Love the picture of you with Rachel Lambertson. You look like you could burst with joy! Your excited really jumped through the screen and I am so happy that you had such a wonderful time. Please keep the pictures coming. It's nice to see the gardens. I have to ask... in the picture of you with Rachel, do you know what those posts are for? They have picqued my curiosty. Vickie

Thanks for looking everyone! Bananatree94, Thanks for the IDs. You were definitely right on all those bird ID's and possibly the orchid ID too (I'm not sure since I dont know much about orchids!). Apparently Disney does protect their orchids, so they might have been given extra protection, but they were at least 25 feet above the ground, so I dont see how protection would be a very easy thing to accomplish! Someone ID'ed the Jubaea x Butia as a Syaragus x Butia, so it probably is just a very Butia looking Mule palm. Either way, its nice to see some palm hybrids on the property! Lzrddr, I think you might be right about that White Elephant Palm being potted. It does look like there is enough bare room underneath it for it to fit a pot. I did here that White Elephant Palms are somewhat frost tolerant and since the palm in this pic was in deep shade, its possible that it has not seen much of a frost even after last winters low temperature of 28F. Usually Orlando winters are above freezing, but they have not been so lucky with the past 2! Im sure that the Red Sealing Wax palm has to be potted up because even with heat, I dont see how they could survive last years Brutal winter. They can barely handle temperatures in the 40s! Jim, the plants definitely were one of my favorite about Disney! I was happy to see someone else taking pictures of plants so I didn't feel too alone, but plant lovers were definitely the minority! And I could definitely see why you thought the monkey's escaped, lol, the wire definitely looks like a telephone wire! -Alex

Wow!! Thanks for the those great photos, but lycheeluva Can you post some pics of some Lychees, I don't think you took enough pics of them...LOL!! Thanks for the updates, keep the pics coming and have a very safe trip! What do you guys think of the humidity??? Gotta love it...

The inflatable is not all that great. You get blown around a lot and lose some control, it is wider than a regular canoe or kayak and harder to paddled. It is ok to take with you in the camper to use, but for regular boating I much prefer a regular canoe. It was a nice trip, I always enjoy the Cherry Lake part. The group is smaller and everyone is so relaxed by the time we get there. beverly