While I opted to maintain the same title as the four previous installments as to not stray from the formula, this title is actually quite misleading in that I really didn’t spend any time at all in Walt Disney World on Day Five. Instead, I had the most wondrous day with two of my nearest and dearest friends from my California years.
As you may recall, in August of 2020 I visited Jacksonville, Florida to see my friend Nancy, who in order to differentiate from the Original Nancy (who in fact was in Disney with us), I used to call California Nancy as that’s where we both lived and worked together back in the day. Now with California Nancy’s move to Jacksonville, she’s known as Florida Nancy. Make sense? Okay, awesome.
Florida Nancy drove over two hours from Jacksonville to pick me up at my resort and together we went and had THE BEST day in Orlando. After a quick Google search of things to do, I found ICON Park. This entertainment area had something for everyone including an aquarium, some ridiculously tall swings, a museum of illusions, a giant ferris wheel, and Madame Tussaud’s Wax Museum amongst others. Florida Nancy and I opted to do the latter two because as you’ll all remember from California Day Two, I LOVE a good wax museum! Plus, Melissa and I just watched the horror classic, House of Wax, so going there was a given and the jumbo ferris wheel was just an added bonus.
Our time in Walt Disney World in and of itself would have made for the perfect vacation, but adding in seeing two of my absolute favorite people on this entire planet really made it that much more special and amazing. I feel very blessed to have maintained contact with people from all points and places in my life and Nancy and Edward are perfect examples of that blessing.
Nancy and I worked together for a relatively brief period of time at the same Enterprise branch in Temecula, California before I got transferred to another location, but even though our time working together was literally like two months, we’ve maintained our friendship for more than five years now. Nancy is one of the funniest and most genuine people I’ve ever known and I couldn’t be more thankful to be her friend. We always have THE BEST time together no matter what we’re doing and her views on the world are so insightful and appreciated that I am eternally grateful for her wit and wisdom. She really is simply the best.
Before leaving Macy’s and heading to Enterprise, I worked for thirteen months alongside Edward at the Macy’s store in Escondido, California. In an often dark and dim work environment, Edward was a consistent and constant beam of bright shining light. His positive attitude and willingness to help anyone in anyway made my time there infinitely better. When Melissa, Original Nancy, and I went down to Walt Disney World in August of 2017 Edward took us to the most amazing dinner and his hospitality was second to none then and this time around was certainly no exception. He might literally be the kindest person I’ve ever known and he is always uplifting everyone’s spirit. It’s truly impossible to feel anything but good vibes when you’re in his dynamic presence. Getting to spend time with his brother, Elmer, who took our photos above, as well as meeting his sister Elizabeth was really icing on the cake of an already extraordinary evening. It was a night Florida Nancy and I will NEVER forget because we had the perfect hosts in Edward and Elmer and I am eternally grateful for the multitude of memories we all made together.
As always, THANK YOU so much for viewing! I appreciate your continued support! PLEASE feel free to leave me a comment below, I love reading and responding to them! I’ll be back shortly with Day Six (our day in Hollywood Studios), but until then, I wish you all, all THE BEST!
I spent eight magical days in Walt Disney World, to view the others click any of the links below…
Walt Disney World: Day One (Art of Animation Resort & Disney Springs)
Walt Disney World: Day Two (Animal Kingdom)
Walt Disney World: Day Three (Magic Kingdom)
Walt Disney World: Day Four (EPCOT)
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I agree with the tRump comment. Nice that you have friends all over to visit when you travel. Looks like it was a fun day.
It was THE BEST day & yes, it appears I do seem to know someone nearly everywhere I travel! Always makes my awesome trips even more amazing!
Don’t get me started on Trump. He’s the absolute worst.
You just recently mentioned you love each museums! Looks like an amazing day with your friends Nancy and Edward!
Yes! Wax Museums are my favorite & it really was a wonderful day with friends.