DECEMBER 12, 2011
Day 8, Part 7 In Which We End Up Doing The Same Stuff We Always Do
Since we had run around the MK like cray during EMH the other night, we really weren't in a hurry to go do anything. It was Day 8, and we had already done so much, so tonight was more just about enjoying the ambiance and taking it slow like we had done earlier in Hollywood.
When I say "taking it slow" I mean for US. We still did some marathons. Fish swim, birds fly, we marathon.
We had been wandering around Main Street a bit when Mom asked where we could get something to eat. Unlike me, she had not stuffed herself with wine and chocolates prior to our meet up.
I suggested Pecos Bills or Casey's, and she chose Pecos Bills, so off to the ol' Frontier we went!
So yeah, I wasn't really hungry. I think I was all whammed out from my off-kilter day.
Either that or I was still full from the day before. My mom got another burger... she loves that fixins' bar!
While she was piling various things on her burger, I noticed these... um... guns.
I know it fits into the theme, but I was kind of like side-eyeing having guns on display just like by themselves, sitting there. It's Disney! Guns and all bad things don't exist! I mean, I know they are prop guns, but still! Put up a picture of a covered wagon or a buffalo or something. I don't know. It's not a big deal, but still.
We crossed back through the park over to Tomorrowland next.
My notes here are really dodgy. Yes, dodgy. I use British terms. Deal with it. Mate.
I remember we went on the TTA and a few times on Space Mountain. Two times was enough for my mom due to the fact that she had just eaten. I could not pass up riding Space 3 times in a row with hardly any line, so I rode again while she went into Cosmic Ray's to get a soda.
We spent some time wandering around the shops and my mom got some of that dried Astronaut ice cream at Mickey's Star Traders.
MICKEY'S STAR TRADERS. The caps lock is a signal for you to, right now, say that store name out loud in the former Tomorrowland Transit Authority spiel guy's voice.
Go ahead, say it a few times. I'll wait.
Now, you know what's coming next.
Paging Mr. Morrow, Mr. Tom Morrow. Your party from Saturn has arrived. Please give them a ring.
My favorite pun EVER!
Man, I wonder if Carrie Bradshaw ever went to Disney. She would lose it over that pun.
Um... anyway, the astronaut ice cream is kind of a tradition of ours. I was fascinated by that stuff when I was a kid!
I mean, it's ice cream, but it's neither icy nor creamy. Discuss. (Also: Rhode Island is neither a road, nor an island. Discuss.)
It's basically like eating slightly tasty compacted dust. Not really sure why we still buy it. But you know, it's one of those things. Some people buy ears on all their trips, some buy T-shirts. We buy dust.
This pic really doesn't capture how pretty the garland and lights wrapped around these lampposts were. It was one of my favorite little touches of the holiday decorating.
After a few rounds in Space, we crossed right back over to Frontierland for ANOTHER Splashathon.
Yeah, we're redundant, marathon-lovin' McLovins.
Our official last name.
We had it legally changed after our 2010 trip. It was like when Phoebe Buffay changed her name to Princess Consuela Banana Hammock, but even cooler.
After the Splashathon, WHEW. We were tired. I mean... we had been tired anyway. But now we were tired-er. And had wet butts.
So naturally we went BACK to Tomorrowland. Again. For one more journey into Space. Kind of like Stacey's wash cycle and spin cycle, but with Splash and Space instead of Kali River Rapids and Primeval Whirl. Which, lbr, don't really compare to the MK classics.
I posted on Twitter
"My a** is wet. I have no idea why." "...Probably cause we went on Splash Mountain 100 times?"
HAHAHAHA. Yup. That first quote is me and the second is my mom. I was so tired that I forgot about why I had a soggy bottom. Even though we had JUST engaged in a Splashathon... moments before. Wow.
After Space Mountain, we walked through a deserted Tomorrowland and over to Main Street, where we lingered for a while.
My mom was shopping in the stores quite a bit, but I was more into taking one BILLION pictures.
It's just the most beautiful place in the world. I can never stop taking photos. I was also trying a lot of different settings and stuff on my new camera here, which was lots of fun!
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You are my hero. That is so perfect. I love how boys just give you stuff in WS. OMG. Seriously. That is incredible. I'm in awe of you.
So glad to hear your family and your home is okay. Seeing all the devastation on GMA this morning was just unbelievable. NY just keeps getting hit with so many tragedies...and yet it survives and thrives! Good luck getting home next week! 
But I am SO HAPPY that this trip was revitalizing for you. Mine was when I went too! (Even though it wasn't nearly as long) Maybe it's this time of year or something.
Sadness.
So much love.
