Pink, It's My Favorite Crayon

Got back from Disney on Tuesday and I was exhausted. I can't believe how much we walked around. Some pics below:



I thought this was the funniest picture. We were at the gift shop at Animal Kingdom and started playing with all the hats. Here's Dr. K as the Goofmeister and Deb and I as the Goofy Crew. All day we would see people, adults not just kids, walking around with these hats on and I had really had to wonder, "Do you think they hang out at home wearing these hats? What's the point of buying them?"



Here's Doc and the Mrs with the mouse ears that Doc said "It looks like a yarmulka." I think the in-laws would be so impressed with him wearing one.



Here's the Sorceresses and Pluto.

So here's the rundown of the trip:

Saturday night -
Deb and I arrive at the All-Star Music Resort exhausted and hungry. All our previous talk of going out to get our swerve on was replaced with Cracker Barrel for dinner and then passing out in the hotel.

Sunday -
Doc and the Mrs arrive around 8:00am. Everyone gets freshened up and we head to the Port Orleand Riverside to check in for the remainder of our trip. Grab some breakfast at the food court area in the hotel and pay $3.00 for orange juice, we couldn't believe it.
Did I mention how cold it was in Orlando? We were wearing jeans and jackets and still cold, the sun was out but the breeze was killing us.
We head over to the Magic Kingdom and start in Tomorrowland to hit Space Mountain. The wait is over an hour, so we grab some Fast Pass tickets for 1-ish then head over to Buzz Lightyear (40 minute wait). Buzz was pretty cool, you get to spin around while trying to shoot at a bunch of targets and rack up some points. The Mrs was killing all of us scoring in the multiple thousands. We get off the ride and the Doc says "I want to shoot more stuff!" So a successful ride.
Next we wait in line for the Stitch (of Lilo & Stitch) Experience. It's basically a show/ride, you don't really go anywhere. Last time I was at Disney, around 1999, this was the Extra-Terrorestrial a really scary experience, they used to have signs up that it was not recommended for young chidren even. Well, it now sucks. The thing got kiddie-ized, not as good as it once was.
We go back to Space Mountain and with our fast pass, we're flying past the people waiting on stand-by. We get to the top and our told there's a malfuction and the ride will be shutting down for a while. Luckily they said they would honor the fast pass for the rest of the day.
We headed over to the Haunted Mansion which only had a 20 minute wait. We walked around alot but the lines were really long. Deb was all happy to get churros and around that time the first parade was starting so we hung out and watched the high school bands go through while the Doc mocked them, "You call that a band!".
We had dinner reservations so we had to have enough time to catch the bus back to the hotel and freshen up. So we got on Space Mountain which by now was back working and had a blast. Space Mountain still rocks! Then we headed back to the hotel.
Had dinner at the Flying Fish at the Boardwalk Resort, dinner was really good and dessert was even better.
Now since we were staying at the resort we were able to take advantage of the Extended Magic Hours, certain parks on certain days stay open late. The rides at Magic Kingdom closed at 11:00pm unless you had a wrist band b/c you stayed at the resort then the rides were open until 2am. Deb went back to the hotel and the Doc, Mrs and myself went to the park. We hit all the little rides in Fantasy Land, Mrs got quesy on the Teacups, checked out the Winnie the Pooh ride which replaced Mr. Toad several years ago, hit Peter Pan and did Space Mountain again and Thunder Mountain which is really cool at night. The line for Thunder Mountain is so deceiving, just when you think you've reached the ride there's a whole other cattle thing to go through. Got back to the hotel around 1:00am and passed out.
Monday -
Got up early to head over to Animal Kingdom to check out Expedition Everest. Or as it is now called, BEST DISNEY RIDE EVER! This is the new ride they just opened and it ROCKED! I highly recommend it. Next we did the It's Tought To Be A Bug, a 3-D show with the Bug's Life gang. Really the best 3-D show they have at Disney. Checked out Animal Kingdom for awhile and grabbed lunch there, then headed over to MGM.
Now, I love Tower of Terror and the Mrs was freaked about going b/c she hates freefalls. The line for Tower of Terror was reading at 90 minutes and the fast passes were all gone. So we decided to check out the Aerosmith Rock-n-Rollercoaster. Line time 60-70 minutes. The whole time you're in line they're playing Aerosmith songs and we were amazed some of the songs they would play considering the subtext involved in many of their songs, "I can't believe they're playing Pink!". We finally get to the ride and they have a recorded message saying that the ride involves loops, corkscrews and going upside down. UPSIDE DOWN! I hate rides that go upside down and thought for sure no Disney ride would ever do that, but I was wrong. So the deal became that if I went on the coaster, Mrs would do Tower of Terror. The ride actually was incredibly quick, only a couple of minutes if that, and you're completely in the dark so I never felt like I was upside down, so not too bad.
So MGM was having the extended hours until midnight, so we decided to grab some dinner at our hotel and then head back to do the rides we missed b/c the lines were much easier at night. So we went to Tower of Terror first. Mrs was getting nervous and once we got on the ride had her eyes clenched and was gripping the handrails. The picture they took was priceless as the Doc said, "She's crying!". But it really wasn't that bad for her, she said the not-knowing made it worse and the ride wasn't as bad as she thought. Next we did the Star Tours, the Star Wars ride and then the Muppet 3-D show. Then headed back to the hotel around 11:30pm.
Tuesday -
Got up early and went to Waffle House for breakfast. We don't get the Wo-Ho down in South Florida and it was soooooo good! I missed the regular Wo-Ho fix I used to get in Atlanta. Headed over to Animal Kingdom to hit Everest again and do the Safari. We actually did Everest twice in a row, still a cool ride but loses some of the edge after the third time. The Safari was really cool, the animals are really close. Here's a pic of some elephants we saw:



So after the Safari it was close to 2:00 and Deb and I wanted to hit the road to beat the rush hour traffic on the turnpike. So said goodbye to the Doc and Mrs, who headed to Epcot, and hit the road. Had a really great time and it was great to see the Ks. Deb was so great to go with me after the whole mess with FBF, so thanks again Deb!