Home from Home?

I woke up completely deaf, after effects from the plane plus going in the swimming pool last night. Hopefully it clears up through the week. Huffle and I slept on and off in our enormous bed. It was very comfy but at times too warm (must check the air con). There was no sound from the boys first thing and Smallest's room was empty - we found him lying on Small's bed, the pair of them playing on their DS' and had been there for at last half an hour. See they can be nice to each other!

After breakfast we set off for Magic Kingdom. It only took us 15 minutes to drive there and then a short tram ride where we were told over and over again that we were Heroes and not to forget that we were Heroes. We had no idea why they were saying it until we were getting on the monorail and we saw two signs one saying Heroes and the other villains (it was all to do with which car park we were in).

Huffle got given a badge for his birthday. When we were here before (3 years ago) Huffle and Smallest were both celebrating their birthdays and the Cast Members like to any Happy Birthday if you are wearing a badge. Huffle decided to count how many he heard - he got 22 (about the same as before).

Smallest had an American Penny which was his lucky penny and he held on to it all day. When we found a penny press (that squished it into an oval and stamped the Splash Mountain onto it) he put his lucky penny in and then it became his lucky lucky penny which I had to hold on to when we went on fast rides.

A walk down Main Street where we bumped into Goofy and a funny cat and then off we went to Tomorrowland where we had a FastPass booked for Space Mountain. Before that we went in Stitch's Great Escape which was a strange ride. After walking through various bits and being talked at by aliens we sat down and had restraints on our shoulders and sat mainly in the dark with wind whistling through our hair and water being sprayed at us. The boys thought this was funny. Next we got a coffee for me as I hadn't had one yet. We tried to get into Monsters Inc Laugh In but I wasn't allowed with my drink so the boys all went in while I sat outside. They were gone for ages and ages.

Next we went on Space Mountain. No one really tells me anything about the rides we are going on, they keep it very quiet until I'm too far in to do anything about it. This one happened to be a very fast roller coaster in the dark. I went in with a headache and came out without my head (or it felt like it). Phew that was a fast one! This was one of our favourites. Carousel of Progress was our next ride. We thought this was the only one that Grandma would have liked, slow moving, sitting down with some singing. The Buzz Lightyear Spin ride was shooty ride (we went on this last time). Small won the target shooting but Small and I mainly shot some girls in the car behind ha ha ha!

We left Tomorrowland (shan't mention too much that we seemed to spend most of our day in Tomorrowland) and went on Splash Mountain (we ate our homemade lunch in this queue). Another one of our favourites. There was one very steep fall and we got a bit wet - the kids loved this.

We hopped on the Frontier Train and went to Fantasyland where we watched Mickeys Philharmonic - a 4D film where Smallest kept trying to touch the images popping out of the screen and we got sprayed with water. Big Thunder Railroad in Frontierland was next. Another roller coaster that everyone decided not to tell me about. This was fast, up and downy and very windy (curly not blowy). Very good ride.

Pirates of the Carribean was one we had done before but had forgotten (no wonder - it wasn't that good). We queued for quite a while but at least we got a nice sit on a boat for a while). We felt we needed an ice cream so queued for ages at the only ice cream parlour. Huffle decided we were having a double scoop which was far too big really. Mine and Smallest's were left on the counter too long so by the time we got it it was dripping (I should have complained really but we were warm and in need of it). We sat ourselves down and listened to the band playing on Main Street. Smallest's ice cream fell and we quickly scooped it back up and told him to eat the bit that didn't fall. Then mine fell off too. I blame the lady that didn't serve it quick enough! They were very nice though despite the bits of road! We managed to quickly FaceTime Grandma and Grandad but it was very noisy and busy.

Back to TomrorowLand we went (not saying anything) and a ride called Astro Orbiter. Up in a lift and then in rockets. Mine was piloted by Small who made us fly far too high. I felt quite dizzy but the kids liked it. Indy 500 was next where we drove cars on a track. Mine had tortoise petrol in it and didn't want to go anywhere and I was bumped by Huffle and Smallest (despite the fact you aren't allowed to bump!). The steering was tough and you were attached so there wasn't really anywhere to go.

Prince Charmings Carousel in Fantasyland had virtually no queue so We went on that.

Smallest desperately wanted to go on Its a Small World and all day the queues had been too long so when we went past and it was only ten mins, we hopped on. He said he was disappointed as he remembered it being much better but Small and I had fun trying to name the different countries.

Huffle got us on the River Cruise which wasn't very good. Lots of very poor jokes from our skipper. The boys and I went on the Magic Craiet Ride while Huffle looked for somewhere to eat. He couldn't find us anywhere and we settled on a good place to watch the Electric Parade and had a couple of sweets.

(Huffle edit - rant alert). One thing I don't like about Disney is when the parades are on, the streets get roped off and lots of Jobsworthy men and women suddenly get all uppity and stop you walking on the road, stop you from leaning on a bin or move you away. We were behind some people who were behind a rope in a corner bit. Not hurting anyone, minding our own business waiting for the parade. Then along came a man who looked at us funny and whispered to another man who then moved us away and said we couldn't stand there because there would be heavy machinery nearby! Huffle called him a weiner and boo'd the man who whispered to the other man. We all moved back. Then the parade was delayed for about twenty minutes but we couldn't go anywhere because we were then blocked in.

However, the Electric Parade, when it did arrive, was very very good. Lots of colourful lit up floats and characters. We got waves from Mickey and Tinkerbell and some of the others. We attempted to go and find food again but got caught up in the Light Show which was excellent. The castle was all lit up with different projections cast upon it and then came the fireworks. These were spectacular. We did have to stop a German man from blocking Smallest's view and Small did kick him a little when he tried to step on him!

After the show we found food (in TomorrowLand of all places) and rested our weary feet. We decided to call it a day as it was 9pm and then found we had got stuck in another parade. We snuck across the road with out being seen and sneaked out and onto the monorail. Back to the Trams where we waited patiently, only to be almost split up when a man and his girls pushed their way across us. We squashed in until we were all in and got back to the car park.

A short drive and we were back at our house. The kids went straight to bed and Huffle and I had a cuppa and rested our very weary feet. Plans have gone to pot now as there is a storm due early hours of tomorrow (not tomorrowland) into the first part of the morning.

What a busy but good day.

 

 

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