Sunday, April 4, 2010

Disney 2010

Hello, I was nominated to write about WDW -- probably because of my Disney knowledge. I won’t give away who this is, though, in case you want to guess; although it might be obvious. I have been thrilled for Disney… I don’t know how long. ReRe gave me a great Disney book to read and we would talk on the phone for a long time discussing what we read. I was set.

On Thursday we got to the Fort Wilderness Campground while our Weber Family checked into the Wilderness Lodge, only a ferry away. We also got sightings of an armadillo. Who knew they were in Florida? Some of the Webers went to the park, but we just got settled in and met everyone after dinner. We went to ReRe and PopPop’s hotel room and ReRe loaded us up with new Disney color coordinated t-shirts, St. Patrick’s Day stuff and our annual Easter bag filled with goodies. Friday we met the Webers at Wilderness Lodge bright and early and took the bus to Epcot. We met Gagee and her friend Mr. Lee inside the park expanding our group to 18! We headed to “The Seas with Nemo and Friends” while the guys got fastpasses (that’s usually how our mornings started off) to Soarin’. After having a turtle talk with Crush and watching the manatees we headed over to Test Track. It ended up being one of my favorite rides, but I was really scared. We had to wait about an hour and a half, but it was worth it. I got to go on with Pooh, my three girl cousins and Aunt Julie (just imagine how much the six of us screamed!) Mommy was the only one who didn’t go on; she had to walk the dog. We grabbed lunch and then headed to Soarin’ for our ride over California!

After a bit we headed over to World Showcase. Eleven countries are represented and they have people from each country come work there. It is really neat. We looked around at our own pace and later met for a Biergarten dinner in “Germany.” It was fantastic along with the German entertainment. IT brought back a lot of good memories! Thank you Unkey Jeff and Unkey Russ! Afterwards the group separated, some going home to get some much needed rest and some of us hard-core Disney tourists staying to see “Illuminations,” Epcot’s night show and some ice cream. We were all really tired but this was just the beginning!
Saturday we headed to Hollywood Studios . Okay, Epcot was too detailed; I’ll tone it down a bit. We started with the guys getting Toy Story Mania fastpasses. The Crazy People went on Tower of Terror and Rockin’ Roller Coaster, while us so-called wimps went to Muppet Vision 3D. Our day also consisted of Prince Caspian, The Little Mermaid and Star Tours, finally getting to Toy Story-- a new, interactive ride that ended up being at the top of everyone’s list.
Mommy went home a little early to cook dinner as we were hosting everybody in the RV, while the rest of us headed over to Lights, Motor, Action! and Extreme stunt show. When that was finished we headed back to the Lodge and took the ferry to the campsite. We enjoyed a great meal of tacos with cupcakes for dessert. Mom was happy it didn't rain because our RV can't hold 16 taco eating people. The cousins loved playing up on our bed! Sunday we all took the ferry over to the Contemporary Resort early in the morning (very early!) for a delicious Mickey’s Breakfast, adding lots of signatures to our autograph books! Thanks PopPop! After our belly's were full we took one of Huddy's favorite rides, the monorail, to Magic Kingdom. It started raining soon after we got there, but not too hard. We went on Peter Pan, Splash, Space and Big Thunder Mountains (well not all of us went on Splash Mountain or Space Mountain). Big Thunder is another one of my very favorites -- not too scary. I felt brave enough for Splash Mountain too, but after the huge drop I vowed never again! The rain started getting too much and everyone except Z-man, Pooh, ReRe, PopPop and I headed home for a few hours. I wasn’t about to miss Disney for a little rain! So the five of us enjoyed mostly indoor attractions and got a bunch of stuff done with such few people. We met the rest of the gang for dinner at the Crystal Palace thanks to ReRe, another good buffet! After dinner some of us went to Big Thunder Mountain another two times and then we all headed to Main Street to watch the SpectroMagic parade. At last the night came to an end with a ferry ride home. We were pooped!

Monday was Animal Kingdom day, our last day at Disney. We had a lazy morning and didn’t get to the park till nine or ten. We started off with Kilimanjaro Safaris which has real animals to see and all 16 of us can actually fit in one truck! . After that we headed to It’s Tough to be a Bug show,
which is a little scary especially if creepy crawlies aren’t your favorite thing in the world. Next the crazy people got in line for Expedition Everest, which makes Splash Mountain look like a kiddy ride. I still can't believe my little cousins love all those crazy rides! We went and watched a bird show and then headed to DinoLand for Triceratops Spin, our last ride with our cousins. We said a sad goodbye, they had to leave to make they’re plane; we’ll see them this summer though.

When they were all gone, Mommy, Z, Pooh and I then went on Primeval Whirl, a better “last ride” although it was a little scary. As we were headed out to the park Z reminded daddy that they should go on a white water rapids ride. Daddy agreed as the rest of us went to have lunch. As we were eating, a VERY wet duo walked up to our table. They were soaked. They even had to ring out the shorts when we got back to the RV. Good thing it was their last ride. We bid a fond farewell to Disney; see you next time, right Daddy?
Toley

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