After that my dad decided to go back to the campground to let Jake (their dog) out and walk him. We had been gone and were planning on staying for Illuminations, so he needed out. He left, and said he'd call when he got back. So mom, brother, DH and I headed back towards World Showcase.
We started on the left, it's another tradition. I'm sure because it was Saturday night, it was PACKED that night for F&W. The first booth we can to we stopped, my mom wanted a treat...
it was the Dulce de Leche from Chile. I had a bite, it was pretty good.
We went on to Mexico, I LOVE this pavilion, so pretty...
we went on the boat ride, which brother had never been on.
It's kind of lame I guess...but oh well.
We walked around some, and then went on to Norway. Now, I was hoping that Norway wasn't down. The past 2 (and only 2) times DH has been to Disney it was down when we went by, so he'd never ridden it. So we waited in line for maybe 20 minutes. Very fun. We of course walked right through at the end, skipping the video...
We walked through the rest of the countries fairly quickly, because it was getting later and we really wanted to see as much as we could. Plus, Starship was playing the Eat to the Beat concert that night, and my mom was really wanting to see some of it.
Anyway...we went on through China, Germany, and Italy. I did stop some and take pictures...
dark one of DH and I
Oh and we did walk in the bakery in Germany and look at the goodies. But didnt get anything.
When we got to the American Adventure the concert was about to start. There was an empty bench in the back, so my mom and brother sat down to wait, and DH and I went to see what kinds of food looked interesting. DH LOVES funnel cake, and has kept talking about getting one for awhile and never has, so he stopped to get one. I went on to the F&W booth right past that ( I dont remember what it was....) and got a beef medallion thing w/cheese polenta, and a strawberry shortcake for my mom. We went back and sat down, and ate while we waited on the show.
When it started, everyone was going nuts. I didn't really know who they were, until they started singing and then I did recognize their songs. It was just entertaining watching all the people in the audience, mostly my parents' ages, who were going NUTS. Pretty fun. I only managed one picture...
We ended up sitting and watching the whole thing. After it was over, we went to Japan and walked through the big store, I love it. I spent lots of time as usual looking at all the Hello Kitty stuff. Sometime during that time my dad called my cell phone to say he was back, and where to find us. So we just kind of hung around there until he made it back.
He found us, and we decided to try to find a place for Illuminations, because it was only about 30 minutes left till the show. We walked over to Morrocco, to the wall right along the water. We had a pretty clear view there, and leaned up against the wall. I took some pics while we waited...
When I was younger, I really didn't love this show so much, but it was my mom's favorite so we always watched it. DH ended up loving it on our honeymoon, and it's his favorite, and its actually started growing more on me too.
Pretty pictures...
After it was over, I tried to talk my mom into waiting around like DH and I did on our honeymoon, and let the crowds rush out first, and slowly walk out. They didn't love that idea as much. We did wait for maybe 10 minutes, and then started to leave. It wasn't horrible, I just hate the masses of people rushing out. I get claustrophobic pretty easily and its just not fun. By the time we got to the front there were alot of people, so we decided to walk around in MouseGears for a little bit.
Bad idea. It was SUPER crowded in there. So we walked through pretty fast and then headed on out. It wasn't horribly crowded by then, walking to the bus. There was a pretty long line however. We didn't have to wait long for a bus, but we did have to stand. Which isn't a big deal, whatever.
Problem was, the bus was pretty full, we were standing at the front, and a group of about 6 DRUNK kids got on. Ok maybe not kids...but they were prob only about 21. And very drunk. And loud. I was at the front of my family, and DH was right behind me. The guys in the group kept bumping into me, and I just ignored it. There was a family w/two YOUNG litle girls sitting in the seats in front of me. And the whole group of drunks were cussing and just being really rude and disgusting. Discussing things they shouldnt have been on a bus full of families, at Disney. I just tried to ignore them and hoped the ride would go by fast.
Unfortunately, about halfway through the ride the guy standing right in front of me lost his DRUNK balance and fell into me. Hard. Of course DH saw it, and he is not typically a hot headed person but he is pretty protective. He PUSHED the guy off, and the guy bowed all up like he wanted to fight. DH just moved me around so I was between him and my dad so that he was behind the drunks. UG. I just don't understand people...
The first stop was at Wilderness Lodge.
When we started pulling in, my mom asked me if the counter service place there would still be open (it was prob about 10:30). I said it should be, and they were talking about how no one had really eaten dinner, and we didn't really have anything in the camper. So we decided to get off there and go eat at Roaring Forks. It was just so sad walking through the WL lobby...I know I'm probably melodramatic about it, but I just missed it so!
We walked down to Roaring Forks, and all just got cheeseburgers. I went outside and sat at a table while they were getting food, and just looked around, being all depressed b/c we weren't staying there. I was jealous of all the people swimming, and hanging out on their balconys. boo. I got over myself eventually though and the family arrived w/food. Maybe it was just bc we were hungry, but it was some GOOD food. Just cheeseburgers...but still. We showed everyone our balcony from our honeymoon, and just hung out and relaxed. Full and tired, we were ready for our camper and bed!
We walked down the boat dock to get on the boat to Ft. Wilderness. We didn't wait long, and I was about to fall asleep on the short ride over!
We walked back to the camper...I don't remember if we went to the showers or not that night...prob so though. We watched some of the news and weather before crashing into our bed, and ready for our last day at Disney, and
MNSSHP!!!!
I was SO excited. I asked for a window seat on our honeymoon and we got one, but I didn’t even ask this time! It was at a weird angle so we couldn’t see the castle, but oh well!! We could see down to the pool and stuff, SO pretty! Like I said…maybe for one of our anniversaries DH and I will stay there. I HAVE to.
) but i know my limits.
