The chapter title is a little thing we called a trip sound bite...
Also Highlighted in red will be reasons to go back (as you need a reason to go back to disney)
Our first full day had arrived...it was time to get the party started.
Im guessing that parker was so snug in his bed and ready for the Disney World action that he slept like a hard log.
All tucked in the night before..
Apparently he had no clue he slept, because he asked me that when he got up.
candi and I were up by 6:50, which was 7:50 at home and way later than we normally sleep...the alarm was set for 7:00, so we woke the kids up before it went off so they could hear the message from Mickey and Stitch.
Before the phone rang parker asked us that question,
Did I close my eyes last night?
Apparently the first day was alot for him and he was knocked out.
But soon enough we were all dressed, and ate up some of the wonderful muffins the wife made at home...and were out the door by 7:50
We made it to the bus stop by 8:00 and were seeing the arrival of our bus.
Noelle was ready to go, the headband would not last long at all.
Parker was pumped and already had asked us for his autograph book, cool kid on the bus ready to go.
that book was a grea deal, we wanted something bigger this trip that he could put pictures of him with each character on the page next to the autograph...the small books they sell there are a little too small and he has one of those completely full...the ones they sell with pictures sleeves dont really come with many pages in them...so candi got this one from the movie rewards site...tons of pages and big and sturdy for many more trips to come.
According to this nugget of information we were on our way to the park by 8:09.
As we were walking up the gates, we saw Donald, Daisy, and Minnie coming outside the gates to sign autographs...Parker said he wanted to wait in line to get in the park, and see them later...
Daisy was the only one we didnt see later in the trip.
We had forgotten to bring there autograph pens, so i went and bought them each one, didnt need two but for some reason i thought noelle had to have a princess one.
I had been reading that they were now letting people into Hollywood Studios or MGM as i reffer to it as, 15 minutes early now since they dont do the pre show, and also to cut down on the mad sprint to the main rides.
so by 8:45 we were let in and on our way down the street.
Not to many crowds heading in,
but the guy at the first corner did tell people to keep walking, even though no one was running, and that to come his way if you wanted to sign up for the
jedi traning school/academy they have...being as parker has never seen the show or cartoons we skipped out on this and didnt even bring it to his attention...but next time, we will be all over that one.
Now straight ahead i see the Large column that you walk under to get to the animation academy and playhouse disney area...to the slight left, i see the stairs leading down to the TSM area and where the crowds are headed...I quicky thing that there are no ramps that way we must go this way.
thinkink about the stroller and 4 wheeling it down them with kids in the stroller wasnt an option according to candi
I lead my family toward the giant walkway arch. to which parker says
"daddy you know all the short cuts"
i am beaming with pride...
a little ways up, we round the corner past the mermaid show, maybe 10 seconds later we are nearing the stairs, and "the ramp" that is right next to the stairs...
my response
"huh, i guess there is a ramp there after all"
parker
"daddy see there is a ramp, we can use"
me
"thanks buddy, we will use it next time, it must be brand new"
candi parks the stroller, i get fast passes for later on, and we near the line to find it has taken us 6 minutes to walk the "wrong" way to the ride park the stroller get the kids out, and head in line..not to shabby.
15 minute stand by, how did that many people get in front of me...we head in to the first ride of the trip.
all the while noelle is pulling on different candi clothing parts, the whole way through the line, i think she really wanted down to get everything.
uhh nevermind mommy dont put me down his eyes are a little scary looking.
Besides stopping for the picture with Mr. Potato Head we keep moving right past the glass pickup.
up the stairs and straight ahead toward the wall, turn around.
keep moving and finally stop once we reach the corner where you can see the ride.
Noelle gets her first glimps of the ride and is in aww of it.
Its time for some midway games.
our chariot of choice is non other than jessie
the ride is great parker is thrilled and i see him taking his time throughout the ride aiming and then fireing...he hasnt learned the art of fire uncontrollable at everything you see...our final results. Even though we have the game at home that hooks to the TV, he still takes his time fireing.
best in vehicle baby.
now granted, 4 of the 8 seats in our "vehicle" were taken up by my family one who can barely see where he is shooting the other two one is on the others lap and tending to noelle.
but there were 4 other people in the attached car, and i smoked them all.
see how serious during the ride.
lets see the arrival time of our next fastpasses we picked up before our ride.
huh, it is still 8:58 what to do now...i know follow me.
Next time we do something we have never done before. also my photopass CD should be here by then, so you will start getting those pictures in the following chapters.
So I will have to go myself or with other Dissers to stay there !! I did hear they will be changing the menu as the Mongolian type cuisine is not going over well !!
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We'll see...
glad to see you on another one of our adventures...hope you enjoy it
