Sorry, Jeff! I know I had read this before and thought I had commented, but I guess I had just read through it at the time. My bad.
Today marked the halfway point of our trip. It is also the point where the consecutive Disney commando days have worn down my family. Although I would have happily gone for another rope drop, I knew a lie-in and later start was needed.
I'm glad everyone in my family is fully onboard with the Rope Drop mindset. It must be hard to manage when everyone has different ideas.
Definitely no patented
@pkondz golden transportation express pass this morning.
I think only one of those exists.
By the time we got to Spaceship Earth, I was resigned to the fact that our Soarin’ FP was gone. Son of a Beverly! Our first time to see the new Soarin’ and this happens. Plus the stupid Epcot tiers.
I stand with you in your frustration.
I was definitely more on the Sadness side of the spectrum at this point. Our Livin with the Land FP was gone now too. The planner in me was not happy. Nothing had gone right (and by “right” I mean my way) this whole morning.
I'd be in the same mood. Ugh. Two FP's wasted! This is terrible efficiency!
But I came to the unmistakable conclusion that I had developed Disney Funk. Symptoms include repeating the phrases “I don’t care”, “do what you want”, and “that’s fine”, along with involuntary shrugging of the shoulders. Treatment includes riding BTMRR and eating a Dole Whip or something Mickey shaped.
Physician, heal thyself.
Katie wanted to meet him too and since I was being a big baby non-committal, I agreed to tag along, while Tish and Brianna skipped it to get their Starbucks fix.
Big Baby Mode: Oh, nice. We skipped all of the rides, but God forbid we skip the Starbucks.
I found it an awkward meet, not really sure if I should touch him for fear of popping him and sending him flying through Innoventions like a leaky balloon.
Yeah, I got that sense too. But now I have the mental image of popping him and watching him fly, and I want to see it happen.
My darling wife became the expert planner this morning. While they were at Starbucks, she had the brilliant idea to get on the MDE app and see if those missed FP could be changed for later. It turns out they can and she did get both a Soarin’ and LwtL FP for a couple hours later. Shut the front door! Seriously? Did I miss a memo on this? I always though if you missed your FP, it was gone, done. I had no idea you could rescue them in the app and try to reschedule.
Really? Huh. I had no idea. Why don't they tell you these things?
Our rescued Soarin’ FP was up next. This day continued to turn around, because for our very first Soarin’ Around the World experience we lucked into row B1 – front and centre.
That must be the key. It was so bad from the side! Glad you guys enjoyed it.
And none of the sweet tooths (sweet teeth?) in my family will turn down a cupcake.
Congratulations, you are a human being!
Finally it was time to go live with the land. I can’t tell you why I have an obsession with this ride. I am not a gardener, nor a farmer. But I was fascinated by this ride on my very first trip when I was 9 years old, and I still am today.
Because it's science nerdy stuff!
We figured since we were on this side of the park, we might as well ride Figment just to say we did.
This is the only reason anyone ever rides the Figment ride.
Since I was in the vicinity of both Spaceship Earth and a monorail, I took the obligatory photo. As per Trip Report Guidelines section 2, subsection 1.4, I am also required to share that photo with you.
Great, I'll check that box on my clipboard here.
1. We watch Happily Ever After, but we did not stand in The Hub. From where do we watch HEA?
Hmm....the beach at the Polynesian?
2. During HEA, I have a snack that was new at the time (just debuted this year). What snack?
I have no idea. I really don't keep up on the snacks available, being single-mindedly focused on Dole Whips.
3. Katie does a ride for the first time. Which ride?
Ummm....Big Thunder Mountain Railroad?