Which is a good thing, since plan B involved me setting fire to something
and sending out smoke signals.
I suspect... could be wrong... but I suspect Disney frowns on
guests setting fire to their property.
Sometimes I think Disney is a little too fussy about stuff like that.
But, it would be a great way to get a backstage tour.
The good news? There was no wait whatsoever!
Yay!
Pssst - I said Yay!
The bad news? There was no wait because the ride was down.
D'oh!
He didn't really know, but he did have an excellent suggestion.
"If you ride the PeopleMover." He said.
"You can see Space Mountain with the lights on."
I looked at Kay, she looked at me... "Let's go!" We said in unison.
What??? Did you really need him to make that suggestion? Because I'd be like, Space is closed, lets ride TT... sorry, Wedway!
And then the piece de resistance.
(And yes, I'm sure you've seen photos like this before...
but it was still cool to see it in person.)
It would definitely be cool to see in person.
While we were discovering how life's changed over the last century,
I received another email.
"Entering MK now, stopping at Starbucks!"
I clicked off a quick reply "On COP right now. Christmas scene."
Discovering how life's changed over the last century... while sending e-mails.
Okay. She didn't. But it would explain the smiles...
Not hers...
I've followed Courtney for a little while now
(Wow! Does that ever sound stalkerish!)
And you want to know the weird thing?
It's only now as I type this that it suddenly occurs to me.
She said she was stopping at Starbucks...
Where's her drink?
That's how hot it was. She chugged it.
Any time we were in Frontierland or near Splash,
Kay and I would look for her, just to say "Hi", but we never saw her again.
That's too bad. I'm glad you at least had a chance to meet her!
Well, the show must go on,
or in this case, the assault on MK.
And lo and behold... Space Mountain was open!
Yay!
With a one hour wait!
Boo!
Already??? Crap!
No, Kay wanted a yard stick full of coloured sugar.
You know why?
Because it's a yard stick full of sugar.
What's better than a little bit of sugar?
A whole lot of sugar!
What can I say about 7DMT.
It's a coaster... so that's a good thing.
But sometimes it's more like a dark ride,
reminiscent of the old Snow White's Scary Adventure.
And that's okay... but I'd prefer full coaster.
And as a coaster... well, it's pretty tame.
Don't get me wrong.
I rode it. Had fun.
But it's not a priority.
BTMRR. That's a priority!
I think this is a pretty fair assessment.
Now I'm not big into characters (gasp!)
and neither is Kay (double gasp!)
So when a handler came over and asked if we wanted to meet Tigger...
We said no. (triple gasp!)
Okay, take a moment to catch your breath.
Ok, I'm kind of right there with you.
I know... we do a lot of characters.
But I have a 5 and a 3 year old. They love them.
Me? Well, we did a few character meals in 2008, pre-kids. My attitude was closer to yours
I will admit, that if a character interacts with me,
I won't run from them.
I'll even play along.
But I'm trying to eat here, okay?
Yeah, something like this.
So I had to "explain" it to her a little more clearly.
I gently showed her the error of her ways
and Ariel and I were able to gaze deeply into each other’s eyes.
That is fantastic! I'm glad that you got a chance to go visit Ariel!
Check the standby time for HM... 90 minutes.
Ha! Not gonna happen!
So what to do?
HM of course!
So we zipped over and rode, with no wait at all.
Um... what? So was the line marked at 90 minutes, but a lot shorter? Or did you grab another FP+?
She pointed to the roof where they had some strobes occasionally flashing.
I had a good laugh at her expense.
I mean Disney does a great job with special effects,
and even I thought it was pretty realistic...
But since we were
inside, well... she sure is gullible!
We got in our log and got ready to sail off.
I looked up again at the roof and "lightning".
It was right about then, that I noticed, for the first time,
that the loading area is open to the sky.
Yep. That
was real lightning.
U iz smrt.
Once we boarded, the driver waited another few seconds for
another family to board... then promptly stalled the engine.
He couldn't figure out how to start it up again,
so another driver (or supervisor... dunno) came and started it.
Oh geeze.... just get up and let me drive!
I might be mistaken, but I'm pretty sure it was #1 on the list.
Um... it's pretty high on mine too.
And finally I made it!
With Kay! My ice cream eating comrade in arms!
(Ruby's not a fan, Elle doesn't ask for it very often)
What is wrong with them?????
So we came knowing we were going to order the Kitchen Sink.
And now that we were here!!!!
We just weren't feeling it.
WHAT???? Get that kitchen sink.
I wonder if one person who goes in hungry could take one out?
Kay ordered the Fudge Mudslide while I had the No Way Jose.
Which (after the Sink) was #1 on my list.
No Way Jose is definitely what I want to try there too!
It only took a few minutes to get from Beach Club to Pop.
The total cab fare was $9.00. Not bad at all.
This could be some useful information for future use...
I handed the driver a twenty and told him to give me $10 back.
He didn't have any change.
Is it just me? Or is that weird? For a cab driver?
I did happen to have a five and four singles on me, though.
But that was it.
I apologized for not being able to leave a tip, but what can you do?
I wonder if he was just gambling on the fact that that was all you had and you'd just let him keep it? Looks like it bit him in the butt.
What time does Kay wake up?
Hint: It ain't early.
9:40
What ride do we go on that costs us time
because we FP'd it?
Spaceship Earth
What drink has been on my list for ages...
And I finally drink (for the first time.)
Hmmm... I know there are a couple you've mentioned in EPCOT, but I guess I'll go with that Margarita in Mexico.
We have park hoppers.
Do we use them today?
Um... maybe-ish. No.
And finally... lots of choices here.
Where's our Dinner ADR for?
Teppan Edo
I need pick up my game a bit here.
: Thanks!
Poor Tigger's been snubbed
