At this point the Roots had to leave the Magic Kingdom to let poor little doggie Huck out to visit a tree. We soldiered on alone, perpetuating their legacy by riding Space Mountain and skipping the Peoplemover because, for the first time in history, it had a massive line!
By then we realized we'd better get a move on if we were to grab a swim in Stormalong Bay before we met back up with the Roots for Osbourne Lights and dinner at Yachtsman Steakhouse. So we raced back to the Beach Club (if by "raced" you mean "lost our car in the parking lot and later took a wrong turn that put us out on I-4").
Along the way, we found this shocking example of Bad Show:
As you may recall from my wedding trip report, one day during our honeymoon Patrick convinced me we should try Typhoon Lagoon for the first time on a brisk 60-degree day.
Hilarity ensued. 60 degrees became "Water Park Weather" to us and the standard by which all coldness is measured.
Well, on this day it was actually 2 degrees shy of Water Park Weather, but we were bound and determined to go down the big water slide at Stormalong Bay, which had been closed during our last visit. We shimmied into our swimsuits and sprinted down the path toward the pool, our chattering teeth clacking like castanets in the frigid air. When we reached the top of the staircase, the lifeguard manning the slide entrance rolled her eyes and declared, "You're nuts" as she waved us toward our doom. We managed to do the slide three whole times before we turned into peoplesicles!
Then it was back to the roommore sprinting and teeth chattering and shimmyingto clean up and head out to Hollywood Studios. We reached the Yacht & Beach Club boat dock just as a boat was leaving, so we sat down to wait. And wait. And wait. I started to stress out that the park would close before we could get there, so, with no boats in sight, we took off running/run-walking/walking/dragging/crawling. Fifteen minutes later, just as we collapsed in a heap at the park entrance, a Friendship Boat from the Yacht & Beach Club pulled up at the dock with a jaunty toot of its horn. Gaaahhhh!
This is how Hollywood Studios looked earlier, when the Roots arrived:
And then Nate appears to have bonked his head
BONK!
WHUMP
No, Nate, no! Don't go toward the light!!!
I love this oneit's like a postcard!
Keep an eye on that CM
. he will figure into the plot later
we went the first week of november last year so we were teased with set up of xmas decor..... so after the 40% pin came we decided to swing may and november this year. your pix are amazing and i can't wait!!! our dates in november are 10-16 so we'll be there for food and wine, festival of the masters, osborne lights and mvmcp!! yay! can't wait to see more!!
Sorry about that! The end of my Tokyo trippie is finally in sight, so it shouldn't be too long before I get back here to finish this one up.
And I'm sorry we didn't run into each other while we were there.
