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| Woop Woop! |
I finally made it to Disney World. The last time I was there was around 1987. I was about 3 1/2 years old and do I remember any of it? No. It's something I rarely let my family forget. Both of my sisters were able to return to Disney World in their 20s, and so it's only fitting that I do the same.
We drove from Sarasota on Sunday all the way to Epcot. It was about a 2 hour drive (which, after having spent a full day in the car, didn't seem like more than a 30 minute drive). As soon as I saw the first sign for Disney, I went ballistic. My hands were flapping and I was grinning like a 6 year old about to go to...well...Disney.
We pulled up, parked, and I started to run to the tram to get into the park. The weather was extremely humid, so I didn't last long running. Once we got inside I felt ridiculously childish, clasping my hands together and getting that giddy feeling in my chest that I haven't felt in years! We started off with Tomorrowland - only going on rides. The rides were incredibly fun, and despite it being Disney - not too cheesy! Ok, they were pretty cheesy, but super fun! I didn't take my camera in, so all of these photos were taken on Brent's phone. We explored the countries after going on a couple of rides. We made it to Norway when the sky started to get dark. Figuring that we'd ditch the incoming storm on a ride, we ran into Maelstrom - a terrible little rail-boat ride that jerked us around like crazy. I wouldn't really recommend this ride at all, but we were really just trying to get out of the rain...turns out the rain didn't come while we were inside. So, knowing that a downpour was inevitable, we grabbed some food instead. Paying $27 for a pizza and getting an entire pitcher of Sangria was well worth avoiding what was to come...
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| Delicious Sangria |
We made it to Magic Kingdom much later at night and only got to go on Space Mountain: AWESOME!!! It was a long wait in line, but worth it. The next morning we got a VIP fastpass to the new Test Track ride (Brent's got an in with a higher up at Disney :p) That was a pretty fun ride as well! Then we went to the Hollywood Studios park and went on the Rockin' Rollercoaster (waiting in line while listening to Aerosmith was interesting - I can't stand the song "Don't wanna miss a thing" and they played it at least 5 times). Then came the Tower of Terror!!! As someone with a minor fear of heights, this was probably not the best ride for me. I was shaking for about 15 minutes after we got off the ride, but it was SO good. I think I left nail marks on Brent's shoulder from when I grabbed him out of fear.
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| Waiting in line for the Rockin' Rollercoaster |
We ended the day in Magic Kingdom and saw the Hall of Presidents. It was pretty awesome, even though when Obama's wax model started speaking there were a couple of people who yelled "Boooo!" really loud...I know everyone's entitled to their own opinions - believe me, I know I have mine - but you'd think that people would be a bit more respectful (especially during a show that isn't meant to be about politics, but our nation's history). Ah well...
After the Hall of Presidents we went on the runaway train roller coaster!!! That was soooooo much fun!! After that we decided to pack up and head out - the rest of Disney didn't seem to agree to that plan, however. Usually there are fireworks at 9 pm, and then a parade at 10:30 - tonight they skipped the fireworks and went straight to the parade at 9:30. It was impossible to get around people! After fighting our way through the crowd we made it back to the monorail station and eventually our car. It was time to move on to the next destination - Outer Banks, North Carolina.
I think I'll be going back to Disney someday...There were too many rides that I missed! And it was such a fun time...
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| After the sangria... |
Haha, ok. In order of the post here:
ReplyDeleteNorvay was really cheesy and that ride really wasn't worth it at all - unless you like whiplash.
The $27 dollar pizza was good....but probably not worth $27. But, We can't complain as we didn't pay anything for admission to the parks. The $15 pitcher of sangria on the other hand, totally worth it. Nothing like walking around Disney with a buzz (or in Maras case, drunk).
Not only did we listen to Don't want to miss a thing waaaaay too many times, but the remixed version of "pink" to make it family friendly was pretty funny as well.
I'm pretty sure I'll have scars from the Tower of Terror (THANKS MARA!!! :) )
I'll concur - The Hall of Presidents was pretty cool despite those douchebags.
The parade was supposed to start at 10:00, but they started early (9:15) due to the lack of fireworks. The rest of that doesn't begin to describe how many people we had to fight through to get out of that park. There were probably 10,000 - 15,000 people there to see that parade. It seems like we had to fight through every one of them to get out of there.
I will agree - Disney was a great time and there was a TON that we didn't get to see or do there. Definitely requires another visit or two.