Cat Eats Mickey!

Tigger Bounce Contest

Cinderella Kitteh

Bambi Burger?

Tigger Auditions

Lion King Kitteh

Eeyore and Tigger Kittehs

Where is Tink!?

Earthquakes and Hurricanes...oh my!

I just had a (hopefully) once-in-a-lifetime experience...and it didn't include any Pixie Dust. I was on the 33rd floor of a high rise (and high terror threat) building in midtown Manhattan when we felt the 5.8 earthquake from Virginia. 

The floor literally did the wave - potted plants almost fell over!  Panic ensued pretty quickly in my office and I got the H - E double hockey sticks out of there as quick as I could.


Anyway, returning to work after that was optional, and since I'm rarely (*ahem... never) willing to die for a corporate cube job, I went home.  Now I am happily home, in my safe low-rise prewar Manhattan apartment, sipping wine and writin' mah blog with ze kitties.

On my walk to my apartment, I decided this would be an appropriate time to comment on the natural disasters hitting the East Coast - Hurricane Irene and Earthquake 2011.

Hurricane Irene hammering Puerto Rico

Obviously we couldn't see the earthquake coming in order to prepare for it, but Florida and Disney often have many days to brace for a major hurricane (according to the most recent updates it looks that Irene will bypass Florida to the East but hit S Carolina).

Disney's official hurricane policy

So how does Disney World prepare for and protect itself against major hurricanes? Thank you to Themeparkinsider:

Bambi's Mama...?

Monorail Kitty

For reference, this is the legendary "Monorail Cat"

Tigger Kill

DW Turkey Legs

The Turkey Legs at Disney World make hilarious props and photo opportunities, I get one every single trip. You simply can't eat one without looking like a caveman, it really amuses me. For less than $10 they’re worth it for those fun few minutes, but please don’t take more than a couple real bites!  Just because it’s turkey doesn’t mean it’s healthy!

Each leg weighs in at 1.5 pounds, and each contain over 4000 mg of sodium, 1100 calories and 50 grams of fat. FYI, that is twice your days worth of sodium, over half your daily recommended caloric intake, and a full day’s worth of your recommended fat intake.

The legs are smoked, which is a slow process that results in a ham-like flavor (because ham is smoked meat we associate the flavor), which does not burn the fat off like the turkeys we roast in the oven for Thanksgiving. Also they’re nearly all dark meat (with the skin on), which of course is much more oily and fatty than white meat.

Turkey Leg Nomnomnom

By the time you’re finished eating (or playing with) your turkey leg, your hands will be covered in grease, so baby wipes or a stop to a restroom is necessary.  

People justify their Turkey Leg meal by claiming 'everyone gains weight while on vacation'... personally, I have never left Disney World anything but at least 5 pounds slimmer! All that running, walking, adrenaline and laughing really burns the calories like nothing else. 


...Of course for those that indulge in those Turkey Legs a little too often, there are always the motorized scooters you can rent. ;-)

Mickey Ears Happycat

Mother Goose and Grimm - Disney's Desperate Housewives

Excited Kitty