Spring Break

As promised, and in no particular order, here are some pics and stories from my family's visit.
This is where I work. Toy Story Midway Mania. Yes, I work in a toybox. :-) It was pretty neat getting mom, dad and les into the parks for free. I was so happy to be able to do that, but also it was really neat walking them into the fast pass of my ride several times. I'm glad we're allowed to do that. We were able to ride Toy Story 4 times. It was a lot of fun.

My toy friend Lorna (or "Lo" for short) from the UK. She was telling dad how to get to Narnia. (Through the wardrobe of course!) Right next to my ride is the Narnia/Meet Prince Caspian area. It's not uncommon for people coming from the other direction to ask us. "How do you get to Narnia?" I don't know who or when it started, but the correct answer from us toys is to assume a British accent and say as seriously as we can, "through the wardrobe." When Lo joined she had an unfair advantage, but we make her say it any chance we get. ;-) Lo is a lot of fun. She can say just about anything she wants to the guest with a smile and they think she is about the most polite toy we have. It is funny though how sometime guest don't seem to understand her. One day she was asking a guest to "move over" to the other seat. She asked him to "Move over" 2 or 3 times and he just looked at her like he was trying to understand, but didn't budge. Another toy came over and said, "skootch over, sir" and he moved immediately. The funniest thing was Lorna's face. apparently she's never heard "skootch" before and couldn't believe the man understood "skootch" over "move". :-)

Everyone knows the Magic Kingdom's Fantasy Land, or Tomorrowland areas, but not many know the "lands" of the other parks. One of them in my park is "Pixar Place" which is where Toy Story is located. Since not many people know the "lands" of my park we hardly ever use them to tell people where stuff is, but we use them to talk with other cast members.

Tea Cups at Magic Kingdom. One night we got into MK just to watch Wishes, the fireworks, from behind the castle. (You should see Wishes for the first time in front of the castle, there is no substitute for that, but then you should see them from behind.) The explosions are on both side of you and are really really close. After watching the fireworks we actually got on 5-6 rides with no waiting at all! Tea Cups (dad took pictures, he doesn't spin without consequences), Aladdin's Magic Carpets, The Jungle Cruise, Pirates of the Caribbean, Big Thunder Mountain (somebody gave us fast passes) and the Swiss Family Robinson Treehouse!

Aerosmith's Rockin Roller Coaster in Hollywood Studios. We rode this one twice (Leslie was brave) and you will have to see the picture! :-) It's one of those that starts off at high speed, and the launch is when they take the picture...Les's face is priceless. But why I'm telling on Les I'll tell on myself too. We rode Dinosaur in the Animal kingdom and they take your picture when the big bad T-Rex comes out to eat you. In our picture mom, dad, and Leslie are starring right at it...and I'm hiding under Leslie's arm. It was pretty funny, I kinda wish we had gotten that one. But oh well. I'm sure they won't let me forget it anytime soon.

Mom and Dad at Epcot. :-) Aren't they cute.

Leslie and I in the stocks at Magic Kingdom. We're cute too. :-)

Coke around the world at Epcot. They have free samples of different coke products from around the world. My favorite was the Watermelon flavored drink from japan. It was pretty good. :-)

Leslie, patiently waiting for Soarin' at Epcot. It's a 110 min wait. Soarin' and Toy Story rival each other for the longest wait time. It's a long wait, but it's really cool.

Waiting at the base of the Yetti's Domain. Mount Everest in Animal Kingdom is the newest thrill coaster in Disney World. It's a pretty fun little coaster. Don't ask Leslie if she liked it or not...she didn't, but she rode it. Good for her.

Dad needed some help with his hat. Waiting for the Block party in Hollywood studios.

Facebook profile pics. :-) I like his hat. He looks good with it. :-)

Dad was hungry...imagine that. ;-)

M&M world store...it was actually closed, but we were there. :-) This was the same day we tried to go to the shuttle launch. It was Sunday and I hadn't been feeling well that day. We had gone to church then decided not to get in a park for the rest of the day so i could rest some and hopefully get better. After a nap we decided to drive to Cocoa to see the shuttle launch. Traffic was horrible. we're talking 10-15 miles an hour on a 3 lane highway. It was obvious we weren't gonna make it so we had decided to turn around next chance we got. It took us an hour to get that chance! It took us 2 hours to drive between 2 exits! So we decided to go to M&M World since we didn't get to see the launch, when we got there is was closed. It just wasn't our day. But we did see the shuttle as is went up. Still cool even though we weren't on the beach with it.

Mom and dad went to Cocoa Beach on their last day while I had to work. Yeah for being an hour from the beach! :-)