days off! woo!
Day 13 - June 7th
My first day off since I’ve been here! Woohoo!
Kelsey and I headed off to Animal Kingdom this morning. We wandered through Dinotown and I showed her where Dinosaur was. Then we went through Asia and passed Expedition Everest. Grabbed Fast Passes for Kali River Rapids, then headed to find some lunch. Go some foot long hotdogs, and found this really great place to sit near the water that over looks the Tree. It was so pretty.
Went back to Asia to make our Fast Pass return. Kelsey wasn’t feeling up to going on Kali, but insisted that I go. So I went and had a blast. The cool thing was that there was a guest that I talked to the previous day in Mouse Gear on there. I don’t think she recognized me, but I remembered her. She had come up to the register I had been working with some art supplies. She mentioned how her son loved learning how to draw, so the Mickey how-to art kit was perfect. I asked if she had been to Disney Quest yet, and that there was a small Animation school in there that teaches you how to draw the characters. She was so excited, saying how her son has autism and a program like that would make him so happy. I was glad that I had filled her in on that =)
I didn’t get very wet on Kali, which was kinda disappointing because it was SO HOT out.
We wandered over to Africa to catch the Kilimenjaro Safaris. The standby was 60 minutes, so Kelsey and I both got frozen lemonaids with the Pluto straws in them, and then headed to the queue. We were kinda worried about the time, because Kelsey had to work later that day. Luckily we made it in time. The Safaris were so great! There were a few changes since the last time I rode it, no more Big and Little Red!! That was really depressing.
Kelsey waiting for the Kilimenjaro Safaris
The safaris again.
Then we caught the bus home so Kelsey could go off to work. Waited for Carol to come home and went to Epcot. Rode Mission: Space, the extreme version, and then went to France for dinner. Warning, don’t eat in France. She and I were both sick afterwards =(
Came home and slept.
Day 14 - June 8th
Was still feeling a bit off from last night’s food, so hung around the apartment for most of the day.
In the afternoon I caught the bus to Disney-MGM Studios. It was Star Wars Weekends! Was supposed to meet Carol under the big hat, as she was going there from work. Unfortunately, she’d forgotten something back at Epcot so she called to say she would be late.
I wandered over to Star Tours and got on after only a 5 minute wait (not even that!). It felt kinda silly saying “one” when they asked how many people, but it was still fun nonetheless.
R2D2 on the Starspeeder at Star Tours
Wandered around to see if I could spot Kelsey doing her Character Attendant thing, but no luck. Was getting hungry, so I grabbed a pretzel to munch on while waiting for Carol. Went over to the Tip Board, and there Carol was just coming up the street!
Myself and Carol infront of the big hat in MGM.
Convinced her to go on Tower of Terror. Poor girl was petrified, but all the guests around us were very nice and helped me to comfort her that it would be alright. It was so much fun, and she enjoyed it! YAY Carol!! =)
We then went back to Star Tours, because she wanted to go on that. So we did. MUCH longer line this time, which was strange. It was 30 minutes this time around, which was alright.
Went back over to the Fantasmic area, and were intending to go on Rock n Rollercoaster, but it was temporarily down. Instead we grabbed dinner at the little eating area there. Kelsey called, and joined us for dinner.
At 730 while we were eating, Space Shuttle Atlantis was launched. We could see it from the park. It was so cool to see it launched!!!!
Space Shuttle Atlantis taking off. It's that white smoke trail.
After that we went over to the Hollywood Hills Amphetheater to get our seats for Fantasmic. After an hour and a half of waiting the show finally started. It was so pretty. I’ve never seen it before. But then, halfway through …. it stopped due to technical difficulties!! That was a bummer.
We headed off towards the bus and came home.
Day 15 - June 9th
Woke up miserable. I’ve come down with a cold!! Spent the morning trying to relax and get fluids into me so I could get better. Also did my laundry.
Went to work feeling miserable. It wasn’t fun being so sick at work. My voice was so froggy and gross.
Interesting happening though. A guest was asking how you spell Jibbitz, which are decorations you put on Crocs shoes. So I replied “Jay-eye-bee-bee-eye-tee-zed.” They gave me a cofused look. “What’s zed? Is that like ‘zed-ee-dee’?”. This confused me in turn. “You know, the letter of the alphabet? X-Y-Z?”
It was quite humourus. I’d forgotten that Americans say “Zee” while Canadians say “Zed”. However, just because we say Zed, we do know what Zee is. It was kinda silly that they hadn’t even heard it pronounced Zed before.
The 1230am bus coming home was a no show, and eventually a bus came at 1245. Went right to bed, because I was so tired.
Day 16 - June 10th
Another day off. Work up worse with my cold. Ick. Definitely didn’t have the energy to do much. Wandered over to Walgreens to get some cough medicine and some more groceries for the day.
Now it’s thunder storming out (again), pouring rain, and hailing. Joy. And here I thought Manitoba had a lot of storms lol.
Oh, and American food is way too salty.
My first day off since I’ve been here! Woohoo!
Kelsey and I headed off to Animal Kingdom this morning. We wandered through Dinotown and I showed her where Dinosaur was. Then we went through Asia and passed Expedition Everest. Grabbed Fast Passes for Kali River Rapids, then headed to find some lunch. Go some foot long hotdogs, and found this really great place to sit near the water that over looks the Tree. It was so pretty.
Went back to Asia to make our Fast Pass return. Kelsey wasn’t feeling up to going on Kali, but insisted that I go. So I went and had a blast. The cool thing was that there was a guest that I talked to the previous day in Mouse Gear on there. I don’t think she recognized me, but I remembered her. She had come up to the register I had been working with some art supplies. She mentioned how her son loved learning how to draw, so the Mickey how-to art kit was perfect. I asked if she had been to Disney Quest yet, and that there was a small Animation school in there that teaches you how to draw the characters. She was so excited, saying how her son has autism and a program like that would make him so happy. I was glad that I had filled her in on that =)
I didn’t get very wet on Kali, which was kinda disappointing because it was SO HOT out.
We wandered over to Africa to catch the Kilimenjaro Safaris. The standby was 60 minutes, so Kelsey and I both got frozen lemonaids with the Pluto straws in them, and then headed to the queue. We were kinda worried about the time, because Kelsey had to work later that day. Luckily we made it in time. The Safaris were so great! There were a few changes since the last time I rode it, no more Big and Little Red!! That was really depressing.
Kelsey waiting for the Kilimenjaro Safaris
The safaris again.
Then we caught the bus home so Kelsey could go off to work. Waited for Carol to come home and went to Epcot. Rode Mission: Space, the extreme version, and then went to France for dinner. Warning, don’t eat in France. She and I were both sick afterwards =(
Came home and slept.
Day 14 - June 8th
Was still feeling a bit off from last night’s food, so hung around the apartment for most of the day.
In the afternoon I caught the bus to Disney-MGM Studios. It was Star Wars Weekends! Was supposed to meet Carol under the big hat, as she was going there from work. Unfortunately, she’d forgotten something back at Epcot so she called to say she would be late.
I wandered over to Star Tours and got on after only a 5 minute wait (not even that!). It felt kinda silly saying “one” when they asked how many people, but it was still fun nonetheless.
R2D2 on the Starspeeder at Star Tours
Wandered around to see if I could spot Kelsey doing her Character Attendant thing, but no luck. Was getting hungry, so I grabbed a pretzel to munch on while waiting for Carol. Went over to the Tip Board, and there Carol was just coming up the street!
Myself and Carol infront of the big hat in MGM.
Convinced her to go on Tower of Terror. Poor girl was petrified, but all the guests around us were very nice and helped me to comfort her that it would be alright. It was so much fun, and she enjoyed it! YAY Carol!! =)
We then went back to Star Tours, because she wanted to go on that. So we did. MUCH longer line this time, which was strange. It was 30 minutes this time around, which was alright.
Went back over to the Fantasmic area, and were intending to go on Rock n Rollercoaster, but it was temporarily down. Instead we grabbed dinner at the little eating area there. Kelsey called, and joined us for dinner.
At 730 while we were eating, Space Shuttle Atlantis was launched. We could see it from the park. It was so cool to see it launched!!!!
Space Shuttle Atlantis taking off. It's that white smoke trail.
After that we went over to the Hollywood Hills Amphetheater to get our seats for Fantasmic. After an hour and a half of waiting the show finally started. It was so pretty. I’ve never seen it before. But then, halfway through …. it stopped due to technical difficulties!! That was a bummer.
We headed off towards the bus and came home.
Day 15 - June 9th
Woke up miserable. I’ve come down with a cold!! Spent the morning trying to relax and get fluids into me so I could get better. Also did my laundry.
Went to work feeling miserable. It wasn’t fun being so sick at work. My voice was so froggy and gross.
Interesting happening though. A guest was asking how you spell Jibbitz, which are decorations you put on Crocs shoes. So I replied “Jay-eye-bee-bee-eye-tee-zed.” They gave me a cofused look. “What’s zed? Is that like ‘zed-ee-dee’?”. This confused me in turn. “You know, the letter of the alphabet? X-Y-Z?”
It was quite humourus. I’d forgotten that Americans say “Zee” while Canadians say “Zed”. However, just because we say Zed, we do know what Zee is. It was kinda silly that they hadn’t even heard it pronounced Zed before.
The 1230am bus coming home was a no show, and eventually a bus came at 1245. Went right to bed, because I was so tired.
Day 16 - June 10th
Another day off. Work up worse with my cold. Ick. Definitely didn’t have the energy to do much. Wandered over to Walgreens to get some cough medicine and some more groceries for the day.
Now it’s thunder storming out (again), pouring rain, and hailing. Joy. And here I thought Manitoba had a lot of storms lol.
Oh, and American food is way too salty.