Trip Report The Rain Never Bothered Us Anyway - June 2024

Hi! We're back and I'm sort of settled back into our routine, so I thought I would try to get started on this report. There were lots of ups and downs, but we had a good trip! And as my title suggests, the torrential rain and flooding they were calling for did not happen and we were not bothered by the rain that did happen! I'm going to start with some general thoughts in this first post before jumping into the actual trip, so please bear with me.

I really struggled this trip, and not just the way you would think I would and definitely not just the way I thought I would. It was definitely hard going back without Lily, but I really struggled physically this time too. I've always been blessed with a good metabolism and have stayed pretty much the same weight I was in high school (things just shifted a little after having kids), but I'm going to be honest here and tell you all that I've been pretty lazy and sedentary since Lily's accident and we haven't had the best eating habits. Combine that with the hormone changes that happened almost like a light switch went off when I turned 50, and I'm carrying 15 more pounds than I am used to. My legs and feet hurt like they never have before on a Disney trip! By the end of our 5th day, my left ankle and foot were swollen and the top of my foot looked like I was getting the "Disney crud" on it. I wore the same shoes on our first day that I have always worn on Disney trips and that I wore all weekend in Des Moines and have never had any issues with, but I had pretty bad blisters on my left foot by the end of our first day. Luckily, I had plenty of blister band aids and such and was able to treat them and not have them give me much issue. I was just not able to tolerate the heat like I used to be able too either! All of this was very frustrating to me.

My heart was literally breaking the first day watching Owen struggle. He and Lily were so close, and he thought he would be ok, but he really wasn't. He was almost crying in the lobby of CBR first thing when we got there. Then later that day, as we talked about the schedule for the week, he commented that he wasn't planning on swimming when we were at Typhoon Lagoon. He and Lily always hung out together in the wave pool and lazy river at the water parks. I asked before scheduling the After Hours at TL and he was excited about it. Just not when it came right down to it. He did end up enjoying his time there with Logan, but, man, it was hard watching him work through it.

But you know what was the hardest part? I never would have thought of this ahead of time, but the first time they asked how many in our party and I had to stop myself from saying 5 and say 4. It hurt every single time I had to say that.

Not gonna lie, I did cry a little on the plane on the way down, but once I got myself under control again, there was a rainbow outside the window. It was hard to catch with the camera, but it was definitely there! It made me stop and smile.
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I promise, the rest of the posts will be more upbeat!
 

TheMouseFan

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Original Poster
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We got there and it was still a complete walk on.
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When it was our turn to load, the CM asked if we wanted one row or two. I said two and she sent us with our row numbers. As I was climbing in, I noted that there was a big wet spot in the middle of the seat, so I got back out and Brian and I got in the row with the boys. It was most likely a spilled water bottle or something, but I wasn't about to sit in it that early in the day!! The CM looked at me kind of funny and I said the seat was wet so we would all just share a row. Next thing we know, several CMs were looking at the seat with very puzzled expressions and made us all get out of the boat and onto the next one. At the end of the ride, we saw them cleaning out that boat and sending it around empty again. I have no idea what really happened to make the seat wet, but the looks on all of the CMs faces was priceless!!

A few pics while on the ride:
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(I actually got both eyes open! Wasn't really what I was going for, but whatever!)
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Logan was the only one to make it on the screen!
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rshell68

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It's funny that you say that! Owen was very judgmental this trip and was constantly saying "why are you taking a picture of a light", "another light picture?", "do you need a picture of that light?", etc. He also had to judge that I was taking pictures of trash cans and I was taking notes on my phone. He kept asking who wants to see pictures of lights!?! He was like, "oh, it's your forum friends isn't it!?!"
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and I may be wrong but I think we haven't had as many pictures of lights since the @Doc Disney days....
 

TheMouseFan

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Once we got there, we had about 3 minutes before we could scan in, so I, of course, spent the time taking pictures!
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It was mostly a walk on through the LL. We had a slight delay as we were descending to the load area as one side was having issues and they were only loading one side for a few trains.
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