The Happiest Celebration On Earth!!!!!!!!

I was so excited after the big DisneyWorld bash last weekend, that it's taken me an entire week to calm down enough to blog about it! In fact, I don't think I can even use enough exclamation points to describe it!!!!! That's how exciting it was!!!

To celebrate my great aunt's 75th birthday, we decided to revel in the exquisite taste and culture that is DisneyWorld/Epcot. (!!!!!)

Day One: DisneyWorld
We carpooled to the Magic Kingdom and began sweating immediately, ingesting various liquids as we explored the big plastic wonder that is Disney. We admired the giant plastic Swiss Family Robinson tree house, giggled through the plastic cemetery in the Haunted Mansion, oohed and aahed over plastic pillaging in the Pirates of the Carribean, then admired realistically plastic wildlife during the plastic jungle boat tour!

The beautiful gift shops stretched as far as the eye could possibly see, and each ride spat its passengers out into a gorgeously plastic array of expensive gifts that were lovingly tailored to each specific theme. As we waded through hordes of fainting children, we debated the merits of the plastic pirate swords, the plastic commemorative plastic, the plastic sombreros and plastic viking helmets -- all lovingly constructed by perky young mouseketeers in China.

Periodically, paramedics would rush frantically through the crowd to revive a tourist overcome by the heat, the ticket prices, and the thrilling song and dance numbers that spontaneously erupted in the streets. But we pushed on regardless, and even managed to catch a distant glimpse of the Cinderalla castle pink and purple multiple princess extravaganza! It was priceless!!!!!!!


Day Two: Epcot
Whereas the Magic Kingdom is known for its classic plastic, Epcot maintains a more contemporary plastic look in its showcase of science and global culture. Frankly, we didn't get to see much of the science stuff, as a lot of that part has been taken over by gift shops. But we did get to watch some sleeping manatees and the plastic hydroponics showcase.

We went to the Japan showcase (which is really just like Japan, only with slightly fewer Hello Kitty souvenirs) and admired their gift shop. Then we watched adorable acrobats in the China showcase (which is really just like China, only with a lot less communism) and admired their gift shop. We also went to the Mexico showcase (which is really just like Mexico, only poor people aren't allowed) to admire their gift shop. Later, we went to Germany (which is really just like Germany, except their gift shop has a much higher percentage of Hummel figurines).

We ate a yummy Moroccan lunch at Morocco, admired a lovely belly dancer with attractive implants, gazed longingly at the giant turkey leg vendors, then ate a very good French dinner at the France showcase (which wasn't like France at all because no one seemed to hate us too much).

So we really had an enjoyable time, especially after all the sugar we ate, and the birthday was a resounding success!!!

Just for good measure: !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!