WooHoo! Wonderful (but wet) Trip!! About This Page:

[Youngatheart]

Thank you so much for the interest. I really appreciate it. Sorry for the delay in the conclusion of my story. The sudden tragic death of my parents' 5 year old Great Pyrenees in the vet's office has taken away some of the magic. I will finish the report in hopes that recalling the magic will help me get through this. Sorry. Thanks.

Sue

[ 07-02-2002, 02:56 PM: Message edited by: Youngatheart ]

[Karaj]

Sue, I am sorry for your loss. Take your time with the TR. We will be thinking of you.

Kara--BTW---Great Report so far.

[travlin gal]

Sue sorry for you and your parents on the dog's death. We had to have our cat put to sleep, she was 21 and our dog at 17. Even though it had to be it was really hard. I can imagine not expecting it would really be awful. Sending prayers and pixie dust to you and your parents. [img]graemlins/cry2.gif[/img]

Travlin Gal, Colorado Jan [img]graemlins/usa.gif[/img]

[Youngatheart]

Finally, the concluding chapter!

Friday June 21

We put off MGM Studios for last in the hopes that the rain might break and we could possibly see Fantasmic. As soon as we got into the park, we marched right up to Guest Services and made ressies for the dinner-Fantasmic show. I wanted 50’s, but that is not one of the restaurants included, so we settled for Mama Melrose for 5:30. Then off we went on our last park’s journey. Our intention was to grab a FP for Star Tours, but they weren’t giving any out that day, BUT we were able to walk right on the ride!! Next, we walked back to try The Great Movie Ride. I like that one! Again, we were able to walk right on it, too!! WOW, this was too easy! OK, so then we pick up a FP for Millionaire and walk on down to BackLot Tour. We got right in line and got stopped at the front of the line (oh well, can’t just walk on everything! LOL). A CM came over and asked us if we wanted to be in the demo. DH wanted to, bad, but I didn’t. I remember from back in ‘96 that it contained water and lots of it. I had enough of water at this time. Oh, BTW, did I mention that it was raining on and off again? Or need I mention that fact at all? After a short wait, we saw what would have happened (Pearl Harbor) and I’m really glad I didn’t participate!!! Don’t want to give it away, but it was hilarious. Our demo people were very entertaining. If I had volunteered, I would have used my umbrella! As soon as the Tour ended, it was time for Millionaire. I couldn’t believe we were getting into the attractions so easily. See, there is some advantage to a week’s worth of rain, the crowds stayed away!! At this point, I was wondering if we’d run out of things to do before Fantasmic (if the rain would stop!) Afterwards, we got our pictures taken in the Castle scene. I asked if they had one with rain instead of sunshine, but she said no and maybe they should look into getting one. HAH! We couldn’t just walk on Little Mermaid, so we picked up a FP. It wasn’t a long wait, so we went to visit Walt Disney One Man’s Dream. I enjoyed it very much. I learned a little about Walt Disney that I never knew before. OK, on to Little Mermaid. This was really cute and I liked it except for the fact that I was already wet and a little chilled from the rain…need I say more? We checked the times for Beauty and the Beast and found that we could get in a little shopping before the show. I did pick up a few items and had them sent to be held at the front gate. I find this a very good option. It sure does beat carrying it around all day (not to mention keeping it dry from the rain.). Beauty and the Beast was beautiful. I was disappointed that I would not be able to see Hunchback because they were dark that day. We went past Tower of Terror…..We have been having this discussion on how we want to go on this ride, but we both have bad backs. DH really wanted to go on ToT, but I was so afraid our backs couldn’t take it. Question: When you hit bottom, is it a gentle stop or an abrupt stop? I really didn’t need compressed discs to end our vacation! So, again, we did not ride ToT. Was this a mistake? Last on our list before Mama Melrose was Muppets 3-D. We walked right into this, too. Well! Now it’s suppertime. I had the 4-cheese flatbread (pizza) and DH had some shrimp pasta dish. Granted, the pizza was not like we have here in Chicago, but it was different and tasty, too! After dinner, it was still raining, so we continued shopping. Finally, the rain stopped and the sun actually came out! We moseyed on down to Fantasmic at about 8:15 and went in the “secret entrance”. The sky still looked iffy, but it was not raining. We had ours fingers crossed because this would be our last chance at seeing Fantasmic. There was a 10:30 show that night, too. WooHoo!! It did not rain and the show went on. It was great, well worth waiting for!! We really were lucky to see it! What a wonderful ending to a fun trip. After it ended, we returned to CSR.

[Youngatheart]

Saturday June 22

Sadly, today was our last day at the Magical WDW. How fitting that we woke up to thunderstorms!!! We packed and went to breakfast at Pepper Market. Since we didn’t get very many pictures because of the rain, we hoped that the sun would come out this morning. It finally did. We were able to get pictures around CSR. It really is a beautiful place. The Mears bus picked us up at 1:15 and we sorrowfully waved good-bye to WDW. At the airport, our plane was delayed because the plane before us could not land because of the (you guessed it) rainstorm. We finally took off and arrived home a little late. I’ve already started planning our next trip for 2004!!

Just a few thoughts on our wonderful, but wet trip:

Even though it rained, we still had a good time. If you can’t change something, then deal with it.

I like being there with lesser crowds.

I like walking onto the attractions.

I like leaving the kids at home.

I still feel the MAGIC of Walt Disney World.

Thanks so much for listening to my story. It helped to live out the Magic a little longer. I can’t wait to read everyone else’s reports!

Sue

[ 07-08-2002, 12:07 AM: Message edited by: Youngatheart ]

[Disney Matter]

Thank you for sharing...enjoyed it!

[wdwlovers]

Great report Sue! Glad to hear you are already planning your next trip!! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]

[Youngatheart]

Thank you! [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]

[LilMarcieMouse]

Great report Sue Thanks for hareing your adventur.
By the way Was it raining?? [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img]

[PS - I LUV WDW]

Thanks for the report!

[Youngatheart]

Marcie..........raining?........a little....


LOL

[TINKN]

Thank-you for making lemonade out of your lemons and writing such a great report. What a great way to come back to the boards after my vacation.