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 I'm glad I've captured that feeling of riding the Haunted Mansion Holiday!! It was seriously so unreal to me, it just blew my expectations right out of the water, and I was really expecting a lot! I just absolutely loved every second of it. You are going to love WDW, I swear. But oh my gosh, that is SO COOL that you are visiting BOTH HK and Tokyo!! I'm so jealous; I was just reading about the new Mystic Manor they're building in HK and it looks SO awesome. Hopefully it'll be open when you're there! Golden tickets are the best! I still can't believe we have them! Quote:
 New Orleans Square was AWESOME. The decorations were fantastic and I just loved the theming/that area so much! They do a fantastic job with the decorations in DL, seriously. I couldn't believe how wet we got! It was pretty hilarious though because it just totally surprising to both of us! DL's version was really fantastic, though I will say it was missing one BIG important thing... the wonderful sulfuric scent of DISNEY WATER! Hahaha. Matt actually pointed it out while we were on it, and there is no Disney water scent. Ohhh gotta love that Florida water! Hahaha. Oh, and no mermaids! I can't wait to see those in January!! The overlay is seriously impressive. I mean, I'd suggest seeing the movie for sure if you're going to go when the overlay is up! You would absolutely love it! Quote:
 I'm telling you, it was such a trip though. Like walking down Main Street and not seeing Crystal Palace on your left, and like, walking towards Tomorrowland and having STAR TOURS be right there?! Just felt so weird! Ya know, while it really is small, it's also beautiful. And oh my gosh, wait til I get to the inside part of things... It was awesome.  I loved that pin, too! I thought it was a perfect way to remember our trip in our pin collection. Disney ducks are truly the best, and it's nice to know that they're on both coasts! Yeah, honestly, New Orleans Square was probably my personal favorite. The whole area was just beautiful and so different... it just had such neat little side street areas, too! Unfortunately, a traumatic experience indeed. I think I finally got to a point where I could laugh about it, Matt on the other hand...  Quote:
So it's funny, I don't get that wet on WDW's version... MAYBE if the cannon goes off at the wrong time, then I'll get a little wet, but nothing compared to DL's version! Hahahaha, okay, you REALLY need to watch NBC! And yes, we can still be friends.. I guess. Honestly, this ride was amazing... and Haunted Mansion is one of my - and IS Matt's - absolute favorite... Again, this is why it makes sense to do the overlay in DL but not WDW. So many tourists know they'll be back to see the normal HM, that it's nice to have the overlay. I love that they do it for Halloween/the holidays, it's really really neat. And you definitely are not the only one! Hahaha. Matt is a huge huge fan (at some point he's getting a HM-related tattoo), so it's definitely noticed on our front! Quote:
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Hahaha, Matt's shirt is pretty amazing! He used to be a big fan of Invader Zim!! I love that you totally caught that, too! The Golden Tickets really are awesome and all fancy! It's so fun to go into my wallet and see it sitting there... OMG, the NBC overlay, seriously, cannot say it enough. AMAZING. I know a lot of people who wish they'd do it in WDW, but I think it would end up causing an uproar from tourists who only get to go to WDW once in their lives. I mean, that's my suspicion as to why they don't do it. But gosh, it really is such an awesome thing to see! Quote:
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OMG, that is so exciting you guys are going to DL for Christmas! You are going to absolutely LOVELOVELOVE it. They do such a fantastic job with the decorations and just EVERYTHING in general! I'm seriously excited FOR you over here. Glad you're here and that my photos are helping!!
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Yeah, isn't it so awesome?! I'd heard about it years ago from Matt because he's a huge fan and we've always wanted to see it... so finally getting to see it in person was such a huge moment for him. The Gingerbread house was so cool! And I love how they change it every year! The smell was so good, too. Oh man, the Splash experience... not the highlight of our trip, I must say. Quote:
But thank you and I'm so glad you're here! Hahaha, I swear, some of the silliest stuff happens on our trips, and I love laughing, so I'm glad I made you laugh, too! It's funny, I loved that shot, too! I was actually really happy with how it turned out! I think Matt actually ended up using it as a new Facebook profile photo, haha. Oh those Golden Tickets... it won't be a normal thing for us, so I'm enjoying every second of it while I can! DVC is absolutely fabulous! Matt's family have been members since 92 I think? That's why he's been to WDW 23 times! Fortunately we have been able to use their points for the past few years and I have to say, it's definitely making us want to buy at some point... especially because of how much we ADORE Beach Club Villas. I would love to stay at the VGC at some point!So funny because I feel like I have so much to cover even though we were only there for such a short period of time! We really got so much done, haha. Quote:
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I hope you get one, too! It's such a neat thing to have, I must say.And yes, it was kind of a pain to have to do the whole ID check, because it made the lines way longer/not move very fast. I feel like I heard rumors of the finger scanners happening, but who knows! No seriously, I almost had a meltdown. There were a few times where Matt would be like, "How are you liking it Dani? You're kind of quiet!" and I'd just respond with, "I think I'm in a sensory-overload right now." because of just how overwhelming it all was.. a GOOD overwhelming, but still just mind-blowing, I guess! I'm probably going to have a simliar reaction to New Fantasyland next month, seriously! Pirates was very awesome, and yes, HM Holiday was just.. WOWWWW. I know, I'm glad I left a little warning because I realized some people might not want to see spoilers... I'll have another update that will have a few more photos from it, so I'll make sure to warn when I'm posting those photos, I promise! It's impressive the amount of work you know that must go into that overlay. Unbelievable!
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Chapter Five: "I am NEVER going on Splash Mountain again!"
Day 1: November 29th, 2012 I'm going to preface this with a warning that there is a lack of photos for some of this update.. or well, a somewhat lack anyway... You'll understand why here shortly... After our fun trip with Jack and friends, we decided since we were so close, we’d make a trip on over to one of my absolute favorite attractions in Disney World, SPLASH MOUNTAIN!! We knew we needed to go on it multiple times to make up for the fact that it will be closed during our WDW trip in January, plus we were both excited to see what it’d be like sitting behind one another vs. next to each other! Fortunately, there was only a 10 minute wait, so we strolled on in through the queue.  It actually didn't end up having a wait at all, so we found ourselves walking right on to the ride!  I mean, look at this face, he was excited about riding Splash!  Little did he know what was about to happen... As we approached, the CM asked us how many of were in our party. I told him 2, and he responded, “Okay, rows 1 and 2.” Matt looked at me and I told him I’d take the front, because Matt does NOT enjoy the front of Splash Mountain, both due the huge drop and the whole getting wet thing… but then soon I realized this whole us sitting in rows 1 and 2 might not be a good idea. Obviously, Matt and I are not tiny people, and it dawned on me that maybe we shouldn’t be in the very front so we wouldn't get crazy wet. I mean, we'd sat in the front in Disney World quite a few times and we'd gotten wet, but we had no idea how wet you might get on Disneyland's version.. I turned and asked the CM if we could just not sit in the front and instead maybe the back, but he was kind of flustered, with more people loading onto our log into the other seats.. At this point, Matt could tell the CM was annoyed and just said it’d be fine... and then turned and got into the very front of the log.  I hopped in behind him, asking him why he’d gotten in the front, and he just shrugged saying it was because the CM was so flustered and we basically had to get in... I knew we were probably going to get wet, but tried my best to just prepare myself for it. We got to the first drop, and as we went down and I could see the water moving in front of us, I thought, “Okay, this won’t be so bad!” Then... I saw it. I saw the 8 FOOT TSUNAMI of a wave roll up onto the rock to our right, and suddenly it was coming towards our log. Okay, I’m not even joking, it was like a scene from a movie, all in slow motion, and I’m fairly certain I had a really terrified look on my face. So yes, this 8 foot wave came crashing down on us, as I looked on in frozen horror. It hit me first on the head, then my t-shirt, then my entire lap, last hitting both of my sneakers. This wave didn’t just hit the right side of our log where it came from, it literally hit every single part of our log possible, soaking Matt and I right down to our underwear. I screamed, Matt screamed in horror, and we were both panicking. Why? Because there was now a solid 3 inches of water IN OUR LOG. The people behind us definitely got wet, but nothing to the point that we were. I could see Matt bending down and trying to feel our backpack, which is a North Face bag and for the mostpart water-proof. He turned and yelled to me that it was soaking wet and sitting in the 3 inches of water.  I honestly couldn’t even tell you guys what was happening to Brer Rabbit on that ride, because it was a complete blur. I was so panicked that my brand new camera and expensive lens were completely forever-ruined, as were our iPhones, that I nearly started to cry. I tried to enjoy some of the scenes of the ride... though I had near PTSD every time we got to a drop, in fear of another 8-foot tsunami hitting our log. I mean, I was starting to get worried our log would be completely sunken with all of the water from each drop! Before I knew it, we were going under the vultures and up the final hill, and at that point I was praying to little baby Jesus not to let us get hit hard with water so we didn't sink to the bottom... Um, this part I remember very vividly because HOLY COW that drop was way more terrifying than WDW’s drop! I don’t know if we had more speed because we’re in the shape of a mini torpedo by sitting tandem vs. next to each other, but I screamed my little face off. As we hit the bottom, we were splashed... a lot... but nothing like that first tsunami that hit us. On that note, in Disneyland, I don't think it should be called Splash Mountain, it should be re-named Tsunami Mountain. We finally got to the loading/unloading area, and I looked at the people waiting to get on as they stared at our log in disbelief/horror. We got out of our log, and we basically RAN out of the way to make sure our stuff in the bag had not been damaged. The bottom of the bag was really wet, but thank HEAVENS we had our ponchos on the bottom of the bag, so my camera was okay, along with our iPhones, which we'd put in the bag as well. However, as we both stood there literally dripping wet to the side of everyone, people walked past us laughing and staring, and even one guy said something like “Got a little wet there, didn’t you?!” I tried to laugh but I could see how upset Matt was and to be honest with you, I wasn’t too happy either. My shoes were completely waterlogged, my shorts and underwear and socks and everything else was soaked, our bag was soaked, and we both knew we would have to walk back to our room to change because there was truly no way we could keep going. So yes, we unfortunately didn’t have the best experience on Splash Mountain and it left us traumatized. Lesson learned, do not ever put two heavier people in the front of the log on Splash Mountain in Disneyland. Disney World is NOTHING compared to Disneyland in the amount of water I experienced sitting in the front, and as some of you guys remember from my last TR, we were seated in the front of Splash more than once (much to Matt's dismay). The only way I would probably go on Splash again in Disneyland is if I had a bag of dry clothes with me, I was wearing sandals, and it was a really hot day out. Anyway, I’m pretty sure you could HEAR my feet squishing in the pool of water in my sneakers, as we miserably trudged out of Critter Country, trying to figure out what to do. As soaking wet as we both were, at this point we were also both STARVING. We hadn’t eaten anything since breakfast, outside of the chocolate croissant we split while waiting for our room, and it was actually starting to get late. So we stopped at a popcorn cart to share a popcorn, before deciding that the train would be our best bet in getting us to the front of the park and thus closer to our room.  Thankfully a train showed up just as we got to the platform, and we hopped on, sitting behind a few women. I'm not going to lie, I was a bit embarrassed as I sat down on the train and watched drops of water from my shorts drip below. Thankfully those seats are benches and so us sitting on them in the dark, no one could see the water dripping. You can see here in this photo a little bit how wet Matt was... more photos to come though..  We ate our popcorn, consoling ourselves over our mishap. Honestly though, that popcorn was helping our mood just because it was FOOD and also, it was Disney popcorn in an awesome Haunted Mansion Holiday souvenir bucket! Plus, we were on the train and this train has the coolest dioramas EVER. DINOSAURS BASICALLY RULE FOREVER!      At this point, it was getting dark our and honestly really cold, so I’m fairly certain I was shivering while we rode along. I have to say though, the neat dioramas lived up to the hype; I mean, they were SO neat. As cold and wet as I was, I was actually enjoying this moment with Matt next to me, as we watched dinosaurs attack each other. Makes total sense, right? Anyway, we rode the train all the way to the front of the park and hopped off (and I felt kind of guilty for whoever had to sit where we'd been sitting, haha)... then promptly headed out back to our room. While this walk back was pretty miserable as I was panicking over whether or not you could see my underwear through my soaking wet khaki shorts (Matt said you couldn’t but for all I know the whole park had seen my underwear), it wasn’t the worst walk we experienced during our trip, ha. DUN DUN DUN! When we finally got back to our room, I made Matt let me take photos of him soaking wet, along with me, so I could show you guys how soaked we got.    Oh but don't worry, just a small portion of Matt's back somehow didn't get wet, hahaha.  These photos don’t even really do it justice… and I was mega bummed out because the second pair of sneakers I brought with me were my blue Chucks. Chucks are comfy and all, but aren’t really made for a TON of walking. I threw them on, though, as I knew they’d be fine for the evening, but I was a bit worried about our next day since we had plans to hit the parks HARD. Anyway, we finally got changed and dried off very quickly, then headed back to the park MUCH happier and much drier. Next, we see Disneyland all lit up at night! And we have our first moment of the trip where we are BOTH truly found speechless. Continued in the next post
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You seriously should consider not going on Splash anymore, you guys ALWAYS have mishaps! Weren't you stuck for an hour last time?!?!? It's like you are Splash-Mountain-cursed!!! OMG, I'm trying not to laugh, I really am, I'm sure it was a bummer at the time, but I KNOW at some point you will laugh about it and it will be that funny memory of the tsunami on DL's Splash Mountain. We laugh now about our hellish 21 hour drive back in January where I had a huge meltdown and the car wouldn't go over 35 mph b/c it was breaking down in the middle of the night!
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I too am none to fond of Splash myself as I am a larger person and I sat in the front on our 2010 trip AND it had been raining all day......well, you can imagine the rest! I always now have a spair pare of walking shoes just in case. We did do splash again just recently in October, and much to my surprise, we didn't get wet at all......go figure! We even got the photo!!!
As always loved the update! Ok, I am going to find your WDW trip reports too! That should keep me satisfied until your next DL update!!! 
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When we did Splash...we had to go back to the room to change too. I was SOAKED!
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WOW you guys got soaked!!! Tsunami Mountain sounds like a much more appropriate name, I agree!
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That happened to me on our trip to WDW last year when I sat in the front seat on Splash! I got completely drenched, and it was all from that first little drop when the water sloshed up onto the rocks and slammed back down on me. I have NEVER gotten that wet on Splash before or since!! I don't mind getting a little wet, but being drenched to your undies is just not fun.
 I don't think you missed much by not paying full attention to the DL version...it is weird and creepy compared to WDW's in my opinion.
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My son and I got drenched in the front on Splash in August too. I like the Splash at WDW much better...its longer plus you don't get so wet. Maybe some mist or spinkles but nothing like the waves over the side at DL.
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I agree with the others--you guys are "cursed" when it comes to Splash! LOL maybe it's good that you won't have the temptation to experience it again in January!
On another note, how do you wear tennis shoes all day in the parks? My feet can't breathe in them all day! When you go to WDW, do you wear tennis shoes the entire time?
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I am enjoying your TR!
I have to say you have me nervous about SM at DL! I hate getting wet and it wasn't until after several WDW trips that I finally caved and risked the wet factor. I am thinking this will have to be our end of the night ride (what we usually do at WDW...just in case).
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Yikes. That's basically all I can say. Yeah, being soaked down to your undies just isn't ideal. That is what happened to me on Kali River Rapids!
Hopefully yall will be able to laugh about it someday... maybe you can ride in the back? I just hate to read negative feelings about Splash Mountain.  I have to ask because I have no idea. What's with the dinos on the train? I'm actually clueless as to what that's about hah.
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OMG, I was laughing about the incident THAT night, so don't even feel guilty about laughing because it was a SIGHT to see! Matt has gotten at least to the smiling point, but he's still not happy about it, hahaha. That's why I dedicated an entire post to the ridiculousness of that incident. We just notorious for this kind of thing I guess! Makes for a funny story later though. Quote:
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I really do love it in WDW so I'm still pretty sad about it being down in January, curse and all. That shows you my true dedication and love for that ride though! Ya know, I've never had any issues with wearing sneakers all day! I like them because they provide the support my ankles need and tend to give me less blisters. I mean, I still get a LOT of blisters... if I could get away with wearing just sandals I would but I know my feet would start to hurt after awhile. What do you usually wear in the parks? My biggest thing is needing something that will keep me going on those longer days in the parks. Quote:
Haha, I'm sorry I just made you nervous about Splash in DL! I would suggest it's definitely a ride to do at the end of the night! Who knows, maybe you won't get soaked like we did. I think the real culprit was just having both of us in the front and when we hit the water in that first drop, the wave was just ridiculous coming off the rock. Either that or go into the park with an extra set of clothes. Quote:
I'm most definitely laughing at it, I was that night! Matt, maybe not as much, but he's getting there. You know how much I adore Splash Mountain, but between the ridiculous amounts of water we were hit by, and also the fact that it is not as long as WDW's Splash (and it's missing scenes so it makes it kind of creepy/scary/not make much sense)... it just wasn't as fun as what we were used to. That and I think I enjoy having someone next to me in the log. The dinosaurs! So in Disneyland, you actually sit on the train on benches facing towards the park at all times (vs. in Disney World facing forward).. The cool thing is, they have these huge "dioramas" that you go through and they're these crazy scenes with dinosaurs! I believe they are actually taken from one of Walt Disney's 1964 New York World's Fair attraction. Kind of random but also really neat to see because they've been there for so long, you know?
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My son just asked me yesterday if there were going to be dinosaurs at disneyland and after reading your trip report I said yep there sure will be lol
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Oh Man, I'm sorry your Splash experience was so traumatic
 I saw the pictures on Instagram but had no idea you got sooo wet! The drop does looks a bit more dramatic than the one in Disney World.Those Dino-dioramas are so cool. SO does the train go through a tunnel or something to get to them?? Looking forward to the next update -Amanda
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