Karen Mouse
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SATURDAY APRIL 22ND
Awake at 7.15am. Same "healthy" brekkie as yesterday - choc chip cheesecake with cream and a mug of tea (had to fetch it myself today though - mean hubby!)
Today is Blizzard Beach day. Got there at 9.55am thinking it opened at 10am and it had opened at 9am according to the sign on the gate. It was still really empty though and we easily bagged a sunbed or two. With just a 2 minute wait on the chairlift we caught it to the top - never been on this before - queues are usually enormous and it was good fun. We did the family raft ride - now WARNING - there were only 3 of us - you need minimum of 4 to use the family raft ride. We got to the top and these 3 BIG (and I mean BIG) men waiting at the top started cheering when they saw the 3 of us. Yes, you guessed it... we ended up sharing the raft with them. Now, I dont mind but my god with the weight in that rafT we literally flew down that shoot. Poor Ellis was screaming his little heart out - we were getting flung from one side to the other, and as luck would have it as we hit the pool at the end the "tidalwave" just had to go right over me and Ellis and everyone else stayed dry. Ellis was in total shock and vowed "never to go on that thing again".
We had a quiet timeout in the kiddie area - (Tikes Peak I think it was called)
Ellis loved it and went on the ring ride
AND AGAIN
AND AGAIN - ladies check out the life guard
It was a great area with fountains and bubbles and slides etc
Then after a little coaxing he agreed to go on the family raft ride again as long as it was with "light" people".
Well, we got to the top and found a nice "light" couple and we sailed down with them - not a single splash and it took twice as long to get to the bottom. Much nicer - moral of this story is dont ride with really big people or fear for your lives that you're about to whizz out the tube and travel at 100 miles per hour!
Neil did Summit Plummit - 10 minute wait - and spent the next ten minutes looking for his shorts (not really but we did see some sights while waiting for him at the bottom - ladies - dont wear a bikini .
We chilled in the sun for a while then left about 2pm in search of food. We ended up at McDonalds - Ellis' choice not ours, but hey, its his holiday too. Off to Walmart to top up supplies - (OK, beer and cheesecake)
I'll tell you the flavours later. Neil decided to take a short cut and after an hour and a quarter we got home. Slightly concerned for the wellbeing of the cheesecake in the heat of the boot I had to test a piece to see if it had gone off in the heat , but luckily it hadnt - phew:
After a nice long bath with a glass of red we headed to DTD. Heavy rain for 5 minutes AND ABSOLUTLEY NO PARKING SPACES WITHIN MILES we gave up and headed to Jungle Jims. I had Skinny Minnie chicken and mash - delicious but not that huge - smallest meal the whole holiday (or am I just getting greedier)
Back to DTD to shop in the xmas bauble shop. Some of you may know about my other obsesion after cheesecake and Mickey is christmas, so put mickey and xmas together and its another heaven for me! Last year I spent in my first trip there about $400 and then went back again for about $200 more. This year I fully expected to do the same, so armed with basket I start my quest for baubles on the first stand. Got it , got it, got it, dont like it, got it......etc. What a disappointment. Had already got most of them and those I didnt have I didnt like! The selection has barely changed in 2 years.
I managed to spend a pathetic $100 and then headed off to Once upon a toy. Now I love this shop. Ellis and I spend ages making up pictures of Mr potato head and getting them printed! They have loads of new Mr Potato Head bits I hadnt seen before inc Statue of liberty crown and torch, cruise hat, buzz gun etc etc. Bought another beanie - Mickey as a security guard from the parks -apparantly they have the other characters too but we only saw pluto - didnt like him. Wanted Goofy but he was no-where to be seen.
Back home to "test" some more flavours.
The flavours on this wheel were - strawberry swirl, caramel apple, triple choc and cream style.
I "tested" the strawberry and the apple with cream and wine to wash it down! - yum.
Off to bed for some zzzzzzzzzzzz.
Hope you're not too bored by now. Is anyone counting my cheesecake consumption so far?
Awake at 7.15am. Same "healthy" brekkie as yesterday - choc chip cheesecake with cream and a mug of tea (had to fetch it myself today though - mean hubby!)
Today is Blizzard Beach day. Got there at 9.55am thinking it opened at 10am and it had opened at 9am according to the sign on the gate. It was still really empty though and we easily bagged a sunbed or two. With just a 2 minute wait on the chairlift we caught it to the top - never been on this before - queues are usually enormous and it was good fun. We did the family raft ride - now WARNING - there were only 3 of us - you need minimum of 4 to use the family raft ride. We got to the top and these 3 BIG (and I mean BIG) men waiting at the top started cheering when they saw the 3 of us. Yes, you guessed it... we ended up sharing the raft with them. Now, I dont mind but my god with the weight in that rafT we literally flew down that shoot. Poor Ellis was screaming his little heart out - we were getting flung from one side to the other, and as luck would have it as we hit the pool at the end the "tidalwave" just had to go right over me and Ellis and everyone else stayed dry. Ellis was in total shock and vowed "never to go on that thing again".
We had a quiet timeout in the kiddie area - (Tikes Peak I think it was called)
Ellis loved it and went on the ring ride
AND AGAIN
AND AGAIN - ladies check out the life guard
It was a great area with fountains and bubbles and slides etc
Then after a little coaxing he agreed to go on the family raft ride again as long as it was with "light" people".
Well, we got to the top and found a nice "light" couple and we sailed down with them - not a single splash and it took twice as long to get to the bottom. Much nicer - moral of this story is dont ride with really big people or fear for your lives that you're about to whizz out the tube and travel at 100 miles per hour!
Neil did Summit Plummit - 10 minute wait - and spent the next ten minutes looking for his shorts (not really but we did see some sights while waiting for him at the bottom - ladies - dont wear a bikini .
We chilled in the sun for a while then left about 2pm in search of food. We ended up at McDonalds - Ellis' choice not ours, but hey, its his holiday too. Off to Walmart to top up supplies - (OK, beer and cheesecake)
I'll tell you the flavours later. Neil decided to take a short cut and after an hour and a quarter we got home. Slightly concerned for the wellbeing of the cheesecake in the heat of the boot I had to test a piece to see if it had gone off in the heat , but luckily it hadnt - phew:
After a nice long bath with a glass of red we headed to DTD. Heavy rain for 5 minutes AND ABSOLUTLEY NO PARKING SPACES WITHIN MILES we gave up and headed to Jungle Jims. I had Skinny Minnie chicken and mash - delicious but not that huge - smallest meal the whole holiday (or am I just getting greedier)
Back to DTD to shop in the xmas bauble shop. Some of you may know about my other obsesion after cheesecake and Mickey is christmas, so put mickey and xmas together and its another heaven for me! Last year I spent in my first trip there about $400 and then went back again for about $200 more. This year I fully expected to do the same, so armed with basket I start my quest for baubles on the first stand. Got it , got it, got it, dont like it, got it......etc. What a disappointment. Had already got most of them and those I didnt have I didnt like! The selection has barely changed in 2 years.
I managed to spend a pathetic $100 and then headed off to Once upon a toy. Now I love this shop. Ellis and I spend ages making up pictures of Mr potato head and getting them printed! They have loads of new Mr Potato Head bits I hadnt seen before inc Statue of liberty crown and torch, cruise hat, buzz gun etc etc. Bought another beanie - Mickey as a security guard from the parks -apparantly they have the other characters too but we only saw pluto - didnt like him. Wanted Goofy but he was no-where to be seen.
Back home to "test" some more flavours.
The flavours on this wheel were - strawberry swirl, caramel apple, triple choc and cream style.
I "tested" the strawberry and the apple with cream and wine to wash it down! - yum.
Off to bed for some zzzzzzzzzzzz.
Hope you're not too bored by now. Is anyone counting my cheesecake consumption so far?
for everyone then! Kids area looks good.
