Fran and I had plans to sneak away from the boys for our girls day out to Magic Kingdom!
ooooohhhh... sneaky.
Don’t worry, they knew this was the plan
Well that takes the fun/mystery out of it!
We left the house just after 8am, and got an Uber with a really funny driver!
She loved us and wanted us to live there with her
You say funny, I say "stalker".
This was a fairly novel experience to me, although I think I’ve taken the ferry back to the TTC when we were staying at the Polynesian a few years ago.
you know... I'm not sure if I've ever taken the ferry. It's possible I did on my first visit, but that's a long time ago and I don't remember.
We had seen on
MDE that Thunder Mountain was only a 5 minute wait so we thought we might try to hop on that real quick, but when we got there it wasn’t even open
And it actually didn’t reopen all day.
And neither did Splash Mountain…
Well... shoot! That's not okay.
But all was not lost on our trip to Frontierland, because I got some nice empty park shots.
Yes. That's why we all go to Disney. To dream of the day when all the attractions are closed and we can get empty park photos.
(They made us do this one
)
Cute shot, though.
At 9:25am we checked in at Cinderella’s Royal Table
Yes, two childless 20-somethings.
I asked her to teach us how to do a princess pose, but she just said that being a princess comes from within, so I just stood there and looked like a goober.
And of course, we ordered mimosas!
But of course! One simply does
not have breakfast in a castle and not have mimosas!
Fran was freaking out because she didn’t know what to say to the princesses, she was a bit starstruck!
Oh dear!
We caught part of the Muppet show!
Of course you did. I don't think anyone has seen it in its entirety.
I got to meet WENDELL FROM THE COUNTRY BEARS!
Cool!
And... notice your hand on him. How soft was that fur??? Did you want to take him home with you?
(Don't answer that. Of
course you did.)
Fran, who had not yet had the PRIVILEGE to see him in action at the Country Bear Jamboree, thought this was completely absurd and hilarious
Swiss Family Robinson was completely packed!
Filed under: "Sentences I thought I'd never hear."
It’s probably one of my most quoted movies.
Mostly just this line
I loved this ring, I so nearly bought it and I am full of regret that I didn’t.
Reason #4324 for needing to go back.
Fran bought two wine glasses with the date her and Rob got engaged (a couple of months prior) inscribed on them!
Nice.
This was a welcome little breezy sit down, even though Fran hates the song ‘Kiss The Girl’ because she thinks it’s creepy
I disagree, you go for it Eric.
I'm not sure whose side I'm on here!
After the ride we walked back through Belle’s Village, where we spotted Gaston!
We were very excited to see him out in the wild.
He shouted to us,
“LOOK AT THEM! I just look at them and they start giggling uncontrollably.”
We felt EXPOSED.
But it was so funny.
Of
course it was funny. I'm
positive you both giggled.
(I call all of those shops down that side of Main Street “The Emporium” since you can pretty much walk all the way through from one end to the other, but does each section have it’s own name?! The theming is quite different as you walk through. Hmmm… I’ll just call it all The Emporium
)
Up to the Bakery, the official map lists it simply as Emporium. So you're not wrong!
While Fran was till browsing I became very upset because my paper Starbucks straw got too soggy and broke
Note to self: Buy a metal straw!
At the convenience store/chain here they have what looks and feels like plastic straws, but are completely bio-degradable. They're great.
We enjoyed these creepy headless things
Eek!
Once we’d finished shopping we headed over to Tomorrowland.
New sign!!!
Not a fan.
THIS was the line for the PeopleMover!
It used to
always be a walk-on. I don't know what's happened in the last couple years.
Thank God for fastpasses!
I don't even know... can you get a FP for Peoplemover??
Unfortunately for Fran I was much better at saving the galaxy so I’m obviously his favourite.
Obviously!
Check out my BLACK nail polish under the UV light!
That's cool!
But NO TIME TO WASTE because I had to go collect my new phone cover!
HOW GREAT IS THIS.
We headed over to the monorail to get back to the TTC, and we saw that the express line was huuuuge.
But thankfully the resort line contained approximately zero people.
So we got right on the resort monorail, back to the TTC!
Then we got an Uber home and greeted the family
So... why didn't you take an Uber from a resort?
We played 5 games of bowling, and somehow I managed to win one of them!
So of course, that was the only scoreboard I took a photo of
But of course! And good for you!
Anytime someone gets a strike we all run into formation to make a bridge with our arms which that person has to run underneath
I love that!!
Basically we just sat by the pool in our back yard all day.
It was glorious, but I did burn my arms and legs a little bit.
Sounds like such a relaxing day. Very nice. Except for the burning bit.
I had a really nice dress on, but sadly, as I mentioned, I had lobster arms from sitting out in the sun too long!
Do you have a photo of an arm or leg that shows how bad it was? Were you like, bright red??
For starters I got the lobster bisque:
To match your arms and legs. Of course.
And for my main course I had the filet mignon!
No surf & turf? Oh! Of course.
You were the lobster!
Watch your step after all that booze though, there’s a pool out there
but I was so happy with a valentines card I'm now worried I've set the bar too low 
