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Extendable Ears Anyone?
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When we last left off over two months ago 
I was sleeping in the stinky room resting up from my day at California Adventure. I had rated that day as a 8/10 on the fun meter and had spent 22.06 out of 60 of my food budget.
So here goes...
I woke up bright and early. I wanted to be at Disney in time for opening. I went down the hall and ate the free breakfast selection (not great but passable for free). I packed up and headed out for the shuttle. I got to Disney just after gate opening which was ok. I walked in and decided to go to the left rather than right. Off to adventureland... I had wore my shorts this day since I got hot the day before in jeans. Boy was it chilly in the morning. I was shaking from cold and kept trying to find patches of sun to stand in. Living in AZ all this time has made em soft
Anyway back to Adventureland
There was a huge group of people walking really fast through adventureland and I was wondering where they were headed and then I saw it...the line at Indy Jones. Well i doubled back and rode Jungle Cruise with no waiting. Love this ride so silly and fun. Not good in the chilly weather and shade in shorts. Then I headed to Indy. I went through the regular line and it wasn't too bad. It takes forever to walk through it but not bad. I wanted to see all the set up and decorations on the way to the ride. This ride has some of the best theming out there. LOVED IT!!!!!
I rode again this time through the single rider line. LOVED IT AGAIN!!!! fun meter 10/10 
Then I headed to new Orleans Square for 2 must dos. I got a fastpass for Haunted Mansion since the line was insane and then headed to ride pirates. Pirates may be quite possibly the best ride ever at Disney. The theming is awesome and the ride is long and fun and seems to tell a story. I rode this boat 2 times with little waiting. My fastpass wasn't ready so I wondered around shops and was lucky enough to find a crystal piglet figure. 13.95 from budget but worth it. Piglet is my favorite character and finding collectibles is hard work even at Disney. So then I went and rode another amazingly themed ride...Haunted Mansion. Of course it had the holiday overlay and it was great!!!! Fun meter about to explode at this point. I rode this baby 2 times using fastpasses.
Off to Frontierland... rode BTMRR...awesome ride as always. rode the Mark Twain Riverboat and that is not a repeat....boring
But I tried it and that was the whole point of this trip. I then debated heading to Tom Sawyer Island but couldn't figure out why a solo grown woman would hang out there so I didn't go. 
Off to Critter Country...grabbed a BTMRR on the way. 
I rode Splash mountain through the single line with little wait...It was fun! Still not a big fan of drops but I survived. I think I like Jurassic Park at Universal better but Splash is cool too. I didn't get soaked which was good as I didn't need it. Then it was off to ride Pooh.
That sounds terrible. Had to wait for this one but that's ok. Any chance to see Piglet is worth it. LOVE this ride too!! Probably wouldn't like it so much but I love Piglet and friends. Headed to the Pooh and friends shop hoping for some goodies and I found one!!!!
I bought a pin with Piglet solo on it!!! THat is sooo rare. I couldn't even find one in WDW. SO 9.73 more from my budget. By this point it's almost noon.. and I'm having a great time. If this was the whole park I would have been quite content. I decided to loop back and reride things before heading to the other side. I rode Pirates, Mansion, Indy again. Maybe even two more times. Then I went to BTMRR for fastpass but the ride was closed. 
Bees were loose and they couldn't let anyone ride. So I bought a Mickey pretzel and relaxed. After pretzel time I headed to Fantasyland hoping for more fun and short waits. I was wrong....the lines were insane. I wasn't willing to wait for any of those rides. SO I did the Sleeping Beauty walk through and that was neat. Then I headed to Tomorrowland thinking there would be no lines there. HA HA HA the lines there were even worse than the ones in Fantasyland. The wait for Space was 2 hours. Buzz was 45 min. I decided this was not cool. i went to get a pass for Space and the return time was midnight. 
I wondered around for a while and probably rerode pirates and HM but can't remember. Then I headed back to the hotel to rest. On the way back I figured out why the crowds were so bad this day...it was Columbus Day and all the teenagers from nearby come flocking to Disney. Darn teenagers.
So Disneyland am was a 10/10 on the fun meter possibly 11. But my amp doesn't go to 11. And I had spent 3.75 on pretzel and 23.32 on doodads.
budget so far
25.81/60 on food
23.32 on doodads
So far so good on budget!!!
Tune in next time for an evening at Disneyland also known as thank god I wore pants in the evening.
Will I get to ride Space...is it worth a 2 hour wait? Is Ghost Galaxy as scary as the signs say? Will the second half of Disney be as good as the first?
Tune in next time to find out same bat channel same bat time.
I was sleeping in the stinky room resting up from my day at California Adventure. I had rated that day as a 8/10 on the fun meter and had spent 22.06 out of 60 of my food budget.So here goes...
I woke up bright and early. I wanted to be at Disney in time for opening. I went down the hall and ate the free breakfast selection (not great but passable for free). I packed up and headed out for the shuttle. I got to Disney just after gate opening which was ok. I walked in and decided to go to the left rather than right. Off to adventureland... I had wore my shorts this day since I got hot the day before in jeans. Boy was it chilly in the morning. I was shaking from cold and kept trying to find patches of sun to stand in. Living in AZ all this time has made em soft
Anyway back to AdventurelandThere was a huge group of people walking really fast through adventureland and I was wondering where they were headed and then I saw it...the line at Indy Jones. Well i doubled back and rode Jungle Cruise with no waiting. Love this ride so silly and fun. Not good in the chilly weather and shade in shorts. Then I headed to Indy. I went through the regular line and it wasn't too bad. It takes forever to walk through it but not bad. I wanted to see all the set up and decorations on the way to the ride. This ride has some of the best theming out there. LOVED IT!!!!!
I rode again this time through the single rider line. LOVED IT AGAIN!!!! fun meter 10/10 Then I headed to new Orleans Square for 2 must dos. I got a fastpass for Haunted Mansion since the line was insane and then headed to ride pirates. Pirates may be quite possibly the best ride ever at Disney. The theming is awesome and the ride is long and fun and seems to tell a story. I rode this boat 2 times with little waiting. My fastpass wasn't ready so I wondered around shops and was lucky enough to find a crystal piglet figure. 13.95 from budget but worth it. Piglet is my favorite character and finding collectibles is hard work even at Disney. So then I went and rode another amazingly themed ride...Haunted Mansion. Of course it had the holiday overlay and it was great!!!! Fun meter about to explode at this point. I rode this baby 2 times using fastpasses.
Off to Frontierland... rode BTMRR...awesome ride as always. rode the Mark Twain Riverboat and that is not a repeat....boring
But I tried it and that was the whole point of this trip. I then debated heading to Tom Sawyer Island but couldn't figure out why a solo grown woman would hang out there so I didn't go. Off to Critter Country...grabbed a BTMRR on the way. I rode Splash mountain through the single line with little wait...It was fun! Still not a big fan of drops but I survived. I think I like Jurassic Park at Universal better but Splash is cool too. I didn't get soaked which was good as I didn't need it. Then it was off to ride Pooh.
That sounds terrible. Had to wait for this one but that's ok. Any chance to see Piglet is worth it. LOVE this ride too!! Probably wouldn't like it so much but I love Piglet and friends. Headed to the Pooh and friends shop hoping for some goodies and I found one!!!! I bought a pin with Piglet solo on it!!! THat is sooo rare. I couldn't even find one in WDW. SO 9.73 more from my budget. By this point it's almost noon.. and I'm having a great time. If this was the whole park I would have been quite content. I decided to loop back and reride things before heading to the other side. I rode Pirates, Mansion, Indy again. Maybe even two more times. Then I went to BTMRR for fastpass but the ride was closed. Bees were loose and they couldn't let anyone ride. So I bought a Mickey pretzel and relaxed. After pretzel time I headed to Fantasyland hoping for more fun and short waits. I was wrong....the lines were insane. I wasn't willing to wait for any of those rides. SO I did the Sleeping Beauty walk through and that was neat. Then I headed to Tomorrowland thinking there would be no lines there. HA HA HA the lines there were even worse than the ones in Fantasyland. The wait for Space was 2 hours. Buzz was 45 min. I decided this was not cool. i went to get a pass for Space and the return time was midnight. I wondered around for a while and probably rerode pirates and HM but can't remember. Then I headed back to the hotel to rest. On the way back I figured out why the crowds were so bad this day...it was Columbus Day and all the teenagers from nearby come flocking to Disney. Darn teenagers. So Disneyland am was a 10/10 on the fun meter possibly 11. But my amp doesn't go to 11. And I had spent 3.75 on pretzel and 23.32 on doodads.
budget so far
25.81/60 on food
23.32 on doodads
So far so good on budget!!!
Tune in next time for an evening at Disneyland also known as thank god I wore pants in the evening.
Will I get to ride Space...is it worth a 2 hour wait? Is Ghost Galaxy as scary as the signs say? Will the second half of Disney be as good as the first?
Tune in next time to find out same bat channel same bat time.
More! More! I need more budget DL! 
I will run the 1/2 Marathon unless something insane happens like getting deployed or having a baby! But even if it rains and a earthquake happens the day before or during the race I will be there! 
. Boy did I...almost 1.5 hours 
Anywho, I finally got on that ride and it was good. Not worth the wait but good none the less. Ghost Galaxy is way creepier than the original. The hand almost got me at the end. LOVED IT
I cruised around the TL section stopping at Buzz since everything else was closed or had too long of a wait. 
Would consider moving there if allowed. I decided I was too tired to walk over to New Orleans Square for repeats so I hopped on the train. That was a pretty neat surprise I never knew about the hidden scenes or dinosaurs and such. Very relaxing.
