Thursday August 28th 2025

By Wednesday of this week the daily weather pattern had changed enough that a late afternoon trip to a theme park for exercise and entertainment was back in the cards. It was hot but dry. I decided on a return trip to the Magic Kingdom to check on the Halloween decorations. This time they were all up.

The decorations seemed to be the same as last year. I’m sure there were differences, but they were subtle. Scarecrows in various early 1900 outfits line town square. There weren’t any birds around so maybe they work, but I don’t recall ever seeing them in that area of Disney. The most prominent decoration in the park are the Mickey shaped plastic pumpkins that hang from each lamp post. They aren’t scary. They are very happy faced.

With school back in session traffic patterns have changed. On my way to Disney it took longer to get to the interstate than prior to schools resumption, but traffic on the interstate is still OK. The expedite addition of a fourth lane earlier in the year has really helped. Hopefully, it will continue to help during the winter when all the additional traffic is in the area. There are still many traffic bottlenecks in the area that need new roads to solve. Several major road changes are in the planning stage, but it will be several years before they atually get built.