Day 2 (
We got a late start today due to having to pack our suitcases for them to
move to new room while we were away in the park.
When we got to the park, my father noticed he lost a pin. We went to City
Hall and they gave us a certificate to redeem a new one at Uptown Jewelers
on
ribbon with Mickey Mouse giving a salute. My father is a veteran of Korean
War and is very patriotic.
After that was taken care of, we went to Tomorrowland.
As we walked by
Tomorrowland Noodle Station, we saw it was closed.
This is one of the
places we wanted to try for a counter service meal. Also found one of the
few park water fountains that had cold water, by the bathrooms by the
entrance to the Noodle station.
We went on Buzz Lightyear first. My parents were in
the car in front of me.
When the ride started, I had to yell instructions, namely, move the joystick
to spin the car so you can aim. I think I got 64 thousand something. Don't
know what my parents got.
Next we went on Carousel of Progress. While my mother has been to Disney
World several times, this was my fathers first time. While he went to the
63-64 NY Worlds Fair, he didn't remember this. Then we went on TTA. When
we got to the sign saying you are entering
nervous, thought we were going on the ride. While riding TTA, my father
spotted Tomorrowland Speedway, so we rode that next.
We were all on the
same row, my mother first, my father, then me. My father had trouble with
his car, my mother was long gone, I was stuck going slow around the track,
next time i go first :)
We then trekked over to Fantasyland. We got a fast pass for Winnie the Pooh,
as there was little bit of a line. Then we went on Snow White, no line. In
the beginning, we stopped and they turned on the lights. Then we went saw
Mickey's Philharmagic. My mother enjoyed this, no
biggie to me. I saw her
try and reach out to touch something. We then went back to ride Winnie the
Pooh. There was no cm standing at the fast pass entry to let us in, my
father kept wanting to go on the regular line, but I
kept calling him back.
Finally a cm opened the chain for us. My FP was for
12:20, she thought I was doing it on purpose, but was just by accident. I
mistakenly put my FP in my wallet. I forget they needed it again. When we
got to the ride entry, took me a half a minute to find it.
After that, we went to Pecos Bill's to eat. On the way, we went on Pirates
of the
more like a projection then what looked like a ship in the past. And when
you enter the town, the ride looks like it took a different route to get
there.
We finally made it to Pecos Bill. Enjoyed it like last time. I liked the
melted cheese and onions to add to my double cheese burger. I think they
add something to the sodas there that makes you drink them fast :) I forgot
this, but was told that you can get the large soda on the dinning plan if
you ask. Unfortunately, being what human nature is, there were several
tables were people just stood up and left their garbage on the table. This
was bad, because it seemed to be a shortage of clean tables for people to
site at.
We went on Jungle Cruise next, which was a walk on. They changed the spiel
a little from what I remembered, left out certain
things, like what kind of
snake is it? get real its plastic.
We headed towards the central hub for the wheelchair seating for the
parade. We stopped by Aloha Isle, and my parents got a pineapple float that
they shared. They liked it, I had a spoon of pineapple
ice cream, no biggie
for me.
It was a hot day and the handicap seating in the central hub had no shade.
The cm there suggested Liberty Sq area, so we headed back there. The area
was across from the now closed for refurbishment, Hall of Presidents.
Several people were asked to leave the area as they did not qualify for the
handicap area.
The parade was the same as last year, but the globes were removed,
everything else seemed the same. But I am getting ahead of myself. One of
the cm's were teasing the people in the Disney rented ecv's
by just walking
by them and pulling the key and taking it, walking away from them without
saying anything. My mother who was sitting in my father's
offsite rented
ECV immediately covered the key with her hands so he wouldn't take hers.
The lady next to me had her granddaughter playing with the horn on the ecv,
she thought that annoyed the cm and that is why he took the key. She didn't
realize he was doing that to everyone. A couple of minutes later he
returned the keys, but had the people guess which was theirs.
After the parade, we went on the newly reopened Liberty Sq river boat. I
finally filmed this in daylight, almost completely.
We had dinner ressies/adr's
for 'Ohana for
if it was possible to change it for later. When we got back to City Hall,
the CM didn't even look, said they were fully booked. It was
so we headed and waited at the poly.
My mother got their free pin there and was talking to someone, I think in
some type of authority there. They mentioned it was there 50th anniversary.
After talking about pin trading and such, the cm asked what the name our adr
was under and what time. My father mentioned that he saw the person go over
to 'ohanna and talk to
them. My father and I thought they were going to do something, but nothing
happened while we were eating there.
Even though they had fried wontons on the menu still, they just gave us
chips. I had a couple pieces of everything. My mother just had the steak
and pork loin. My father just ate the steak. I had a couple
pieces of steak, turkey, pork sausage and pork loin.
We finished the sweet
and sour shrimp, asked for more, but never got it. When sitting down I did
ask for the pineapple with caramel sauce. We didn't know if we were getting
it till it came to the table. My mother enjoyed this immensely. My father
liked the bread pudding. I mostly had the ice cream and a little bread
pudding. After eating most of the ice cream, remembered..
there is caramel
sauce on the table and spooned some on it, tastes great :) The service was
so so. Getting the pineapple and caramel sauce was
nice. Last year, I
always had a new glass of soda before I finished my old one. This year, I
waited several minutes for a new glass of soda. Also, last year, when they
gave me things off the spit, they gave me several pieces, this year, I had
to beg to get more then one. Don't know if this was a server issue or new
policy.
After 'Ohanna, we wanted to go back to Pop to make
sure everything was ok
with the new rooms. This turned into a little adventure. I asked a couple
of CM's what was the best way to go from the poly to
pop. We were told to
go to Ticket and transport center from poly, then take the bus there back to
pop. The way the monorail resort loop works, the ttc
is before the poly, so
if we wanted to take the monorail, we would have to do almost
the whole
loop. Now I have walked from MK to Contemporary before, and I know the Poly
is close to the TTc so I was a little adventurous and
walked there. When it
looked like we were lost, I spotted a sign saying this way for the monorail
to Epcot, so I knew that this was the direction for the ttc.
When we got to the ttc, we were looking for the bus
for the pop. Found a
sign for bus parking and asked someone where the bus was for the pop, only
to be told, we were told wrong, there is no bus at the
TTC that goes to pop
century. So we headed back to MK and took the ferry there.
One cm at the ferry dock saw my
nathans famous for him. The
other cm spotted my ny yankee cap and said, he
shouldn't let me on cause of it ;) but we got on anyway.
One thing nice about the ferry, on a hot day, they go fast enough to
generate a breeze. Got some nice footage of the trip over.
Been years
since I was on it.
Finally made it to the pop bus stop at mk,
waited for the first bus to be
told his lift wasn't working, so we had to wait for the next one. It was
getting close to 8, but my mother was outvoted 2 to 1 about staying for the
parade and finally made it back to the pop. The bus driver was one of those
that enjoyed his job and entertained
everyone on the trip.
We got back to Pop Century and had new cards issued to us since we changed
rooms. The new rooms were in the 60's wing, We were
right by Jungle Book
characters, opposite side that faces the pool.
Last year, I could have killed for a Yoo Hoo. This year I came prepared. I
packed with me a 10 pack of small paper box Yoo Hoos. I placed two in the
ice bucket provided, covered it with ice, and in the am, cold Yoo hoo's. I
emptied the water, refilled it with ice, and at night, it was still cold
enough to drink. I was concerned that sitting in water, would destroy the
paper box, but no problem with that.
Now I don't know if this is misinformation or different policies at
different resorts. A month ago, my brother and sister in law stayed at the
POFQ and were able to get a 6 pack of bagels as one snack option, but at the
pop, they don't sell this. I also heard from someone that you could get 1/2
gallon of milk also as a snack option, but again not at the pop.
That brings to a end day 2.