Magical and Not-So-Magical Moments
Finally I have a few moments to fill you in on what has happened so far on our Disney trip..
This morning started out slowly. We were in comas until about 9:30 this morning. After getting ready we found ourselves at the bus stop at 10:45am hoping to make our way to MGM Studios. We stood there until 11:12am (not that I was counting). Today was the Disney Marathon. Traffic was completely snarled up. Finally we did actually arrive at MGM Studios.
Rather than go through a timeline, I'll just summarize our day into two categories:
Magical Moments:
Yesterday we were actually chosen for an official "Magical Moment" while we were waiting to go into Mickey's Philharmagic. "Magical Moments" are part of the "Year of a Thousand Dreams"We got to perform in front of our fellow park goers with some percussion instruments. When we were done, we were met with thunderous applause and received a handsome certificate. Most magical moments, however, aren't quite so official and are a more normal part of a Disney vacation.
Some of our not so official magical moments were like Jeff, our bus driver from MGM to Caribbean Beach Resort. Jeff will not be a bus driver for long. He was more entertaining than a couple of the attractions we saw today. I'll be writing a letter about him.
As we were leaving DisneyQuest tonight, the bus stop for All Star was completely backed up. There were probably 75 people waiting. One almost full bus came and could take just a few. The driver apparently radioed someone, because about 3 minutes later two empty buses came and took everyone.
Fantasmic was...well...Fantasmic! We had made reservations at Hollywood and Vine for the "Fantasmic Package" were we would get preferred entry into the show. This meant that we didn't have to get to the show so far in advance and we also had a preferred seating location.
Hats off to the folks at Disney for listing the character appearance times on the same daily guide as the show times. We were able to get to where the Power Rangers were appear and divide up to wait in line so we got pictures with all of them. I thought Trey's head would explode.
Trey also loved DisneyQuest. We played several virtual reality games. I actually got a little queasy on the last one.
The other category are the "Not Quite So Magical Moments":
A recurring "NQSMM" is that we have encountered way too many broken rides and attractions. Now, I'm not talking about when you get to a park and there is a sign at the entry that says something like "Rock 'n Roller Coaster is closed for Refurbishment". I'm talking about when you walk up to the Haunted Mansion and someone says to you, "The Haunted Mansion is out of order for a few minutes, try back later." It happened at Haunted Mansion, Buzz Lightyear and the Movie Ride. It started to happen at Fantasia, but they were able to fix it and go on with the show. There were also many things out of order at DisneyQuest. Not very Disneyesque, and I hope the trend doesn't continue.
I guess the biggest "NQSMM" is the guy that apparently downed a fifth of vodka before getting on the bus from Downtown Disney back to All Star Music. He didn't make it very far before the contents of his stomach were all over the floor of the very crowded bus. Twice. I'm guessing we were on that bus another 20 minutes after the first event. Hats off to the preparation of the Disney folks, however, They had some absorbant deodorant substance that they threw on it to keep it from sloshing around.
So now we're back in our room trying to figure out what we'll do tomorrow. Whatever it is I'm sure there will be more magical and not so magical moments.
More Later.
This morning started out slowly. We were in comas until about 9:30 this morning. After getting ready we found ourselves at the bus stop at 10:45am hoping to make our way to MGM Studios. We stood there until 11:12am (not that I was counting). Today was the Disney Marathon. Traffic was completely snarled up. Finally we did actually arrive at MGM Studios.
Rather than go through a timeline, I'll just summarize our day into two categories:
Magical Moments:
Yesterday we were actually chosen for an official "Magical Moment" while we were waiting to go into Mickey's Philharmagic. "Magical Moments" are part of the "Year of a Thousand Dreams"We got to perform in front of our fellow park goers with some percussion instruments. When we were done, we were met with thunderous applause and received a handsome certificate. Most magical moments, however, aren't quite so official and are a more normal part of a Disney vacation.
Some of our not so official magical moments were like Jeff, our bus driver from MGM to Caribbean Beach Resort. Jeff will not be a bus driver for long. He was more entertaining than a couple of the attractions we saw today. I'll be writing a letter about him.
As we were leaving DisneyQuest tonight, the bus stop for All Star was completely backed up. There were probably 75 people waiting. One almost full bus came and could take just a few. The driver apparently radioed someone, because about 3 minutes later two empty buses came and took everyone.
Fantasmic was...well...Fantasmic! We had made reservations at Hollywood and Vine for the "Fantasmic Package" were we would get preferred entry into the show. This meant that we didn't have to get to the show so far in advance and we also had a preferred seating location.
Hats off to the folks at Disney for listing the character appearance times on the same daily guide as the show times. We were able to get to where the Power Rangers were appear and divide up to wait in line so we got pictures with all of them. I thought Trey's head would explode.
Trey also loved DisneyQuest. We played several virtual reality games. I actually got a little queasy on the last one.
The other category are the "Not Quite So Magical Moments":
A recurring "NQSMM" is that we have encountered way too many broken rides and attractions. Now, I'm not talking about when you get to a park and there is a sign at the entry that says something like "Rock 'n Roller Coaster is closed for Refurbishment". I'm talking about when you walk up to the Haunted Mansion and someone says to you, "The Haunted Mansion is out of order for a few minutes, try back later." It happened at Haunted Mansion, Buzz Lightyear and the Movie Ride. It started to happen at Fantasia, but they were able to fix it and go on with the show. There were also many things out of order at DisneyQuest. Not very Disneyesque, and I hope the trend doesn't continue.
I guess the biggest "NQSMM" is the guy that apparently downed a fifth of vodka before getting on the bus from Downtown Disney back to All Star Music. He didn't make it very far before the contents of his stomach were all over the floor of the very crowded bus. Twice. I'm guessing we were on that bus another 20 minutes after the first event. Hats off to the preparation of the Disney folks, however, They had some absorbant deodorant substance that they threw on it to keep it from sloshing around.
So now we're back in our room trying to figure out what we'll do tomorrow. Whatever it is I'm sure there will be more magical and not so magical moments.
More Later.
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