Tuesday, July 31

Breakfast - Bounty Platter and Waffle with sausage bacon and fruit.

      We headed by car to Kissimmee to Lake Tohopekaliga Waterfront Park on Neptune Road for some birding. We had three adults Snail Kites and one juvenile, and two Limpkins. Both of these species were life birds for Kelli. We also had two Wood Storks ( which I tried to feed but he just slowly walked away), Cooper’s Hawk, Red-shouldered Hawk, Eurasian Collared Dove, Osprey, White Ibis, Boat-tailed Grackle, Snowy and Great Egrets; Little Blue, Tri-colored and Black-crowned Night Herons.

The skies opened up just after we just got back into the car. We shopped in the rain at Target and the two Disney Outlets nearby.

      After resting back at Port Orleans we took the bus to MK, shopped in the Christmas Store in Liberty Square and had dinner at the Liberty Tree Tavern at 6 PM. “Goofy's Liberate Your Appetite Adult Character Dinner” featured Minnie, Pluto, Chip and Dale, and of course, Goofy. Food was very good and included - Declaration Salad: tossed mixed greens, served with strawberry vinaigrette dressing. Patriot's Platter: roasted turkey breast, carved beef, and smoked pork loin, with mashed potatoes, seasonal vegetables, herb bread stuffing, and Stouffer's macaroni & cheese.  ($67.70 for two.)

Waiting on our table at the Liberty Tree Tavern

We then did the Country Bear Jamboree (Mike had never seen it!). In the path way outside, Great Egrets were surprisingly tame and were on top of the food carts looking for turkey leg scraps.

We left MK and took the two monorails to Epcot. (Now we can say we were on all three monorail lines). We received our bracelets for extra magic hours and headed to The Seas with Nemo & Friends and rode a clam-mobile - very cute new ride. Instead of seeing IllumiNations: Reflections of Earth we did Soarin’ while the lines were low. The wait said 60 but we waited 30. We got front row seats, great ride! As we left, the line was much longer after IllumiNations and now was listed at 70 minutes and growing fast!

We did Living with the Land and "Honey, I Shrunk The Audience". I saw one lady pull her feet up onto her chair after the mice incident. At this point we were too tired and after a long wait for the bus got back at midnight.

  
Immature Snail Kite 

                 Wood Stork

Mike with Chip     Dale with Kelli

Great Egret