Jen's January 2003 World Tour

Saturday, February 1 - Day Eight

As everyone now knows, this was somewhat of a sad morning. Keith had turned on the TV in our room not very long after the first reports were coming in about the breaking apart of the Columbia. Since it had only just happened, I wanted to believe that the crew would soon be in touch with NASA again, but the tragedy became clear when we saw flags at half-mast all over the property.

We went, briefly, to Animal Kingdom. It was just enough time to go on Kilimanjaro Safaris, visit the tigers on the Maharajah Jungle Trek, see "Devine" for the first time, and say a quick "bye" to Patricia the caricaturist before heading to the airport for our afternoon flight.

As always, it felt like the time went by way too quickly and I was sad to be leaving. I look forward to being back in a couple years or so, which is sooner than the time between my first, second, and third WDW trips. I also have another reason to not wait so long and, that is, new friendships. : ) So, until then, this not goodbye, but M-I-C ya real soon!

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