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Ah, Eileen, no one tells a story quite like you! You have me sitting upstairs, quietly giggling so I don"t wake up the kiddos> so glad you are having an absolute blast!
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After our lovely meal at Cosmic Rays (where I had a deeeeelicious veggie burrito), I had the luxury of stopping for a biologic break without hearing Sharon huff and puff about it!
Plus, these were the Cosmic Ray bathrooms where you can hear Stitch muttering and messing around. I kept trying to point it out to Christine and Jill, but I think they thought I’d been sneaking into the hooch again.
We stepped over to Space Mountain to use our FPs and Joan and Louise joined us, fresh from their sad goodbye to Mary Jean (who was headed home… ) They didn’t have FPs so I handed over mine without the blink of an eyelash – I really don’t enjoy Space Mountain, but was going to suck it up for the gang. Much to my delight, Larry offered to give up his FP as well – again, proving to us gals that he’s a total gem! Little did I realize that Aimee doesn’t enjoy this ride and happily joined us on a bench to giggle and grin – girl, you can tour with me ANYTIME! We chatted while our pals zoomed through the stars.
Afterwards, we hopped onto the TTA for a quick spin around Tomorrowland before the PassPorter Ornament Exchange. (I think Joan and Louise hightailed it outta there to go pound a few more rides!)
I just love this ride – and it was so enjoyable to be able to face these two lovely ladies. Larry and I sat on the other side and the poor guy had such a time finding room for his long legs.
Then we raced off for the Ornament Exchange over by the Liberty Tree Tavern. There was quite the crowd already there and several folks I had yet to run into. Molly and Travis and Joey were there and we got to spend some fun time chatting with them and once again got to admire their shirts (while trying to stay upwind of them -- sheesh, they'd been wearing these same shirts for three days straight!)
At one point, this random woman and her kids ran up to the big group and started asking if anyone had any Disney tattoos that they could photograph for a photo scavenger hunt they were doing. I got such a kick out of the number of shoulders, hips and feet that were suddenly pulled free from clothing and stuck in front of the camera!!
After such a success, the woman asked us if anyone would be willing to be “letters” spelling out M-I-C-K-E-Y. Sure… the only problem was that we had trouble figuring out what order we had to be in. After much waving and pointing and arguing, we got ourselves lined up for the picture. (Larry snapped it with his iPhone and emailed it to my DH so he could text it to me so I could upload it to the blog. Oy… the things I do for my fans. )
<-- Terri is being the exclamation point!
Then a gaggle of us trudged off to Big Thunder together. Several of us got chatting with a bunch of the CMs and we managed to get the back section of the train:
<-- Woohoooo! We’re getting the back row!
The gang was looking to me to figure out our next move – ruh ROH! Don’t they know that I rely on Karen for that sort of planning. The vote was for Pirates of the Caribbean so we quickly headed out past Splash and tried to sneak past the crowds waiting for the parade. Shooooooot…. (except I didn’t say shoot ) the parade started up before we could cross. Oh, well… it was fun to see everyone in their finery one final time. (By my next trip, the new parade will be running.)
As soon as it was possible, I zigged and zagged (losing half of my ducklings) and raced over to POTC to wait for the stragglers. We managed to pretty much fill a boat and were soon off “yo ho’ing” with the pirate gang.
Wanna know one of the most fun things about MouseFest? It's getting to completely embrace your joy, your geekitude, your love of all things hokey and silly and fun. This is the SECOND time I've gotten to ride POTC with a gaggle of PassPorters who knew all the words of the song and weren't embarrassed to show off that skill -- loud and proud!
Wanna know one of my other fav things to do at Disney? Pass off a bit of knowledge someone else told me as if it were my own. On the moving sidewalk that took us up out of POTC, I got to show Aimee how the foot markings on the rubber matt were actually a shoe and a peg leg... shoe and a peg leg... shoe and a peg leg. (okay fine... my DH pointed that out to me the previous year.)
Then it was back to Splash. (I didn't even want to tell Karen that we went in one direction, only to turn right around and return to a ride we'd just passed. Buuuut, we'd done it this way so we'd be near the train station after Splash. That's my story and I'm stickin' with it.)
Anyway, we had a slight wait in the standby line because I don’t think all of us had FPs. (My memory is fuzzy at this point, but I remember having to snake around slightly before going into the building and down to the loading area.)
I believe this was another first for Jill and I just couldn't bear to try and fake her out that the camelback in the middle was the big drop. (She screamed like a sissy girl anyway.
I managed to stay fairly dry, although I cheated and pulled my hoodie up over my hair, just in case.
At this point, we were ready for some time back at the resort, so several of us hopped onto the train and took off.
My favorite part was getting Jill to realize the irony of the recorded announcer on the train saying (in a whisper) “if you listen really closely, you just might hear the tribal people” which is followed (hilariously) by the loudest singing of “Have you ever heard the wolf cry to the blue corn moooooooon.”
Hilarious… I tells ya. HI-larious!
As we headed out of the MK on our very successful half day of touring, I turned back to the castle and snapped a pic. Thanks, Walt. That was a great day so far!
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As we headed out of the MK on our very successful half day of touring, I turned back to the castle and snapped a pic. Thanks, Walt. That was a great day so far!
Pfftttt! I say PFFTTTT! Half day my left you-know-what cheek! That was way more like 3/4 of a day of touring. And, the al-kee-hall started flowing right after this point and productivity plummeted. Plummeted I tell you!
In all seriousness, I will admit that my girls made me so proud that day that they swept the snark right out of me (for a good 25 minutes or so ) But now move onto the cocktails and lights, although who decided that an inebriated ride on Rock 'n' Roller Coaster was a good idea I'll never know.
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Molly and Travis and Joey were there and we got to spend some fun time chatting with them and once again got to admire their shirts (while trying to stay upwind of them -- sheesh, they'd been wearing these same shirts for three days straight!)
Ok, I take offense to that! 1), we alternated those shirts with the other blue YOAMD's ones we made; and 2), we had a washing machine and dryer, I SWEAR!
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Ok, I take offense to that! 1), we alternated those shirts with the other blue YOAMD's ones we made; and 2), we had a washing machine and dryer, I SWEAR!
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) They didn’t have FPs so I handed over mine without the blink of an eyelash – I really don’t enjoy Space Mountain, but was going to suck it up for the gang. Much to my delight, Larry offered to give up his FP as well – again, proving to us gals that he’s a total gem! Little did I realize that Aimee doesn’t enjoy this ride and happily joined us on a bench to giggle and grin – girl, you can tour with me ANYTIME! 
We chatted while our pals zoomed through the stars.
Molly and Travis and Joey were there and we got to spend some fun time chatting with them and once again got to admire their shirts (while trying to stay upwind of them -- sheesh, they'd been wearing these same shirts for three days straight! 
<-- Terri is being the exclamation point!
<-- Woohoooo! We’re getting the back row!
And, the al-kee-hall started flowing right after this point and productivity plummeted. Plummeted I tell you! 
) But now move onto the cocktails and lights, although who decided that an inebriated ride on Rock 'n' Roller Coaster was a good idea I'll never know. 
1), we alternated those shirts with the other blue YOAMD's ones we made; and 2), we had a washing machine and dryer, I SWEAR! 
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