So today is day 5 of our trip, but day 4 of our time at Disney. Which means it is already our 2nd to last day since we are only staying 5 nights this time.
Today is our "official" Magic Kingdom day. We had breakfast ressie's at Crystal Palace before the park opened, just as we do each time we go. This time it just didn't seem as magical. Not sure exactly what it was. Guess just a combination of things. We were seated on the right side when there were still plenty of tables on the left. Not sure why, but this made it extremely long before the characters came around. Our waiter couldn't have cared less about anything. He was all business and no fun. He had no sense of humor and I got the impression that he didn't much like kids. Not sure why he'd take a job in a place like that but, whatever. DH and I wanted to leave earlier because we could tell it would be a LOOOONG time before we could see each one, but DS wasn't having it. We were there for almost 2 hours. The park had long been open by the time we got out of there.
This is usually a tradition with us but I think I'm giving up that tradition.
We headed over to the Indy track because that's what DS requested to do first. We got fastpasses to Buzz Lightyear on the way. Hey Rosie and Jordan, remember this bush??
I need to pause here and tell you something I forgot to tell you the first night we rode Buzz this trip...... We rode it about 2-3 times that night and each time, the ride either stopped or the guns weren't working properly. Ok, back to the present.... Here are a couple of pic's from the speedway:
(ds is in there, you just can't see him
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It was at this moment that my car suddenly started going crazy!! It started banging itself back and forth on the track and I couldn't steer it. I couldn't stop because there was a line of cars. A CM came out and pulled on the steering wheel and it came out! He said just hit the gas and bring it around to the front and that myself and DH/DS could go again. COOL!
After another round of indy cars, we got on the people mover again. We seem to ride this A LOT each time we are at WDW. When we get off, it's time for BUZZ!! We quickly head over to Winnie the Pooh for a fastpass, then back to Buzz to ride....
When we get on the ride and get to the point where it lets you control the car with the joystick, the numbers went crazy and then blank.
Then, we tried to use the joystick....NOTHING! We all just sat back and rode because there was nothing else to do. When we got off, I tried to tell the CM walking the conveyor. His name tag said his name was FRANK and I'm here to tell you that he was a turd!! He glared at me out of the corner of his eye, then rolled his eyes at me and KEPT WALKING!!!
We went back around to the front and told the CM there that the ride wasn't working properly and I also told her of "Frank". She apologized about the ride and told me where to go to complain about Frank. She then let us in to ride again. This time, when we were let into the 2nd portion of the line, we rounded the corner, only to find.........A MEMBER OF THE DREAM TEAM!!! She was handing out Year of a Million Dreams Lanyards & pin sets.
How cool!!! Suddenly, I wasn't so mad about Frank any more. After all, had he not been a turd that day, we wouldn't have won a YOMD prize.
We did our ride, and I told DH that he might as well take DS out ahead of me because I planned on having a little chat with Frank on my way out. (Oh Yes, I did)....I told Frank... "Thank you for being such a turd to me earlier because now myself and my family won these YOMD lanyards", "I'll be sure to tell the supervisors at Guest Services all about it when I get up to 'City Hall'"."Have a nice day".
His mouth was wide open, and as I walked off I saw a girl CM standing on the side laughing because she heard the entire thing.
I did not go to tattle tell on Frank. I thought that letting him sweat it for a few minutes or hours was punishment enough. Besides, it put us in the right place at the right time. Who am I to mess with destiny??
UP NEXT.....Winnie The Pooh, many other rides, and DS is brave AGAIN!!!