MamaMouse0920
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Saturday 9/9/23 - Park Day 2: Animal Kingdom! (continued)
This was around 10am by this point, and even with that colossal cinnamon roll we were ready for a snack, so as I mentioned I bought a giant pretzel & a Night Blossom for the 3 of us to share- being sure to save a bit for Matt for when he got off FOP. We tried to go inside Satuli Canteen to enjoy some AC but a CM instructed us that if we didn't order food here we would have to sit outside, so I turned the stroller around and instead grabbed us a shaded seat in the way back of the outdoor seating area of Satuli, where we enjoyed our little snacks.
Don't ask me why DD4 is wearing two sets of sunglasses kids are weird.
DS3 must have been daydreaming because I don't know how else to describe this zoned out look!
The pretzel was a hit as per usual and the kids also LOVED the Night Blossom. This trip is where we discovered their love of Boba Pearls, at first they were leery of those little bubble looking things but soon enough they were squabbling over who was going to get the next one. I also thought it was tasty and made a mental note to try the boozy version next trip (maybe a little later than 10am though ).
After Matt finished riding (he agreed it was very cool but said he did have one small moment of motion sickness, but overall said he was totally fine & enjoyed the ride) we made our way toward Asia since I had made a LL for Everest at some point that morning. On our way, we stopped in front of the Tree of Life for some family pictures. There wasn't too long of a line, and we weren't completely soaked in sweat yet so we figured may as well! There was a couple in front of us (maybe late 20's, early 30's?) in line who were having so much fun popping the bubbles that floated their way from the kids' bubble wands, and it warmed my heart. Disney really brings out the kids in all of us!!
You can see DS3 was being a little stinker for most of these, but that's okay- kids will be kids LOL and I'm happy with the pictures we received regardless.
Photoshoot complete, we made our way to Everest where we immediately set up a rider swap for DD4, Matt & myself. I typically go first when we do new rides so I can be the "test dummy" for whether or not Matt will tolerate it in terms of jerkiness/motion sickness since as he has gotten older his tolerance has dwindled. So, DD4 and I excitedly wove through the queue, leaving DS3 & Matt behind to check out the floatillas across the way.
Leading up to this trip, I was a bit nervous about how she would handle this ride... and quite honestly I leaned toward skipping it altogether. She loves rides (obviously) but she also is quite sensitive to "scary" things (& the darkness), and gets nightmares frequently. I also had heard many people say that the g-force was too much during that backward spiral bit, and I didn't want to have a screaming terrified kid. We had watched ride videos & she said she wanted to ride, so we gave it a shot and hoped for the best.
SHE LOVED IT. I'm talking obsessed- she to this day talks about seeing the "Geti" (Yeti, lol) and how that was by far her most favorite ride of the whole trip. She said the backward bit wasn't her favorite, but still overall this ride was a huge hit. I loved it too!
Getting off, I knew immediately that this ride would NOT be well suited for Matt, so after we found them I let him know that I didn't think he would enjoy it so he had me take his magic band and ride with her again for the rider swap, him and DS3 content watching the floatillas- even though they were basically melting in the sun on that blazing section of concrete bleachers (if my memory serves correctly of that area?).
We raced back through the queue, DD4 basically pulling me and giggling with excitement to get to ride again. As we approached the CM asking "how many?" we could immediately tell she wasn't in a good mood, but we still SUUUUPER sweetly asked if it would be okay if we waited for the front row. She didn't even let me finish my sentence and gruffly told us "wait over there" where we did what we were told. I continued to amp up DD4's excitement "Can you believe we're going to ride in the FRONT row???" but we waited and waited, as she filled coaster after coaster. I don't know why she would do this but it felt like she was punishing us for making this request? Which I don't think is a huge deal, but alas - we waited maybe 5-7 minutes until she decided we had waited long enough and again gruffly instructed us to row 1. Yahoo!!! DD4 was absolutely giddy.
I had my phone out taking selfie-facing video of her reactions, which were priceless. After we got off, I wish I would have been quick enough to record her telling her brother all about the ride- her version of the "geti" ripping up the tracks - ROOOOOOAAAAARRRRR - and then "zoom, you're backwards!!!" etc. She was so animated and cute, and DS3 was just listening to her in awe, it was really the sweetest thing.
Safe to say, we have a new favorite ride for DD4!!!
This was around 10am by this point, and even with that colossal cinnamon roll we were ready for a snack, so as I mentioned I bought a giant pretzel & a Night Blossom for the 3 of us to share- being sure to save a bit for Matt for when he got off FOP. We tried to go inside Satuli Canteen to enjoy some AC but a CM instructed us that if we didn't order food here we would have to sit outside, so I turned the stroller around and instead grabbed us a shaded seat in the way back of the outdoor seating area of Satuli, where we enjoyed our little snacks.
Don't ask me why DD4 is wearing two sets of sunglasses kids are weird.
DS3 must have been daydreaming because I don't know how else to describe this zoned out look!
The pretzel was a hit as per usual and the kids also LOVED the Night Blossom. This trip is where we discovered their love of Boba Pearls, at first they were leery of those little bubble looking things but soon enough they were squabbling over who was going to get the next one. I also thought it was tasty and made a mental note to try the boozy version next trip (maybe a little later than 10am though ).
After Matt finished riding (he agreed it was very cool but said he did have one small moment of motion sickness, but overall said he was totally fine & enjoyed the ride) we made our way toward Asia since I had made a LL for Everest at some point that morning. On our way, we stopped in front of the Tree of Life for some family pictures. There wasn't too long of a line, and we weren't completely soaked in sweat yet so we figured may as well! There was a couple in front of us (maybe late 20's, early 30's?) in line who were having so much fun popping the bubbles that floated their way from the kids' bubble wands, and it warmed my heart. Disney really brings out the kids in all of us!!
You can see DS3 was being a little stinker for most of these, but that's okay- kids will be kids LOL and I'm happy with the pictures we received regardless.
Photoshoot complete, we made our way to Everest where we immediately set up a rider swap for DD4, Matt & myself. I typically go first when we do new rides so I can be the "test dummy" for whether or not Matt will tolerate it in terms of jerkiness/motion sickness since as he has gotten older his tolerance has dwindled. So, DD4 and I excitedly wove through the queue, leaving DS3 & Matt behind to check out the floatillas across the way.
Leading up to this trip, I was a bit nervous about how she would handle this ride... and quite honestly I leaned toward skipping it altogether. She loves rides (obviously) but she also is quite sensitive to "scary" things (& the darkness), and gets nightmares frequently. I also had heard many people say that the g-force was too much during that backward spiral bit, and I didn't want to have a screaming terrified kid. We had watched ride videos & she said she wanted to ride, so we gave it a shot and hoped for the best.
SHE LOVED IT. I'm talking obsessed- she to this day talks about seeing the "Geti" (Yeti, lol) and how that was by far her most favorite ride of the whole trip. She said the backward bit wasn't her favorite, but still overall this ride was a huge hit. I loved it too!
Getting off, I knew immediately that this ride would NOT be well suited for Matt, so after we found them I let him know that I didn't think he would enjoy it so he had me take his magic band and ride with her again for the rider swap, him and DS3 content watching the floatillas- even though they were basically melting in the sun on that blazing section of concrete bleachers (if my memory serves correctly of that area?).
We raced back through the queue, DD4 basically pulling me and giggling with excitement to get to ride again. As we approached the CM asking "how many?" we could immediately tell she wasn't in a good mood, but we still SUUUUPER sweetly asked if it would be okay if we waited for the front row. She didn't even let me finish my sentence and gruffly told us "wait over there" where we did what we were told. I continued to amp up DD4's excitement "Can you believe we're going to ride in the FRONT row???" but we waited and waited, as she filled coaster after coaster. I don't know why she would do this but it felt like she was punishing us for making this request? Which I don't think is a huge deal, but alas - we waited maybe 5-7 minutes until she decided we had waited long enough and again gruffly instructed us to row 1. Yahoo!!! DD4 was absolutely giddy.
I had my phone out taking selfie-facing video of her reactions, which were priceless. After we got off, I wish I would have been quick enough to record her telling her brother all about the ride- her version of the "geti" ripping up the tracks - ROOOOOOAAAAARRRRR - and then "zoom, you're backwards!!!" etc. She was so animated and cute, and DS3 was just listening to her in awe, it was really the sweetest thing.
Safe to say, we have a new favorite ride for DD4!!!
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