Day 1 – Tuesday March 19, 2013 – Animal Kingdom and EPCOT
Here we go again. A month later than what is has been the past three years, Weather-wise that has not made a difference here at home, as we had another snow day Monday before we left. It promises to be 85-90 degrees in Florida. We are so looking forward to great times, nice weather and lots of fun spectacular learning.
Everyone met at JFH at 2:45am, put tags on their bags, loaded the bags, said their good buys and then loaded the bus so we could pull out on time at 3:15am sharp. The bus ride was full of instruction for students and chaperons and everyone was sooo excited. We got to the airport sooner than we thought.
WAIT A MINUTE that’s not what happened. Let’s back up a little. We did indeed meet at JFH at 2:45am. Looked like everyone was on time except the bus. Hmmm.
Mrs. Nicholas and Mrs. Rhodes got on the phone and low and behold the driver was still in bed. We were told to hang tight and go to Plan B. Plan B involved recruiting willing parents to drive us to Regan National for our flight. This took no time at all and 12 carloads of students and luggage along with chaperons and parents left around 4:05 am. The question on everyone’s mind was, “Were we going to make it in time or not?”
We DID make it, but barely. Air Tran and their employees were great. Eric – our World Strides representative – had called and our boarding passes were ready as we arrived. We got expedited through security and ran in our sock with shoes in hand to the gate with only minutes to spare.
Relief came as we were all seated on the plane and took off. Yes we are going to Florida for an exciting week of great times, nice weather and lots of spectacular learning.
This year our trip began at Disney’s Animal Kingdom. With all the early morning excitement we were all starving and headed straight for lunch. With full bellies, we had time to enjoy “A Bug’s Life” in the Tree of Life. How much fun!
Our educational program –Sustainable practices and wildlife conservation - began at 1 pm and for the next 3 hrs we learned about how as humans we can build s sustainable community and still conserve our wildlife. Students participated in discussions, eco-challenges and worked as teams to create a community. We learned about eco-systems, fossil fuels, biomass, recycling, renewable energy, and encroachment. We time traveled to the time of the dinosaurs on the “Dinosaur". There was also time for a ride up and down "Mt. Everest" and a “2-week” Safari trip onto the Serengeti. We saw Elephants, Rhinos, Hippos, Giraffes, Lions, Cheetas and lots more animals.
By now everyone was ready for some free time at EPCOT. We took a Disney bus from Animal Kingdom and arrived at EPCOT right around 6 pm. After a quick stop to take a group picture the need to refuel took over and we all headed to "The Land" and Seasons for dinner. Yum. With about 2 hrs before the Lumination’s fire works show you could find us creating new exciting cars and enjoying fast speeds at “Test Track”. Other’s traveled to outer space at "Mission Space". The fire works were amazing (as usual). Once over it was time to head out of the park, board the bus and head to the hotel.
Check-in went very well and everyone got situated and ready for bed in a hurry. Wonder why? It’s not like we have been up and going for over 20 hrs.
INTERESTING FACTs FOR THE DAY:
It takes 100 years for a wooden #2 pencil to break down.
A commodo dragon has 50 different kinds of bacteria in his/her mouth. They bite their pray, wait for the bacteria to start an infection, then follow the dying animal around, which sometimes takes up to 2 weeks.
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Day 1 – Tuesday March 19, 2013 – Animal Kingdom and EPCOT
Here we go again. A month later than what is has been the past three years, Weather-wise that has not made a difference here at home, as we had another snow day Monday before we left. It promises to be 85-90 degrees in Florida. We are so looking forward to great times, nice weather and lots of fun spectacular learning.
Everyone met at JFH at 2:45am, put tags on their bags, loaded the bags, said their good buys and then loaded the bus so we could pull out on time at 3:15am sharp. The bus ride was full of instruction for students and chaperons and everyone was sooo excited. We got to the airport sooner than we thought.
WAIT A MINUTE that’s not what happened. Let’s back up a little. We did indeed meet at JFH at 2:45am. Looked like everyone was on time except the bus. Hmmm.
Mrs. Nicholas and Mrs. Rhodes got on the phone and low and behold the driver was still in bed. We were told to hang tight and go to Plan B. Plan B involved recruiting willing parents to drive us to Regan National for our flight. This took no time at all and 12 carloads of students and luggage along with chaperons and parents left around 4:05 am. The question on everyone’s mind was, “Were we going to make it in time or not?”
We DID make it, but barely. Air Tran and their employees were great. Eric – our World Strides representative – had called and our boarding passes were ready as we arrived. We got expedited through security and ran in our sock with shoes in hand to the gate with only minutes to spare.
Relief came as we were all seated on the plane and took off. Yes we are going to Florida for an exciting week of great times, nice weather and lots of spectacular learning.
This year our trip began at Disney’s Animal Kingdom. With all the early morning excitement we were all starving and headed straight for lunch. With full bellies, we had time to enjoy “A Bug’s Life” in the Tree of Life. How much fun!
Our educational program –Sustainable practices and wildlife conservation - began at 1 pm and for the next 3 hrs we learned about how as humans we can build s sustainable community and still conserve our wildlife. Students participated in discussions, eco-challenges and worked as teams to create a community. We learned about eco-systems, fossil fuels, biomass, recycling, renewable energy, and encroachment. We time traveled to the time of the dinosaurs on the “Dinosaur". There was also time for a ride up and down "Mt. Everest" and a “2-week” Safari trip onto the Serengeti. We saw Elephants, Rhinos, Hippos, Giraffes, Lions, Cheetas and lots more animals.
By now everyone was ready for some free time at EPCOT. We took a Disney bus from Animal Kingdom and arrived at EPCOT right around 6 pm. After a quick stop to take a group picture the need to refuel took over and we all headed to "The Land" and Seasons for dinner. Yum. With about 2 hrs before the Lumination’s fire works show you could find us creating new exciting cars and enjoying fast speeds at “Test Track”. Other’s traveled to outer space at "Mission Space". The fire works were amazing (as usual). Once over it was time to head out of the park, board the bus and head to the hotel.
Check-in went very well and everyone got situated and ready for bed in a hurry. Wonder why? It’s not like we have been up and going for over 20 hrs.
INTERESTING FACTs FOR THE DAY:
It takes 100 years for a wooden #2 pencil to break down.
A commodo dragon has 50 different kinds of bacteria in his/her mouth. They bite their pray, wait for the bacteria to start an infection, then follow the dying animal around, which sometimes takes up to 2 weeks.
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