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Your morning at MK sounds wonderful, especially with walk ons to most rides. Boma is my favorite restaurant, and like you I find Zebra Domes okay as I prefer the darkest possible chocolate.
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Thanks again everyone!! Does anyone know how to change my title to show that I've updated my TR. This is my first one and I'm still trying to figure it out. Also we didn't take alot of pictures this trip. The few that I have are on my mom's camera so I don't have them uploaded to my computer. I will try to get some up soon.
Thanks so much for reading along!!!!
We were up and out of the room by 7:30am. It was EMH at DHS. We were through the gate by 7:55 and waited with the masses. We made the mad rush to TSMM. We went straight for the line and had only a 10 minute wait. My score was 129,000 Mom’s was 65,000. She loved it. After riding we got fast passes (with no line!). Our return time was 10:30AM which was perfect. We made our way over to Sunset Blvd. We rode a service elevator that was in need of some mechanical attention. We dropped 13 stories!!!! The drop sequence was the best I have ever had. Mom was hysterical. She was screaming so loud. You would have thought this was her first ride. I have the BEST time riding rides with her. She is so scared but will still get on them. We made our way over to RRC. During our wait we talked with some nice teenage girls. Mom proceeded to tell them how much she loved this ride. It was her “favorite rollercoaster”. She again screamed the whole ride and wouldn’t open her eyes. The first thing she said when she got off was “I forgot how bad it was!” My stomach hurt so badly from laughing at her. We stopped and got water from the starring roles café. The cast member checking me out gave me a free cookie!! How sweet was that??!!! Love those unexpected Disney Magical Moments. We made our way to the Animation thing (can’t remember what its called??) We went through the gift shop instead of listening to Mushu do his thing. We found Sorcerer Mickey without any line at all!!! So after telling him I’m bringing the girls to meet him in September we got in line for the first Animation Class. We drew Sorcerer Mickey.
Our fast passes for TSMM were ripe so we took another spin. This time the score was Mom 133,000 me 133200!! I still beat her but only by 200. She was getting the hang of it now (I may be in trouble). We had an 1130 ADR for 50’s Prime time café. We checked in with our “Aunt” and waited in the Living room. We loved the décor. Mom got a big kick out of watching the old clips, especially the “I Married Joan” Clips. We got some Onion Rings for an Appetizer. I had the Pot Roast (which I highly recommend) and she had the Stacker Sandwich. I got a shake to go. My conference time was fast approaching. We made our way out of DHS and back to the Swan.
On our trip back we started talking about our September trip. I mentioned that we could add her to our room (with free dining) since the girls were under 3. We could also upgrade her ticket to an annual pass. We already had another trip planned for February anyway. After a little Disney Math she said well why not!!! She called Dad while I was on the phone with the Disney reservation people. In no time at all: Dad said he didn’t care of she came back, Disney added her to the room and we bought her a plane ticket. Woo Hoo!! We have ourselves a real party now!! Dad may not let her hang out with me anymore! LOL
Well the time had come to checked into my conference. We had class from 2Pm to 5PM. For dinner we ate at the Garden Grove Restaurant in the Swan with Rafiki and Timone. It was Seafood Buffett night and it was delicious! They had risotto made to order. Yummy!!! It got 2 thumbs ups from both of us. We then made our way out to the buses. I wanted to head over to Animal Kingdom. Unfortunately it was raining and we didn’t have very good ponchos. It took me 15 minutes to talk mom into getting on a bus. She didn’t want to go out in the rain. I finally talked her into getting on the bus by telling her we would just go in long enough to upgrade her ticket to an AP I wanted mom to ride EE. We stopped by Guest Services and upgraded her ticket to an annual pass. By that time the rain had stopped. We made a beeline for ITTBAB. We love all of the 3D movies at Disney. We made our way over to Asia and got in line for EE. She was so scared (aren’t I mean!!). We waited about 40 minutes to ride. Again I laughed so hard at her. Of course she loved it. Hopefully next time she will open her eyes. We were done by then so we made our way back to the Swan.
Up Next: Time to actually learn something. Dinner at Cape May??? Or not!
It sounds like your mom is the perfect park buddy. I was grinning from ear to ear just reading about it. I would have laughed, too. Sounds like you had a great day!
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. We went straight for the line and had only a 10 minute wait. My score was 129,000 Mom’s was 65,000. She loved it.
After riding we got fast passes (with no line!). Our return time was 10:30AM which was perfect. We made our way over to Sunset Blvd. We rode a service elevator that was in need of some mechanical attention
. We dropped 13 stories!!!! The drop sequence was the best I have ever had. Mom was hysterical
. She was screaming so loud. You would have thought this was her first ride. I have the BEST time riding rides with her
. She is so scared but will still get on them. We made our way over to RRC. During our wait we talked with some nice teenage girls. Mom proceeded to tell them how much she loved this ride. It was her “favorite rollercoaster”. She again screamed the whole ride and wouldn’t open her eyes. The first thing she said when she got off was “I forgot how bad it was!”
How sweet was that??!!! Love those unexpected Disney Magical Moments. We made our way to the Animation thing (can’t remember what its called??) We went through the gift shop instead of listening to Mushu do his thing
. We found Sorcerer Mickey without any line at all!!! So after telling him I’m bringing the girls to meet him in September we got in line for the first Animation Class. We drew Sorcerer Mickey. 
. My conference time was fast approaching. We made our way out of DHS and back to the Swan. 
. In no time at all: Dad said he didn’t care of she came back, Disney added her to the room and we bought her a plane ticket. 
LOL 
! They had risotto made to order. Yummy!!! It got 2 thumbs ups from both of us
and we didn’t have very good ponchos. It took me 15 minutes to talk mom into getting on a bus. She didn’t want to go out in the rain. I finally talked her into getting on the bus by telling her we would just go in long enough to upgrade her ticket to an AP
(aren’t I mean!!). We waited about 40 minutes to ride. Again I laughed so hard at her
. 
I was grinning from ear to ear just reading about it. I would have laughed, too. Sounds like you had a great day!
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