I was writing so quickly because I was afraid life would cut in - and it DID, so I'm trying to get back to it! Some things have been happening to completely distract me from writing this (and I hate it when others leave their TRs stagnant!). Still have almost 5 full days to write about, so let's get to it.
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We decided to get up super early this morning and go to AK, then go back to the condo and do all our laundry. We were hoping this didn't come back to bite us and that we had enough time to do everything we wanted at the condo, but we also had only gone to AK for two rides, and decided we wanted to go back and ride those one more time. After all, who knows when you'll be back?
Sure enough, we got to AK well before opening and stood in line to get in. Once we got in, I thought we should head right for EE.
The EE queue is so well done. It's got to be one of my favorites.
We rode EE happily, but it looks like we didn't get a PP photo here. I didn't even check until today. Haha!
After EE, we headed over to D! and got in line. We were second in the big dino room when the announcement was made that the ride was down and there was no idea when it was going to open back up.
I really wanted to ride this one, but we decided instead to go get a coffee and then head out of the park. I would still be at WDW for a couple more days and could choose to go back if I wanted to.
We found a coffee place near the new Lion King show.
I got the coffee, and Mom got a breakfast sandwich that had goat cheese in it. She said it was ok, but tasted a little weird - probably the goat cheese, since we don't eat that regularly.
As we headed out, we stopped in the big store, where I found this adorable Lion King stuffed animal. I wanted it, but what would I do with it?
We headed back out to our car, parked again in the first row (we like to be early!), and went to the condo.
We relaxed and did laundry. I wanted to go to the pool, so I did that while mom did laundry, then I came back and did my own laundry. We got all of our clothes washed and dried, then got dressed for the night. It was time to head to 1900 PF!
We drove to GF and valet parked. I had only been there on the monorail before, but seeing it in person - well, I never wanted to stay there before, but now..... Well, now I would. It's gorgeous. We were fairly early, so we went to the second floor and looked through the Basin store and another store there. They had Harvey's seatbelt bags that I really liked, with the villian on one side and the hero on the other; I still think I maybe should have gotten one.
Around the time for our reservation, we headed down.
This was an interesting place to wait.
They let us in, and right away my server came by to tell me the chef would be right out to talk about my allergy. She got us drinks, and then he DID come out, and he was SO HELPFUL!! I could eat everything and anything but the desserts; that was so wonderful. I loaded up a plate as soon as I knew what was safe and happily munched away.
While we sat there, Mom started looking a little ragged. She said she was starting to feel bad. I actually was starting to feel bad myself. My eyes puffed up, my face went red, and my throat got scratchy; I was actually a little afraid I'd eaten my allergen somehow, but eventually figured out it was a vent blowing on me - and it had to be DIRTY. We made it through the meal somehow.
We saw Prince Charming, Cinderella, Lady Tremaine, and the stepsisters. They were all a hoot! Well, Prince Charming wasn't, but the rest were great and we really enjoyed ourselves and the food - if only we weren't both having such allergic reactions it would have been perfect!
Once we were done, we paid our bill and headed for MK via monorail. Once there, we went to our HM FP+, followed quickly by our Splash FP+. Mom was not looking good, but she didn't say she wanted to leave. So we headed over to the Peoplemover to be moved.
Looking at our clock, the time had come for our Wishes FP! I was so excited to go to this; Mom was very sick at this time, but when I asked her she did not want to leave without seeing the fireworks so we headed over.
It was just a little difficult to find, but once we did, we settled down on the grass to relax. We got to see the projection show, and then Wishes started!
While we were off to the side of the castle, I LOVED this FP+! Probably my favorite one. To sit and watch Wishes outside of the rabid crowd was just bliss, and I think I'll get more fireworks FP+ in the future. Tinkerbell went right over us!
As soon as Wishes was over, I looked at Mom and she was DONE. I felt terrible. "Let's go," I said, and we started our long push out of MK. I get claustrophobic, but this was so bad that I knew it didn't even matter - it couldn't get worse, so I didn't panic over all the people. Everyone was going every direction, and they were breathing down your neck. It was frightening but what could you do but walk with the crowd?
When we got to the resort monorail, it was packed. Mom was so sick, I just wanted to push everyone out of the way and push her up front, but of course you can't do that so I just stood and watched the water parade with her instead.
We managed to get on the second monorail by sheer force of will. That monorail was packed tight, but Mom just looked at me so sadly and said she couldn't wait, so on we went. I kept my back to the crowd in the cabin with us so I wouldn't freak out; we were that packed. Once we got to TTC, everyone but us and another family got off, so we sat down.
Soon enough we were at GF. I retrieved the car from valet and we headed back to the condo. Tomorrow was my move to Pop, and Mom's trip home.
It's hard to enjoy anything when you are sick at Disney.
