I can't remember now if it was before or after we saw FOTLK that we ran into Whitney (20thingamabobs).
I couldn't believe we just randomly found one another! We'd made plans for a DISmeet later that night for EMH at Expedition Everest, but as we were walking along a path, she was coming one way with her mom and I was walking the other way with my family. We made eye contact with one another and you could see the light bulbs go off above our respective heads as we recognized each other.
A quick hello, introductions and confirmations we were still getting together later that night, we waved our goodbyes.
They'd told us everything they'd already gotten accomplished that morning and we had just two things under our belt.
Time to get a move on!
One of the things Demetri had been looking forward to this trip was finally being tall enough to get on more rides. The Aerosmith ride, RnRC, was about the only one he couldn't yet go on, but everything else he was tall enough for. Although we had reservations he would be OK with Dinosaur, it was something he wanted to try and we knew he'd be unhappy if he skipped it, so off we went.
He'd chosen Dinosaur for one of our movie nights leading up to our trip, so he knew the story and wasn't afraid from that perspective.
Waiting in line, he was very confident.
Now this was Daddy's and Kathryn's first ride on Dinosaur too. George had always chosen to be the one to sit out with Demetri. The bootleg ride photo of our crew is funny.... Ariana and I are smiling away and yet have never been the biggest fan of the ride. I like it, but it's one I would skip if we were pressed for time. Ariana likes it too, but she doesn't ask for it repeatedly like her favorites. Yet we're the smiley ones.
Alex looks like he's about to cry, yet he likes the ride and is usually the one that is trying to make the goofy faces for the camera. He says he misjudged the camera to look at and when so while he'd made an awesome funny face just moments before, when he turned to the flash of the actual camera he was caught completely off guard. Right.... that's his story and he's sticking to it.
The three newbies have various looks ---- George looks facinated while Demetri looks ho-hum-been-there-done-that. Kathryn is Demetri's hand holding support, again with a smile on her face. Seeing the picture, it was fun asking each person what it all meant. Demetri was a little shy and decided he really didn't like the ride after all and was grateful for Kathryrn's hand. Kathryn had enjoyed it but seeing Demetri's nerves offered her hand and he gladly took it. George didn't really know what he was thinking at the time of the picture, but said the ride was a little herky-jerky for his taste and would probably opt out again next time.
In the gift shop afterwards, a recovered Demetri wanted to bring home his own Dinosaur....
Now it was time to line up for the Jingle Jungle Parade. We'd only seen the parade once before, typically we'd use the parade time to head onto the rides for less crowds - but this time we wanted to see the Christmas parade.
Staking out a good spot, George was rubbing his hands together in glee anticipating the last minute spot crashers and his satisfaction at politely telling them to move along.
Ariana plopped herself down and was having fun making different murals with the nearby leaves.
Mildly disappointed there was no one to cuss out, we had a great view once the parade started. We were on a slight curve next to some greenery so a lot of the characters came over to see the kids.
King Louie got right into Alex's video camera....
The floats were awesome and I enjoyed looking for all the details that are so typical.....
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