Disney World Week

We have been without computer WiFi for the week while at Disney. This place is really organized. We checked in at Fort Wilderness on Sunday, Oct. 26th. We were given lots of maps and what looks like a credit card. The person who tried to explain all the fun we are about to have in 15 seconds, had an accent we aren't about to understand. Anyway, we were assigned campsite #1625 (There are over 1000 campsites). We are perhaps one of the very few who didn't bring exotic halloween decorations for the outside of our camper. Anyway, the bathrooms and showers are the cleanest we have seen in a campground. Also with their bus system & boat system, if you don't mind waiting, one can go throughout all the parks of Disney. On Monday, Oct 27th, we went to Animal Land and met Todd, Mary, Sam & Will. This is Will's first visit to Disney World. Then we went to Disney Hollywood Studios where we had dinner at 50's Prime Time cafe. There we discovered not only many teachers from Wisconsin were at Disney but also many from Illinois. I thought they were supposed to be at conferences. Anyway, the food was great and the waiters very entertaining. Tuesday we went to Epcot for the day. We had dinner with Mary and Todd at the Biergarten. Lots of beer, food and a polka band. Wednesday we spent part of the day spending our money at Disney downtown. Did I mention the weather? It was cold for Florida. Wed. morning was the coldest October temperature on record for Disney (43 degrees). Lots of sweatshirts were sold at Disney World that day and the next. We had dinner on Wed. night at the Polynesian Resort at Disney. It was great. On Thursday we finally got to Fantasy land in the Magic Kingdom. We were able to relive a bunch of stuff we did in 1975 when Mary and BJ were small children. Thursday night was spent with the Hagedorns at a fest called "Hoop De Do".We celebrated Mary's birthday that night also. I won't say how old she is. Again the food was great and the entertainment was very funny. Will was laughing so hard he hardly had time to eat. So, we left Fort Wilderness this morning and are heading north. We hope to see some national parks and see some great colors in South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, etc. We hope to send pictures oin the next blog. Bill