Chapter 7: "I've Always Wanted to Skip Down Main Street!"
August 19th, 2011
We continued going on rides in Adventureland and decided to go on Pirates next!
We noticed that Davy Jones' picture is no longer in the mist. Apparently it's Blackbeard... and I have no idea who that is. I'm assuming he's in POTC 4, though, because I haven't seen that movie yet.
I never can pass up an opportunity to smell the Disney water smell AND see Captain Jack Sparrow. It's just a win-win situation.
After our swashbuckling adventure, we headed over to Frontierland!
It was time for more of the Disney water smell because our next stop was SPLASH MOUNTAIN!
Nat and Sarah wore ponchos. Those crazy kids.
Kristen and I just went in our regular clothes and got FRONT ROW SEATS! We actually had the whole log to ourselves. I love when that happens!
Big Thunder Mountain was our next stop, and it was about 1:30 am at this point. (The whole family was still goin' strong!.... kind of.)
That was a fun ride, as usual. We were getting a bit delirious at this point.
The Wildest Ride in the
WILderness!
We really wanted to go on all three Magic Kingdom mountains in a row, but Sue, Scott, and Sarah were getting pretty tired. So they headed out of the park.
Nat, Kristen, and I were NOT done yet!
There's no sleeping in Disney!! We had to keep going! So we walked across the park and got in line for Space Mountain!
We walked in the building and about halfway through the queue line we hear the meteor shower announcement. "All wait times will be longer than originally anticipated." Oh lovely.
Well, we decided to stick it out anyways. Apparently only one side of the track was working. So the line went really slow. We were getting REALLY frumpy at this point... especially Kristen who had been up since 6 am! 20 hours straight for that girl... very impressive.
We finally got on Space Mountain at 2:15 am. The whole ride felt very surreal because I was so tired... almost like I was in a dream!
But it was quite rejuvenating, I have to say. That'll wake you up!
We got off of Space Mountain and headed for the exit. The Magic Kingdom closed at 2 am, after all, and we were there way past closing time.
We made our way back to Main Street, and when we passed in front of The Plaza, "Wells Fargo Wagon" began playing.
For those of you who don't know, me, Nat and Kristen were all in a production of "The Music Man." So every time we hear Music Man music on Main Street we get very excited!
So that started us off. We got out the video camera and made one of THE frumpiest movies I have ever made in my life. We were SO delirious.
We just pranced our way down Main Street. It was EMPTY. There was literally no one! It was awesome. Those are the moments you dream about.
We skipped, we ran, we sang, we danced (badly)... and it was fantastic.
Lucky for you guys, I have that video uploaded. It's listed at the end of this update... you're probably gonna want to watch it.
After taking our grand old time exiting the Magic Kingdom, we were FINALLY walking to the bus stop.
However, I was REALLY thirsty. I saw a vending machine and I had to get a bottle of water. But of course, silly me, I didn't have any $1 bills. AHH. It wouldn't take my $5 bill so that was a fail. But I could use a credit card! So that's what I had to do.
Only in Disney would I buy a bottle of water with a credit card.
We finally got to the bus stop and the lines for all of the resorts were completely deserted... except for Coronado!
There were literally two busses full of people waiting to go back to the resort. There was a huge back up so there were a lot of tired and cranky people waiting for that bus!
Sarah, Sue, and Scott left the park right before we went to Space Mountain, and the bus JUST picked them up right before we arrived at the bus stop. Such a bad back up!
Since we were at the end of the line, we made ourselves comfortable and took a seat on the ground. Nat just laid right down.
This lady from Jersey took it upon herself to complain very loudly to the CM's about how this was so ridiculous... Like they didn't already know! hahaha
The bus to pick up the first load of people didn't show up for about 20 minutes.
We were, unfortunately, left behind! We didn't fit on the bus, so we decided to just wait for the next one. SLEEPOVER AT THE MAGIC KINGDOM! Just kidding. But we practically were.
There were these two couples who were also left behind, and they were hilarious. They were from Jersey, too! They were just dancing around and trying to keep themselves entertained. They kept us entertained as well!
The only people left were us, those people from Jersey, and a few families. So it was almost weird how empty the Magic Kingdom was.
Finally around 3 am our bus showed up. HOORAY! We got on the bus and made our way back home. Boy, were we tired!
We got back to the room, Nat took a shower, and we finally fell asleep by 4 o'clock!
Wrap-Up of Day 1:
Highs:
- The entire travel journey!
- Our excitement
- Eating Disney Food
- Surprising Kristen!
Lows:
- The bus back-up
Food of the Day:
Strawberry Shortcake from Pepper Market at Coronado Springs
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And here are more video updates! They begin at "The Magic, The Memories, and You" and end at our frumpy exit of the Magic Kingdom! (be prepared to laugh at that one) Enjoy!
Part 5: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3o63cw0eVDE
Part 6: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BvEQhi-ASE
Part 7: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFqSjkApagI
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