We crossed over to Adventureland through the hub and thankfully I was keeping an eye on everybody because R and mom just barreled ahead while M stopped to take a bunch of castle pictures. They were doing a show in front of the castle so M could have been totally lost in the crowd. She finally realized she was alone and looked around in a panic until she saw me a couple feet away. R and mom had no idea what was going on, they were far away from us in the shade.
While R decided he needed another smoke break I decided I needed to try a Pineapple Float for the first time. It was magnificent. I had to get everyone to try some it was so good. They all agreed with me. I sat out going to the Swiss Family Treehouse. Usually I enjoy going through it, but it was hot and I was enjoying my delicious treat. They all claimed to have enjoyed it&. I just wish they would spruce it up a bit, it was quite dusty the last time I saw it. Anyway, then we did The Magic Carpets of Aladdin with no wait. We were all spit on by the camel many times. Followed by the Jungle Cruise which was another walk-on and everyone loved it. Our driver, Al, was fantastic. I have never ridden it back to back, so not sure if they say the same jokes every time. If so, I dont know how they dont get bored. We tried clapping at the giant spider in the queue to show R & M how it lunges at people, but it didnt scare us as bad this time. The first time we did it a few trips ago the spider itself reared up and lunged. This time only the cage tilted toward us. It still got the heart pumping. We then headed to Pirates which was another walk-on. I was loving life. Everything was going fantastically.
Pecos Bills was on the agenda for lunch, especially since we didnt get taco salads the night before at the Pepper Market. M got distracted at a little stand that had beautiful glass trinkets. I took R and left M and mom behind, mom has been to Disney many many times and should know her way around by now& At least thats what I thought. Apparently she still has some kinks to work out and was a little annoyed we left her. R was getting concerned that they were taking a while to catch up with us, but Pirates is right around the corner from Pecos Bills, it wasnt like they had to maneuver through a maze or anything. I do think we had to back track a little to find them, but then the main focus was lunch. It was completely empty which was great and we must have ordered a little faster than them because we got separated a little. They found us very soon later at the toppings bar and we all loaded our salads up with deliciousness and went to find R who had left us to find a table. We found him as far away from the ordering station as he possibly could, suddenly with a bad attitude. We couldnt get him to talk, he was just eating in silence, complaining a bit that the toppings bar should have had more things to top with& And then suddenly he said, I think Im going to leave. WHAT!!! What was going on? He wouldnt talk with us, M had no idea what was going on. We were all in limbo. A little history is that R can get in a deep funk very fast and usually it lasts very long. So when he said he was going to leave, I thought it was a good idea because I didnt want him ruining our day with his horrible mood. When he finished his food he said he was going for a walk and left. We were able to get a little info from M who didnt want to talk about it when he was there. Apparently when they were ordering their food the CMs saw their anniversary buttons and had rung some cow bells as a kind of congratulations. Mom and I had heard the bells when we were at the toppings bar but had not thought anything of them. Well R hates any kind of extra attention and this just set him over the edge. It was absolutely ridiculous. M decided she was going to stay with us if he did leave. Well he was gone for so long we all figured he just left without telling us. He finally showed up again after we were all finished with our food, which was fabulous as usual.
R had ended up going off for a smoke and had calmed himself down enough that when he came back he decided since we were right near Splash Mountain and BTMR he would do those with us before leaving. Needless to say he took his anniversary button off. M got a bit sad over the whole situation because it left her feeling that he wasnt proud to be celebrating their marriage. Ugh, what a horrible person my brother can be sometimes.
At some point R let us know his feet were killing him. He had foolishly brought brand new sandals on the trip and they were giving him blisters. I must say that I warned them to pack comfortable shoes for the trip many times before we left, he chose not to listen to my advise. This was unfortunately adding to his bad mood.
Splash Mountain was one that M remembered from her previous trip and was not looking forward to reliving. Thankfully she enjoyed it and it was only a five minute wait. I loved the ride photo and would have bought it except the line was quite long, and the CM said I could buy it at any photo place in the park with the number she gave me. Ok, I would think about it for the rest of the day, if I was still wanting it Id buy it before we left. On the way out of the gift shop R saw some sandals he thought would work better than the ones he had on, just regular thongs but the ones he had on had a back which was causing the problem. For some reason he didnt get them& Onward to BTMR which was another walk-on, everyone loved it. Things were going very well except for Rs attitude. He had to stop for another smoke break and I was so annoyed with him I sat across the way. Hes in the middle left of the photo. I just needed to try and calm myself down a bit.
Mom and M went to buy him the sandals he had eyed. I find it so annoying when women have to take care of men because they are too stubborn to do something themselves. If it was me I would have let him suffer until he decided hed take care of the situation himself. Off the soapbox for now.
The new sandals felt much better and he decided to stick with us until he couldnt stand it any longer. Wed see how the day continued.