Tuesday August 6th 2024

The weather has rebounded to nice conditions. Yesterday’s tropical weather is gone. Today was sunny, dry and very windy. The high temperature was in the mid nineties. It was a nice hot day.

Late in the afternoon I ventured out. My destination was Disney’s Magic Kingdom. They have started to decorate the park for Halloween. The first after hours Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween party is Friday night. I think the almost three months that Magic Kingdom celebrates Halloween is the longest period of decorated park. The Christmas decorations are only up for a little over two months.

They haven’t finished putting up the decorations. The lamp post decorations the length of Main Street aren’t up yet. They have put up the scarecrow figures and pumpkin people in town square. The orange bunting on the buildings along Main Street has also been complete. It is beginning to look a lot like fall even if it is 95 degrees in the shade.

Crowds were heavy in the park. I suspect that many people that stayed away in yesterday’s storm were i the park today. It also didn’t help that several popular attractions were down for mechanical issues or refurbishment. I road a few rides and had dinner at the Columbia Harbor House. The lobster roll with french fries was very good.

I departed the park before the fireworks. The park isn’t open long after fireworks and I wasn’t looking forward to the mass of humanity leaving the park. The monorails and ferry boats back to the parking area are examples of how to pack more people into small spaces than is physically sensible. I was back at my RV home before the fireworks started.