The one with the hat

Please note the dichotomy of our outfits.  We’re all in tank tops and shorts except for Nathaniel who wore a sweatshirt.

Nate:  “It looks cold.”

Me:  “But it’s not, it feels like a 1000 degrees” (I love hyperbole)

Nate: “It looks like rain”

Me:  “But it’s still hot. Don’t you want to take off your sweatshirt?”

Nate:  “No.”

Me:  “You are wearing your hood now?  We are all practically melting in this humidity”

Nate:  “It is raining”

Me:  “I think you are imagining it.  You are probably sweating so much, you think it’s rain”

And this was how we worked our way around this theme park, negotiating whether or not it was hot or not.

Of course we also stood in line to see every character possible.

We all where a little grumpy by this point. 4 days of non-stop excitement directly following a 4 day non-stop car ride will do that to you.  We were hot and miserable and not to mention a little tired.  The kids wanted to ride Tower of Terror as soon as we entered the park, Dave wanted to see all the shows.  Dave won.

We asked a Disney employee for directions to the Jedi training. He proceeded to tell us which order we should do the park.  His idea had us zigzagging back and forth all day long, separating for a good portion, and starting with Tower of Terror.  This only added to the kids grumpyness.  “Grumble, grumble, I don’t want to see a show, grumble grumble, Tower of Terror.”

“You will have fun darnit!”

It also made us late for the Jedi training and we stood in line for almost an hour before they threatened to cancel due to the chance of rain.  Great!

“Grumble grumble, Tower of Terror!”

“You will have fun darnit!”

We weren’t only on a character hunt during our vacation, but Marshall decided to collect squashed pennies.  51 cents at a time he worked his way around the Disney parks.

We were able to see almost all of the shows and ride quite a few rides before the torrential down pour.

Dave:  “Hey, where are those ponchos you brought all the way from California?”

Me:  “At the hotel.”

Dave:  “That’s a great place for them to be.”

Me:  “I know, nice and dry”

Thank goodness for that downpour.  The rain washed away our cranky attitudes.  It also cleared out the park.  The lines were gone.  We were thankful we saw all of the shows before the rain cancelled everything. This was a good thing because the kids favorite part of the whole park was the Indiana Jones Show.

 

The only downside to the rain was that it also scared Jesse and Woody away.  Who knew they were made out of sugar.

With all of the shows out of the way, the characters all seen, and the pennies all squashed we made our way to Tower of Terror.  The kids and Dave couldn’t have been happier.  I think they rode it 8 times in a row with no wait.

While Dave and the big kids rode the elevator up and down, Nate, Jake and I ate ice cream and more ice cream.

After the Tower of Terror, we finished our day with the Aerosmith ride.

Marshall:  This line is really loud!

Dave:  Of course it is, this is ROCK AND ROLL!

Marshall:  That’s why I like Enya.  (Okay, he didn’t really say that, nor does he like Enya.)