The weather continues to be spectacular in Florida, and we enjoyed another walk around the lakes at Celebration; pictures in the Gallery, or here:

A quick pair of iPad weather snapshots, here in Florida and “home” in Massachusetts:

Here, mid 70s, sunny and dry!

Meanwhile, Massachusetts has loads of rain and mid 30s (but at least it’s not snow!):

With weather today in the comfortable high 60s, we went to Epcot for a few hours, including riding Spaceship Earth and Nemo – and at the aquarium there we saw this “hidden Mickey” at the bottom of the water:

Nice flowers everywhere, too!

We planned to go late to Magic Kingdom, to catch the midnight fireworks – previously we’ve gone earlier in the day and not made it to midnight! But driving through Walt Disney World we saw signs saying the Magic Kingdom was closed! Turns out it was VERY VERY full of people, but by the time we got there about 9:30, some folks (like us previously) had left, and so we got in.

Everywhere through Main St and around Cinderella Castle, people were stopped and already waiting for the show more than two hours away! Temporary one-way routes through the park eventually got us to Frontierland, and we did get on rides easily enough – must be the shortest queues on the busiest night of the year!

We finally arrived behind Cinderella Castle near Disney Philharmagic, expecting to see partial views of the fireworks; however we discovered the special New Years show is a “360 degree” event with fireworks in front, behind and to the side! It was all quite fabulous, and my phone camera does a poor job of sharing it with you …

Perhaps a video better captures the event, and shows just how surrounded by fireworks we really were!

Before heading back north, we had visited the Epcot flower festival – here are some pictures …

More pictures in the Gallery

We have to go to Sanaa when we are down here, and that means admiring Giraffe, Zebra, and other animals in the “semi wild” of Animal Kingdom Lodge …

Lots more pictures in the Gallery

After a MINI gathering for Undie 500, I met Margaret, Joanne and Earle and we toured some of the amazing cars on display at Old Town on a warm Saturday night … Visit the Gallery over at GBMINI.net, or scroll down here:

(1927 Ford Model T? For Sale!)

This car was amazing and beautiful; the owner said it took him three years, four full days a week, to create!

A short montage of water videos from yesterdays trip to Epcot – you’ll see the “upside down” waterfall, “jumping” fountains, and a boat trip on World Showcase Lagoon …

Another trip to Epcot while the weather is dry! Good cloud views …

We also, for the first time, crossed World Showcase Lagoon on the launch:

We enjoyed a fabulous lunch at Sanaa today, with a beautiful “savannah” background and herds of Giraffe passing by!