To help with the heat we have towels made out of a special material that when wet feel cool. We place them around the back of our necks and we look like dorks. It was so hot that it was difficult to keep the towels wet. We went to Gaston's to get out of the heat and sit in air conditioning. It provided us an excuse to share a giant cinnamon roll. These cinnamon rolls and the size of a half loaf of bread! I am not ashamed to admit that I licked the plate clean when we were done.
I am a father of three and I can remember times when the kids were young thinking it would be nice to be able to put my kid of a leash and walk them like a dog. Ok. I never really thought that. But imagine if someone did. Not just think it, but actually do it! Walk their kid on a leash and Disney World. Sadly, this actually happens and I have seen it several times. To make it look humane, the child wears a monkey back pack and the leash is attached to the backpack. I suppose the next thing I will see is a parent tie the leash to a tree. And maybe let their children crap in the lawn.
There are times I think I would prefer if kids crapped in the lawn. We went to Bells's Castle and through the entire encounter we were entertained by the foul smell of a poopy diaper. How can the parents not smell that? Seriously?
The day was hot which meant we needed extra suntan lotion. The lotion is kept in my oldest son's backpack. Unfortunately he must have sat on it causing the suntan lotion to explode. We have been down this path before and learned terrible lessons. Luckily everything in our backpacks are placed into individual plastic bags. That is the only thing that saved us from having suntan lotion cover everything in the backpack!
We decided to go from the Hall of Presidents to the Buzz Lightyear rise by passing behind the castle. As we did, some random fireworks shot off related to a show in the front of the castle. A fog of smoke and firework debre settled on us - someone didn't plan that very well!
I scored 850,000 points on buzz lightyear. I got tired of always getting low scores so I googled for some ideas and learned which targets are worth more. The trick is to do this and then don't tell your kids so they just think you are awesome.
We ate dinner at Cosmic Ray's because the attendant at the Dumbo Ride said a storm was arriving and we wanted to get a good seat to watch everyone get soaked. I am on a salad kick and was disappointed that the only option was a Greek salad with more peppers than lettuce. So, I went with pulled pork and fries - if going bad? Go all the way. Cosmic Ray's has a toppings bar, so, I made my own salad. It was a toppings bar salad!
No storm came. I was really looking forward to seeing people get drenched, but it didn't happen. Other than a light rain in the early morning, I think this was our first rain free day! It only took 12 days living in Florida to get a rain free day.
We didn't watch the parades or fireworks but instead took advantage of the low crowd levels to ride some rides. My youngest loves the speedway which the rest of us are... Well .. Over it. Linda let him keep riding it over and over. There is a funny thing when you get to your third child. First child would never be out of our sight at that age - never! Second child, maybe. Third child? We sat in the stands and just let him run around and keep getting back in line. Occasionally Linda would day "Do you see him? Oh, there he is."
At the end of the day we took the ferry back to the ticket and transportation hub so we could catch a parking lot tram. When the tram arrived it stopped three feet too far ahead so that the tram doors didn't align to the queue. What a chaos this caused! Instead of people shifting to accommodate for the mistake, many headed straight ahead toward someone else's door. A little girl was about to take our door and Linda scolded her and pushed her aside (Linda said she did no such thing, but that it what it looked like from my perspective). Chaos erupted all up and down the side of the tram and it looked like the fight scene from Blazing Saddles. People yelling and shoving, folded strollers in the air, it was crazy. Luckily no one was too injured and we were able to move along.
I think the Magic Kingdom would be great if not for all the people. Pushing double wide strollers down paths made for single wide. Stop walking in the middle of a flow of people. Gather a large group to stand in the middle of a walk way. Texting while walking. Sneezing without covering. Or sneezing on their hand, looking at it, then wiping it somewhere. The giant puddle of puke at future land that everyone walked through. We carry hand sanitizer and there are times I feel like taking a bath in hand sanitizer.
Nevertheless, it was a good day and we had a lot of fun.
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