Hicks on Holiday, 2nd. day in the parks,
Magic Kingdom
Sept. 18, '07
I Miss the Snowglobes...
So when we last left the Hick family, they had split up
knowing that there was enough Hick love to spread around the Magic Kingdom.
John aka Ninja Guy had accompanied the Bionic SIL,
Disney Girl, and Stitch and Poch Jr. to Big Thunder Mtn. RR.
The rest of us were taking our places across from LTT while waiting for...what time is that again???
Oh yeah, the THREE O'CLOCK Parade.
Mom and I did pretty well,
considering we had some squirrelly preschoolers with us.
We tried to spread out enough to save room for the rest of our group,
while giving off a "We're not saving seats, we really need this room" kind of vibe.
That worked pretty well, until our group arrived and the parade was about to start.
Suddenly, a group of people started zooming in on our area.
And, they decided to pull the "No habla Ingles" routine,
which will not work with me honey, because I happen to Habla.
Creo que si, yo tengo un minor de Espanol. Gracias, gracias mucho.
I got down from my seat at one point to check on one of the kids,
only to find a guy STANDING on it.
I gave him a very firm staredown with a EXCUSE ME,
and he seemed to get the message.
Before the parade started there was a car that went through with the winner of the Cinderella suite stay for the day.
It was a middle aged guy all by his lonesome.
I kinda felt bad for the guy.
I mean, who wants to stay at Cindy's castle all by themselves???
The really sad thing was after that car and accompanying band,
there was this big gap of NOTHING.
People were kind of looking around like "Is that it???"
Of course, we knew there would be more.
Which reminds me of a funny story.
The only other time we watched the 3 O'clock parade,
(WITH snowglobes)
we sat in the same area,
and when it was all over, and the CMs were rolling up the rope,
people streaming out of the area in large groups,
a couple walks up, looks around, and the wife says,
"Oh, they must be getting ready for the parade."
We still get a chuckle over that,
and someone usually says that when we see CMs rolling up rope. LOL
Although the parade no longer has snowglobes, we did enjoy it,
especially through the eyes of the newbies,
who LOVED seeing so many characters in one place.
Having a first-timer along does add a little pixie dust to the things that have become routine.
We're definately NOT jaded about WDW,
but there are some things we skip if we don't have the time.
Here are a few of the better photos we got:
Alladin
Pluto
Cindy and "Charmin" (aka Sarah getting artsy w/ the Picasa2)
Why do we call him Charmin?
Well, that's what Bitsy and Princess K call Princes,
or any other guy they like.
The other day they were playing, and the conversation went like this:
Princess K: "I love Jake, and HE is my Charmin."
(I THINK they got the name from a character in Hannah Montana.)
Bitsy: "No, I love Jake. He loves me. He is MY Charmin."
Princess K: "No, he's MY Charmin."
Bitsy: "NO, he's MY CHARMIN!!!"
The Inquisitor: "HI, I'm Jake!!!"
Bitsy, to Princess K: "You can have him."
So that was the parade. The ILs and Mom thought it was great,
and I think we all wiped a tear from our eyes.
We paused a moment and drank in ALL that is Disney.
And then decided we'd better hurry,
as we needed to fit in one more attraction before dinner.
Next up:
"Mommy, that's a Moooooky Old House!!!" Hicks go Haunting