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We survived the cheerleaders 
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& enjoyed a diet consisting of mostly corny dogs, churros, ice cream & various bakery items & have returned unscathed.
Thought I'd give a quick recap:
- We were there on Sunday (all day) & Monday till 2pm.
- We didn't have MM on Sunday, they let us onto Main St. at 7:40am for a rope drop for the great unwashed non MM people. (the rope lined up even with the Corny Dog truck).
- Zero (as in none) cheerleaders seen until 11ish.
- VERY uncrowded. Rode 18 rides (along with a bakery stop at Pooh Corner) & collected 4 FPs prior to hopping to DCA at 10:45am.
- Soarin' FP (picked up at 10:55) had a 2pm return. & DCA had a more crowded feel especially past noon. I think it was a combination of SoCal 2fers (lots of locals), folks enjoying the food & wine festival & the cheerleaders.
- I was on Griz Rapids with 5 cheerleaders & a brother & Alec & I. Can't confirm it, but i think they won the shreiking competition. 
- After Griz, we went to the Candy Cane & checked in....it's very nice. Everyone at the pool was a cheer family from Idaho (at least 15 families).
- DL was mobbed on Sunday at 6pm (nice weather, cheerleaders etc.) DS & I had FPs though, so no worries.
- Tried a knockwurst at the Princess area (near ToonTown & IASW) & it was great.....will definitely try the bratwurst next time.
- The fireworks were cancelled Sunday, but thankfully the likely prospect of them kept many occupied (sitting near the HUB for an hour) so that Sunday after 8pm was easy to tour & ride.
- Padewan Alec hit the wall at 10:15pm & I was thankful for the Candy Cane bus as he zombie-walked down Main St. & on out to the bus.....& I carried him (potato sack like) from the bus to our room (about 50 yards). w/o the bus i would have had to carry him 1/2 a mile. (whew)
- Monday Morning - we were also let onto Main St. at 20 min. till.... 9am opening. (I prefer 8am openings....only the hard core folks are there)
- Only glich of the two days...we went to Alice first (DS didn't want to do PP or Dumbo), we were the first on (of course
).....then on to Matterhorn to do a 2fer.....& WTH.... long lines...at least 15 min. on each side at 9:08!!! Was Nemo broke or somthing?? Anyways, we did Matterhorn & then hoofed it over to collect a SM FP & did another 15 rides before riding SM at 10:50pm. (the left side of the park was virtually empty & we rode Big Thunder multiple times.)
- Hopped to DCA at 11am....very cool to be the only people walking DOWN Main St. while everyone else was walking UP it.
- DCA was MUCH less crowded on Monday & didn't have that huge group of "young teen locals" vibe (that it had the previous afternoon). All rides were mostly walk on (except for the FPs we got for Soarin' & Screamin).
- Also....far less people in the food courts & F&W areas on Monday. Tried a fancy hamburger slider (not as good as the corn dogs....but good).
- scaredy cat padewan alec finally got the nerve to try Screamin' for the first time, so now .........of course it's his favorite ride
. So naturally we had to do it again. 
- Ended our trip with Crush & then Soarin' (great ways to finish) & then off to the airport.
Food Report:
- Dole Whip - B+ (it was a brisk night....should have had it during the day when it was warm).
- Churros (3 of them) A- (darn good)
- Pooh Corner B+ (Alec got a caramel candy thing....kind of like a tigger tail but something else & i got a peanut butter cookie with chocolate bits in it...not as good as the white chocolate macadamia nut cookie though.)
- Knockwurst at Princess Faire - A
- Corny Dog at the Corny Dog Truck - A-
- Regular Corny Dog at the Palace - A
- "Chili-Cheese infused" Corny Dog at the Palace - A-
- Popcorn on MainSt. - B
- Mickey Bar in DCA - A-
- Chili Cheese Hot Dog at the dog place across from Crush. A-
- Slider at the Food & Wine Court - A-
- Bagels & stuff at Candy Cane Inn - B+.
- Cafe Mocha at the coffee stand next to the bridge that takes you over to Screamin' & Ariel's brunch. (with an extra shot of expresso & half of the steamed milk. ) A
I understand that the Food & Wine staff have doubled the orders for food & tripled the orders for wine in anticipation of a convention of dis-babes about to hit DLR this week.
They've also recalibrated the FP machines due to anticpated heavy usage in the coming week. Goofy has also been instructed to be on good behavior & not to chase any ladies with a lime mickey heads on their back packs around the Main St. plaza.....they don't want to end up on you tube again.
Have a great time & say hi to Toadie for me.
, & enjoyed a diet consisting of mostly corny dogs, churros, ice cream & various bakery items & have returned unscathed.
Thought I'd give a quick recap:
- We were there on Sunday (all day) & Monday till 2pm.
- We didn't have MM on Sunday, they let us onto Main St. at 7:40am for a rope drop for the great unwashed non MM people. (the rope lined up even with the Corny Dog truck).
- Zero (as in none) cheerleaders seen until 11ish.
- VERY uncrowded. Rode 18 rides (along with a bakery stop at Pooh Corner) & collected 4 FPs prior to hopping to DCA at 10:45am.
- Soarin' FP (picked up at 10:55) had a 2pm return. & DCA had a more crowded feel especially past noon. I think it was a combination of SoCal 2fers (lots of locals), folks enjoying the food & wine festival & the cheerleaders.
- I was on Griz Rapids with 5 cheerleaders & a brother & Alec & I.
Can't confirm it, but i think they won the shreiking competition. - After Griz, we went to the Candy Cane & checked in....it's very nice. Everyone at the pool was a cheer family from Idaho (at least 15 families).
- DL was mobbed on Sunday at 6pm (nice weather, cheerleaders etc.) DS & I had FPs though, so no worries.
- Tried a knockwurst at the Princess area (near ToonTown & IASW) & it was great.....will definitely try the bratwurst next time.
- The fireworks were cancelled Sunday, but thankfully the likely prospect of them kept many occupied (sitting near the HUB for an hour) so that Sunday after 8pm was easy to tour & ride.
- Padewan Alec hit the wall at 10:15pm & I was thankful for the Candy Cane bus as he zombie-walked down Main St. & on out to the bus.....& I carried him (potato sack like) from the bus to our room (about 50 yards). w/o the bus i would have had to carry him 1/2 a mile. (whew)
- Monday Morning - we were also let onto Main St. at 20 min. till.... 9am opening. (I prefer 8am openings....only the hard core folks are there)
- Only glich of the two days...we went to Alice first (DS didn't want to do PP or Dumbo), we were the first on (of course
).....then on to Matterhorn to do a 2fer.....& WTH.... long lines...at least 15 min. on each side at 9:08!!! Was Nemo broke or somthing?? Anyways, we did Matterhorn & then hoofed it over to collect a SM FP & did another 15 rides before riding SM at 10:50pm. (the left side of the park was virtually empty & we rode Big Thunder multiple times.) - Hopped to DCA at 11am....very cool to be the only people walking DOWN Main St. while everyone else was walking UP it.
- DCA was MUCH less crowded on Monday & didn't have that huge group of "young teen locals" vibe (that it had the previous afternoon). All rides were mostly walk on (except for the FPs we got for Soarin' & Screamin).
- Also....far less people in the food courts & F&W areas on Monday. Tried a fancy hamburger slider (not as good as the corn dogs....but good).
- scaredy cat padewan alec finally got the nerve to try Screamin' for the first time, so now .........of course it's his favorite ride
. So naturally we had to do it again. - Ended our trip with Crush & then Soarin' (great ways to finish) & then off to the airport.
Food Report:
- Dole Whip - B+ (it was a brisk night....should have had it during the day when it was warm).
- Churros (3 of them) A- (darn good)
- Pooh Corner B+ (Alec got a caramel candy thing....kind of like a tigger tail but something else & i got a peanut butter cookie with chocolate bits in it...not as good as the white chocolate macadamia nut cookie though.)
- Knockwurst at Princess Faire - A
- Corny Dog at the Corny Dog Truck - A-
- Regular Corny Dog at the Palace - A
- "Chili-Cheese infused" Corny Dog at the Palace - A-
- Popcorn on MainSt. - B
- Mickey Bar in DCA - A-
- Chili Cheese Hot Dog at the dog place across from Crush. A-
- Slider at the Food & Wine Court - A-
- Bagels & stuff at Candy Cane Inn - B+.
- Cafe Mocha at the coffee stand next to the bridge that takes you over to Screamin' & Ariel's brunch. (with an extra shot of expresso & half of the steamed milk.
) A I understand that the Food & Wine staff have doubled the orders for food & tripled the orders for wine in anticipation of a convention of dis-babes about to hit DLR this week.
They've also recalibrated the FP machines due to anticpated heavy usage in the coming week. Goofy has also been instructed to be on good behavior & not to chase any ladies with a lime mickey heads on their back packs around the Main St. plaza.....they don't want to end up on you tube again. Have a great time & say hi to Toadie for me
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..... I know what you mean about the corny dogs. I bought the first one & Alec liked it & that's all we seemed to want to eat. Plus they are good "walking around food"....no mess & on to the next ride/event. Mrs. Hound wasn't with us, so we basically ate whatever/whenever we wanted. Alec decided early on Sunday he didn't want to go to Goofy's lunch, so i figured I had an extra $50 bucks to spend on "healthy finger food" 
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