Life is a Journey

I went to see Mickey and the Magical Map the other day and I was so entranced by it that I forgot all about taking pictures! However, my friend Mallory saved the day by snapping a few with her iPhone so here you go! Personally, I could do without the extra dancers but I liked the main characters very much. As always, Mulan made me cry because I relate so much to her song, Reflection. And who doesn't love Stitch? (Don't answer that or I will hit you.) I love Tiana! After the show we walked through Fantasyland. Did you know there is a wonderful photo opp with Dumbo? Unfortunately, it is tucked away in a spot that is easy to miss...but we didn't! Yours truly, hamming it up. Next, we headed on over to Big Thunder. It was awesome, awesome, awesome. Something these pictures aren't but I'm sharing them with you anyway. As far as I could tell, not much changed outside. Well now wait a mi...

When I saw this picture, the memories came flooding back to me! In 1960, I was held hostage by Dumbo the Flying Elephant. How can that be? Well...I was five years old and my nephew was three. Yes, my nephew! Anyway, we were so excited because we were allowed to ride on Dumbo all by ourselves. Back then, the castmember would walk around the attraction, making sure that everyone was securely belted in. I remember him telling us to stay in our seats when the ride ended and he would come over to undo our "seat belt".  We rode Dumbo and when the ride ended, we sat in our elephant as we were instructed to do. We waited and waited and then suddenly, the ride started going again. My nephew and I looked at each other and even though we were very young, we knew we had scored! We grinned from ear to ear as we waved to our parents below. Round and round and round we went and finally the ride came to an end. Once again, we sat in our elephant waiting for the castmember to come around ...