Let me point out at this juncture ... there are three types of WW ladies:
1. Early morning ladies. I am perhaps the only one of those. I suspect I got the most sleep at WWW. Maybe Carol next since she had to do so much work during WWW.
2. Late night ladies. Melissa is an example.
3. Time doesn't matter at WDW ... Nikki, Mo, Loretta, Marty, and Kim. I so wish I had their energy!
That is a Salted Caramel Mocha Frappuccino - I have stopped 3 times on my way home from work since the trip to get one and pretend I am still on Main Street at Magic Kingdom.
I am pretty sure this picture is me saying "I just dribbled delicious root beer float down my hand after waiting 1100 hours for you to ride SM and now you want me to pose for Dole Whip photos. Seriously?"
I think it is admirable that Celebrity stepped up right away to take care of the guests and offer refunds in addition to a free cruise. Many probably weren't even aware that there was an issue. Celebrity probably didn't want the same PR nightmare that Carnival had to deal with after their complete incompetence with the stranded ship earlier this year.
She has a point. As a matter of fact the worse the picture, generally the more fun we were having.
That's what happens when you let the kids use the guest house then take them out for a night on the town..... :rofl2: (next time sleep will be happening)
Playful spooks have interrupted our tour. Please remain seated in your Doom Buggy. We will proceed in just a moment… Like NOW!
So when we left off, a week ago (sorry!), we had just finished watching Wishes. The ladies and I have been going round and round for the last week about what happened after Wishes. We honestly cannot remember what happened next. Our brains were mush that night – we were lucky to make it back to the hotel. So after much debate – this is what we are guessing we did:
We headed over to Tommorowland for a spin on Nicki’s favorite ride:
As with It’s a Small World, Nicki wore her head phones for the entire ride while Mo and I were absolutely enthralled in the completely new material on Carousel of Progress. Or not. Seriously, most of the stuff on this section came out before I was even born:
It’s a great big beautiful 30 year old Christmas tree with a girl wearing acid wash jeans that are tucked into her white tube socks. Way to demonstrate big dreams for the future. This is more of history lesson than a view into tomorrow. It’s a little depressing…
After that wonderful blast from the past, we headed over to the PeopleMover. To give you an idea of how busy it got in the park after Wishes, this is the line:
Yep. We waited a good 15 minutes to ride the PeopleMover. Delirium is a funny thing. Coincidentally, I don’t think any of us slept on it that first time. Mostly because we knew we would have to get off of it because of the wait. I always get a little nervous on the part where the PM goes through Space Mountain as I have heard many accounts of the PM jumping the tracks and taking an unwanted plunge into the darkness that is Space Mountain.
Following our (all too brief ride) we headed over to Stitch. I have never been on Stitch and the ladies’ enthusiasm for the ride cemented my decision not to go on it. If they don’t like it, I won’t like it... unless it’s a tea cup or a B. Spears song… but I digress.
We don’t have any pictures of Stitch. Nor do I have pictures of the wench that walked into me and then told me to watch it while I was standing next to a wall waiting for Mo & Nicki. Stupid turds. Do they not realize that I am not responsible for my actions after 18 hours in the park? Do they not realize that yelling at me for standing still may cause me to lose my sh*t? Hmmmm?!?!!! Fear not, she was safe. This time. I was too tired. She was lucky.
We then headed to the Laugh Floor. I LOVE the Laugh Floor. I laugh hysterically. Every. Single. Time. They had new material this time. You’ll have to see it for yourself because I am not giving it up.
After the Laugh Floor, there was a fiend sighting!
Uh… ladies, where is the fiend sighting photo? It was right before Mo got assaulted by Tigger… shudder. That was a close call. I almost lost it on Tigger. Does anyone else think it is unacceptable for an over-exuberant adult in a Tigger costume to sneak up behind someone and hug them from behind? I think it should be a crime. Honestly. Some of us would absolutely die of fright. It’s hard for me to even talk about.
Somehow, we went from Fantasyland all the way back to Adventureland where we ate dinner (at 2 a.m.) at Pecos Bill Tall Tale Inn and Café. While I don’t remember many things from that time of night (morning?), I do remember being distraught because I didn’t get sour cream with my taco salad but Nicki got some with hers. My feet hated me for going all the way back up to the counter to get some.
It was after our fine meal that we did the Jungle Cruise (maybe). I hate wasting any part of my life waiting for the Jungle Cruise. On this particular day, I said goodbye to 20 sweet minutes waiting for a seriously awful ride. Plus there was the issue with the hipster bloggers that may or may not have gotten their panties in a bunch. (See my previous TR entry if you don’t know what I am talking about.)
Up next, a new ride for TurkeyPants:
The Magic Carpets of Aladdin. Apologies to the random people that Nicki took pictures of – you aren’t even What the Fort?! worthy.
This is not a terrible ride – but the random “hopping” motion catches a first timer off guard.
This is where you will see excessive amounts of delirium setting in. From the Magic Carpets, we headed back over to Tomorrowland which had calmed down a little bit.
My favorite part of this session in Tomorrowland was this:
We liked it so much, we did it twice in a row without getting off. (teehee) It was beautiful. Except for going through Space Mountain. :panic:
We then slept on CoP and we have no pictures of that either. Sorry. We were tired and it was 4 in the morning. We were 22 hours in and entitled to a nap. If you have an issue with this, you can PM me. I dare you.
After our sleepy spin on CoP we decided we needed to wake ourselves up a little by going on Buzz again.
BAM:
Yes. That is my actual score. The secret to getting that score is to stay awake for 22 hours in the Magic Kingdom. You will be discombobulated and unable to spin your cart around correctly leaving you desperately trying to hit any target you can see from the most awkward angle possible. Try it. It’s amazing. The little gun even gives a little vibration when you hit the right target. Too bad I didn’t know which laser was mine so I don’t know what target I hit!
After Buzz, we hopped on the Carousel:
I am not proud of this, but it happened and I need to keep things honest on here:
We then headed to Mickey’s PhilharMagic and this happened:
And then there was this laugh until you cry meltdown:
“I’m fine. Really. Not crazy at all. Honest.”:
After that spectacular show that had me on the edge of my seat (it literally did because I thought things may jump out at me), we swung around to Haunted Mansion and did the last ride on that at about 5 am. No pictures and I fell asleep. That is my favorite ride and I fell asleep. :gaah:
From there we were in the home stretch. We headed back to the front of the castle where a dance party was going on… woooooooo! For the sake of everyone, it’s a good thing Magic Kingdom is an (almost) dry park or I might have been encouraged to imbibe and dance a little. I am an excellent dancer, you know?
The home stretch went like this:
First we saw TCD and the twins:
Not only did we get a sweet picture of TCD, but we also got a sweet picture of this stranger’s ‘stache! This was seriously the highlight of the whole 24 hours in MK. I met TCD. And I got a hug. I think it was because he was in awe of my awesome. (I like to think that is what it is at least.)
The last few minutes:
Nx2!
FA-TANG!
Fists Up!
Mass exodus:
Inside the train station:
And still inside the gates – WE DID IT!!!!:
24 Hours before and after:
TurkeyPants…Nicole
Before:
After:
BradyBzLyn…Mo
Before:
After:
Nicki aka Rebelstand
Before:
After: (Not really after, but she was the picture taker and this was more than halfway through!)
I still can't believe we actually did it. But I would do it again in a heartbeat. I seriously love these two ladies and I can't think of any two other people in the world that I would be willing to attempt this with again. Next 24 hours - Disneyland maybe? or Paris? or Tokyo? We shall see! Future trips are in the works. :jumpforjoy
I have to say I had never met Nicole before the two Fisher Wives started planning this one. I did talk to her online extensively during the planning period, so her personality wasn't a surprise BUT this was an extreme situation, so who knew. All I have to say is she is now a soul sista, and I loves her.... so FA-Tang.. I am in.
Mo.. well, she was already a sista from another mista... Hey Mo... Let's Go! :heartsmiley:
you know that is about as close as we will ever get to the actual events :rofl3:
We went to Tomorrowland, did Monsters Inc and Stitch (10 minutes of my life I'll never get back but hey, "ride everything" means everything), napped on CoP and rode Buzz where Nicole maxed out the score. I think Nicki has the photo to prove that one.
Then we wandered back over by Pooh and did the drive-by "HEY DAVE!" just before I was mugged by Tigger.
THEN we headed back over to Adventureland for Jungle Cruise and "Dumbo with Carpets"
...at least I *think* that's what we did. It was somewhere around 2-3am by then so... you could tell me we took a rocketship to Mars and danced with unicorns and I'd probably believe you.
Nicole we may have been separated at birth. I can't stand the drops on the Disney Rides and scream like a little girl on the drop in pirates. The costumes dont bug me but the drops are horrific. Somehow April of 2012 I thought Splash Mountain would be a good idea. HA!
TurkeyPants...Nicole reacted to Momof6....aka Marty in Best Day to Start a Vacation
TurkeyPants...Nicole got a reaction from BradyBzLyn...Mo in MK going FP+ only beginning Jan 14th
TurkeyPants...Nicole got a reaction from Nicki aka Rebelstand in WWW 2014.5 ANY TAKERS?