Dani is a bonified "roller coaster queen" while Erin is more timid. Dani's favorite rides were:
Splash Mountain (went on it 4 times!)
Space Mountain (went on it 3 times)
Mulholland Madness (went on it 3 times)
Big Thunder Mountain (went on it once)
Buzz Lightyear
Finding Nemo
Winnie the Pooh
Erin was a bit less adventuresome. Her fav's were:
Dumbo
Finding Nemo
Autopia
Buzz Lightyear
Teacups
She liked the Matterhorn, but didn't want to go on it again
We used a program Wishy recommended to maximize our ride time and minimize our wait time. We used it and also ad-hoced a bit and had minimal wait times. It was GREAT!
The highlight of the entire vacation were the princesses. Erin was in LOVE with Ariel and Snow White. When we first saw Ariel, she was in heaven. When Snow White came out, she was over-the-top thrilled! Here are some pictures with the princesses:
Of course we had to have our official Disney mouse ears (though Dani wanted a hat instead!):
And Erin fell head-over-heels in love with Winnie the Pooh!
He's the only character she'd get close to...other than Minnie Mouse that is...
All in all, a great time was had by all! We even opened and closed the park one day! Talk about one tired bunch of people!
Friday evening, we drove down to Chula Vista (San Diego). A friend picked up Jam for me in Arizona and delivered her to me that night for a USDAA show that weekend. I brought the girls with me on Saturday and they were GREAT! A couple of friends were there with their 3-year-old daughter, so the 3 of them played together and watched movies. The dad even took them to a couple of playgrounds. At one point, they all ended up snuggling under blankets and taking a 2 hour nap!
Jammie and I did OK. We got 2 Masters Standard Q's only. In Gamblers, I was totally off and handled her like crap. In Masters Jumpers, she ran very fast, but too fast for me to keep her from a huge off-course potential. In Steeplechase, she missed the cutoff by .35 seconds. She had some issues in the weaves but was otherwise very fast.
On Sunday, she ran great on her half of Pairs, but her partner went off course. Her Masters Standard run was fabulous. In the GP, she muffed up the weaves...just like 80% of the class did. We couldn't figure out what was up with that. In Snooker, we had a wonderful opening. Then in the closing, she pulled the only bar of the weekend while going over #3. Oh well...it was the last class of the weekend so I couldn't be too upset with her.
Regardless, the entire trip was wonderful. Getting back to reality has been tough, but it's a necessary evil!
2 comments:
Oh, I'm so glad you had a great time! Almost makes me wish we were headed back to Disney this summer (ALMOST).
If you still have the coursemap for that GP with the tricky weaves, post it or email it, PLEASE! I'm interested in seeing it!
hugs, a
The entrance to the weaves wasn't tricky at all...what happened is that about 80% - 85% of the dogs popped out at #10...it was very strange. I talked with the judge and we figured it was either the spacing of the poles or the jump that was to be taken after it...that perhaps it was calling to the dogs! :) People handled the poles on both sides and it happened on both sides. VERY strange.
The PNS dogs didn't have as much of a problem with it, however, so I can't explain that one! Oh, and I don't have the course...I lost that one...sorry!
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