Day 4 ~ a little delayed
I like having some time off, but when I don't have to rush it is hard not to procrastinate!
I headed over to Countdown to Extinction...err, Dinosaur, but it was down and they were anticipating at least 25-30 minutes before it came back up, so I grabbed a FP and headed toward EE.
I utilized the single rider line where I ended up with a 10 year old little girl. She was with her grandparents and her two younger brothers so there was a bit of shuffling before they decided I would get the oldest of the lot. I asked her if she liked roller coasters and she said she had never been on one! She did pretty good until we got to the top of the broken track. Then she started to freak out a bit and I spent most of the rest fo the ride encouraging her to breathe and that it would be ok! It's a good thing I'm not a therapist because shortly after that she started saying she was going to throw up. I put my "you're ok speech" into overdrive when I looked over and she was slumped down in the seat looking white as a ghost. Luckily she ended up making it all the way to the station, but I don't think she would have made it much longer.
Why can't DL do something unobtrusive for Alice in Wonderland for safety railings like they did with EE?
This is about when the problems started...
F1gment was still happily sitting and watching people, so I went ahead and went back through the single rider line. This time I sat next to an adult, who had been on many roller coasters, and had a much stronger stomach ~ phew!
We headed toward Nemo and lucked out with the show starting in 15 minutes. We were not so lucky with the amount of screaming kids in this show
A few shots from Nemo
This starfish always makes me smile since this is how I imagine my face looks while I am at Disney
After the show, I checked out the wait time for Kali River Rapids and it was 40 minutes. I got some ice water for both of us and F1gment decided she would like an egg roll as a snack and would eat that while I rode.
We like free ice water
The wait was down to 20 minutes by then so I skipped down the queue a little happier. Happier still, I found the attraction to be a walk-on
I had to laugh at the people I was on the raft with. Why do people go on water rides if they don't want to get wet. Do they not realize you will dry again?!
It's a little long, but I want to include this sequence of this one older lady almost directly across from me. I didn't really deliberately take her photo any of these times except for the time we were splashing down, but as I looked through my photos I noticed how she retreated further and further into her poncho
and thought you might also find it amusing...
And one of the beautiful fauna at the top of the attraction...
And a few random rapids shots...
As it was getting a bit later in the afternoon I got in touch with NaCler and found out he and his Momma were waiting on getting into O'hana on standby. Mom decided she would head back to the hotel to freshen up a bit while I went back and attempted Dinosaur again.
Dinosaur or Test Track?!
As I was getting off Dinosaur Mom called and said a couple traveling in ECVS wanted to ride bus together so she let them go ahead. I walked a bit faster to see if I could catch up to her as I had really been planning on just moseying up to the front and meeting her at the MK, but this would be easier if we were together and I wouldn't have to find her at the MK. I got to the bus and lo and behold, there she was. And with our cute little Japanese family too! We got back to the hotel at 5:40 which gave me just enough time to run and get drinks in our mugs. We headed to the bus stop and I had just enough time to complete a work survey on my phone on the bus.
One of the older buses with the elevator type load. F1gment doesn't really like them since she has to back onto them to load, but she likes the ride back down
It was super crowded at the MK, but we managed to fight our way back to Peco's Bills and also lucked out with table. We enjoy this restaurant's food, but it was so loud. We finished up and staked out a place on Main Street for the parade and Wishes. NaCler and his Momma joined us after their yummy dinner at O'hana. We shared a space with a very nice family from Alabama. Our Momma's left after fireworks ended about 11. Oh Yea! The kids were loose in the parks until 3 am!
