Festing with the Mouse . . . and a gaggle of other people, too. **Updated 1/29** - Page 7 - PassPorter - A Community of Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, and General Travel Forums
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I had so much fun that night! Sarah was very brave getting on Space Mountain. Evans eyes during Wishes were so big they pretty much took up his entire face!
Sounds like you're having a great time so far. Glad you (and your luggage) made your connection. Man, you had a long day. I'm amazed at how long you stayed at MVMCP after a 6:00 wakeup call. And I have to say again, Evan is so stinkin' cute!
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We had an early (8:05am) ADR at Tusker House for breakfast with Donald and friends (a first for both of us, I believe, since the move from Restaurantosaurus). We arrived right on time and went straight into the line for pictures. HOLY EXPENSIVE! It would be so much nicer if they could have added those pictures to the PhotoPass instead of charging both arms and a leg for a super miniscule package. OH and since they took pics of Evan by himself as well (he was asleep so I left him in his seat while Terri and I had our photo taken), they made a “separate” copy of the pics of just him and offered it to me as a totally separate package. Yeah . . . thanks but no thanks. The pics I had taken of him throughout the trip with my own camera were way better anyways . . . and FREE.
Anyhow, we were brought in to be seated as soon as we were done with pictures and we got our drinks ordered. It took forever for the drinks to arrive and evidently our server, Nancy, didn’t seem to hear when Terri ordered a hot chocolate as it took forever and two days to get there. The food was good and the characters (Donald, Daisy, Mickey and Goofy) spent as much time at our table as any of the others even though Evan was sleeping (except for when Goofy came by. )
Ummmm . . . so . . . which is it? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Methinks this character encounter was a much more successful one.
Once we had finished and all the characters had made their way by to visit, we settled our bills and headed out to the Harambe Fort for the meet being hosted by the folks at AllEars.net.
We saw lots of folks there including our own Don (duck addict) and Carol (ripkensnana) and her DH Bob (aka Ballerina Bob ). We also ran into Sara (Belle*) and kidnapped her to do a little touring with us. OK . . . so we didn’t kidnap her. She came along by her own free will . . . and also because she wanted to witness my first Expedition Everest excursion.
Along the way, I grabbed this photo:
Then we came upon these three lovely Princesses!
(I think Joan might have the one of all of us . . . I know somebody has it. )
So, we got to EE . . . Sara opted to stay with Evan for the first ride and Terri could go first. We walked up to the CM and the entrance and asked for a baby swap pass. The CM then proceeded to give the 3rd degree. “Where is the child?” “Is its father staying with it while you ride?” Um . . . So, with a dumb look on my face, the CM was told that “he’s over there and my FRIEND is staying with him for the time being.” Terri and I headed into the line . . .
. . . and were on in no time. I have to admit, I was really apprehensive about the ride mainly because of the whole going backwards in the dark part (mind my “spoiler” . . . but seriously, if you didn’t know that about EE, then where the heck have you been for the past few years?! ). That part really didn’t even phase me! Maybe because I tend to close my eyes in those situations so it is dark then anyways . . . The big drop didn’t even freak me out as much as the half sideways turns right AFTER the drop did.
Terri took a ghetto photo of the photo . . .
. . . and I am further embarrassing myself by cropping and zooming on us . . . so you can see just how embarrassingly stupid I look while on Everest. You may proceed with your laughter now . . .
Right about then I was going “OH! No, no, no, no no!!!” then I burst out laughing maniacally, if I remember correctly.
I enjoyed it so much that when we came off and found Sara outside, Terri sent me back on in with her to ride with the baby swap pass! (Terri and I also had 2 FPs each for later on in the day since there was an issue with the FP machines not giving up the FPs earlier).
Little Evan was so good! Not a peep out of him the whole time. (In spite of my purposely jostling the carriage a few times in hopes of getting him to wake up so I could hold him... )
(In spite of my purposely jostling the carriage a few times in hopes of getting him to wake up so I could hold him... )
I don't blame you a bit, He is the cutest little guy!!
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At the risk of being redundant, that is one super cute baby! I love that little almost-smile on his face!
Don't you just hate it when you get a bunch of teenage girls shrieking and screaming near you? My oldest DD is 14 and sometimes I just want to send everyone home when her and her friends get to screeching!
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Sarah was very brave getting on Space Mountain. 
Evans eyes during Wishes were so big they pretty much took up his entire face! 
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“Where is the child?” “Is its father staying with it while you ride?” Um . . . 
Terri and I headed into the line . . . 
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Not a peep out of him the whole time. 
(In spite of my purposely jostling the carriage a few times in hopes of getting him to wake up so I could hold him... 
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Glad you enjoyed EE.
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