Inside John's Locker

I don't want to give you the impression that we stop for a drink while we're delivering or picking up Lockers...but we do like to hang around the resorts after hours...and doesn't this place make you want to order a pina colada?

This is Petals, the pool bar at Disney's Pop Century Resort. If you walk out of the rear of the check in lobby (Classic Hall), you're on the pool deck and Petals is just to your right. And it's as inviting as it looks. It gets its name from those flower power petals that seemed to be everywhere in the late 1960's.

Make that a margarita for me...on the rocks, with salt.
john

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It's not Typhoon Lagoon or Blizzard Beach.

Fooled you! It's not a water park at all. It's the kiddie pool at Disney's new Animal Kingdom Lodge Kidani Village.

Kidani Village, a Disney Vacation Club resort, has several flashes of brilliance and the pool area is one of them, In fact, I think folks wil want to stay at Kidani just for the pool--the way people like to stay at Beach/Yacht for Stormalong Bay.
john

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Disney's Grand Floridian Resort is impressive from any angle but I think it is particularly attractive from the rear

This shot was taken from the pool looking towards the main lobby building. Unlike the later resorts--Wilderness Lodge, Boardwalk and Animal Kingdom Lodge Jambo House--The Grand Floridian is all at ground level.  And the landscaping  takes a back seat to the Victorian elegance of the building itself.

Love this resort!

john

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I think this boat has some kind of kid magnet in it.  No matter how many times our family has been to Disney's Yacht Club, our daughters have always gone to the shop to see this boat with Mickey in it.  I personally think that it's the neat way the have created a wake for the boat.  The flashing red light on the bouy is also cool  To me, this is Disney at its best.  Something extremely well done that just enhances your experience.

 Yachtsman Mickey (if that's what he's called) is located in the shop called "Fittings And Fairings Clothes and Notions" in Disney's Yacht Club Resort.  The shop is to the right of the main lobby.  Walk by it with your kids and let me know if they make a detour.

john

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I wonder how many family photos have been taken here? Don't you wish there were some sort of counter to let you know how many kids had sat in those ears? How many parents had stood in the middle in the back? How many couples had held hands across Mickey?

I jokingly call it the Mickey Pose-O-Matic and it's behind the Contemporary Resort near the marina. It's made of stainless steel and the ears are seats with plexiglass behind them to keep you from falling backward. It's been there for as long as I can remember. My kids would insist on a picture there every time we came to the Contemporary.

There are lots of photo spots where the scenery or background is stunning. But this one is just for people. I wonder if this is the only photo taken here with no one in it?
john

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