Lizzie Borden Society Forum

Posted: **Fri Jul 10, 2009 11:06 am**

Seeing as I will be offline for the event, I may as well be the 1st to say:

Posted: **Fri Jul 10, 2009 8:21 pm**

WOW! THANKS for the 'TOON!

Posted: **Fri Jul 10, 2009 10:20 pm**

Happy, Happy Birthday Kat!!! Hope you have a wonderful day with lots and lots of kek!

Posted: **Sat Jul 11, 2009 11:46 am**

A Belated Happy Birthday Kat. Belated birthday wishes will make your birthday last longer!

Posted: **Sat Jul 11, 2009 5:21 pm**

A Belated Happy Birthday to you Kat! I hope you had a really great day.

Posted: **Sat Jul 11, 2009 6:19 pm**

Thank you! You all are early! Imagine that! YAYYY!!!
I'm going to a free day at a Disney Park! Will report back!

Posted: **Sat Jul 11, 2009 9:22 pm**

Happy Birthday Kat!!!

I'm not sure what day is the actual day, but whenever it is, I hope you have good one!

Click on the image for a pleasant surprise!

Posted: **Sat Jul 11, 2009 10:20 pm**

Kat @ Sat Jul 11, 2009 7:19 pm wrote:Thank you! You all are early! Imagine that! YAYYY!!!
I'm going to a free day at a Disney Park! Will report back!

Since you'll be at Disney on your birthday ----

Have a great one, Kat!

Posted: **Sun Jul 12, 2009 8:43 am**

Hippity Hoppity Happity Day!

Posted: **Sun Jul 12, 2009 9:25 am**

Many Happy Returns from all the Mutton Eaters.
Just remember - you will always be 3 months older than I!

Posted: **Sun Jul 12, 2009 9:31 am**

Happy Birthday, Kat! Wow, look at all the keks! Looks like you'll have to put a few in the freezer!

Posted: **Sun Jul 12, 2009 11:06 am**

OK, now it's your birthday! Hope you're having a wonderful time with Mickey and the gang!!!

Posted: **Sun Jul 12, 2009 2:16 pm**

Best Wishes, Kat!
If you didn't meet Prince Charming on your Disney spree, then perhaps some time this year!

Posted: **Sun Jul 12, 2009 3:26 pm**

Hope your birthday is great, Kat!

Say hello to Mickey for me.

Posted: **Sun Jul 12, 2009 6:48 pm**

Happy Birthday Kat! I hope you had a blast celebrating it with Mickey and the gang.

Posted: **Mon Jul 13, 2009 8:40 am**

Happy birthday, Kat!

Posted: **Mon Jul 13, 2009 4:36 pm**

Angel @ Mon Jul 13, 2009 9:40 am wrote:Happy birthday, Kat!

I cou'ldn't have said it better myself!

Posted: **Mon Jul 13, 2009 9:39 pm**

Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday dear Kat, happy birthday to you! Hope Disneyworld was loads of fun.

Posted: **Tue Jul 14, 2009 1:00 am**

Thanks you guys for the cards and best wishes! YAY!
I signed up for The Animal Kingdom, because I had never been there before.

Here is a link to a map. If you click on certain areas it shows you the attraction there. I did a LOT of walking, and managed to miss the daily thunderstorm by attending The Lion King live show!

I was told to check out The Rain Forest Cafe before leaving and it was remarkable! It was like being inside a tree! (Except there were also aquariums

) The ceiling was all leaves and branches with animatronic figures of apes and macaws and elephants hidden, who moved and squawked and roared!

I met a little girl named Caitlin whose 8th birthday it was in the restaurant. She got in free also! She walked up and hugged me Happy Birthday. Then I was wondering what her life would be like 50 some odd years from now!
http://disneyworld.disney.go.com/wdwi/e ... andingPage

Here are some pictures

Posted: **Tue Jul 14, 2009 1:02 am**

The Tree of Life

Posted: **Tue Jul 14, 2009 1:05 am**

The Tree of Life with some Photoshop technique- I do that if the focus is *off* a bit or when the color seems washed out, to salvage the picture

Posted: **Tue Jul 14, 2009 1:08 am**

Some details of the carvings

Posted: **Tue Jul 14, 2009 1:10 am**

A detail of the carvings on wall opposite the Tree

Posted: **Tue Jul 14, 2009 1:15 am**

Lion King Show

This came out right next to where I was seated. There were 4 entrances where each had a huge float come out.
There was audience interaction. I was in the Lion section and we had to roar a lot!

Posted: **Tue Jul 14, 2009 1:18 am**

More Lion King show
The girl in tights, in the middle, goes up to the ceiling on a twirling rope.
There was a lot of trapeze work, gymnastics and singing

Posted: **Tue Jul 14, 2009 1:20 am**

I did not take any pictures of the most fantastic parts of the show because I was too busy being enthralled!

More park pictures later!

Posted: **Tue Jul 14, 2009 12:58 pm**

Sounds like you had a cool birthday, I love that you got a birthday hug, thats so sweet. The Lion King play looks amazing, almost like something from Cirque D'Soleil. Did you go on that Expedition Everest roller coaster? Can't wait to see the rest of your pics.

Posted: **Tue Jul 14, 2009 7:44 pm**

Happy Belated Birthday , Kat. So Sorry I missed it. I've been to Animal Kingdom....isn't it wonderful. I LOVED the Lion King. I would go see it again!

Posted: **Wed Jul 15, 2009 12:30 am**

Thanks again, you guys!

I didn't go on any rides- only the train to the bug and petting zoo area and I did take the Safari in the Africa section. The rest were walking tours, and then the show and then the cafe.

The pictures are out of order.

But----
I wanted to tell you about My Tiger. In the Asia section there are the big bats. Then there are windows looking onto areas of *Ruins* where the tigers hang out. I could not see any tigers from the first viewing station and was getting disappointed because I realllllly wanted to see the tigers.

I went down steps and around a corner and there on my right was a tiger off in the distance. He was about 30 yards away. I had a big badge on saying I was celebrating my birthday that I wore on my string-of-beads necklace.

That Tiger got up from lolling around- looked at me from 30 yards away, and began walking towards me. He never broke eye contact, tho he did not approach straight on- he sort of detoured slightly in nonchalance- and he walked right up to my window and we looked at each other!

It was like we were the only 2 things on the earth! It was mesmerizing! We just looked at each other. It went on and on.

I thought surely he would walk away, but he didn't. I took a photo then when I realized he was going to stay there, and he was there long enough so that I fixed my settings on my camera and take a picture. Then he turned sideways, posing- And I took that picture!
Then he sort of slipped away back where he had been lolling and laid back down!

I'm in love!

He was within 2 feet of my face- face to face, behind glass. The closest I've ever been to a Tiger!

Posted: **Wed Jul 15, 2009 12:34 am**

This is My Tiger posing! So cute!

Posted: **Wed Jul 15, 2009 12:36 am**

This is another tiger thru the opposite viewing window on the other side

Posted: **Wed Jul 15, 2009 12:40 am**

This is the Rain Forest Cafe gift shop ceiling. It's hard to tell what one is looking at- almost fantastical...

Posted: **Wed Jul 15, 2009 12:42 am**

Rain Forest Cafe

Posted: **Wed Jul 15, 2009 12:43 am**

More Rain Forest Cafe- It's fish!

Posted: **Wed Jul 15, 2009 12:46 am**

The last photo! Most of the aquariums were interconnected near the ceiling, so the fish got around quite a bit.

Posted: **Wed Jul 15, 2009 3:06 am**

Isn't it amazing when you connect with a wild animal like that? The last encounter I had like that myself was with a sea otter at Sea World. The tiger probably sensed that you were a gentle soul and a cat person to boot. Beautiful pics as always, love your posing tiger, they're such magnificent cats. I always enjoy visiting the Rain Forest Cafe in Downtown Disney, the food is okay, but, its the whole atmosphere inside.

Posted: **Wed Jul 15, 2009 4:42 am**

I haven't been on for a few days, so Happy Belated Birthday, I hope you had a good one.

Posted: **Wed Jul 15, 2009 9:13 am**

That's one big, beautiful pussycat!!!

Posted: **Wed Jul 15, 2009 8:48 pm**

Kat and cat.....face to face. I love the irony. Both are beautiful.

Posted: **Wed Jul 15, 2009 11:16 pm**

Ahhh Shucks you guys! So nice of you!

Thank you again, for all your Birthday Best Wishes!

Posted: **Thu Jul 16, 2009 6:16 pm**

Happy belated birthday, Kat! Those tigers are beautiful!