Disney-December 2008

Christmas in Florida
The week before Christmas Laura and I went to Disney for the day. It was a beautiful sunny day-but then they all are!!

That's Laura with the Grand Floridian Hotel in the background.

Disney was all decorated for Christmas. This tree is in the lobby of the Grand Floridian Hotel. As you can see, it is several stories high.

This is what impressed me the most - the Gingerbread House, also in the lobby. It was about 10' x 12', maybe a little larger. It is constructed of:

1050 pounds of honey, 700 pounds of chocolate,
140 pints of egg whites, 800 pounds of flour,

600 pounds of powdered sugar, and 35 pounds of spices.

And TONS of creativity and Disney magic! What a site to see!!

Next we visited the French Quarter and had lunch, also in the lobby of a hotel. The brick streets looked like New Orleans, the houses all painted in bright colors.

We walked down to the dock and waited for a boat to take us to Downtown Disney. We walked through the shops before enjoying an ice cream cone.

This is a LEGO creation of "Nessie", the Loch Ness Monster. As you can see, it is huge.

I was fascinated with the LEGO displays. Here I am, second from the right, posing with a LEGO family. As you can see, they are lifesize.

Being a dog lover, I was particularly drawn to the LEGO dogs.
What imagination to build these creations! Aren't they really life-like??

After leaving Downtown Disney by bus, we rode over to Wilderness Village, the Disney campground. Walking through that area we came across this 5th wheel campsite with all these decorations around it. Yes, there is a 5th wheel in this picture. Can you find it??

Leaving the campground, we took another boat and found this topiary of Mickey Mouse. It was a great day and all we spent was money for lunch and an ice cream cone!