The JULIO trip report, ahbviously. (Nov 26)
November 26th.
Lizzi and I took the train together to the park, laughing about lakes on the way. We got to the park at about 8:30 We did nothing for awhile, but then went to Haunted Mansion. It was a walk on! So Lizzi and I were dawdling through the portrait hall. Lizzi started dancing around when...
Voice over speaker: Please continue through the portait hall.
So we started walking and then a moment later...
Voice: Nice dance.
It was brilliant. Then the cast member at the end of the loading hall tried to scare me...but I saw it coming. HAHA HE FAILS. I'm always prepared for it since the "Have fun!" incident.
After we got off I reminded her that the castle was reopening that day, so we went to the walkthrough door to see if it was open. We were informed that it would be opening at 5. So we started walking back to Main Street, then decided to see the wait for Alice in Wonderland. On the way we got distracted by Pixie Hollow and peaked in to see who was there. Nothing interesting in there, so we turn to leave and what do we see...
OMGPRINCEFREAKINPHILLIP.
PRINCE PHILLIP AND AURORA WERE OUT. *spaz*
So we followed them over to where they were taking pictures and got pictures with them (I totally did not trip while walking over to them, Lizzi lies.) Then stayed and took pictures of them. It started to rain so they went into the tunnel. Phillip noticed that we were taking pictures of them, so we got a mini photoshoot.
They're so cute.
So we watched them, and followed them when they left. He was humming as they walked away, it was cute. We ran into Erin after this and I got to read a fanfic she had. We then went to Fantasyland and "said hi" to Brianna. We just kinda stared at her as she went past us working storybook. Then after watching her go past three times, we watched Captain Hook for awhile. After he left we went by where Hatter and Alice come out. While there Aladdin came sprinting past us, and went backstage. It was odd...
Then Leanne and Rachel showed up and we went and sat by Pixie Hollow. While there we saw Brianna and hung out with her. I informed her that Nathan Fillion was there Sunday.
Her: O_______O
Well we continued talking to her, then she had to leave to talk to her lead or somethin...then Hatter and Alice came out, so we hung out with them of course. Hatter was pretty surprised to see us even if we had told him we were going to try to be there....eh whatever. We did the usual with them, then when they left Phillip and Aurora came back out. So we watched them, and guess what. IT STARTED TO RAIN! So they moved to the Plaza Gardens and had their meet and greet there.
Stuff I remember:
Leanne wanted to get a picture of them with Merlin. Phillip was very entertained by Merlin.
Phillip: MERLIN! YOU SHRUNK! So that's why he hasn't had his ceremonies...
A kid walked past with his face painted like Darth Maul.
Phillip: DARTH MAUL. *does 'I'm watching you' sign*
Then Erica came, and she happened to be wearing a shirt with Maleficent on it. So we made her take off her sweatshirt and go up to them.
Aurora: *sees 'Sleeping Beauty'* Oh I love you shir- Oh dear!
Phillip: *jumps in front of Aurora* Where did you get that shirt?!
Erica: ....The mall?
Phillip: The mall...what is this mall?
Erica: A place with stores?
Phillip: Mall...Maul? DARTH MAUL?
Hatter and Alice crashed their meet and greet and snuck up on them. They didn't go unnoticed though because when they were behind them...
Phillip: AURORA DON'T MOVE!
So they talked for awhile, then Alice invited them to come to Musical Chairs. They went and helped set up, but then they had to leave :( Twas sad.
I don't remember musical chairs that well...all I remember was Lizzi running away to take a phone call...and lots of dancing.
After musical chairs we had two people added to our group. Heather and Kevin. After Hatter and Alice left, Kevin had to do something in Critter Country. So we walked with him there...and somehow ended up going on Winnie the Pooh...NINE PEOPLE. WE HAD NINE PEOPLE ON THAT RIDE.
Lizzi pointed out a County Bear Jamboree refrence...freaked me out. Those things haunt my dreams...Everyone was fairly amused by my terror. I wasn't however. I was terrified.
So he had to leave, so we let him go. But before he left he told us that Merlin was going to be at Goofy's Kitchen We then went back to Fantasyland and waited for the castle to open. It opened at about 5:30. When we got to the door, who did we see standing there? TONY BAXTER. (if you have no idea who that is, get out. You don't belong here.) We got to talk to him before going in. He allowed us in after telling us that we were seeing a preview and it wasn't done yet.
I honestly have NO idea what isn't done. It's amazing and perfect and I don't see anything wrong with it. I can't even think of anything to say about it it was that awesome. Afterwards we got to talk to other people that were involved in it. They were all really nice.
Ray showed up right after we finished talking to them and we decided to go see if Kevin told us the truth about Merlin and Goofy's Kitchen. In the process we lost Erica and Erin. Oh well, their loss. Then we went to Goofy's Kitchen.
Remember what I said in the beginning about nothing after 6 making sense? Well we're at that point.
So yes, Merlin was there. But we ended up sitting in a place that he wasn't going to be at for awhile. So we all got our food (Goofy's Kitchen has really good mac and cheese btw. I highly recommend it.) and ate. By the time we were done, still no Merlin. But while waiting Chip, Dale, Minnie, and Snow White all came to our table. We think Minnie has a thing for Merlin. She loved Mini Merlin... So Lizzi and I went to do get desert and Merlin saw us.
Merlin: YOU MADE IT!
I guess Kevin warned him we'd be there...so Merlin started yelling at Ray...really loudly...because Ray was far away. Then Merlin said he would be to our table soon. So we eagerly awaited Merlin's arrival. After quite some time he finally came over...then informed us he had been working for two hours and all he wanted to do was take a break. But would we let him? ...Eh no. Somehow we got him to stay with us...no idea how. So we talked to him for quite some time. We told him about how Minnie had a little thing for Mini Merlin.
Merlin: I think that's because Minnie has a little thing for big Merlin.
Me: I'm sure that doesn't make your boss very happy.
Merlin: MY BOSS? Do you think I work for Arthur? *goes on a rant about how he does NOT work for Arthur*
Lizzi: YOUR BOSS IS THE MOUSE.
Merlin: I do not work for a mouse! Do you know how big mice are?
Lizzi: Mickey is 5'2! He's the same height as I am!
Merlin: *Turns to cast member next to him* Julio, I'm afraid these girls don't know how big a mouse is.
So we talked to Merlin and he got at Lizzi for how little she sleeps and how he got less sleep than her but is better put together than she is. Also we had seen him take off his hat several times and we asked him why. He informed us that his hat was too small. It didn't fit his big head. And somehow our friend Sam got brought up...no idea how...but we were comparing him to Sam.
Merlin: Well did Sam learn your names the first time he saw you? No! I'm not Sam!
Me: Obviously.
Merlin: MADAME. GO WET YOUR HAIR.
Everyone: XD
He says 'Madame' = we all start cracking up. Always.
Other stuff was talked about, but most people wouldn't understand so I'll just leave that out...
So we let Merlin go and take a break. Then after he came back from his break he went to other tables. So what do I do? I write a song about him!
To the tune of the Johnny and the Sprites theme [Found here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_TiZcn5QnE]:
Merlin and the Squirrels:
I came to live in this tree in the woods
To work on my magic on my own
But some how I feel its a...magical place?
And somehow I feel I'm not alone.
I was just Merlin till I dove through that hole
But I'm not just Merlin anymore!
I'm Merlin
AND THE SQUIRRELS!
Did you see one?
Merlin
AND THE SQUIRRELS!
Could you be one?
Meeeeeeeeerliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiin
AND THE SQUIRRELS!
Nobody else sees us its true
There's only Merlin and now there's you!
So if you should roll to our squrrely home
Come join in the song you can sing it too
With you know who!
Merlin
AND THE SQUIRRELS
Sing along now
Merlin
AND THE SQUIRRELS
That's our song now
MEEEEEEEEERLIIIIIIN
AND THE SQUIRRELS.
Mock me if you will, but that song will be famous, I promise you.
So Merlin came back to our table and...forget it, I'm just sending you to the video. Watch this before continuing.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTErhJhRjns
You watch it? You sure? Kay good. That explains it better than I ever could. JULIO! And yes. Merlin is a Doctor Who fan. FEAR IT!
Not long after the dancing, 9:00 came around and we had to leave (not until we had far too much fun drawing on the table though!). So we left and waited for Merlin to be done talking to some kids. When he was done he came over and said goodbye to us.
Him: *turns to me* And Brooke, I'm sorry for mistaking you for Jenny. Usually my glasses are a bit stronger.
Lizzi: Oh yes they are. [or somethin like that]
Him: *glares at Lizzi*
Lizzi: :D
So we left (after Lizzi hugged him so hard his hat fell off XD she loves Merlin obviously). Everyone but Heather and I left. So Heather and I watched the fireworks, then went to watch Fantasmic, and met up with Erica and her brother. Oh, and the monkeys love us. We were in our spot where we see everything get switched out and the monkeys come out.
Green monkey: *waves at us*
Us: *wave back*
Green monkey: *Starts waving with two arms (not hands. ARMS)*
Us: ...*waves back with two arms*
Green monkey: *Starts jumping up and down while waving with both arms*
Us: *do the same*
Green monkey: *slowly stops*
Us: *slowly stop*
IT WAS FUN!
So we finished watching Fantasmic from our spot, then I left.
This trip was so much fun XD
Pictures: s4.photobucket.com/albums/y103/dreamer20k/Disneyland/11-26-08/
Video: www.youtube.com/madhattress330
Next trip: December 7th.