I'm back! And wow, I picked a helluva week to visit Disney World

There is no WiFi at Disney World. They present their vision of "the future" (Epcot, etc) and it's monochromatic (beige, with hints of gray). Big buttons, no touch screens, no color, and no WiFi.

Of course I did not know this when Sophie innocently asked me if we could visit Disney World on spring break because a bunch of her friends were going. And I impulsively said "hey, that sounds like fun." We scored a great last-minute hotel deal, but couldn't find cheap flights. So we drove. New Jersey to Orlando in 17 hours.

I've been to Disneyland in California a bunch of times. Nothing can prepare you for how vast Disney World is. If you don't have a car here you are out of luck. Again, for a "futuristic" place, the transportation system is decidely low tech. Ferry boats. Buses. Trams. There is the nifty looking monorail, but it doesn't go nearly everywhere, or more importantly it didn't go anywhere that we wanted to go.

Sophie did have a great time though. She collected autographs. I got my picture take with Chip and Dale. The rides were (mostly) worth the wait. We ate some really good food. The fireworks shows were spectacular. And we walked and walked and walked. My legs are like rubber. My feet are killing me.

But that's not important. When our team won the Mission: Space astronaut challenge Sophie let out a huge WHOOP and high-fived me with a humongous grin on her face. We celebrated with two scoops of overpriced ice cream. And it was the best ice cream we ever ate.

Back in the Real World a lot of "stuff" was happpening. And naturally I'll have something to say about those events as soon as I get some sleep. It's not every week that our president discards the American nuclear umbrella in exchange for vague threats involving sternly worded letters. Our enemies he handles with kid gloves; our friends he disrespects or bullies.

I'm glad I took Sophie to Disney World now. With this team of quislings in charge I am certain that if we were to be wiped out by The Religion of Peace™ Barry wouldn't lose a moment of sleep. Unless he felt let down that we weren't here to be milked dry by taxes to fund his socialist utopia. Then he'd ponder morosely until someone else could be targeted to fund a new round of wealth redistribution.

Sleep Sophie sleep. In peace may you slumber.
No danger lurks, your sleep to encumber.
We've got the missiles, peace to determine,
And one of the fingers on the button will be Muslim.

And that was the week that was.

Posted at 23:15 by Chris Wysocki   [/misc]   Comments | Perm Link |   |   Tweet