Day 6 - Part III
Cindy dropped the girls and I off at SoG and we took a nap... We was starting to feel under the weather again.
We were up at 5pm...
Allison and I were on a direct bus to AK at 5:30... V decided to stay behind.
One thing I wanted, really wanted, to do this trip - was to ride Expedition Everest in the dark.... I've ridden it thousands of times during the day, but never once at night.
We stopped at a photopass photographer on our way into the park. He insisted that I put my bag down... Sorry - bags must be in photos dude... Then he tried to get me to put it behind me... Again, sorry - the bag stays. He seemed very, VERY annoyed by this and grudgingly snapped 2 quick photos and sent us on our merry way... (of course, they didn't upload... Grrrr)
We decided to have dinner at FTBBQ - we hadn't eaten there since our 2008 trip (as we are always full from breakfast at TH)... I ordered a "yucky mac n' cheese pork thing" as quoted directly from my trip journal. So, I guess you know what I thought about that one. LOL
While eating dinner, V called... She was feeling better and wanted to join up with us. Unfortunately - she was at the Poly (she was hungry) and didn't bring her MB with her. I stopped a CM and asked if there was any way she could get into the park with out her MB, and he told me no... I thought maybe I could buy her one and activate it - but that would have just been a pain... At this point - I was kind of desperate to spend time in the parks with BOTH girls, as I felt like V was getting totally jipped this trip. By the time we figured out logistics for V to get there, the park would be closed... So, she just went back to SoG.
Our plan of attack tonight was to get a FP for anything we could... Then, once RoL started, we'd get in the standby line for EE and hopefully escape the park before RoL let out.
We snagged a FP for Dinosaur - NOT my favorite ride and especially at night, but it was better than nothing, so we took it.
But we did get a pretty EPIC ride photo! It helps when you are genuinely scared. LOL
Our plan of attack was working out perfectly... We exited Dinosaur just a RoL was filling up.
We headed back to EE - getting a little turned around in the dark coming out of Dinosaur, but eventually we made it back there.
Our ride photos this time didn't turn out at all - they are quite dark... but it was AMAZING!!! I am so glad I got to do this! It was probably our best ride on EE ever! I was just sad that V didn't get to do it with us. Seeing RoL from the ride was incredible! Just the lighting at night in AK is beyond imagination - I love this park so much!
I really, really, really wanted to do a 2nd ride, but I knew if we did - we would be exiting the park with the masses, and potentially miss our bus to SoG.
So, Allison and I beelined for the front of the park... We stopped for one last photopass picture, thankfully grumpy PP guy was no where to be seen...
And the ToL at night... Gorgeous!
We were out of the park ahead of the crowds...
On the bus to SoG at 7:50.
Unfortunately - at this time of the night, after SoG picks up at AK - they then pick up at DHS... It was a JAM PACKED bus and all the people at DHS were so angry that they had a half full bus to get on to, so not everyone made it on - which is pretty rare for a SoG bus. Keeping in mind that these buses run on a schedule, so the next bus for them wouldn't come for another hour.
We arrived at SoG at 8:20.
V was doing better.
We were all in bed by 8:45. I didn't note my steps.