Another day up and at 'em at 6 am. My girls did NOT want to wake up but we mentioned Tower of Terror and they conceded. Our first ride of the day was Toy Story Mania - a 4D ride based on the Toy Story characters and midway games. It was fun but we weren't like the obsessives that steal all of the Fast Passes. haha! The stand by wait time for the ride the rest of the day averaged 50 minutes and all of the Fast Passes were gone by noon. So..... we only rode it once.
Our next ride was the Tower of Terror. I was not looking forward to riding this one and once we were seated I was thinking of ways to get off this ride. I worked myself into a cold sweat and was shaking profusely before we even got to the big drop. It was less of a traumatic experience than I had envisioned so I went on it twice more. I still screamed my head off though. Our other favorite ride was the Rock n Rollercoaster which we did three times as well.
The crowds were very manageable today and the weather was great. 85 and sunny, not too humid like yesterday. We were able to see most of the attractions and all in 20 minutes or less. One thing our girls (and Nate) have fallen in love with is the Disney pins. We have to stop at every store that sells pins and well, that literally is almost every store.
Overall we had a fantastic day filled with thrills and chills - the kind I get when my 12 year old daughter gives me attitude and she was filled with it again today. You know that Mother Goose poem about the little girl with the little curl...that's Josie. When she's good she's so wonderful but when she turns bad well......
ATTRACTIONS - All great
The Great Movie Ride
American Idol Experience Finale
Indiana Jones Stunt Spectacular
Star Tours X 2
Lights, Motors, Action
Toy Story Midway Mania
Beauty and the Beast - Live on Stage
Rock n Rollercoaster X 3
Tower of Terror X 4
Block Party Bash parade
WHERE WE ATE
Lunch - Pizza Planet
Dinner - Hollywood Brown Derby - Rib Eye Steak, Salmon and Fish Fingers w/ grapefruit cake and creme brulee'
WHAT I LEARNED
* There are many modes of travel around Disney Theme Parks. The most popular being slow moving motorized carts. I shouldn't knock it though as that will be me in 20 years.
* Tomorrow we are force feeding Josie protein before she goes into low blood sugar mode. There were several times it got close to being a "knock down/ drag out". It was semi-reassuring to see several other parents with teens dealing with the same issues.
* I've heard Disney has been losing money but I thought, "Really??? How bad could it be?" until I saw a Cast Member repairing the vinyl stairs at Pizza Planet with duct tape. Yep, you read that right....DUCT TAPE!
INJURIES
* Nate's still in pain and will be even more so this time tomorrow as he is down to his last prescription painkiller
* I managed to rub a hole near my crotch yesterday so now I'm walking like I rode a bull all day and NO that is not a metaphor for something nasty. All I can say is that I bet 1 in 4 women have a serious chafing problem while at the parks
THINGS WE ARE NOT VERY GOOD AT
* I pre-paid for a photopass cd but have been very bad about actually getting photos taken of us
* We have yet to stand in line to meet any characters, we're hoping this will change tomorrow
* Getting Chocolate Mike out of our backpack. He's stuck in there again.
Tomorrow is going to be another long day as we will head to the Magic Kingdom in the am and will come back to change into our Halloween costumes and go back for Mickey's Halloween Party until midnight.
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