PandyPaws
07-30-2002, 10:55 AM
...OK, so I left the MK last night at the worst possible moment...when the SpectroMagic parade ended http://www.wdwinfo.com/sites/family/rolleyes.gif I am otherwise pretty good at avoiding the crowds. Just bad timing, Ryan had had enough, falling asleep on his feet and suddenly not feeling good. I had waited out a FP for Martin to ride Thunder Mountain at 9:05 pm, then went to retrieve the stroller from under the Pirates que area (discovering one of our WDW sprayer/fans had been stolen http://www.wdwinfo.com/sites/family/mad.gif then made our way to the front of the park, weaving through the Main street gift shops.
Outside of the gates I am faced with the choice of Monorail (fuggedaboudit....the ramps were mobbed!!) or Ferry boat, not YET full but masses headed that way, so we joined the trek in that direction. The ramp lowered and gates opened, myself barely controlling the urge to "MOOOO" :p :p we shuffle our way onto the boat and stop when we can proceed no further, which leaves me standing between the wall of the stairway to my left, and the back of the benches to my right.
It is now that I look up and all around me to discover that the walls and ceiling of this boat are COVERED, and I do mean covered completely....with thousands, maybe millions of little, mosquito sized, winged, gnatty type insects http://www.wdwinfo.com/sites/family/eek.gif http://www.wdwinfo.com/sites/family/eek.gif http://www.wdwinfo.com/sites/family/eek.gif http://www.wdwinfo.com/sites/family/eek.gif My heart skipped a beat, knowing that Ryan will freak at the sight of ONE FLY buzzing around him, imagining the worst (Screaming his head off and crying in sheer panic for the entire trip with this boat crammed full of people). Thankfully he either didnt notice, for being surrounded & crammed in by adults blocking his view, or he was simply too tired....however, as soon as the boat embarked all it took was one precocious little girl with a spray bottle and an itchy trigger finger to set these things in motion, flying and swirling and landing in hair and on arms and faces, folks swatting and slapping themselves...it was truly awful! Too many people, nobody could go anywhere, and all I wanted to do (and probably every one ELSE on that boat as well) was RUN!! ACK!!!! Finally on the other side....and off the boat, everyone walking as fast as they can away from these winged monsters!!
YIKES, Never again will I drive over there....buses ONLY to the MK from now on!!!! :o ;)
Outside of the gates I am faced with the choice of Monorail (fuggedaboudit....the ramps were mobbed!!) or Ferry boat, not YET full but masses headed that way, so we joined the trek in that direction. The ramp lowered and gates opened, myself barely controlling the urge to "MOOOO" :p :p we shuffle our way onto the boat and stop when we can proceed no further, which leaves me standing between the wall of the stairway to my left, and the back of the benches to my right.
It is now that I look up and all around me to discover that the walls and ceiling of this boat are COVERED, and I do mean covered completely....with thousands, maybe millions of little, mosquito sized, winged, gnatty type insects http://www.wdwinfo.com/sites/family/eek.gif http://www.wdwinfo.com/sites/family/eek.gif http://www.wdwinfo.com/sites/family/eek.gif http://www.wdwinfo.com/sites/family/eek.gif My heart skipped a beat, knowing that Ryan will freak at the sight of ONE FLY buzzing around him, imagining the worst (Screaming his head off and crying in sheer panic for the entire trip with this boat crammed full of people). Thankfully he either didnt notice, for being surrounded & crammed in by adults blocking his view, or he was simply too tired....however, as soon as the boat embarked all it took was one precocious little girl with a spray bottle and an itchy trigger finger to set these things in motion, flying and swirling and landing in hair and on arms and faces, folks swatting and slapping themselves...it was truly awful! Too many people, nobody could go anywhere, and all I wanted to do (and probably every one ELSE on that boat as well) was RUN!! ACK!!!! Finally on the other side....and off the boat, everyone walking as fast as they can away from these winged monsters!!
YIKES, Never again will I drive over there....buses ONLY to the MK from now on!!!! :o ;)