Glimpses of the Magic Kingdom

If you remember when the Wonderful World of Disney was on ABC on Sunday nights, then you also remember their wonderful world of “color! color! color!” and this first picture is for you:

Mrs. Ombud timed our visit for a flower show at the Epcot Center, as is florally apparent.  I also got a kick out of the face-painting, as you can see here on the left side of  the queue for the haunted mansion:

Among the pleasures of hanging out at Disney World is the chance to glance up and see apes overhead:

Here he is facing the other way:

 
and at the very same time, look down to see ducklings at your feet:

to be honest, most of my photos, other than the baseball ones, were of animals. More on that later. But I did take some pictures at the 50s prime time cafe in the Hollywood Studios theme park, which cafe was a joyous combination of comfort food, amusing clips from the golden age of TV, and Americana kitsch:

(I think it’s a clip of Dennis the Menace on the TV there)

check out how all of the televisions say “Disney” on them

 

 Note the waitress’s uniform, it’s perfect for the restaurant’s theme.

 

 
Having multiple televisions in every room probably isn’t too authentic to most 50’s experiences, but then, authenticity can be carried too far.

I initially didn’t care for this pic of the missus holding a drink with a glowing ice cube, due to the shadow, but it’s become one of my favorites:

 
which might be a good time to include one of her favorite motifs, the flamingos from Animal Kingdom:

The truth is, Mrs. O simply had more endurance for the place than I did. She could go on into the evening, whereas, after dinnertime, I was usually headed back to our room. Which was when I saw one of the favorite images — a middle-aged man, in a red shirt, with a bit of a belly, in a pink Minnie Mouse ears hat, nodding off on the bus. Unfortunately, I had left my camera on the “close up” setting, so the photo could have been better, but here he is:

 

 the place can have that effect on a guy.