Whew...reading about such an early morning after a late night made me tired!! Y'all were definitely troopers!! And I hate that y'all got there early for nothing, but I'm highly impressed that the waits for TSMM and RnRC were only 15 minutes!!
I totally understand what you mean about the yellow glasses...they are definitely an icon!
Glad to hear that your Mom loved RnRC! Sorry that the second time wasn't as fun for her!
Heehee...you and Alex aren't the only ones who battle it out...Mike and I are the same way...you'll see that mentioned in my TR as well! And good for you for finally pulling out the victory. I totall giggled when I read about your celebration and your Mom wanting to know what was going on! Too funny!
15 minutes is definitely a great wait time when you're talking about TSM and RNRC. Those rides get outrageous during the day!
Glad you and Mike are just as competitive.
I can't wait to see how your adventure on the ride went!
AHHHH Toy Story Mania. My second favorite ride in all of Disney! I've only ridden it four times so my scores aren't too great buuuuut I'm getting better. Anyways...
I really hope Alex didn't let you win.
That's such an annoying feeling. It's like, do I celebrate or feel like an idiot?
Sorry you were disappointed in the crowds. Maybe if you go again next May, it'll be more like 2011!
Hey, that just means you have room to improve, right?
I was becoming seriously suspicious after we left the TSM building....
We won't be going to WDW next May, but it's a time I'll keep returning to in future years, so I'm hoping it'll eventually revert back to its old crowd levels.
May used to be one of my favorite times to go, but now, not so much. I remember going early May of 2002, and we literally had the park to ourselves.
Yay for beating DH on TSM, I don't think I could ever beat my DH, even if I went into full on training. He is just too good! I'm also really bad at the ring toss screen, there is just something about it that is WAY more difficult than the others!
Glad your Mom was brave enough to try RnRC, what a fun memory!
Glad I'm not the only one who cannot do very well on the ring toss. It's a really difficult level. My DH plays video games occasionally, and I use that as his excuse for always beating me.
I know May 2011 was perfect. The weather was warm, but not hot, and one day we had parts of DHS all to ourselves. That's always such a great feeling, thinking you have WDW to yourself.
Loved reading your race recap
and I agree with you - the area heading towards and away from Camp Minnie Mickey was a total and comlete NUT HOUSE!!!!! i was appalled at the craziness around there!!!!
And the red light with the red markder???? Ya - we had that problem too. LOL Not thought out very well. HAHA! We had to cram in around a lighted area as best we could and then when we would bend over the clue to figure it out our heads would block the light so we would try the little light but it was red so we couldn't follow what we were noting on the paper. **!!!
OK, I wanted to comment on the race seperately so now I'm going back to read your latest instalation.
Ugh, that area made me want to pull my hair out. Everyone was pushing and shoving, and some people were even cussing up a storm because they were so angry they couldn't run. Not pretty....
And, yeah, I'd like to meet the genius who said, "Hey, let's use red flashlights, and let's attach them to these red pens!"
I can't beleive you guys got going so early the day after the race!!!! Not to mention headinng into a theme park! I never even heard the rumors about DHS opening early that day! What rock was I hiding under?!?! Oh well, I guess I should consider myself lucky to have not been privvy to that information since it was inaccurate!
I`m truly sorry that it caused you to make your plans around it though. You still had a great time though and still got in 15 minutes early which is definitely a bonus anyway right.
I totally agree with you about May NOT being cool!!! This is our second time in May and it was up in the 30`s BOTH times
We always try for end of April and into May to try and get some cool April weather but then if you go too early you have to deal with spring break crowds which is NOT pretty!
Congrats on beating your DH on TSM
That`s so great!!!
We only stayed in DHS for a little while, then we went back to the resort and pretty much slept the day away.
In the end, we caught up on all our sleep, it was just kind broken up.
Yeah, it's a fine line in the spring between catching the Spring Breakers and the summertime crowd. We'd had an extremely warm winter down here, so I was prepared for it to be really hot in May, but it doesn't change the fact that it was brutal.
How lovely for your mom that she found a friend for the race!
Too bad it was so crowded and frustrating though. It definitely sounds chaotic.
But congratulations on finishing and getting a good time! I know you wanted to beat your 5k time, but by the sounds of the people that were there, I'd say you did very good!
I was a little bummed that I didn't get a better 5K time, especially since I knew I was capable of it, but my overall time was great and that's all I focused on.
What a fun race!! I love the idea of a scavenger hunt and race all in one, wish I could do it!!
I can totally agree with you about running through AK feeling soooo crowded, especially with tons of other people, plus when its night time there its SO dark and you can't see well at all!! But that aside, it looks sooo fun!! And how awesome you get to ride rides like EE in the dark!!
That is really cool your mom made a friend too, she looks so darn happy in the picture!!
oh and dont worry about crazy eyes in race picture you look awesome and not bad at all!! DF says I look like I am dying in all of my race pictures
Looks like you were having fun at DHS too...I can never beat DF at TSM..even if he is distracted and I am trying my best
The EE race really is a wonderful experience, and I'd recommend it to anyone who loves Disney and/or 5Ks. It's something worth doing at least once, in my opinion. Being AK so late at night felt like getting a backstage pass or something. And it's cool to say that I've ridden EE at midnight.
I don't know what it is about DHs (or DFs
) beating us in TSMM. Seems to always be the case, though.
Well, look on the bright side---if you had gone with the 8:45 time, you would have been farther back in the line!
for beating Alex-I'm going to think positively that he didn't let you win!
That is true. And I ended up doing everything I set out to that morning, so I can't really complain.