From Hogwart's to Jekyll Island, Including Butter Beer

Had a very uneventful ride from Sarasota up to the Coronado Springs Resort in Walt Disney World, they even let us check in 3 hrs early and we bolted for their beautiful Mayan designed pool for the afternoon. Felt sort of like outsiders while there that night since there were about 1000 Grainger, Inc., employees (I'd never heard of the company) everywhere on the resort grounds and around the lakes, pools, walkways!! I spoke with one employee and he said this was their annual sales meeting convention, often held at WDW; it was interesting seeing all that Disney went to (the guy said the company dropped 2M for this event). We then spent two great days in the Disney parks, probably my favorite "ride" was the safari ride through Animal Kingdom where "many" animals were strolling the 100 acres they've developed to look as if it was the Serengeti Plain or other areas of Africa. We visited Hollywood Studios, Epcot, and the Magic Kingdom, walking 21000 steps one day (my feet hurt!!). Other favorite rides were Star Tours and Soaring, just to mention a few. Our third day in the area was at Universal's Island Adventure where the Harry Potter ride through Hogwart's Castle was sort of amazing. I don't know if I thought it was amazing before or after I wafted down a mug of "butter beer", good stuff!! We followed that one with a boat ride in Jurassic Park which terminated in about a seventy foot drop into a large pond, needless to say most everyone on the boat got pretty wet. Evening events included dinner at the Chinese pavilion in Epcot and the great fireworks on the lake which followed. Our last night in the Magic Kingdom ended with the electric light parade thru Main St which was also a lot of fun to watch. All in all, it was a good return to WDW and the Coronado Resort was a very nice place to stay for our visit. We got on the road early this morning and it was an easy drive to Brunswick, GA, with a stopover on Jekyll Island, GA which was a very interesting place to visit. It would be a great place to stop-by on a trip up or down the coast, especially at this time of the year. It is about 8 miles long, almost completely encircled by a great bike path, nice hotels to stay at, and very good restaurants for a nice evening dinner along either the ocean side or on the canals on the opposite side of the island. These pics were (1) below Hogwart's and (2) the electric light parade.