I’d heard horror stories about the FP+ line sometimes being fairly long… you know, maybe not 6 hours like the standby line, but maybe longer than you might typically expect for FP+.
I hadn't heard that before. But I guess I'm not really surprised.
Still... it would make for a fun scene wouldn't it?
Picture this.
Mom standing in Florida heat for six+ hours. Waiting in line so her kid can see the princesses.
Second Mom comes out and declares in a loud voice. "I don't believe we had to wait 45 minutes! Can you believe that?"
First Mom's lawyer claims the assault was justifiable.
And they strip sister down and change her right there in front of everyone.
Uh... were they European by any chance?
I mean the picture would be taken, then mom would storm around and give her that “mom death glare” while putting the cape back on. Then she’d get back behind sister and stand there looking at the camera with her biggest, fakest smile she could muster.
That kills me. "You smile or else! We're all happy! Got it???"
As she was looking at the camera, sister would slowly slide her hand up to her neck, and slowly and quietly unfasten her cape.
After they finished, DD went up to meet Anna. I just stayed back and let her talk to Anna
With a sappy smile plastered on your face, right?
Of course there was.
But the PP photographer and I had to watch where we stepped. Because the family in front of us didn’t go more than a few steps away from Anna before they started the process of transforming sister back into Elsa.
I don't quite understand why it's that important to have a change of clothes for each meeting.
Sure, dress her up... but the quickchange?
Hope it was worth it.
It was quite impressive. Almost like a NASCAR pit crew.
Now I got it! Great visual!
She was definitely the better of the two in my opinion.
I've heard that quite a bit. I think it's done deliberately.
I like that picture. They're all nice, but something about that one.
Sister was just a perfect angel when it was just her or she was with her brother, but as soon as mom joined them… it’s like she was just determined to ruin every picture. And I’m pretty sure she succeeded.
Good for her!
We knew that there was no way that DS would ride it, so DW and I were ok with skipping
When I took my DDs the first time, I knew they wouldn't ride it either... and I was right.
So this is what I did.
The family was all tuckered out after another long day in the parks and were settled into bed around nine or so.
MK had EMH that night, so off I went, on my own... just so I could ride HM.
But we were really trying to get MiL and FiL to go on their own and try to ride it at some point during the day, and they never would.
That's too bad. It's such a perfect example of Disney magic.
I wonder if they thought of it like one of those cheap carnival rides.
You know, all dark, the occasional thing pops out at you with a loud noise.
boring.
I still say Rapunzel got the shaft though, just getting restrooms instead of an attraction or at least a meet and greet under her tower or something.
No, that's not a shaft. It's a tower.
I noticed CM’s standing outside the new Haunted Mansion shop with some of the pictures that change from a portrait of a happy, healthy person to a fleshless skull. Pretty cool effect.
I saw that. I briefly considered getting one done.
You know those big pillars in the middle of the walkway as you walk underneath the covered part?
Why yes. I do.
She nailed it. Head on. Square contact. I’m talking she went from 4 mph (however fast they go) to 0 in the blink of an eye.
If she'd been hurt, then no, not funny.
But since she was only embarrassed....
DW was about to strangle me… this is the first time I’ve ever got her to go in HoP.
She didn't like it? Or was it something with the kids?
DD doesn’t like ice cream
What???
Oh, all right. You've already gotten enough flak over this.
My DW doesn't care for ice cream either.
We headed over to Carousel of Progress so that MiL and FiL would get a chance to experience another Disney classic attraction. I carried DS inside and he stayed asleep the whole time.
So DS got a head start?
DD had her sippy cup with her in the theater and dropped it during one of the scenes. It rolled down about 4 rows towards the front, so we had to look for it after the show ended before we could leave, but we were able to find it and get it back.
I was thinking that if it was just the seats that moved, that sippy cup woulda been gone.
I don’t think she quite got what I was saying so I had to explain a couple of times, but they were glad to get a front row spot, I think.
Ah, well. Nice try on spreading a little pixie dust.
What a great shot!
Anna seemed to be living up to her fun loving personality. Or she had gas. I’m not sure which one it was.
Looks like gas.
Seriously though. Just one more reason why Disney is awesome.
Oh, dear Lord, no.
Thank goodness. As long as it's not..
Nooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!
We walked past the HM gift shop and noticed that CM’s were no longer standing outside showing off those pictures. Maybe it was becoming a liability issue.
we found our seats near the end of the row underneath the talking taxidermy.
Heh. I wonder if kids see that and just assume the rest of them is on the other side of the wall?
I grabbed some fudge for the drive home.
oooohhhh.... fudge...... mmmmmm.....
You know what's better than fudge?
Florida fudge.
It was a sad moment to be walking out of MK for the last time this trip
Don't you feel like wrapping your arms around a pole and making them drag you away?
Thanks for the update Andy!
But I'm glad you guys had a lot to look forward too!
I like it!
. And I seriously laughed out loud about the ECV lady, I'm terrible. Sounds like you had a pretty good last day at the park. It's nice to know that even though your WDW trip was coming to a close that you had more disney on your horizon.
