February 12th, Part 2
It was a scorcher today and our throats were sore so when we found out our FP was delayed, we both had the same idea...
This was a coconut/pineapple combo. They couldn't swirl it but they were able to do coconut on the bottom and pineapple on the top. I can't tell you how good this felt on our throats!
The park was super busy and the lines were soooo long so we decided just to head over to Tomorrowland for our Space Mountain Fast Pass.
Rob snapped a pic of me on the way. I changed my shirt to match the park.
Kidding, I changed it because I got my white shirt dirty, which is why I almost never wear white.
New Tomorrowland sign...the first time I saw it in person, last week, I actually totally missed the wording on the top. I think they should have made it bigger.
Space Mountain is always fun.
What else to do?? Hmm, Peoplemover is always a good choice when the park is busy!
There was a big line for it though because one side was not working so everyone was walking up and down the other side. I saw a lot of people struggling on this, it's pretty steep when you are walking it, especially going down.
Note the boys in the orange shirts...more on that later.
We got to see a close-up view of the Tron construction...
And then we came around this corner, after coming out of SM and we stopped. We ended up being stuck there for a good 20-30 minutes! They didn't say what happened but I'm pretty sure it had something to do with those boys in the orange shirts. When we first got on the ride, they wanted to sit next together in two vehicles but one of the ride vehicles was down and had orange cones in it but they tried anyway and the CM was yelling at them to take the next one. They were putting up a stink about it but eventually got in the next one, obviously not happy about it. I didn't really think about it until about two hours later when we had stopped for a break in Columbia Harbor House on the upper level. One of the parent chaperones (in an orange shirt) was pacing back and forth, on the phone, right next to us and we overheard part of his conversation. He was talking to the parents of a boy who was clearly in a lot of trouble. He had done something bad! He explained to the parent that security had told him that if he had been 18 or older, he would have been banned from the park permanently.
We had missed the first part of his conversation but he did say this happened about two hours ago, which was about the same time we were stuck on Peoplemover. Eventually, the kid came upstairs and ended up talking to his parents and he looked pretty shook up.
I felt bad for the kid, looked like he learned a lesson the hard way.
By then, I needed another pit stop so we headed over to the bathrooms near Star Traders and I found the best invention ever at a theme park! It looks like a light system but it's just a little plastic contraption that holds another little piece of plastic that is green on the left side and red on the right and when the door is closed, it pushes the little piece out so that you only see the red part and when the door is not closed, you can only see the green part so that it is SUPER easy to tell which stalls are occupied. If you are a woman and you've ever had to use a bathroom anywhere in a Disney park, you will know that a system like this is 100% needed!!!
I have the bladder the size of a three-year-old girl so I visit a lot of bathrooms and in almost every instance, there is a long line and oftentimes, there is no need for one! It's just that the women in front of me don't see an open door so they line up. I am always the one who is bending over to check for legs and then telling the women in front of me to go ahead, that one is empty...this one is empty.
I don't know why people inherently want to stand in line but I know I don't, especially when I have to pee so I am always checking! A couple of days ago when I went to the bathroom in Galaxy's Edge, there was a line of about 5 women in front of me and I knew from experience that this bathroom is huge and has so many stalls, some around the corner, so after telling them there were more stalls, and them not moving, I went over to the empty side (yes, the entire side of stalls was empty!) and checked for feet and then literally motioned each woman that had been in front of me, by opening the stalls for them to see it was empty, to go!! By the time I got into the stall myself, ladies behind me were thanking me and two seconds later, no line!
You guys don't have the same problem, lucky you.
We stopped to watch some of the parade...
Only because we couldn't get across the hub in order to get this...
Man, it felt so good on the throat, not to mention the fact that it cooled me down! I was letting it melt super slowly in my mouth just to make it last as long as possible.
Next up was our FP for Haunted Mansion...
This photo, by the way, is the perfect example of why I love Rob's phone because I was wanted the entire carriage with ghost horse in the frame but my camera was not able to do that so I stole his phone.
We were cut off just as we approached the door, which I was totally okay with because I got a pic of this sign that I don't think I've ever even seen before...
And then when it was our turn, Rob was able to get a pic of the fireplace, something else I've never gotten a pic of before!
They have some cool merch at Memento Mori...
Rob was getting a little peckish so we stopped at Columbia Harbor House and grabbed a spot on the second level near the window. This is usually a nice quiet area if you need a break from the crowds and noise and there's even a small bathroom up here. We camped out here for a bit so I could cool down, so Rob could eat and so I could charge my phone. This is when that chaperone was having his conversation on the phone.
I suggested Rob get a kids meal as he wasn't too hungry and I didn't want anything at all. It ended up being the perfect size for him.
After my phone and I were recharged, we headed out again. It was so busy though and neither of us wanted to wait in 40-80 minute lines for attractions. We popped into Mickey's Philharmagic, which was good but there was a baby screaming right next to me the entire time so I was a little frazzled by the time it was done.
We had to do our online check-in for our flight tomorrow soon so we found a spot to sit to get that done. Probably the best view I've ever had doing my check-in, I think.
I was telling Rob that PVH is one of the places in the MK where I have very strong memories of being there with my family as a kid. As a family with two parents and five kids, we ate cheaply and Pinocchio's always fit the bill back in the '70's.
I never go there to eat anymore but we often take a break there, especially when the second level is open and I love that it connects me with my parents, who have been gone for 22 and 11 years, respectively.
By then, we were ready for a nice twilight ride on a mine train.
The FP line was quite long but it had started to cool down finally so no worries about me being stuck in the hot sun. I don't mind waiting but just not in the sun/heat because I am scared of overheating. Overheating for me can ruin an entire day, or two sometimes.
We walked through the castle, just because we could.
I peeked in at BBB to see if I could see my friend's daughter, who works there but I didn't see her so we carried on...
I love this part of the day.
The light is so gorgeous!
Rob wanted a coffee and I wanted cheeseburger eggrolls so I mobile ordered him a coffee from Columbia Harbor House where he went to get us a table and I got these...
One of the 13 lanterns on the Liberty Tree was out! What the heck, Disney!! Get that fixed!
We sat upstairs again at CHH for awhile. Not much to do with such a busy park and no FP's left. Oh wait, we found something to do.
We almost bought a fourth one too just because it felt and tasted so good but instead we went and camped out on Main Street and waited for Happily Ever After and chatted with Kira.
Actually, we almost got in the line for Pirates but it was 40 minutes and I wasn't feeling like standing in a line for that long at the time. I really wanted to ride Pirates, after all, how do you go to MK and not ride Pirates but I was kind of done.
We watched from the middle of Main Street so we could make a quick exit.
There was EMH for MK tonight too but there's no way we were making it. It had been a long few days and with our colds, we were feeling it. Tomorrow would be a very long day so we needed to get some extra rest.
I will be done with this trippie tomorrow because I hardly took any photos the next day and can easily finish up in one post.
Stopping in quickly to say Hi and I'm following along. So far...it looks like it was a great trip! 
I'm sorry you had to experience that. And that people feel they can act like that behind a screen...That really tells you what kind of person they are. The fact that their life is sooo sad that they feel the need to bash people to make their life seen better is just pathetic. So if your reading this...your a pathetic person. What you put out into the world comes back to you. Karma can be kind or a *****...just remember that
I am guessing that he tried to climb over to the other car. 
