8:30: FML what’s that!??…evacuation alarm…my god what a horrific noise…Me and Jo spring out of bed (after I first attempt to turn the alarm off on my phone…I was so confused 🤣)…tore the room apart, looked like the hurricane had torn through our room…kids dressed and out of the room…to the safety of the 4th floor terrace…literally no guidance on what to do…decided we were more vulnerable on the 4th floor, and not wanting to experience what the cows in twister experienced, we headed to the stairs…finally a cast member to direct us…fire alarm, exit to the next building…so no hurricane then? How boring…off we go…wait, false alarm, back to your rooms, alls good. Bloody hell Paige, you didn’t have to set the fire alarm off to get us ready for the parks, they’re opening much later today anyways (bloody storm)…bugger it, we’re up now let’s get there for rope drop.
Busch Gardens day, but storm Nicole put a stop to that…cheers Nicole (bitch!!), didn’t fancy the long drive anyways…Busch Garden closed so Hollywood Studios as per original plan. Phased reopening following the hurricane overnight…2pm open time today…what can we do to pass the time?
We do need a Walmart run mind…some cold medicine for Alaska and maybe an extra suitcase (ya know, cos I’m an uncontrollable shopaholic)…and sweets for Gray, obviously.
Gray, your gonna go to nanny and bampy for an hour…’aww why?’…’Gray, I’m good with killing me, mammy and Paigey in the storm, but not you and your sister’…Paige - ‘well at least I’ll be doing something I love’…priorities! She’s right mind, she bloody loves Walmart.
Off we go…apparently we missed the memo that the storm would promptly stop at 2pm this afternoon…the shops all got it, but none of the Brit’s did…I-Drive full of British tourists not perturbed by the weather (we’ve literally had worse winds back home while we’ve been away)…Walmart, Target, Starbucks all closed…bloody hell, what will we do now?…finally got little Loo some cough and cold medicine from the pharmacy (the change in weather has really hit her, poor thing) and of course Grayson’s sweeties…back to the hotel.
Everywhere closed, hotel lobby mental busy, bit of breakfast then…Mickey waffles!!…muffin for me (I need to watch my figure)…despite the weather warning, great to see the pool still in full use…I mean it’s nice to see we’re not the only ones determined to be undeterred by the weather, but this was taking the piss…lifeguards less than impressed, dressed in their irony uniforms…full body waterproof clothing.
Quick little trial packing to test weights and gauge whether we need a new case or not…foolishly bought a giant 50th castle play set for Alaska for Christmas that takes up the whole of her case…nice one Dean, buggered that one…oh well, be worth it I’m sure.
So, poor little Loo being poorly spent the afternoon with nanny and bampy whilst the rest of us headed to Hollywood Studios for opening. Absolutely mental there…turned up just before 2pm, and I kid you not, there were thousands of people already waiting…I joked about getting there for rope drop, but this was more mental than our Universal rope drops…no Hagrid here, no idea what the fuss was for!!!…line went quickly mind.
Rainy day pics then guys? Hell yes…Me and Jo had some lovely romantic pics…not our choice, we don’t really like each other, the camera man made us (we love each other really)…then a group pic with Me, Jo, Grayson and our DAUGHTER Paige…cheeky fucker thought Paige was our daughter…we do look similar obviously, but that took the piss mun. Jordan fuming, Paige smugger than usual.
Slinky Dog Dash then…let’s get there a bit sharpish to avoid a massive wait…Gray was desperate to ride it again, it’s all he’s spoken about since he rode last time…over excited as ever in the queue, he decided to use his sweater to blindfold me whilst he was on my shoulders…now I’m a strong guy, but apparently not as strong as a 4 year old determined to make a fool of his dad…I swear I was waiting in the queue unable to see for about 5 mins while Grayson pissed himself laughing (fortunately not literally this time)…finally broke free and was mildly embarrassed to see how far the queue had moved in without me…nice one Gray, glad you had a laugh. Slinky was great fun, and Grayson loved it…his favourite ride for sure..poor bugger was desperate to go on again, but we had shit to do and couldn’t wait another hour and a half…sorry buddy, Disney waits for no one.
Galaxy’s Edge for a Ronto Wrap again…lovely food despite looking like an overexcited dogs penis…was strange how Paige found it more appetising that way…all Grayson wanted was the bread…clearly he’s been traumatised by Sirius and Apollo (our male dogs for anyone not in the know).
Caught up with Mickey and Minnie next…great to see Minnie had finally recovered from her hangover and was back in work…Sorcerer Mickey…ahhhh, brilliant…think the adults were more excited than Gray...bloody disnerds as we are.
Done enough rides, fancied meeting a few more characters…off to Star Wars Launch Bay to catch up with the ‘Big Brown Hairy Guy’, commonly known as Chewbacca…think I preferred Grays name better. Vader next…Gray was bubbling with excitement…damn, our kid is a bad guy…they say never meet your hero’s, but Grayson clearly enjoyed…he was starstruck!!
Planned to go on Tower of Terror (no idea where Gray had all of a sudden grown a pair of balls from, but he was well up for it), but wait time was 80 mins, so we opted for the ‘Spooky House’ shop instead…have a T-shirt kid, it’ll traumatise you less. Bit more pottering around while Jordan watches the Frozen show…Starbucks (finally got one) and few shops, and then off to Epcot to find Paige a top that we’re now pretty sure she dreamt up (we couldn’t find it anywhere).
Security check at Epcot, and Grayson gets adopted into the Disney cast…’Green, Green, Green’…he was making sure noone dodgy got into Epcot with us…the security guys loved him…no idea why.
Ok then, quick pic again by the Epcot ball…’Daddy I need a wee now!!’…fuck, I’ve heard that before and last time you gave us a pre storm shower…ok Gray, Smile, Cheese, let’s go…legged it to toilet, all gray had to do was walk in…nope…fucked it, straight on his face…the bloody floor was soaking…Poor Gray apologised to the cleaner for ruining his floor…poor bugger.
Off to Mexico in search of the made up Sweater…surprisingly didn’t find it…then around the world to France to finally get the Brioche Ice Cream Sandwich we missed out on last time…yay it’s open…boo the queue is longer than the Ratatouille ride…bugger it…2 Croque Glace please…worth the wait, bloody delicious.
Ok that’s enough for one night, gotta get back to Loo Loo…quick stop outside Disney for Popeyes Chicken and Shrimp…can finally say that I concur with Little Nicky that ‘Popeyes chicken is fucking awesome’…very nice indeed.
Back to room…Pick up Alaska…she looks much better after a day of rest, and chill ready for our final full day tomorrow.
Back to Animal Kingdom tomorrow for a little bit…more leisurely pace though.
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