keishashadow
Proud Redhead...yes, I have some bananas!
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The crowds were larger on Sunday, we rode all our 'now' favs near the Blue Bayou area & headed over to the castle, DH was in search of pewter sword (which he found - more reasonably priced than sim one he bought in a store in castle @ MK a few years ago
which sadly is no longer there)
we watched the merlin show @ the carousel & i was intrigued as to the skyline
wearing my cheshire hat w/the cat
, im a big fan of dark rides...DL has the best selection!
mr toad was another treat, lost track of how many times we rode these 2 rides by the end of week...family was begging for mercy
note some of the pics here r from our last day, yet wanted to work them in
we took a break in the afternoon & headed back to hotel to swim & rest up for Fantasmic...refreshed, we tried to grab the monorail, but it was down so we leisurely walked thru DTD & window shopped.
As newbies we were a bit confused as to how Fantasmic worked here
, no seating so we just found a spot near tom sawyers island right before u go under bridge to POC, seemed good. Even though we were nearly an hour early the front sections were already taken. I later found out they were the only area u were permitted to sit during the show.
There was an elderly couple in front of us, the man was obviously unable to stand any longer & sat down. Within minutes a CM told him he had to stand...it became a game of cat & mouse...everytime the CM would leave, he would sit. To confuse the issue, the gent didn't speak English & a translator had to be summoned. By this time the show had started & with all the fuss/personnel about it was difficult to see.
Getting frustrated, i did question "why" he couldn't sit. None of the CMs knew "why", just that it was "the rule"
. I decided to request a supervisor be summoned, for clarification. With typical Disney efficiency, one appeared within a matter of minutes. Her response was that "the rule" wasn't a safety issue (as i had thought, thinking stampede issues in case of some sort of malfunction of fireworks, etc.); it was because a sitting body takes up 3 times the amount of space that a standing one does.
I suggested that since the rope had long been up & no more guests were allowed in the area, what harm would it be to let the man sit down...again "the rule" was sited
.
What we saw of Fantasmic was impressive, hard to believe u can get so close to the action yet after this incident; our heart wasn't in it; so we visited space mt one more time then caught the monorail back to hotel area & snuck in a quick dip in the pool before it closed.
which sadly is no longer there)
we watched the merlin show @ the carousel & i was intrigued as to the skyline
wearing my cheshire hat w/the cat
, im a big fan of dark rides...DL has the best selection!
mr toad was another treat, lost track of how many times we rode these 2 rides by the end of week...family was begging for mercy
note some of the pics here r from our last day, yet wanted to work them in
we took a break in the afternoon & headed back to hotel to swim & rest up for Fantasmic...refreshed, we tried to grab the monorail, but it was down so we leisurely walked thru DTD & window shopped.
As newbies we were a bit confused as to how Fantasmic worked here
, no seating so we just found a spot near tom sawyers island right before u go under bridge to POC, seemed good. Even though we were nearly an hour early the front sections were already taken. I later found out they were the only area u were permitted to sit during the show. There was an elderly couple in front of us, the man was obviously unable to stand any longer & sat down. Within minutes a CM told him he had to stand...it became a game of cat & mouse...everytime the CM would leave, he would sit. To confuse the issue, the gent didn't speak English & a translator had to be summoned. By this time the show had started & with all the fuss/personnel about it was difficult to see.
Getting frustrated, i did question "why" he couldn't sit. None of the CMs knew "why", just that it was "the rule"
. I decided to request a supervisor be summoned, for clarification. With typical Disney efficiency, one appeared within a matter of minutes. Her response was that "the rule" wasn't a safety issue (as i had thought, thinking stampede issues in case of some sort of malfunction of fireworks, etc.); it was because a sitting body takes up 3 times the amount of space that a standing one does. I suggested that since the rope had long been up & no more guests were allowed in the area, what harm would it be to let the man sit down...again "the rule" was sited .What we saw of Fantasmic was impressive, hard to believe u can get so close to the action yet after this incident; our heart wasn't in it; so we visited space mt one more time then caught the monorail back to hotel area & snuck in a quick dip in the pool before it closed.
I last rode Mr Toad when I was a girl...don't even really remember it now 
Would be awesome to take a spin on it! 
oh, the shame...believe we passed it by several times, d'uh. 
Rode it several times, while it was great fun i could swear that it's not as tall/long of a drop as MGMs
I was blown away by how professional and entertaining the show was (how do they get the elephant thru the door lol). The actor playing Genie was so professional and worked the crowd well, each show we saw (yes, more than 1) was slightly different. Please, oh, please...Disney...dump HSM & add this to MGM!!!!
. while it may be policy, i think it stinks. Additionally, they didn't have any water carts up & running near the line. I was directed down to restaurant (kowabunga-which we did enjoy eating @ later)...nothing was open in the area. Finally, I had a CM working in gift shop summon a mgr & water cart was opened. She did state it usually was open, not sure why it wasn't...we were just glad to get some water, finally. Honestly, with the hot CA sun & long lines, u have to provide water or people will start keeling over imo. I'd like to think it was just a kink with the opening of the new attraction & all is smooth now!
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