Am i the only one bummef about the extension of the electrical light parade. Really was hoping paint the night would be back as original elp end date was the day before we arrived.
I am one of the semi-bummed ones. However, it was more on an emotional basis/reasoning.
I remembered the MSEP from my first trip when I was 7. I got to go back to DL when I was 16 (for my second trip), and I was sad that MSEP had ended the year before. Unbeknownst to me, my auntie had a CM friend who shared that MSEP would have a "farewell season" and the soft opening would be Spring Break week... when my parents were taking me. Mom didn't tell me this little tidbit; instead, she pretended to sympathize with me that it was sad that we didn't get to see it one last time since it was one of my only memories from my first trip. So, an hour or so before the show, she told me to go sit on the curb while we ate ice cream cones.... Lo and behold, here comes the parade right on time. I think I figured it out just moments before seeing the first floats coming up the street. I was blown away, and felt so loved that she planned and executed such an amazing surprise for me. Fast forward 21 years later (now). I still get misty-eyed when I think about that little stunt my mom pulled off. My mom passed away 10.5 years ago. I've been taking my daughter to DLR every other year or so, since it was a placed my mom adored, and a place I loved being with my mom, even if we had only gone twice. I'm going to DLR with my now-13-year-old daughter this summer. I heard MSEP would be back. I was sad that we were going to miss it by a mere 3 days. But, I got over it, and came to realize that I would likely be a big ole blubbery mess watching the parade without my mommy. (Seriously, tears now just thinking about it.) So, I was okay missing it.
Then they announced it was extended. And now I'm faced with two options: bawling my way through a viewing of the parade (daughter is excited to see it), or making sure I'm no where near the parade route 4 nights in a row to avoid it (which would be fairly hard). After much discussion, I think we will see it twice. First, just finding a spot and watching it one night. Hubby and daughter can watch it, and I can sit with my box of Kleenex and bawl my eyes out missing my mommy. Then, the next night, we will do the Blue Bayou dining package for the reserved seating for MSEP. Hubby and daughter will have a great view, as will I. I will have a box of Kleenex and bawl my eyes out maybe a little less... And maybe get some good pictures. I think daughter will think it's extra-special to see it knowing her Gammy and I saw it together.
So, sorry to be a Debbie Downer. But that's why I'm semi-bummed that it was extended....
Maybe we'll bump into each other at the parks!
