Monday, March 19, 2012

A Magical & Universal Escape


At Hogwarts we followed Harry riding a Nimbus 2000 and drank frozen Butter beer while enjoying chocolate covered frogs. Rocked out with Jukebox The Ghost, and completely wowed by their performance standing at the edge of the stage. We went Soarin around northern California, traveled around the world on foot, flew to Mars, we worked in a car testing factory before we ate dinner in a fish tank. Two nights we ate with a Tigger and his friends in a crystal palace but the best dinner of all was at grandma and grandpas house, where the youngest whooped us at scrabble and the Magic put out the Heat. We played 36 holes of golf on a mouse's course, hunted for paint brushes with a rebel named Tom on his very own island, rode a big eared elephant and then flew with some kids to Never Land, traveled to space, saw progress, shot aliens, an alien belched in my face after he escaped from prison, we helped power a monster's planet, followed a rabbit off a mountain and got soaked, rode a train to see the new castles, found out a house was haunted and then got chased by a Yeti, and took pictures of a rhino sniffing my jeep in Africa. We met people from all over the world and even some from Rome; it's such a Small World after all! We witnessed 'a kiss' save a life and learned a blustery day can turn into a party. We went for some tea, and the super sized cups turned us green. I learned that kids of all ages will stand in lines to talk to a portal in a wall, and that no matter how long a line, families bond. We snuck back stage passes and a ride in Aerosmith's limo, our hotel was struck by lightning and our elevator dropped thirteen floors. We escaped Darth Vader, experienced 'the movies' and saw a pig sing. Witnessed a duck swipe a mouse's magical hat and get attacked by musical instruments. Watched fireworks from our room and under a huge castle and suddenly the adventures came to a halt. Reality was knocking at our door, but I hear characters calling our names for our next magical and universal escape. Listen carefully, I bet you can hear them too.