APRIL 18, 2010
Day 8, Part 5 In Which We Are Trapped High In The Sky
It was getting late and we wanted an awesome spot for Spectro, so we headed out of Epcot and onto the monorail. At this point it was drizzling, but after we boarded it started to pour.
There was a monsoon going on outside this monorail.
I was officially in a very UN-Disneyish mood. I made a dumb mistake in scheduling two of my favorite things, Spectro and Wishes, on the last night of our trip. I didn't even think about the weather, and now we were facing a possible cancellation with no more chances to see these shows. Total disaster.
As the rain came down harder, I really felt like crying. My mom started saying things like, "Oh God, it's really coming down out there. I don't know how long I'm going to last." I shot her "THIS IS OUR LAST NIGHT AT DISNEY AND SO YOU ARE GOING TO LAST UNTIL THEY ARE DRAGGING US OUT BY OUR HAIR" looks, but secretly I also wasn't thrilled about traipsing around the Magic Kingdom soaking wet all night either. Our amazing night of Spectro, Wishes, and gallivanting around the MK until 3am that I had planned was going south pretty quickly.
You know what made things a lot worse? The fact that we were on the monorail. Usually being on the monorail is one of the #1 things in life that brings me joy, but this was a whole other situation. It was raining HARD, and thundering. Disney's highway in the sky kept making noises that I really did not care for.
And then we stopped.
IN THE MIDDLE OF FREAKING NOWHERE.
Thrill seekers: Look no further than the monorail in a storm.
You know how the monorail that goes from Epcot to the MK (or vice versa) travels along the highway, kind of in the woods? It's a pretty long ride. Really long compared to the monorail that circles the MK. In the dark, pouring rain it seems REALLY REALLY LONG and when it stops in the middle of the woods in the dark, pouring rain with thunder clapping constantly, it's pretty terrifying.
Then - and I know this sounds crazy - I'm almost positive the monorail was tilting to the right a little bit.
At this point I started wondering how the world would hear the news of our deaths.
I swear... we were sideways.
Either that or my brain was.
Or both.
The point is... I was very upset.
I posted on twitter:
Um.. So. Our monorail is STOPPED. Freaking me out. A bit. 8:09 PM Apr 18th via txt
Monorail Voice Guy kept assuring us we would continue moving shortly, and sure enough after about 10 minutes we kept going. During this time, the rain had slowed down a LOT. I guess when the weather gets really bad, they just stop the monorail.
After we started moving, the rain stopped completely! Disney Magic at its finest, my friends. The change in my mood was quite a sight to see. We weren't lying in a firey monorail wreck in the middle of Disney World and ON TOP of that, Wishes and Spectro were not going to be canceled!
The change in my mood was quite extreme. I was giddy as could be. I was acting a fool, giggling and carrying on with my mom. I was so overtired that I just couldn't help it anyway, but I had also decided that instead of being sad that it was our last night at Disney, I was going to enjoy every second and have the time of my life. And I really did.
I tweeted:
The Magic Kingdom is open til THREE. IN THE MORNING. I'm dead. I'm dying. I'm dead. I died. I'm dead. 8:35 PM Apr 18th via txt
And then the monorail stopped again. Please don't ask me WHY. It was less scary because we were right by the MK and there was no rain and such, and so I did not let it put a damper on my mood.
After the longest monorail ride of all time, we were finally at the Magic Kingdom!
We didn't want to stake out spots for Spectro just yet, so we went wandering around Main Street a bit.
We went into the shop that has this phone in it:
I can't remember which shop it is, but I think it's the one to the right of the Confectionery, near the hats. If you pick up this phone, you can hear people having a conversation. It's funny because I usually go out of my way to find that kind of stuff at WDW (I have endless lists of hidden stuff in the parks), but I had totally forgotten about it until right then! As soon as I saw the phone it clicked, though. I picked it up and smiled. I love things like that.
We stopped in the Confectionery where I thought this Nemo display was very cute:
My mom's socks had gotten pretty wet (in fact, I was fully soaked but I didn't really care) and she was really uncomfortable, so we found her a cute sock set. I forgot to snap a picture, but they were just plain white socks, only one pair had Mickey embroidered on them and one had Minnie. She still wears them all the time!
I saw these Grim Grinning Ghost dolls that I loved! The one on the right is downright scary, I would not want that in my room at night!
I also wanted to buy basically all of these characters:
At this point, it was 20 minutes to Spectro and the crowds were picking up. Still, we were able to find a front row spot across from the Confectionery. I will never understand people who line up 90 minutes prior. I guess it's because we always go during moderate/low crowd times, but the only thing at Disney I find you need to wait a long time ahead for is Fantasmic. Just my experience-- don't go by what I'm saying if you take your trips in July!
We spread out our Disney shopping bags on the pavement so that our butts wouldn't get wet and waited for the show. Before we knew it, we were hearing that beautiful music!
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