On our-big-fat-whole-first-day, we slept in! Just a little.
Stitch did NOT wake us up. Non-conformity? NO, says me!
Do you have any idea the multitudinous amounts of TRs Ive read complaining of this
special service??? A Brazillion, maybe even more. Im no dummy. Stitch is not wanted
near my ears until Ive been properly caffeinated and even then
Maybe if it was my
Jack Sparrow, wed wake up smoother? He could wake us (me) up with his drunken-
slurred pirate lingo any time!
((sigh))
Where were we?
Today we conquer Mt. Everest!
Plus we are snazzily dressed in our home-spun apple (they didnt HAVE lime) green
t-shirts! YES! Wed meet dozens and oodles of DIS peeps, to-day! Better bring just tons
of my delicious Utah-made Salt water taffy in cellophane bags tied with pillaged Alien
Green Mickey Head Paint Chips (laminated!!!) and tied with pretty limey ribbons!!!
Conquering Everest would require a hearty breakfast at the POR food court! Where
I discovered a cheap-mama tip: The crackers are FREE at the pizza spot and the
peanut butter is free at the bakery area! Steal a free plastic knife
and VIOLA!
instant NABS! For later. When were rumbly in our tumblies!
On the way to the bus stop, we stopped to buy a very expensive pal for Riley(DS6).
Pal Mickey is very cute and funny and kept my family entertained endlessly. I am glad
we only bought one. We all could hear him, and took turns holding him like good kids
(Ok, he either sat perched on the stroller OR was being held not facing in the required OUT position)
We took an un-eventful bus trip and made our Animal Kingdom Entrance!!!
The conversation as we bee-lined to Asia was of excitement and jubilation to
Finally, and at long last be riding EE
when my dear Riley states he is NOT going on it!
WHAAAT?! By the time we actually reach the ride, I am one non-magical mama!
I tried the, We came all this way and spent all this money so YES indeed you ARE
riding, mister! Ya, like THAT ever works! He dug his stubborn heels in deeper into the
faux-rustic cement. There was literally NO wait whatsoever, so DH took the 2 BRAVE
boys into the no-wait line! I turned to size up my suddenly Chicken-Little son. I wanted
to hissper not-nice mommy things in his ear. I wanted to yell and rant! But I looked at
how hesitant and nervous he was and just talked to him (and bribed him just a little!)
.
What a sensitive little guy he is! I apologized to him for telling him he HAD to ride. We
hugged and hung out in the Gift Shop disguised as a Yeti Museum. We did take dozens
of loverly photos of the artifacts, but you need to not have certain things spoiled. New
rides top the short-list!
My family came off the ride pumped full of the drugs ADRENOLINE and
ENDORPHINE! And met the stay-behind crew at the viewing of the official ride photo!
Their expressions were priceless! We are certainly not tacky enough to take a red-neck
photo of the photo! Were not one of THOSE people
Ya,ya,ya
MY TURN!!!!
I grab my DSs Jordan and Dallen, and make way to the ENTRANCE! (No need to baby
swap or fast pass when theres NO LINES!) Leaving Daddy with Chicken-Little and
Norah-Noodle-Bop! (yet another nick-name? GEEZ!)
Jordan informs me the FRONT is the way to go ( he is the expert, having just
riden!)
but there is a smallish line for the very front so Ill take whatever. Were in the
near front. The Essence of front. Good enough. I KNOW, Ill FILM the ride! So Riley
can watch it and see its just FUN! Thatll be a piece of cake!
THIS RIDE ROCKS!!!! I will say it starts out tame like Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
.
Then it kicks it up a notch, or two!
IT
IS
SMOKIN!!!!!
We figured wed let Riley watch the video of the ride to make an informed decision about
the ride hed surely regret riding for the REST OF HIS LIFE! (no, guilt didnt work
either, thank-you-very-much parenting smarty-pants!)We figured wrong!
So when it was my turn again, I took the camera on to hopefully get a good picture of the
Yeti! I waited in the front row line. I rode my new favorite ride. I had my camera at the
ready aaaaaand forgot to un-zoom!!!! Heres the one of a kind, never to be repeated,
but you can try, photo of a Gen-u-INE Yeti FOOT!!!
.. note the cables and wires and
the realistic DETAILS of those claws!!!! ((shiver)) *TILT YOUR HEAD TO THE LEFT:
Now, Im no Yeti foot expert, but those look JUST like the real ones! Youbetcha!
I had planned on a daily chapter, but Im long winded as the memories are flooding back
to me as I watch the hours of video footage and photos. So Ive changed gears to
winging-it (from the previous by the seat of my pants) and hope this works better for
everyone, especially ME!
So heres one of the Photo-pass photos taken this
day
to prove I am married to a real man, whos usually stuck on the other end of the
camera! If your name happens to be Meg Ryan, you can have him, because you are his
freebie!
look I'm having a diet Coke! ( I'm a Diet Coke freak! )
!!)
. Any how, I love your report you do Utah proud keep it up!!!! I hope your little one is feeling better, and I look foreward to readin more.
. I love reading about Grandma and I actually lol when I am reading about her. Can't wait for the next one to come out. SUmmer is the only time that I have to read.
I've had it happen to me recently too. Maybe we blend into the woodwork. .... Well.....maybe I blend into the woodwork. I don't think you blend into anything. Your pretty stand out. 
