Day #5 - Magic Kingdom (again)

For our last day we decided to go back to the Magic Kingdom and re-visit some of the rides and attractions we missed in our previous visits. It was a pretty slow-paced day and there isn't much to report (and my motivation to post is waning quickly...).

We started the day with the Country Bear Jamboree. It was not what I remembered - but Drew seemed to enjoy it. We then went on a Jungle Cruise that was filled with non-stop (extremely bad) jokes and puns. We then headed over to Tomorrowland and on the way snagged a couple photos with Pooh and Tigger.



In Tomorrowland, Rhiannon and I went on Space Mountain and I thought my head was going to be knocked off the whole time by a rogue girder in the dark. We then watched the Carousel of Progress just to see if it was any different from 20 years ago (it isn't...we'll still be using voice activated ovens in the future) and tried to pick up a couple more rides on the way out (although Splash Mountain was shut down for the day - GRRR!).

That is about it. You can check out my Picasa page for pictures. Day five starts here.

Day #3 - Magic Kingdom

Wednesday we went back to the Magic Kingdom. We started off in Tomorrowland and did the Monsters Inc. Laugh Floor comedy show. It was really cool, and I actually saw my evil twin. There was a guy there that looked exactly like me! I tried to get a picture of this guy but there was never a clear shot. The comedy show was quite funny and must have been done with improv actors hooked up to some sort of motion capture rig to time their speech and movements to the characters on the screen. It was really quite well done. And the best part was they singled out people in the crowd for questions and jokes. They even singled out my evil twin but I didn't have my camera on! They also put the spotlight on Rhiannon and made her part of the show as well but I couldn't get my camera on in time to get it on film. ARGH!

After the Monsters Inc. show we went to a Lilo and Stitch ride that was also labelled dark and scary and Drew refused to go on it. It was a good thing because after the DINOSAUR ride, it would not have been a good choice. We then went to Mickey's Toontown and rode a fairly tame roller coaster that scared the ba-jeezus out of Danielle (although she did want to do it again). After that we saw the Swiss Family Robinson house, and then unexpectedly ran into a pirate tutorial put on by none other than Jack Sparrow himself along with his trusty side-kick!



It was very funny and entertaining and Sharon was given a hug as the "Governer's Daughter", although I just missed it on film as I was focused on Jack leaving. Once again, Drew played shy and refused to volunteer. He could have actually been in the show and maybe even traded blows with Jack Sparrow himself if he had gotten lucky, but he was simply too shy. Perhaps if we go back we'll try to catch this show again and convince Drew to get up there.

After that we all went on Splash Mountain to cool down (it was almost as hot as the day before), then took a Liberty Riverboat tour, and headed home for another swim and some dinner.

I apologize to anyone reading this for the lack of timely posts but internet access sucks here. I still have to annotate this post and then I have two more full days to catch up on plus I have yet to upload a ton more photos and videos; and we are leaving tomorrow morning to start the two-day drive home. Perhaps I can catch up in the hotel room tomorrow night - otherwise I'll just have to do it after we are safely back home.