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DIS Dad #811 Newfoundland, Canada
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- Nov 11, 2014
August 21st – Day 4 – The day that must not be named
There comes a day in every trip that I dread. A day that makes me question whether I should get out of bed in the morning. A day that could strike fear in to the heart of any man – or at least DISDad. That day – dare I name it? – is SHOPPING DAY.
This day is a necessary evil that I know has to happen. I’m on a trip with three ladies who enjoy their shopping. They put up with my Disney obsession, and do a few things they probably wouldn’t if it wasn’t for me, so I need to return the favour. But before that happens, we’re still going to do at least some of the day at Disney.
It’s an early rise to get to EMH at Hollywood Studios (i.e. one of those things the girls do because of me). I believe we had breakfast at the ASMu food court, because we’ve realized that’s the only thing that will really work for us. Today we actually make it into Toy Story Land at 7:40am, a full 20 minutes before EMH finished. We even had time to stop for a picture on the way. The DISDads were well represented this morning with my choice of t-shirt.
Unfortunately, the SB line for Slinky Dog was already at 60 minutes. But we had all enjoyed it so much that we decided to do it anyway. Even this early in the morning, the August heat was already in full force, and the sun blazes directly into that queue. The wait turned out to be about 40 minutes, so it wasn’t too bad after all. At least Slinky is worth the wait. We even got all of our ride pictures this morning – bonus!
Since we also enjoyed the Alien Swirling Saucers more than we expected (Is it AS2? Is that what we’re calling it? Man, there’s no fun around here) and since the SB time was not long (maybe 15 minutes), we jumped on that. I’m not saying this ride is at the top of my list, but it really was surprisingly fun.
Our first FP of the day was up next – Midway Mania. Although it was our 2nd time this trip doing it, I really enjoy it. It helps that I get a bit competitive and I don’t try to go easy on whoever is sitting next to me. In this case it was Katie, and she’s been improving on this ride over time. I usually get about the same, but still got the highest in the car and that’s what matters
Katie wanted to try meeting some of the characters, so we got in line for Woody & Jessie. Tish and Brianna really weren’t in the mood to stand in the sun, so they decided to go to Hollywood and Sunset to do some shopping and we’d meet up later. Not long after, Katie and I wondered if we should have done the same. The line was barely moving. I figured it would be about an hour, so we bailed. We noticed that Buzz’s line was shorter, so we got in there. Definitely a better choice since we met him in about 20 minutes.
I texted Tish to find out where they were. Turns out they had stopped for Starbucks and hadn’t gone shopping yet, so we had some more time to kill. Photopass? Sure, why not.
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There comes a day in every trip that I dread. A day that makes me question whether I should get out of bed in the morning. A day that could strike fear in to the heart of any man – or at least DISDad. That day – dare I name it? – is SHOPPING DAY.
This day is a necessary evil that I know has to happen. I’m on a trip with three ladies who enjoy their shopping. They put up with my Disney obsession, and do a few things they probably wouldn’t if it wasn’t for me, so I need to return the favour. But before that happens, we’re still going to do at least some of the day at Disney.
It’s an early rise to get to EMH at Hollywood Studios (i.e. one of those things the girls do because of me). I believe we had breakfast at the ASMu food court, because we’ve realized that’s the only thing that will really work for us. Today we actually make it into Toy Story Land at 7:40am, a full 20 minutes before EMH finished. We even had time to stop for a picture on the way. The DISDads were well represented this morning with my choice of t-shirt.
Unfortunately, the SB line for Slinky Dog was already at 60 minutes. But we had all enjoyed it so much that we decided to do it anyway. Even this early in the morning, the August heat was already in full force, and the sun blazes directly into that queue. The wait turned out to be about 40 minutes, so it wasn’t too bad after all. At least Slinky is worth the wait. We even got all of our ride pictures this morning – bonus!
Since we also enjoyed the Alien Swirling Saucers more than we expected (Is it AS2? Is that what we’re calling it? Man, there’s no fun around here) and since the SB time was not long (maybe 15 minutes), we jumped on that. I’m not saying this ride is at the top of my list, but it really was surprisingly fun.
Our first FP of the day was up next – Midway Mania. Although it was our 2nd time this trip doing it, I really enjoy it. It helps that I get a bit competitive and I don’t try to go easy on whoever is sitting next to me. In this case it was Katie, and she’s been improving on this ride over time. I usually get about the same, but still got the highest in the car and that’s what matters
Katie wanted to try meeting some of the characters, so we got in line for Woody & Jessie. Tish and Brianna really weren’t in the mood to stand in the sun, so they decided to go to Hollywood and Sunset to do some shopping and we’d meet up later. Not long after, Katie and I wondered if we should have done the same. The line was barely moving. I figured it would be about an hour, so we bailed. We noticed that Buzz’s line was shorter, so we got in there. Definitely a better choice since we met him in about 20 minutes.
I texted Tish to find out where they were. Turns out they had stopped for Starbucks and hadn’t gone shopping yet, so we had some more time to kill. Photopass? Sure, why not.
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