I am sorry it took so long to get this installment up! I have had a LOT going on lately, but I have been so anxious to get this installment posted, and here it is!
I cant believe I forgot to mention it in the last installment, but I will tell you now! DH is the one who sets and turns off the alarm in the morning at home. He is also the one who sets the wake-up calls and answers them when we are at a hotel. (Im a heavy sleeper.) At Disney, I like to hear the wake-up calls. I mean, hel-lo! On our last trip, I missed most, if not all, of them. On Sunday morning, DH held the phone in the air in between us, and I heard the BEST wake-up call ever Mickey AND Stitch! My faves! Oh yeah! If it hadnt been for that darn ankle, I would have jumped out of bed and done a happy dance.
It's Monday and our first MK day. We wake up. The ankle feels better than the night before, but not by much. I very carefully get ready. I had to go sit on the sofa to do my makeup because I just couldnt stand at the mirror anymore. I wouldnt be walking around MK today. I could tell that.
DH gets up, and I ask him to please call the front desk so we can get a wheelchair. I dont even want to think about the walk to the bus stop and then up to the gates of the park.
I told DH I would be able to walk onto the buses, and we could fold the wheelchair and carry it on. He called, explained the situation and got them to send someone to the room with the wheelchair. Awesome!
We were on our way now. When we arrived at MK, I realized that DH was going to have to wheel us down the hill under the monorail track and back up again. His hands were already hurting from last night. We saw some people ahead of us try to use the entrance before you go down the hill that is manned by security. The security officer yelled to them before they got all the way over there that they had to go on
the entrance was for wheelchairs only! That saved DH some work!
We stopped to get a locker for the tripod bag and learned that the tripod had to come out of the bag in order to fit it all in the locker. We entered the park and decided to do some shopping on Main Street. So, down one side of the street we went. DH accosted CMs for pins along the way. We turned in some quests at VMK central so I could get some snazzy items for my character in VMK. We arrived at the bakery. Breakfast!
I got the cheese danish, and DH got the cherry danish, and we got the apple compote to share. The indoor seating was full, so DH wheeled me outside, and it started to rain. He tucked me under the awning (Facing the wall!
Thanks a lot!
) and went back to get napkins and forks. When he returned, he sat on the ground while we ate there on Main Street. The rain wasnt too heavy, and we decided to shop the other side of Main Street to see if it might stop while we were indoors. As DH was making a purchase at the last shop, I wheeled myself over to the door to look. No such luck. Still raining. But by the time he was done, it had let up, so we made a break for the castle, Josh pushing me along - quickly! We arrived and entered one of my favorite stores in the Magic Kingdom - King's Gallery. Hello! Its in the castle! I renewed my Walt Disney Collectors Society membership, and we purchased our Cinderella Ink and Paint. We looked at a POC painting of the Black Pearl. The ships reflection in the painting looked like a skull, and a CM informed us that there were a couple of things hidden in the clouds above the ship. We looked and looked and couldnt find anything. Finally, the CM had to point out to us what was there. THEN we saw it.
After leaving the castle, we went to check the time on Philharmagic. 5 min wait we are so there!
And we got sent to a separate waiting area because of the wheelchair. Once the doors opened Josh wheeled me into the back row next to a regular chair and took a seat himself. Now, I am enjoying the fact that my feet arent tired, but once again, the booty is! But thats OK. This is one of my favorite attractions in all of the World! It is definitely DHs and my collective favorite. And the CM that was giving instructions was comical. I believe he told parents to take small children by the hair when leaving the theater.
It was a little repetitive the second time around, as we were leaving, but at least the guy was enjoying his job and trying to be a little entertaining, which I always appreciate. After we left, we grabbed fastpasses for Peter Pan. This is my favorite Fantasyland dark ride!
I love it. I think its the flying boats that you get to ride in. That, and I adore the flying over London scene! So, with fastpasses in hand, we headed over to Pinocchios Village Haus for a little lunch and a break. I waited at the table while DH went to get our food. We got to sit in the room that overlooks Its a Small World. This was our first time eating here, and DH didnt even realize that it had a view of IASW, which he thought was nifty. It took a loooooooong time for DH to get back with the food (long lines thanks honey!
). It probably felt longer than it really was because now my rear was really hurting
, and I wanted to move to the seating at the table itself. Eventually, I couldnt take it anymore and moved myself over. He finally arrived! We both had the turkey paninis, and mmmmmm, were those tasty!
We shared part of our table with a grandma and one of her adorable twin granddaughters. (The rest of her party was at another table.)
Following lunch, we headed over to see if we could get onto Pirates without a ridiculous wait. Lo and behold! Captain Sparrow and whats-his-face were outside putting on a little show. We watched for a bit.
The wait for the ride was 20 minutes. We noticed a lot of wheelchairs parked outside the ride. There was no way I was going to stand for that long, so DH told a CM near the wheelchairs that we wanted to ride, and I could transfer over to the ride from the wheelchair, but that I wanted to have it while waiting in line, and he asked if that was possible. He said to ask the pirate over there and pointed at another CM. We approached said pirate, and DH asked him. This CM was INTO his job! He responded in character with a pirate voice that was barely understandable. He said that we had to switch wheelchairs and take a MK wheelchair through the line while ours was parked out here waiting for us. Makes sense. Well, it did after we asked him to repeat himself a few times.
We switched chairs, the pirate parked ours, and DH tells him to lock it. (The hotel had requested that we lock it whenever it was out of our sight.) We waited maybe 15 minutes in line, and I transferred successfully over to the boat!
I had been a little nervous about this part, but it went smoothly, and I was psyched! This is one of my favorite attractions in MK as well. (I can never decide between this and HM.) And this is the first time I have seen it since the changes have been made. I was also a little nervous about said changes. I had actually been nervous about the changes ever since I heard they were being made. I adore this ride, and its origin goes back to the days of Walt! (I LOVE Walt!) Our local friend has assured me that it is all good. (I called her right after we saw Davy Jones Locker to tell her, and she informed me that she had just ridden the ride. What a brat!
) So, we embark on our journey into the Caribbean and pirate territory. I have to hold in my mini screams on the drop so as not to freak out DH. (Remember, doesnt like thrill rides? Yes, it is that intense.) Then comes the
what? You thought I was going to tell you? No, no, no! No spoilers here. Im sure there are plenty of places those can be found if you are interested, but I will not be responsible for spoiling the new ride for anyone. I will say this
It Rocked! I still love it, and the new stuff is both very well done and fits in well with the feeling of the ride. I was very pleased. And when we got off the ride, I rode the conveyer belt up the little hill and WALKED through the gift shop and back to the wheelchair parking. It wasnt graceful, and it wasnt speedy, but I was walking well, limping. But it felt good to not be sitting on my bum and moving it instead. Then I had a mini panic attack because the pirate was no where in sight and DH had told him to lock the chair, and we hadnt waited to get the key! Fortunately, the pirate had left the key in the lock. Aye matey! Ye be a good pirate. I used the wheelchair as a walker to get to a nearby bench where I took out the camera for some shots of the new features on the outside of the building.
When I was done, we continued on to Jungle Cruise
As we approached, we saw the wait was only 10 minutes. So we decided to park the chair. I could make it that long. We asked a very mean-looking CM where we should park the wheelchair, and she pointed towards a trash can where we didnt really see any other wheelchairs, but there was a spot to park it there, so we did. We locked it with the lock provided by the hotel. And we got in line. We noticed for the first time that some of the items in the cages throughout the queue have tags saying that they are to be sent to the Adventurers Club! What a cool little touch!
We embarked on our cruise with
the guy from UtahMamas trip report! I couldnt believe it! He wasnt too bad, and I was just thrilled to be there under the circumstances, so I enjoyed myself. And got a nice elephant bathing pool photo too.
After JC, we stumbled upon a little place called Aloha Isle. Had me a Dole Whip. Oh yeah!
I had it swirled with vanilla soft serve this time. Oh soooooooo good! I should have taken a picture! I will have to remember that next time.
We went back to ride Peter Pans Flight. I was a bit more nervous about this transfer because of the moving conveyer belt and the swaying boats, but all went smoothly. Loved the flight over London, as usual, and saw the mermaid that looks like Ariel.
We did a bit more shopping. Purchased a few pins at the Frontierland Trading Post. Then we decided to check in for dinner.
I was able to get one from BWI for the
I have done that and the been on crutches for a week to recover! Hopefully your recovery was much quicker!
waiting for an update! Sadly, I am coming to the very end of my own trip report (long over do, I have been working on it for the past two months...) and reading other trip reports...especially good ones like yours is keeping me going until our next Disney trip!
So, now I am wondering...should I do another trippie or not??? Hmmmmmmm...
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Hi Lynda!! I followed you over here from Monica's TR. (I Monica! 
