After making our way into Tomorrowland, I thought that another good (air-conditioned and seated!) show for Gram and Poppy would be Monsters Inc. Laugh Floor. To be honest, I don't remember anything in particular from this visit, since I've seen it a few times before. None of us were selected to be "that guy" or anything good like that. They didn’t even use my joke that I texted while waiting to get in, which was:
What's the best way to wash your hare?
Grasp him firmly by his long ears, dunk him in the bathtub, lather, rinse and repeat.
I thought that it was sufficiently monster-y, but maybe it was a little too long. They like those short, zinger-y punchlines. Or maybe I should've made a Disney tie-in like, "what did the 7 dwarves sing on their way back from their IRS audit?" "I owe, I owe...". They can't resist that stuff.
While we were waiting to get into Monsters Inc., I texted Lauren to tell them where we were and she told me they were in line at the Speedway. And that James wasn't feeling good. The poor guy has stomach troubles sometimes. When we got out, Lauren texted me that James was sitting on the benches near the Speedway. We found him and decided that it was a good time for half of our crew to head for the exits; Gram and Poppy, Judy and James. I'd take one for the team (yet again!), and stay for a little while longer to make sure the girls got back okay. The things I do for my kids.
After Judy and James left, I went over to the fence at the Speedway and saw the girls and my sister-in-law and nephew in line. They were about to board, so it was a great opportunity to get some pictures as they (kind of) sped off.
The scary thing is, this one now has her learner's permit.
In this picture, it looks like she's trying to tune the radio, which I would totally believe.
Then my nephew gave my sister-in-law an idea of what she's in for when he gets his permit.
I think he's asking her to release the parking brake.
Then, as they banged up against the middle rail all the way around the track, I walked to the other end to get some pictures of them nearing the finish line.
"See if you can find a parking spot in the shade."
Finally one of them noticed me taking pictures. I'm not sure if it’s a good thing -- that it demonstrated that my nephew was observant, or a bad thing -- that he took his eyes off the road.
Once they cleared the pile-up at the unloading area and exchanged insurance information (just kidding of course, who carries insurance?), I was able to get a picture of the Space Mountain fastpasses that Lauren had acquired for us. And on to Space Mountain, it was!
I forgot to make an intentional dumb-looking face, so this is my unintentional dumb-looking face. You’ll be able to see the difference a little further in the chapter. I hope.
I love Marlene's
great ride-photo face in this one, and Lauren did a great job posing for a frame-worthy portrait.
A couple of pictures on the moving walkway out of the ride.
I finally got a halfway-decent monitor picture of myself. After how many tries?!
Since Judy, James, Gram, and Poppy didn't use their fastpasses, we still had 4 left, and we thought it'd be a shame for them to go to waste. Fortunately, my sister-in-law volunteered to sit this one out, otherwise it might have made for quite a scene of Extreme Rock, Paper, Scissors...using actual rocks, running with scissors, and origami!
This time I remembered to make a dumb face. I think I outdid myself.
The guys I rode with thought it was
hi-lar-ious, and just about doubled-over when they saw it. But they stumbled away, trying to keep me from seeing them, so I don't think they understood that it was intentional. C'mon guys, my unintentional dumb look, although dumb, is not nearly as good as this one!
By the way, I never realized how pidgeon-toed you have to sit if you're in the front and have long legs. And look what it does to your face!
Anyway, the kids behind me hammed it up as well.
Why yes, I would enjoy some hover camping and hyper spelunking. In fact, I'm surprised that it's not already an “
Adventures by Disney” offering.
More goofing around on the moving walkway past the monitors.
Then we had to get going in order to make it to our dinner reservation for the evening. My sister-in-law and nephew decided to stay at the park in order to get their money's worth from a 1-day ticket, so we said goodbye and we'd see them back at the suite later in the evening.
Lauren and Marlene and I stopped for a photopass picture on Main Street.
Then, just before we left the park we ducked into the Town Square Theater. Lauren loves the movie "Tangled" and really wanted to get a picture with Rapunzel. In fact, I had no idea how much she loved it -- she decorated her dorm room with pictures from the movie that she printed from the internet. Anyway, we asked a cast member if Rapunzel was there and we found out that she had left at 4. Oh boy, Lauren was
not a happy camper and pretty much fumed her way out to the bus stop. (Ooo, time for a Jim Gaffigan quote: "Has anyone ever really been a happy camper? Because whenever we use that term we're being sarcastic. He is
not a happy camper. Why don't we just call him a "camper"? You know who's a happy camper? The guy leaving the campsite. He's the happiest camper...he gets to take a shower!")
Fortunately for us not-so-happy-campers, we had the quickest bus ride from the Magic Kingdom to Animal Kingdom Lodge ever. We boarded a bus at 6pm with no wait, and were back at Kidani by 6:17. Yay for great bus mojo!
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Nah. 
), you can't please everybody so what're you going to do? 
There must be something to that slower pace.
I have only done the Tikki room twice , but think I will give the new "old" version a try !!!!
And how many not-so-hot ones?
