Ferryboats

At the end of May I started training to drive the ferryboats at Magic Kingdom, and today, after two weeks, I completed it. 

Last weekend, Jennifer did an event with another author at her Barnes & Noble. Thursday night she flew out to Portland for a book convention. 

Bryan, meanwhile, spent last week on the Big Island of Hawaii, attending a friend’s wedding. He enjoyed the Kona coast and seeing Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.

Last week, Disney released more details about the Cars themed attraction replacing Tom Sawyer Island. They've also started preparing for the expansion of Magic Kingdom backstage. Recently they cleared the land between Frontierland and the road that runs along the west side of the park. It looks like this will be a staging area for the Cars ride as well as the Villain Land expansion. 

For about a year now, Disney has been working on realigning and widening Floridian Way, the road that runs west of Magic Kingdom. They’ve done a lot of utility work, and built retaining walls and bridge abutments, but recently the roadway has started taking shape.