We. Are. Exhausted.

So let’s start with yesterday. Cause I was waaaaaay too tired last night to write the blog. We spent most of the day at Animal Kingdom. Rode perennial faves Dinosaur, Expedition Everest and Kilimanjaro Safari. Our driver on the safari had such a weird cadence to his voice, Alex and I had a hard time keeping straight faces. We spent a good chunk of the middle of the day drinking beers (the boys) and margaritas (me) on a great patio with a view of the big carved tree. We even made a Mickey with our drinks. You know I’m all about staying on brand; it’s the job. LOL The weather was again absolutely fantastic.

We went to Epcot for an overpriced – but pretty good — dinner at the Mexican restaurant there. Then quickly monorailed to Magic Kingdom for Wishes, the nightly fireworks show. Then we made a rookie mistake – we thought we could get to Space Mountain quickly and make it through the line pretty fast. No on both counts. First mistake? Ignoring the ‘105 minutes’ wait time sign. We found out – 110 minutes later – at 10:55 p.m – that it was right. And the coaster just isn’t living up to most others these days. Home late. Asleep as soon as our heads hit the pillow.

This morning – despite our late night – we stuck with our plan to start super early so I could ride my hands-down favorite – and in Biker’s top 3 and Alex’s top 5 — Soarin’.  We were at Epcot before they opened and ran – yes, ran – to Soarin’ when they opened the gates. Keeping up with the long legs of Biker and Alex is no easy feat! Rode it twice in a row, then moved on to what we call the Chunkmaster but what is really called Mission:SPACE. 2 Gs are still 2 too many!  So many deep breaths and thank God for the cold oxygen they pump into the small space they put you in! Then over to Hollywood Studios for the bulk of the day. Our first ride there, the amazing Rockin’ Rollercoaster, had ‘technical difficulties’ just after we got in our seats. They hustled us off and down a hallway where we had the option of waiting for the ride to be fixed or getting free FastPasses to make up for those we lost. We took the passes and moved on to the Tower of Terror. Both the Tower and the rollercoaster complete my top 3 rides at Disney so once we got back on the coaster and made it through this time with no problems, I was a happy girl. Storm Troopers and a people watching period, and then we were off to Disney Springs for pizza and back to MGM for a wander through the Star Wars area for Alex.

20,000 steps both days. Simply exhausted. But having a great time!

That’s what we call Disney World. Make fun of us all you want, but we love the place.   We’re those weirdos with strategies for which direction to go first, we know where all the bathrooms are without consulting the map, and we absolutely know our way around each of the parks without needing help. Like I said, we love it.

So, this time it’s me, Biker and Alex. We spent most of the day at Magic Kingdom and then went to Epcot for dinner at the Nine Dragons Chinese restaurant. It was a gorgeous day – easily the best weather we’ve ever had while here.  And we had a blast riding some of our MK faves — Pirates of the Caribbean, Thunder Mountain Railroad, Buzz Lighyear (where Alex showed Biker the meaning of a high shot count!), and the Haunted Mansion, to name a few. 

A few observations:

• There are a lot of people here on Spring Break, and when we went to the Spaceship Earth ride at Epcot, where they have you put in your home location, the entire east coast was lit up. Makes sense.
• There are a lot of people – I’d put it at 25% or more – wearing Disney shirts. Old, new. Young, old. Mickey, Minnie, Elsa, Buzz … name your fave Disney character and we saw a shirt today with him/her on it. A trend I’ve never noticed before. Lots of ear headbands, too.
• You can’t use – or even carry – a selfie stick in a Disney park.
• The hot dog place at the far end of Main Street has really good corn dog nuggets. 🙂