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

[JenAusty]

Toy Story Mania
I haven't rode this yet. It's definitely on my top.. I keep adding ones to my "top" and I know I'm not going to be able to do them all.. hehe oh well.

 

[tinkgurl]

I'm actually horribly afraid of heights, so the first time I rode this was only 3 years ago. My DF and I waited in line for 30 minutes, and I almost bolted about 60 times. I held on to the hand bars so tight that my hands were still white from no circulation for a good 20 minutes after we got off. Everyone in the elevator got a great laugh out of watching how terrified I was, though. Haha. I love this one now!


I didn't tell DH that the camels spit water; so, I put him on the outside and did the shifting so he got hit every time we went around. And, everytime he kept going "SOMETHING keeps squirting me!! What the heck is that??" I still don't think he realizes the camel spits. We'll see if I can get away with it again this time.

As for TSM - DH loves video games and I very rarely play with him, so he was dead set on the fact that he was going to win this one. Well, I beat him somehow by over 100,000 points. He's so ready for a re-match and won't stop talking about how I somehow cheated!

Aw poor you on ToT!

Haha good job getting DH wet by the camel and he didn't even know what was getting him!

Haha you won?! Awesome. I hope I bet B/F this year..he always beats me at Buzz!

Toy Story Mania
I haven't rode this yet. It's definitely on my top.. I keep adding ones to my "top" and I know I'm not going to be able to do them all.. hehe oh well.

LoL...you have to do TSM!

 

[TxRabbit]

Toy Story Mania
This is the one ride that I can't even say we will ride on our trip! We had such a great day in MGM (which is what it WAS when we were there!) and we really enjoyed the park. This time we are skipping DHS because we are excited to go back to AK. Just another reason to plan another trip back to WDW!

 

[ScotsMinnie]

Toy Story Mania! Love it! Such good fun. Although the fast pass line isn't very fast! Can't wait to do this again!

We are there last week in June and the MK has no 3pm parade? So disappointed and hoping its a mistake!

 

[troobabiee7]

for June hours!!!

 

[wdwgirl03]

Toy Story Mania! What can I say about this ride other than I love it! On our trip in May we were at DHS a couple of times and I had read on here that they were doing previews. The first time we went to DHS they weren't but the second time, which also happened to be our last day, they were! So we were able to ride it a couple of times with pretty short waits. It was depressing that we were going home but I was really excited to get to ride it.

 

[Happydog]

Attraction of the Day...

Toy Story Mania

I can't say enough how much I love this ride! It just opened like two weeks before we got there for our '08 trip so we were excited to ride it! Here's a memory from my TR:

We decided to skip Fantasmic this year......yes, shocking, I know. It just was a really weird trip for us this year with everything that was going on at home and it was weird not having B/F with us since he's been quite a few times with us now. The second Fantasmic was going on and EMH's were starting so I got the idea that we should head back to Toy Story Mania and see how bad the line is because we loved this ride. The wait time said 40 minutes and we said "heck yeah we doing it!" The CM standing by the enterance kept yelling at people "The wait time is wrong! It's longer than 40 minutes! I wouldn't try it if I were you!" And we just looked at each other.... We walked in the building and around the corner to start the queue line and........seriously.......no one.....in.....line..we looked at each other as we were weaving around and walking straight through the first room and we all had the " " confused look. We walked all the way up to a little line right before we boarded the ride. We were on the ride in less than 15 minutes! Let's just keep this a secret betwen us on here so no one else gets the idea!

The thing I remember the most about TSM is running, no wait, that is not allowed, okay, FAST WALKING, at rope drop to get to the FP kiosk, while Hubby pushed double stroller behind, with two little boys, hoping to goodness he didn't clip someone's shoe or ankle in the process. Can you guess how much momentum there is in a double stroller with 80lbs of kid in it? Must...stop....!!!! Don't crash!!! He got in line and the CM "Held" him right before the door in so I could join him. We rode it back to back and when we got out the second time, the FP time was four hours, and the ran out of FPs!!!! Anyhoo, WOW is all I can say about that ride. So much fun. I liked it b/c DS 3 could actually maneuver the shooter, vs. at Buzz Lightyear... He didn't know what to make of the glasses though!!

 

[autumnpalm]

We were at Disney last year for my mom's birthday, and on our first night the CM at Primetime Cafe brought my mom a birthday button. As a joke, she wrote "Happy 21st!" below my mom's name. My mom was so embarrassed as she is... well... not 21 anymore LOL. When we got on TSM, the CMs working the ride got so into it, yelling "you don't look a day over 20!" and "Happy Birthday! You're finally legal!"... it was absolutely hilarious.

 

[tinkgurl]

Toy Story Mania
This is the one ride that I can't even say we will ride on our trip! We had such a great day in MGM (which is what it WAS when we were there!) and we really enjoyed the park. This time we are skipping DHS because we are excited to go back to AK. Just another reason to plan another trip back to WDW!

Aw...yeah another reason to go back!

Toy Story Mania! Love it! Such good fun. Although the fast pass line isn't very fast! Can't wait to do this again!

We are there last week in June and the MK has no 3pm parade? So disappointed and hoping its a mistake!

It is so much fun!

We are there the last week in June too! I'm thinking that has to be a mistake about the no parade!

for June hours!!!

Woo Hoo!

Toy Story Mania! What can I say about this ride other than I love it! On our trip in May we were at DHS a couple of times and I had read on here that they were doing previews. The first time we went to DHS they weren't but the second time, which also happened to be our last day, they were! So we were able to ride it a couple of times with pretty short waits. It was depressing that we were going home but I was really excited to get to ride it.

It is so much fun!

The thing I remember the most about TSM is running, no wait, that is not allowed, okay, FAST WALKING, at rope drop to get to the FP kiosk, while Hubby pushed double stroller behind, with two little boys, hoping to goodness he didn't clip someone's shoe or ankle in the process. Can you guess how much momentum there is in a double stroller with 80lbs of kid in it? Must...stop....!!!! Don't crash!!! He got in line and the CM "Held" him right before the door in so I could join him. We rode it back to back and when we got out the second time, the FP time was four hours, and the ran out of FPs!!!! Anyhoo, WOW is all I can say about that ride. So much fun. I liked it b/c DS 3 could actually maneuver the shooter, vs. at Buzz Lightyear... He didn't know what to make of the glasses though!!

Haha...gotta love rushing through the herds! That's so cool you got to ride it back to back!

We were at Disney last year for my mom's birthday, and on our first night the CM at Primetime Cafe brought my mom a birthday button. As a joke, she wrote "Happy 21st!" below my mom's name. My mom was so embarrassed as she is... well... not 21 anymore LOL. When we got on TSM, the CMs working the ride got so into it, yelling "you don't look a day over 20!" and "Happy Birthday! You're finally legal!"... it was absolutely hilarious.

Haha...I bet your mom loved it.

 

[jewels1916]

TSM is top of my must-do list, for my December trip, cause the line was too long last time, and there were no more FPs!!

 

[tinkgurl]

TSM is top of my must-do list, for my December trip, cause the line was too long last time, and there were no more FPs!!

Yeah fast passes are gone like crazy!

 

[tinkgurl]

Attraction of the Day...

Pangani Exploration Trail

This is another new one on my list to try this trip. I'd love to see any pictures, hear any stories...anything about this!

 

[JenAusty]

Pangani Exploration Trail

Ok.. this one I've honestly NEVER even heard of.. which confuses me because I've read tons of books.. and just got done reading a 2009 disney book. so ***?! hehe But just because of you.. I've been making a list in my travel book.. of new things- "to look into" and new things "I must do". I was like.. theres no way I'll remember all these.. I must write them down. I can't wait until I go a lot and then I can do new things every year.. but we never seem to go every year. Someday that will change.. if its the last thing I do! hehe

 

[MeMom]

A couple of signs and then my favorite gorilla picture.

I am hoping to spend more time on both the Pangani and Maharajah trails in a couple of weeks, so I'll have a lot of new ones on the new TR when it starts..

 

[punkin413]

this is my second-favorite thing in all of AK (my first being EE). i LOVE the gorillas!!!!!! they are so amazing and i could seriously watch them all day. i don't have a favorite memory other than just being in awe of them and wishing i could watch them for longer than i always do. you guys MUST try it! i can't believe you've never done it. it's kind of hidden back there but it's a MUST-do for us every trip.

Pangani Exploration Trail

Ok.. this one I've honestly NEVER even heard of.. which confuses me because I've read tons of books.. and just got done reading a 2009 disney book. so ***?! hehe But just because of you.. I've been making a list in my travel book.. of new things- "to look into" and new things "I must do". I was like.. theres no way I'll remember all these.. I must write them down. I can't wait until I go a lot and then I can do new things every year.. but we never seem to go every year. Someday that will change.. if its the last thing I do! hehe

you have to do this next time you're there!!!! the entrance is near the safari. the gorillas are so amazing.

 

[tinkgurl]

Pangani Exploration Trail

Ok.. this one I've honestly NEVER even heard of.. which confuses me because I've read tons of books.. and just got done reading a 2009 disney book. so ***?! hehe But just because of you.. I've been making a list in my travel book.. of new things- "to look into" and new things "I must do". I was like.. theres no way I'll remember all these.. I must write them down. I can't wait until I go a lot and then I can do new things every year.. but we never seem to go every year. Someday that will change.. if its the last thing I do! hehe

I'm so awesome..I'm helping you learn things!

A couple of signs and then my favorite gorilla picture.

Aw those pictures are so good!

this is my second-favorite thing in all of AK (my first being EE). i LOVE the gorillas!!!!!! they are so amazing and i could seriously watch them all day. i don't have a favorite memory other than just being in awe of them and wishing i could watch them for longer than i always do. you guys MUST try it! i can't believe you've never done it. it's kind of hidden back there but it's a MUST-do for us every trip.

I can't believe we've never done it either! So it's back by the Safari?

 

[xoktenox]

Hey girl! Hope your weekends going good. Once again my life is insane so I didnt talk to you yesterday, sorry! I promise I'll text you a little later, I have to get off of here after I type this and clean my room. It's a condemned disaster area right now

I obviously don't have memories for either of your last 2 attractions BUT I am beyond excited to try TSM even though I know Chris is going to kick my butt at it. Apparently guys have some kind of advantage at any type of video game type thing wired into their DNA lol

 

[punkin413]

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I can't believe we've never done it either! So it's back by the Safari?

yep! i believe it's right near where you get fastpasses for the safari.

 

[tinkgurl]

Hey girl! Hope your weekends going good. Once again my life is insane so I didnt talk to you yesterday, sorry! I promise I'll text you a little later, I have to get off of here after I type this and clean my room. It's a condemned disaster area right now

I obviously don't have memories for either of your last 2 attractions BUT I am beyond excited to try TSM even though I know Chris is going to kick my butt at it. Apparently guys have some kind of advantage at any type of video game type thing wired into their DNA lol

Hey girl hey! I figured you were busy since you didn't text at all! I was busy yesterday too! Sis went to her b/f's Sadies dance last night so yesterday we were running around getting her hair done and then make up done...Then went to her b/f's house for pictures...It was crazy! It made me miss going to dances though.

You are going to love TSM! And I'm pretty sure that video game thing IS wired into guys. lol.

 

[tinkgurl]

yep! i believe it's right near where you get fastpasses for the safari.

Okay thanks!!