a half hours away from Anaheim our first stop along the vacation trip. We left a little late and suffered through some stopped traffic along our route so that it actually took us 6 and half hours to get down there.
It was April in Southern California. The weather is pretty hard to predict. We have been there before and it was icy cold and rainy during our visit to Disneyland. This year's weather was not uncomfortable but not rainy or hot. Easter is very late this year. Our trip occurred just before Easter. Starting on Wednesday night, we were out of the Anaheim area on Saturday morning.
The park was not packed but it was full. Spring break for the kids in school, with testing and the like can occur almost any time in March or April. The week before Easter was the traditional time we had Easter Break.
Wednesday Night
We decided to meet the kids (our daughters) down in Orange County for three nights and two days at Disneyland. They met together in Oakland and flew down together. We picked them up Wednesday night at John Wayne Airport and drove them back to our hotel in Garden Grove, about four miles away. Our youngest daughter, flew down from Seattle, our eldest daughter had to work late on Wednesday so she made it over to Oakland and together they flew down. It all worked out. I picked them up at the airport and immediately made a wrong turn and ended up at UC Irving looking for a freeway that would take us back to the hotel. My tech savy daughters used the map function and Siri on their Iphones to get us back on track and headed on the right highway to our hotel rooms.
Sue and I had arrived earlier and had hidden a couple of bags of chocolate Sees foil Easter eggs in their room. When they arrived they had a great time together trying to find all of the eggs. You are never too old for a good Easter egg hunt. They loved it. We had a blast finding tricky spots to hide the eggs in the hotel room.
Our hotel, the Crowne Plaza Hotel is a great 3 star hotel with a great customer approval rating through Hotwire.com. We have stayed here before and like its accessibility to the park independently of the Disney parking shuttles. We got great 5th floor with super beds and quiet surroundings. This is pretty amazing considering that the hotel was also occupied by masses of Korean tourists with their tour guide and 7 busloads of junior high school band students from Belmont, California there for a band review and workshops. Many of the band members had parents traveling with them trailing the bus and a group of adult chaperones. The only time I saw the kids a little out of control was when they tried to have a soccer match on the Mezzanine level.
Thursday
The next morning the girls and I walked across the street to the Cocos and had breakfast. Also, next to the Cocos is a giant Target. We are always happy to see this as we seem to forget one thing or another that makes a trip to Target an easy connection.
Sue was up when we got back and Linzi drove us to the Chip and Dale parking lot. It was full so we were redirected to the Buz Light Year Parking lot. We got our own bus that knelled and produced a ramp for the powerchair to zoom up. We let the people know that Sue could "transfer" (move out of her powerchair once it was positioned.) They are always happy to hear that. They were also happy to hear that we had lift connections so that they could attach their straps to the sides and save several more complicated moves to secure the chair to the floor of the bus.
We made it into the Disneyland Park with little line. Sue wanted to do the small world attraction first. We made our way to it and had a great time people watching along the way. It was lunch time so we decided to do the Carnation dinning area on Main Steet. It was a great place. As in most places we bought dinner for three and shared them around to feed four. Its a great equation for us. I ordered a hamburger that had a a fried egg on it. The girls ordered a couple of spinach salads with dried cranberries and hard boiled egg slices. The appetizer was deep fried pickles.. much better than it sounds.
Mom's next choice was Pirates of the Caribbean. The girls split off and did gift shops instead. Sue is a connoisseur of Pirates and delights at all the differences that they have made since that last time that she had rolled down the waterfalls in the little boats.
We tried to do Peter Pan next, but its line even for that handicapped entrance was too long and they were taking names for a return, Its appeal is getting on a ski lift sort of boat as it travels over the city of London in the dark. Alice in Wonderland was down for repairs and that could have send more people to Peter Pan.
We took a ride on the Mark Twain steamship. Having Sue with us allowed us first dibs at the bow seats. It was the first time the girls had ever had a chance to be at the front of the ship as it made its way around on the Rivers of America. How fun. We were the first on and the last off.
Sue had a great time in the gift shops. She bought a new watch. It has a subtle mickey in a white face with a clear plastic band. She likes to get a new watch each time. It is practical souvenir and most of the watches are not available on line or in any other store. She also bought some small silver Tinkerbell earrings.
Sue and I did the horseshoe review. It was not as great a show as it used to be. No dancing ladies just a cowboy country comedy routine. It was a nice place to stop and share a mint ice cream sundae.
After that we all met up and headed through the throngs of people stopped to watch the parade. At one point we were concerned with Ariel as she looked too animated on her seaweed pedestal high above the crowd. We headed out the gates and got on our shuttle to the parking lot.
Power chair battery stamina is always in the back our mind so the batteries were pretty drained by the time we headed back to the room.
That night we ate at Outback and had a great dinner.
It was April in Southern California. The weather is pretty hard to predict. We have been there before and it was icy cold and rainy during our visit to Disneyland. This year's weather was not uncomfortable but not rainy or hot. Easter is very late this year. Our trip occurred just before Easter. Starting on Wednesday night, we were out of the Anaheim area on Saturday morning.
The park was not packed but it was full. Spring break for the kids in school, with testing and the like can occur almost any time in March or April. The week before Easter was the traditional time we had Easter Break.
Wednesday Night
We decided to meet the kids (our daughters) down in Orange County for three nights and two days at Disneyland. They met together in Oakland and flew down together. We picked them up Wednesday night at John Wayne Airport and drove them back to our hotel in Garden Grove, about four miles away. Our youngest daughter, flew down from Seattle, our eldest daughter had to work late on Wednesday so she made it over to Oakland and together they flew down. It all worked out. I picked them up at the airport and immediately made a wrong turn and ended up at UC Irving looking for a freeway that would take us back to the hotel. My tech savy daughters used the map function and Siri on their Iphones to get us back on track and headed on the right highway to our hotel rooms.
Sue and I had arrived earlier and had hidden a couple of bags of chocolate Sees foil Easter eggs in their room. When they arrived they had a great time together trying to find all of the eggs. You are never too old for a good Easter egg hunt. They loved it. We had a blast finding tricky spots to hide the eggs in the hotel room.
Our hotel, the Crowne Plaza Hotel is a great 3 star hotel with a great customer approval rating through Hotwire.com. We have stayed here before and like its accessibility to the park independently of the Disney parking shuttles. We got great 5th floor with super beds and quiet surroundings. This is pretty amazing considering that the hotel was also occupied by masses of Korean tourists with their tour guide and 7 busloads of junior high school band students from Belmont, California there for a band review and workshops. Many of the band members had parents traveling with them trailing the bus and a group of adult chaperones. The only time I saw the kids a little out of control was when they tried to have a soccer match on the Mezzanine level.
Thursday
The next morning the girls and I walked across the street to the Cocos and had breakfast. Also, next to the Cocos is a giant Target. We are always happy to see this as we seem to forget one thing or another that makes a trip to Target an easy connection.
Sue was up when we got back and Linzi drove us to the Chip and Dale parking lot. It was full so we were redirected to the Buz Light Year Parking lot. We got our own bus that knelled and produced a ramp for the powerchair to zoom up. We let the people know that Sue could "transfer" (move out of her powerchair once it was positioned.) They are always happy to hear that. They were also happy to hear that we had lift connections so that they could attach their straps to the sides and save several more complicated moves to secure the chair to the floor of the bus.
We made it into the Disneyland Park with little line. Sue wanted to do the small world attraction first. We made our way to it and had a great time people watching along the way. It was lunch time so we decided to do the Carnation dinning area on Main Steet. It was a great place. As in most places we bought dinner for three and shared them around to feed four. Its a great equation for us. I ordered a hamburger that had a a fried egg on it. The girls ordered a couple of spinach salads with dried cranberries and hard boiled egg slices. The appetizer was deep fried pickles.. much better than it sounds.
Mom's next choice was Pirates of the Caribbean. The girls split off and did gift shops instead. Sue is a connoisseur of Pirates and delights at all the differences that they have made since that last time that she had rolled down the waterfalls in the little boats.
We tried to do Peter Pan next, but its line even for that handicapped entrance was too long and they were taking names for a return, Its appeal is getting on a ski lift sort of boat as it travels over the city of London in the dark. Alice in Wonderland was down for repairs and that could have send more people to Peter Pan.
We took a ride on the Mark Twain steamship. Having Sue with us allowed us first dibs at the bow seats. It was the first time the girls had ever had a chance to be at the front of the ship as it made its way around on the Rivers of America. How fun. We were the first on and the last off.
Sue had a great time in the gift shops. She bought a new watch. It has a subtle mickey in a white face with a clear plastic band. She likes to get a new watch each time. It is practical souvenir and most of the watches are not available on line or in any other store. She also bought some small silver Tinkerbell earrings.
Sue and I did the horseshoe review. It was not as great a show as it used to be. No dancing ladies just a cowboy country comedy routine. It was a nice place to stop and share a mint ice cream sundae.
After that we all met up and headed through the throngs of people stopped to watch the parade. At one point we were concerned with Ariel as she looked too animated on her seaweed pedestal high above the crowd. We headed out the gates and got on our shuttle to the parking lot.
Power chair battery stamina is always in the back our mind so the batteries were pretty drained by the time we headed back to the room.
That night we ate at Outback and had a great dinner.