mickey mouse kicked me in the bootie

I planned on blogging each night of our trip to Orlando. I know you are all desperate to hear every detail of the Hale family spring break fun. It took us about 10 1/2 hours to get there. It was 640 miles. The trip was uneventful, unlike this one. Harrison threw up once. Only one person throwing up is uneventful on one of our road trips.

Day 1 was at the Magic Kingdom.


While I didn't actually see you there, you must have been there, right? Every human being on this blessed green planet must have been there!

The masses of humanity were stifling. Overwhelming. Exhausting. Hence my lack of posting. I was SOOO tired by the time I crawled, er, road the (worst) shuttle bus back to the hotel that I wanted to cry. I think maybe I did cry. I know I took Tylenol pm. I would like to tell you how much fun we had. Riding rides and meeting beloved Disney characters. But I can't. See, I get a wee bit of motion sickness so I decided that I was going to ride Space Mountain first thing when we got there and then spend of the rest of the day recovering. Well, I did ride it first thing. When the line was only 20 minutes. I rode it. SO did my husband and all 6 of my children. And my father.


I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO DIE!!!

I'm not kidding. I was never able to force my eyes open during the whole ride. I must have ridden Space Mountain 50 times as a kid growing up and visiting Disneyland. I have become the worlds biggest wimp. I spent the rest of the day quietly congratulating myself that I didn't pee my pants while being SCARED TO DEATH.

My 7 year old couldn't stop grinning as we got off. She thought it was great. She proceeded to ride EVERY ride that she was tall enough to ride at The Magic Kingdom, Islands of Adventure, Universal Studios, and The Animal Kingdom. Yeti? what Yeti? She isn't scared of no stinking Yeti.

But her mother is. I rode the Jungle Boat ride. It felt like we were going to capsize. Yes, I was nervous!

Day 2 Islands of Adventure:

Then the next day I was thrown for a loop on The Cat in The Hat ride. And then my husband dragged me on the Dr. Seuss train thing. It is like 5 stories up. I know it is for little kids. I was mortified. I had to keep my eyes CLOSED the whole time.

And then I made a big mistake. After waiting for the kids to ride every uber scary coaster in the park I am really wanting to sit someplace cool. Cause I am hot. And sunburned. I say "Let's ride Spiderman. It is a virtual reality ride," I think, sit still, close eyes and I don't see anything and can just enjoy the air conditioning.

Has anyone ridden this mortifying, out of control death trap?

First, Spiderman jumps on my head. I scream like the little girl I am. Molly laughs. Like the little girl she is! Then we spin. and spin. And get blow torched. And spin some more. and then I want to throw up. and then it rains on us. and then they throw in some pout of control spiraling. and then I want to throw up and die. Yes, I kept my eyes closed most of the time.

I never recovered from Spiderman. I am not sure I have recovered yet and I rode it Wednesday afternoon.


And then Jaws spit a tidal wave of water on me and I was soaked the rest of the evening. But I will have to tell you about that later.

I do have lots of wonderful things to tell you about the trip. I will be visiting this subject a lot. But you won't see many pics cause I forgot my camera. It wouldn't really have mattered if I had brought it cause I wouldn't have carried it into the parks anyway. But I promise to tell you all more, later.