No Go

Yesterday was a disappointing day. We were all set and actually heading out to the Cape to see Space Shuttle Discovery launch when the thunderheads rolled in and the launch was scrubbed. We made tenative plans to go again today but didn't even set out for the coast when we saw the clouds roll in early. And of course, the mission was scrubbed again. The next window is set for Tuesday, July 4th and I intended to head out to Satellite Beach that day. That can be a good thing or a bad thing depending on how you look at it - the beach might be crowded but post-launch traffic heading back to Orlando could be mental. So what should have been a lazy day out there might become neccessary to calculate out and plan.

However, all was not lost as I was able to see the soft opening of the "enhanced" Pirates of the Caribbean ride. The changes were subtle but amazing! The Capt Jack Sparrow animatronics were so life like and so dynamic that it completely upstaged the rest of the ride. The enhancements to the parts before the fall are amazing, eerie and very cinematic. It managed to emulate to some degree the idea of crossing into the moonlight and oh - I just LOVED it. The movie comes out July 7th and I am hoping to be able to be there for it but I am willing to wait a day or two to let some crowds thin out. Anyway, I would like to go to the movies with my girlfriends , we are all big Johnny Depp fans and went to see it umpteen times for Black Pearl...But because it's a holiday weekend many are out of town so I don't know if that will materialize.

So tonight I'm meeting up with Kim and her family - we're going to Dixie Crossroads which has been on our minds since the two scrubbed attempts at going to Titusville for the launch. There's one here in Orlando which I'm sure is not as good but probably worth going to. I have to be at work tomorrow and I so don't want to go. Bleah.