A Scrap of Life

Once in New Orleans Square we grabbed fastpasses for HMH, as it was down, then headed to Splash for an early morning ride.   Walking the queue took longer than actually getting seated for the ride.   We got a log all to ourselves and strategically placed us all one seat back, so the front seat was empty.   We thought maybe this would keep someone from having to get so soaked by riding up front.   Lousy strategy, I tell you.   Doesn't work at all.   Tristan did man up and ride in front.   He even turned down the use of a poncho.   In the end he got fairly well soaked, but never once complained about it.       On the way back down HMH was still down so we headed to Pirates but the line didn't seem to be moving and was all the way out in the walkway.   We decided to come back later, though each time we checked it was down (are you seeing a pattern here?).   Instead we walked on Big Thunder Mountain with very ...

None of us have ever seen the Holiday version of "It's a Small World" so we headed that way.   We got a boat to ourselves and we all enjoyed the ride.   It was nice not to have "It's a Small World" playing every single second of the ride.   Having it interspersed with the Christmas music was perfect.   And the switch from one song to another was seamless.   So well done.   While riding this we pointed out characters from Disney movies or hidden Mickey's that we found on the way.   It was relaxing and slow-paced, just like our morning.   It was 8:45 by the time we disembarked and we were so close to Toontown that we decided to go.   Even though we didn't have a lot of time left, we decided to use our Toontown Morning Madness coupons.   The cast member at the entrance said there were all sorts of characters inside, but when we got there we saw only Minnie out in the street.   It was empty enough for takin...

Our day started early this morning, as I couldn't sleep so got up early to shower and get ready.   In turn, everyone else was up early.   We hadn't planned on making it to the 8am park opening, but since we were up early we decided to go for it.   Our plan for today was to take it easy and just enjoy the park.   We also wanted to hit those attractions we hadn't had a chance to see.   We had made a list of those last night and that's what we were working off of this morning.   We arrived at rope drop in much the same spot as we had the day before, up front in the line leading towards Fantasyland.   We headed straight for the tea cups.   They were tinkering with the door on one of the teacups when we arrived and I thought for a moment that they weren't going to open it for my kids, however they quickly quit tinkering and loaded the kids on the ride.   Since my kids were the only ones riding this morning they each got their own teacup (pink f...