I had to take a few days off from blogging because this week has been so busy! I've had to work all kinds of overtime, and my schedule has been a little all over the place. Plus, K had a project due and homework and all kinds of stuff, so.....sorry. I know you've been waiting on pins a needles to hear all about the rest of our trip! *sarcasm* Since today is super chilly and blustery, I think it is the perfect time to reflect on gorgeous weather and warm temperatures, just to take the edge off.
Tuesday of our vacation didn't start super early. We had planned to go to Blizzard Beach and it didn't open until 10am. The mornings weren't warm enough (I thought) for swimming, so I was fine with not getting there right when the park opened. In case you didn't know, Blizzard Beach is one of two Disney waterparks. The other is Typhoon Lagoon, which I've wanted to go to since I was probably 7-years-old, but it was closed for repairs and refurbishment. *Sigh*...Such is the (only) downfall of hitting up WDW in the off-season. BB was really fun, though, and all had a great time.
We arrived around 11am and staked out a spot near Tike's Peak (the area for smallish ones). The areas for sitting and relaxing are numerous! We picked the area that we did because we figured that one parent or the other would be with Little A in that area most of the time anyway. In these areas, there are lounge chairs, regular pool-type chairs, sand and lots of shady places. There are little deck areas scattered around that one can rent so that one's family can have their own space. Some of the lounge areas a little too out-of-the-way for my taste...almost remote. But if you have a large group (and no valuables) this may be a better choice for you. These out-of-the-way areas are so peaceful and you would almost never even feel like you were in a waterpark. There is Christmas music playing all day, which was a little odd for me, but it was all Beach Boys and Jimmy Buffet-type island music so it was kinda fun.
Little A kept wanting to play in the sand, and that's pretty much all she wanted for a while. I coaxed her away from our things and over to the chair lift that takes you to the top of the 'mountain'. (BB is themed to look like a ski resort that had gotten too warm and all of the snow had melted down the side of the mountain to create the slides.) At the top of the mountain are three big slides, Summit Plummet, Slush Gusher and Teamboat Springs. Two of them (SP and SG) were closed, but that was ok by me because they were those great big steep ones that you go down at hundreds of miles per hour, which I don't like anyway. Teamboat Springs is one of those half-pipe slides that requires a tube with 4-6 passengers. This isn't too crazy of a slide, so I thought A would be alright on it. There wasn't a height requirement, the sign just said 'no infants'. Hubs and K got on the ski lift first, and then I panicked a little because how am I supposed to get a toddler on a ski lift and then get myself on without falling (the lift doesn't stop, of course)?!? I was in a bathing suit, with no shoes on...I saw this ending badly. Fortunately, luck was on my side and we were soon gliding up to the top. I'm not the biggest fan of heights, ps, so I kept my hand on A the whole time (she hated that). At the top, we reached the entrance to the slide. Hubs sat down, K across from him, and then A and I next to each other (so I could hold on to her, duh). A hated it. She was terrified and screamed the whole way. It wasn't that crazy, she's just scared of everything. Other than that, the rest of us loved it! It's a really good family-type slide.
After that first slide, A and I went to Tike's Peak and B and K went to hunt down some racing slides (toboggan Racers). I won't go on these because you are going face-first at breakneck speeds down a waterslide on a slippery mat. No. Just no. As a family, we enjoyed Meltaway Bay (wave pool) and Cross Country Creek (lazy river). A loved Tike's Peak, although after the family tube slide, she wouldn't touch the extremely tame kids tube slide with a 10-foot pole. She also enjoyed the pool (with a swim vest) at Ski Patrol Training Camp (the pre-teen area). That area is pretty cool. There are slides that are bigger than the Tike's slides, but tamer than the great big ones throughout the rest of the park. There is an over-the-water zipline, and an 'ice bridge' to cross.
Lunch was giant turkey legs and hot dogs. My turkey leg, which I'd been craving since our last trip to Disney, was too dry. I was a little disappointed in that. It made me want to get another before we left property. There are several little walk-up food huts around the park advertising turkey legs, sandwiches and ice cream, and there are even a couple of booze stands for the parents.
K and I got to go off on our own for a couple of big slides that were fast and one (Downhill Double Dipper) that made me feel like my bathing suit would always be stuck in my hiney. Perhaps my greatest adventure for the whole day happened when K and I were looking for Hubs and A. We had walked, seemingly, all over the place looking for them. We trekked up to the top of the hill in Tikes Peak to see if they were at the top playing in the little splash pool. During this trek, I saw something out of the corner of my eye fall off the chest-high rock wall that bordered the path. It. Was. A. Snake. It fell a mere foot from my person and I almost died on the spot. We beat it out of there real quick.
When a voice over the park-wide loud-speaker came across telling us that the changing rooms would be closing in 15 minutes, I felt that it was time to go. Hubs and K were off squeezing in another death-defying turn town the racing slide, so I dressed A quickly at our little spot in the sand, then made a mad dash for the changing rooms. I was surprised that there were any open. Yet again, something that we didn't have to wait for. After a quick change for the other two, we were back outside the gates waiting on the bus back to our resort.
We had a couple of hours to have a small snack and get changed into some nicer attire before dinner. Hubs found out about the Luau at the Polynesian months ago, and that was really the only meal he was psyched for and had insisted on. The Luau took 2 table service credits because it is a dinner show and is 'all you care to enjoy'. We drove to the Polynesian with only a couple of snags (missing our exit and a small meltdown from me), and had our picture taken upon entry to the show. It was $35 for an 8x10 and 4 5x7's, but it was a cute picture and one of the few of all four of us, so it was totally worth it for me. The storyline for the show is kind of cheesy, but I hear it's been the same for at least a decade. However, the dancers after the story are amazing! There were a LOT of women screaming over the men in Polynesian get-ups. I did not scream. I wanted to, but my children were present. We enjoyed the food (ribs, roasted chicken and pulled pork) and the entertainment thoroughly, and given the chance, we would probably go back again sometime.
I know I said that there would probably be only 2 more posts, but I'm fairly certain it might be 2 more after this one. I can't help it...I'm a little bit of a Chatty Cathy. Until next time!
Mrs. W
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