Standing on the Streets of America at Disney Studios at dusk marked our first magical moment of the year. Ironically, our first night out was actually the last showing of the Osborne Family Spectacle of Dancing Lights for the season. This special show of lights, music - and yes - falling snow is by far one of our most favorite must-do things on our Disney vacation list. If you're planning a Christmas family vacation at Disney World, make sure you arrive in time for the ceremonious turning on of the lights. You'll be awestruck.
Standing at the end of the street, the Writer's Stop bookstore and coffee shop is in our view. We stare, because inside we know we'll find exactly what we need to stay warm. While looking longingly at the shop, we think back to vacations gone by when this little shop had a different name - Ellen's Buy-The-Book. The old store, of course, was themed around Ellen Degeneres and the title character of the ABC television show "Ellen."
We miss the old shop, but that's progress. Times change. Ellen is now a talk show host. If this little hideaway was still Ellen's Buy-The-Book, I'm sure "Unbearable Lightness" by Portia De Rossi would be sitting front and center in the store's window. At least, that's where Ellen would have placed the wildly popular book.
Between "shows" of Dancing Lights, we step inside the shop and browse the extremely tempting and ov
ersized bakery items at the coffee counter. The line is long and filled with a mixture of those guests trying to warm up and the frazzled who simply look like they could use a jolt of caffeine. We decide that we can hold out and exit the store to take one last tour of the lights. Feliz Navidad plays loudly and fills our hearts with the Christmas spirit one last time... until later this year.
ersized bakery items at the coffee counter. The line is long and filled with a mixture of those guests trying to warm up and the frazzled who simply look like they could use a jolt of caffeine. We decide that we can hold out and exit the store to take one last tour of the lights. Feliz Navidad plays loudly and fills our hearts with the Christmas spirit one last time... until later this year.