Today’s blog should be short. For a few reasons, the first being I’m. BEAT, the second being it was a water park day and what can you say about a water park?
Well… to answer my own question - you can say quite a lot about a Disney water park. Blizzard Beach is one of two water parks at WDW. At the moment, it’s the only one open. It is themed to snow, as well as everything that goes along with it, such as Christmas. Part of the soundtrack of the park are Christmas songs. If you don’t figure that out, you might think that it is odd that they are playing Christmas songs. Anyway, I got there on time (let it be known that “on time “ means before any action takes place - not before the rest of the gang get there) and I met up with the gang and we had to wait before the area was open. Of course, shops were open before, when is there never a shop open? Anyhow, we were let in, we found our area, and the kids immediately wanted to do a slide. Cool, let’s do slide… but what I neglected to mention was that the slide requires a ride up the mountain in a chair lift, similar to a ski lift.
Now, as you know, I love the Disney Skyliner - maybe a bit too much - but I hate this chair lift. I’ve done it before a few times and I just hate it. Turns out, so did Amy and we rode up together - until it decided to stop a little before we reached the top - and it stopped for a while, not just a second. We were not amused. After what seemed like forever, we got to the top and we got off - barely. They don’t stop the lift when you get off so you have to step off and run for it - or you’ll get bumped in the calves with the chair lift. Anyway, we made it. For this slide, it was Amy, Ella, Gavin and myself going on the Teamboat Springs slide. All of us in one big inner tube type thing. This wasn’t the first time I was on this slide, the first time was with Amy, little Gavin and Little Mason, Sena and my Mom - and half way down Little Mason shouted “Matt, you’re gonna die on this ride” - and to this day, we have never forgotten that moment. In fact, I tried to get a T-shirt made, but Disney did not approve of the quote. Whatevs..
Afterward, we jumped in the Lazy River and lazied to our patio. About 5 minutes into this I noticed that my Magic Band was not on my wrist. Now, when you visit WDW, you use a Magic Band for almost everything. It opens your room, it gets you into the parks, it can even pay for stuff if you set it up to do so. Anyway - it wasn’t on my wrist. I didn’t panic too much. No one can really use someone’s Magic Band as it has a PIN for charges and such, and since I don’t have a CC attached to my Magic Band, it wasn’t a big deal. For me, what was a big deal was it was a limited edition Skyliner Magic Band.
After that, we went on a slide, which was on top of another hill, this time with stairs. Yeah - one and done for me! We got back in the lazy river and lazied to our spot and I went and checked guest relations to see if anyone turned in my Magic Band. No such luck :-(
So, the gang went off and did what gangs do and I stayed back and read. When Sena came back, I decided to take another lap in the lazy river. Maybe I’d find the Magic Band. So, off I went. When I got to the part where I thought I may have lost it, I looked around and saw nothing. So, I lazied on. I decided to look up at a lifeguard as I passed her, and low and behold, on her chair was my Magic Band. I said “Excuse, I think that’s is my Magic Band” and she asked what my name was since Magic Bands can be personalized and she turned it around and found it was a limited edition and there was no name so she handed it over and I was off. Reunited - and it feels so good - at least my arm was complete again. Turns out, Mason and Amy had seen it also, but wasn’t quite sure it if was mine so they tried to go back and check, but I had been there be they were and had already picked it up. And that’s alll I’m saying about THAT.
The youngin’s were preparing to go down Summit Plummet - so we watched them do that, which is very brave and daring of the youngin’s. We all took another lap around the lazy river - this time in train fashion where we all hooked on to each other’s tubes while Mason pulled us down the river. Not so lazy this time, but we all laughed the entire time.
I headed back to my room to clean up and relax a little before dinner. On the way home on the Disney bus, I started talking to the driver about his job. Not many people know this, but I’ve always wanted to drive a bus. In Fact, when I was little, I wanted to be a school Bus Driver. So I’ve been thinking that when I retire, I could combine my love of Disney and busses and become a bus driver at WDW. I think it’s something to strive for.
Dinner was at Ale and Compass at the Yacht Club resort so I took the Skyliner over. I sat with a couple from Boston who said that they liked the Giants and wanted to go to Oracle Park one day - the husband also really liked the Skyliner as well. Anyway, dinner was quite amazing and the food was great and the conversation was stellar. We laughed as we recapped our day together and sorta planned out our day tomorrow. - which I’m told will be park hopping madness - starting at Hollywood Studios and hopefully on Rise of the Resistance again.
What a great day - I’m missing my guys though - all three of them- quite a lot, Early morning tomorrow. Can’t wait!!
So, now you know!
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