Fun fact...when I worked at the
Disney Store, I had a co-worker who used to work at Hoop! She was in her 50s when we worked together, but when she had graduated high school, she decided she wanted to work at Disney World. Her brother lived/worked in the area, and she showed up on his doorstep one day, and went down to their hiring center EVERY DAY until she was hired as a server at Hoop de Doo! She worked her way up into the accounting department. She works for a theme park in my home state now (still accounting/insurance), but keeps working at the Disney Store to stay with the magic! I think she's almost to 40 years of service now
That is so dang awesome! I would love to work at HDDR or anywhere at WL/Ft. Wilderness - I just love that whole area
40 years is so amazing! Good for her!!
Me too! I miss it so much after the last two trips. The ferries from Boardwalk weren't quite the same!
It's definitely not the same. I love the friendship boats but there's just something so special about the ferry that goes from WL to MK
Aw, he's having so much fun!! This is cute!
I was afraid he wouldn't be into it but he loved it!
I really liked their holiday decorations!
Me too, they fit so perfectly with the theming of the resort. WDW just does it right!
the Dis needs praise hands emojis, because YES.
Oh, bless his heart!! At least he tried it and was a good sport!
I was proud of him for trying! But to this day he says "I did NOT like that ride"
Ugh, a 40 minute wait in that building doesn't sound fun. But the pictures turned out great!
Yes, it definitely ended up being worth the wait!
I think it seems so hot because the park is HUGE and you have to walk out in the sun to get from one place to another. MK and HS are both much smaller so I don't notice it there, but I get similarly warm at Epcot (especially in the World Showcase if I don't duck into a store every once in a while!).
That is true! Epcot & AK are definitely the most spread out...WS even more so! When it's hot, it's HOT.
That's too bad! Hopefully it grows on him in the years to come as it's SUCH a great ride!
I hope so too! Maybe when he's a little older he will try again
I love this meet and greet with Mickey and Minnie! I'm glad you had a great time with them (and I love their Christmas outfits!).
They were Christmas perfection! I never get tired of looking at the pics from that meet and greet
My son also hated EE because it went backwards. I was so bummed because it was my favorite ride of the trip. I'm trying to convince him to give it another try when we go back but he's not budging.
Sounds like Jacob! I tried to convince him to try it 1 more time during that trip (once John got there) and he was like NO WAY JOSE
Definitely!! We like to get up early and make RD, take an afternoon break, then head back out around dinner time and close down the parks!
That is the way to go!!
I'm so going to end up over packing.. Its so hard to tell what to bring when the weather fluctuates so much this time of year!
Girl, seriously. There were a few days it was hot and humid as all get out! And then a couple days it was nice and chilly and perfect during the day. We even got one day of TORRENTIAL rain! You just never know with that crazy Florida weather and you just have to be prepared for all possible weather scenarios
Macaws! The first time this happened to me in the park it scared the ba-jeezus out of me!
I was not expecting it for sure - this was me:
Awe, bummer! At least he was brave enough to try!
Yes, I was definitely proud of him for trying! I am hoping once he gets older he will give it another shot
Ok, I am off to catch up on some of ya'll TR's and PTR's!
And I will try to get another update up by this weekend!