MissMet
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Day 2, part 2
It seemed identical with the exception of the colored lights. We could only see the light when in the dark tunnels, but I cant wait to see it at night. After TTA we headed to Mainstreet & window shopped a little more. Then it was finally 1:20 & time to head to Tonys for lunch. I am not a huge fan of Italian, other than my fams. However, Tonys is my moms favorite. I really ended up enjoying it. My mom had the mixed greens, followed by the eggplant catasta & I had the baked ziti. We really enjoyed it. We were stuffed.
We got out of Tonys at 2:15, so we decided to head up to the train station & get a spot for the parade. It was hot. We were in the shade, but we were cooking. It was hot. Heres some pics of the parade. They had a little mini parade for Snow Whites DVD release.
Next we went back to the room for a little pit stop. We hung out in the room for about 45 minutes. Then we decided we wanted to go see the American Idol experience but then realized that being that tonight was a F! night, we decided against it. So we headed over to Epcot. It was PACKED! I think everyone on property was at Epcot. It was a zoo.
We headed to Soarin, but the stand by was 60 minutes. We were going to get FPs but that hill was a little much for my mom to do again at the end of the day. We ended up riding Spaceship Earth- love that ride! Here we are in the future!
Next we headed over to TT & got a FP. Then we headed to the F&WF marketplace/visitor center, which was nice & it was also air conditioned, so we weren't complaining.
Now it was time to head back to TT. The wait wasnt bad at all. By this time it was about 7:30 & I was getting hungry. My mom was still full from lunch. I decided I wanted to head to my favorite CS, Cantina de San Angel, especially since we were right there. We got to the stand & I noticed they changed the entire menu!!!!! 
My favorites were gone!! No more wet burrito, no more combination plate. Gone! At this point there was nothing that sounded good. So we just figured on our walk through the WS, whatever sounded good Id get. I wasnt hungry, hungry, so I didnt want to try more F&W food, cause it wouldnt of stood a chance, since it wasnt mexican. We stopped in China & got two eggrolls each. Love them! 
Next my mom got fried ice cream at the america pavilion. It was really good!
Then I decided I KNEW what I wanted, more escargot. Every F&W booth we past had maybe one or two people on line, if any at all, so I was ready. We walk the rest of the way to France. As soon as the booth was in my sight, I was pretty disappointed! There was a line snaked through turnstiles. Noooo!
I was so tired, the last thing I wanted to do was wait. So we just headed back to the boat & I figured Id get something on the BW. The boat took forever to come & for some reason, they dont have any benches there for people to sit while waiting. Another odd thing at the IG, is they do not have a separate line for people without bags to get into the parks, so it is really congested & you end up having to wait for people to get there bags checked. Anyway, we got back to the BW & I decided to get a slice of pizza at the window. It was very good & inexpensive. I mean its not NY pizza, but at least its not Dominos. I enjoyed it.
We sat on the BW for a little bit & then decided to call it a night. Tomorrow we change rooms, so we have to pack up & I want to check in early tomorrow, to try & get the best BW view room possible.
I hope Im doing ok so far. There is going to be a lot more fun & pics soon. It feels weird to be here & my dads not. Its almost like we feel like our vacation cant/shouldnt really start until hes here. Also, this heat really takes a lot out of you. Tomorrow it will be cooler, so that will help. Plus Ill have the dslr out tomorrow.
Keep the comments/questions coming. I love hearing from you guys!
Up Next: The long awaited BW View!!!!!!!
It seemed identical with the exception of the colored lights. We could only see the light when in the dark tunnels, but I cant wait to see it at night. After TTA we headed to Mainstreet & window shopped a little more. Then it was finally 1:20 & time to head to Tonys for lunch. I am not a huge fan of Italian, other than my fams. However, Tonys is my moms favorite. I really ended up enjoying it. My mom had the mixed greens, followed by the eggplant catasta & I had the baked ziti. We really enjoyed it. We were stuffed.
We got out of Tonys at 2:15, so we decided to head up to the train station & get a spot for the parade. It was hot. We were in the shade, but we were cooking. It was hot. Heres some pics of the parade. They had a little mini parade for Snow Whites DVD release.
Next we went back to the room for a little pit stop. We hung out in the room for about 45 minutes. Then we decided we wanted to go see the American Idol experience but then realized that being that tonight was a F! night, we decided against it. So we headed over to Epcot. It was PACKED! I think everyone on property was at Epcot. It was a zoo.
We headed to Soarin, but the stand by was 60 minutes. We were going to get FPs but that hill was a little much for my mom to do again at the end of the day. We ended up riding Spaceship Earth- love that ride! Here we are in the future!
Next we headed over to TT & got a FP. Then we headed to the F&WF marketplace/visitor center, which was nice & it was also air conditioned, so we weren't complaining.
Now it was time to head back to TT. The wait wasnt bad at all. By this time it was about 7:30 & I was getting hungry. My mom was still full from lunch. I decided I wanted to head to my favorite CS, Cantina de San Angel, especially since we were right there. We got to the stand & I noticed they changed the entire menu!!!!! My favorites were gone!! No more wet burrito, no more combination plate. Gone! At this point there was nothing that sounded good. So we just figured on our walk through the WS, whatever sounded good Id get. I wasnt hungry, hungry, so I didnt want to try more F&W food, cause it wouldnt of stood a chance, since it wasnt mexican. We stopped in China & got two eggrolls each. Love them! 
Next my mom got fried ice cream at the america pavilion. It was really good!
Then I decided I KNEW what I wanted, more escargot. Every F&W booth we past had maybe one or two people on line, if any at all, so I was ready. We walk the rest of the way to France. As soon as the booth was in my sight, I was pretty disappointed! There was a line snaked through turnstiles. Noooo!
I was so tired, the last thing I wanted to do was wait. So we just headed back to the boat & I figured Id get something on the BW. The boat took forever to come & for some reason, they dont have any benches there for people to sit while waiting. Another odd thing at the IG, is they do not have a separate line for people without bags to get into the parks, so it is really congested & you end up having to wait for people to get there bags checked. Anyway, we got back to the BW & I decided to get a slice of pizza at the window. It was very good & inexpensive. I mean its not NY pizza, but at least its not Dominos. I enjoyed it. 
We sat on the BW for a little bit & then decided to call it a night. Tomorrow we change rooms, so we have to pack up & I want to check in early tomorrow, to try & get the best BW view room possible.
I hope Im doing ok so far. There is going to be a lot more fun & pics soon. It feels weird to be here & my dads not. Its almost like we feel like our vacation cant/shouldnt really start until hes here. Also, this heat really takes a lot out of you. Tomorrow it will be cooler, so that will help. Plus Ill have the dslr out tomorrow.
Keep the comments/questions coming. I love hearing from you guys!
Up Next: The long awaited BW View!!!!!!!
. I'm really enjoying see and hearing about everything. Good Luck tommorrow getting BW view
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). Our IT department has many of the photo sites blocked so I usually end up relying upon my memory when someone says "Here's a picture of us in front of the Haunted Mansion" or something like that 
This has been quite the day, so lets get started!
We had gotten a later start than I preferred, but it worked out fine. We left our room at 8:50am. We checked in with a CM who seemed to not have a clue what she was doing. 
She checked us in & then just stood there & stared at us standing there staring at her. She was like, “Is there anything else I can do for you????” I was like, “Yeah, are you going to call us when our room is ready?” She then made a puzzled look. I then continued to go through the whole story again saying that we were getting a new room today. She then suddenly understood & told us we'd get a call. It was so weird, ‘cause it was after she had checked us in completely. 
, was so good that later in the day we went to guest relations & filled out a comment card singing his praises. Not only was he great but the animals were all out big time! In fact at one point we had a rhino so close to the vehicle I could have touched him. We also intterupted a male & female gazzelle spending a little extra time together- to put it nicely. 
More on that later. Remember in my intro post I used the term, “Characters Gone WIld”? Well, lets just say after today, I should go back & update it to, “Animals Gone Wild”! Here are some of the pics from the safari, as well as the Pangani Forest trail that we did on our walk out. Our driver didn’t stop much, but I was still able to get some good ones. (these are some of my favs with the slr)
He said that was normal. So my mom said, Ooookay, well thats nice, but we were in a 1-bed & were supposed to be moving to a 2-bed. Well, didnt he feel dumb. 
We arrive at ticket & trans, where were informed that the MK monorails werent working. We then were loaded onto coach buses. The buses wouldnt go until they were full, so we sat there for what felt like forever. Finally we made it to MK & after that whole ordeal they dropped us at the very last bus stop! 
You got your view
party.
