Disney Rash

We decided we had seen everything and headed back to the bus for the ride back to the resort. It had been such a fun filled day. As we were leaving the park I turned around and snapped one last photo of Epcot at night. it turned out to be a beautiful photo. We went to our room for a few minutes before going to a restaurant at the resort for our late night dinner. That was when I noticed my legs! I knew they were swollen because I could feel it but when I looked down I couldn’t believe the rash! It was mostly on the inside of both legs between the ankle and calf. Strange thing is it didn’t itch or hurt, just looked awful, like a really bad diaper rash! My skin felt like it was about to rip open from the swelling but the rash itself didn’t bother me. I have been prone to rashes all my life but they always itch and make me miserable and this one was very different. I now know it is something called “golfer’s vasculitis” and usually occurs in healthy people over the age of 50 who golf or do a lot of walking in hot weather. How strange! I have never played golf in my life, but it was very hot and I had done a lot of walking that day. Just leave it to me to go on a trip and have something weird happen! It was such a fun trip for both of us. We had only been to Disney World on one other occasion and that was 30 years ago so this was really nice. We stayed in a very nice resort and had a great time. Thus ends my blogging on our trip to Mickey’s place.

good night and good by Epcot!

my Disney Rash

Soarin'

By this time my legs were swelling and I could hardly walk. We got to the Living Seas and went inside and saw the longest line of the day at Turtle Talk with Crush. I didn’t even know that’s what the line was for. We thought it was to get into the aquarium. We had to wait about 10 minutes in that line then when we got up to the entrance I saw what is was for but we went in anyway. Glad we did. Although it was geared more toward kids (and there were plenty in there) it was interesting. The thing that made it interesting for us was the fact it is interactive. The turtle would ask kids things and would say their names etc. like it was really there. Amazing! After that they had a question and answer time and we left while that was going on. Then we went and looked at the fish and I was really beginning to struggle with my walking. My legs were continuing to swell and I thought it was just from all the walking.

We then found our way to Soarin’. I still wasn’t too sure about going but David talked me into it. We got there only to find out there was a 45-minute wait! No thanks!!! But David really wanted to go so we decided to go ahead. I was so worried because of the warnings… “If you have a fear of heights or are prone to motion sickness this ride is not for you.” David kept saying you’ll be fine! Yeah right! Well we finally made it there and were strapped in our seats. I was not looking forward to it at all but there I was. When it took off it was a wee bit scary because I wasn’t sure what to expect. You feel like you fly straight up and out really fast. Actually you only go straight up then stop. The rest is the movie on the screen but you are so close to it and the wind is blowing in your face so you feel like you are flying. It was great! You fly all over California… San Francisco, San Diego, Los Angeles, Palm Springs, Napa Valley, Yosemite, and lots of other places. You fly over a river and you actually smell the pine trees. You fly over the orange groves and you smell oranges. It was so cool. A few times I closed my eyes because I don’t like the feeling of going over something like a cliff. I could always tell when we were about to do that so I would just close my eyes for a few seconds and we’d be over the edge and I would be fine flying the rest of the time. It was the most fun part of the entire day!!! The only bad part is it just doesn’t last long enough. I could ride something like that for 20-30 minutes or even longer and love every second of it.

this photo is from the Disney World website showing the Soarin' ride

The British Invasion

The only thing we did in the UK was use the restroom and sit and listen to the Beatles cover band. We were really getting tired. By the time we made it to Canada we were so tired we didn’t even stop. We wanted to get back over to the Future World part of the park and do the things we had on our list that we had not yet done before we totally wiped out.

loved the red phone booth in England

the Beatles cover band

Bonjour Morocco

In France I just bought a French cream horn at the bakery and David and I shared it. I love REAL French horns. The cream in the middle is not sugary sweet but instead is really buttery and creamy, YUMMMMMMY!!!!! I saw some really great looking cheese, fruit and bread plates and would have loved to partake along with a glass of red wine but I was so full there was no way to eat more. Being in France certainly reminded me of the real France and the wonderful foods I have eaten there. I can’t believe I didn’t take any photos in France! I think I was getting tired by the time we arrived there.

We had first planned to go to Morocco for dinner. We both decided we wanted to have dinner in some country whose food we had never tried and is not easily available in this country so Morocco was our choice. Only thing was with all of our snacking neither of us was hungry! Imagine that!!! I was a little disappointed too because I thought the Moroccan restaurant would be authentic looking where you sit on the floor and belly dancers would entertain as you ate. We went inside to take a peek and it looked like a regular American restaurant with tables and chairs. Nothing about it even looked Moroccan except for the tile work. We were disappointed but it made our decision of not eating dinner there an easy decision.

a pretty view in Morocco