trains & fro-yo™

i spent the last two days continuously laughing. the fosters came and visited from miami and it was wonderful. i took the bus to saratoga springs, which is a resort pa would love. i actually didn't realize it was all horse themed until today, when we ate lunch at the turf club and there were jockey shirts displayed throughout the halls. not to mention there were structures of horses around the gigantic property. anyways, when i got to the resort, uncle derek, aunty t, j, eri and mark walked into the lobby at the exact same time as me. we said our hellos and went to check in. immediately after that, we went up to one of our rooms, offloaded our things and headed over to the bus stop to go to magic kingdom.

magic kingdom was packed! working at magic kingdom is completely different to being there as a guest. thousands of spring-breakers and families on easter vacation filled every street and walkway throughout the whole park. after jeremy and mark had to stop for ice-cream almost immediately, we found our way to tomorrowland where we got our fast passes for space mountain. we must have gotten them around two pm, and we couldn't return until 6.40 in the evening. while waiting for space mountain, we found things to do to occupy ourselves. we watched the parade at three and afterwards we took the train to fantasyland, because jeremy is 'really into trains right now. trains and fro-yo,' and he only mentioned it about seventy-eight times at least. when we got off in fantasyland, we braved the line for goofy's rollercoaster, which is definitely the shortest roller coaster. ever. after that, we headed to frontierland to go to splash mountain. we were hungry, so we went into a restaurant to eat some lunch. we didn't know where we were going, and it just so happened that we walked into the restaurant i'll be working in come april 15th, pecos bill. the costume is beautiful. it's a blue skirt that comes midway between my knees and ankles, covered by a green and yellow floral apron-looking thing, with a white puffy blouse, trimmed in the same green and yellow floral patten tucked in. really gorgeous.

after lunch, we headed to splash mountain. the wait time said two hours, but again, we braved it and waited patiently. it really did not take two hours to get onto the ride, but it was so fun when we did. mark and jeremy got absolutely soaked from the big drop. they were so wet that when the ride was over and we pulled back into the stop for other people to get on, everyone stared in disbelief. one kid even mumbled 'holy crap,' under his breath, clearly very nervous for his turn after seeing them. i got pretty wet too, but my shirt dried super fast because of the material it was. my pants, however, stayed damp for hours. and being denim, they got very heavy. i had to walk around holding them up. i must've looked ridiculous!

we still had time to kill before our appointment with space mountain, so we went to do the pirates of the caribbean ride. we were in line waiting, and there was a family in front of us. the two boys were so wicked, so we were laughing. the eldest boy looked at jeremy and said "hey what are you laughing at mister? you want me to unleash my fury?" of course we laughed even more, clearly entertaining him, making him carry on. we could tell his mother was getting angry so we tried to stop. she made him apologize, and he told j "hey you know i was just kidding right?" it was so funny. he then did something to the people in front of him, and again, we overheard him apologize again. his brother wasn't as hyper as him, but we spent the rest of the wait time talking to him, which sort of distracted him from being naughty.

after that ride, we went on over to space mountain. finally! we felt like such vips walking past all the hundreds of people waiting in line. we went straight on and it was exhilarating, as it is every single time. the pictures at the end were quite entertaining. after that, we took the monorail over to the contemporary (which is SUCH a cool hotel,) and from there we took the bus to downtown disney, where we met up with uncle andrew, aunty gina, jason, melina and big-boy lucas. we had a lovely dinner at the irish restaurant, complete with an irish waiter and then eri and i departed to go watch the electrical parade which was at 11. we were definitely cutting it close as we left downtown disney around 10.30. we took the bus back to the contemporary resort. i suggested we walk to magic kingdom because it's walking distance, but we ran upstairs to the monorail just to be told that walking would be shorter, because the monorail made various stops on the way. so we pelted back downstairs and power walked to magic kingdom. and it felt as if it took much longer than the seven minutes we were promised. we raced inside and got there EXACTLY as the show had started. perfect timing. after that, we were exhausted, but we went to meet the princesses anyway. we saw sleeping beauty, belle and cinderella. then we took the bus back to our resort. we had no idea which stop to get off on, so the bus driver got out with us on the first stop and helped us out. the people on the bus must have been a bit angry about the little delay we created, but we were so grateful, because saratoga springs is huge and we would've been walking for hours to find our way back to our room.

we got up to the first room, got our stuff and headed over to the second room we had. we passed a power scooter (with the key still in it) on the way to our room and thought of the fun we could have had with it, but decided against it in case i got in trouble, but we guaranteed each other that when jeremy and mark got home they were definitely going to ride it (because they had stayed at downtown disney drinking and smoking cigars with some fella they met.) eri and i got inside, pulled out the pullout couch for them, showered, and fell asleep almost immediately after our heads hit the pillows. it felt like we were sleeping for two minutes when the two boys came in the room, in full form, of course. they complained about a thousand times about having to sleep on the pull-out bed and jeremy was quoting step brothers, and i was trying my hardest not to laugh so i wouldn't encourage them, but i couldn't control myself. i just laughed and laughed while they complained about having to sleep on a two by four; about why there was a piece of wood sticking in their backs; how jeremy lost his horse; how 'yall don't say that!'; while wondering if the bird making noise outside the window was real, among many other things. (and just to mention, i am in absolute hysterics at the moment thinking of everything.)

we got woken up this morning by a very anxious phone call from uncle derek, saying we were going to breakfast. we all got ready, except mark who was still complaining about having the worst sleep of his entire life. breakfast was quick, and the mickey waffles were so good. after breakfast we headed to downtown disney, via water taxi. we walked around for a bit, but then decided we'd go do something else. when we got to the resort, we sat in a lounge area, and we instantly got super lazy, not wanting to do anything. so we went to the turf club, and had lunch together. needless to say, i was laughing until i cried throughout lunch. it was so much fun. after lunch, they dropped me back 'home,' and we said our goodbyes. it was so nice seeing family again in less than a week! i'm really going to miss everyone. but it was such a good two days, and i can't believe i'm still laughing.

my parents are now en route to bequia, where they'll be on vacation. ben sailed twenty hours there from yesterday evening and dad said he loved it. i'm still upset they are all on vacation at easter time without me. totally unfair, right? i'm kidding but i'm definitely going to be missing my family this weekend. first easter apart. woah. sending lots and lots and lots of love to everyone! xo