illuminations with tara

Our friends Tara and Joe are in town, vacationing at Disney. They invited us to join them on the Illuminations Cruise, and tonight we went. It was one of the most enjoyable evenings I've had in a long time!

We arrived on the dock at the Disney Yacht Club at about 8:15 pm. There was Tara, Joe, and their son Alex, along with Tara's sister and her husband, Joe's mom, and Tara's brother and his girlfriend. They were all SO NICE and we jumped on the boat. It was a beautiful evening, with a nice breeze coming off the lake. We floated around and saw lots of cool hotels and shops. We could see the Tower of Terror at MGM--it looked really cool, all lit up purple in the sky! The boat driver guide was SO NICE. He was telling us about everything! It was great.

We finally entered into Epcot, and stopped the boat under a little bridge. Then this amazing fireworks show started and it was the best one I have ever seen! I didn't even know fireworks could do that! This cool rotating globe came out into the middle of the water and it had TV screens on it and there were all kinds of things--animals, scenery, transportation, etc. It was spectacular.

Afterward, we said goodbye to Tara and her fam--they were headed back to MGM--and we walked around to the Boardwalk resort and went in some shops and stuff. We talked to lots of people (Disney employees) and they were all SO NICE!! Finally, we stopped and got ice cream at this retro sweet shoppe (delicious!) and walked slowly back to the Yacht Club, enjoying the scenery and ambience. It was fabulous.

It was also wonderful to see Tara, Joe, and Alex. They are SO fun and we are so grateful they invited us tonight.