Clarf
Haunted Mansion or Bust.
- Joined
- Jul 24, 2012
As we strolled through Adventureland, I kept taking pictures. When we get to pictures of dark places, you'll see a vast difference in the quality of the pictures I take vs. what Jason takes. His phone has an amazing camera on it an he can get really awesome pictures on the dark rides with no flash. Stay tuned! But I took these as we walked.
We kept on walking, but Jason, not to be outdone by the girls dramatics, found this sign and had to get in on the shenanigans.
I guess he wanted to enlist with the pirates.
I kept urging my family to keep moving. We had a FP+ for Splash Mountain. We kept moving over into Frontierland. This is a favorite ride of the whole family.
The girls wanted to get a picture with their friends first, so we stopped for that before we got in line.
After saying hello to the Br'ers, we got in line. And boy were we glad we had a FP+. The wait for standby was at about 2 hours. Just a short wait for us and we were in! Once we were on our log, Jason and I both started taking pictures. This first one is mine. We weren't in the dark yet, so it was okay. The thing is, I have this really nice Nikon camera that I love. But I've never taken the time to learn about the settings. I'm sure I COULD get decent pictures in darker settings, but I just haven't done it yet. I've had the camera for 11 years.
Maura was my ride partner. If she thinks something might be even a little scary, she wants to ride with me. She'd been on this ride before, but it had been a couple years. I don't get that though. When I was a kid going on a scary ride, I ALWAYS picked my dad. I felt safer with him. But whatever. So Maura and I were ride partners and Lucy and Jason were behind us. I actually got a few decent "usies" (instead of selfies).
Okay, we're inside now. This first one turned out okay, but I was using my phone which I think does a bit better in dark settings.
Now Jason took these of the ride itself. I couldn't believe it when I saw them! Mine are always a hot mess in here. I stopped trying. I'm glad he didn't!
And then our ride down Chickapin Falls was over. We'd be back later in the week though. We did commemorate the occasion with our ride photo though.
Jason decided he'd not look normal in any of our ride photos this year, or any of the magic shot PP pictures, except that first one on Main Street USA. So, here he is on Splash.
He's channeling this lady.
Funny story about this. I'm sure by now everyone has seen this picture. It's been all over the internet for a few years. I saw a post about this lady's picture. Maybe on here, maybe somewhere else, but her husband was talking about how she just did that because he wouldn't go on the ride with her and now it went viral. I posted the picture of Jason immitating her, and they loved it! The said that was so cool that he copied that. I'm sure he's not the only one. Anyway, we love that picture.
Because our huge breakfast at O'hana hadn't been enough, we were now all apparently starving. Where else would a hungry family stop for a snack that's near Frontierland? Aloha Isle of course! We were in need of Dole Whips.
Before we headed back to Adventureland though, we made a potty stop, and the girls saw this guy out being his silly old self. They had never met him before and wanted a picture.
That taken care of, we headed over to get our treats. We shared 2. Maura would never eat a whole one herself, and we were still a little full from breakfast, so we thought sharing would be better. Well, Jason probably didn't think that, but we shared anyway. We got one pineapple float and one just pineapple ice cream.
I have a quick story about Dole Whips. We now have them at our local zoo. Just the ice cream, not the floats. They have strawberry and pineapple flavor. We of course love them. Ready for the horrors? MY MOM AND NIECE DIDN'T LIKE THEM! THEY TOOK 2 BITES AND THREW THEM AWAY!!!!! I have no words. We are happy they have them, though.
Anyway, Lucy saw the scenery and said "You should take a picture of that for your trip report." So I did.
It is pretty cool. Dole Whips enjoyed, we did another mission with Sorcerers. We were again clambering all over each other trying to be the first one to get their card read by the camera. I don't remember who won this round, but I'm sure we were a sight.
Next, since we were still in Adventureland, we decided to head over to The Tiki Room. One of our favorites! But I'll save that for another day.
We kept on walking, but Jason, not to be outdone by the girls dramatics, found this sign and had to get in on the shenanigans.
I guess he wanted to enlist with the pirates.
I kept urging my family to keep moving. We had a FP+ for Splash Mountain. We kept moving over into Frontierland. This is a favorite ride of the whole family.
The girls wanted to get a picture with their friends first, so we stopped for that before we got in line.
After saying hello to the Br'ers, we got in line. And boy were we glad we had a FP+. The wait for standby was at about 2 hours. Just a short wait for us and we were in! Once we were on our log, Jason and I both started taking pictures. This first one is mine. We weren't in the dark yet, so it was okay. The thing is, I have this really nice Nikon camera that I love. But I've never taken the time to learn about the settings. I'm sure I COULD get decent pictures in darker settings, but I just haven't done it yet. I've had the camera for 11 years.
Maura was my ride partner. If she thinks something might be even a little scary, she wants to ride with me. She'd been on this ride before, but it had been a couple years. I don't get that though. When I was a kid going on a scary ride, I ALWAYS picked my dad. I felt safer with him. But whatever. So Maura and I were ride partners and Lucy and Jason were behind us. I actually got a few decent "usies" (instead of selfies).
Okay, we're inside now. This first one turned out okay, but I was using my phone which I think does a bit better in dark settings.
Now Jason took these of the ride itself. I couldn't believe it when I saw them! Mine are always a hot mess in here. I stopped trying. I'm glad he didn't!
And then our ride down Chickapin Falls was over. We'd be back later in the week though. We did commemorate the occasion with our ride photo though.
Jason decided he'd not look normal in any of our ride photos this year, or any of the magic shot PP pictures, except that first one on Main Street USA. So, here he is on Splash.
He's channeling this lady.
Funny story about this. I'm sure by now everyone has seen this picture. It's been all over the internet for a few years. I saw a post about this lady's picture. Maybe on here, maybe somewhere else, but her husband was talking about how she just did that because he wouldn't go on the ride with her and now it went viral. I posted the picture of Jason immitating her, and they loved it! The said that was so cool that he copied that. I'm sure he's not the only one. Anyway, we love that picture.
Because our huge breakfast at O'hana hadn't been enough, we were now all apparently starving. Where else would a hungry family stop for a snack that's near Frontierland? Aloha Isle of course! We were in need of Dole Whips.
Before we headed back to Adventureland though, we made a potty stop, and the girls saw this guy out being his silly old self. They had never met him before and wanted a picture.
That taken care of, we headed over to get our treats. We shared 2. Maura would never eat a whole one herself, and we were still a little full from breakfast, so we thought sharing would be better. Well, Jason probably didn't think that, but we shared anyway. We got one pineapple float and one just pineapple ice cream.
I have a quick story about Dole Whips. We now have them at our local zoo. Just the ice cream, not the floats. They have strawberry and pineapple flavor. We of course love them. Ready for the horrors? MY MOM AND NIECE DIDN'T LIKE THEM! THEY TOOK 2 BITES AND THREW THEM AWAY!!!!! I have no words. We are happy they have them, though.
Anyway, Lucy saw the scenery and said "You should take a picture of that for your trip report." So I did.
It is pretty cool. Dole Whips enjoyed, we did another mission with Sorcerers. We were again clambering all over each other trying to be the first one to get their card read by the camera. I don't remember who won this round, but I'm sure we were a sight.
Next, since we were still in Adventureland, we decided to head over to The Tiki Room. One of our favorites! But I'll save that for another day.