DisneyWorld

Disney’s Animal Kingdom has a new area opening soon – Pandora, inspired by the film Avatar; and we got preview access there today …

As befits the fact that it’s an alien world, everything is very well themed with unusual plants and creatures – including sounds, all around. There are two rides in the area too, a nice gentle Na’Vi River Journey, and a much less gentle one (Flight Of Passage) – for us rather like an extreme Star Tours combined with extreme Tower Of Terror and Soarin’! I don’t think either of us will be doing that second ride again.

Here’s some photos from the visit, showing the theming and plant life:

And here’s some less-than-perfect pictures from the River Journey:

We learned this week about the annual display of chocolate Easter Eggs at the Disney Grand Floridian hotel, so went to take a look – not really knowing what to expect.

We were impressed! At least 20 intricately Disney-themed decorated Easter Eggs, all at least a foot tall – and some of them smelling quite delicious too!

A different visit to Epcot World Showcase today, with much of it before the main rush of tourists – so I took lots of photos of empty space, a rare sight at Disney!

This tour was quite fascinating; in many ways it’s “just a walk around World Showcase”, but being guided and learning of details and sights we’d never previously noticed, made for a very different visit. Finishing with a bonus of Soarin’ is nice, too!

We went back stage a few times, but no pictures allowed there

Finally, 11am and here comes everyone else!