Louisa Middle School Eighth Grade just returned
from Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. We took 90 students to Dollywood, Ripley’s
Aquarium, Wonderworks, Tanger Outlet Mall and Bass Pro Shop. At the various
events, our students were complimented on their courteousness and good
behavior. It takes a huge amount of fund raising to make this trip happen and
it’s a shame we can’t raise enough to take everyone to Walt Disney World. The
kids are amazed by Pigeon Forge, and many of them have never been to any place
like it, how would they react to Walt Disney World.
Speaking of people’s reaction to Walt Disney
World. We had our first trip in 2001 and I still remember how it felt to be on
property for the first time. In 2009, we took our sister-in-law, Tonya, for her
first trip to the World. In 2012, we took our kid’s friend, Austin Muncy, for
his first trip and it is official, June 23rd we will walk into The
Magic Kingdom with my son’s girlfriend, Leslie Robinson, for the first time.
Many times we have been at WDW with friends but there is nothing like
experiencing the World with someone for the first time. Now we get another
refresher course in just how wonderful our home is, even though we only get to
visit once per year.
One last personal note before our several
excuses; our first two trips to WDW we booked ourselves through AAA, and they
did a wonderful job but since 2006, including our Disney Cruise, we have booked
our Disney Trips through The Magic for Less Travel and our wonderful agent,
Marsha Gabauer. Sure, you can do it on your own, and my friends tell me I
should be a Disney Travel Consultant, but it helps to have someone in your
corner who can help you get things done. I recommend Marsha to everyone and I
hope she benefits from it because she has always been beyond good to us.
(This is not a paid ad, we just love 'em.)
Need an excuse to go to Walt Disney World?
Today is Thomas Jefferson Day. Jefferson, our
third United States President, was born on this day in 1743 and, on this date
in 1943, Franklin Delano Roosevelt dedicated the Jefferson Memorial. Thomas
Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin both visited Kentucky to examine the fossils at
Big Bone Lick near Cincinnati, Ohio. Many bones of Wooly Mammoth’s were found
at Big Bone Lick and when Jefferson sent out Lewis and Clark on their
expedition he fully expected them to find elephants because of the skeletons in
Kentucky. Let’s go to the Animal Kingdom and visit DinoLand U.S.A. While there,
visit the Boneyard where you, and your kids, can dig up the skeleton of a
10,000 year-old wooly mammoth just like Thomas Jefferson. (You expected me to
recommend the Hall of Presidents, didn’t you? Psych!)
Ever read The
Family Circus comic strip in the newspaper? Bil Keane just drew strips that
related what he saw in his own family and the vast majority of his strips
related to he and his wife’s relationship to their children. I always loved the
strips where the kids were asked to do something that involved them travelling
perhaps 20 feet but Keane would show the divergent and circuitous routes that
the kids travelled to make it those few feet. In 1954, Bil Keane had a son
named Glen and Glen grew up watching hid father work as a cartoonist. Glen, so
strongly influenced by his father, became an animator and storyboard artist. In
fact you may have seen some of Glen’s work: The
Rescuers, The Black Cauldron, Treasure Planet, Pocahontas, Aladdin, Tarzan,
Tangled and work on what has proven to be one of our favorite attractions, Mickey’s Philharmagic. Make it over to
Fantasyland and honor Glen Keane by enjoying Mickey’s Philharmagic. It doesn’t matter how goofy a path you have
to travel to get there.
Quickies:
1950: Ron Perlman was born. Ron became famous in
the TV series, Beauty and the Beast, not
the Disney version but he was Stabbington Brother in Disney’s Tangled as well as appearing in episodes of Kim Possible. If you’re already at The
Magic Kingdom, look for Rapunzel, at Hollywood Studios enjoy the stage show of
Beauty and the Beast.
Today is Scrabble Day. In 1899 Alfred Moser
Butts, a man who worked in tile and loved puzzles, in vented the famous game.
Go to Hollywood Studios, check out Toy Story Midway Mania and look for all the
Scrabble references.
Remember, your best
excuse is always: waiting for your dreams to come true.
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