When we left off, Jim was in the bathroom near Launch Bay
Using his FP! Right!
They said they were just coming through the arch by the Little Mermaid show and I spotted them right away. After some hugs and talk about their journey,
Don't you mean their
voyage?
I will tell you that my picture taking from this point forward on this trip was pretty slim.
That's okay, because...
I think I was way more into the moment on this trip and just didn’t think about pictures.
... sometimes you need to take a break and just... be in the moment.
Normally I take a ton of pictures in the line for TOT but this time you only get two and they aren’t the best.
Actually, I really like that one.
We all really enjoy this ride but both John and I came off a little nauseous.
Huh. So not just spinning, then.
We were in the Rock Section, Building 3, 3rd floor, rooms 3603 and 3602. I was pretty disappointed because I had requested 1st floor and near transportation for Mom.
Yeah, that's a bit away. Could've been worse, I suppose.
John and Jocelyn wanted to see a few shows so we decided to catch the Little Mermaid show since it was short.
Ah. A voyage after a voyage.
It really was boiling hot that day, something I didn’t expect for an October trip.
One word... Florida.
Mom has some blood sugar issues. She is supposed to eat small snacks all day to keep her sugar level up.
I can relate. My mom has similar issues. She has to eat.
I’m pretty attune to her and realized while we were standing there that she wasn’t feeling well.
You're a good daughter.
I sat there and made Mom eat the banana and drink some of the PowerAde and she eventually started to feel better.
Good!
The others joined us after the show and their only comment was that it was short.
Yeah... that's about the best part of it.
That looks good!
Jim got their signature dish, the Cobb Salad and added shrimp
I've heard of the Cobb salad.
As you probably all know by now I’m extremely picky.
Have some corn!
The Short Ribs were pretty fatty which I don’t care for and it was small for the price of $24
Too much $$ for too little ribs.
I’ve never had anything with truffle before and I probably never will again because I definitely didn’t care for the flavor of the fries.
Hmmm... Not sure if I've had it myself.
I asked Jim what he thought of his salad and he said it was just OK.
Sorry to hear that.
Once again I present two pretty crappy pictures from the waiting area.
Ooooh! Ahhhh!
While we were in the show,
You were in it? Cool! What parts did you play?
It was a text from
@buzzrelly here on the DIS. We were trying to coordinate a meet but unfortunately were never able to connect.
That's too bad. So close, yet...
We did figure out that we were both at HBD for lunch at the same time but had missed each other somehow.
... so far.
You guys could've shared a table.
It was now time for our Alien Saucer Swirl (I’m going to abbreviate that as AS2
I've seen that AS2 before. Also A$$.
I really love this ride. I know it has “swirl” in the name but it’s really more of a whipping motion.
Yeah, ASW....
that you can type.
Everyone was confused and wondering what the heck was going on. A CM came over and explained that someone on our ride had stood up and the ride had to be stopped abruptly.
Ohhhh...
The CM apologized for the quick stop and told us to please not stand up during the ride. Then we were allowed to ride again on the other side.
Nice!
(Note to self. Stand up on the ride....
)
Jim refuses to ride RNRC. I got him on the ride one time and he said never, ever again.
Not a fan?
So I made him a Star Tours FP
Interesting that that one doesn't bother him. I know it bothers me a little.
For some reason, the FP line for RNRC was backed up all the way to the entrance. It took over 15 minutes to get to this point which is right inside of the building.
Huh. That
is unusual.
It was then that we noticed that they were sending every other car out empty. No wonder it was taking so long!
Yep. Guess that would explain it all right. Wonder what was up?
Great shot!
And I managed to survive the ride. As I’ve gotten older, I ride this one less and less because I come off of it feeling nauseous and achy.
Hmmm... I understand that.
I've stopped doing Space Mountain because of the jarring and I know it won't be long before this one goes too.
The others got Mickey bars but I had to be the rebel and get the ice cream sandwich. I just prefer them over the bars.
I didn't even know that existed! Why did nobody ever tell me?!?!?
I know what I'm having next May.
this is the view we ended up with.
Not bad!
At the end, they went way overboard with the snope. We were all super sticky by the time we left the theater and I also somehow managed to snort some up my nose which made me cough for a bit.
So you were snorting snow in Disney, were you?
This was the first time that John and Jocelyn had seen the show and they were not impressed. They figured that it would have more of the movie characters in it rather than the two generic historians. Thinking back to the first time I saw the show, I pretty much felt the same. But after seeing it a few times I’ve come to appreciate it for what it is. Of course the historians really make the show and if you get a bad one, it’s nowhere near as good. This was unfortunately one of those times we got a bad one. The female historian was way over the top to the point where it was more annoying than funny.
I've never seen the show (I'm not generally a fan of Disney shows, so...) but I might in May. Good to know.
We also asked about our Garden Grocer order but they said it had already been delivered to our room.
Convenient.
And I loved being up on the 3rd floor. It was super quiet, I don’t think we ever heard noise outside our room.
Oh! Well... good, then!
After dinner, we all split up for a bit. John wanted to check out the arcade. He loves to play pinball and wanted to see what versions they had. He ended up in the arcade quite a few times playing the Star Wars pinball machine.
I love playing pinball. It's been a loooong time, though.
Jocelyn and John had decided to waive Mousekeeping for the week. They received a $60 gift card for doing so.
I can't do that. It's tempting, but... I go on vacation to have someone clean up after me!
We also talked to the CM about our Magical Express reservation. For some reason, when Mom went to check in with DME at the airport, they didn’t show a reservation for her. I know I signed us up, I had the confirmation e-mail to prove it. But I’m guessing that something went wrong when I changed things around. And sure enough, there was no reservation back to the airport showing in the system. The CM fixed that and also made sure I was on the same bus as the other three. My flight was 25 minutes after theirs but there was no reason for me to hang out at the resort for a later bus.
Glad you got it all straightened out.