Rig wasnt upset about the prank I had pulled, I think what got to him more was that I was able to pull one off at all. Im usually the one who is getting pranked. So this was a victory for me and all of the victims of pranks out there.
Johnny Knoxville, youre next!
Rig wanted to ride Rock-n-roller coaster next. I just couldnt see myself doing that one again.
What is the worst that happened to you on that ride? Rig asked
It banged my head from side to side and hurt my ears, plus it scared the life out of me.
Youre dead set on not riding it again?
I nodded, Dead set! But Ill hold your hat for you if you wanna go again.
Rig not one to pass up a thrill or any kind of adrenalin rush handed me his hat and took off to ride.
I found a nice little place to sit and wait. I texted a few friends and then called work, Pop answered. When he heard my voice on the phone he shouted out, Everybody, Lee is calling from Disney World.
I could hear people yelling back their hellos and hows it goings? I missed being there, but only for a few seconds.
Lee, Pops said, Dolly wants to talk to you.
Dolly Carter and her husband Edgar are in almost every morning that I have the breakfast shift, they are my most favorite regulars.
Leela honey, Mrs. Carter said, when are you coming home? The new girl doesnt know how to make the eggs the way I like them, the yolks are always over done and I tell her over easy every time but she gives them to me over hard.
I will be back in a few days.
What?
A few days.
where are you ?
Disney World.
What?
Disney World.
Well when are you coming back?
In a few days. I told her again
Ok, because I havent had a good egg in a long time.
Pops got back on the phone and we laughed that Mrs. Carter still refers to Krista as the new girl even though she has been working there for 6 months.
Mrs. Carter is a real character and her husband Edgar is a quiet reserved man, when Dolly breaks out her wallet with all the pictures of her grandkids that she had just got done showing me a few minutes earlier, Edgar just smiles at her. And I dont mind looking at the same pictures every time they come in, I pretend like I am seeing them for the first time. Dolly is a sweet lady, super hard of hearing and her short term memory is for nothing, but she can tell you detailed stories of when she was a child and her stories are wonderful.
I sat watching people and a family caught my eye, well my ears.
A little boy was crying hard, he did not want to go on this ride. He was maybe 8, I dont know for sure, Im a terrible judge of peoples age. But he was just not feeling this ride, and he was begging his mom to not make him ride it.
She told him it was just like test track and he loved test track. The boy just kept shaking his head and crying, it was almost a tantrum cry so I am guessing that he was not only afraid to ride but suffering from exhaustion, the kind where you explode emotionally before passing out and then nothing can wake you.
He was stomping his feet and throwing punches in the air.
His mom had enough and yelled at the Dad, Do something with him. So the Dad pulled the boy off to the side and tried reasoning with him.
The Mom sat next to me.
I knew it was none of my business, and I am not the type to ever try and tell somebody how to parent their child especially since I am not a parent myself, but I had to say something.
Have you ever gone on this rollercoaster before? I asked her
Too many times to even count. She remarked with pride
Then you lied to your son, this ride is nothing like Test Track.
She looked shocked that I said anything to her, and I dont blame her really, you dont expect people to butt in to your family business.
If I tell him the truth he wont ride it, but I know hell like it, he always cries before rides but then hes happy that he went on it.
But if you lie to him he might stop trusting you.
He knows I would never hurt him.
I should have shut my mouth after that, I should have just got up and walked away, but I didnt.
you dont think that lying to him isnt hurting him?
You dont know the first thing about me or my son so mind your own business. She got up and went to join her husband and crying son, she told her son to shut up or they were just going to leave and go back home and forget about the rest of their trip.
I knew I had made her even more angry and now it was my fault that she was screaming at her son. He was getting her misplaced anger and I didnt know what to do, I thought about apologizing to her but I wasnt sorry for what I said, I was sorry that it only made things worse, basically I didnt know what to apologize for and therefore I wasnt sure how to approach her about it and in the end I watched them take their son, no longer crying but looking defeated into the line.
I went to wait closer to the exit of the ride/dump shop for Rig. It seemed to take for ever, I really wanted to talk to him about what had happened, by the time he came out I had myself all worked up. I handed him his hat.
Babylee, whats wrong? True concern showing in his eyes
We walked over and sat on the wall while I told him about the little boy, and me confronting his mom who ended up yelling even more at her child and how I wanted to apologize so maybe she would not take the rest of her bad mood out on him.
Can we wait here until they come out and you go with me while I tell her Im sorry?
Rig listened intently and then thought before speaking.
Disney World can be overwhelming even for adults, she was already pissed at her kid for crying, I dont think you had too much to do with her continuing to yell at him.
But I owe her an apology.
You dont owe her anything, He said
I sat thinking about what I wanted to do, until Rig made up my mind for me. Let them work it out Lee.
Rig was right, I had already said too much to her and I didnt think I would be able to fix anything at his point.
Ice cream? Rig asked
No, just a pop.
So we headed out of that area in search of something to drink. We ended up by the sorcerers hat sipping on our pop.
Whats that kids memory of Disney World going to be like Rig? Him crying while his mom screams at him because hes afraid to go on a ride, and then her lying to him on top of it?
Leela, let it rest, dont make yourself crazy worrying about something that you cant change.
A kids memory of Disney shouldnt be like that, it should be of all his dreams coming true.
Rig put his arms around me and hugged me tight, Babylee, what is the worst thing that happened on this trip?
Your unfortunate incarceration. I said into his chest
Rig laughed, Unfortunate it was, but is that what sticks out in your mind? Is that going to be what you think about every time somebody mentions Disney World to you?
No, Ill think the castle, and the fireworks,
Im sure that little boy has had plenty of exciting things happen that will trump that breakdown with his mom.
I smiled up at Rig, Youre right again.
Music to my ears. Rig said
We finished our pops and then got in line for the great movie ride, I enjoyed this ride all over again, we were seated in the way back this time and once again we were hijacked by a mob guy. I saw more this time then I did the last, but I had said it before, there is so much to look at on the rides you have to do them a couple times to see it all.
We exited the ride and were completely unsure of what to do next, we got out the map and was looking at it when we heard it coming, it never failed, High School Musical, we looked at each other and decided to just find a spot and watch, I mean every time we were in that area that danged show was either on its way in or on its way out, so why not see what it was about.
I think you have to be between the ages of 4 and 14 to get excited about this show, either that or be the parent of a child who loves high school musical. The kids were all watching the show, clapping, dancing and singing. The parents were watching their children and smiling. That sight renewed my spirit, and I came to the conclusion that just because youre at Disney World, the happiest place on earth, doesnt always mean youre going to be happy, there will be the little melt down moments, so when you see a happy moment, dwell on that.
This might have been too much for Rig to handle, he said in my ear that he would be back soon and not to move from that spot.
So there I was alone and watching a show I had no desire to see, I scanned the crowd, it was more fun watching the parents dance then it was to watch the actual performers.
when the hsow was over I waited for Rig, he wasn't anywhere and I didn't want to go in search for him, I texted him, nothing I called him, no answer. I started pacing, not sure if I was angry or worried, where in the heck is he?
Then he showed up, his hands behind his back and a silly grin on his face.
"what did you do?" I asked, I knew that grin all too well
Rig presented me with minnie mouse ears. "Now you can take them to work for show-n-tell and make all your fellow employees jealous."
I giggled and put the ears on. I hadn't planned on buying ears, when would I ever wear them again?
*confession: I wear them every time I watch a Disney movie.
"How do they look on me?"
"YOu look good in those ears, now let me see your tail." Rig winked
I'll try and stay awake with DW on the dark rides and in the dark places. Hopefully we don't have any boys or girls staring at us and telling us like they told you two. "GROSS!'"
. She was trying to get the 9 year old to go with her. He was crying, digging his heels in while she was trying to drag him. When he got loose he went and kind of stood behind his dad. The mom was yelling at him that this was her birthday celebration - that she didn't get to come on her birthday so this was "her" birthday and if he wasn't going to ride it they might as well just go home. The kid was terrified. Now I won't claim to have never forced my kids on rides that they acted scared of. 
I did. But I know my kids, and I know the rides - and I knew, pretty much, which ones they could handle if they would just give it a try. My middle one (who is 19 now) would still be too scared to go on Pooh if we didn't make him. He was always scared of anything dark or loud and he learned that if you had to go inside a building it was probably going to be dark and loud so he decided early on he didn't like any rides that you had to go inside. It was a long process over several trips - he went from curling up in the seat hiding his eyes and covering his ears, to covering his ears and closing his eyes, to looking around until something scared him then closing his eyes to now he rides everything - raises his arms and makes funny faces for the camera. 
When my husband came back I showed him the dad and the kids that were waiting. I think we rode the ride with fastpasses because when we came out we were pretty close to the mother. The dad & the boys had moved over to the wall under the guitar to be closer to the exit. When we walked outside and past them the mom & girl were still telling them all about the ride. As we were coming close to them I raised my voice and said to my husband "hey - there's that woman (I may not have said woman
