Disney World - the happiest place on earth

On may 9th just two days after I got home from my cruise I headed out to Disney World with my boyfriend! We had a 3 day park hopper left from a previous trip which we used this time to go to all 4 Disney world parks: Magic Kingdom, Animal Kingdom, Epcot, and Hollywood Studios! On the drive up to Orlando my boyfriend and I may or may not have massacred mass amounts of love bugs, but its not really our fault! If they were flying on the turnpike they must have had some kind of death wish.

We stayed at a Disney world hotel so that we could take buses around to the parks instead of driving the car everyday. Plus staying at a disney hotel and going to the parks just makes the experience all the more magical when its 100% disney. The first day that we arrived we went to Epcot where we traveled around the world and had some lunch in Morocco. My boyfriend and I weren't exactly fans of the meat with sugar on top but we ate it anyway as part of the experience. Then since we were staying at a Disney hotel we got to go to the Magic Kingdom for extra late disney hours until 2AM! Thats always the best time to go to Magic Kingdom since its always packed. It makes getting on Splash and Thunder Mountain a bit easier. They also had disney characters out late so we saw them too on our first night, because lines during the day are far to ridiculous.

The second day of our disney dream we went to Animal Kingdom! Which is a really fun time, and it was my boyfriends first time at Animal Kingdom. Upon our arrival we were greeted by the beautiful tree of life!

But I rushed him off to the back of the park where we could get fast passes for the Disney Safari, where they have all sorts of Animals that you could find in the wild of Africa.

Then we went on Dinosaur, a ride which I think is way to scary for kids! The first time around I had my eyes closed, but the second time I kept them open. And we also went on the newest roller coaster at the disney parks Everest! Which is a pretty good ride, for those who like a thrilling roller coaster now and again. Then we wandered to find the Gorilla exhibit, and the Gorillas walking around were very entertaining to watch, I think we stood there watching them for a good hour!

On our third and final day we decided to go back to Epcot since we loved it so much! We played it safe and had dinner in Italy this time, pizza to be precise. Then we headed on over to Mexico where we got a very expensive frozen Margarita, but hey "when in disney" right? Then we walked over to the UK where in London at a pub of course I found my newest obsession Strongbow. My boyfriend also got a Woodpecker which was quite nice and not as dry as Strongbow but still I love my Strongbow (draft is better than bottled.)

All in all the Disney trip was wonderful, just as Disney world always is.
Below are some more random shots from the trip

My boyfriend and I with Flick in Animal Kingdom!

Hippo in the Animal Kingdom Safari ride!

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*Water for Elephants*

This is the books original cover, I take no credit for this photo.

So on top of wanting to do a ton of traveling this summer another thing on my to-do list is to read a ton of books! After I read History of a Suicide: my sister's unfinished life. By Jill Bialosky, I read the newly released blockbuster Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen! Unfortunately I did see the movie before I read the book but I also did that with Twilight and it did not change my reading experience what-so-ever. I finished the book in 3 days time because I was on vacation relaxing and reading. I really enjoyed Water for Elephants as it made me fall in love with the 1930's circus life. Sara Gruen is a truly talented author and picked a subject which has not been fully explored in many novels as I've come to find out while searching for another circus novel to read. Not only is this an easy novel to follow along with but it is an extremely vivid read at the same time. The photos of real life circuses within the books pages also add a unique edge to the novel.  You switch back and fourth between Old "ninety or ninety-three" year old Jacob Jankowski's current living situation in an assisted living home and his memories from the 1930's when he walked away from school, joined a circus, and found the love of his life. In comparing the Movie and the book i'd say they did a marvelous job. Though they did leave out a few characters that is to be expected with movies because of the time frames they need to complete the story line within. The book and movie are definite must reads and must see's but i'd recommend reading it first unless you want to picture Robert Pattinson and Reese Witherspoon in your mind, instead of letting your imagination create its own characters.

Screen Shot from the Movie.