~Our June '09 adventure~ I'm home! Started TR 7/2

[KeepSwimmingDory]

Love the new shirts! How fun!

 

[tinkgurl]

June hours probably wont be up till Feb 27 - March 1st time frame - I know, soooooo frustrating, right?

Glad you got some new Tee's for Disney!

Ugh, that's too far away for me! Haha.

Love the new Disney shirts!

Thanks Mel!

Love the new shirts! How fun!

Thanks!

 

[tinkgurl]

The Parks...

So, I was trying to think of ways to keep y'all interested and decided to go through the list of attractions at each park and mention the things we love. I'd love to hear everyone else's favorites.

MK:

Big Thunder
Buzz
Carousel of Progress
Haunted Mansion
Small World
Jungle Cruise
Magic Carpets
Pooh
PhilharMagic
Peter Pan
Pirates
Snow White
SPACE-CLOSED
Splash
TTA-CLOSED

Epcot:

Soarin’
Spaceship Earth
Test Track
Ellen--had to exit the ride last time
Mexico--Margaritas!
Norway--Maelstrom!

DHS:

American Idol--NEW
Backlot Tour
Beauty & the Beast
Fantasmic
Great Movie Ride
One Man’s Dream
ToT
Toy Story Mania
Little Mermaid

AK:

Dinosaur
EE
Lion King
Nemo
Safari
Maharajah Jungle Trek
Pangani Exploration Trail

 

[jewels1916]

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My list of favorites Same as yours!

Actually, I didn't get to do TSM when I was there last time because the line was soooo long and they were out of FPs so it is on my list of must-dos this time.

I love Maelstrom. I am glad to see that I am not the only one who still likes to ride it! I had to drag my parents on it last time. I make them ride everything, they try to skip things that they think are lame. Like WS. They never want to go to WS unless we are eating there. What's Disney World without a little "World"? Ha.

 

[ariel2007]

I'm gutted about Space and TTA too, I can't believe it. And what is the new American Idol thing?

 

[punkin413]

The Parks...

So, I was trying to think of ways to keep y'all interested and decided to go through the list of attractions at each park and mention the things we love. I'd love to hear everyone else's favorites.

here are mine!

MK:
space mountain (this is my FAVORITE! if i had to pick any year to not go it would be this one since it's closed. so i guess it's a good time for me to take a break!)
TTA
buzz lightyear
peter pan
mad tea party
mickey's philharmagic
haunted mansion
big thunder mountain railroad
pirates of the carribbean

epcot:
soarin’ (favorite, although i'm not as ga-ga about it as everyone else)
mission: space
test track
touring WS - my favorite countries are morocco, italy and france

DHS:
tower of terror (favorite!)
rockin rollercoaster
toy story mania
beauty & the beast
one man's dream
animation academy

AK:
expedition everest (favorite!)
primeval whirl
tough to be a bug
safari
pangani forest trail (i LOVE the gorillas!)

 

[megveg]

The Parks...

Epcot:

Soarin’
Spaceship Earth
Test Track
Ellen--had to exit the ride last time
Mexico--Margaritas!
Norway--Maelstrom!

I have never been on Maelstrom! We just kinda forgot it was there! We are DEF going on it this time around!

 

[autumnpalm]

Yup, all evening classes are 3 hours. Never mind having an evening class and tutorial back to back.

Some of my fav attractions:

MK:

Space Mountain and TTA (so sad these will be closed in May!)
Splash Mountain
Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
Carousel of Progress
Aladdin
Philharmagic
Jungle Cruise
POTC

Epcot:

Soarin'
Test Track
Mission Space
Ellen's Universe of Energy!
Spaceship Earth

AK:

Maharaja Jungle Trek
Pangani Forest Exploration Trail
Primeval Whirl
Expedition Everest
Dinosaur
Kilimanjaro Safaris
Festival of the Lion King
(really want to see Nemo, have never seen it!)
It's Tough to be a Bug

DHS:

Tower of Terror
Rockin Roller Coaster
Beauty and the Beast
Animation Academy
Toy Story Mania
Voyage of the Little Mermaid

 

[xoktenox]

Ok I'm wayyyyy too lazy to type up all my favorites lol Just say I agree with you, k? cool. I texted you like 15 mins ago and you're ignoring me, I guess you hate me now. Thanks, appreciate that. Anyway, the May hours just went up really recently, alot of people were pretty upset with how long it took so I wouldn't hold my breath for the June ones!

 

[troobabiee7]

I was over TTA and Space Mountain too!! And crazy enough, I was sadder about the TTA There are a lot of fun roller coasters at Disney but only ONE TTA... it SUCKS that it's closed!

 

[tinkgurl]

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My list of favorites Same as yours!

Actually, I didn't get to do TSM when I was there last time because the line was soooo long and they were out of FPs so it is on my list of must-dos this time.

I love Maelstrom. I am glad to see that I am not the only one who still likes to ride it! I had to drag my parents on it last time. I make them ride everything, they try to skip things that they think are lame. Like WS. They never want to go to WS unless we are eating there. What's Disney World without a little "World"? Ha.

Haha, that's funny we have the same favorites! You HAVE to do TSM next time you're there!!!!! Maelstrom is just one of those random rides that are silly and fun. Haha, love your joke- "What's Disney World without a little 'world'".

I'm gutted about Space and TTA too, I can't believe it. And what is the new American Idol thing?

I'm so sad! The new American Idol thing...from what I understand it's like the real thing-they have a few competitors and judges. But, I don't know exactly how it all works.

here are mine!

Thanks Dawn!

I have never been on Maelstrom! We just kinda forgot it was there! We are DEF going on it this time around!

Oh you gotta go on it! And if you don't want to watch the movie at the end, just walk on through the theater!

Some of my fav attractions:

Thanks! You have to go see Nemo!

Ok I'm wayyyyy too lazy to type up all my favorites lol Just say I agree with you, k? cool. I texted you like 15 mins ago and you're ignoring me, I guess you hate me now. Thanks, appreciate that. Anyway, the May hours just went up really recently, alot of people were pretty upset with how long it took so I wouldn't hold my breath for the June ones!

LOL...you're too lazy? lllllloooosssser. Haha, jk. I just had to say it back to you. OMG, I'm getting so anxious for June hours!!!!!!

I was over TTA and Space Mountain too!! And crazy enough, I was sadder about the TTA There are a lot of fun roller coasters at Disney but only ONE TTA... it SUCKS that it's closed!

Haha Mel-you know that I'm sadder about the TTA too!

 

[Disneyfan71]

I like your list of favorites...here are mine as I've only been to MK, DHS, and Epcot

MK
-Space Mountain
-BTMRR
-Pirates/Carribean
-Astro Jets
-It's A Small World
**Actually mostly everything at MK

Epcot
-Spaceship Earth
-Living with the land
-Oh Canada
-Maelstrom
**Want to ride Test Track, Mission SPACE

DHS
-ToT
-Great Movie Ride
-Muppet's 3-D
*RnR

I can't think right now but you get the idea

 

[OneTreeHillAddict]

It's easier for me to say what I hate the most.

DHS ~ Drew Carey waste of space!

MK ~ Stitch (ick! I hate that hot dog burp!)

Ep ~ Honey I Shrunk the Audience (Way too outdated!)

Ak ~ There's really nothing here I despise.

Everything else I pretty much like or love. The three things above could disappear and I would never miss them!

 

[Disneyfan71]

It's easier for me to say what I hate the most.

DHS ~ Drew Carey waste of space!

MK ~ Stitch (ick! I hate that hot dog burp!)

Ep ~ Honey I Shrunk the Audience (Way too outdated!)

Ak ~ There's really nothing here I despise.

Everything else I pretty much like or love. The three things above could disappear and I would never miss them!

Honey I Shrunk the Audience was new when I went in 1995 if that tells you anything. Not sure if it was BRAND new then or not. I'm actually surprised it's still there. Maybe with newer Disney movies coming out they'll update it????

 

[Villainess]

I'm surprised it is still there as well! They could do so much with that whole Imagination pavilion - maybe they make a Figment/Dreamfinder 3-D movie?

 

[tinkgurl]

I like your list of favorites...here are mine as I've only been to MK, DHS, and Epcot

Thanks! You'll love AK!

It's easier for me to say what I hate the most.

Haha, well that's fine with me too!

 

[tinkgurl]

Attraction of the Day...

Okay, I just got another brillant idea for a conversation starter while I patiently (not) wait for June hours to be posted and our 90 day slot to make ADR's... I'm going to start an "Attraction of the Day" and go through my list of favorite things that I recently posted. Each day will be a different attraction and Iwill post something about it like a favorite memory etc. And then, it's everyone else's turn to do the same about that attraction!

Today's attraction is....Big Thunder

Here's one of my favorite memories about Big Thunder: Back in 2001, we went my whole family-both sets of grandparents and all. From my '08 TR, you got to see Granny and Papa-one of the sets. So we get on Big Thunder, Granny and Papa are sitting in the row in front of me and my mom..the ride starts and Papa being the country boy that he is starts waving his arm up in the air yelling "Yee-ha" and stuff just to make us laugh. Well then Granny notices Papa doing this and starts yelling at him "Put our arm down! Put it down! You're going to hit it on something!" He doesn't quit. Haha. So the whole ride he's doing that, Granny's yelling, and mom and I are hanging onto each other because we're laughing so hard we're crying. Now everytime we go on Big Thunder, I have to do a "Yee-ha" at least once.

 

[KeepSwimmingDory]

Great idea Tink!

I love your story. What a fun family! I may do that next time I ride to embarrass my serious son. He's easy to annoy. And his twin brother will join right in if I start it.

My Big Thunder Mountain memory is from a few years ago when my four boys were all still living at home. We were at Magic Kingdom and back in the BTM area when it was getting close to time for the fireworks. Well, the boys of course chose to ride more BTM than head up to see the fireworks. It was also starting to sprinkle but no lightning so the ride stayed open. The boys got on BTM and just as their train took off the fireworks started and they watched them hooting and hollering the whole time. It was one of their favorite Disney moments ever I think. For them being on BTM with rain and fireworks was just magical!

DH and I had already had enough BTM for the evening so we stood closeby and watched the fireworks by ourselves in the rain having our own little magical moment. I can picture it now!

 

[TxRabbit]

My favorite BTMRR memory is from the P&PP.

Earlier in our trip, the family headed over to Toontown to ride Goofy's Barnstormer, which was one of DSs favs from our other trip. Only to find that it was closed. I forget what happened. But it wasn't something that was scheduled, so I didn't know about it.

This event WRECKED our MK day. It was absolutely ruined. Like 10:00am, Toontown just opened and the day is OVER. We needed a major distraction, moving onto a completely different event, it's time to leave MK kind of instantaneous planning. YAY Disboards! We ended up in DTD and at DQ. Whew. The sadness of the day was completely forgotten in how awesome DQ was!

I had to give you that background so you can understand DSs emotional state as we are in P&PP and are just hoping against hope that Branstormer's issues were fixed so that we could ride this ride. And we find that it is still closed.

DS didn't care for Space Mountain too much. So I am trying to convince him that TMRR is really just like a longer version of Barnstormer. Way more like Barnstormer than Space Mountain. Are you sure you don't want to ride it?

After much convincing, much later in the evening, DS decided he would give it a try.

Amazingly, DH, DS, and I all fit in one seat together. This worked out well for DS because instead of being tossed against the hard car, he got to rock back and forth between squishy DH and me.

He LOVED the ride! And when I say he LOVED the ride. I mean that we ended up riding that ride 10X!! During the P&PP party!

 

[Enchanted]

Attraction of the Day...

Okay, I just got another brillant idea for a conversation starter while I patiently (not) wait for June hours to be posted and our 90 day slot to make ADR's... I'm going to start an "Attraction of the Day" and go through my list of favorite things that I recently posted. Each day will be a different attraction and Iwill post something about it like a favorite memory etc. And then, it's everyone else's turn to do the same about that attraction!

Today's attraction is....Big Thunder

Here's one of my favorite memories about Big Thunder: Back in 2001, we went my whole family-both sets of grandparents and all. From my '08 TR, you got to see Granny and Papa-one of the sets. So we get on Big Thunder, Granny and Papa are sitting in the row in front of me and my mom..the ride starts and Papa being the country boy that he is starts waving his arm up in the air yelling "Yee-ha" and stuff just to make us laugh. Well then Granny notices Papa doing this and starts yelling at him "Put our arm down! Put it down! You're going to hit it on something!" He doesn't quit. Haha. So the whole ride he's doing that, Granny's yelling, and mom and I are hanging onto each other because we're laughing so hard we're crying. Now everytime we go on Big Thunder, I have to do a "Yee-ha" at least once.

That is TOO funny! I would have died laughing too.

Let's see, a story about Big Thunder....

Back in the days when our entire family went to the World, my aunt, uncle, and I were the only "thrill-seekers" so we typically rode the coasters alone while my mom and dad kept my brothers busy. Well, we finally goaded one of my brothers (who's almost two years younger than me) to ride Big Thunder with us because we felt that Big Thunder was the "starter" roller coaster. So we get in line, and the wait time was something fairly reasonable like twenty minutes. Well some "technical difficulties" happened with the ride which stretched the wait to about forty minutes. (I don't know what it is about Big Thunder but when we ride stand-by there always seems to be "technical difficulties.") The whole time we're in line, my uncle and I are torturing my brother, who was probably 11 or 12 at the time, about what Big Thunder is "like." He was trying to be brave, keeping his chin up and trying to ignore us. My aunt kept reassuring him that we were lying about the 60 mph speeds and the 300 ft underground drop (Yes, I was quite the evil teenager back then. ), but he didn't seem too convinced.

So we finally get to the loading dock, and my brother starts having a nervous breakdown. He starts shaking his head, all pale and clammy, and going, "I don't wanna go, I don't wanna go, I don't wanna go." Still, when the train pulls up, he climbs in! My aunt's all concerned and keeps asking him if he wants to leave. He keeps shaking his head and even gets a bit teary-eyed, but won't get out of the train. At this point, my uncle and I are feeling really guilty, but we can't help a small giggle as we climb in.

The ride starts, and we're off! My brother keeps making all of these panicky squeaks throughout the ride as my uncle and I hoot and holler with glee. When the ride is over, we all climb out, and my brother is still kind of weak in the knees. My uncle goes, "So what'd you think?" And my brother's face lights up and he goes, "That was AWESOME! Let's do it again!" We laughed so hard, I thought I might bust my spleen! (And just so you know, that same brother? His favorite ride at Disney these days? RNRC! )

Also, both of my brothers have called Big Thunder "Danger Mountain" ever since the Disneyland accident when one of the trains hopped the rails. Yeah, they think they're hilarious.

BTW, this is a great idea, Tink!