Day 15 Cirque du Soleil Drawn to Life

Day 15 Cirque du Soleil Drawn to Life

Hot on the heels of a long day of theme park trekking, a slower pace for today is just what the doctor would have ordered. Checking my iPhone’s pedometer, I see that my step count for yesterday hit a record 15,377. When I’m not on holiday, I lead a more sedentary...
Day 14 EPCOT with Dave and Jennifer

Day 14 EPCOT with Dave and Jennifer

Despite having a theme park planned for today, we decided to start slowly. The plan was to be ready to leave the house by around 11 am. That would allow plenty of time for a relaxing, slow start without the usual mad rush to pack everything and get everyone out the...

Day 13 Dave and Jennifer

For the past few days, I’ve been using Claude.ai, an AI chatbot I subscribe to, to help me with the overall structure of my blogs. All blog entries are still very much my own writing, but I’ve been getting guidance on whether I need to add a bit more detail here or...
Day 12 Ohana’s and Typhoon Lagoon

Day 12 Ohana’s and Typhoon Lagoon

Today we were to feed Sandy her character meet-and-greet fix with a 12-noon breakfast (yes, really) reservation at Disney’s Polynesian resort. Character dining with Lilo and Stitch was on the menu at Ohana’s restaurant. We’ve done this a couple of times before and had...
Day 11 A stress-free day

Day 11 A stress-free day

So far, it’s been a brisk pace for us all. Notwithstanding my attempts to moderate our activities by building in rest days after every theme-park day, it still feels like we are motoring through this holiday at a high pace. Every day has been full-on with something or...
Day 10 EPCOT

Day 10 EPCOT

Perhaps like many other couples who have been married for several decades, Sandy and I have developed our own little way of communicating with each other—something that’s less direct than usual. There are subtleties and nuances at play, which may not be readily...