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Such fun! Just found this today....and read the whole thing (well at least all the actual TR parts...only a few of the responses).
We were there on a spur-of-the moment trip (DD, DD's friend and me) that last week of July too (26-29)
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Bummer about the rain and the crowds!! Although I'm guessing that being there solo, it's much easier to handle than being with the kids!!! You're pictures are great, by the way!
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Oooh - you got some of the nighttime shots I wanted to take at Tomorrowland!!! (Jealous, jealous) Love the fact that you're not letting the rain slow you down.
All caught up. You got some great pics. Love all the HM.
I think people now all have the same idea when it rains, hang around everyone else will leave. So nobody leaves!
I actually had trouble with my iPhone the next day, and I was concerned that the rain had killed it even though I made sure not to get it wet! I didn't worry about my camera; I was pretty careful with it, though!
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I was really interested in riding Jungle Cruise, but it hadn't opened after the storm, so I had to find something else to do! Since I was in the area, I went to:
I had read that if you time it right, you can see Wishes from a train on BTMRR. It was 9:46, so I figured that I might have a shot at it and scurried off to the wildest ride in the wilderness! It was close enough to fireworks time that there was no wait, and there was hardly anyone on the attraction at all! We went around once (boy, you get flung from side to side when you're riding alone, especially with your hands in the air!) and when we returned, the CM said, "If there's no one waiting for your seat, you can stay on and go around again!" There was no one, so I did! He said the same thing when we returned again, but this time there was someone waiting, so I got out of one train car and hopped in another! Three times in a row, baby!!!
I know by this time, Wishes should have started, but it must have been delayed by the rain, because there were no fireworks on this last ride. We were instructed to beat it and I sadly made my way out into Frontierland. I knew I was too late to get a good spot for Wishes, so I stopped on the bridgewalk that I usually use to bypass the crowds on the streets of Frontierland. It wasn't a great spot, but I got some decent shots because I could balance my iPhone on the railing!
There was a lovely family standing near me, and I had to stop them when they were all ready to leave during a rather long pause in the show. Turns out, the wife was originally from the area, but hadn't been back in many years. She was there with her husband and daughters, and when the show was over, we had a lovely conversation on the way to the hub. She couldn't believe I was there all by myself and told her husband all about it! We said goodbye, and I stuck around the hub so I could take some Kiss Goodnight castle photos:
I didn't feel terribly sad to leave MK that night, because I'd be back in the morning for the Keys to the Kingdom tour! I took the bus back to Pop, called home and hit the sack!
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Just found this today....and read the whole thing (well at least all the actual TR parts...only a few of the responses).
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I love your night-time shots of the castle. 
! Great HM on the Buzz FP machines, too!
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) and when we returned, the CM said, "If there's no one waiting for your seat, you can stay on and go around again!" There was no one, so I did! 
He said the same thing when we returned again, but this time there was someone waiting, so I got out of one train car and hopped in another! Three times in a row, baby!!! 
We were instructed to beat it 
and I sadly made my way out into Frontierland. I knew I was too late to get a good spot for Wishes, so I stopped on the bridgewalk that I usually use to bypass the crowds on the streets of Frontierland. It wasn't a great spot, but I got some decent shots because I could balance my iPhone on the railing!
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