Springtime is the Best Time- Flower & Garden, a taste of Dapper Days and Earth Day -April 2024- Side Trip to Epic Opening Day

[vamassey1]

Free refills?

We all refilled our water bottles with ice and water. AH had purchased the refillable mug.

Nice. Those things are like gold.

Yes they are.

Really! Surprised by that. Was there something to hang onto if you stood?

The boat moves really slow. I guess you could grab the side of the boat.

Smart. Wish Spla.... er... Tiana's had that.

Me too.

I bet you were surprised! This cracks me up!

The kids and parents hitting us thought it was real funny too. I know understand how you get so wet on this ride.

I can see some people being angry. Glad you all found the fun in it.

We had a blast.

This is such a great photo.

Thank you! It was a good memory.

That's cool!
Reminds me of when you'll see Rey over at Galaxy's Edge.

I love the wandering characters.

Heh. I immediately thought. "Dracula and Frankenstein were eying me like a snack."

I think Dracula and Frankenstein are battling each other on the ride, so they didn't have time to snack on us.

That looks good.

It was.

Really! Huh. I'm surprised that wasn't a "all sales final" kinda thing.

Today was all about making a good impression on the guests.

What? Something that's cheaper at Disney?
I think Hell just froze over.

The team member said something too about Disney being the better deal when it comes to the Fuel Rod too.

 

[vamassey1]

I haven't heard/read about anyone riding the boat ride you mentioned yet! That sounds like so much fun, especially on a hot day. How fun to be able to aim for the targets or make the other people your targets, LOL!

This is a ride the whole family can enjoy. I have made the sacrifice so that all my readers now know to make sure to shoot at the other boats and not get the surprise we had.

What a pain to have to pay to exchange your fuel rod! (and then to have the extra trouble on top of that!) I always think I should invest in one, but haven't pulled the trigger yet.

I never planned to get one but on our 2018 trip I forgot to bring a charger with me and had to purchase one. I have used it so many times over the years. It has been worth the purchase.

My guess is you DO go back to Berk!

I think that's a pretty good guess.

 

[pkondz]

The boat moves really slow. I guess you could grab the side of the boat.

Ohhhh

We had a blast.

I think Dracula and Frankenstein are battling each other on the ride, so they didn't have time to snack on us.

Luckily for you!

 

[amazingact21]

I don't know much about Fyre Drill, so I was clueless that other boats can shoot water at you! Man oh man. I feel like that would be any and every kid's goal. Nail random adults with their water cannons.

The garlic stake is good, but it's heavy on the garlic! Like, I love garlic, and even I was going, "This is a little much." Definitely a shareable item.

I missed Gobber's workspace! It looks great and very detailed.

Uh oh, sounds like you're headed back to Berk again. For more shopping.

 

[vamassey1]

Luckily for you!

I thought Monsters usually worked together not against each other.

I don't know much about Fyre Drill, so I was clueless that other boats can shoot water at you! Man oh man. I feel like that would be any and every kid's goal. Nail random adults with their water cannons.

The kids really did enjoy it.

The garlic stake is good, but it's heavy on the garlic! Like, I love garlic, and even I was going, "This is a little much." Definitely a shareable item.

I want to get it if I ever go back.

I missed Gobber's workspace! It looks great and very detailed.

There was so much we missed too. I'm glad I caught it on the second go around.

Uh oh, sounds like you're headed back to Berk again. For more shopping.

Looks like it.

 

[vamassey1]

I'll be flying out tonight for my very short trip back to Disney. Danielle is picking me up. My friends are already there and enjoying AK today. They were able t to get into our room at 7:30 this morning. I'm very impressed it was ready that early.

I won't get to spend much time with Danielle, she'll be working both Friday and Saturday. She normally works the early shift on Saturday and we had planned for her to meet me at MK to see the Starlight parade together for the first time. My friends have the 3 day tickets that don't include MK. Danielle's schedule was changed to a closing on Saturday due to another leader needing off for a death in the family so she won't be able to meet me unless something happens and she gets off early. I was very disappointed when she told me, but I understand. She called me on speaker phone, with her friends on Tuesday to let me know her 3 of her friends are going to meet me so I won't be alone. They haven't seen the parade yet either. We're shooting for the 10:00 parade so they have time to get off and get to MK. This was so nice. I did purchase a Tron fancy ride so I could experience the Aries layover.

I'll be able to visit Danielle at work on Friday. We're planning on Epcot and have multi-pass with a LL for Test Track. My goal this trip was to try and do the new stuff I missed in July. I'm looking forward to some F&W food too.

I hope everyone has a great weekend.

 

[pkondz]

I'll be flying out tonight for my very short trip back to Disney. Danielle is picking me up.

Have a great time!

she won't be able to meet me unless something happens and she gets off early.

Oh that’s too bad. Hopefully something will work out.

I'll be able to visit Danielle at work on Friday.

That’s good at least

 

[missjackiemcg]

Have a great trip! I can't wait to hear what you think of Starlight. I won't see it until December, so I'm living vicariously through everyone else. So sweet of Danielle's friends to meet up with you, too. That will be a magical experience, I'm sure!!

 

[vamassey1]

Have a great time!

Thank you! I'm sure gonna try.

Oh that’s too bad. Hopefully something will work out.

Fingers crossed.

That’s good at least

It really is very sweet of them. I might just need to feed them.

 

[vamassey1]

Have a great trip! I can't wait to hear what you think of Starlight. I won't see it until December, so I'm living vicariously through everyone else. So sweet of Danielle's friends to meet up with you, too. That will be a magical experience, I'm sure!!

Thank you you!

I'm really looking forward to seeing Starlight. I'm sure it will be beautiful in December and not near as hot.

It really is sweet of her friends. We try to do something with them every time we go.

 

[amazingact21]

Hope you have a great trip! Sorry Danielle won't be able to watch the parade with you, but how sweet that she's sending in backup. The Ares overlay on Tron looks really cool, it's great you get to experience it!

 

[luvpoohandcompany]

It really is very sweet of them. I might just need to feed them.

This made me laugh so much. I’d be exactly the same. Definitely a mum thing
Have a great trip. Been following along on instagram and delighted to see you found Danielle

 

[vamassey1]

Hope you have a great trip! Sorry Danielle won't be able to watch the parade with you, but how sweet that she's sending in backup. The Ares overlay on Tron looks really cool, it's great you get to experience it!

It was a great very short trip. I did get to see Danielle, just not as much as I would have liked. The red lights on Tron were different.

This made me laugh so much. I’d be exactly the same. Definitely a mum thing
Have a great trip. Been following along on instagram and delighted to see you found Danielle

I did not get a chance to feed the crew in such a short amoutn of time. We usually try to feed them each trip. It was such a whirlwind trip I didn't get to post much. Thanks for following along.

 

[vamassey1]

My quick trip to the bubble is sadly over. It was action packed and wore me out. I'm finally recovering. It's a good thing it's my week to work from home. I didn't get back until after 8 pm on Sunday.

I think I did most of what I wanted to do on my short trip. I only had 2 park days but did hit all 4 parks. I did eat some Food & Wine, but of course not as much as I would have liked to have eaten. My eyes were bigger than my stomach. I did see the F&W overlay on LWTL. I did see Danielle twice on Friday while she was working. We saw Voices of Liberty and Robin's granddaughter was the "guest conductor". I did make a quick trip to AK to get the Crush AP magnet and ride Dinosaur. It's not easy to get to Dinosaur with all the construction. You have to go a very round about way to get there. I did ride Test Track and I do like some of the changes. Our second park day was Studios. We did see The Little Mermaid and The Villain's Show. I made it to MK. Everyone got there in stages. I grabbed some dinner in CHH then rode Tron with 3 of Danielle's friends. And guess what? Danielle did get off, thanks to her co-worker and made it to the park in time for us to ride Minetrain before our last parade buddy arrived. We were a total of 6, and no one had seen the parade yet. We grabbed some space in Frontierland behid some people who sat the entire parade. That was so nice. It was a beautiful parade but Danielle the critic stated it needed more dancers that were better lit up and a few more tweeks. Overall we all really enjoyed it.

I'm not going to go into all the things I didn't do because the main thing I wanted to do I did.

 

[missjackiemcg]

It sounds like a whirlwind, but magical little trip to the bubble! I'm so glad you ended up being able to see Starlight with Danielle for the first time! I've heard lots of people with the same opinion that there needs to be more dancing or street performers to enhance the gorgeous new floats. Maybe we'll get those added in time. Welcome back!