The “Hurt So Good” TR or How You Can Feel Bad and Still Feel Good - UPDATED 10/17 COMPLETE!! - Page 4 - PassPorter - A Community of Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, and General Travel Forums
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There are other changes as well.
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To a new day, we go on.
It's time to move on and move forward.
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I definitely get the extreme heat and humid! Hope it cooled down some over your stay. Jack Sparrow was awesome! You all had an incredible first day (except for that early tummy trouble). Glad the girls were so successful in their pin trading, too. I can't wait to see your MNSSHP costumes and your new Mickey shirt. And that special lady will be very excited, I'm sure.
So glad that you were feeling better and got to enjoy the day. You got a lot done today, what a wonderful way to start off your trip. Just seeing you in LTT makes me miss the meal, we had skipped it this trip (the girls were upset about the characters) but I have always loved the meal, glad everyone enjoyed.
Can't wait to hear how everyone enjoyed the parade.
Cory felt a bit better once I reminded her that we still had to use up our FPs for BTMRR – and now was the time to do it! But the heat and long day of walking had taken its toll on Kevin; he had a bad headache and said he’d rather not do BTM. He offered to walk with us, but we told him to just go find a bench to sit on and we’d call him when we got off BTM. With that, the girls and I took off for our last ride of the evening.
Even though we had FPs, the line was still pretty long but we breezed through fairly quickly. The sisters were ride partners which left me a seat to myself. I had never ridden BTMRR solo – and let me tell you, without someone seated next to you to help hold you in place, it really is the wildest ride in the wilderness!
We were tempted to get in line again, but it really was time to find our parade spot so we walked back towards the Frontierland Shootin’ Arcade and called Kevin on our cell. Unbelievably, he was sitting on a bench right across from it – exactly the spot I was going to try and sit for the parade!
And what does one husband do while he’s sitting on a bench, waiting for his wife and children to return from their adventures? If he’s bored, he makes friends with two of the birds walking around in the landscaping behind him – and takes about 3 minutes worth of video of them!
I congratulated him on picking the perfect bench for parade viewing. He wanted to know how much longer until the parade began – when I told him about 40 minutes, he rolled his eyes and gave a big sigh and I knew he wished he was back on the bus to the resort. Time for an explanation that if we got up from this bench now, I could pretty much guarantee that it wouldn’t be available come parade time. Already people were beginning to gather and the CMs were putting up the ropes down the parade route.
As a suggestion, I told him he could take the girls and ride, ohhh, say, the Magic Carpets or something nearby – but he said his feet wouldn’t take any more walking. Instead, we all sat on the bench and used some snack credits to get some sodas; watching people come and go.
Kelley and Cory decided to walk over to The Frontier Trading Post and then hurried back to tell us Cory had pin traded with a CM. They enjoyed being ‘grown-up’ enough to have a little time to themselves (while Mom and Dad watched from across the street!)
We had no idea of what to expect from Spectromagic – but when the first lighted float approached, we knew we would love it. I think the photos tell the story well. These were captured from video, so they’re a bit fuzzy.
After a last bathroom stop of the night (during which I used my time well to do some shopping at one of the stores across the way!) we headed down to Main Street, stopping to get some final Photopass shots and take a few of our own.
We got to the flag pole just as Wishes was about to begin. We took video and I think other people have much better photos to share, so I’ll post just a few. Good thing I wasn’t doing the camera, ‘cause I cried through the whole thing!
We were one of the first people at the POR bus – and only a moment later, our bus arrived. We were back to our resort in no time, tired, hot and sticky, but happy from a super day at MK. I didn’t have a hard time leaving MK this time (it’s always the most difficult park for me to say goodbye to) as I knew I’d be back the next day.
And we had surprises awaiting us in our room – our Mousekeeper was very skilled at towel animals and left two of them for us!
And then we discovered that Mickey himself must have stopped by while we were out – because he left Cory a beautiful birthday card and autographed photo!
I think I’ll follow Cheryl’s (chezp) example and wrap up our day the Passporter way… The weather today was…hot and humid! The best thing today was…meeting the Fairies and staying for Spectromagic and Wishes The worst thing today was…all the bathroom breaks The funniest thing today was…Kevin maxing out his score on Buzz Today we tried…VitaMotion-S for motion sickness and the result was…No motion sickness!!! The most magical moment today was…meeting Tinkerbell and watching the girls’ faces as they talked to her.
A great finish to a wonderful day!
Can't wait to read more!
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2009 Feb Disneyland - offsite
2007 Aug WDW - offsite
2005 June DCL West Coast/DL & DCA
2002 April Disneyland - offsite
2000 September WDW/DCL - CBR/Wonder
What a great day! Glad you were able to find Cindy's horse! I know what you mean about wishing you took more photos; no matter how many pics I come home with, there are always some I know I missed! Your nighttime shots were particularly good; I still have trouble with those!
And just so you know, we saw the pirate tutorial in the exact same spot on our spring 2008 trip!
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I'm all caught up. Sounds like you had a wonderful day at MK. Sorry to hear that your tummy troubles almost stopped you from going in the AM, but glad to hear it cleared up once you got to MK. Also, wonderful photos. More please
Here are some of our Photopass photos from the first day. We didn't turn out to be the most photogenic family - but at least they bring back memories! I love our squinting in the bright sun in some of these!
Iridessa prepares to give Cory a hug; I don't know what Kelley's looking at - probably Iridessa's shoes!
You can tell Kelley is showing Tink her Tinkerbell lanyard here.
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You all had an incredible first day (except for that early tummy trouble). Glad the girls were so successful in their pin trading, too. I can't wait to see your MNSSHP costumes and your new Mickey shirt. And that special lady will be very excited, I'm sure.
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