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LSUtigerfan · 03-19-2003, 03:43 PM

Day 4, Part 2: More of AK, dinner at Boma! Let the drooling begin!

Before the FOLK, MIL & FIL called us on the cell phone, they finally made it to AK...well sort of ...they were at Rainforest Cafe having a belated lunch. They didn't wake up until 12:30. I've wondered for the past 5 years when I would be able to sleep past 8am again, my MIL says not until your kids are married... So, maybe when I'm 50 something I can go to WDW and sleep that late and not have to worry about getting to the parks for my dd's to see everything. But I digress! [img]graemlins/dizzy.gif[/img] On with the trip report! Dh agrees to meet them after FOLK, no, he does not ask what they are wearing nor does he set up a meeting place, and he thinks they were just about to be served. Needless to say, I wanted to tie that pink scarf with white polka dots around his head, so that MIL & FIL would at least have a snowballs chance at finding us! In the meantime, there is a CM standing at the entrance of the Pocahontas show yelling, "Come on in folks, the show is about to start!" Princess Face is pulling my right arm off and dh is looking amongst the ~650 people that just exited FOLK for his mom. My dd loves Pocahontas and really wanted to see this right now! We told her we had to find her Gi-Gi and she needed to eat lunch (it was around 2pm). Obviously, we didn't find them, they were still at Rainforest Cafe (we would find that out later). Pizzafari was the closest thing and she loves pizza, so she added to the final total of 4 big thumbs up! I forgot to mention how obscenely crowded this place was by the time we finished eating here earlier. Wow, it was still just as crowded, so we sat outside on a bench. Big Mistake! (Can you feel the impending **Complaint?!?) The gnats & those small pesky fruit flies were everywhere. I'm itchy just thinking about it. Pricess Face finishes her pizza...all but 3 bites, and she tells me to have a bite that it's, "Sure to put a smile on my face." Well, I sure did have one but I think it wasn't the pizza that gave it to me [img]graemlins/love.gif[/img] !

Since she finished her food, we took her to the Pocahontas show. She sat on the 2nd row while we sat behind her in the section to the left. She was absolutely fascinated with this show, she loved the animals. I was glad we were sitting where we could see her facial expressions. Princess Face declared that this was her favorite thing at AK, my dh didn't have the same sentiment. I thought it was cute & Grumpette was quietly amused, no raving on her part.

MIL & FIL caught up with us after this, they called dh on his cell phone from the RC before they left & got our exact location. We thought they'd enjoy Kili Safari so we head in that direction...after a Simba paw print & Dasani water (which were free with the coupons we received with the kids meal deal at Pizzafari!). Now the parade was starting so we had to rush, while eating ice cream! We made it to KS and we got to see the first 3 floats of the parade. Now I remembered reading the tip about timing this perfectly & you'd get to see the parade at the end of the route just as you get off of KS...and guess what? It worked!!! KS was great, again. MIL & FIL really loved it, and we saw different animals than we saw this morning. But thought the morning ride was better, the animals were more active. Upon exiting, we caught the parade at the beginning, float #3 to be exact. This was a great parade with many familiar faces from FOLK. Grumpette was dancing in my arms to the jungle beat and yelling "Mouse, Mouse" whe she saw Mickey. I liked this parade better than the afternoon one at MK.

We then rushed over to try to ride Dinosaur before the park closed at 5pm. We made it in time with maybe a 3 min. wait. Princess Face really wanted to ride this one & she was tall enough. With lots of begging, we said ok. MIL 7 FIL kept Grumpette (we used the parent swap system...worked great!) while we rode with our brave dd. **Caution: This ride almost took off without me being buckled in! We loved the ride & dd did okay through the first half, then closed her eyes for the rest. We think she did great and rewarded her with souveniers in the gift shop [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] ! MIL & FIL loved it and couldn't believe she made it through without any tears. After this ride the park was closing so we made our way to the front taking LOTS of pictures along the way. The ones we took in front of the Tree of Life were the best!

Up Next: Boma! Boma! [img]graemlins/wavin.gif[/img]

03-19-2003, 03:43 PM	#29 (permalink)
LSUtigerfan Community Rank: Trekker Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Louisiana Posts: 1,182	Re: Family of LSU Tiger Fan\'s stay at CSR 3/7-3/12.....Day 6 finally completed! Day 4, Part 2: More of AK, dinner at Boma! Let the drooling begin! Before the FOLK, MIL & FIL called us on the cell phone, they finally made it to AK...well sort of ...they were at Rainforest Cafe having a belated lunch. They didn't wake up until 12:30. I've wondered for the past 5 years when I would be able to sleep past 8am again, my MIL says not until your kids are married... So, maybe when I'm 50 something I can go to WDW and sleep that late and not have to worry about getting to the parks for my dd's to see everything. But I digress! [img]graemlins/dizzy.gif[/img] On with the trip report! Dh agrees to meet them after FOLK, no, he does not ask what they are wearing nor does he set up a meeting place, and he thinks they were just about to be served. Needless to say, I wanted to tie that pink scarf with white polka dots around his head, so that MIL & FIL would at least have a snowballs chance at finding us! In the meantime, there is a CM standing at the entrance of the Pocahontas show yelling, "Come on in folks, the show is about to start!" Princess Face is pulling my right arm off and dh is looking amongst the ~650 people that just exited FOLK for his mom. My dd loves Pocahontas and really wanted to see this right now! We told her we had to find her Gi-Gi and she needed to eat lunch (it was around 2pm). Obviously, we didn't find them, they were still at Rainforest Cafe (we would find that out later). Pizzafari was the closest thing and she loves pizza, so she added to the final total of 4 big thumbs up! I forgot to mention how obscenely crowded this place was by the time we finished eating here earlier. Wow, it was still just as crowded, so we sat outside on a bench. Big Mistake! (Can you feel the impending *Complaint?!?) The gnats & those small pesky fruit flies were everywhere. I'm itchy just thinking about it. Pricess Face finishes her pizza...all but 3 bites, and she tells me to have a bite that it's, "Sure to put a smile on my face." Well, I sure did have one but I think it wasn't the pizza that gave it to me [img]graemlins/love.gif[/img] ! Since she finished her food, we took her to the Pocahontas show. She sat on the 2nd row while we sat behind her in the section to the left. She was absolutely fascinated with this show, she loved the animals. I was glad we were sitting where we could see her facial expressions. Princess Face declared that this was her favorite thing at AK, my dh didn't have the same sentiment. I thought it was cute & Grumpette was quietly amused, no raving on her part. MIL & FIL caught up with us after this, they called dh on his cell phone from the RC before they left & got our exact location. We thought they'd enjoy Kili Safari so we head in that direction...after a Simba paw print & Dasani water (which were free* with the coupons we received with the kids meal deal at Pizzafari!). Now the parade was starting so we had to rush, while eating ice cream! We made it to KS and we got to see the first 3 floats of the parade. Now I remembered reading the tip about timing this perfectly & you'd get to see the parade at the end of the route just as you get off of KS...and guess what? It worked!!! KS was great, again. MIL & FIL really loved it, and we saw different animals than we saw this morning. But thought the morning ride was better, the animals were more active. Upon exiting, we caught the parade at the beginning, float #3 to be exact. This was a great parade with many familiar faces from FOLK. Grumpette was dancing in my arms to the jungle beat and yelling "Mouse, Mouse" whe she saw Mickey. I liked this parade better than the afternoon one at MK. We then rushed over to try to ride Dinosaur before the park closed at 5pm. We made it in time with maybe a 3 min. wait. Princess Face really wanted to ride this one & she was tall enough. With lots of begging, we said ok. MIL 7 FIL kept Grumpette (we used the parent swap system...worked great!) while we rode with our brave dd. Caution: This ride almost took off without me being buckled in! We loved the ride & dd did okay through the first half, then closed her eyes for the rest. We think she did great and rewarded her with souveniers in the gift shop [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] ! MIL & FIL loved it and couldn't believe she made it through without any tears. After this ride the park was closing so we made our way to the front taking LOTS of pictures along the way. The ones we took in front of the Tree of Life were the best! Up Next: Boma! Boma!** [img]graemlins/wavin.gif[/img]