Trip Report: July 10-18, 2010. Day 2
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From: Patty Winter on 31 Jul 2010 02:26 In article <i2s7tk$6ub$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, Paul Lalli <mritty(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >One of the advantages of being a frequent visitor is that you know you >can line up at a turnstile with no guests, even if it looks "closed" >because all the other guests are lined up at a single turnstile. :-) :-) Do they always open all of the turnstiles, though? Or might you get caught at one that doesn't? >I had Amanda wait in line while I went over to Guest Services. I >upgraded my WDW AP to a Premier Passport, and bought the Tables in >Wonderland card. The PP is *nice*. Thick heavy plastic, golden in >color, my name printed on the back. Very nice. That does sound nice. When will you have a chance to use it at DL? >Instead, we went to the Pangani Forest Exploration Trail. It's not an >attraction I do every time, but it was nice to have something we could >walk through at a slower pace, take rests as appropriate, etc. Have I >mentioned it was HOT? Like to the point where you couldn't tell if >people walking around had just been on the Rapid or if they were just >sweating. Anyway. Along the Trail, we stopped into the Bat House. It >always somewhat amazes me that there is no division in the house that >keeps the Bats away from the Humans. Well, cheer up--they're fruit bats and not interested in you. :-) Oh, at least the ones on the Maharajah Jungle Trek are; I think I've only been on Pangani once (I like the tigers on Maharajah) and must have missed the bats there. Still, there's a good chance they're also fruit bats, so you were probably safe. :-) > So now we all have to start making our way back out the queue the way >we came. Oh. My. God. I have never seen such rude and careless >behavior at the parks. People were jumping over railings, pushing and >shoving. I saw one pack of early 20-somethings slide between the >railings and literally push a woman in a wheel chair out of their way. >What in the hell is wrong with these people? UGH! :-( >So anyway. After all these false-starts with Everest, our FP time for >the Safari has arrived. So we head back there and get in the FP queue, >with no issues thankfully. It was one of the more unique Safaris I've >taken, as just around the first bend, one of the Greater Kudu's was just >kinda standing there in the road - A couple of years ago I got an email message from a friend that said something like, "Hi, we're on the safari ride and stopped because there's an oryx in the road." :-) I think they were there for about 10 minutes before someone came to encourage it to move. >ANYway. After lunch we went up to Rafiki's Planet Watch. Nothing >special going on today. I have some friends who still talk about how they saw a tiger getting its teeth cleaned the day they were there! >Now we finally go back to Expedition Everest with our FastPasses and do >the attraction for the second time (4th time at the queue....). It >remains a great attraction. This time we requested the front seat (I >love that they have a little queue set up just for those requesets). Oh, good to know, thanks, Paul. >After dinner, we went out the back of the Lodge and looked at some of >the animals out on the safari. I have to imagine it would be very cool >to wake up and see this outside your balcony every morning. Someday.... I hope you do get to stay at AKL sometime, Paul. It's a wonderful resort. >Our plan was to go to the Magic Kingdom and watch the new parade and >fireworks. So we headed out to the bus stops. The first bus that >arrived was for Epcot. We decided to take this one instead, because >Amanda wanted to ride on the monorail anyway. So we took the bus to >Epcot, took the monorail to the TTC, and the other monorail to the MK. >I'm not convinced that was shorter than just waiting for the MK bus. :-P Oh, but that isn't the point, is it? :-) Patty
From: Paul Lalli on 31 Jul 2010 10:12
Patty Winter wrote: > In article <i2s7tk$6ub$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, > Paul Lalli <mritty(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> One of the advantages of being a frequent visitor is that you know you >> can line up at a turnstile with no guests, even if it looks "closed" >> because all the other guests are lined up at a single turnstile. :-) > > :-) Do they always open all of the turnstiles, though? Or might you > get caught at one that doesn't? Only once has that failed to work for me. With about 5 minutes to go before opening, a CM walked over to the turnstile I was at and told me (and the sizeable line that had grown behind me) that this one wouldn't be opening. One day out of 116 cumulative Orlando/Anaheim days is not a bad record. >> The PP is *nice*. Thick heavy plastic, golden in >> color, my name printed on the back. Very nice. > > That does sound nice. When will you have a chance to use it at DL? In roughly a month, when I fly out for the Disneyland half-marathon. I did the math, and taking things like parking fees into account, it actually came out cheaper to upgrade my WDW AP than to buy separate DL admission. > Well, cheer up--they're fruit bats and not interested in you. :-) Oh, > at least the ones on the Maharajah Jungle Trek are; I think I've only > been on Pangani once (I like the tigers on Maharajah) and must have > missed the bats there. Still, there's a good chance they're also fruit > bats, so you were probably safe. :-) I always screw those two up. We did the one with the Tigers. Sorry. >> Now we finally go back to Expedition Everest with our FastPasses and do >> the attraction for the second time (4th time at the queue....). It >> remains a great attraction. This time we requested the front seat (I >> love that they have a little queue set up just for those requesets). > > Oh, good to know, thanks, Paul. Happy to inform. :-) Just tell the CM who's about to ask how many in your party that you want to wait for the front, and she'll direct you to a side-queue to your right. >> Amanda wanted to ride on the monorail anyway. So we took the bus to >> Epcot, took the monorail to the TTC, and the other monorail to the MK. >> I'm not convinced that was shorter than just waiting for the MK bus. :-P > > Oh, but that isn't the point, is it? :-) Not even remotely. She's now become addicted to saying "Por favor mantangse alejado de las puertas". :) Paul Lalli |