1st. Day at Magic Kingdom
Sept. 18, 2007
Part two
Sarah shares her super secret Hick Holiday Magic Kingdom short cut. SHHHHHH! Don't tell!
So when we left the Hicks, they were --
wait, here's a good place for a story....
Before our trip, the kids and I found a little website called Mouse World Radio.
I'm not sure if it still is up and running, because we haven't been able to make it work since we got back.
We would turn it on every morning, before starting school.
The best part about it, is that it plays WDW music around the actual time it is playing.
First it plays the monorail speil,
then the pre-opening MK music,
then the opening speil (the pre-recorded, not the opening family one),
then the main street march,
and then an hour of mainstreet music.
Most nights it plays Wishes around 8 or 8:30 pm, and then Illuminations.
In between it plays background music, ride speils, and songs from shows.
We LOVED it.
One day we made up words for the Mainstreet march.
And they go:
Marching down the mainstreet
Headed for the castle
Everyone is going there
La, la la la la
Marching down the mainstreet
headed for Space Mountain
Everyone is going there
La, la la la la
There's Mickey Mouse
There's Mickey Mouse
He's the leader of this great big house
Marching down the mainstreet
Headed for Splash Mountain
Everyone is going there
La, La La La La!
[Then it goes into Zippity doo dah, so I won't go into that. LOL]
So, needless to say, this is the song that goes through our head everytime we walked down mainstreet,
which is where we find the Hicks right now.
[We also are well versed with the Music Man songs that are played,
so if you ever see a group of identically dressed people with seven kids
singing along to the MK soundtrack "Gary Indiana, Gary Indiana..."
Say "HI."
It's most likely us.
Except for dh.
Who thinks we're dweeby when we do it.
But he can deal.
Because everyone is allowed to be dweeby at WDW.
That's my new rule.]
But I digress...
Here is the super secret tip that I have been waiting to tell you,
but you must SWEAR you will not tell the general populace,
or the tip will become worthless.
I am sharing it with you, my close personal friends, ONLY.
Ahem...
When you are going down mainstreet,
and you desire to go to Tomorrowland,
instead of heading to the castle hub and crossing the bridge,
turn right onto the sidewalk when the buildings end,
and head toward the Tomorrowland Noodle Terrace,
or whatever that restaurant is called.
There is a covered, air conditioned sidewalk that goes directly into Tomorrowland,
and comes out across from, I think, Stitch.
Most people don't even know it exists,
and you can walk in relative comfort and not as crowded.
Most people will be distracted by the castle,
and you will gain valuable time to get to the attractions at Tomorrowland before much of the crowd.
We did this manuever, and found ourselves in a relatively empty Tomorrowland.
We decided to head to Space Mountain,
and Mom had agreed to stay with the smaller kids so the rest of us could ride.
In the midst of this process, two CMs in office attire were passing by.
They stopped and started chatting with the kids,
and the woman spotted my lime green fanny pack tag.
She asked if I were on the Disboards,
and excitedly said that her mom was "SAFETY MOM" on the boards.
I did recognize that name,
but haven't seen her since I have been back.
So if you know Safety Mom, let her know I met her dd,
and that she is an absolutely lovely and friendly young lady!
Space mountain posted a 10 minute wait, but it definately was less.
I don't know what it is about Space Mountain --
I like it, but usually am only good for one ride a trip.
And that ride consists of me screaming this high pitched squeal.
I can't help it.
It's totally embarrasing, and Disneygirl will not let me live it down.
At least I keep my eyes open a little more than I used to! LOL
[The whole ride Stitch Jr. was yelling "THIS....IS...AWESOME!"
That was his standard on all the good rides. LOL]
All the newbies gave Space Mountain a resounding
!!!
Then we headed over to Buzz Lightyear, for no line, and two trips through.
Mom even enjoyed that one.
Except for the "MOVING WALKWAYS MOM!!!"
She really loves how we all look out for her.
Then when we were done with Buzz,
we still had a lot of time available to work with,
so we decided to finish out Tomorrowland.
We headed out to Carousel of Progress, only to spot....STITCH!
WELL...as you can imagine, someone was in heaven!
My kid's had never gotten his autograph, so a few of them got into the mix also.
That important signature under our belt, we headed in to COP.
My mom LOVED this,
and it was to be the standard that all other attractions were measured by.
All historical animatronics were a-ok with Mom.
Everyone was interested in riding the TTA.
This kind of surprised me, as it is rather tame,
but I like it so on we went.
I think this attraction is severely under-rated.
You're sitting, it's mostly in A/C, you get a behind the scenes look at things...it's all good.
A few of the group then wanted to see the Stitch attraction,
so Mom, Disneygirl, Bitsy, Babycakes and I headed to the gift shop.
We thought they would be in the next group out,
but instead it took two groups.
We made do by thouroughly looking that shop over. LOL
This series is called:
"The Giftshop at Stitch's Great Escape, starring the ever-adorable Bitsy."
Bitsy the Bad
Bitsy and some Stitch ears
Awwwww....Don't you JUST want to squeeze HER!
The crew finally got out,
declared the Stitch attraction thouroughly disgusting and fun,
and foul smelling Stitch Cheetos breath forgotten,
decided they were all starving.
This was fine, as we decided to skip the car race thingy
[too much time for too little return.]
So that concludes our tour of Tomorrowland.
Next up:
Lunch, and a Lesson in Piracy