DisneyFreak98
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Oct 15, 2012
Today was Tuesday! I woke up not feeling so well, dealing with allergies/sinus problems. It wasn't horrible, but very uncomfortable.
A few days before we had noticed that one of the RV's water tanks was leaking, so we had a guy coming out in the morning to fix it. He ended up getting there around 10:00 and not leaving until almost 4:00 (he ended up having to go to the store to get a different part).
We spent the morning doing our regular routine of school and work. Because of the leak we couldn't use our water, so we ate sandwiches for lunch on paper plates.
After lunch I was still feeling yucky, so I went to bed for a couple of hours. Travis went to play basketball for a while and later the boys went fishing.
I got up around 2:00 not feeling much better. We were planning on leaving for Magic Kingdom around 3:00 and I really wanted to go, so I took a shower to see if that would help. I did feel a little better after that, so I decided I would go.
We got some stuff together, and everyone except for Dad (who stayed with the repairman) was out the door a little after 3:00. We walked to the docks and waited about 10 minutes for a boat to come. Once we arrived at MK and went through bag check, we headed inside the park!
It was wicked crowded today, which was slightly unusual for a Tuesday afternoon.
We checked the My Disney Experience app for wait times, and most things were 30-45 minutes or higher.
We decided to go over to Tomorrowland first to ride the Speedway, which had a 30 minute wait. It was at this point when I realized that perhaps it had not been such a great idea for me to come. I was just feeling awful, and the sun and crowds were not helping at all. I did not feel up to standing in line for half an hour, so I opted to sit out on a bench and wait while they rode. Mom didn't want me to wait out by myself, so she was kind enough to sit with me while Sam and Travis rode.
When they got off it was a little after 4:00. We had Mine Train FastPasses that expired at 4:45, but we really wanted to wait for Dad to get there so he could ride with us. We made our way over to the ride to wait for him, and while we waited we watched the ride cars go by. It was so fun to see all the people screaming and having a good time. Dad texted around 4:20 to say he was on the boat over. He arrived about 20 minutes later, just in time for our FastPass.
We pretty much waked right on, and we had a great ride! When we got off it was about 5:00, so we started thinking about where we wanted to eat dinner. We had just brought sandwiches again, so we decided that we would go over to the tables near Rapunzel's tower.
As we were making our way over there we noticed that the Fairy Godmother was out greeting and her line was fairly short, so we stopped to meet her! Mom stayed with me while the boys went to find a table.
It only took about 5-10 minutes until it was our turn, and we had a great interaction! I had never met Fairy Godmother before, and she was so fun.
Once we said goodbye, we started heading towards Rapunzel's when Mom noticed that Sam had texted her to say there were no free tables. Instead they were in Liberty Square at the tables over there. So, we met them over there and we ate our sandwiches together. I was actually feeling better at this point, which was great.
Once we were done eating we had plans of splitting up. Mom and I had FP's for meeting Anna and Elsa and Ariel, and we were planning on meeting some other characters as well. The boys had FP's for Big Thunder and Buzz, and they were also going to do the Sorcerer's of the Magic Kingdom.
So, once we were done we went in our separate directions. Our FP's for Anna and Elsa were just about ready, so we headed over there first. We scanned our bands and only had to wait about 10 minutes before seeing them! Now let me tell you, I was very excited about meeting Anna and Elsa. Like every other 6 year old girl out there, I love Frozen. I have a giant Olaf stuffed animal, an Anna doll, and Frozen bed sheets. I had been looking forward to this since we made the FastPass back in December, and I was definitely not disappointed! Anna is my favorite character, and she was so amazing! She talked to me longer than face characters usually do, talking about my braids, my snowflake earrings, and whether or not I had ice powers. She was so great!
It was also super fun meeting Elsa, but she isn't as crazy energetic as her sister is. She is definitely more reserved and "queen like".
They let people into the room with the characters in groups, and we were the last ones in our group to go. It was fun being in there with them all by myself! We asked if it would be possible to get a photo with both Anna and Elsa, but they wouldn't do it
. According to Anna, she couldn't take pictures with Elsa because she needed to learn how to do things on her own. I was bummed, especially because I had seen other people get pictures with the both of them, but we just said okay and headed out.
It was about 5:45 at this point, and our FP for meeting Ariel wasn't until 7:00. So, in the meantime we decided to meet some other characters! First we went over to the Fairy Tale Garden to meet Merida! The line took about 20 minutes, which wasn't bad at all. While we were waiting I took my hair out of the braids and put my sweatshirt on, so it kind of looks like these pictures were taken on a different day than the others!
Meeting Merida was awesome, and she was really great. I feel like Brave is kind of an underrated movie, but I really love it. Merida was explaining to me how she hates when she has to curtsy because she's so awful at it.
Once we said goodbye to Merida, we had time to meet one more character before our Ariel FP's were good, so we decided to meet our friends from the Hundred Acre Woods! We hopped in line for Pooh and Tigger, which took about 20 minutes. While we were waiting the boys came over and met us there. The park was still very crowded and wait times had not gone down much, so Sam and Travis were ready to go home. They headed out of the park, but Dad decided to stay with us. He sat outside the line and waited for us.
For some reason the line seemed to be taking forever, probably because Pooh and Tigger had to leave twice. The second time they left we were the next in line to see them! But it was totally worth it, because we had an awesome meet and greet! Tigger is one of my favorite (non-princess) Disney characters, and I told him that. He got so excited and started bouncing around all over the place. I must have gotten at least 3 hugs, and it was so totally precious. Pooh didn't seem too upset that I was favoring Tigger, and I got some hugs from him, too.
Even as we were leaving, Tigger was blowing me a bunch of kisses. He was so cute!
Once we exited, we met up with Dad. My and Mom's FastPasses for Ariel were ready, so we headed over there. Dad didn't have a FP, so he had to wait outside, but it ended up only taking like 5 minutes to get in and out.
We basically scanned our bands and walked right up to Ariel. It was really fun meeting her, and she was one of the most beautiful people I've ever met. She really liked my "treasures" (earrings) and wanted to know if I had got them from a shipwreck. Apparently a shipwreck is the best place to find treasures, and she invited me to go to one with her and flounder some day!
After we left the Grotto we met back up with Dad. We decided to visit the sideshow at the circus as our last character greeting for the night. We met Daisy Fortuna and Minnie Magnifique first, which took about 20 minutes. They also left while we were waiting, but only once. We met Daisy first, and she was absolutely hilarious and super sassy! After I got a photo with her, she demanded to have a photo taken with Dad. She would absolutely not take no for an answer! It was totally adorable.
Minnie was also adorable, but the funniest thing about her was her photographer! This guy was so funny, loud, and energetic. He had Minnie and I do this fun pose:
Meeting them was tons of fun, and once we were done we got right in line for the Great Goofini and the Astounding Donaldo. Their line only took bout 10 minutes.
Goofini was first, and he was so great. He acted all shy, and his photographer asked if he wanted to take me on a date! I thought that was pretty funny, especially because just a week or two before Goofy's son Max was also wanting to take me out. I love Goofy, though, so I didn't mind.
Last but not least was Donaldo. He was also a lot of fun, and very sassy.
We said goodbye to our circus friends and headed back into Fantasyland. We decided to ride Buzz Lightyear on our way out of the park and then head home. We made it over to Tomorrowland and only waited about 10 minutes for Buzz. I went with Dad, and we had a good time just shooting for fun.
Once we got off we made our way out of the park. It was 8:00, which was parade time, so the back exit was open. That makes it so much easier to get out, so that was great.
Once we exited the park we made it to the boat dock, where a boat was just pulling out. It's always a bummer when you just miss it, but another one came within 10 minutes. We climbed aboard and were on our way home in no time. We got back to the Fort and walked back home where Sam and Travis were waiting for us. It was a little after 8:30 now, and we spent the rest of the night just hanging out and watching some TV. We got to bed around 9:30 with plans of going to Animal Kingdom tomorrow afternoon!
What had started out as a not so great day turned out to be really awesome! But how could going to Magic Kingdom, riding a few rides, and meeting a bunch of characters not make a person feel better?
Because I wasn't feeling well I didn't bring my camera to the park, so I apologize that the only photos in this update are PhotoPass pictures of me with characters.
A few days before we had noticed that one of the RV's water tanks was leaking, so we had a guy coming out in the morning to fix it. He ended up getting there around 10:00 and not leaving until almost 4:00 (he ended up having to go to the store to get a different part).
We spent the morning doing our regular routine of school and work. Because of the leak we couldn't use our water, so we ate sandwiches for lunch on paper plates.
After lunch I was still feeling yucky, so I went to bed for a couple of hours. Travis went to play basketball for a while and later the boys went fishing.
I got up around 2:00 not feeling much better. We were planning on leaving for Magic Kingdom around 3:00 and I really wanted to go, so I took a shower to see if that would help. I did feel a little better after that, so I decided I would go.
We got some stuff together, and everyone except for Dad (who stayed with the repairman) was out the door a little after 3:00. We walked to the docks and waited about 10 minutes for a boat to come. Once we arrived at MK and went through bag check, we headed inside the park!
It was wicked crowded today, which was slightly unusual for a Tuesday afternoon.
We checked the My Disney Experience app for wait times, and most things were 30-45 minutes or higher.
We decided to go over to Tomorrowland first to ride the Speedway, which had a 30 minute wait. It was at this point when I realized that perhaps it had not been such a great idea for me to come. I was just feeling awful, and the sun and crowds were not helping at all. I did not feel up to standing in line for half an hour, so I opted to sit out on a bench and wait while they rode. Mom didn't want me to wait out by myself, so she was kind enough to sit with me while Sam and Travis rode.
When they got off it was a little after 4:00. We had Mine Train FastPasses that expired at 4:45, but we really wanted to wait for Dad to get there so he could ride with us. We made our way over to the ride to wait for him, and while we waited we watched the ride cars go by. It was so fun to see all the people screaming and having a good time. Dad texted around 4:20 to say he was on the boat over. He arrived about 20 minutes later, just in time for our FastPass.
We pretty much waked right on, and we had a great ride! When we got off it was about 5:00, so we started thinking about where we wanted to eat dinner. We had just brought sandwiches again, so we decided that we would go over to the tables near Rapunzel's tower.
As we were making our way over there we noticed that the Fairy Godmother was out greeting and her line was fairly short, so we stopped to meet her! Mom stayed with me while the boys went to find a table.
It only took about 5-10 minutes until it was our turn, and we had a great interaction! I had never met Fairy Godmother before, and she was so fun.
Once we said goodbye, we started heading towards Rapunzel's when Mom noticed that Sam had texted her to say there were no free tables. Instead they were in Liberty Square at the tables over there. So, we met them over there and we ate our sandwiches together. I was actually feeling better at this point, which was great.
Once we were done eating we had plans of splitting up. Mom and I had FP's for meeting Anna and Elsa and Ariel, and we were planning on meeting some other characters as well. The boys had FP's for Big Thunder and Buzz, and they were also going to do the Sorcerer's of the Magic Kingdom.
So, once we were done we went in our separate directions. Our FP's for Anna and Elsa were just about ready, so we headed over there first. We scanned our bands and only had to wait about 10 minutes before seeing them! Now let me tell you, I was very excited about meeting Anna and Elsa. Like every other 6 year old girl out there, I love Frozen. I have a giant Olaf stuffed animal, an Anna doll, and Frozen bed sheets. I had been looking forward to this since we made the FastPass back in December, and I was definitely not disappointed! Anna is my favorite character, and she was so amazing! She talked to me longer than face characters usually do, talking about my braids, my snowflake earrings, and whether or not I had ice powers. She was so great!
It was also super fun meeting Elsa, but she isn't as crazy energetic as her sister is. She is definitely more reserved and "queen like".
They let people into the room with the characters in groups, and we were the last ones in our group to go. It was fun being in there with them all by myself! We asked if it would be possible to get a photo with both Anna and Elsa, but they wouldn't do it
. According to Anna, she couldn't take pictures with Elsa because she needed to learn how to do things on her own. I was bummed, especially because I had seen other people get pictures with the both of them, but we just said okay and headed out.It was about 5:45 at this point, and our FP for meeting Ariel wasn't until 7:00. So, in the meantime we decided to meet some other characters! First we went over to the Fairy Tale Garden to meet Merida! The line took about 20 minutes, which wasn't bad at all. While we were waiting I took my hair out of the braids and put my sweatshirt on, so it kind of looks like these pictures were taken on a different day than the others!
Meeting Merida was awesome, and she was really great. I feel like Brave is kind of an underrated movie, but I really love it. Merida was explaining to me how she hates when she has to curtsy because she's so awful at it.
Once we said goodbye to Merida, we had time to meet one more character before our Ariel FP's were good, so we decided to meet our friends from the Hundred Acre Woods! We hopped in line for Pooh and Tigger, which took about 20 minutes. While we were waiting the boys came over and met us there. The park was still very crowded and wait times had not gone down much, so Sam and Travis were ready to go home. They headed out of the park, but Dad decided to stay with us. He sat outside the line and waited for us.
For some reason the line seemed to be taking forever, probably because Pooh and Tigger had to leave twice. The second time they left we were the next in line to see them! But it was totally worth it, because we had an awesome meet and greet! Tigger is one of my favorite (non-princess) Disney characters, and I told him that. He got so excited and started bouncing around all over the place. I must have gotten at least 3 hugs, and it was so totally precious. Pooh didn't seem too upset that I was favoring Tigger, and I got some hugs from him, too.
Even as we were leaving, Tigger was blowing me a bunch of kisses. He was so cute!
Once we exited, we met up with Dad. My and Mom's FastPasses for Ariel were ready, so we headed over there. Dad didn't have a FP, so he had to wait outside, but it ended up only taking like 5 minutes to get in and out.
We basically scanned our bands and walked right up to Ariel. It was really fun meeting her, and she was one of the most beautiful people I've ever met. She really liked my "treasures" (earrings) and wanted to know if I had got them from a shipwreck. Apparently a shipwreck is the best place to find treasures, and she invited me to go to one with her and flounder some day!
After we left the Grotto we met back up with Dad. We decided to visit the sideshow at the circus as our last character greeting for the night. We met Daisy Fortuna and Minnie Magnifique first, which took about 20 minutes. They also left while we were waiting, but only once. We met Daisy first, and she was absolutely hilarious and super sassy! After I got a photo with her, she demanded to have a photo taken with Dad. She would absolutely not take no for an answer! It was totally adorable.
Minnie was also adorable, but the funniest thing about her was her photographer! This guy was so funny, loud, and energetic. He had Minnie and I do this fun pose:
Meeting them was tons of fun, and once we were done we got right in line for the Great Goofini and the Astounding Donaldo. Their line only took bout 10 minutes.
Goofini was first, and he was so great. He acted all shy, and his photographer asked if he wanted to take me on a date! I thought that was pretty funny, especially because just a week or two before Goofy's son Max was also wanting to take me out. I love Goofy, though, so I didn't mind.
Last but not least was Donaldo. He was also a lot of fun, and very sassy.
We said goodbye to our circus friends and headed back into Fantasyland. We decided to ride Buzz Lightyear on our way out of the park and then head home. We made it over to Tomorrowland and only waited about 10 minutes for Buzz. I went with Dad, and we had a good time just shooting for fun.
Once we got off we made our way out of the park. It was 8:00, which was parade time, so the back exit was open. That makes it so much easier to get out, so that was great.
Once we exited the park we made it to the boat dock, where a boat was just pulling out. It's always a bummer when you just miss it, but another one came within 10 minutes. We climbed aboard and were on our way home in no time. We got back to the Fort and walked back home where Sam and Travis were waiting for us. It was a little after 8:30 now, and we spent the rest of the night just hanging out and watching some TV. We got to bed around 9:30 with plans of going to Animal Kingdom tomorrow afternoon!
What had started out as a not so great day turned out to be really awesome! But how could going to Magic Kingdom, riding a few rides, and meeting a bunch of characters not make a person feel better?
Because I wasn't feeling well I didn't bring my camera to the park, so I apologize that the only photos in this update are PhotoPass pictures of me with characters.
