Sunday April 26: Day 2 continued...
Magic Kingdom Evening
After dinner we decided to head over to Toontown, another “new to us” attraction.
I can't believe we've never seen Mickey and Minnie’s houses!
Is this Mickey’s kitchen or Minnie’s? I can’t image Minnie making such a mess in her kitchen!
Of course we can’t forget about Pluto
We had a bit of time before Wishes, so we tried out a few “new to us” attractions including Snow White, Winnie the Pooh and Peter Pan. Sometimes I feel a little silly being an adult going on some of these rides without kids. But when I look at others around me, I see many adults, including seniors going on the rides…so what the heck! Unfortunately Space Mountain was down for renovations, as well as one of our other favourites, The Transit Authority. I have no idea why we like it so much. I think it is because every time we go on it, there hasn’t been a lineup, and we have always been so exhausted from a full day at the park, that it was such a welcome rest and a quiet, scenic little tour through Space Mountain at the same time!
Well, it was time to head over to “our spot” to watch Wishes. We have seen Wishes a few times, and we always manage to get our spot no matter how late we get there! It is on the little pathway that goes along the rights side of the Castle as you are leaving Tomorrowland. It has an iron fence that you can lean on for those of us that can barely stand up anymore from all the walking all day! Tinkerbelle flies right over our head at the start of the show.
Now I wish we had some fantastic photos to share. Tony got a new camera because so many of the pictures from previous trips were pretty bad, especially at night. This camera actually has a setting specifically for fireworks (and aquariums…you’ll se those pictures here soon!) Believe it or not, these pics are actually an improvement on what we usually get!
Hmmm, I’m starting to think it’s the user not the camera. In all fairness to Tony, I can’t figure out the camera either! Well, we will just have to return to Disney again in order to get more picture practice. Man. work, work, work!
Now, we are not parade people. However, in out continuing effort do something new this trip, we decided to stick around for SpectroMagic at 11:00pm. We usually take advantage of parade time by going on all the rides while everyone else is sitting around on curbs for an hour waiting for the parade to start. Silly rabbits! Well, now guess who is sitting around on a curb! Yup, us. I never thought I’d see the day. Right after Wishes, we chose a curb and plopped ourselves down on it for an hour and waited for Spectro to begin. It was starting to get a little chilly and I just had a t-shirt on. (well, and pants too of course! Remember, Tony is the pant less one, not me!
) So I contemplated buying a sweater, but I toughed it out. Boy, this curb sitting isn’t easy. My butt was killing me!
LOL! Anyway, as we sat and waited, the cleaning crew was out in full force. It is amazing how they get right out to work right after Wishes to get the parade route cleaned up. They have these giant garbage vacuum type machines, and it was actually pretty intriguing to watch! So, they kept me entertained as we waited!
Quite a few of our pictures didn’t turn out (surprise surprise) But, here are a few that aren’t too bad.
Loved the fish!
My favourite…Chip and Dale on the Piano!
I have to say, we really enjoyed the parade! It was great to have a front row seat…I mean curb, and to have everything passing right by our feet! I’m glad we stuck it out and stayed for the parade, it was worth the wait, the cold, and the sore back and butt!
After the parade we went to see Mickey’s Philharmagic
I never really thought much about Donald, but after seeing Mickey’s Philharmagic(it really SHOULD be DONALD’S Philharmagic? I mean really, let’s give credit where credit is due. Poor Donald living in Mickey’s shadow. No wonder he is so short tempered all the time!) Anyway, I really got to like the dude…I mean duck. Hmmm, I think I need a Donald t-shirt!
We also did the Haunted Mansion which was practically walk-on. We then headed to Big Thunder Mountain, which we were both looking forward to. However, it was shut down for some reason. They had a cast member there telling everyone that it should be up and running again in an hour. So we went on Pirates of the Caribbean
Next was Jungle Cruise which we have never been on at night. Since there was only a few of us on the boat we got the "behind the scenes" script to the Jungle cruise as opposed to the regular spiel. We return to Big Thunder Mountain, but it was still down. They said to come back in a half hour. It was about 1 am, and we were running out of steam. So, we decided to head back to the Yacht Club. We bought a couple of t-shirts on the way out. With my new found love of Donald, I had to get a shirt in his honor!
We headed to the bus and luckily it was already there and we managed to get the last couple of seats. We made it back to the room and it was lights out at 2:30am. Overall, a great first day!
Up next… Marry me, disaster at sea, sicky me
Magic Kingdom Evening
After dinner we decided to head over to Toontown, another “new to us” attraction.
I can't believe we've never seen Mickey and Minnie’s houses!
Is this Mickey’s kitchen or Minnie’s? I can’t image Minnie making such a mess in her kitchen!
Of course we can’t forget about Pluto
We had a bit of time before Wishes, so we tried out a few “new to us” attractions including Snow White, Winnie the Pooh and Peter Pan. Sometimes I feel a little silly being an adult going on some of these rides without kids. But when I look at others around me, I see many adults, including seniors going on the rides…so what the heck! Unfortunately Space Mountain was down for renovations, as well as one of our other favourites, The Transit Authority. I have no idea why we like it so much. I think it is because every time we go on it, there hasn’t been a lineup, and we have always been so exhausted from a full day at the park, that it was such a welcome rest and a quiet, scenic little tour through Space Mountain at the same time!
Well, it was time to head over to “our spot” to watch Wishes. We have seen Wishes a few times, and we always manage to get our spot no matter how late we get there! It is on the little pathway that goes along the rights side of the Castle as you are leaving Tomorrowland. It has an iron fence that you can lean on for those of us that can barely stand up anymore from all the walking all day! Tinkerbelle flies right over our head at the start of the show.
Now I wish we had some fantastic photos to share. Tony got a new camera because so many of the pictures from previous trips were pretty bad, especially at night. This camera actually has a setting specifically for fireworks (and aquariums…you’ll se those pictures here soon!) Believe it or not, these pics are actually an improvement on what we usually get!
Hmmm, I’m starting to think it’s the user not the camera. In all fairness to Tony, I can’t figure out the camera either! Well, we will just have to return to Disney again in order to get more picture practice. Man. work, work, work!
Now, we are not parade people. However, in out continuing effort do something new this trip, we decided to stick around for SpectroMagic at 11:00pm. We usually take advantage of parade time by going on all the rides while everyone else is sitting around on curbs for an hour waiting for the parade to start. Silly rabbits! Well, now guess who is sitting around on a curb! Yup, us. I never thought I’d see the day. Right after Wishes, we chose a curb and plopped ourselves down on it for an hour and waited for Spectro to begin. It was starting to get a little chilly and I just had a t-shirt on. (well, and pants too of course! Remember, Tony is the pant less one, not me!
) So I contemplated buying a sweater, but I toughed it out. Boy, this curb sitting isn’t easy. My butt was killing me! LOL! Anyway, as we sat and waited, the cleaning crew was out in full force. It is amazing how they get right out to work right after Wishes to get the parade route cleaned up. They have these giant garbage vacuum type machines, and it was actually pretty intriguing to watch! So, they kept me entertained as we waited!Quite a few of our pictures didn’t turn out (surprise surprise) But, here are a few that aren’t too bad.
Loved the fish!
My favourite…Chip and Dale on the Piano!
I have to say, we really enjoyed the parade! It was great to have a front row seat…I mean curb, and to have everything passing right by our feet! I’m glad we stuck it out and stayed for the parade, it was worth the wait, the cold, and the sore back and butt!
After the parade we went to see Mickey’s Philharmagic
I never really thought much about Donald, but after seeing Mickey’s Philharmagic(it really SHOULD be DONALD’S Philharmagic? I mean really, let’s give credit where credit is due. Poor Donald living in Mickey’s shadow. No wonder he is so short tempered all the time!) Anyway, I really got to like the dude…I mean duck. Hmmm, I think I need a Donald t-shirt!
We also did the Haunted Mansion which was practically walk-on. We then headed to Big Thunder Mountain, which we were both looking forward to. However, it was shut down for some reason. They had a cast member there telling everyone that it should be up and running again in an hour. So we went on Pirates of the Caribbean
Next was Jungle Cruise which we have never been on at night. Since there was only a few of us on the boat we got the "behind the scenes" script to the Jungle cruise as opposed to the regular spiel. We return to Big Thunder Mountain, but it was still down. They said to come back in a half hour. It was about 1 am, and we were running out of steam. So, we decided to head back to the Yacht Club. We bought a couple of t-shirts on the way out. With my new found love of Donald, I had to get a shirt in his honor!
We headed to the bus and luckily it was already there and we managed to get the last couple of seats. We made it back to the room and it was lights out at 2:30am. Overall, a great first day!
Up next… Marry me, disaster at sea, sicky me
I was looking for the little containers of cream. The cream was in a dispenser. Wow. I REALLY need my coffee. I am s-l-o-w today! 
So finally we head out to find somewhere to sit. Where are we supposed to sit? There were just a few tables outside, all of which were taken. So we wandered down the hall a bit and found a nice quiet spot here.
The woman radioed for assistance, then told us all to remain seated. The older, perhaps more experienced captain took over. Now, I dont know anything about boats, we seemed to have power, but no steering. Im not sure what that large red button did, but we did eventually drift back towards the dock. 
I actually had to remind myself to breath. I probably looked like I was about to give birth with all the deep breathing I was doing! So although I am still pretty scared to go on it, I am always glad that I managed to do it! 
May I recommend the theatre of One Man's Dream the next time you need a break from the sun! Sorry your big lunch at Prime Time, combined with the heat, made you feel so bad. Uck! I hate that feeling. 
Best of luck to you too! It will happen eventually!
