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It was pretty crazy for sure! We have never had anything like that happen at a game before. We are happy we were able to find pretty much everything we were looking for.
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Unfortunately we've also had that happen at soccer games! great weekend otherwise!
It's crazy how some people can act at a kids sporting event.
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I hate when I hear about this kind of behavior by parents at kids' games. I don't blame that poor girl for being frightened and wanting to leave.
I have a feeling the high-five hand will be making a trip to WDW!
We were really shocked by the behavior of that guy. He never even addressed the dad about how his daughter was treated. he just kept yelling at him. If the High Five Hand gets here in time it will definitely be making the trip.
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My goodness, the behaviour at the game was just unbelievable. It's scary how some people behave.
It was crazy, we have never had anything like that happen at one of our games. I was really concerned that it was not going to end peacefully.
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Oh, sporting events... It happens at kid's basketball games too. To the point that some parents have to be escorted out of the court.
Anyways, sound like a pretty eventful day. You got lots of things done.
It's crazy and makes you wonder when those "adults" are going to grow up. We did get a lot accomplished.
Oh my, I can't believe how that other parent acted at the soccer game It was a great weekend other wise!
It was crazy. I was just baffled by the fact that every time the dad on our team would say something about the way the other guy treated his daughter the guy would just yell at him about cussing him out. He never acknowledged the issue at hand. It was a great weekend though!
As promised, todays post will be focused on our FastPass+ selections with just a few updates about our week at the end.
When choosing our FastPass+ selections, Jamie and I looked at getting all of our selections early in the day to allow for additional passes when available. We will also be using the DAS for Selah. Making the FP+ selections proved to be a lot more difficult than I thought it would be.
Park Day 1: Oct. 29th - MK
* Pirates of the Caribbean 9:20
* Splash Mountain 10:25
* Big Thunder Mountain 11:25
We are planning to send one person straight to 7DMT with the DAS to get a return time. When we made our selections there was not a FP+ available for this ride.
This is from our last trip. We are on Splash Mountain and I had just told her we were getting ready to go down the big slide.
Park Day 2: Oct. 30th - Epcot
* Soarin’ 9:20
* Spaceship Earth 10:25
* The Seas with Nemo & Friends 11:25
I am not fond of the tiers at Epcot and DHS. I don’t really foresee needing FP’s for Spaceship Earth or Nemo. We really wanted a Fp for Test Track so one person will run and get a return time on the DAS for this ride.
I have not yet decided if I will take Selah on this ride again. She loved it but it stressed me out last time. By the time we do this park we will have been on a few other thrill rides and I will make my decision based on that.
Asher was “being” the Dinosaur.
Park Day 4: Nov. 1st - DHS
* Star Tours 9:05
* Rock ’n’ Roller Coaster 10:05
* Tower of Terror 11:15
We will send one person to go to TSMM when we first arrive to get a return time on the DAS. Again, this was a time when I did not like the tier system. We would have chose TSMM instead of Star Tours. We like Star Tours but we are confident we can get on that ride easily. We are not as confident about TSMM especially with the testing they did a couple of weeks ago with only allowing FP+ and no standby or DAS. I didn’t really agree with that either.
We do not have Space Mountain on either of our MK days but Jamie and I might be the only ones to ride that. If we decide to do it we will try for a FP+ after the others are used or try later in the day. If we don’t ride it is fine. Asher has said that he might like to ride this with us. We will see how he does with Thunder Mountain. Asher is not much into thrill rides but feels like (based on what some of his friends have told him) he will really like Thunder Mountain. He has also heard that Space Mountain is very much like Thunder Mountain just in the dark. I think he will like Thunder Mountain but I’m not so sure he will go through with riding Space Mountain when it comes down to it. Selah would love Space Mountain but that is one we will not allow her to do. She cannot ride anything that she has to sit by herself.
Asher has always loved to get this picture. Now that he is getting older we will see if that has changed. I hope not.
There you have all of our FastPasses for the week and some plans to use the DAS. It will be used more but those things listed are the important ones and what we know for sure we will be going for first thing.
This week I have worked a little on getting the kids clothes packed. I am not quite finished yet. I still have laundry I have to wash before I can finish their packing. Mine and Jamie’s clothes will not get packed until the weekend. Here where we live we are still wearing our summer clothes and the kids have a lot more clothes than we do. I pretty much pack all their Disney related clothes for WDW. This trip there will be some Halloween clothes in the mix.
We have had a little issue come up this week that may affect how we tour the world next week. On Monday night, Jamie had a softball game. He is on a men’s softball team. The game was almost over and Jamie was running the bases, I believe, when he heard a pop in his calf muscle. He tore his calf muscle. He stayed home from work yesterday icing it and keeping it elevated as well as wrapping it. Today he went back to work because there are things he has to take care of before we leave. Jamie is self employed and does custom remodeling. He has several jobs going on right now and since he is self employed he cannot call in sick. He loves what he does and the freedom it gives him when it comes to taking of work for things like Selah’s dr appts and things but at the same time it doesn’t come with benefits. NO sick leave, no vacation pay, etc. Everything rests on him. I would have been happy for him to stay home one more day to rest his leg but I understand when he needs to go. He is not doing anything strenuous today, just running errands, picking up materials, etc. However, this injury could very much affect our touring next week. We are hopeful we won’t have to rent a wheelchair.
I agree with you, I strongly dislike the tiers at Epcot and DHS. But I must say that for SE, I saw waits of 35 minutes or more when we went. It was the beginning of June but still kind of long. Star Tours never had more than 10 minutes.
We haven't been to the parks since FP+ took over, but I agree with you I don't like the idea of the tiers. It looks like you made some good choices though, and I'm sure it will all work out fine. for Jamie's leg!!
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of the tiers at Epcot and DHS. I don’t really foresee needing FP’s for Spaceship Earth or Nemo. We really wanted a Fp for Test Track so one person will run and get a return time on the DAS for this ride.
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