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We hear the real Shamu is actually bigger than the promotional VW . . .
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When entering Disney World from the south, quite a billboard
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Ohhh - ice cream! But spendy - about $6 a scoop
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Not sure what's in there - Disney is really into 3-dimensional advertising
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In Downtown Disney, the Disney nightime entertainment complex
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Big fruit . . .
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Looks like a dirty old man statue. With clown shoes.
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Two big old things outside the Lego store in Downtown Disney
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Some of these Lego sculptures are impressive - and fun
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Can you spot the real people?
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We don't know the name of the blue guy who spits on passersby
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Our anniversary present to ourselves - our favorite circus
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Cirque Du Soleil performs in a tent-like building
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You can't take pictures inside, so we took a picture of the sign
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One day a bunch of folks from the local Curves went to lunch with Judy (or vice versa)
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Some mornings, hot air balloons float over the RV park
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They're building a new trademark entrance to Gatorland
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For a fee, anyone can wrestle a gator (with jaws firmly taped)
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For a smaller fee, you can feed an Emu.
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Weird looking bird with blue skin!
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The lagoon inside the Gatorland bird rookery
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You betcha!
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And they mean it . . . .
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Impressive dental work on a Nile crocodile
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Never smile at a crocodile . . . .
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That's one big croc . . .
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There were almost as many birds as reptiles at Gatorland
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And the requisite train ride - we walked
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Steve Irwin lives, in spirit . . . .
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In a tree above the gators, a gorgeous osprey feeds on a Gatorland fish
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Wood storks have gorgeous plumage, but mega-ugly heads
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The very first amusement park ride ever in the state of Florida - dates to 1961
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Looks like a really uncomfortable chin rest to us
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Lots of wild birds nesting in Gatorland
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We think it's a heron chick of recent vintage
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That's a heron in breeding plumage . . .
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And down below a gator wating for something or someone to fall out of a tree
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Wading birds are always aware of big mouths in the area
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Beautiful . . .
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Check the teeth in the reflection . . . .
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One adult heron, two juveniles . . . .
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So pretty
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Waiting and watching for food - usually hot dogs folks have thrown at the gators
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Blue herons are also alert . . .
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Future herons being tended by momma
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Remember those haircuts from the 50's?
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A gaggle of gators . . .
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That curved beak makes the ibis special
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Even in captivity, there must be conflicts - see the scar
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It's almost a sanctuary in the city.
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Talk about a tourist trap . . . .
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Plastic gator, real kids
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Flamingos in the water, vultures on the posts
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Dozens of gators near the new entrance building
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The largest gator in the park at around 17 ft - this one used to feed on local dogs before joining Gatorland
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He may be sleepy, but he bites
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You just know they're waiting for a finger to nibble
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Of course, this fellow is waiting to nibble more than just a finger
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Oooh, babies!
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How's that for menacing?
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Most impressive tortoises
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For a fee, you can feed them carrots on a stick
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Next to gators, there are probably more black vultures in the park than anything else
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An iguana in the sun. Wasn't that a Hemingway book?
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A face for a mother to love
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Another gator gaggle with a valid warning
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Oh my!
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Some day, the turtle will be lunch
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Smile for the camera!
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The quantity of animals is amazing
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See the guy in the water? He really hopes that fence holds
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Gator on left, crocodile on right. Don't confuse the snouts . . .
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There's even a mile-long walk through a "natural" swamp . . .
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If it weren't for the traffic noise, you'd believe you were completely isolated
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Must be a reason Judy kept this . . . yes, to show off the lovely spring cypress foliage
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Impressive fungi . . .
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"Real" gator wrestling . . . .
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As he said - "Would you do this for minimum wage"
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Miles of tacky along Hwy 192 in Kissimmee . . .
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Epcot trademark globe
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Lots of cute quasi-topiary sculptures
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Inside the Epcot Land attraction . . .
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His name is "Figment". The exhibit celebrates imagination
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Neat inverted waterfall
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There was a garden festival at Epcot, with lots of spectacular plantings
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More topiary - and nobody's apparently threatened in the least by Capt Hook
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In the Epcot World community, Morocco has neat shops (but really shoddy clothing)
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We had lunch in Japan. Judy used chopsticks. Really
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Outside the American Experience, patriotism occurs several times a day
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Funnel cake. Ice Cream. Chocolate. Two forks. Life is good
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Each "country" along the World Walk has stereotypical buildings - this is the US
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She looked almost as old as the country
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Impressive display of historic American flags
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Ben Franklin and Mark Twain robots speak to us from the Liberty torch
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So next we went to Italy
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Watched the Italian Clown
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How can he do that, let alone in this heat?
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Miniature trains in one of the display gardens - this is Germany's model of Wurtzburg
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In China, acrobats
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Chinese acrobats are always so young - and so accomplished - this guy flipped those dishes onto his head!
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Spectacular ceiling inside the Chinese theater building
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The Norwegian band inspired an impromptu conga line
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Inside Mexico, everything looks like a pinata
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So we leave Mexico
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All those barges in the lagoon carry fireworks and fountains for the closing show
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More topiary
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And more . . . .
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The famed Disney monorail track runs through Epcot
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There's that trademark again . . . the dancing fountain is spectacular, too
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Oh jeeze . . that was supposed to be a picture of the fountain.
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Inside there's an aquarium and a Finding Nemo ride
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You ride in your own clam shell
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There's a lot of real stuff and a lot of fake. This is fake
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But the manatees are very real
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And so are some of the fish
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Clown fish abound in the Finding Nemo aquarium
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And also in the photo-op place
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The Disney landscaping is, as expected, outstanding
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One of Judy's famous framed pictures...
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A Canadian band, "Off Kilter". Never heard rock music on a bagpipe before. Hope to never hear it again.
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Some things are just wrong . . .
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A bunch of Pooh characters meet and greet, and sign autographs
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Tigger checks out the store . . .
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Ahh . . . dinner from the UK. And then another funnel cake? Please? YES!
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In a quiet English garden
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Just a few feet farther, and a glance at France!
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And then back to Morocco
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You think he's found a princess?
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Outside China
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The stage used by Peter and Gordon
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Peter and Gordon. Apparetly nostalgia still pays something
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French skyline
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They had a topiary contest. These may have been the winners
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Sunset over the lagoon
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Florida really has some special sunsets
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Just before dark, a bunch of high school marching bands made the rounds
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That white spot in the sky is the moon over China. Or maybe a spot on the lens . . .
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Fireworks! A fitting end to the evening
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The Epcot dome is gorgeous at night
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Just before leaving Orlando, we had the rig washed and waxed
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They buffed it up real good . . .
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Several days, a skywriter wrote religious messages over the RV park. We'll end it with this . . .