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*Note*: this awesomely thought-out-yet-rushed post about Disney World and it's epicness is only a stand-in until I find someone to fix my piece o'shit SD card and get all my videos from this trip back and edited into one big mini-movie thing about my latest Disney adventure. I will eventually get to uploading the videos that did make it off my piece o'shit SD card eventually, and I apologize ahead of time for the lack of pictures, since the majority of it was, you guessed it, video on my piece o'shit SD card. So just enjoy what I got until I get this big mess under control.
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Words cannot describe my undying love for Disney and the theme parks spawned from the franchise, especially Disney World in Florida.
This past July, I made my sixth - yes, SIXTH - pilgrimage to this magnificent place of magic, along with my cousin, Squirt (obviously that's not her real name, but I've been calling her that since we were little). This whole trip was a celebration for getting through
UNofficial day one was spent at Downtown Disney:
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| Giant LEGO sculpture of Prince Philip fighting Maleficent |
After lunch, we decided to browse around the big ass Disney store:
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| Undead pirates greet you at the entrance to the boys' section of the store. |
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| Cinderella's carriage sits above the entrance to the Bibbity Bobbity Boutique |
Official day one was spent at Epcot, and it really was a day well spent.
We headed back to the Land to pass time until we were able to go on Soarin'. After Soarin' (which was awesome - totally recommend it), we explored The Land a little more, had a quick snack, then headed next door to The Seas with Nemo and Friends.
They had a cute little Nemo-themed ride inside that let you off at the aquarium part of the attraction. Squirt and I saw two rescued Manatees and immediately started singing the song from the "Dugong" video on YouTube:
After The Seas, we moved on to the Imagination pavilion, the home of "Journey Into the Imagination with Figment" ride. I loved it because it had Eric Idle in it (forever known for being a member of Monty Python). I hated it because the last room of the ride scared the living shit out of me with the sudden darkness and ridiculously loud explosion effect. Scared the living shit out of Squirt, too. We almost pissed ourselves.
After that disaster, we made our way to Mission: Space (only my mom's boyfriend, Squirt and my uncle went on that one), and then it started raining. To escape the rain, we headed over to the Universe of Energy pavilion, where we saw the Ellen DeGeneres ride/show.
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| Outside of the Universe of Energy pavilion |
After that little adventure, it started to rain again. However, we found that as the perfect opportunity to head over to World Showcase for our lunch reservations in Japan. We ate at the Teppan Edo restaurant and the food was amazing (except for the fact that they didn't fry the rice, but that wasn't much of a big deal), and the staff were very hospitable. The chef made a few American jokes while he was cooking (they were in good taste, don't worry), and he was also very hospitable.
After lunch, Squirt and I explored the rest of Japan. Being the complete Anime nerds that we are, we both had multiple fangasms between the store and the gallery, where they had Anime merchandise and references in both. Me? I was more fond of the gallery. It had my baby in it:
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| Inuyasha animation cell and pen topper in the Japan gallery |
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| Part of the Italy section of World Showcase |
We didn't want to go in the main restaurant to order our desert, so we went to a little booth that was right between Italy and Germany. Squirt got her cannoli (that wasn't the big-ass one she dreamed of, but she still found it satisfactory), and I got my chocolate gelato. The gelato was amazing - I'm taking Squirt's word on the cannoli being amazing, too.
Next stop in the World Showcase was Germany. We didn't do much there besides wait for my mother's boyfriend so he could get his beer. The Germany store did have a lot of tiaras though. I wanted one but my mother yelled at me when I was about to buy it. It irked me.
There was a little "outpost" station next to Germany, which had an African vibe to it. After browsing around the outpost, we made our way into China.
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| Main China pavilion |
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| Gate over the entrance to the China section |
Following China was Norway. We did indeed ride Maelstrom, which was pretty good until my aunt scared the shit out of me and Squirt during a dark part of the ride....
After Norway was Mexico. Mexico was completely inside and included a little boat ride and a few booths of Mexican merchandise. Squirt found this big-ass sombrero that was almost as big as herself.
We concluded our day at Epcot with the Illuminations firework and laser show. There were a few trees blocking our view, but otherwise it was pretty cool.
Day two of our Disney adventure was spent at Disney-MGM Studios(yes I know it was changed to Disney's Hollywood Studios, but I give zero fucks about this). This has always been my favorite park, and at the end of the day, it became Squirt's favorite, too. We went to MGM twice, so I'll just condense it down to one day.
Our first mission was the get the Fastpasses for Toy Story Mania (which were already at the 2:45-3:45 return time at 10 in the morning), then we met the adults back at the hat and went on the Great Movie Ride, since there was basically no wait (and it was right there anyway). After that, we headed over to Star Tours, where I attempted to take a pic of R2-D2 in the queue line:
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| Fail. |
When 2:45 rolled around, we headed back to Toy Story Mania.
Toy Story Mania was very similar to the Buzz Lightyear ride in Magic Kingdom, except newer and in 3D and more awesome. I was terrible at it though. Squirt kicked my ass.
After Toy Story Mania, it started to rain again, so we killed some time in the Animation section of the park until it was time to go back in line for Tower of Terror. When the time came, we turned in our Fastpasses and prayed that we got off of it alive. Now, this (believe it or not) was my first time on the Tower of Terror. I absolutely loved it. Squirt kept her eyes closed the whole time. She was so brave.
Of course, a trip to MGM wouldn't be complete without a spin on the Rockin' Roller Coaster. They played "Dude Looks Like a Lady" in our car. Squirt and I took full advantage of this.
We ate dinner at the Hollywood Brown Derby. BEST. FOOD. EVER. I felt so fat after that meal, but it was totally worth it. Holy shit. If you got money, spend it there.
What was the best part about the Brown Derby was that they offered this special "Fantasmic Package" that gets you any non-alcoholic drink, appetizer, entree, and dessert, PLUS A VOUCHER TO SIT IN A SPECIAL CLOSED-OFF SECTION FOR FANTASMIC, for only $56. It was such a good deal. And it's a good thing we went for it too - by the time we got done with dinner, Fantasmic was standing room only. Booyah.
Day three was spent at Magic Kingdom. We actually went there three times, so I'll try to condense that too.
Part one of our Magic Kingdom Extravaganza was HELL ON EARTH.
First off, it RAINED. Like, it rained every day we went to a park save the last two days, but that day it DOWNPOURED. It was basically like this:
And on this lovely rainy day, my aunt decided to wear FLIP-FLOPS.
So guess who had to cancel their dinner reservation just so we could leave the park only to come back two and a half hours later?! Yeah, wasn't too happy about that.
What I was happy about was the fact that I got a pic of Beast's Castle, a part of the big Fantasyland expansion:
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| WHOO. EXPANSION. |
So after that fiasco with part one, part two involved us coming back to watch the Main Street Electrical Parade. I loved it, but I have stayed the whole fucking day....
ANYWAY, day four was spent at Animal Kingdom. I was never really a big fan of Animal Kindgom, but I will go back to ride Expedition Everest (a surviving video of my piece o'shit SD card):
Overall, as a veteran of the Disney vacation, I would say that this was one of the best I had. I can't wait to go yet again with just Squirt or some friends. Can I just live there? Like, seriously?
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| Squirt, Uncle Jeff, me, Steve, Aunt Lori and Mom |
"How line is the long now?" - Squirt
"I died on the Tower of Terror and came back just to eat this food." - Squirt
"I WAS SO BRAVE THAT I KEPT MY EYES OPEN THE WHOLE TIME!" - Random kid at Magic Kingdom
"IT'S ARIEL! LOOK THAT'S ARIEL!" - Aunt Lori
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