Continuing day three of our trip… Then we went back to Future World, and rode
Spaceship Earth and Journey into Imagination. Spaceship Earth I liked a lot
because of the smells and ambience. The audio descriptive device worked fairly
well except for one point where the description jumped ahead of the scenery
because of a ride stoppage. Although this is one of the rides I've been on so
many times, I could probably give the description.
Then we rode Journey into Imagination at which the
description work very well except for the jumping ahead problem. Then we went
back to World Showcase, and got a spot for Illuminations. We saw it, and as
always it was very impressive. Then we returned the device, and returned to Pop
Century.
The next morning we went to Animal Kingdom, and I
decided not to get the device. It only works for It's Tough to Be a Bug, and
that attraction turned out to be closed. I’d gladly carry it for what it does,
but the device is about the size of an old Walkman, if anyone remembers what
that is. First, we went to our Donald’s Safari Breakfast, and the characters
were Donald, Daisy, Goofy, and Jungle Mickey. The meal was buffet style, and
everything tasted fine. The breakfast was at Tusker house, and was two table
service credits each on the dining plan.
We got pictures with all the characters, even though
we already had Goofy with us, but he was going under the name Mark. Oh wait,
that's an insult to Goofy never mind. Then we went on Kilimanjaro Safari which
is interesting for the few animals I can see. There’s a scene with an
animatronic elephant, and some poachers. This will be removed in favor of a
zebra area.
Back to
the present, I finished another two books, A Beautiful Mind by Sylvia
Nasar and Vietnam by Stanley Karnow. I
wanted to listen to A Beautiful Mind because I had seen the movie. It is the
story of John Nash, who is a genius until age 30, but then develops
schizophrenia. As you may expect, there are differences between the book and
the movie, but the basic plot is the same. The book gives some of the formulas
John Nash is working on, and that detracts from the overall flow of the
narrative, especially in audio format. The subject matter is interesting, but
really for people who like biographies.
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