Friday 7th December

Up Early.

4am here. :/

We're up early to enure you good readers have something to read this morning! Oh, and we're offfor a 6am balloon ride too. The early morning rise is not too bad as we're still on UK time to an extent.

Last night we went for a walk around the hotel. What we could see, the place looks very nice. We'll no doubt do it again in the light.

We heard the fireworks from Magic Kingdom, but sadly are on the opposite side of the hotel from the show, so no balcoy views. It's better from the lakeside anyway.

quick picture - the tree in the hotel lobby - taken from the 5th floor.

Something to do on Saturday

Saturday is empty on our calendar. However, we've just seen two things on the TV that has given us a full day's worth.

Space Shuttle Atlantis has been delayed on it's launch from yesterday for 48 hours, as I had hoped. It's now due on Saturday.

Also, Macys has a 1 day sale!

Up up and away !

We were up at 4am again this morning to do our balloon flight. First time for both of us, of course. It was a beautiful morning. Almost totally still and slightly misty.

The balloon held 17 of us - including the two pilots. We floated over a surreal landscape of misty cyprus trees and marsh land.

The trip lasted over a hour. Very enjoyable. The landing was quite gentle. No injuries! We helped pack the balloon away then returned for a breakfast.

Later

We visited Universal Studios. Beautiful weather for a change - low 80's - normally it's cloudy when we visit Universal.

The Christmas celebrations included the Macys Day parade. Lots of colourful floats and costumes and included the lighting of the tree.

The lights and decorations all added to the festive fun, despite the balmy temperatury.

The colour of fun is Blue

Fantastic fun this evening at the Blue Man Group. Well, I loved it and Linda seemed to enjoy it to a certain exteny, even if it's not really her thing.

We followed this with a late dinner. Not home again until gone midnight hence no update last night.