Saturday, March 24, 2012

"you did what!?"

The happiest place on earth was certainly happy. Even at 6:30 in the morning. Or during hour 15.

Since we did go to DisneyWorld for SB12, we did have to spend at least some time in the parks. 

Cue our master plan. 4 parks, 18 hours, 12 girls, 1 beautiful day.



There were many doubters and people who told us it couldn't be done. There were those who said, "Disney deserves more than that! You aren't going to do it justice!" 

Oh, but we did it. We broke all records. We shattered the Disney expectations ceiling. We went where no group had gone before. 

Our journey started at 6:00 in the morning, unfortunately without Disney songs and princesses. We headed to our quick monorail ride (some would say, one of the best rides of the day), to Park #1: EPCOT. I kind of want everyday of my life to start like a Disney park opening. A man comes on the speakers pumping you up, starting a countdown. 3...2...1...and giant canons fire out confetti and streamers followed by blaring songs full of Disney inspiration. Just the beginning of what was to come. 

I won't boring you with a paragraph detailing about every move we made in the park, every line we stood in, and what we ate. That's just mean. No one wants to read that. But I will list it off, for documentation purposes. And, because, this may or may not be one of the proudest accomplishments of Spring Break. (or maybe of this semester...maybe this year....maybe just my whole life)

EPCOT:                       HOLLYWOOD STUDIOS:       
Soarin'                          Tower of Terror
Test Track                    Rockin' Rollercoaster
Captain E.O                 Star Tours
Mission Space
Finding Nemo

MAGIC KINGDOM:                     ANIMAL KINGDOM:
Monsters Inc Laugh Floor               Kilimanjaro Safari
Space Mountain                              Dinosaur
Buzz Lightyear                                It's Tough To Be A Bug
Tea Cups                                         Expedition Everest
Splash Mountain
It's A Small World
Jungle Cruise
Haunted Mansion

Just to top it off, we also ate ice cream at 3/4 of the parks. (We ate dinner at the 4th one, so that's our excuse.) 

If you feel impressed, you should be. So, check us out.


Although the rides were great and I LOVED the Disney atmosphere, it was more about all of the fun we had. We played games: inappropriate Telephone, Stare & Scream, and Down By The Banks. We played riddles that had to deal with albatrose soup or apples and spilled water. We sang songs and yelled things and interacted with the workers.


This was our favorite ride, Dinosaur. Mainly because we finally got to be all together. And we spent the whole time screaming and cowering in fear and holding hands. Because that's just what girls do.


Also, just as a side note, and a fun fact. Avery and I really like speed walking through crowds, as documented in above picture. And being the leaders. So, our group often looked like this throughout the day. Abby & Avery leading aggressively, even though we have NO idea where we're going and everyone else following us in a pack. It's a miracle that we all managed to stay together. 

The best moment of the day was on the Safari ride when we learned Swahili aka an African language. Our tour guide taught us that "jambo" means hello (even though we already knew this from Mean Girls). For the rest of the day, and the rest of the trip, we "jamboed" everything. 

Jambo, ice cream, jambo. Jambo, monorail, jambo. Jambo, Disney worker, jambo. It really is an all purpose word. 

We were the most fun group at Disney. People were jealous. We saw their looks. 

We know...we're kind of awesome.







1 comment: