Another night ends with a bang - Part 2
But when we
left the restaurant it was raining.
There was still
time until the parade, so we hid from the rain in the Emporium for a
while, checking out all the merchandise. Around 25 minutes before
the parade was about to start we decided to stake out a spot in the
designated area.
We asked a Cast
Member who was guarding a roped off area where we had to go and she
pointed us in one direction.
That was where
we walked, asked another Cast Member and she pointed us right back
to the first one.
Had to let her
know that the other Cast Member just sent us over and she told us
that it was the area right in front of the flagpole and opened the
rope and let us in. There were already a few people in the area, but
no one had claimed the spot where you can see right down Main
Street, so we claimed it.
And while we
waited for the Festival of Fantasy Parade to start it started to
rain again. About 10 minutes before the start of the parade there
was an announcement that it would leave 15 minutes late.
Waiting was a
bit of a bore as we were now standing there for 40 minutes and we
had to put on our ponchos and then a few minutes later had to take
them off again, but finally it was announced that the parade would
arrive in 15 minutes.
And after an
hour of waiting we could see the first glimpses of the parade.
We loved our
spot and enjoyed the parade immensly.
When it was
over we intended to leave with the masses, but there was such a foot
traffic, traffic jam leaving under the railway station that we
decided to instead just walk up and enjoy a view of the castle from
the railway station. But first we wanted to see the train in the
station from up close.
And when we got
there we were greeted by one of the nicest and knowledgeable Cast
Members we had encountered in a long time and we struck up a
conversation. He definitely was in love with trains and knew all the
little tidbits that make it even more interesting. And before we
knew it we had been chatting for more than half an hour.
When more
people came up to see the train we said our goodbyes and finally
left the park.
We took the
Express Monorail back to the Transportation and Ticket Center and
then hiked to our car. And since a tram was already waiting we
hopped on board and made the short trip to our stop.
And from there
it was just a few steps to our car and a short while later we had
made it back to our resort. It was now mid afternoon and we decided
to rest for a little while before we were to head out again later
that day.
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