Happy Birthday H!!
Another whirlwind weekend! Hugged George at Moss Park goodbye and wished him safe travels and off we went to Fort Wilderness Campground at Disney. After acquainting ourselves with the layout of the campground and pricing the single bottles of beer at the General Store ($5.25) we took the boat ride to the Wilderness Lodge, which is the replica of the magnificent lodge in Yellowstone. From there it was off to the Contemporary Resort and a ride around the park on the monorail before heading back to the campground via another boat ride.
Up early and out to the bus stop on H’s Birthday – didn’t want to miss a minute of his FREE pass! The bus picked us up at the end of our campground loop and took us to the outpost where we switched buses and rode to the front gates of the Hollywood Studios for a day of excitement and thrills!?? Since we were “resort” folks, we were allowed to enter the park early - just after 8am and we traveled from the deserted streets of New York to the almost empty hills of San Francisco. Disappointment almost overtook H when he found out that 3 of the attractions were closed. We took a time out and reversed our bus rides and went back to the trailer for a lunch break and a bit of quiet time. Soon we were back to the park tho and filled the afternoon with more pavement pounding and crowd dodging. We had learned to obtain a “fast pass” on several rides and made good use of them during the busy afternoon. Toy Story Mania was one of our favorites. It was a cartoon shooting arcade pitting one rider against the partner in the car. Yes, it was his birthday so I let him beat me! We attended the afternoon Block Party Bash - the equivalent of the Magic Kingdom Parade only with Woody, Buzz and their pals!! NO – we did not ride the Tower of Terror! Several of our friends said we should but after listening to ALL the screaming – even H decided that he didn’t want to ride it!
The most exhausting scary ride was the Rock n’ Roller Coaster Starring Aerosmith! Loud! Wild! FAST! DARK! I really did not want to ride but did. Guess which one of us got sick to his stomach! We heard the screaming on that ride way toooooo late!!
The park closed at 8pm and it was 10 minutes till when we staggered out to catch the bus back to the campground.
