AussieAngel
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(Continued...)
We eventually made it to Big Thunder, and only had to wait around 10 minutes or so to ride. And then, we were off!!!
My thoughts on Big Thunder always change. When I rode it first in 2006, I was expecting it to be much scarier, so I was a bit disappointed. Then this time, I was expecting it to be really lame but actually had a great time!! It's all about expectations, isn't it!?!
After our crazy train ride, look who we ran into! Goofy!!
(I have a confession to make. I always get Goofy and Pluto mixed up. I don't know why because they look totally different, but for some reason I always confuse them!)
We walked to Adventureland next - we wanted to ride the Jungle Cruise, but the wait time said 50 minutes!!
Really!?! And the Fastpass machines weren't turned on. This happened on our first night here too, bummer! I didn't want to wait 50 minutes when there were so many other things to do, so instead we headed over to Pirates of the Carribbean...
Hmmm. It's not that I don't like Pirates, but I don't really get the love for it! Conan doesn't either. We're both a bit "meh" about this ride!! We rode it and had fun, but it's definitely not on the top of our list. A girl behind us in our boat was telling her friends (very loudly!) how much she loves the ride and how one day she rode it continually for a whole afternoon. Heh. Okay!! See, I don't get that love!
I do, however, love Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin! And so does Conan! So we headed in the general vicinity of Tomorrowland, stopping to have some Photopass photos taken on the way.
Why do we have our sunglasses on, you ask!? This is why - I go squinty in the sun!!!
Anyway, we made it to Buzz and Conan beat me again, of course!!! He had to regain his manliness after I thrashed him on Men In Black.
Then it time for Spaaaaaace Mountain!! You have to say it like that, right? In a big deep manly voice? Spaaaaaaaaace Mountain!
I'm just going to put it out there - Space Mountain freaks me out!! It's dark and fast and jerky and I'm sure that the next time I ride it, I'm going to be flung right out of my little rocket into the darkness, never to be seen again. Hehehee. I can't help but scream my head off in Space Mountain. It's fun, but terrifying!!! Conan sat in the front this time, and even he was a bit terrified!! Heee!
Next was something I'd never done before - Tomorrowland Indy Speedway!! Conan rode this by himself in 2006, while I shopped. For some reason it's just never appealed to me! But this time, Conan really wanted me to try it with him. So I did!
And it actually was quite fun! The cars go way too slowly and it's annoying how they bump all over the place, but it was still fun. I would have LOVED it if I was little!! Here's Conan in his shiny little car...
Whew, it had been a big morning so far!! Even writing it down now, it seems like we did a lot of stuff! And what did we do next!? No, we didn't sit down for a break. Nope, we didn't get an ice-cream and relax a bit...
We stood in the line for Dumbo for 40 minutes!!
I really don't know what possessed us. We didn't ride it in 2006, and it's just so Disney!! I just felt like I had to ride it. And Conan agreed with me!! So we stood in that little snaking line for 40 minutes, along with 4,800 screaming toddlers. Heh. Go Dumbo.
One thing we learnt - being in the Dumbo line really makes you assess other people's parenting techniques.
We had lots of in-depth quiet discussions which went along the lines of, "We will so not do that to our children, okay?!" Because you know, we're the experts!!!
So we eventually got to ride Dumbo. And erm, yeah. Awesome. Oh, it was cute, but I don't think we'll wait 40 minutes again for it!! Unless we have a screaming toddler with us, of course.
Here we are riding Dumbo - don't we look thrilled?!
After that, we decided it really was ice-cream time. We wandered over to Aloha Isle in Adventureland to grab ourselves one of these little beauties...
Ooooh, Dole Whips!!
We took our massive Dole Whip and ate in the line for the Jungle Cruise. The queue time was now down to 30 minutes, which wasn't so bad. And actually, I don't think it was even that long. We only just had time to share our Dole Whip, before we hopped onto our boat!!
Look out!!
I love the Jungle Cruise. It's so silly and corny.
I loved this happy little elephant!!
We still had 30 minutes or so until our lunch ADR at Liberty Tree Tavern, so we went for a little wander and took some more photos. Can you ever have too many castle photos!? Noooo!
We slowly made our way over to Liberty Tree Tavern. It had been a fun, busy morning, and we were definitely ready for a food break!!
Next up... Lunch and our afternoon at MK!
We eventually made it to Big Thunder, and only had to wait around 10 minutes or so to ride. And then, we were off!!!
My thoughts on Big Thunder always change. When I rode it first in 2006, I was expecting it to be much scarier, so I was a bit disappointed. Then this time, I was expecting it to be really lame but actually had a great time!! It's all about expectations, isn't it!?!
After our crazy train ride, look who we ran into! Goofy!!
(I have a confession to make. I always get Goofy and Pluto mixed up. I don't know why because they look totally different, but for some reason I always confuse them!)
We walked to Adventureland next - we wanted to ride the Jungle Cruise, but the wait time said 50 minutes!!
Really!?! And the Fastpass machines weren't turned on. This happened on our first night here too, bummer! I didn't want to wait 50 minutes when there were so many other things to do, so instead we headed over to Pirates of the Carribbean...
Hmmm. It's not that I don't like Pirates, but I don't really get the love for it! Conan doesn't either. We're both a bit "meh" about this ride!! We rode it and had fun, but it's definitely not on the top of our list. A girl behind us in our boat was telling her friends (very loudly!) how much she loves the ride and how one day she rode it continually for a whole afternoon. Heh. Okay!! See, I don't get that love!
I do, however, love Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin! And so does Conan! So we headed in the general vicinity of Tomorrowland, stopping to have some Photopass photos taken on the way.
Why do we have our sunglasses on, you ask!? This is why - I go squinty in the sun!!!
Anyway, we made it to Buzz and Conan beat me again, of course!!! He had to regain his manliness after I thrashed him on Men In Black.
Then it time for Spaaaaaace Mountain!! You have to say it like that, right? In a big deep manly voice? Spaaaaaaaaace Mountain!
I'm just going to put it out there - Space Mountain freaks me out!! It's dark and fast and jerky and I'm sure that the next time I ride it, I'm going to be flung right out of my little rocket into the darkness, never to be seen again. Hehehee. I can't help but scream my head off in Space Mountain. It's fun, but terrifying!!! Conan sat in the front this time, and even he was a bit terrified!! Heee!
Next was something I'd never done before - Tomorrowland Indy Speedway!! Conan rode this by himself in 2006, while I shopped. For some reason it's just never appealed to me! But this time, Conan really wanted me to try it with him. So I did!
And it actually was quite fun! The cars go way too slowly and it's annoying how they bump all over the place, but it was still fun. I would have LOVED it if I was little!! Here's Conan in his shiny little car...
Whew, it had been a big morning so far!! Even writing it down now, it seems like we did a lot of stuff! And what did we do next!? No, we didn't sit down for a break. Nope, we didn't get an ice-cream and relax a bit...
We stood in the line for Dumbo for 40 minutes!!
I really don't know what possessed us. We didn't ride it in 2006, and it's just so Disney!! I just felt like I had to ride it. And Conan agreed with me!! So we stood in that little snaking line for 40 minutes, along with 4,800 screaming toddlers. Heh. Go Dumbo.
One thing we learnt - being in the Dumbo line really makes you assess other people's parenting techniques.
We had lots of in-depth quiet discussions which went along the lines of, "We will so not do that to our children, okay?!" Because you know, we're the experts!!! So we eventually got to ride Dumbo. And erm, yeah. Awesome. Oh, it was cute, but I don't think we'll wait 40 minutes again for it!! Unless we have a screaming toddler with us, of course.
Here we are riding Dumbo - don't we look thrilled?!
After that, we decided it really was ice-cream time. We wandered over to Aloha Isle in Adventureland to grab ourselves one of these little beauties...
Ooooh, Dole Whips!!
We took our massive Dole Whip and ate in the line for the Jungle Cruise. The queue time was now down to 30 minutes, which wasn't so bad. And actually, I don't think it was even that long. We only just had time to share our Dole Whip, before we hopped onto our boat!!
Look out!!
I love the Jungle Cruise. It's so silly and corny.
I loved this happy little elephant!!
We still had 30 minutes or so until our lunch ADR at Liberty Tree Tavern, so we went for a little wander and took some more photos. Can you ever have too many castle photos!? Noooo!
We slowly made our way over to Liberty Tree Tavern. It had been a fun, busy morning, and we were definitely ready for a food break!!
Next up... Lunch and our afternoon at MK!
This picture is absolutely beautiful! Can I steal it for my desktop??
I'm so glad you're enjoying my reports!! 
I love the pic of you guys with Goofy. Goofy's pants crack me up! LOL.
) but really to say that I just read your previous TR and loved, loved, LOVED it!! I sure hope I can do one as good for my WDW trip!!
Isn't that the truth? There are many times at WDW when dd sees other parents interact with their children that prompts DD to turn to me and say with great sincerity, "You ARE the best Mommy ever!" Sheesh, I've been telling her that for YEARS. It's about time she believed it!
