Hello there everyone! Happy belated Mother's Day to all of the fantastic moms on here! We are officially back from the happiest place on earth.
We had a fantastic time! In fact, it was probably one of my favorite vacations to Disney thus far! We ate tons of food, had many surprises, a bundle of fun, and loads of pixie dust!
I can't wait to tell about it but before I start, lets get this TR rolling!
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So, I just got into HS and it was about 10:20. I was a bit late for the famous mad dash but I was still going to have my own little dash! haha
I made my way towards the big hat...
Excited as could be because I was finally in Disney!
I finally made my way to Toy Story Mania to grab a fastpass. Since it was already past 10:30 at this point the wait was 70 minutes. I was able to get a fastpass and I was on my way!
At this point, I had once place in mind. Where was that you ask?!?
The American Idol Experience, of course!
I went to an arts middle school and high school. It is just like any other school but instead of taking electives we took classes for our major and you had to audition to get in. I majored in musical theatre. I have been singing and acting for as long as I can remember!
I absolutely love it! I never had a desire to audition for the actual American Idol but I thought it would be a fun experience.
The CM at the entrance handed me a song list and I made my way to the entrance.
As I was waiting, I met this other woman who was auditioning. She said that she auditioned for the actual TV show 5 times and this is her second time auditioning at Disney World this trip (they were there for 2 weeks).
Thats dedication! I was then let in to the inside waiting area. We watched a short video of Ryan Seacrest explaining the rules and wishing us luck!
I was then let into one of the small audition rooms. The lady I had was very sweet. They give you an American Idol pin before you even start singing that shows that you were brave enough to audition.
She asked me a couple of questions like how long have you been singing, do you have any experience, tell me a little bit about yourself.
After I talked to her for a few minutes, she asked what I was planning on singing. At this point, I was able to sing whatever song I wanted to (it didn't have to be on the list).
I decided to sing Breakeven by The Script. She seemed to really like my voice. She said that my voice had a very nice tone and quality to it and could hear my musical theatre training. They were looking for voices that were more rock sounding (which I am definitely not!). If I would have gotten there earlier or came on another day she said that I would have made it. Oh well!
I wasn't expecting to get in but thought that it was a really fun experience.
I took the obligatory picture in front of the American Idol sign and made my way over to the animation building.
I have been to the animation building before but it was my first time trying the art class.
I just missed a class so I waited about 20 minutes for the next one. The waiting area really fills up quickly!
There was a TV in the waiting area where you were supposed to guess which characters were being drawn. I was very impressed with my character guessing abilities! Who am I kidding.... I have seen every disney movie so many times that it would be sad if I couldn't figure it out!
I found a desk and patiently waited for the class to begin.
The teacher was a sweet woman. She wanted to do her best to not have anyone repeat a character that they have already done.
She went through all of the characters that she knew how to draw and we finally came up with one.
We began drawing but she was going VERY fast. I could barely keep up. However, they did make the directions and steps easy enough so everyone was able to understand and draw the character.
At the end, they brought up some kids and they showed everyone their masterpiece!
Here is my finished product! As you can see, the character we drew was Buzz! I was pretty proud of myself considering the fact that I have no artistic ability when it comes to drawing!
I made my way to gift shop once the class was over.
I love this!! Ariel is one of my top three favorite princesses!
They had so many cute painting!
How precious! Hidden mickey alert!
I took literally three steps outside the gift shop and it started pouring! I made a mad dash to the Little Mermaid area to figure out my plan of attack.
The rain was not letting up so I decided to head to The Great Movie Ride. I ran from awning to awning and managed to get there without getting too wet.
It looks like I wasn't the only one with this idea! It didn't matter. I was just happy to be inside.
Lights, Camera, Action!
Let our journey begin!
Chim chiminey, chim chiminey, Chim chim cher-ee!
Oh no!! hehe.... Everytime I have gone of this ride, I have always gotten the gangster. However, this time I finally got the cowboy. I think I like the gangster a little better or at least I like it better than the guy that I got.
Soon our cowboy was tempted to take a precious jewel and in a matter of seconds our lovely tour guide returned to our vehicle and the tour continued.
We passed the lovely city of Oz and were instructed to follow the yellow brick road!
Our tour was coming to an end and we were approaching the big movie screen.
One of my many Disney traditions occurs right at this point on the Movie Ride.
For as long as I can remember, I have always counted the number of movies that I have seen in the movie montage.
This trip, I believe I have seen 37 of the movies! Never record! haha
I got outside and was happy to see that the rain had stopped!
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