LMM Plays Tour Guide - Spring Break at the World

[LittleMissMagic]

Soo... we did Mickey's Philharmagic. I knew Max would like this one. He loves Donald. Quote Max: "Donald's my boy - he don't take no [stish] from nobody!" And he loves the music from Beauty and the Beast and the Lion King.

Then, we went on it's a small world. I was expecting complaints from Max, but there were actually none! He was in a good mood and up for anything.


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Funny story about the last room. Marcia asked what it was, and I was explaining to her that it was everyone together. Max goes, really loudly, "WE'RE IN AMERICA!" And Marcia was mortified because we were sitting behind a Japanese family. But, I mean, he had a valid point - it's a diverse nation.


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[LittleMissMagic]

Max was hungry, but I convinced him that we should go ahead and ride Haunted Mansion.


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We opted for the interactive queue, which Max complained was longer, but Marcia enjoyed it.


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[LittleMissMagic]

I got us FPs for Splash Mountain, and decided that Max and I needed to take some good castle pictures before we got all wet. So we headed to the Castle, and of course, the Move It, Shake It, Celebrate It party was going on. Drat!


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I've always wanted this picture...


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[LittleMissMagic]

Then it was lunch time. We ate at Pecos Bill Cafe.

After that, Splash Mountain! Marcia sat this one out.


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We got pretty wet. I wasn't happy. I know - it's Splash Mountain, expect to get wet. But normally we get seated in the back, which is relatively dry. The wettest part of me was my butt because there wasn't anyone sitting in my seat before me, so it was wet when I sat down.

 

[LittleMissMagic]

We hit Pirates of the Caribbean as we made the rounds.


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Look at Pirate Max...


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And then the Tiki Room - a good break for our feet, which were killing all of us right now.


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[Merman]

Great TR and pics ... can't wait for to hear more .... still have 6 months to go before our family trip ... so this is a nice distraction until we leave!

 

[Torrance]

Hello Victoria (from another Victoria)! I'm loving your TR so far, and am working my way through a couple of your more recent TRs as well. I've really enjoyed everything so far -- thanks so much for sharing!

Love you and Max in your pirate hats, BTW.

 

[LittleMissMagic]

Yay! More readers!

We had more FPs for Splash Mountain, but when we went, they were experiencing technical difficulties. We gave our FPs away and went to watch the parade.


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[LittleMissMagic]

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[LittleMissMagic]

Jungle Cruise time!


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Real ducks!


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[LittleMissMagic]

Then we decided to sit down and watch the castle show... and Max got his popcorn. Another item to cross off his list of Disney treats.


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[LittleMissMagic]

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We had an hour or so to kill before our dinner ADR, so we headed back to Tomorrowland. I took them to Laugh Floor. Max thought the "This Guy" joke was funny (I have to agree - that's my favorite).

When the monster said that he could read minds and that this lady was saying, "Please don't pick me, please don't pick me," he was absolutely correct! He picked on Marcia who is really shy. Max, of course, thought it was hilarious that his mother was chosen.


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He kept leaning over to me, "Look at my triceps!" and flexing for the screen! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:


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He made her make antennas. Marcia didn't exactly appreciate the attention, but Max ate it up.

 

[LittleMissMagic]

Of course we had to do the People Mover...


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And then we went on Buzz Lightyear


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I had to push some little kids out of the way to get this picture... (just kidding)


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After that, it was time to leave for dinner at the Contemporary.


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We were prepared to take the boat, knowing that the monorail had special hours (it wasn't scheduled to open until 6:00 that day, and it was round 5:00), but it was up and running.


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I booked the Wave because I had been curious about it, and the entrance and lobby looked amazing from pictures (yes, I will choose to eat at a restaurant because of the architecture). Of course, I hadn't really kept in mind Chicken Fingers Max when overlooking the menu. He wrinkled his nose at it because nothing met his kid-taste palette. Again, we offered to leave. There were other restaurants at the resort we could eat at. But no - Max and I both ordered the flat iron steak. Marcia ordered a salad (I can't remember whether or not I've mentioned that Marcia is a vegetarian). There was something wrong with the salad, and she had him take it back. Max and I both enjoyed our food (See, Max? It's okay to try new things!). The atmosphere was cool, but it's not at the top of my list of places to return to.


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Max really liked the Contemporary, though. Before going to Disney, Max and I watched Undiscovered Disney Parks on Netflix, so we learned all about the construction of the Contemporary - how the rooms were pre-assembled, then slid into the structure. As a civil engineering student, Max found that fascinating. He said that he'd definitely like to stay there some day.

After dinner, Marcia got off the monorail at the Transportation and Ticket Center and went back to the resort, while Max and I headed back to Magic Kingdom.

 

[LittleMissMagic]

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We didn't have a lot of time before it was time to line up for fireworks. Max had spotted the Astro Orbiter and really wanted to do that, so we waited in line.


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We barely fit in the Space Ship together. Max is a big dude, so once he squeezed in, there was hardly any room for me (good thing I'm pixie-size)! We were in there really snug - add this to the list of rides not meant to accommodate the big and tall.

 

[LittleMissMagic]

It was over an hour before the Electrical Parade was to start, and we were surprised to find that it was already pretty packed. Thank goodness, there were only two of us, so it was easy to find a spot. With just two people, one being significantly bigger than the other, it's also easy to save a seat. So I left Max on the curb and went to get us ice cream. But the ice cream parlor was closed, and they were only selling frozen treats. Max wasn't interested in any of those, but I knew he wanted a turkey leg (he had been wanting one all week), so I trekked it to Frontierland, stood in a ridiculously long line for a turkey leg, then fought the crowds back to our spot on Main Street.

Max's first turkey leg!


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And I am unfortunately focusing on the little girl in the background. Drat.

It was a lot bigger than he thought it was (which is funny because I've always thought those things were huge). He had been telling me before that it was just a snack, but after getting one, he decided that this could definitely be a meal. I'm glad we got his turkey leg without Marcia there because she would not have enjoyed watching us eat that. It's pretty disgusting to eat, but I'll admit it's really good. Rather expensive, though...

 

[LittleMissMagic]

Now, when you're sitting on a curb for over an hour, you get to know your curb neighbors. We were sandwiched between two families with small children. The family neighboring me had been saving a spot using their stroller - the kids were meeting Mickey Mouse at Exhibition Hall. Well, when the kids came back, they had no interest in sitting in the stroller. So their dad parked the stroller (of course when he started to move the stroller, the kids wanted it back. As Max says, kids suddenly become interested in things when they are being taken away) and offered the little kids behind them to move up into the spot. How sweet.

Except those were the RUDEST, MOST OBNOXIOUS CHILDREN EVER!!!

Seriously. The little boy was ridiculous. He had his light sword and was pretending to direct music with it until he hit Max and became embarassed and stopped... for a minute or two. During the parade, he would run into the street. Why are these kids obnoxious? Because their parents are obnoxious. His mother insisted on sitting in the kids' place on the curb during the middle of the parade and had her son stand practically on top of me. She then realized that the little girl was behind her, so instead of offering the girl her spot, she pulled her OVER MY HEAD onto the street IN FRONT OF ME. And the little boy and girl literally sat in the street in front of me and Max. Snow White danced by and told them that they needed to move, but she was difficult to understand. Thankfully, parade patrol spotted them and told them they had to move. Of course, these two kids were directly in front of Max and me, so they thought they were ours. And I wanted to say, "Heck no, these obnoxious kids have no relation to me - please take them away." The parents weren't very obediant, but then Dad, who was standing behind them, told them they had to go... so they left. THANK GOODNESS!!!

Seriously... this was the day that I noticed bratty children all over. I'm beginning to worry about the future of our society. Parents are raising their children to believe that the world revolves around them. Hopefully this type of behavior just occurs more often at Disney World and not on an everyday basis at home.


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Here comes Snow White to tell the obnoxious children to go away...


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[LittleMissMagic]

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[LittleMissMagic]

We followed the parade to the Castle hub for the fireworks.

Max was really impressed by the Magic, Memories, and You castle projection show. This is actually pretty cool for projection... it's good entertainment when waiting for Wishes.


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[LittleMissMagic]

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Now brace yourselves, guys - it's finale time!


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[LittleMissMagic]

We had about an hour until park closing. We rode Buzz Lightyear again, then used our Space Mountain FPs, then Buzz Lightyear again.

See... I found some magical thing to shoot and get an awesome score on Buzz Lightyear. Then we had to ride it again to see if we could beat our scores from the previous game. We were doing pretty awesome.

My first random high score:


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And Max's (yeah, I beat him... no big deal... :whistling:


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My second time:


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And his (drat, he always comes back the second round):


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