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Nick and I just made it home. We are totally exhausted.
We spent more time at the hotel, in the pool, than we did at the Parks.
Friday, after talking to NA, we wandered around for a bit before going to see if our room was ready. It was 1pm and HOT. It was, so we called for our bags and then headed for the pool. The pool area is great, but verrrrry crowded. If you don't get there early enough you won't have a spot to sit.
After swimming, we had dinner at Hook's Point and headed for DCA to watch the Electric Parade. Boy rode a few rides solo while I staked out a nice bench. He bought me a balloon, the one my tattoo was based on.
After the parade we went back to our room and had a perfect viewing of the fireworks from our balcony/window.
Saturday morning we didn't make it for early entry, breakfast at Goofy's took priority. After several attempts and playing phone tag we caught up with Moonliner and HL as they exited Pirates. We then rode Splash and HM and Boy went off to ride Indy with them.
After Indy it was off to the Hotel for some more swimming. Moonliner is sush a nice person, he offered to take the kids to the pool so I could have a nap. I did go odwn to the pool for a bit, but left him with the kids so that I could take a nice, longgggg shower.
After swimming we each took a break, agreeing to meet back up for fireworks. They had the perfect spot for viewing. I was totally impressed. I had not seen the fireworks in a good 5 years, so I really enjoyed it. After fireworks we rode Thunder and headed back to the hotel.
Sunday morning was great. It was fun seeing everyone and spending time with such good people. I am sorry we took off shortly after breakfast, I just wanted to not move for a while.
I took Nick to the pool, and stayed with him for over an hour. No sooner had I gone back to the room to lie down than my phone rang and it was NA! The whole lawn party was great. I have not laughted that hard in a very long time.
Dinner at Steakhouse 55 was very good. Again, sorry we left early, Nick was beginning to lose it. He and I went back to the park to use our Space Fast Passes. After Space I wanted to ride Small World. Big mistake!
They gave us our own boat. We got stuck while leaving the dock. Instead of having us disembark, they pushed us forward, saying something about the belts not working right. Now, it is a slow ride, but when it took us more than 5 minutes to get to the Canada area, I was concerned. The CM kept coming on asking us to stay seated. I really thought we were the only boat on the ride. There was no one behind us, no one in front of us. Then, in the Eurpoe area the sound went off. All you heard was whirring and clicking. Then we started hearing other people. Angry people.
We bumped into the angry people in the Middle East room, just past the Taj Majal.
I guess they had been there for a while, and were very restless and not happy about the situation. They took matters into their own hands. All we could do was sit there as the 2 boats in front of us began to push themselves (and us) backwards through the ride. At the first exit sign both boats emptied as they ran for what they thought was an exit, only for them all to jump back on the boats when they realized it didn't lead outside.
We started moving back again. At the next exit sign only 1 person got off to check. Again, not a way out.
After another 5 mins we were outside. Both boats jumped out, onto that narrow sidewalk and took off running. 2 very stressed CMs came running from the opposite way, making sure the group ducked when going under the bridge. They helped us out of our boat and never said a word about what had just happened.
We sat down to wait for the fireworks. They were still bringing people out of Small World 20-30 minutes later.
I liked the fireworks from that area, but I have 1 question. I thought there were projections onto the ride facade... Small World never lit up, no colors, no nothing. Did the powers that be stop doing that?
After the fireworks we went back to the hotel and crashed. We got up around 7 this morning, packed and checked out. We went back to DL and had breakfast, rode Pirates and Thunder and then slowly walked back to the hotel to gather our belongings and hit the road.
It was a great weekend, just what we both needed!!!!
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