Day 4, Part 4: Hoop-Dee-Doo Drama

I'm going to be honest, even thinking about part of this night still makes me angry. I'm sorry if it comes across. I still love Disney and Hoop-Dee-Doo.

After resting by the pool, I put on a dress and some make-up. I don't know why I get dressed up for Hoop-Dee-Doo, but I almost always do. It's like the least fancy dinner.

I was at the bus stop around 4:45 and the monitors said a Magic Kingdom bus should be there around 5. I like these monitors, but I wish you could check the time on the app.

The bus kept getting delayed. By the time we got to the Magic Kingdom the line for the boat was so long we had to wait on a second boat.

Then, there was some other drama I'm not going into. It may come across a little too judgey and I don't want to offend anyone.

There were quite a few of us on the boat headed to the same place and we were afraid of being late. Once the show starts you can't get in Pioneer Hall. But I was texting with my parents and they said they weren't even seating people. I think a lot of people were late and they were delaying the show on purpose.

Eventually, we were seated and the show was great like usual. I had seen some videos with this Six Bits and he stole the show.

The food was good, but the strawberry shortcake was kind of underwhelming. Our waiter was attentive and funny without being too much or annoying.

There were some new additions to the show. Or at least things I hadn't seen before. Like they honored soldiers and America/ It was very nice.

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Day 4, Part 3: A Little R&R

When dad and I got to Tomorrowland the wait time for Buzz was 50 minutes so we decided to do try the TTA. For some reason, the line was wrapped all the way around toward Space Mountain.

Instead we picked Carousel of Progress. It's a fun ride and I've heard some complaints lately, but I didn't see anything wrong.

When we got out, the line for the TTA was still long, but we decided to ride anyways. That line moves very fast.

Afterwards, we were both tired so we called it quits. Well, first we found our brick outside the magic kingdom.

Dad went to the Poly to rest. He and Denise had afternoon tea at the Grand Floridian later so we were temporarily parting ways. I took the monorail to the Grand to buy some merchandise and walk around. It's my favorite hotel. I want to own DVC there some day.

I was pretty tired too so I went back to the Magic Kingdom to catch a bus to my hotel.

The Movies bus stop always feels like it's crazy far away. I guess it has to happen to someone.

There were only two other people waiting with me when a bus pulled up. It was one of those articulated buses and the driver made a joke about how we must feel like we were at the Studios because we were about to get on a stretch limo.

It was nice to have an empty and quiet bus.

When I got back to the hotel I just rested a little. I'm not a big napper and it usually throws off my sleep cycle.

It took some time to take in the hotel.

Then, I laid by the hotel and rested.

It was nice and fairly peaceful, because there weren't a bunch of people in the pool. I'm glad I took the time to do that.

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Day 4, Part 2: Confronting a Fear

Before we got on Splash Mountain we stopped so I could change into sandals in case my feet got wet.


Splash scares the crap out of me, but I did it and didn't close my eyes during the drop. This is a big step forward. There was a little girl in the front of our log who was super excited and my dad felt shamed by her.

Now we had to book it to Fantasyland for our 10:45 Be Our Guest reservation. It's kind of ridiculous that you need a reservation for a quick service restaurant.

But I'm glad we didn't have to wait in line for an hour. And I was hungry.

We sat in the music box room. I don't know what it's actually called.

Denise got the roast beef with green beans. My dad got the croque monsieur with fries. And I got the carved turkey sandwich with fries. Dad and I also got the Masters' cupcake so we could try the grey stuff.

The meal was very good and that cupcake was delicious. I'm glad I finally got to try the grey stuff.

Then, it was time for our It's a Small World fastpass. I really like this attraction and find it uplifting.

Apparently, Denise doesn't agree. She fell asleep on the ride so she decided to head back to the hotel for a little rest.

While she did that, dad and I were off to Tomorrowland.

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Day 4, Part 1: We Can Fly, We Can Fly

On morning number 4 I woke up at 6:30. After running late the first morning I feel like I've started getting up extra-early.

I bought a banana for breakfast. Even though it was an EMH morning for Magic Kingdom I wasn't in too much of a hurry. Since I saw the welcome show the previous day and weren't trying to get on Seven Dwarfs we didn't have to be there by rope drop.

The plan was to ride Peter Pan and check out the new interactive queue. It was very cool, but I was a little sad because we didn't really get to see Tinkerbell. She was always in a different room. This line is definitely worth checking out.

Since Adventrueland was closed and that was our next planned stop we went to the Hub to take photopass pictures.

Then, it was off to Pirates. I think we were the first boat of the day. I didn't notice any changes from the recent refurb, but it was looking good.

Since we were in the area we did the Jungle Cruise. Our skipper was funny and this attraction is slowly growing on me.

Then, it was time to use our fastpasses for Big Thunder.

It was around 9:45 when we got off and we didn't want to leave Frontierland because a little after 1 we had fastpasses for Splash Mountain.

The wait for Big Thunder was only fifteen minutes so we got in line again. It's such a great ride and I can do it over and over again.

Up next: Confronting a fear

Day 3, Part 5: Why no BBQ Sauce?

Around 7 we left the Poly to go to the Hollywood Studios for extra magic hours.

We waited a little while for the bus. Then we bolted to Backlot Express for dinner. Like all the restaurants were closed or closing so there weren't a lot of options. I got chicken nuggests. They weren't anything special, but they were OK.

And there was like no BBQ sauce. They were shutting down and there was only like one condiment station left.

There was a group of men playing cards at a table. I wonder if they get together every week to play. Those are some serious life goals.

We check My Disney Experience and it said the wait for Toy Story was only 30 minutes so we went to Pixar Place. When we walked up the time changed to 65 minutes, but we got in line anyways. It ended up only being a 25 minute wait.

I got 127,000. I would like better but it's going up. Slowly.

My parents vehicle wasn't working so they got to ride again. I just waited outside for them and updated my notes.

Then, we did The Great Movie Ride. I like looking at all the different things in the queue. We were in the very last row of the cars which always makes the audio a little off.

We got the gangster scene which was nice. I do like the addition of Robert Osborne. And I'm not normally a fan of change.

Denise wanted to ride Tower of Terror. It's too intense for me and dad so we walked through some shops.

She rode it very fast and then got in the single riders line for Rock 'n Roller Coaster.

I wanted to get out before the post-Fantasmic rush so I called it quits around 10.

I grabbed a drink at the food court, got ready for the next day, and went to bed.

Steps walked: 18,096
Miles traveled: 9.59

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