Around the world in a day at the happiest place on Earth — or how not to get hit by falling light bulbs

First of all, apparently only Disney Land is the happiest place on earth, not Disney world, contrary to what I told Justin earlier this week. Walt Disney World is where your dreams come true. I am not sure which one is better. I am inclined to believe that neither is great.

I’ve been in Kissimmee for a little less than a week; I’ve spent two days hanging out by the pool, one rainy day at the animal kingdom, one cold day at epcot, and one cold day at the magic kingdom (a transplanted Disney land). The Magic kingdom was disappointing because so much stuff was closed—the tiki room, Splash Mountain, and this noodle place we were going to eat at. The animal kingdom was really fun. We got a late start, and that park closes early so all the animals can sleep and be fed, so we were only there for about four hours. It has a really fun roller coaster that goes backwards and through the dark, called Expedition Everest. The best part about the ride was that there was a special line for single riders, and it was WAY shorter. None of us minded sitting next to someone we didn’t know, so we went on again and again and again, sitting next to someone new each time. It was really nice. Whenever I’m waiting in line and I see an empty seat go by, I get annoyed. I wish everything in life had a single rider line. It was way cooler than a fastpass.

At epcot, the first park we went to, I was going on Mission to Mars, a simulator ride, with Becca. She doesn’t like most roller coasters, so there was a less intense version that she went on before and was ready to try the more intense orange version. We waited in line, went through the safety videos and strapped ourselves into the seats when we realized the compartment simulator next to ours was not loading. Some woman had vomited all over the inside, even though there were barf bags hanging in front of the seats. Apparently they weren’t able to just shut down that one little pod to clean, so we all had to leave. They gave us a free fastpass for five people good until the end of the month. We have five-day passes and there are only four parks, so we may end up going back to epcot. They have yummy food and it is fun to go around the world at the world showcase. I hope we go back to the Animal Kingdom since we were only there for a couple of hours.

The other night we went to this Brazilian Churrascaria, which is a restaurant where these muscular attractive men in gaucho pants come to your table with skewers of delicious meat that they ceremoniously carve onto your plate. The food was delicious, but it was not without sacrifice. We arrived for our seven o’clock reservations about two minutes late. This is practically early for my family, especially on this particular vacation (Today we didn’t arrive at the part until nearly 2PM). The hostess led us to this room that had two of three tables unoccupied. We let my dad choose the table, and we were all filing into the room to sit down. After I put my coat on the back of my chair I began to sit down. I hear glass shatter and I look around, I thought that I had somehow knocked down a glass with my jacket, but something hit my arm from above and glass sprayed everywhere. I looked at the seat next to me and it’s covered in glass. It turns out that a light bulb from the chandelier had basically exploded and fallen right as we were being seated. Leis, who was about to sit down, had been reading something on her iPhone, and was being slow. In the end, it was good that we had been late, and the iPhone saved leis a light bulb falling onto her head. Since it was kind of sketchy that glass exploded onto our table, we got free dessert and free corkage, which was awesome. We ended up switching tables.

So, fast forward and I am sitting at the Orlando International Airport starbucks, using free wireless, which is awesome. I just sent my dad through security at his terminal. I’ll probably wait to go through security for another hour or two because the internet isn't free on that side. Orlando was fun. It was great to see Sami, Becca, and Leis--and those other people I see more often too. I won’t be around to go to Sami’s graduation, so hopefully Leis and Becca can go in my place. Last night was my last night in America, and I had McDonald’s for dinner. It was pretty funny. I didn’t wear my sunglasses on the drive to the airport today, because I realized this was probably the last sun I’ll see for a few months. I was going to post some photos, because we took some really great ones this week, but I just realized that I checked my camera chord. In a few days, there will be pictures.


Also, I WANT an iPhone.