randinicole
just another girl working for a mouse.
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- Jun 3, 2015
Sunday, June 28th
I must have had a ton of pent-up exhaustion because I slept in until about 1:00 p.m. on the 28th. On a typical day off I can usually stay asleep until around 10:00. I’ll occasionally sleep until noon if it’s been a very long week and I was awake pretty late the night before but 1:00 p.m. never happens unless I force it (or unless I’m hungover but in that case I typically just stay in bed all day anyway ).
Anyway, after sleeping in for like ever, I made my way out into the living room where I proceeded to idly sit for another two hours or so.
Despite my incredible laziness, my stomach demanded that it be fed and as I pondered my breakfast options – although at 1:00 p.m. I guess that makes it lunch; oh well, minor details – and remembered that I most definitely did not eat my peanut butter cookie from the night before. So, what better idea than to eat it right now.
Okay, okay – enough with the lackluster details, let’s get this Trip Report to a park.
Jess and I finally made our way out of the apartment around 3:00 and headed for Magic Kingdom. Much like yesterday, we didn’t have a real agenda which also means that I don’t have an exact account of everything we did. I do, however, have more pictures from this particular day which is always fun!
Jess had arranged some FastPasses for us, beginning with a trip down Splash Mountain. Well, apparently the mountain didn’t exactly feel like splashing this particular afternoon because it was down.
So, rather than wait to see if the attraction would reopen again soon, we decided to cash in our FastPass at another nearby Frontierland ride:
But before we could take the wildest ride in the wilderness, Jess and I were given a very special, very prestigious job. We were given the red badge of honor. We were given this:
Please tell me I’m not the only one who geeks out when they’re chosen to hold the time card.
Okay so maybe it’s not the most exciting job in the world but I always feel a twinge of privilege when I’m given a time card. IT BRINGS ME HAPPINESS, OKAY?!?
You know what else brings me happiness? This sign. This sign in the queue area of Big Thunder Mountain Railroad brings me insane happiness.
I’m not sure why – maybe it’s the sarcasm, maybe it’s the condescending tone, heck maybe it’s the line that says, “Always yell, ‘fire in the hole’ so everyone in the hole can hear you,” but something about this particular sign just really makes me giggle.
Thankfully there were no lost fingers, lives, or jobs during this romp around the railroad so Jess and I moved along in the Kingdom.
I’m not sure if Space Mountain was our next destination or just the next attraction that I have a photo of but nonetheless, Jess and I received the ‘all clear’ from Command and jetted into the great abyss.
Our little stint in Tomorrowland was followed by an even littler stint as we attempted to make our way onto the teacups. Apparently Alice and her friends were having just as rough of an afternoon as Brer Rabbit because their attraction was also down. Luckily for us, however, we were already in line for the maddest of tea parties, which meant that Jess and I were able to walk away with a paper FastPass.
We continued moseying around Fantasyland, stopping for Prince Charming Regal Carrousel:
Sorry I'm not sorry for the shameless selfie.
and, with many thanks to that paper Fastpass, Peter Pan’s Flight:
Apparently taking the second star to the right can really make a girl hungry because after our return from Neverland, Jess and I wandered over to Casey’s Corner for dinner. Now, if I didn’t make this abundantly clear yesterday when I ordered the Barbeque Pork Waffle Fries, I love barbeque. Love it, love it, love it.
So, naturally, I ordered the Barbeque Slaw Dog (which, surprisingly enough – or not – has the exact same toppings as the fries).
It was obviously yum. So much yum. It was also yum when I first ate one a few months ago on my College Program. Still so much yum.
Jess and I were planning to watch Celebrate the Magic at 9:45, Wishes at 10:00, and the second showing of the Main Street Electrical Parade at 11:00. Since we were in the area and it was relatively close to the beginning of Celebrate the Magic, we found a nice spot along Main Street. This was going to be the first time either of us saw both the castle show and the fireworks since our Professional Internships began and I think we were both anticipating that a few tears would be shed.
Well, we certainly weren’t wrong. A few stray happy, fantastical, and adoring tears escaped my eyes as I realized that I would once again be living at Walt Disney World. Not only was I having a second chance to live out my dream but I already had some incredible people to share the journey with – and it was all just beginning. And to be here for Halloween and Thanksgiving and Christmas and New Years...it’s all just too much!
So sappiness aside, Jess and I wanted to take a trip to the briar patch and say hello to our friends Br’er Rabbit, Br’er Fox, Br’er Bear, Br’er Gator, Br’er Roadrunner, Br’er Terrapin, and Br’er yadda yadda before the parade began.
Since I had just visited the Laughin’ Place the day before, I was very aware of the current intensity of the big splash and, rather than get totally drenched, I decided to take matters into my own hands – or, well, bag. Ya see, the day before, Jess (the intern) and I got SOAKED. S-O-A-K-E-D. SOAKED. and instead of repeating history, I grabbed a bag from the merchandise location outside of the attraction so that I could wear it over my head, thusly protecting my hair from the immanent, watery doom.
It may not have been the most attractive fashion statement and it certainly garnered quite a few laughs from our log buddies but – and this is what matters most – it was incredibly effective. I swear I walked out of there dryer than when I come on.
...okay, so that’s probably not true but I definitely did walk out of there less wet than the day before and that my friends is a victory; a victory that calls for dancing chickens!
After singing some zip-a-dee-doo-dah’s and some zip-a-dee-a’s, Jess and I headed out to find a parade spot.
BUT FIST, nourishment. Apparently history was all about repeating itself on this particular evening because Jess and I headed back to the same candy store that Jess and I had visited last night. This time, however, I picked up some sugar rather than some sweets.
I bought these little beauties expecting them to taste a little something like the Trolli Sour Brite Crawlers; you know, these little pieces of heaven:
Instead, these gummy worms were like WOAH. Granted, I probably should have heeded the large word ‘sour’ printed on the packaging but I was a rebel...a rebel that kept making this face:
I only got through a handful of pieces before I had to call quits for the evening. People, my sour tolerance is zero. Actually, it’s probably less than zero. And these worms were certainly not less than zero. Not at all.
Jess and I plopped down right in the middle of Frontierland to watch the Main Street Electrical Parade (which now has me thinking – if you watch the Main Street Electrical Parade not on Main Street, does that make it any different? Like, would it now be the Frontierland Electrical Parade? hmm...). Crazily enough there weren’t many people left in the park and it oodly felt like the many nights I watched the parade back in the beginning months of the year. In all honesty, the crowds in July haven’t been nearly as chaotic as I’ve been anticipating. When I was growing up, I visited Walt Disney World almost every year in July and I swear I can remember those crowds being much more overwhelming than they seem to be this year. Maybe it’s because I’m older or maybe it’s because I haven’t vacationed here over the summer in nearly five years but each time I visit a park it always seems as though it isn’t crowded enough for July. But hey, less people means more Frontierland Electrical Parade for me!
You can’t see it but that drum says ‘Disney’s Frontierland Parade.’
Once our nearly-private viewing of the Frontierland Electrical Parade wrapped up, Jess and I lazily made our way out of the Kingdom and into our beds.
Tomorrow was my final full day of training!
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