Disney POD 6 -- Dinner and a rain-soaked show
After our character-hugging debacle, it was already. Hungry, we headed to Main Street for hot dogs at Casey's Corner. As soon as we ordered, the sky opened up and poured a waterfall down on Florida, hard enough that one really should not be outside.
Unfortunately, Casey's is not a joint with ample indoor seating. We were forced to eat our meal outside under an awning, crammed against every other person determined to stick it out in Disney World. Though there were not many of us, there was also not a lot of space. We stood there, getting dripped upon, watching people buying up ponchos and scrambling down Main Street with their kids and strollers and gigantic shopping bags. We thought hard about joining them. Our day had been so long, and the kids were really getting tired. But Dada and I had committed to the whirlwind version of a Disney trip -- we only had 48 hours in the parks -- and we thought it best to stick it out.
Disney helped convince us. One of the things you have to love about the place is how the cast members really go out of their way to make your trip a memorable and unique adventure. During the half-hour it rained, we could have been bored and grumpy, confined in our little awning-prison. Instead, as soon as our crowd formed, a rather accomplished cast member sat down at a piano right next to me and started banging out ragtime versions of folk songs. No one sang or spoke to him, but you knew he was there solely to keep the rain off your parade, so to speak. The babies stayed quiet to listen, and watching the guy work certainly helped pass the time. When the rain lifted and we could move again, he moved on, his only purpose to help keep everyone in good spirits. What could have been a low part of our vacation turned into something that I'll never forget.
Oh, and am I ever so glad we stayed. The rain cleared everyone out pf the park. When it stopped, we visited the Haunted Mansion -- my absolute favorite attraction in Disney -- where there was no wait at all.
We were so excited to get Isaac on this ride. The kid is psycho in love with spooky stories and Halloween. Given his predilection for movies and storytelling, we look to him to become the next Wes Craven. He was indeed excited. We went in, and were closed in the round-ish room that descends and stretches pictures. He was cool. Then --I forgot -- they showed a hologram high above your head of some dude hung, in a noose, from the ceiling. In as understated a tone as one could ever muster, Isaac said, "Guys! Let's get out of here!" We knew he would like it if he gave it a chance, so we gave him a quick spiel about how it wasn't real and if he didn't like it he could close his eyes before we pushed him into a car with Mamaw and Dadaw. And he did like it, because "the ghosts were having a party!"
After the Haunted Mansion we rode the Pirates of the Caribbean, which also had no wait at all. It was awesome. I enjoyed the 3 sightings of Wax Johnny Depp. Isaac wanted to know why the pirates were shooting bowling balls at us. Jacob said it best: "Dat was fun! Do it again!"
We were intoxicated by this no-waiting business and wanted to do more, but both babies uncharacteristically demanded we take them back to the hotel, to try the rest again tomorrow.
Unfortunately, Casey's is not a joint with ample indoor seating. We were forced to eat our meal outside under an awning, crammed against every other person determined to stick it out in Disney World. Though there were not many of us, there was also not a lot of space. We stood there, getting dripped upon, watching people buying up ponchos and scrambling down Main Street with their kids and strollers and gigantic shopping bags. We thought hard about joining them. Our day had been so long, and the kids were really getting tired. But Dada and I had committed to the whirlwind version of a Disney trip -- we only had 48 hours in the parks -- and we thought it best to stick it out.
Disney helped convince us. One of the things you have to love about the place is how the cast members really go out of their way to make your trip a memorable and unique adventure. During the half-hour it rained, we could have been bored and grumpy, confined in our little awning-prison. Instead, as soon as our crowd formed, a rather accomplished cast member sat down at a piano right next to me and started banging out ragtime versions of folk songs. No one sang or spoke to him, but you knew he was there solely to keep the rain off your parade, so to speak. The babies stayed quiet to listen, and watching the guy work certainly helped pass the time. When the rain lifted and we could move again, he moved on, his only purpose to help keep everyone in good spirits. What could have been a low part of our vacation turned into something that I'll never forget.
Oh, and am I ever so glad we stayed. The rain cleared everyone out pf the park. When it stopped, we visited the Haunted Mansion -- my absolute favorite attraction in Disney -- where there was no wait at all.
We were so excited to get Isaac on this ride. The kid is psycho in love with spooky stories and Halloween. Given his predilection for movies and storytelling, we look to him to become the next Wes Craven. He was indeed excited. We went in, and were closed in the round-ish room that descends and stretches pictures. He was cool. Then --I forgot -- they showed a hologram high above your head of some dude hung, in a noose, from the ceiling. In as understated a tone as one could ever muster, Isaac said, "Guys! Let's get out of here!" We knew he would like it if he gave it a chance, so we gave him a quick spiel about how it wasn't real and if he didn't like it he could close his eyes before we pushed him into a car with Mamaw and Dadaw. And he did like it, because "the ghosts were having a party!"
After the Haunted Mansion we rode the Pirates of the Caribbean, which also had no wait at all. It was awesome. I enjoyed the 3 sightings of Wax Johnny Depp. Isaac wanted to know why the pirates were shooting bowling balls at us. Jacob said it best: "Dat was fun! Do it again!"
We were intoxicated by this no-waiting business and wanted to do more, but both babies uncharacteristically demanded we take them back to the hotel, to try the rest again tomorrow.
Labels: disney, photo-a-day
posted by Claire at 8:15 PM
1 Comments:
wow, what a day! I'm surprised the kids lasted as long as they did. i bet they slept well (or perhaps not because of the excitement of the coming day).
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