Year: 2008
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Michael Phelps, you’ve just won 8 gold medals at the 2008 Olympics, where are you going to next?
Of course he is going to Walt Disney World in Florida. Today in Magic Kingdom Michael Phelps was honored with a heroes welcome down Main Street. Main Street was decorated with red, white and blue balloons. It looked so festive. There was a Disney camera crew filming from Town Square.
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Starting to decorate the Magic Kingdom for Halloween
Halloween has come to Main Street in the Magic Kingdom in Walt Disney World. It is amazing how quickly they can decorate the park.
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Beijing Olympic Souvenirs
Were you glued to the TV watching the Olympics the past few weeks? The 2008 Beijing Olympics ended with a spectacular closing ceremony. Did you wish you could have something to commemorate the 2008 event? Disney has once again thought of everything and they have some great items for sale in the Yong Feng Shandian…
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Welcome to the Panama Canal!
If you ever get a chance to cruise or fly through the Panama Canal, you should definitely do it! This is the most incredible feat of engineering I have ever seen. What’s amazing is that this canal was built over 100 years ago and it works much the same way today. This is our second…
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Sea Days are the Best!
We arrived in Acapulco and had already decided we weren’t going ashore at all. We had been to Acapulco in 2005 and were not impressed. Some wanted to see the cliff divers and some other historical sites, but I just wanted to do laundry.
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Prizes, Prizes!
After dinner while still in Puerto Vallarta, we decided to deliver our fish extender gifts. For those that don’t know what fish extenders are, they are a pocketed hanging decoration that you hook on the fish by your door (a decoration next to the stateroom door) that extends the fish. The fish is used by…
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My Face is Cuter than My…
Today we woke up in Puerto Vallarta. Of all the places in Mexico that I have seen, this is one of the two best! The mountains were covered with lush greenery, it looks so beautiful! Today is the day that I am going to ride a burro, zip line and rappel. When I told Bill…