Over to Liberty Tree Tavern I went.
(See? The sign proves that I was there)
For some reason I wanted a picture of the woman standing outside, holding the menu.
It was one of those 'have no idea why I want a picture but lets take one anyways' moments. Another guy walked out of the restaurant. The woman thought it would be great if I took his picture also.
So I did.
They didnt realize that their pics would wind up posted on a the internet did they?
Thats what you get when you let crazy strangers take your picture.
Thats why I run the other way from a pointed camera. Im watching, I tell ya. Im watching.
I checked in about ten minutes before my scheduled ADR. I then sat and chatted with a woman who was a walk-up (Yup, Christmas Eve and they accepted a walk-up at LTT). This was her first time solo to a theme park but she wasnt solo to Disney as her husband was off playing golf just solo to the theme park for the day.
She was quickly sat and a short time later so was I.
No, that's not the area in which I was sat. They put me in the George Washington room. This was my first time to the Liberty Tree Tavern and being alone, my server brought out smaller portions for me.
The food really wasnt very good. Seriously, it just wasnt. I apologize to those of you who love it. Im not a picky eater at all - but I really couldnt find much to like about this selection. Well, I did enjoy the beef some. I thought the potatoes editable, but not good, the mac and cheese horrid and the turkey dry.
I quickly found that it is hard to have your pictures taken, solo, at a character dinner. There really isnt anyone to take the photo. It seemed that the character appearances rarely ever coincided with the appearance of my server. Fortunately, a lady at the table next to mine was extremely eager to take my picture with the characters demanding was more like it. Shed jump up and rush over and take the camera before anyone could say much of anything. I assume that she was trying to be nice, so I was thankful to have her do so except I did find it odd when one guy, that worked there and who had been chatting with me earlier
I dont know his exact job there server, maybe? he actually sat down at my table and chatted with me a bit. He was back by and was about to take the camera to take my picture with one of the characters when that lady about knocks him over to grab the camera in order to take the picture. It was a bit odd.
Hmmm
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Goofy was the first to stop by
I pulled out my stuffed Chip and Dale. Both Chip and Dale loved it.
Chip tried to tear off the stuffed Dale (and do what who knows? Stuff it in a garbage disposal probably. He was giving the stuffed Dale nasty glares. I get the impression that they don't get along very well.). Dale attempted to run off with both. A CM almost had to chase him down to get them back. I had to fight for it.
I won.
Minnie stopped by
I asked her who she liked better: Chip or Dale. She didnt want to say but finally pointed to Chip. She told me to not say anything or Chip and Dale would end up in a fight. I wasnt even allowed to tell Pluto.
Of course I told Pluto. Pluto picked Dale but made sure that I understood that he liked both.
This was the first trip I really attempted to meet and joke with some of the characters. Except for the mandatory chipmunk photo and the occasional photo with Mickey; I dont normally pay a lot of attention to the characters. Ive read the thread of fun things to say to the characters and decided to have some fun with it this time around. Most of the characters really seemed to like joking around even though I was an adult. Then again, maybe they just assumed that Im insane were trying to humor me fearful of the results if they didnt.
After a quick dessert, I was out of there and on my way back to Tomorrowland. I planned to attend the 6:15 show of Mickeys Twas the Night Before Christmas. After all, it
was the night before Christmas this night.
Yeah, I lasted all of 15 seconds before deciding that I really didnt want to see it. I'm just not big on shows at WDW. It's weird as I love the theater. I've taken theater production classes in London that required me to attend the London theater on a weekly basis .. but when I'm at Disney, I'm soooo not into the theater type shows.
I went over to Space Mountain to use my Fast Pass instead. The FP line was almost to the door! Fortunately, it moved fast. I was almost up to load when they needed a party of two. Surprisingly, there werent any parties of two before me and they had to do with me, a party of one.
Not complaining.
Although I almost fell flat on my face trying to hop over the rail so I could go up to load.
There was a guy looked to be late fortys, maybe early fifty's if he has good genetics, in the first seat of the second car. I left the middle seat empty and grabbed the last seat of the second car.
The guy kept turning around to look at me. He asked me a brief question that I couldnt quite hear over the noise. Then he kept staring at me. And staring at me. And staring at me. I was getting a really odd vibe from him. Finally it dawned on me that he might have been attempting to flirt with me.
OK, sir! Please stop wiggling your eyebrows at me and turn back around. Im not interested. No offense, you're a little too old for my taste.
No, I said
stop wiggling your eyebrows.
Seriously, he was.
*sigh*
The ride was fun. Ive determined this side is my favorite its to the left as the line divides. I hop out of the car and am off before the guy could get out. I didnt want to see anymore wiggling eyebrows.
Really, I promise, I don't.
There was still a heavy traffic load for the TTA but as its a quick load, its not much of a problem. I rode it twice despite the line of people trying to get on; the CM let me remain in my seat after the first time around.
Feet up, I enjoyed the views of Tomorrowland at night. Did I mention that this is my favorite ride in all of Disney?
A quick trek back over to Frontierland and I use my FP to ride BTRM. The stand-by line still looked really long. The FP line seemed long at first but moved quickly. I was on the ride within 5 10 minutes. I wanted to jump into the stand-by line; hoping that maybe it wasnt
that long. Someone asked the question to the CM as I approached the stand-by entrance his response was that the real line time was 60 minutes.
Darn.
I decided to check out the Jungle Cruise that is another attraction that I enjoy more at night rather than the daytime. I rushed to beat the 8:00 Spectro parade. I did
not want a repeat from earlier that day stuck in Frontierland while a parade marches on by. I did want to see Spectro that night but not
that one.
At some point during the day I had finally grabbed a FP for Jungle Cruise. Also, at some point of the day I did ride Pirates of the Caribbean. I can't recall when exactly, but after lunch and before dinner. I think at some point of my passing the sign read 20 minutes. Still very skeptical, I entered the line and after a short chat with a woman from Chicago, found myself on the boat within about 10 minutes. I remember the ride because I found myself in one of those What would you do?
situations.
There are countless threads on the DIS in regards to people who take flash pictures on a dark ride. Believe it or not, Ive never had a problem with this before.
I had a problem now.
Obviously, if I post on the controversial political threads on this message board, I am a person that has
no problem whatsoever with speaking up.
So, what would I do? What
did I do? I politely asked her to stop with the pictures. I wasnt rude about it or sarcastic. I didnt even yell at her. I simply asked her to please stop with the flash.
Beside, flash pictures on that type of ride would turn out to be crap anyways. She didnt want flash pictures; really, she didnt. Trust me.
After the second time of politely asking her to stop she stopped. Had she not stopped? I wouldnt have said nor done anything else. I wasnt about to cause a scene or anything. But I often wondered what I would say and/or do in that type of situation and now I know.
Oh! And I had ice cream at some point of the day! Peppermint and Mint Chocolate Chip! I think that it must have been before Pirates.
It was good.
