We finally made it back to Pop, I thanked Kent for taking us the scenic route, his sense of humor was no longer with him so I just let it go...for a little while anyway.
We got to our room and just flopped down on the itsy bitsy beds, my feet hurt so bad, the kids wanted to walk around the resort and even though they are old enough to go it alone, I wanted to be with them so we could experience for the first time together, so I grabbed my camera and we were off, we left Kent to rest...recover...
"Don't worry about us dear, I can read signs and follow directions." I think he gave me a finger gesture letting me know I was #1 (I think we all know what he really meant
)
Walking around at a snails pace we took it all in, I was so in awe. Jim is a huge history buff, mostly when it comes to wars, but he was sucking up all the facts about music and such they had printed on signs all around the resort. I thinks the icons were a big hit with Reese, it was funny that she didn't know what an 8 track was, it brought up such kid memories of mine telling the kids about different things, 8 tracks were before my time, but I remember my parents selling theres at a swap meet when I was 5. Rubics cubes were big in my early years, my sister and I each had one, I pulled all the stickers off of mine, it was just a black cube then and I would joke about what a whiz I was at putting it back together, my sister would have me really mix hers up then she'd take it to her room, 20 minutes later she would come out with it completed, years later she confessed she would take it apart and put it back together one piece at a time. Cheater!!!!!!!!!!!! Years later my mom made us throw them away, she had heard that they were demonic
we did as she asked and now she tells us she feels stupid for listening to and believing such nonsense.
We like the 70's part of the resort best, Jim tells us all the time he wishes he could of had his teen years in that era, he says they had the best music then, I totally agree with him on that, except for Metallica, they came out later and they rock!!!
I named Jim after the lead singer, James Hetfield, but back to Disney. As we walked I still couldn't believe that it was true, that we were actually there in DisneyWorld, I called my older sister Bo, to rub it in, I could tell there was no jealousy coming from her and that made the call boring so I hung up and called my business partner, she was happy for me but not jealous, I guess I am the only one who gets jealous when others are off on vacation, or maybe I am the only one who will admit it.
I loved the big Mickey phone, I didn't take a picture of it and I don't know why, I thought I had but when I had my film developed, no phone, I was bummed, but My DH bought me one the following Christmas. He isn't always an Ogre.
I love big wheels, they were my main source of transportation until i was 10 yrs
we tried to recreate the scene
We went back to our room, I kicked of my sandals and put on my memory foam slippers, Kent was just waking up from a nap, this guy doesn't do naps, so I was hoping he was a happy camper now, he asked about the resort then stated he was hungry, so we ordered a pizza. That was pretty good pizza.
We just kind of layed around and it hit me, I need to go back to Magic Kingdom now! I asked who was with me? the kids were but Kent said he had enough. Well that was fine, I grabbed my bag and a jacket and we headed over to catch the bus, I wasn't even going to try and drive there. while in line for MK we talked with a young couple who had just gotten in and hadn't been to a park yet, they were honeymooners
we talked a bit about our plans, it's funny that you can discuss your plans with total strangers at Disney and you're not looked at as being wierd, you can't do that anywhere else. In line at the grocery store...
Me: I see you got peas in your cart, are you including peas in your dinner tonight?
Shopper: nods politley.
Me: I'm getting peas too, (show her my can) but I chose the store brand. I am putting it in my chicken pot pie, what are you putting your peas in, or is it just a side veggie?
Shopper: leaves and gets in a different line.
See? it only works at disney.
The bus comes after 5 mins waiting, we climb upboard, I want to sing, Reese said she'd leave if I did, so I hummed instead. The ride seemed shorter than when we drove. At the park we headed for tomorrowland because we had skipped it earlier in the day. We rode Buzz Lightyear, this was Jims favorite movie as a young'n, he enjoyed the ride, totally beat Reese and my score by triple. We then got in line for Space Mountain, I tought the line itself was pretty neat, but the SP kicked **s to quote my son. We rode 2 more times each taking turns to sit in the front.
Reeses legs were hurting her so I gave her tylenol and told Jim to take some as well it would cut down on how sore he would feel later, I anounced that I took some back at PC and my feet felt like they were on clouds, that's when Jim pointed down at my feet. "You have on your bedroom slippers Einstein." All of a sudden I felt naked, like I was doing somthing wrong, I was so stoked about getting back to MK I had forgotten to change shoes. I asked Jim how long he knew, he said from the time we were standing at the bus stop but didn't want to tell me cause he knew I would want to go back to the room to change.
Quick pause here for an embarrassing baby picture of Jim, paybacks are *ell!
I got over the shock of it all, which really looking back was not a big deal at all, I actually felt like a rebel.
We headed over to ride BTMR, we had ridden it earlier that day, I just wanted to ride it at night, it's a nice little ride, we all enjoyed it both day and night. we then went to SM, the kids wanted me to go on it so I agreed, I hate water rides, but I did it for them. I had to take my slippers off and put them in my bag for dry keeping, but I lucked out and didn't get wet. I really was glad the kids talked me into it, I love the movie song of the south and it just made me feel like a kid again, It was my Papa, who took me to see it, I swear I could hear him whistling and smell his old spice again. My Papa had passed away when I was 12 and I still miss him so much, it just felt so good to tell my kids that this was a major thing for me, we rode it again and they wanted to hear more Papa stories. He was such a gentle bear of a man, I remember he told me that rainbows were a promise from God that the storm will never last, I think of him every time I see a rainbow. Sorry guys, didn't mean to stray.
Once off the ride I had to beg the kids to go on Winnie the Pooh with me, they caved, they love me... or fear me, but anyhoooo it was a cute ride, I couldn't stop giggling. I just wish my kids weren't too cool to show that they really like it too.
We walked a bit, took a few pictures
we got some frozen drinks and sat and talked about everything, it was a little after 1:00am and we decided to head back. Our bus was sitting there, almost like it was just waiting for us. It was a quiet ride back, Reese was so tired she fell asleep in the middle of her sentence. then Jim nodded off, I thanked God for my babies, even though they are smart alecy potty mouths at times, they were mine, and somthing about Disney makes you forget the negative. The end of our first day was here, I was living my life long dream with my babies sleeping next to me.
We dragged ourselves to our room, after quick showers and making up a bed for Jim on the floor (he likes to sleep on the floor
) I crawled into bed next to Reese. (Kent had our whole bed hogged) I lay there thinking about our day, then I realized, I never saw Mickey mouse. Oh well thre is always tomorrow.
Stay tuned for MGM,
more please, (we fly into the world on MONDAY)
have fun, and be safe!
here is some pixie dust to add to it.
