JULY 8TH PART THREE: What Foolishness Would You Like to See?
After One Man's Dream, we all felt inspired and decided to go try our hand at animating. Well, drawing really. But if you wave the paper around, it's kind of animated. Maybe.
We skipped the film and headed on inside.
We got lucky too because they started letting people into the classroom right as we arrived. No waiting! Score!
I took that picture as we walked in because of Pegasus.
We snagged some seats at the back of the room and got down to business.
Thankfully, our instructor skipped over the usual waste-half-the-class-trying-to-decide-who-to-draw thing and simply said, "Has anyone drawn Buzz Lightyear before? No? Well then that's who were drawing." I wish they'd do that all the time instead of leaving it up to the class.
I was really impressed with our instructor. I can't remember her name, but she was very good. She had the timing down perfectly so we didn't waste any and did well with kids. There were a few who weren't too happy with the way their drawings were going, but she was so positive which cheered them right up.
Also, her voice was super relaxing. Before we even finished our guide lines, she had me in a weird animation-induced state of zen. It was kind of amazing.
Here's my final product:
I hope someday I'll get to draw Woody so I can hang them both up on my fridge like the proud 5 year-old that I am and sing "You've Got a Friend in Me" every time I open it. Not that I don't already sing "You've Got a Friend in Me" every time I open the fridge. I've been known to serenade that beautiful box of cold that keeps my food fresh on the regular.
I'd also really like to draw Jessie and her beautiful yarn full of hair.
In case you still can't tell, I really love Toy Story.
After our lesson, Dad and Katie wanted to do Star Tours, so we headed that way.
Look at the adorable baby Jedis learning to use the force or something. IDK. I've seen a grand total of like five minutes of the Star Wars movies. All I know about them is what I've picked up from other forms of pop culture. Like that Weird Al song about Yoda.
Flight simulation tends to give me panic attacks, so Star Tours is a no-no for me. Mom and I grabbed lunch from Backlot Express instead.
We split a grilled (more like pressed) turkey sandwich and chicken nuggets.
You can't see the nuggets, but they're back there and they look just like the usual Disney nuggets. I promise. Everything tasted fine, so we were happy.
After Dad and Katie returned from fictionalspaceC3POlightsaberHanSolo, I decided it was time to go visit some old friends. I hadn't seen them in quite some time, so this reunion was long overdue.
Can you guess who they are?
Here's a hint:
OK, that wasn't a hint, that was me telling you, but whatever. Play the music and light the lights because it's time for MUPPETVISION 3D!!
KERMIT!
Miss Piggy has
a lot of evening gowns.
We laughed and laughed and laughed some more. Muppet humor is a lot like my own humor. Kinda dry, filled with funny voices, and all about the timing.
Apparently this particular brand of humor is unique though, because, in a nearly full theater, I was the only one laughing at a lot of the jokes. For instance, Kermit's "We invited distinguished scientists from all over the world to come and work here...Unfortunately, none of them showed up" line kills me every time but people didn't laugh at all. They wouldn't even give it an I'm-not-rolling-on-the-floor-laughing-but-I-can-appreciate-the-humor-in-that snort. It's just like what happens on the Jungle Cruise and it's so depressing.
LAUGH AT THE JOKES, PEOPLE.
LAUGH. AT. THE. JOKES.
Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem! Janice is my favorite Muppet. Her hair is flawless.
Poor Beaker.
I said goodbye to my Muppet pals and we booked it over to Toy Story Mania. There were Fastpasses burning holes in our pockets.
I snapped a few shots of the Streets of America as we passed through.
Gotta love the Streets of (Two Parts of) America. So fabulously streety.
When we got to TSM, I ran over to the FP machines on the slim chance that there were still some available. It was like 1PM, so I highly doubted it. Summer crowds are ridiculous.
But, by some miracle, there were still FP!
It was one of many moments over the course of the trip in which we noticed that, compared to previous July trips, crowds were waaaay down. Don't get me wrong, there were still a lot of people there, but being able to get TSM FP after noon is usually unheard of in the summer. And ours were only for the 7PM-8PM window! The park was open until 10 that night. Crazy.
After I got the FP, Dad and Katie decided they wanted to head over to Typhoon Lagoon for a little while, so Mom and I rode TSM on our own.
Look at those best friends fighting evil. Well, Buzz is fighting evil. I guess Woody's just there for moral support. Someone draw him a lasso or something.
Score-wise, I still didn't break 200,000, but I was getting soooo close.
Maybe next time...
PS: HAPPY BIRTHDAY WALT!!!
?! Another fabulous post!!!
Perfect way to explain the whole situation.
Just... yes. Geez, I have missed your updates. SO MUCH LAUGHTER.
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It was a much needed trip and I'm so happy everything worked out and we were able to go. 
