On September 4, 2000, we go with an interval of 12 years back to Florida. The first week we stayed in a hotel in Orlando.

 On September 10, we went to the Disney hotel. We had booked for 10 days in All Star Music Resort. A very big complex. There were 2 swimming pools, a shop and a cafeteria, where you get a breakfast in the morning . In the evening you can eat a pizza and chips, salad etc. When you buy a mug, then is the rest of your staying, free from drinks, if you put it in the mug. For the entrance of the hotel, the buses are waiting to bring you to the different parks.

 

There were so many new things to see, but we had time enough. First of all we will see Animal Kingdom. There were very nice shows, among other things, Tarzan, Pocahontas and her Forest Friends and the Lion King. You could make a safari with Kilimanjaro Safaris, then you go with a big four wheel drive car to the inlands, where you see all kinds of animals.

In the middle of the park was the Tree of Live. This tree were used for the attraction "It's tough to be a Bug".

We had planned one day for Animal Kingdom, so far it was good. The shows were great. You must be there on time, so you can take the pictures and to have a good sight. At the end of the afternoon we went to Mickey and Minnie.

So the first day was over. Back to the hotel for dinner and than to Downtown Disney.

 

 

Today we went to the Disney MGM Studios. We had never seen this park before. The weather was again brilliant.

First we looked at the ground-plan and decided, what we must see this day, and than we can come back an other day. First we visited a show, it began half past ten.

 

A spectacular show during 30 minutes full explosive and ammunition, with airplanes and where Indiana Jones it still survived

After that on our way to Studios Backlot Tour, with a car-train along all kinds of events, among other things an inundation and an earthquake, where a tank car falls downstairs and goes on fire.

Different shows: Voyage of the Little Mermaid, The Hunchback of the Notre Dame, a musical. And the musical Beauty and the Beast.     &

In the afternoon the parade Mulan came along, a big parade with beautiful cars. But the culminating-point of this park, was certainly the show of the evening. It began at eight o'clock, when it was getting dark.

We were largely in time, to get good places. The show is certainly the worthwhile. He was in one word glorious. They show a boat which is totally lightened with many characters. At the end of the show a huge firework.

After the show it took a while, before you get out of the park. So many people who want to go home, to the cars and buses. But a very successful.  

It's Saturday and it's raining so hard, and it looks that there coming no changes today. We must buy something in a shop in Epcot Center.  

So we going by bus, but first we buy an umbrella. And full good spirit on our way.

It is a pity of the electric parade, because that's not going through by rain, since we never see that parade in America.

 

This day we keep seeing the park and we go to Downtown Disney. There we walk at least dry. It's everywhere busy in the shops and restaurants.  But we stay till late in the evening and have all the time of the world.

After dinner we went and looked at Disney Quest. There you could do, so many interactive games. We did the animated course.

With as result, that you get a diploma, when you do it well. Of course everybody could get that diploma, but we found one enough.

Just a pleasure for the scrap-book. We drink something and we go further.

To Pleasure Island we could go in the evening, after nine o'clock, without paying  only we get a bracelet, because we stay in a Disney hotel. Every day another color bracelet.

            

We had half of the time behind us. Still 5 days to go and than we moved on. Today we went first to Magic Kingdom. Many new things are not there. The attraction with Winnie the Pooh and Toontown we did not see it before.  

But we took first the other things like: Peter Pan, the Pirates and It's a small world, those thing stay funny. And than the shops, here we buy again and again. And still they have other things, than in Disneyland Paris and more. Even to eat and much drinking (cold water).

On our way to Toontown. A look in Minnie's house, here under the pictures of the house, the room and the kitchen.


     Of course we had made also pictures from Mickey's house.

  
The house, the bedroom and the sitting room.

 

After this it was time for the parade, who was so as usually nice. We were sitting upstairs by the station, from where you can see the parade coming out the Main Street. We make a little bit purchases for the grandchildren and than we went by bus back to the hotel for swimming. The weather was still lovely.

This day we went to Epcot Center. Yesterday we brought the whole day by the swimming pool. The weather was great, and a day of rest, was very welcome. First of all we hold a fastpass for the Test Track. About two hours we can in that attraction. We had now time to see the countries. Norway had a big attraction.

                                   

After visited all kind of countries, we became at America, and there were Mickey and Minnie, they walked around the place.Beautiful clothes / costumes they wear. In the afternoon the Millennium parade came along and this were repeat at six o'clock in the evening. After this we eat something, because we want to stay for the firework above the lake. It's a pity that those pictures are not clear.

But it was magnificent.

With this picture of Epcot 2000 is our trip to Disney World finished. We had still two days for all kinds of things to do, what we will see twice or more shopping.

It was fantastic and we hope come back soon, but now first is Disneyland California turn to visit it, after several years.