lurkyloo
The Attic was just perfect!
- Joined
- Aug 24, 2006
I think when they’re introducing all the presidents, they should sub in a couple random ones like “President Camacho” just to see if anyone’s paying attention!
In the middle of the show I was stricken with a coughing fit and had to leave the auditorium so I wouldn’t wake anybody up. So I didn’t get to see how it ended—did we win?
After the show, @zzgator suddenly remembered she had to go meet someone else from Twitter who was possibly doing something more interesting than wandering aimlessly and complaining about the crowds, so we said our farewells (in 140 characters or less, natch). Then Patrick and I put on our riot gear and waded into the fray in New Fantasyland to go get our vow renewal planner Elena a souvenir.
When the crowd levels get this high, it’s time to leave the Magic Kingdom
After agonizing over what kind of thank-you gift to get Elena, I’d decided this Beauty & the Beast-themed candy dish was the perfect gift because it’s a rare piece of merchandise unique not just to the Magic Kingdom, but to New Fantasyland specifically, and it’s also subtle enough (I’m looking at YOU, light-up plastic castle goblet) that she could have it out on her desk and no one would know it was a Disney thing. After all that, I forgot to take a picture of the darn thing, so here are a couple from the Interwebz....
Candy dish in its natural habitat
Candy dish up close
Once that mission was accomplished, we were back to being aimless until the occasional flash of inspiration would send us off in the direction of something like the Peoplemover.
Wow. I guess Hollywood Studios isn’t the only park with a transient problem...
When in doubt, ride the Peoplemover!
Amazingly, Big Thunder did not have a huge line, so we rode that and made wishes on foreign coins in the queue’s fountain (I will tell you now that these wishes did NOT come true, as our flight home was anything but uneventful..).
I think Big Thunder might be the most picturesque thing in all of the Magic Kingdom. Even more than the castle, just cause its coloring looks SO nice against those blue Florida skies.
And then.... we saw a DUCK!!!
“Look what I can do! Can you do this?”
“We can ALL do that, Gary...”
Meh... It’s pretty, I *guess*, but it’s no Big Thunder Mountain!
We tried to get into the Plaza for lunch, but the place was packed, so we cut our losses, got our bags and car, and hit Downtown Disney for something we could take to the airport with us. Something like...
This was before they reinstated the Holiday Sandwich year-round, so I got a roast beef and Patrick got an Hawaiian (appropriate!). We supplemented these with milkshakes from Ghirardelli and hit the road. (A Ghirardelli chocolate shake with their peanut butter sauce swirled in blows Beaches & Cream’s No Way Jose shake outta the water!)
We got to MCO, got on our plane, and then had to get right back off because the shocks on one of the wheels were busted. Eventually they found us another plane, but that put us back into LA at 11pm instead of 8:30pm—not long enough to get any kind of recompense from United but long enough to be totally annoying. So much for those Big Thunder Mountain fountain wishes!
....And there endeth “Aulani to Walt Disney World: Our Fifth Anniversary Vow Renewal Extravaganza!”
Up next: (Probably) A Report on D23 Expo, plus the Thrilling Conclusion of “Epcot 30: Lurkyloo-king Back on Tomorrow”!
In the meantime, I've got a backlog of trips to WDW I haven't written up that I should probably tap... the one about Disney's Social Media Moms convention would probably be good, and I'm dying to brag about the actual Disney wedding we got invited to last year! 
I'm so glad it worked out for you guys!
