Friday, November 26, 2010

A Walk Around The World With Ridge--A day in the park alone

Happy Black Friday Everyone! I am not shopping in stores today so on with the show!

Unless you go on a solo trip or have just had all the fun you can stand with your family or significant other, most people never wander un-tethered around the parks. I like it when I can just have a little while alone and get things done at my own pace. On the October 2010 trip I had a day to do just that.

With Amy not feeling so hot and little Tink in a ultra playful mood I decided that I would hit the parks alone and let Disney Dad, Mom and Amy go shopping and let Tink play. I would go use my newly acquired DSLR camera (Canon Rebel EOS T1i) to stock up on photos. I decided to just hop on the first bus to a park I saw and exactly the moment I hit the stop Hollywood Studios was there.







I hit the park right at the end of rope drop and move straight to Toy Story Midway Mania. I had never stood in the stand by line and therefore had never see Mr. Potato Head acting as the Carnival barker. I have read several times that he breaks down often and was just hoping that I would get to see him in action. Lucky day after 45 minutes I got to where I could actually hear him speaking. I was able to watch him move around for a while but listening to him sing and tell jokes was even better. My patience paid off as I was able to take lots of shots of the queue and Mr. Potato Head. As soon as I was past him and picking up my 3-D glasses he broke down and his curtain was pulled. The rest of the ride was as fun as I remembered it. At least until I was able to ride it a few days later with Todd and a few other awesome folks after the Growing Up Disney meet-up at the Writers Stop, but all that is for another day.

After TSMM, I aimlessly walked around the park just taking pictures. To my surprise on the Streets of America I found a set of porcelain Siamese cats in a window. Unimpressive to most whom were to walk by and I am sure to the teenagers that were walking behind me I must have been an extreme weirdo to me marveling over some cats in a window. However what they didn't know is that my Grandmother had the exact same cats and inside is a light that would make their eyes glow. So weirdo was I not, merely a nostalgic passer by who happened to take 20 pictures of cats in a window.







After another hour of listlessness I made my way to the Tower of Terror. The Lines app said it was only a five minute wait and after all, it is one of my favorite rides. Well not only was it less than five minutes but I had free reign of the queue and used my time to take pictures with little to no one in them. Best part of the story, I was able to ride all by myself. I thought it was funny enough to buy the picture.



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3 comments:

  1. that is fantastic! I've always wanted to go on a ride by myself. mind you, if it were tower of terror, I would probably be scared to ride in myself...

    there is truly nothing better than walking around the park, by yourself and just taking it all in. thanks for sharing!

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  2. it was lots of fun, I would be interested in planing a solo mini trip of 3 or 4 days all alone soon.

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  3. I've never done a solo trip (just sneak off on my own every now and then), but I think I'm going to go down new years eve (solo trip with 9.6 million of my "close, personal friends"). imagine the people watching!

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