Mommy2PrincessAbby
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Jul 17, 2007
Thought I would check in and fill you in on the adventures so far! Yesterday was the “bomb cyclone” or “atmospheric river” aka a crap ton of rain! DD (18) and I flew in from Oregon Wednesday night, had a lovely dinner at goofy’s kitchen and crashed at 10:15 pm at DLH (deluxe view, fantasy tower, overlooking the pool) to be up and in line for security at 6:30 am. Armed with 2 cheap dollar store ponchos each, we braved the rain! Oh boy did it rain. Small note— we were doing great till we got on Matterhorn like a couple of loons and then Small World and I sat in a very deep puddle that soaked my bum to the skin. Genie Plus worked well for us, as did our magic bands, crowds were very low. I thought ahead and booked storytellers (inside, warm and toasty) at noon for lunch. But by 10:45 am we headed back to the room to warm up and put on a fresh change of clothes and try to instacart nicer ponchos (the park was completely sold out of adult size.) we had ridden Snow, Pinocchio, Toady, HM, Pirates, Rise, Buzz, Star tours, Matterhorn and Small World by this point. Longest wait of the morning was Matterhorn and about 10 minutes.
Our instacart shopper scored us the last two ponchos in Anaheim I think and had them to bell services by 11:50, which we grabbed and headed to Storytellers. The rain had mostly stopped by then, and didn’t make another appearance until dinner time (another soaker—but we had awesome ponchos!) We hit DCA in the sun for the first part of the afternoon, doing Monsters Inc, GoG, Soarin, and Incredicoaster 2x. Ate some dill pickle popcorn and crossed back to DL. I get foggy here, but DD kept track and said we had 18 rides done by the time we checked in for WOC (hopped again) at 8 pm. WOC was lovely, lower seats were great, crossed back to DL during the fireworks and hit Buzz again—twice, Storybook boats, Alice (finally open!) and Space. Rise was open mere minutes all day, I don’t think I saw BTMRR open, and Cars never opened—nor Luigi’s. 23 rides (5 dupes…18 unique) in one day, rope drop to close with basically an hour room break plus meals. Awesome Disney Day!
Our clothes are on hangers and still damp… dryers would be lovely but they are over at PPH.
About to head out for what will be a “normal“ day likely… including a nap. Stay tuned!
Our instacart shopper scored us the last two ponchos in Anaheim I think and had them to bell services by 11:50, which we grabbed and headed to Storytellers. The rain had mostly stopped by then, and didn’t make another appearance until dinner time (another soaker—but we had awesome ponchos!) We hit DCA in the sun for the first part of the afternoon, doing Monsters Inc, GoG, Soarin, and Incredicoaster 2x. Ate some dill pickle popcorn and crossed back to DL. I get foggy here, but DD kept track and said we had 18 rides done by the time we checked in for WOC (hopped again) at 8 pm. WOC was lovely, lower seats were great, crossed back to DL during the fireworks and hit Buzz again—twice, Storybook boats, Alice (finally open!) and Space. Rise was open mere minutes all day, I don’t think I saw BTMRR open, and Cars never opened—nor Luigi’s. 23 rides (5 dupes…18 unique) in one day, rope drop to close with basically an hour room break plus meals. Awesome Disney Day!
Our clothes are on hangers and still damp… dryers would be lovely but they are over at PPH.
About to head out for what will be a “normal“ day likely… including a nap. Stay tuned!