Wednesday, January 05, 2011
Today we went to Animal Kingdom. The bus was so packed that we were smashed standing up in the front. Even James and Grandma had to stand. Grandpa and I usually let women and people who need to sit have our seats. There were lots of men whose grandpa’s didn’t teach them that on the bus. Maybe in their families, it’s first come, first served. I think it’s rude and the world would be a better place if everyone would look out for ways to be nice. I’m not sure this applies in the school cafeteria, though.
Because the bus was so packed, we thought the park would be completely packed, too. To our surprise, one of the main attractions had a 20 minute wait. That was the longest wait we had all day. The main attraction was Expedition Everest. We got on a train/roller coaster and went up a big hill. At the top of the hill, there was a cave where a yeti ripped up the track, so we went back down part of the hill, backwards. Then we went into another cave and turned forwards, again. It was regular roller coaster after that.
When we first got to the park, there was this guy named Josh who was showing us a big tan spider. Maybe Grandpa remembers what kind. Josh had a bunch of interesting facts about spiders, including there are only 3 spiders in the US who can badly hurt you. A Brown Recluse, A Black Widow and a XXX. The others, including a tarantula feel like a mosquito bite or a bee sting if they bite you. There was an animal conservation program where we did fun little activities and got stamps on a card in different parts of the park. Josh was at 3 of the 6 locations. We got to know him sort of well!
In a little bit, we’re going back to Epcot for dinner at Marakesh – in the Morocco pavilion. We’ll tour around the world some.
Yesterday’s word problem – The New Year’s crowd was a little less than 3 times as big as usual.
Today’s word problem – If 32000 visitors spent an average of 25 dollars on souvenirs, each, how much money is that in a day? What about a week?
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Travels in Disney - Part 3
Tuesday, January 04, 2011
This is actually Aaron’s mom. We talked about what to write before he zonked out. He had a super long night last night for James’ birthday. The birthday was fabulous. We went to Epcot, today and Aaron rode Mission Space, where he got to be the mission commander and fly to Mars! We rode Ellen’s Energy Adventure, which was sort of a combination between a ride and a movie. Our theater seats were in cars that moved through a movie about fuel and energy. We rode lots of fun rides, today - including Spaceship earth twice. Aaron and I played a game sort of like shuffle board where you have to shoot “pucks” of energy to new parts of the city on a playing board and build the largest possible city and meet its energy demands. We built a city of about 8 million people - about the size of New York City. It was a lot of fun and we enjoyed playing together, a lot!
We met Aaron and James’ old babysitter for dinner, tonight. She finished college in the spring and has worked at Disney for several months. She works in Epcot and said that there were 85,000 people in Epcot for the New Year’s celebration! We asked how many people come on an average day. She said about 32,000! That’s a lot! We ate in Boma – which is an African restaurant in the Animal Kingdom Lodge. It was fantastic food, but I’m too full. Aaron ate a lot of cool and different things. Both Aaron and James conked out as soon as we got back to the room. We’ll go to Hollywood studios, tomorrow.
Yesterday’s word problem about trading pins – if 4234 kids trade 25 pins, apiece, that’s 105,850 pins floating around!
And since we have real statistics to work with, today, how many times bigger was the New Year’s crowd than the average crowd? The numbers you need are in the paragraph about our babysitter.
This is actually Aaron’s mom. We talked about what to write before he zonked out. He had a super long night last night for James’ birthday. The birthday was fabulous. We went to Epcot, today and Aaron rode Mission Space, where he got to be the mission commander and fly to Mars! We rode Ellen’s Energy Adventure, which was sort of a combination between a ride and a movie. Our theater seats were in cars that moved through a movie about fuel and energy. We rode lots of fun rides, today - including Spaceship earth twice. Aaron and I played a game sort of like shuffle board where you have to shoot “pucks” of energy to new parts of the city on a playing board and build the largest possible city and meet its energy demands. We built a city of about 8 million people - about the size of New York City. It was a lot of fun and we enjoyed playing together, a lot!
We met Aaron and James’ old babysitter for dinner, tonight. She finished college in the spring and has worked at Disney for several months. She works in Epcot and said that there were 85,000 people in Epcot for the New Year’s celebration! We asked how many people come on an average day. She said about 32,000! That’s a lot! We ate in Boma – which is an African restaurant in the Animal Kingdom Lodge. It was fantastic food, but I’m too full. Aaron ate a lot of cool and different things. Both Aaron and James conked out as soon as we got back to the room. We’ll go to Hollywood studios, tomorrow.
Yesterday’s word problem about trading pins – if 4234 kids trade 25 pins, apiece, that’s 105,850 pins floating around!
And since we have real statistics to work with, today, how many times bigger was the New Year’s crowd than the average crowd? The numbers you need are in the paragraph about our babysitter.
Monday, January 3, 2011
Travels in Disney - Part 2
Monday January 3, 2011
We rode Space Mountain. it was my favorite ride since it was so dark ,fast , and it jerked me around. We only had to wait for about 20 minutes. It was James’ first ever rollercoaster. He reaaly liked, it, too. I rode Haunted mansion, again, with Grandma and Grandpa.
We celebrated James’ birthday, today. James bought a Captain Jack Sparrow costume and wore it for the rest of the day. Everyone thought James was so cute in that costume that 2 families actually asked to take pictures with him!
Tonight, we’re going to Chef Mickey’s in the Contemporary Resort for James’ Birthday. We’ll watch the fireworks from the Balcony of the Contemporary and Go eat with Mickey, Donald, Goofy, Minnie and Pluto.
The answer to yesterday’s word problem about 93 minute waits when 1257people would wait a total of 116,901 minutes. If that were back to back, that would be over 81 days!
Today’s word problem. James and I each got 25 Disney trading pins in our stockings for Christmas. We walk up to cast members (what they call people who work here) and ask to trade with them. We get to pick any pin off their lanyard and then give them one of our pins. We see about 1/3 of the kids on our buses also wearing lanyards with pins. If 4234 children trade 25 pins, each in a week, how many pins will be traded?
We rode Space Mountain. it was my favorite ride since it was so dark ,fast , and it jerked me around. We only had to wait for about 20 minutes. It was James’ first ever rollercoaster. He reaaly liked, it, too. I rode Haunted mansion, again, with Grandma and Grandpa.
We celebrated James’ birthday, today. James bought a Captain Jack Sparrow costume and wore it for the rest of the day. Everyone thought James was so cute in that costume that 2 families actually asked to take pictures with him!
Tonight, we’re going to Chef Mickey’s in the Contemporary Resort for James’ Birthday. We’ll watch the fireworks from the Balcony of the Contemporary and Go eat with Mickey, Donald, Goofy, Minnie and Pluto.
The answer to yesterday’s word problem about 93 minute waits when 1257people would wait a total of 116,901 minutes. If that were back to back, that would be over 81 days!
Today’s word problem. James and I each got 25 Disney trading pins in our stockings for Christmas. We walk up to cast members (what they call people who work here) and ask to trade with them. We get to pick any pin off their lanyard and then give them one of our pins. We see about 1/3 of the kids on our buses also wearing lanyards with pins. If 4234 children trade 25 pins, each in a week, how many pins will be traded?
Sunday, January 2, 2011
Travels (to) Disney - Part 1
Saturday and Sunday. January 1, 2011 & January 2, 2011
We traveled through North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia and then into Florida. We finally got to Disney on Sunday. We went to Magic Kingdom. The wait time for Space mountain was 90 minutes. Mom wouldn’t let us ride it, then. But that was okay because I didn’t want to wait for 90 minutes, anyway. We rode Stitch’s Great Escape. Stitch burped chili dog on us! Mom and I rode Haunted Mansion and Pirates of the Caribbean while Grandma, Grandpa and James ran back to the room for a quick change of clothes. Haunted Mansion stopped twice while we rode. We got to inspect things very closely for hidden mickey, which was very cool!
A word problem – if 1257 people waited in line for 93 minutes each, then how long did all of those people spend in line? I’ll post the answer in tomorrow’s blog.
We traveled through North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia and then into Florida. We finally got to Disney on Sunday. We went to Magic Kingdom. The wait time for Space mountain was 90 minutes. Mom wouldn’t let us ride it, then. But that was okay because I didn’t want to wait for 90 minutes, anyway. We rode Stitch’s Great Escape. Stitch burped chili dog on us! Mom and I rode Haunted Mansion and Pirates of the Caribbean while Grandma, Grandpa and James ran back to the room for a quick change of clothes. Haunted Mansion stopped twice while we rode. We got to inspect things very closely for hidden mickey, which was very cool!
A word problem – if 1257 people waited in line for 93 minutes each, then how long did all of those people spend in line? I’ll post the answer in tomorrow’s blog.
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