......So at 9:22ishAM we arrive at Indy....20 min. wait.....what the heck, not part of the original plan, but FPs will be needed on other rides so into the
Temple of Doom we go. (Is it the temple of doom?).
We almost always do Indy via FP, which i prefer. The line was a legit 20 min., but the
inside portion of the line seemed longer/slower....which is probably a good thing for one who's never ridden, as the many details inside can be enjoyed in a "slower" line. But we've done Indy many times, so we prefer the "later in the day using a FP strategy", where the CM lets guests
inside a few families at a time.
But.....since the line was very slow, Alec used the time to read (out loud) all the signs....like the one that said "Do not pull on this pole" (on the bamboo pole)....which he read out loud & looked at me.....& we both looked at the nice family behind us.....who were smiling & scrubbed & looked like they just came in from Mayberry....or Provo....or someplace.
But....the nice smiling family were NOT smiling after the hooligan 9 y/o jedi warrior
yanked hard on the pole.
The family behind them laughed, padewan alec laughed.....but the nicely scrubbed family was NOT amused....they were kind of whispering amongst themselves & shaking their heads.
Next we came to the Indy Line wishing well thingy & (of course) my young padewan pulled the rope to the horror of our sweet scrubbed family behind us. I fussed at Alec.....told him to
NOT pull the rope......not unless he was going to pull it the RIGHT WAY. I reached in front of the scrubbed family & gave it the
hound 109 yank & yanked it
hard. Giggles erupted all around as noises & shrieks came from the wishing well.....even our scrubbed friends from Mayberry caught on & were laughing. (& the little 6/7 y/o tyke from Mayberry started yanking the rope with all his might).
Indy rocked
....of course. But unfortunately, the rats didn't drop into our jeep this time.....probably just as well, as it is far more entertaining when the friendly rodents drop into our jeep when Mrs. Hound or Princess (DD 26) Haley are in our jeep.
After exiting Indy, it was FP pickup time (because cool disdudes keep up with FP return times
), so we took a hard left (passing Pirates because people....you don't have to do Pirates this early.....it'll be there later with a fast moving line.....trust me
.) & on to HM (which was now
packed). So we nabbed a HM FP at 9:50am (our exact SM return time) & continued on to Splash......because we can.
A fairly quick 15 min. wait & a nice ride through Brer Forest with a minor splash down found us relatively dry & found padewan Alec famished (it had been 150 min. since breakfast & as i had told you, the wiry dude eats every
90 minutes), but.....no worries...(as any knowledgabe diser knows) we happened to be at one of the BEST places to be.... especially if you are a little hungry & need a little mid-morning snack. So into
The Hunny Pot we went. (I saw Avalon call it this....I always thought it was
Pooh Corner?....but i definitely defer to Avalon as I'm not as detailed oriented as i should be....more of a "big picture" kind of guy....
.
BTW...Padewan Alec (being 9) told me that he was refusing to ride Pooh.
(note - being perfectly comfortable with my lack of maturity, this 51 y/o would have gladly rode it.....but watcha gonna do??) So in the Hunny Pot we both got a cookie the size of a small frisbee (Alec got a sugar cookie & I got a macadamia nut / white chocolate chip cookie.....with -0- calories
) & we walked out into the beautiful & sunny morning, enjoying the crowdless walkway near the Rivers of America.
People.....if you want to enjoy DL properly, get there early so you can ride rides, pick up FPs, & munch on
huge cookies in uncrowded bliss as you stroll along the ROA. (to be continued.....)
I haven't taken any pics yet.....so here's a couple of pics of Alec & I:
12/07 at DL in front of a blurred (but purty) castle.
Alec & I at SW in San Antonio 2 years ago 10/06. (I always like this pic 
)
And that is no joke. He really does! 
......off we commando'd over to Indy (passing on the crosswalk over Pirate's because as any Diser knows, Pirates is the fastest loader of them all, so you don't want to blow any part of your first 90 min. in DL on Pirates....even though we ALL love the ride. 
I think the store it's connected to that has all the t-shirts and knickknacks is called Pooh Corner. Fairly interchangable if you ask me. 
My DH could use a lesson or two from you in suppression. In his defense, I guess it's not uncommon to parent the way you were raised. Heck, I recently overheard a mother tell her 2 year old daughter to "buck up".
