fabumouse
<font color=red>Maybe I should be less intimate wi
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We all tramp back to the Magic Kingdom to do the rides we missed on the first day. And I really have to say, honestly and truly, from my heart, The Barnstormer sucks.
There is an open part that looks like it actually goes through the barn. If I've ever went in it, I was asleep.
It was a short wait for the ride, and after we got off, K said, lets not do that again. Nobody was arguing with her.
We went through Mickeys house and I set off a security alarm.
Heres my secret hint if you have a child who really wants to know what is playing on Mickeys TV which is faced away from the viewing audience, all you have to do is reach your head wayyyyy over into the barred-off room to get a look and whoop whoop whoop! Youve got yourself an alarm that keeps going and going until every other person in and around Mickeys house has turned to stare disapprovingly. (And for the curious, Mickeys TV is a speaker screen, nothing to see here, folks). No CMs ever came in to chastise me guess they figure that the alarm is a big enough deterrent all on its own. And they would be right about that.
So we zoomed out of there and onto the train, stopping back at Frontierland. Tom Sawyers Island was good for 30 minutes while I took the rents on Big Thunder Railroad. They were not too impressed, but it was checked off the list. Then to Liberty Tree Tavern for lunch which was really good. Roberto provided great service, the food was plentiful and tasty for both veg and meat-atarians alike. After coming out of lunch, the crowds were just too thick. We fast-passed Splash Mountain again where rents and K got the front seat and got soaked. We bought the photo for $20, picked up Mickey ice-creams, and took the afternoon off at the hotel pool.
Daughter and FIL went straight for the slide at Storm Along Bay and became Slider Riders, according to FIL. They each went down about a dozen times.
MIL and I stopped after a few, mostly because the seams in the tunnel are really abrasive. Well, to our more delicate sensibilities. After swimming, hubby and I leave K bouncing between the beds and coach in the rents room while watching Lambert the Lion, to go to California Grill for our romantic dinner. Take a mental note here. There will be a test later.
aw:
On the way we went into the Magic Kingdom and rode Stitch ohmygod, the question one has to ask, is Why? Why would they make it, why would anyone not 13 years old actually go on it more than once? Seriously, its a travesty of Disney artistry and should be replaced immediately with something else, anything else. For those of you who havent ridden it, I am going to save you from yourselves and tell you exactly what happens in the ride. You sit down and are bolted in by bars heavier than that for the Rock n Roller Coaster, thus giving some poor slobs like me- a false expectation of movement and/or fun actually happening during the next few minutes. You are given a glimpse of bad Stitch in the glass case they used for Alien Encounter and then all goes dark as Stitch runs around the room a few times, bouncing on your shoulder bars and belching in your ear twice. Then its over. Yup, thats it. Trust me when I say that the shocked looks on the guests faces were not due to over-stimulation. And just so you dont feel like I misled you, someone is going to tell you that the belches smell like Real Chili Dogs! And they do. You have to ask yourself if a boring and smelly experience really is better than a merely boring experience.
Dinner at California Grill was fun, although once again, too salty. The view is really pretty, but more so when there are fireworks and one needs to request a window seat at the door, or it will never happen. They had a really good wine list by the glass, so we were able to pair our food and drinks. Service was very good and it was nice having dinner without macaroni and cheese all over everything. Getting home was a task, as we had to go to Downtown Disney to change to a bus going back to the Beach Club. Hubby fell asleep on the bus, right after the driver announces over the loudspeaker about 10 rules against smoking, eating, drinking, standing, breathing and passing gas. Just kidding.
There is an open part that looks like it actually goes through the barn. If I've ever went in it, I was asleep.
It was a short wait for the ride, and after we got off, K said, lets not do that again. Nobody was arguing with her.
We went through Mickeys house and I set off a security alarm.
Heres my secret hint if you have a child who really wants to know what is playing on Mickeys TV which is faced away from the viewing audience, all you have to do is reach your head wayyyyy over into the barred-off room to get a look and whoop whoop whoop! Youve got yourself an alarm that keeps going and going until every other person in and around Mickeys house has turned to stare disapprovingly. (And for the curious, Mickeys TV is a speaker screen, nothing to see here, folks). No CMs ever came in to chastise me guess they figure that the alarm is a big enough deterrent all on its own. And they would be right about that.
So we zoomed out of there and onto the train, stopping back at Frontierland. Tom Sawyers Island was good for 30 minutes while I took the rents on Big Thunder Railroad. They were not too impressed, but it was checked off the list. Then to Liberty Tree Tavern for lunch which was really good. Roberto provided great service, the food was plentiful and tasty for both veg and meat-atarians alike. After coming out of lunch, the crowds were just too thick. We fast-passed Splash Mountain again where rents and K got the front seat and got soaked. We bought the photo for $20, picked up Mickey ice-creams, and took the afternoon off at the hotel pool.
Daughter and FIL went straight for the slide at Storm Along Bay and became Slider Riders, according to FIL. They each went down about a dozen times.
MIL and I stopped after a few, mostly because the seams in the tunnel are really abrasive. Well, to our more delicate sensibilities. After swimming, hubby and I leave K bouncing between the beds and coach in the rents room while watching Lambert the Lion, to go to California Grill for our romantic dinner. Take a mental note here. There will be a test later.
aw: On the way we went into the Magic Kingdom and rode Stitch ohmygod, the question one has to ask, is Why? Why would they make it, why would anyone not 13 years old actually go on it more than once? Seriously, its a travesty of Disney artistry and should be replaced immediately with something else, anything else. For those of you who havent ridden it, I am going to save you from yourselves and tell you exactly what happens in the ride. You sit down and are bolted in by bars heavier than that for the Rock n Roller Coaster, thus giving some poor slobs like me- a false expectation of movement and/or fun actually happening during the next few minutes. You are given a glimpse of bad Stitch in the glass case they used for Alien Encounter and then all goes dark as Stitch runs around the room a few times, bouncing on your shoulder bars and belching in your ear twice. Then its over. Yup, thats it. Trust me when I say that the shocked looks on the guests faces were not due to over-stimulation. And just so you dont feel like I misled you, someone is going to tell you that the belches smell like Real Chili Dogs! And they do. You have to ask yourself if a boring and smelly experience really is better than a merely boring experience.
Dinner at California Grill was fun, although once again, too salty. The view is really pretty, but more so when there are fireworks and one needs to request a window seat at the door, or it will never happen. They had a really good wine list by the glass, so we were able to pair our food and drinks. Service was very good and it was nice having dinner without macaroni and cheese all over everything. Getting home was a task, as we had to go to Downtown Disney to change to a bus going back to the Beach Club. Hubby fell asleep on the bus, right after the driver announces over the loudspeaker about 10 rules against smoking, eating, drinking, standing, breathing and passing gas. Just kidding.
