Note: It rained today…A LOT!
Knowing that we had to be at rope drop for our DHS day we planned on meeting mom at 8:30am. I set the wake up call for 6:00am and Stitch did not wake us up this morning…just some pretty music…I missed Stitch
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After everyone was dressed, teeth brushed, hair combed and ready to go we head to the DHS bus stop. It wasn’t raining, but we had those ponchos ready to go. The DHS bus arrives and we are at the meeting spot by 8:20. Mom arrives (not sure what time) but we start to head over to the cast member entrance which is the farthest right turnstile at DHS. As I am walking I literal almost bump into this woman who is running to keep up with her family. I stop to let her start to pass me and then I say…JO? Yes is is our very own Disney_Jo.
My stalking skilss are improving. We hug, chat for a minute, promise to chat later and she goes to catch up with her DH and DD’s who ran like they were seeing an axe murderer or something
. J/K they were already past when I spotted Jo. In true Focker fashion there is no picture to mark this momentous occasion. [
I also got a text from T making sure I was at rope drop]
They opened the turnstiles and the mad rush began, only to be stopped by the silly preshow.
Once that was over the mad rush began. Jim, Jimmy, and my mom headed to
Pixar Place to get FP’s for TSM while Andrew and I “got our ride on” (NOStacy) at ToT and RnRC. Andrew and I walked right onto ToT and were on the first ride of the day. After our ToT ride we headed over to RnRC which had a 15 minute wait. I texted Jim and he had just gotten the FP’s for TSM (There was a line 10 people deep at the FP machines) and they were on their way to the Anaheim Produce Company to get some breakfast. After Andrew and I rode RnRC we met them there. Jim and mom were telling me what a mess the Pixar place area was and that the wait was already 60 minutes. Our FP return time was 11:50 (With 12:10 ADR’s at Sci Fi). After our snack, mom headed out and we went to ride Star Tours which only had a 5 minute wait.
From there Jim took Andrew to see the Great Movie ride and I took Jimmy to see Playhouse Disney Live. Cute show if your kids are into the Playhouse Disney Line Up. Jimmy is starting to get out of this stage so he wasn’t overly thrilled with it. After this it was time for our FP at TSM. We head over to Pixar Place and all I can say is that this place was packed
. At 11:50 there were no FP’s left for the day. [
SOmewhere in here I had gotten a few texts from CE letting me know that she and D and the boys arrived safely]
We park the stroller and head into the FP line, which was still a bit of a wait. While were in line we noticed some of the details which were very cool
I look down to where the cars are loaded and look who I see…
IT's a bit dark nut that is Ellie and Jess, Jo’s DD’s. My stalking skills are getting better!
We ride TSM and it is very cool, but since I am not that into video games my score stunk and I won’t be sharing it with you
After our ride through Andy’s room we head over to Sci Fi for our ADR.
We get to Sci Fi and take off our ponchos and I go to check us in. I am informed by the CM that because we were 15 minutes late they cancelled our ADR!
Ah, excuse me. We are only late because the FP line at TSM was slow. He conveniently found us a table . I go over to tell Jim what happened when I get a tap on my shoulder and it is Jo. She spied me this time. She was waiting for ADR (and was on time). We chatted some and I had the opportunity to really talk to Jess and Ellie. They are such sweet girls and Jo and David should be very proud of the young ladies they are
.
A short time later Jo is called for her sitting and then us. We were seated at the back of the room, but in a car and we were able to see the movie screen, which was fine. Again the food here was OK, but the atmosphere is worth it. Although I think lunch was much better than dinner that we had there last year.
After Sci Fi I honestly don’t remember what we did in what order but I at some point Andrew and I went back to RnRC and ToT. ToT only had a 15 minute wait and RnRC a 20 minute wait. Then I think (this is what happens when you don’t take notes we switched off and Jimmy and I went shopping while the boys went to ride…I have no clue. As Jimmy and I were shopping the skies opened up, again. Faye was doing everything in her power to dampen our parade. Jimmy had lost his favorite Power Rangers hat so we were on the lookout for new one. They don’t sell any
. He wound up buying a pair of Mickey ears. They are very cute, they are Mickey’s pants and even have a tail on the top. I also bought a new hat. It has Tink on it and says Mood Subject to Change without Notice. It is so me!
While we were in the store the announcement came that Block Party Bash was postponed because of the weather. It was still raining, but not a torrential downpour so a shortened version of BBB was held. I was with Jimmy on the main street and Jim and Andrew were over by the big hat. Jim had the camera, so was able to take a few pics. I have to say I liked the shortened version of BBB, much more like a parade.
From here we met up with Jim and Andrew and checked out Muppet Vision 3D. This is one attraction that definitely is in need of some love. When we came out it was of course raining, again. At this point we had done everything we had wanted and it was getting close to dinner time so we made the decision to head back to Pop, get some dinner and let the kids run around the arcade for a little while. BY the time we got out of the park the rain had stopped. We head out to the bus stops and a Pop Bus is there and waiting for us. We snapped a couple of pics on our way out
We get back head to the room to put on dry clothes and shoes and go to Everything POP for something to eat. I have to say that the food we had at POP was always good and you get a lot for your money. After eating we head over to the arcade. Jim and I hang out with Jimmy and Andrew went and did whatever it is teenagers do when they are in an arcade.
This is probably a good time to mention that he was on my last nerve by this point (yes it is only day 2
). All he did was walk ahead of us (100 feet or more) when he had no idea where he was going and then we’d have to wait for him to come back to where we were and text. He even slept with his phone because he would fall asleep texting his friends.
We let Jimmy play for about an hour and then we took him back to the room. We gave Andrew a 10:00 curfew because we had another early day planned. We took Jimmy back to the room, gave him a bath, put Stacy on and he was asleep in 10 minutes! I love Stacy for this reason…she is a good sleeping pill for Jimmy
.
I showered and got into bed and Jim headed back to Petals and hung out waiting for Andrew to meet him at 10:00. I don’t know what time they actually got back as I fell asleep pretty quickly myself.
So endeth Day 2.
Next Up: Animal Kingdom, sunshine (sort of) and another Dis Sighting.
apart from the regular folk
Hanna.
We're happy - we finally made it to WDW! 
Yay for stalking Jo! 
I had a feeling after Andrew's 'happy' side at 1600PF... 
I think she'll take you out !!
YOU ARE KILLIN" ME HERE
