my Saturday in photos

i decided to head back over to Disney World yesterday, even though it was breezy & a little chilly for this Floridian. ;-)

first stop, Disney's MGM Studios for the Hollywood Holly-Day Parade, complete with characters & cars all decked out with holiday cheer:



Snow White's car had a gift from each of the Seven Dwarfs piled onto the back! =)


and one of my personal favorites, loaded in the back of the "villain car" were crates of Bah Humbug, a pail full of coal & a sack of switches. ha!


and of course, it wouldn't have been complete without an appearance from Santa Claus


after that, i was off to the Magic Kingdom, just in time to catch the Main Street Christmas tree lighting ceremony & then enjoy the holiday lights as they started to glow...






before heading home, i visted the resorts surrounding the Magic Kingdom to see the decorations at ...the Contemporary...


...the Polynesian...


...the Grand Floridian...


...and one of my favorite resorts, the Wilderness Lodge.


but the unexpected highlight of the evening, was the *perfect* location, on the dock at the Wilderness Lodge, for watching the night launch of the shuttle Discovery. (forgive the blurry photos, other than the first one which i borrowed from The Ledger, because i was attempting to photograph a moving object in the dark without the aid of a tripod. i still think they look so cool, especially the glow of the shuttle lighting up the sky before it even came into view over the trees!)