May Vacay - Let's celebrate the end of the school year. But why is it surface of the sun hot? (Updated 6/25)

[Noreen411]

Day 1, Part 2
The Queen makes a crown
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We left off finishing breakfast. It was about 9am now, park was open to all, and I had about 15 minutes until my first FP$$ for Space Mountain. I had gotten lucky when I booked LLs for the day -
9:15-10:15 - Space
10:30-11:30 - Haunted Mansion
11:30-12:30 - Pirates
That was without modifying in any way. So I was getting organized to head to Tomorrowland when I realized I couldn't find my sunglasses. I knew I had them on when I went to order and I remember taking them off while I was ordering. They weren't in my bag (where I usually put them), they weren't on my head because - ears, they weren't on the tray. What the heck did I do with them? I walked back toward the ordering area where one of the previously dancing CMs approached me. I explained that I had lost my sunglasses and I thought maybe I left them on the counter when I ordered. She popped in to look, but no sunglasses. Oh well, I had wanted to buy a new pair anyway so I started to turn away. She asked - did you check your pockets? I said - oh, I don't have pock...wait a minute. I have my jumpsuit on this morning. And sure enough, sunglasses in pocket. Thank you nice CM!!! (Spoiler alert - I was still going to buy new sunglasses!!)

I started toward Tomorrowland and Space mountain. As I got close to Pooh, it only had a 5 minute wait posted. I could see the whole que and there was no one in line. Well, I'm always up to bounce with Tigger so I made a quick detour to bounce along (and avoid those Huffalumps.) Weirdly, even though there was almost no one around, they put another person in the honey pot with me. Just me in the front row, her in the back row, and no one in the 2 honey pots behind us. I certainly don't care and don't expect to get my own honey pot but it felt like weird loading.

Once off Pooh, I headed to Space and still had to wait a couple of minutes before I could scan in. There was almost no wait in the LL line at that time so I walked right up to the CM's that split you to one side or the other. I went to the right. There were maybe 20 or so people in line in front of me so no big deal. One of the loading CM's came down the line, looking for a party of 2. There was what looked like a mother/daughter party a few people in front of me so they jumped out of line and went with the CM. He put them in their loading spots, they stood there for like 30 seconds, then turned around and came back to the line where they pushed their way back to their original spots by saying "He told us we could go back to our place. Let us through." Ok, no problem with going back to your spot but you could be a bit more polite about the whole thing. And also, why did you come back?? Because when it came time to load them again, they got the exact same spots. I got almost to the front of the line when the CM came by and asked for parties of 1 or 2. Pick me friend!!! And soon, I was soaring through space.
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After I managed to crawl my way out of the space rocket (why can that never be graceful??), I realized I had some time to kill before heading to Haunted Mansion. Hello People Mover (wasn't it Castoney that called it the Pooper??). When I got over there, the CM at the bottom was letting people know that the moving ramps to go up and come back down were not working. Well, there was a workout I wasn't expecting that morning. But up I went anyway and soon, it was time for the iconic peoplemover picture.
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As we entered the pass beneath Space Mountain, the people mover came to a stop and then went backward. That was new. We were then stalled there for a few minutes - mostly in the dark (and the cool.) I closed my eyes and took a little siesta. In a little bit, we were back moving through Tomorrowland and shortly back to the station. I do have to say, walking DOWN that ramp was almost worse than walking up it. I'll be feeling that in my legs for a bit.

I still had a bit of time before Haunted Mansion so I walked toward Buzz (already at 30 minutes and that que is HOT). But the Laugh Factory was posted as 10. I haven't done Laugh Factory since I took my nephew right after the parks reopened so why not. It was a short wait in the lobby learning about Monstropolis and then in for the show. I know the jokes are a bit cheezy but gosh I love it.

As I was coming out, I saw that I had missed a text from Scotty. He had gotten to the park for work early and wondered where I was. I texted him back my location and that I would wait on a bench in front of the old Stitch ride. When he hadn't gotten a response from me, he had looked at my LL's and headed to Haunted Mansion to try to catch me. But he turned around and headed my way. We walked back toward HM together, I bought another bottle of water to put in my bottle, and we sat in the Tangled area for a little bit until he had to go clock in and I could head to my next LL - Haunted Mansion.

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And then I stopped for a couple of photo pass pictures before moving on.
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Why am I going the wrong way???

I also took a second to see about another LL. Jungle cruise had one for 1:45-2:45. I wasn't sure I wanted to still be in the park at that time, but I picked it up anyway, just in case. I then headed toward Pirates. As I passed Country Bears, I noticed there was NO ONE in the lobby waiting. I had time to waste yet so I went in and grabbed a bench to wait. If anyone had told me even last year that I would be voluntarily waiting for the Bears, I would have laughed in your face. But the update is very cute so why not?
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I do love my girls in pink.

After the show, I headed straight over to Pirates. There was no line in the LL lane and not a very long wait in the standby either. At this point, I was a bit surprised at the low wait times. Today was Memorial Day and I expected more people. Oh well, let's get on that boat and go find the treasure. Oops, guess I didn't get a picture from that.

As I got to the Jungle Cruise/flying carpet area, I realized that I was a bit snackish AND that I was by Aloha Isle. I haven't had a Dole whip in Magic Kingdom in forever!!! It was time to get my snack on!!

And, of course, now I have to run to do a reference call for one of the hiring committees. This vacation is going really well (insert sarcastic eye roll). I'll hopefully finish up the day soon!

Up next - I really did build that tiara. I promise!

OMG - too funny. I am always hitchhiking with the ghosts with the wrong hand too