Monday, October 6, 2008 - Wahoo!! Disney!!
And yes, I come with my own sound effects and soundtrack. =D
Well, we drove down to Orlando yesterday in what must've been the shortest 6-8 hour drive of my entire LIFE. It did help that it was me and Winter and her parents in the car taking pictures of the most random things and arguing the fact that a quarter horse does not exist; there are only whole horses.
Yeah, long story, don't ask. 
Anywho, we also watched IRON MAN!!! Woo-hoo! More on that 
later, but Tony Stark was a lot more laid back than Bruce Wayne. Then again, Bruce does have psychopathic clowns to deal with...that'd make anyone freak out.
But this post is NOT about Batman! Or Iron Man! Or quarter horses for that matter!
((Sorry, sometimes I have to remind myself to STAY ON TRACK. =P))
Right. Disney.
We went to Downtown Disney for dinner and shopping last night.
It was pretty cool...it's got everything from restaurants (like Capt. Jack's, where we ate some of the best shrimp and penne pasta EVERRRR!!!!) to stores like the World of Disney. But my personal favorite wasw the Ghirardelli store right across the lagoon/street from Capt. Jack's.
Can you say YUM?!
And if you think it looks cool in the daytime, y'all should see it at NIGHT! Wooooo!!!!
Today, we went to ANIMAL KINGDOM!
That's the Tree of Life, which, contrary to popular belief, is NOT ALIVE. But it's still really, really cool.
The first thing we did was Expedition Everest. ((Oh yeah! Bonus feature for this commentary--the average rider's thoughts will be in double-parentheses, okay?))
It's this roller coaster where you go through Mount Everest--oops, sorry, the Forbidden Mountain--in a train car. (("That works!"))
And there's all this Yeti stuff, right? A Yeti museum, Yeti statues, stuff recovered from a 'lost expedition' in 1982 that was mauled by a Yeti...you get the idea. (("Ooo, cool Yeti footprint...and I thought I had big feet."))
And that's all BEFORE the ride starts! (("...Huh?"))
So you climb into your little train car and go up a little hill and around a few curves and such. (("Aw, man, this is easy! Bring it on, baybaaay!!"))
And then...you go up the most ginormous hill in Animal Kingdom. From the top, you can literally see the Tower of Terror over at MGM--'scuse me, Disney's Hollywood Studios. (("Hey, look! I can see Russia AND my house!"))
Then you drop (("*le gasp*")) and through a tunnel, and up to a point where you...stop. Literally. The track ahead of you has been totally destroyed and ripped up by THE YETI!!! (("Dun dun DAAAAH! Bad Yeti, bad!...so what now?"))
'What now'? you say? (("Yeah, there's nowhere else to go! And we're up on this obscenely high mountain where there is no human way to get down without severe injury and/or certain death!"))
Wanna bet? (("You don't mean...?"))
Oh yeah. You go BACKWARDS!!! (("*scream*"))
You bet you scream! The G's kick in once you start going backwards up the hill. After going backwards for a while, there's another drop where they take your picture by blinding you with a strobe light. And this ain't no wimpy little drop, either. This one's the KING of Everest, y'all. KING.
So, yeah, typical roller coaster stuff from there on out. Except half of it's in the dark. Oh yeah, and the big hairy Yeti. (("Yeti?!"))
Yeah, with glowing red eyes and big sharp pointy teeth. (("I'll be in the gift shop..."))
CHICKEN!!!!
In short...Everest is my new favorite ride of ALL TIME. Winter and I rode it SEVEN TIMES. SEVEN!!!!! And hopefully we'll go back so we can do it even MORE!!
We spent pretty much the rest of the day at Animal Kingdom. Until the park closed at 6. We had dinner in the park, then we went to Downtown to catch a movie--EAGLE EYE!
It was soooo creepy...it was AWESOME! It was really loud, though...-_- Shia LaBeouf was awesome as Jerry Shaw, though...'Jump, Jerry, Jump!'
I should probably wrap up now, even though I haven't even mentioned the totally awesomerifical movie/music store we went in at Downtown. There. I mentioned it. HA.
More Disney tomorrow!
Aja
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Tuesday, October 7, 2008 - heehee
Posted by friendshipfort
Are you sure the tree of life is not alive? After all...it *is* a tree, right? But I've never been to Disney Land (*sob*)...so it could be plastic for all I know!!!
Anyway, just wanted to compliment you on your blog...this entry had me laughing out loud (lol)...really! You made a roller coaster sound fun to a rollercoasterphobia person (me)!
Tuesday, October 7, 2008 - Sounds fun!
Posted by Me
Sounds like a great first day, chica! Keep blogging, so we can keep up with you....moving way faster than we are at home! HA! Seven times, huh? Gotta beat 27 times on Space Mountain, though!! ;o)
Tuesday, October 7, 2008 - What a day!
Posted by Pops
Very funny recap of you day - sounds like you had a lot of fun!! Wish I was there to see the Yeti!
Can't wait to see what you do to top the first day.
