Maybe that is a bit of a weird title to begin telling you all about our second day in the World, but that was what kept going through my mind the entire day.
Back when I was making the plans for day two,I knew that the first thing we would do on our first morning in the world,was to go to Toy Story Mania. My oldest dd came back from her trip in June telling me how much fun it was and that I had to check it out. "You'll love it more then Buzz Mom" She knows I always have fun on Buzz Lightyear at the Magic Kingdom.
Of course I also heard tons of stories from the Dis people too. I knew we had to get thier early because fast passes run out by mid day. I knew the lines would be long.And I knew I wanted to get on that ride more then anything else I did on this trip!
Now,I did have some foreknowledge in how Cruella operates.Many times,when the girls need a ride here or there, we will each take a way...meaning one drops off and the other picks ups. Well, because she used to work days and get up eary in the morning,she would take the drop off ride,so she didn't have to run out late,and I would take the pick ups since I worked nights and my day was just starting. However,what would usually happen is that she would be very late in coming to pick up my dd. I could never figure this out...for instance,the girls like to go ice skatting at a local rink in the winter,and the rink would open at 7 pm and go until 10. So there was my poor dd already to leave so they could be there at 6,but Pirate would call and tell her that her mom wasn't ready yet,or that they would be there in an hour,then they would be late even for that time. This happened too many times to count! Finally,my dh got annoyed over it because he said it wasn't even worth it for them to go,since they just had an hour left. So the next week rolls around,we offered to do the drop offs,so the girls could actually get there and have some fun. But then she still didn't want to pick the girls up! So Pirate got upset that night when we came to pick them up,and she was telling us she didn't know why her mom was like that. She says,She just sits around doing nothing,and I will tell her,Mom,it's time to leave,we told Princess we will be there at so and so time.Then all of a sudden her mom will jump up and say Well,I'm not ready yet..I have to take a shower. And then she will actually shower and do her hair,ect,ect,taking up all this time,just to drop off the girls!
So,with that knowledge,and the knowledge that she was a high maintenance woman ,I decided that if I wanted to have any chance of getting to Hollywood Studios first thing in the morning,then I probaly should plan it for our first morning.That way,the excitement of just being there would be still fresh,and they would have had a good nights sleep,and be ready to really hit the parks. That is what I was thinking anyway! LOL.
So I arranged for a wake up call at 6:30 in the morning,and I set my cell phone for 6:15,so I could quickly jump in the shower. Well,the next morning,I wake up,take a quick shower,and am getting dressed when the phone call comes. No one answered it. Finally,I remind Pirate to answer the phone. She picks it up,hears about three seconds of it and groans ,slamming the phone back down. I wake Princess and we finish getting ready while making all sorts of noise,and turn the tv on. I tell Cruella and Pirate that if they just get up early now,they can come back for a nap later in the day if they want. I will give Cruella her due...she did get up pretty easy this morning and seemed excited.Pirate,being the typical teenager,was still dragging,but she got up.
We all ate some cereal and coffee rolls and had coffee in our room.(I had brought my own coffee. Disney coffee does this to me.
Cruella and Pirate get ready,meanwhile,I am looking at the clock ticking by,and realize we aren"t going to make the opening.
I appease myself by telling myself that it was probaly good we weren't there at opening anyway.It probaly wouldn't be a good start to be fighting crowds just to get to Toy Story anyway.That might give them a bad impression of Disney. So relax,Pooh,I say. You will still get there early,and maybe you won't be able to get a fast pass and ride right away as well,but you will probaly still get the fast pass. So you go on later in the day,but you will get on..that is what matters. Good, the commando part of me was once again quelched and I reminded myself that I couldn't do that on this trip. Now when I say Commando..I really don't think I am that uptight. I just don't like to be all slipshod either. My family just likes to joke about me being a commando because one time when we were there,we saw one of those tour groups,and I was like"Quick,follow me...move it move it move it!" I did it for thier benefit though. Who wants to get behind one of those groups,am I right?
So anyway,Cruella and Pirate manage to make thier second best time of the week in getting ready,and we are on a bus to Hollywood Studios by 9:47. I can quote you the exact time,because I clearly recall sitting there on that bus ,staring at the time and having a secret meltdown as I was thinking how usually my family is already in the parks and would probaly have had Toy Story Mania,Tower of Terror and Rock n Rollercoaster already down pat by now ,with fast passes in hand for a second ride on TSM!
But all that time had been wasted because it took Cruella and Pirate a long time to get ready! Pirate was actually ready when Princess and I were,but then while Cruella was getting ready,she was telling Pirate that her hair didn't look right up in the ponytail she had tried to put it in, because her bangs were hanging all out.
What???? So I guess I must not look right either,since my hair is up in a ponytail too? Yeah,that bothered me for some reason.
I guess my way of life is rather simple...but I go more for comfort then apearance.And it was so hot and humid ...why not put your hair up if that helps you to cope? Seriously,I don't think people in Disney World are there to judge your appearance anyway.They are too busy having a good time!
Anyway,while we are on the bus,Princess leans over to me and whispers that she thinks it would be a good idea if her and Pirate go over themselves to TSM and get all our fast passes,and that way Cruella and I don't have to rush over there and they will meet us at TOT. I said I agreed,and was so thankful for my dd's thoughtfulness. I guess she realized I was getting antsy on the bus,I don't know.
So we get to the park,and both girls take off. As Cruella and I are walking,a photo pass guy comes up to us. So she wants her picture taken,and yes,that is understandable and I had no problem with that.We get our picture done,and walk over to TOT,stopping now for her to take pictures with her camera. Again,I am patient with this,and use the opportunity to take some pictures myself, because I do realize that this is her first time in Disney,and really,I was no different on my first time either. I still like to take pictures!
Finally we get over to TOT,and there is like a 10 minute wait,and I am excited.However we still need to wait for the girls,and by this time,Cruella is already complaining how hot it is and how her make up is melting. Duh! That's why I don't bother with make up on hot days in Disney World!
So Cruella finds the gift store where you come out of TOT somehow,and goes in there to look around while we wait. I knew the girls would never think of us being there,as even I forgot there was a store there,and tried to call Princess,but she didn't pick up. I texted her,but I figured she probaly wouldn't get it in time,so I just stayed outside at the entrance tot he line waiting for them to come.After awhile they come,and then we all had to go look for Cruella.The whole time as I am standing there,I am watching the line for TOT slowly increase to 15 minutes.Still not too bad,but I was getting a bit anxious there for awhile.haha.
Yes,I know I have a problem...lol.
We all go on TOT,and they love it. I am glad. Then we head over to RnR,where Cruella informs me she doesn't do rollercoasters. We can just wait for the girls over thee under that shade.
"well...hmmm...last time we were here,back in January of 07,it had been closed down for refurb,so we didn't get on it then...and I really wanted to get on it this trip. I will just go in with the girls and we will meet you over there then,ok?
She seemed ok with that,but I really didn't care if she was or not. I was going on RnR this trip! LOL.And so I went,and we had a wonderful time.It became one of Pirates favorite rides.
After we finished,we met Cruella ,she was sitting in a shade,texting to her facebook,and enjoying a lemonade. Good for her. While we waited for her to finish,I took this picture.
So we all made our way to another area of the park,but Pirate says she heard they have a villian store here,and can we go to it? Of course her mom says yes,she wants to check it out too. Okay,fine.We spend some time looking for it,and finally we find it,and spend another half hour inside. A good amount of money was spent. Pirate really wanted a bag in there,but didn"t want to buy it herself because it was 30.00. Cruella tells her she will buy it for her. Let me explain something here. Cruella and I each had about a thousand dollars for the week. The girls both work at Dorney Park,and have been saving most of thier money all summer long for this trip. My own dd had more money then I did,so I didn't feel bad telling her that she wanted something she could buy it herself. She is almost 17 years old,and has no responsibilities. And what was nice was that she didn"t even mind that. She said that is good with her,since I paid her trip.
Anyway,Pirate wanted the bag,but didn't want to buy it.So Cruella did. Pirate bought a t shirt and a huge mug there though.Princess bought herself this huge cheshshire cat mug there. She love that character. I was happy for her because she seemed to be proud of herself,charging the mug to our room with her KTTW card. She would then get the bill with all the charges in her name and pay it with her own debt card. This was a first for my dd,and it was good to see her feel so grown up like that,you know?
Anyway,it was not my buisness,but I mention it because it leads into a story later on in the trip.lol
After we look in that store,we start to head over to see the Muppets 3D show.
I don't think it was as good to them as I first thought when I saw it. Oh well.
But they really liked the store afterwards.
They must have,because we spent about 45 minutes there,and then after they pay for thier purchases,they decide to go back and get a snack there too.They got a bag of pretzels ,which led to another 10 minutes or so as Pirate and her considered buying a bracelet they then saw there. It was about this time when I started my secret mantra "Are you kidding me? "
While they were in the store,Princess must have walked out and she comes back in ,takes me by the hand,and leads me to this statue."Take a picture of me here,ok?"
Ok,sounds good to be,but hurry up,because I don't think you are suppossed to be up there."
We are sooo bad. I think we are Disney juvies now.
I realized now that our ADR time is fast approaching,and we need to head over to Sci Fi. When we get there, I check us in and they say it will be a few minutes. The bench is filled with people waiting,and so we go outside to wait,where I hear a dull roar of whinning from Cruella about how hot it is. I think Gee..you think? What did you expect when you decided to invite yourself to Disney in August? I swear she read my mind then,because she asks me what possessed me to want to come to Florida in August.
I just looked at her and said Disney.
No other explanation is needed,am I right?
Princess sees the car then,and remembers when I took a picture of her and her sister in there.She wants one with her and Pirate too. So I oblige her.
Our own Thelma & Louise
Finally we are called in,and get seated in a car. It was so nice and cool in there,and in a short time,everyone seemed happy again.
I think Pirate had a cheeseburger,and Cruella had a sandwich of some sort. I had a rueban sandwich,and it was good. Princess ordered the macaronia and cheese kids meal. But let me explain. Princess is a vegetarian,and doesn't eat anything that had a face. LOL..Both my dd's made this decision,and I respect it. I knew they would all like Sci Fi, and dd loves it there,but there really isn't anything there that she would want to eat. So it may not seem right to some people,but the waitress said alot of adults order the kids meals,and it was allowed, and so that was that. DD ordered the kids mac and cheese,which gave her a salad and fruit as well. She enjoyed it,and I was glad she found something to eat that she would like.The girls also got hot fudge sundaes for dessert.
While we were sitting there and talking,I mentioned about some of the things we still needed to do yet. It was already after 1 by this time,and I felt like we hadn't done hardly a thing. I brought up the Beauty and the Beast show,and I saw Pirate nod no to Princess.I asked about the Star Wars ride or the Great Movie ride. Again I see Pirate give Princess this look. Princess says mom,after TSM,we just want to go back and swim,we are hot."
All of a sudden,Cruella barks out,' Well Kaitlyn,you have done all that already,but Kylie has never been here before. You need to remember that."
I realize what she was saying was true,but it was the way she said it that struck me as odd. There was attitude behind those words. I said "I think Kylie doesn't want to do any of those things,that is why Princess said that.
Cruella then says,well,I want to do that Great Movie ride. So I say hey,that is fine. I like that ride. I don't want to go back yet anyway.
Well,we finish our lunch,and paid for it. Cruella was upset about the price.She goes,I thought you said it was free dining?
Oh my God! Are you serious..are you kidding me!!!!!"
I was so frustrated by this ,because I had sent her the ADR list.I had sent her the link for the menus. I had even typed oop for the meals we planned that would be out of pocket,explain what oop meant. I even gave prices for the 2 character meals we planned,that she wanted! When it was just Princess and I going,we had already decided that we were only going to do 2 character meals,since we had already been to the rest. Now we had 4 character meals planned,and when I told her we would need to pay oop for the two extra breakfasts,she was fine with that...she really wanted pictures of Pirate with the characters. I had typed up all this information to her,printed it out and sent it to her. I also sent it to her by email when she said she misplaced the papers. I also sent her the link to Disboards,so she could research for herself and give me input into this trip. But now...now she is complaining to me about having to pay for one lunch?
So I tell her the dinner in the castle she enjoyed so much was 2 TS and to make up for that,I would use our Sci Fi ADR as the out of pocket meal. The plan was that we would then go to AK that night and eat cs at Flame Tree Barbeque, and the girls could go to Pizzafari.
I slowly try to explain the whole free dining thing to her again as we leave the restraunt.She was making it much more confusing then it needed to be. My frustration was growing.I don't like complainers. I dig into my back pack and drag out one of my granola bars. I wasn't hungry,but I needed to stuff my mouth so I wouldn't be able to speak my mind.....oy vay.....
So we make our way over to The Great Movie Ride, and soon there are more complaints because she wants to take pictures of the movie scenes and you aren't allowed to use flash photography. She likes the ride,but doesn't like that she bought this camera and can't put it to good use.
When we finish that ride,we walk over to go on TSM. We stop at another store again,but this time we don't spend more then five minutes or so in there. Good. By this point,I am starting to hate shopping,and I love to shop. But there is a time and a place for shopping.Now was not the time..now was TSM time! We leave the store,and continue on. On the way,we pass the Narnia place. I remember seeing it there before,but we had never gone in. Pirate says she loves that movie,so we go over to check it out. There are two lines. One to see Prince Caspian,and the other to see the movie. So the girls head over to meet the prince.
After visiting the prince,the girls went into the Narnia exhibit. I love the movies,but the exhibit was boring to me...don't waste your precious Disney time there imhp. lol.
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Finally...finally,I get to ride on TSM!!!!! We didn't have any wait..walked right on with our fast passes,so I had no time to take any cute pictures on the inside there. It is adorable though. I figured since it was my second day,surely I would get another chance tot ake the pictures,but that chance never came...
Anyway,I was just happy to get to ride the ride! And I loved it alot. I had a blast! Cruella beat me,but I didn't care.
I wasn't really playing against her anyway...I was just playing to play...
She left a happy winner and I just left happy.
And once again,those Disney juvies struck ,although we were lucky enough to never be caught..lol. I have to say,this is my favorite picture of the girls from the trip. It is just so cute. Princess has it in a 5X7 in her room.
So by now,all the others,including Princess want to go back to the resort to rest. Yes,we were up early,but considering we didn't even get into the park until after 10,I don't think it being almost 3 is being there "all day",do you?
Oh well..it was only our second day,and I did have Animal Kingdom planned for tonight,so it would be a good idea to go back for a rest.That way,everyone won't be exhausted,since AK was open until 10 that night.
So we make our way to the exit,but suddenly,Princess and Pirate start running ahead...a sudden burst of energy! What???? Are the actually chasing after that poor guy?
Yep...they sure were. They catch him too,and are talking to him too. Then I hear Princess calling to me to come over there,and so I did,and there was the poor cm ,who they were flirting with earlier. They both thought he was a "soy lanka" ,which is one of thier many made up code words so they can talk around the "rents" and we won't know what they are saying. Well..I have heard "soy lanka" plenty enough now to know what it means. It means hot guy. In thier lsecret language. They know I know this code word now too...
So,this poor cm,was caught by these two teenage girls and was really a sweetheart and had a conversation with them.Then he took a picture with them too..probaly thinking he would do anything,just please let him go.
Then we realized that we didn't get pictures of the girls in front of the hat...and we all know that is mandatory in all the parks,right? So the girls posed for us again.
So everyone is wanting to go back to rest,and we head on out...until guess what?
We stop in yet another store.
And guess what I was thinking?
I popped some gum into my mouth and sat outside awhile waiting.I was sick of the stores already.
Coming up tomorrow...part two of day two. Prepare yourselves.
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We spend a week each summer away with the rest of the crew so we need some time for just the 4 of us.
