Despite the holiday, Epcot wasn't packed on Saturday afternoon. I met up with my friend Puckette and we rode Soarin, Living with the Land, and Ellen's ride, along with a walk around the World Showcase lagoon. I have severe food allergies so finding a treat in World Showcase is nigh impossible. Puckette found some candy to munch on in Japan while I stuck to the munchies I brought in my backpack. For those of you who don't know, Disney does allow you to bring in your own food to their theme parks.
Puckette had to head home after our trip around the world. She works at Discovery Cove so she didn't miss much that she can't go back to do tomorrow. (LUCKY!) I went to Magic Kingdom for the fireworks show and dinner. I want to say a special thank you to the cast members at Columbia Harbor House.They do a fantastic job. I have seen the same shift supervisor, cashier, and manager for the past 4 trips. These CMs are starting to remember me. The cashier recognized me and called the manager before I even got up to her. The manager remembered most of my order (All I can eat here is a plain chicken breast, grapes, and applesauce.) and had it out to me in minutes. I hung around a bit after dinner to talk to one of the new college program CMs and saw the head manager, who I've also met before and remembered me. We stood around an talked for a while. It's really great being able to spend a few minutes to just talk to the CMs.
I watched Wishes from the bank of the river by the Haunted Mansion. It's an interesting view, not my favorite but still cool. I sat next to a first time visitor who loved the show and was surprised that I could quote the entire show. I didn't tell him how many times I've heard it. I rode Haunted Mansion and Big Thunder Mountain Railroad before heading to bed.
Sunday morning, I slept in a bit but still made it to the Magic Kingdom around 9:30. I like being able to walk around without my mask on before the kitchens start cooking at 10:30. I did loose track of time and walked by Cosmic Rays after the restaurant opened. That resulted in a frantic searching of the backpack for a mask and a Benedryl. The following half hour was spent watching the Stitch meet and greet. I got licked and kissed on top of the head by Stitch as he left for a milkshake break. I did manage to ride the Peoplemover and got stuck inside the Space Mountain part during a ride evac. I got some good pictures of Space Mountain with the lights on.
I have several friends on Facebook that I send pictures to. Right now I've been doing monthly updates of the Seven Dwarfs Mine Coaster. Probably will start doing that here too.
Before the trek home, I stopped off at Captain Cooks at the Polynesian. This is becoming a tradition too and the manager here remembered me from previous trips as well. One thing I like about Captain Cooks is that they carry gluten free noodles and soy sauce. They made me an amazing stir fry dish last time and they were able to make it again this time too. It tasted just as good the second time around.
I have several friends on Facebook that I send pictures to. Right now I've been doing monthly updates of the Seven Dwarfs Mine Coaster. Probably will start doing that here too.
Before the trek home, I stopped off at Captain Cooks at the Polynesian. This is becoming a tradition too and the manager here remembered me from previous trips as well. One thing I like about Captain Cooks is that they carry gluten free noodles and soy sauce. They made me an amazing stir fry dish last time and they were able to make it again this time too. It tasted just as good the second time around. I got the recipe so I will have to try making this at home.
All good things must come to an end. It's okay, I'll be passing by on the way to a skating competition later this month.
