Well we got rolling down the tracks and were soon in great danger!
The mountain goat seemed oblivious though
Oh no, explosives!
Most of the rest of the ride was too fast and/or jolting to take pics, but I
did get a shot of folds winding their way through the line to take their
turns
We got off and started heading around the Rivers of America with HM as our
destination. On our way we stopped and looked at the petrified tree that
Mrs. Disney donated to DLR and took a shot with Bean posed next to it
I didn't take any pics of HM since I have already shown it twice in this TR.
The line wasn't horrible - probably a 20 minute wait. We came out and Bean
wanted to ride Splash Mountain. It was really hot and humid by now so the
line was pretty long. I tried to convince her otherwise but she stuck to her
guns and we got in line. Kris had no interest in waiting that long so he
asked if he could have the camera and walk around a bit. I told him to stay
in Critter Country and have a good time.
So now we embark on Kris's photographic journey through Critter Country!
First stop was Pooh for him:
A blue elephant bee
Where the honey is made
Oh no, hold on Roo!
Wheeee!
Always the neat freak
Telling the tale
Tigger will save him!
What is Rabbit holding?
Hunny Time!!!
It's a party everybody!
Honey overboard
It was a Beary Great day!
He wandered to the river and caught the Columbia sailing away
The male CM at the canoes gives good testament to how hot it was
He gave us a call to see what was going on since he hadn't seen us in about
45 minutes. We were trapped in line and hadn't moved for about 15 minutes.
We found out later that some idiot had jumped out of his log and tried to
have a more direct interaction with the characters on the ride. They had to
chase him down and drag him out. Then inspect the area he was in to make
sure there was no damage. What a loser.
So we were stuck and I knew it would be another 20 minutes easy before we
came out. He wandered back up into Critter Country and found that Pooh and
Tigger were out for a meet and greet
And he liked the Piglet banner :-]
After watching the character interactions for a bit Kris managed to wind his
way up the exit ramp of Splash. Bean and I had good seats – she had wanted
to be up front but the CMs wouldn’t let her. That’s my little daredevil!
So anyways Kris did a good job of covertly taking pics of us as we came off
of the ride :-D
Now is when we finally see the mystery of my shirt! Take a look at the
graphic on my T-Shirt
And then look at Bean's
Mine did this weird blurring thing, especially at the border. Nobody else's
did it ...but then again I had been tooling around since rope drop on a hot
day and Bean and Kris didn't get out there until hours later. Ah well, mine
still looks cool and is unique!
Back to the story! We of course stopped off to check out our pic. I had
schooled Bean well on doing "the big lean" so she could be seen behind me -
I leaned right and she leaned left :-]
Kris took a couple of good close-ups of us
We headed back out of Critter Country with the intent to meet up with the
family for lunch back at DLH. On our way out we ran into Braer Bear and
snapped a pic.
We were all too hot to wait in line to get a pic with him. There's always
next time, right? We were taking the monorail out so we made our way across
the hub and into Tomorrowland. We came through just in time for the Jedi
Academy so I stopped to take a few shots.
A young padowan takes on Vader
Vader is not happy
He stomps across the stage trying to intimidate the young jedis
Then Darth Maul comes striding by
He actually came right up into the camera lens but I couldn't focus quick
enough to catch him before he moved on :-[ Vader ordered him to attack
The jedis were ready for the fight!
Maul moved in
The female jedi wasn't taking any flack from him though
Vader was not amused
Great cape swoosh :-D
Darth Maul hops back onto the stage
The Darth twins make good their escape
The storm troopers realize they are being abandoned
Oop, time to go!
Next up, the Storm Troopers make a hasty exit, we follow suit, then some
Halloween Fireworks Fun!!!