Black Swan
Somehow, it always begins with a Funny Bird...
Date/Time: Fri 07 Mar 2008 10:26:18 AM PST
Just Like Asia...
...with American tourists.
Date/Time: Fri 07 Mar 2008 11:03:49 AM PST
Man in Donald T-Shirt
Who can that be?
Date/Time: Fri 07 Mar 2008 11:11:36 AM PST
It's Andy!
Because assult with digital camera is an essential part of any vacation.
Date/Time: Fri 07 Mar 2008 11:11:42 AM PST
Poor Giraffe
It has a sign hanging off it's tongue. Ouch.
Date/Time: Fri 07 Mar 2008 11:57:57 AM PST
It has a sign hanging off it's tongue. Ouch. Fortunately, this isn't one of the real giraffes.
Authentic African Cuisine!
We dine; what a clever name for a restaurant that serves pizza in Afridisney.
Date/Time: Fri 07 Mar 2008 11:58:13 AM PST
A Mountain! In Florida
We can see Everest from Africa. What a wonderful World!
Date/Time: Fri 07 Mar 2008 12:50:02 PM PST
Someplace between Georgia and Africa...
... we find this "Savannah"
Date/Time: Fri 07 Mar 2008 01:07:59 PM PST
Horny...
What?? It is! Look at those horns!!
Date/Time: Fri 07 Mar 2008 01:10:20 PM PST
Sandy and Some Random Guy
travel through a Disneyish Africa with real animals, in a safari-like vehicle
Date/Time: Fri 07 Mar 2008 01:14:49 PM PST
Large Land Animal!
It patiently waits while we all take its picture.
Date/Time: Fri 07 Mar 2008 01:17:00 PM PST
Exclusive to Disney
Soon, this animal will only exist in a Disney® Theme Park
Date/Time: Fri 07 Mar 2008 01:18:52 PM PST
It's Timon!
A real, unanimated, non-funny-suit-wearing version of Timon, that is!
Date/Time: Fri 07 Mar 2008 01:43:41 PM PST
Like vultures...
... the tourists take pictures of this Funny Bird.
Date/Time: Fri 07 Mar 2008 01:45:12 PM PST
"Leaf me alone!"
requested the primate as he munched on a leaf.
Date/Time: Fri 07 Mar 2008 01:47:53 PM PST
You'd look annoyed too...
... if 30 tourists took your photo while you sat naked in a fake jungle.
Date/Time: Fri 07 Mar 2008 01:54:26 PM PST
A parade(!!) comes to the Animal Kingdom!!!
You wouldn't believe it if I told you, but here is Andy and Susie at a parade.
Date/Time: Fri 07 Mar 2008 02:07:04 PM PST
Giant Mouse Highlights Parade
Mouse doesn't look as realistic as other Animal Kingdom animals.
Date/Time: Fri 07 Mar 2008 02:20:42 PM PST
Squint...
... and you'll feel like you're really, truly, honestly in Disney World.
Date/Time: Fri 07 Mar 2008 02:21:20 PM PST
Artistic Vision (aka Bored, waiting for dinner)
In low light, passer-by walks through long-exposure shot of Andy, Aimee.
Date/Time: Fri 07 Mar 2008 05:50:38 PM PST
Artistic Vision 2 (aka STILL bored, STILL waiting for dinner)
Did I mention really hungry, and really annoying to the wife?
Date/Time: Fri 07 Mar 2008 05:51:44 PM PST
Duck!
Andy chases his second or third non-Donald of the trip. Duck wins.
Date/Time: Sat 08 Mar 2008 10:48:06 AM PST
Duck!! "Wait a minute...
I chase a duck, and he poses for me...
Date/Time: Sat 08 Mar 2008 10:54:44 AM PST
... where's my French Fry?"
duck wonders why I don't feed him a french fry (duck food in Disney World)
Date/Time: Sat 08 Mar 2008 10:55:01 AM PST
Everyone wondering why...
...there are so many gates to walk through to enter the Magic Kingdom.
Date/Time: Sat 08 Mar 2008 10:56:07 AM PST
Aimee is a good sport...
... and patiently tries on the Funny Goofy Hat...
Date/Time: Sat 08 Mar 2008 11:01:29 AM PST
... David is a better sport...
... and takes a picture of himself in a Funnier Goofy Hat...
Date/Time: Sat 08 Mar 2008 11:01:37 AM PST
... Susie is the Worst Sport...
... and resists the Funny Hat...
Date/Time: Sat 08 Mar 2008 11:01:46 AM PST
... and Andy Celebrates with his hat
A Funny Hat for his 60th Birthday!
Date/Time: Sat 08 Mar 2008 11:02:33 AM PST
Goofy Hat Time, in Review
Sandy and Aimee compare Phone Camera Results
Date/Time: Sat 08 Mar 2008 11:02:41 AM PST
Watches...
... yet another spontaneous parade. At Disney World... who knew?
Date/Time: Sat 08 Mar 2008 11:04:32 AM PST
Flash Forward...
... about 2 and half minutes later, when suddenly we're in Tomorrowland!
Date/Time: Sat 08 Mar 2008 11:17:48 AM PST
You Spin Me Right Round, Aimee, Right Round...
Aimee longingly looks to the Tea Cups.
Date/Time: Sat 08 Mar 2008 12:47:13 PM PST
"Like Hell You Spin Me Around!"
thinks Susie, who gets us past the line and then bails. More room for us!!
Date/Time: Sat 08 Mar 2008 12:47:25 PM PST
Yes! It's genuine Pinocchio's Pizza
This must be Skokieland, not Fantasyland!!
Date/Time: Sat 08 Mar 2008 01:12:33 PM PST
The Haunted Mansion of Doom, Terror (but mostly Boredom)
This ride started out kinda fun...
Date/Time: Sat 08 Mar 2008 01:34:35 PM PST
Haunted Mansion (Just before the Terror (or boredom) sets in)...
... everything was going well, until..
Date/Time: Sat 08 Mar 2008 01:38:53 PM PST
Very, very, very bored at the Haunted Mansion
... the ride broke for half an hour; I was reduced to taking pictures of ghosts!
Date/Time: Sat 08 Mar 2008 01:57:12 PM PST
Escape from the Haunted Mansion!
We were all relieved to exit this rather anticlimatic ride.
Date/Time: Sat 08 Mar 2008 02:06:56 PM PST
French Fry Bird
You haven't seen a bird eat a french fry, until you see this bird eat one.
Date/Time: Sat 08 Mar 2008 02:17:07 PM PST
You haven't seen a bird eat a french fry, until you see this bird eat one. Unfortunately, you won't be seeing this bird eat a french fry because all those photos didn't turn out.
Fireworks at Epcot
Okay, you're going to have to trust me on that one, okay?
Date/Time: Sat 08 Mar 2008 07:10:49 PM PST
Chasing A Duck (Part XXIV)
Andy finally finds his duck...
Date/Time: Sun 09 Mar 2008 10:49:24 AM PDT
Chasing A Duck (Part XXV)
... Donald Duck!!
Date/Time: Sun 09 Mar 2008 10:49:35 AM PDT
The Long Trek to Norway
Aimee leads her family to Norway (well, Epcotian Norway)
Date/Time: Sun 09 Mar 2008 10:51:27 AM PDT
Ahoy, Norway Ride!
This ride, I assure you, gives you the genuine sense that you're in Norway.
Date/Time: Sun 09 Mar 2008 10:53:10 AM PDT
Andy and the Chipmunk
I think I watched this cartoon when I was a kid.
Date/Time: Sun 09 Mar 2008 11:33:05 AM PDT
Sandy and the Chipmunk I
So Sandy was minding her own business...
Date/Time: Sun 09 Mar 2008 11:33:20 AM PDT
disney, epcot, sandy, levitt, chip and dale
Sandy and the Chipmunk II
... when a chipmunk came from nowhere and...
Date/Time: Sun 09 Mar 2008 11:33:25 AM PDT
... Sandy and the Chipmunk III
... forced her to pose so I could take this picture.
Date/Time: Sun 09 Mar 2008 11:33:31 AM PDT
The Good 'ol Days
My resort, back when I traveled to Disney World 18 years ago.
Date/Time: Sun 09 Mar 2008 11:39:20 AM PDT
"What the hell is wrong with him?"
That's what these two were wondering about me.
Date/Time: Sun 09 Mar 2008 11:49:59 AM PDT
Susie tries to avoid me, but looks cute trying.
Sorry, it's true.
Date/Time: Sun 09 Mar 2008 11:52:20 AM PDT
The Magical Mystery Bus...
Date/Time: Sun 09 Mar 2008 01:55:10 PM PDT
... is waiting to take Aimee away!
... Aimee needed to leave early, and we nearly missed her bus.
Date/Time: Sun 09 Mar 2008 01:57:52 PM PDT
What-The-Duck?
Why did I photograph so many of these crazy birds?
Date/Time: Mon 10 Mar 2008 10:43:13 AM PDT
with Mrs. What-The-Duck and the children
An entire family, on the boardwalk outside the Boardwalk (Resort).
Date/Time: Mon 10 Mar 2008 10:51:22 AM PDT
The Video Editor's Apprentice
is what they'd call me, except the Editors Guild didn't accept me in 2002.
Date/Time: Mon 10 Mar 2008 11:09:01 AM PDT
The Boardwalk at Sunset
Our last day, which never quite ended (we stayed up all night).
Date/Time: Mon 10 Mar 2008 04:03:38 PM PDT
Self Portrait
A reflection aboard the boat to Hollywood (formerly MGM) Studios
Date/Time: Mon 10 Mar 2008 04:04:31 PM PDT
Home, For A Week
We stayed at the Boardwalk resort, across the pond from Epcot.
Date/Time: Mon 10 Mar 2008 04:05:12 PM PDT
Family Portrait
After Aimee left, Sandy realized she never got her family portrait. I tried.
Date/Time: Mon 10 Mar 2008 04:09:13 PM PDT
"It's Funny Because It's True!"
Taken at the Muppets 3D show, which was also funny.
Date/Time: Mon 10 Mar 2008 08:57:40 PM PDT
Return to San Francisco!
Or not. The backlot at Hollywood (formerly MGM) studios
Date/Time: Mon 10 Mar 2008 09:02:14 PM PDT