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Day 3, August 05
So good to see you again! - Part
2
A few minutes later we walked
down Main Street again, drinks in hand and now knowing that Michelle
and her family were on the ferry.
Once we had made it to the
entrance we sat in the shade under the only tree waiting for them.
It took quite a long time until we finally saw Michelle pushing the
wheelchair up to the touchpoint and then into the park.
We had met Michelle and her
family preparing for a cruise in 2012 and had stayed in touch ever
since. But it had been a long time since we had last been able to
meet in person. So, after intensive hugging we moved inside the park
and walked over to Guest Services, where Michelle added our
Magicbands to Angelina’s disability Magicband and the cast member
there was nice enough to get all of us a FP+ for the Mine Train.
Necessities done we slowly moved
up Mainstreet and it was so good to see Angelina laughing and
enjoying the day. There was a lot to catch up on and we moved slowly,
but once in Fantasyland we decided to watch Philharmagic until our
FP would kick in.
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And while in line, Michelle told
us that Angie loves Philharmagic and starts laughing even before
something happens and that sometimes people sitting in the rows in
front of her are irritated and turn around. So once the doors opened
we were the only group in the disabled section and the cast member
walking us in told us to sit right in the center seats, which we
gladly did.
And really once the show started,
Angie started laughing at some scenes, even before they were
actually shown and the people ahead of us turned their heads.
Michelle and I just looked at each other and laughed as well.
Once the show was over we walked
out into the shop and looked around for a while, but soon enough our
FP time opened and we headed over to the Seven Dwarfs Mine Train.
Michelle scanned Angie’s magic band first, then the rest of us
scanned theirs and off we went inside. Once we got inside we were
asked to use the line on the very left and when we got to the front
Michelle helped Angie into the car, we got in in front of them and
Hannah was in front of us and off we went.
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Again, as much as we enjoyed the
ride, we enjoyed Angie’s happy laughter even more.
After the ride Angie had to be
transferred into her wheelchair again and we went outside into the
heat again. There was a short discussion on what to do next and
since Angie loves the Buzz Lightyear ride, we went there to get some
FP+ and once that was done we had another 45 minutes to gap. Why not
going to the Laugh Floor? It is out of sun and you can sit.
Perfect.
So over we went, just to find
out that the next show was about to start and we could already move
inside. A few minutes later Michelle, Angie and Hannah sat in the
front row and Tom and I had decided to just sit behind them.
Didn’t take long and it started
and there were laughs and giggles and then it was time for revealing
“that guy”. And we all burst into laughter when we saw that it was
actually Tom. When it was all over and we were about to leave, Tom
was even given a sticker, that said, “I was that guy”.
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And with that in hand, we slowly
walked over to Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin. There was quite
the line, even for FP and we slowly crept along. Once we got to the
loading area we were told to wait by a door, where we were all taken
to where people exit the ride and there we waited some more before
we could all get into our ride vehicles. And off we went. I have
never been really good at those games and even after I had done my
best, my score was measly, while Michelle and Hannah both had hit
the maximum amount of points. So we asked how they did it and got a
few really good pointers.
By then it was going towards 1pm
and we were all getting hungry. Since Michelle and her family are
regulars in the park we left the choice of the restaurant to them
and they decided on Pinocchio’s Village House. The restaurant looked
pretty full, but we were sure we would find a table and while
Michelle and I stayed in line, Hannah and Tom went to find a table
that was big enough for all of us and where Angie could sit in her
wheelchair. Soon we all sat around a round table with plates full of
yummy stuff in front of ourselves. Tom and I had decided to share
two flatbreads, the
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Sausage and Pepper Flatbread and
a
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Caprese Flatbread, which were
both really tasty and hit the spot. We sat there for quite a long
time, chatting and nibbling on the last few pieces of flatbread.
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It was already mid afternoon
when we decided to head out again. But by then it was time for
Michelle to head back home, but not without a short visit to our
room. So we made our way to the exit, walked up to the Resort
Monorail and got on the next one in.
We got off at the Contemporary,
used the elevator to go down to the main level and then used the
Skywalk to go over to Bay Lake Tower. Once we were back in our room
we handed Michelle the gifts we had gotten them and we chatted for a
little longer. Then, Michelle told us that she and her husband
wanted to visit us while at Old Key West and they would bring all
the food.
We were stunned, but it was such
an awesome invite. We really were looking forward to it.
Michelle, Angie and Hannah had
to leave after a call from her husband, telling her that he was on
his way home.
We took them back to the
monorail and waved goodbye before heading back to our room. Once
there we started to pack up all the stuff we had taken out as we
were moving to the Yacht Club the next day. We were still debating
if we should return to the Magic Kingdom that evening as we were
tired already, but before we made a decision, we wanted to have
dinner and walked over to the Contemporary.
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and went to the Contempo Café.
We had always had good food there and this day was no exception. And
even though we had walked by the restaurant, we were stunned to see
that the kiosks had been taken away. A cast member told us to order
at the register and we would be handed a pager. Exactly what
happened.
So, after getting some drinks we
found a table and waited for the pager to go off. Didn’t take long
and I was able to pick up our food. Again, we had decided to share
two dishes. Tom’s pick had been the
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Beef Pot Roast served with
seasonal vegetables, mashed potatoes, and gravy, while I remembered
how much we had liked the
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Steakhouse Salad with Marinated
Beef, Shaved Red Onions, Goat Cheese, Tomatoes, Mustard Dressing
with a warm pita wedge. And while we munched our yummy food we
thought if we should just walk back to the Magic Kingdom or not. In
the end, the “let’s go” won, mainly because we had another FP for
Big Thunder Mountain Railroad. So after finishing dinner we went
back to our room, put on our Magic Bands and left everything apart
from the camera in the room to just do the two rides we still had
FPs for.
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We arrived right when our first
FP opened and since we did not have bags, we could walk right past
the desks, but were directed towards the scanners. No biggie, better
safe than sorry. And a minute or two later we found ourselves
walking up Main Street and over to the Haunted Mansion, where we
scanned our Magicbands and headed inside and found ourselves in the
stretching room really soon.
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Again, when we were let out to
where the actual ride is, the room was packed. We just went with the
flow and a few minutes later we sat in our Doombuggy and on our way
to visit the 999 happy haunts.
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Once we got off we had a little
time left until our second FP was going to open, so we strolled
along the Rivers of America.
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Once we got to Splash Mountain,
I tried to take one decent photo of the logs coming down, but with
the light fading I was failing miserably.
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Then it was time to scan those
Magicbands again and ride the runaway mine train. As always Tom
asked for last row and we were happy to be granted our wish and
within minutes we found ourselves being jerked around on the train.
After we had gotten off, the
idea of staying in the park for the Main Street Electrical Parade
and the fireworks was dancing in our heads, but we thought that
there would be a lot more times to watch it, so we slowly, slowly
moved towards the exit and strolled back to Bay Lake Tower.
We finished packing and a little
before 10pm we headed to the lobby, signed in and went up to the Top
of the World Lounge. The Lounge itself was full, but we did not want
to sit in there anyway. We found a nice space to watch the fireworks
and enjoyed Wishes from there.
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Once the fireworks were over, we
took the elevator back down, went to our room, put most of the
luggage in the hall by the door and watched a little TV before
falling asleep.
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