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Chapter Thirty-Five: HOLY CRAP THE LIGHTS ARE ON!
Day 6: January 22nd, 2013
So as we left off, we were in search for some lunch! I think we both REALLY wanted chicken nuggets, so we figured we'd head over to Cosmic Ray's!
We left Frontierland and on our way out, we caught these guys playing!
I wanted to stop for a moment to listen to them because the guy on the banjo was pretty darn good!
Fun fact: Matt plays the banjo, so we stop whenever we see/hear someone playing. He's just a beginner, but whenever he plays it makes me happy.
Anyway, we moved along and made our way into Tomorrowland. The crowds were really starting to pick up at this point, which was kind of a bummer... but we were thankful for having a nice quiet morning in the parks!
We got to Cosmic Ray's and it was a nuthouse. Evidently every single tour group decided to go eat at Cosmic Ray's at that hour or something, it was crazy. I had Matt go stake out a table for us while I ordered our food.
After roaming the area for a while, I spotted Matt and sat down next to him. Unfortunately, our tolerance for the crowds was really starting to fade away. We'd obviously been spoiled by that morning's lower crowds!
BUT HEY, chicken nuggets always make things a bit better!
I love me some Disney chicky chicky nug nugs (big ups to Tom Haverford) with some honey mustard sauce.
We ate pretty quickly as we just really wanted to get out of there because of how loud it was.
It's funny, I've never really seen Cosmic Ray's not busy, and it's not even my favorite place to go, so why we keep going back every trip, who knows? Perhaps it's the lovely tunes from Sonny Eclipse... I don't know, but I'm not sure we'll go there again in September since there's plenty of other places to go and eat at.
Anyway, after we finished up, we obviously went on... the PeopleMover! DUH, it is the best thing to go on when the crowds are getting thick and you need a little peace and quiet.
So Matt and I get on, and we're zooming along, just enjoying the ride. As we're going inside of Space Mountain, I notice that it seems a bit lighter than normal. Kind of weird.
Then it dawns on me... YUP, ALL LIGHTS ARE ON INSIDE OF SPACE MOUNTAIN.
I'm one of those people (I'm guessing I'm not in the minority) who finds this fascinating. I mean, it's so rare that you get to see this, and this was the first time I've ever seen it in person. I find it to be really cool, but also a bit creepy and just... weird.
I think it's because everything is in the dark, so when it's exposed, and you can see things you're not supposed to see... I dunno, I just get oddly creeped out about it, hahaha.
Anyway, when we saw this, we knew we were in for a treat.
The both of us were just sitting there with our mouths open, saying COOOOOOL like 10 year old kids, haha. It was SO weird and neat to see everything lit up!
The ride was not going at all, and I think they'd evacuated by that point. I have to say, seeing Space Mountain all lit up kind of scares me just because it's obviously pretty bare bones when seen in the light...
All I know is that I'm going to continue to keep my hands inside of the spaceship at all times...
Not that you would really ever see me with my hands up because I'm too busy holding on for my dear life while screaming.
After enjoying an eventful ride on the PeopleMover, we decided to head out of the park.
BUT on our way out we had to stop for some PhotoPass photos!
Oh hey Mickey, how you doin'?
We left Magic Kingdom and it was time to ride the MONORAIIIIL!
Which color would show up for us?
BLUUUUE. Yay!
We had a quick ride on the monorail because we were heading on over to the Contemporary for a little exploring!
I have been pretty harsh on the Contemporary in the past. During our honeymoon I thought it smelled weird. I don't know why I thought this because it, in fact, does not smell weird and smells delightful.
But I'm also not the hugest fan of the design of the resort. It obviously makes sense for what they wanted, but it doesn't really appeal to me personally.
That being said, I needed to give the Contemporary a little love this trip. We'd never taken the time out to REALLY walk around it, plus Marissa had talked so much about this amazing Chocolate Peanut Butter cupcake, I was determined to try one myself!
We walked around a bit, made a quick restroom pitstop, then headed over to the Contempo Cafe!
I excitedly walked up to the counter... only to see this:
No Chocolate Peanut Butter cupcakes! WOMPWOMP. Apparently they change our their cupcakes pretty frequently or something.
They had Birthday ones, and Red Velvet, but I REALLY wanted that Chocolate Peanut Butter. So I skipped out on them, as did Matt, and we decided to go look at the wonderful mural instead.
Matt and I had a competition to see who could spot the five-legged goat first, since neither of us knew where it was/had never been able to find it before.
I WON as I spotted that little guy just chillin' on the mountain.
Silly five-legged goat.
I have to say, the Contemporary is a pretty neat resort. It will never be my first choice to stay at for a monorail resort; I prefer the Grand Floridian and wouldn't mind the Poly at some point... but the Contemporary is still a lovely place to visit!
The one thing I'm bummed out that we didn't do on this day was go look at Bay Lake Tower. Just means we'll have to try to make it over there in September!
Anyway, time was ticking, so we got in line for the monorail, and we got... BLACK!
AND AWAY WE WENT!
Next we play for a bit in Epcot, and I unexpectedly run into my first Disney princess!
Continued in next post
Day 6: January 22nd, 2013
So as we left off, we were in search for some lunch! I think we both REALLY wanted chicken nuggets, so we figured we'd head over to Cosmic Ray's!
We left Frontierland and on our way out, we caught these guys playing!
I wanted to stop for a moment to listen to them because the guy on the banjo was pretty darn good!
Fun fact: Matt plays the banjo, so we stop whenever we see/hear someone playing. He's just a beginner, but whenever he plays it makes me happy.
Anyway, we moved along and made our way into Tomorrowland. The crowds were really starting to pick up at this point, which was kind of a bummer... but we were thankful for having a nice quiet morning in the parks!
We got to Cosmic Ray's and it was a nuthouse. Evidently every single tour group decided to go eat at Cosmic Ray's at that hour or something, it was crazy. I had Matt go stake out a table for us while I ordered our food.
After roaming the area for a while, I spotted Matt and sat down next to him. Unfortunately, our tolerance for the crowds was really starting to fade away. We'd obviously been spoiled by that morning's lower crowds!
BUT HEY, chicken nuggets always make things a bit better!
I love me some Disney chicky chicky nug nugs (big ups to Tom Haverford) with some honey mustard sauce.
We ate pretty quickly as we just really wanted to get out of there because of how loud it was.
It's funny, I've never really seen Cosmic Ray's not busy, and it's not even my favorite place to go, so why we keep going back every trip, who knows? Perhaps it's the lovely tunes from Sonny Eclipse... I don't know, but I'm not sure we'll go there again in September since there's plenty of other places to go and eat at.
Anyway, after we finished up, we obviously went on... the PeopleMover! DUH, it is the best thing to go on when the crowds are getting thick and you need a little peace and quiet.
So Matt and I get on, and we're zooming along, just enjoying the ride. As we're going inside of Space Mountain, I notice that it seems a bit lighter than normal. Kind of weird.
Then it dawns on me... YUP, ALL LIGHTS ARE ON INSIDE OF SPACE MOUNTAIN.
I'm one of those people (I'm guessing I'm not in the minority) who finds this fascinating. I mean, it's so rare that you get to see this, and this was the first time I've ever seen it in person. I find it to be really cool, but also a bit creepy and just... weird.
I think it's because everything is in the dark, so when it's exposed, and you can see things you're not supposed to see... I dunno, I just get oddly creeped out about it, hahaha.
Anyway, when we saw this, we knew we were in for a treat.
The both of us were just sitting there with our mouths open, saying COOOOOOL like 10 year old kids, haha. It was SO weird and neat to see everything lit up!
The ride was not going at all, and I think they'd evacuated by that point. I have to say, seeing Space Mountain all lit up kind of scares me just because it's obviously pretty bare bones when seen in the light...
All I know is that I'm going to continue to keep my hands inside of the spaceship at all times...
Not that you would really ever see me with my hands up because I'm too busy holding on for my dear life while screaming.
After enjoying an eventful ride on the PeopleMover, we decided to head out of the park.
BUT on our way out we had to stop for some PhotoPass photos!
Oh hey Mickey, how you doin'?
We left Magic Kingdom and it was time to ride the MONORAIIIIL!
Which color would show up for us?
BLUUUUE. Yay!
We had a quick ride on the monorail because we were heading on over to the Contemporary for a little exploring!
I have been pretty harsh on the Contemporary in the past. During our honeymoon I thought it smelled weird. I don't know why I thought this because it, in fact, does not smell weird and smells delightful.
But I'm also not the hugest fan of the design of the resort. It obviously makes sense for what they wanted, but it doesn't really appeal to me personally.
That being said, I needed to give the Contemporary a little love this trip. We'd never taken the time out to REALLY walk around it, plus Marissa had talked so much about this amazing Chocolate Peanut Butter cupcake, I was determined to try one myself!
We walked around a bit, made a quick restroom pitstop, then headed over to the Contempo Cafe!
I excitedly walked up to the counter... only to see this:
No Chocolate Peanut Butter cupcakes! WOMPWOMP. Apparently they change our their cupcakes pretty frequently or something.
They had Birthday ones, and Red Velvet, but I REALLY wanted that Chocolate Peanut Butter. So I skipped out on them, as did Matt, and we decided to go look at the wonderful mural instead.
Matt and I had a competition to see who could spot the five-legged goat first, since neither of us knew where it was/had never been able to find it before.
I WON as I spotted that little guy just chillin' on the mountain.
Silly five-legged goat.
I have to say, the Contemporary is a pretty neat resort. It will never be my first choice to stay at for a monorail resort; I prefer the Grand Floridian and wouldn't mind the Poly at some point... but the Contemporary is still a lovely place to visit!
The one thing I'm bummed out that we didn't do on this day was go look at Bay Lake Tower. Just means we'll have to try to make it over there in September!
Anyway, time was ticking, so we got in line for the monorail, and we got... BLACK!
AND AWAY WE WENT!
Next we play for a bit in Epcot, and I unexpectedly run into my first Disney princess!
Continued in next post