Month: March 2016

The Birds were Florida bound in February, 2016.  Destination — Disney!

On the road in the FloMobile bedecked with lighted birdies.

Terri takes her driving responsibilities seriously. Don’t mess with her tunes.

Anyone for some pre-Florida souvenirs? Gotta love truck stops.

We eventually found our way here.

With only one detour here.  Did you say this was a sanctioned stop?  Where’s the charm?

Meanwhile, Kim and Cindy already got the party started.

One down.  A few more to follow.

Our condo was spacious and had a great location.

Time for Magic Bags before hitting the park in the morning.

We got two shirts, a charm, a Minnie cup, a bird ornament, and some other goodies.

We enjoyed gorgeous weather for the entire stay.

We have talked about this trip for quite a few years so it was exciting to finally be here.

There was an extra crane on the castle.  Disney is always doing a little work.

We had a great time in Buzz Lightyear.

Janet was the big winner in spite of our competitive efforts.

Selfies give me a giant head.  My arms are too short. Next time someone else can hold the camera.

Cindy is pretty much in every photo.

This one, too.

We enjoyed It’s a Small World.  Anyone still humming that song?

And we had a fast pass for Pirates of the Caribbean.

We took a leisurely train ride.

And the wimpy birds went to see a show while the wild birds rode Space Mountain.

We left Magic Kingdom and went to dinner at Friday’s.  Looking forward to another day in the parks tomorrow.

Spiffy new shirts for today as we head to Epcot.    Put your leg down Janet!

Get ready, Epcot!  The birds are flying in!  February 2016

Here’s another one because we just don’t all fit in one frame.

Terri found a fast pass entrance lane and beat us all inside.

Cheers!  Time to sample the lagoon water and by that I don’t mean lagoon water!

The annual garden show was beginning the following week but we got to see many beautiful displays.

This was not the only troll in Norway…

Some other bird-trolls decided to play a trick on poor innocent laryngitis-stricken Julie (that would be me) and asked “Ron” to come and tell me to stop waving my arms so much.  I had been gesturing because I couldn’t talk.  I, of course, fell for it completely and then I slowly caught on that it was a joke… to the amusement of pretty much everyone.  But the joke didn’t stop there.  The troll-birds would jump ahead of me and alert other workers to my plight and several others asked me to stop waving.  All in all, a great prank!

Laryngitis wannabees…

Sorry girls.  You don’t have my technique and flair!

Interestingly, many people asked us what Eating Cardinals meant.  Hard to explain but we did assure them that we didn’t eat cardinals (yes, someone asked that.)

Moving on to Canada.  We have some spare parts in this photo.

We enjoyed the Pixar 3D Short Film Festival. Some birds got reprimanded for lolling about on the floor.  Since I had already been scolded by Ron, I wasn’t taking any chances.  We made it off the floor and into the theater.

Our evening meal was in Akershus Castle in Norway. It was a princess dinner.

8 Princesses!

We dashed out to the sunset leaving our glass slippers behind just in case Prince Charming has caught on that there are many princesses inside these fairy tale walls.

And we ended the day with the traditional Disney fireworks display.

Another great trip with the Eating Cardinals.