glennbo123
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Continued from previous post....
From there we all headed over toward RnR and Tower of Terror. Since our fastpass window had opened up I got fastpasses for ToT before joining everyone else at RnR. Now, I think my DSiL had been on ToT before, but none of the rest of us had. Lauren, being the thrill-ride lover, wanted to try it. I wont go as far as to say that I was afraid to ride it before, but I just hadnt had to prove anything before now, so had never made it a point to try to go on. But now I couldnt let Lauren pass me by. Heres the ride that was in my destiny for later in the morning.
In my destiny for sometime after 11:00 am, in fact.
But first, we turned our attention to Rock n Roller Coaster. We had two riders, Marlene and James, who had never been on it before and were rapidly working their way up the thrill rides, but were still a little apprehensive. They each picked a parent to ride with, and they bravely went on. Here are our redneck pictures of the start of the ride, when youre catapulted to 60 mph in 2.8 seconds. I had to enhance a couple of them so you could see everyones faces.
James and Judy in back, Lauren and DN in the front. I love that James' eyes are squeezed shut just about as tight as they possibly could be.
Strangers in back, Marlene and I in the front. I still can't figure out what's going on with her mouth.
All strangers, except DSiL in back-right.
How did the newbies like it? They loved it! They were extremely pumped up when they got off the ride.
I think RnR might be my favorite coaster in Disney. I love the loop, love the music, and it seemed to last longer than I remembered.
Then it was on to Tower of Terror. Marlene and James both said they did not want to go on it, and we werent about to push them. Judy wasnt so sure about it either, so she volunteered to wait with them while Lauren, DSiL, DN, and I went on. While in line, I said since this is our first time and we (as in I) are not so sure about it, why dont we sit in the back row so were not right in front when the doors open up to the park while were in a free-falling elevator. DN insisted he wanted to be in front. Then, when we got up to board our elevator I found it didnt matter -- you lined up on specific marks, and when the elevator arrived you sat in the seat corresponding to your mark. Naturally, we were in the front row.
I was a little anxious when our elevator had made its way through the Twilight Zone and I felt it latch into the spot where we would begin our wild ride of drops and lifts. But, you know what? It wasnt too bad. The drops werent nearly as far as I thought theyd be. And when we saw out over the park, it was just that, out over, as in not down. So it was no biggee. Heres our redneck picture. It looks pretty uneventful really. We could have been an audience at Monsters Inc. Laugh Floor. We're in the front, left side.
We came out and told Judy that it was fun, and she should go on it.
So, with our remaining fastpasses she went on, along with Lauren and DN for a second time. DSiL and I browsed the shops along Sunset Boulevard, while trying to convince James and Marlene (well, mostly James) that you could pass the time in a shop without having to buy something!
In the next installment: Lunch at 50s Prime Time.
Link to next installment
From there we all headed over toward RnR and Tower of Terror. Since our fastpass window had opened up I got fastpasses for ToT before joining everyone else at RnR. Now, I think my DSiL had been on ToT before, but none of the rest of us had. Lauren, being the thrill-ride lover, wanted to try it. I wont go as far as to say that I was afraid to ride it before, but I just hadnt had to prove anything before now, so had never made it a point to try to go on. But now I couldnt let Lauren pass me by. Heres the ride that was in my destiny for later in the morning.
In my destiny for sometime after 11:00 am, in fact.
But first, we turned our attention to Rock n Roller Coaster. We had two riders, Marlene and James, who had never been on it before and were rapidly working their way up the thrill rides, but were still a little apprehensive. They each picked a parent to ride with, and they bravely went on. Here are our redneck pictures of the start of the ride, when youre catapulted to 60 mph in 2.8 seconds. I had to enhance a couple of them so you could see everyones faces.
James and Judy in back, Lauren and DN in the front. I love that James' eyes are squeezed shut just about as tight as they possibly could be.
Strangers in back, Marlene and I in the front. I still can't figure out what's going on with her mouth.
All strangers, except DSiL in back-right.
How did the newbies like it? They loved it! They were extremely pumped up when they got off the ride.
I think RnR might be my favorite coaster in Disney. I love the loop, love the music, and it seemed to last longer than I remembered.
Then it was on to Tower of Terror. Marlene and James both said they did not want to go on it, and we werent about to push them. Judy wasnt so sure about it either, so she volunteered to wait with them while Lauren, DSiL, DN, and I went on. While in line, I said since this is our first time and we (as in I) are not so sure about it, why dont we sit in the back row so were not right in front when the doors open up to the park while were in a free-falling elevator. DN insisted he wanted to be in front. Then, when we got up to board our elevator I found it didnt matter -- you lined up on specific marks, and when the elevator arrived you sat in the seat corresponding to your mark. Naturally, we were in the front row.
I was a little anxious when our elevator had made its way through the Twilight Zone and I felt it latch into the spot where we would begin our wild ride of drops and lifts. But, you know what? It wasnt too bad. The drops werent nearly as far as I thought theyd be. And when we saw out over the park, it was just that, out over, as in not down. So it was no biggee. Heres our redneck picture. It looks pretty uneventful really. We could have been an audience at Monsters Inc. Laugh Floor. We're in the front, left side.
We came out and told Judy that it was fun, and she should go on it.
So, with our remaining fastpasses she went on, along with Lauren and DN for a second time. DSiL and I browsed the shops along Sunset Boulevard, while trying to convince James and Marlene (well, mostly James) that you could pass the time in a shop without having to buy something!In the next installment: Lunch at 50s Prime Time.
Link to next installment
, but I wish we had been. I think our party was too large (as in number!) for that 
. But there was one across from us.
When Cousin Joey cleared DNs plate, he took five or six steps away before he turned back saying, Wait a minute! Somebody tried to pull a fast one on me! 
Michael did the same thing with Jenna's APs. He left one of their APs on the Splash machine and it was at least a solid hour until we realized it. 
Michael ran retracing his steps and luckily a CM at the FP machine had it.
