The Happiest Place on Earth: Part II
So as we left off last time, it was Saturday night in Disney and we were all knackered after a long day.
Sunday we got up and had decided we would go to MGM Studios. Now this is the section of Disney that doesn’t have a lot of rides but has every Disney character you could ever want to meet. The Mud Puddle had his sites set on the Power Rangers, he could not be bothered to even THINK about any of the other characters he might run into.
A few tidbits before I get into the actual story: The weather was perfect – sunny and warm, just what you expect in Orlando. I have a memory from childhood of being forced to wear homemade matching shirts (all four of us) at StoryLand. Anytime StoryLand or a family vacation memory is brought up I remind my mother of the blue and white matching shirts. So my dad, funny man that he is, had bought Joshua, Scott and I matching Disney shirts. Nice. We wore them that day and not only acted like a team but LOOKED like one too. Joshua didn’t seem to suffer any emotional scars from it (the t-shirt had Mickey on it, it was hard to get him out of it).
We got to the park and it became apparent they had taken great pains to make this park parent friendly as well. They had an ESPN set with commentators and activities and athletes around all day. I think Scott would have been happy to hang there all day (heck, I would have liked to as well, Mike Singletary from the 86 Bears was in the house, but we had places to go and Power Rangers to see).
We asked around (Everyone who works at Disney is very helpful and friendly about helping you out) and found out where the Power Rangers would be for a meet and greet. We got to the intersection (it was in the section of the park made to look like a movie set) about ½ an hour before they were scheduled to arrive and much to my delight the High School Musical float and street dance was about to roll on through.
For those of you that don’t know High School Musical is a Disney Channel Movie that revolved around (wait for it) a High School Musical and is filled with teens singing and dancing. It was the highest rated program in Disney Channel history and has become a phenomenon with 12 year old girls around the country. And 35 year old toddler moms apparently.
In my defense, I watched more out of curiosity that for entertainment purposes by my oh my it was sugary pop goodness at its best! Yeah, I enjoyed it and when I saw the street team was headed our way I grabbed the Mud Puddle by the hand and headed to a spot to watch.
He hung with me through most of the singing and dancing and we still do the dance moves from it every so often. With the twelve year old version of me happy, we asked around on where we should queue up for the Power Rangers, located the Red Ranger’s corner and hit the line.
The Power Rangers came gunning around the corner in their Power Ranger car, music blaring. The Mud Puddle’s reaction was PRICELESS. His jaw hung on a swivel and his cheeks started to get red with excitement. He looked up at me with eyes all wide and crazy.
The Power Rangers got out of the car, did some poses and then moved to their respective corners. They signed autographs (the idea of a four year old with an autograph book was bizarre, the Mud Puddle didn’t seem to mind he didn’t have one) and posed for pictures.
And when I say pose, I mean POSE. It can be described best at Power Ranger Vogueing. They were putting their best Ranger moves forward and it was unintentionally funny (to me at least) the Mud Puddle was star struck (if I had ever met Shaun Cassidy I am guessing I would have had a similar reaction). I totally understood how excited he was and it was so much fun to watch.
The Mud Puddle was second in line for the Red Ranger and went up and shook his hand and the Ranger started posing at first the Mud Puddle just stood in front of him all excited but quickly got into the spirit and started striking poses of his own. We decided since we had some more time to spend with the Rangers we would get pictures taken with another one so we queued up for the Blue Dino Ranger. I decided since they were SO good at posing it would only be fair if I got to pose too. Scott was game so the three of us walked up the Ranger – who shook all our hands (and gave me a bit of a bow) and we all got into position. Here was the result.
Right. That is the front runner for the Holiday card. It doesn’t get much more Team Guillemette than that. Guillemette Rangers Power Up!
To be continued… Next time: Does Disney pay out if you are trampled by an Einstein? Is it weird to have a crush on a cartoon character’s real life incarnation?
Sunday we got up and had decided we would go to MGM Studios. Now this is the section of Disney that doesn’t have a lot of rides but has every Disney character you could ever want to meet. The Mud Puddle had his sites set on the Power Rangers, he could not be bothered to even THINK about any of the other characters he might run into.
A few tidbits before I get into the actual story: The weather was perfect – sunny and warm, just what you expect in Orlando. I have a memory from childhood of being forced to wear homemade matching shirts (all four of us) at StoryLand. Anytime StoryLand or a family vacation memory is brought up I remind my mother of the blue and white matching shirts. So my dad, funny man that he is, had bought Joshua, Scott and I matching Disney shirts. Nice. We wore them that day and not only acted like a team but LOOKED like one too. Joshua didn’t seem to suffer any emotional scars from it (the t-shirt had Mickey on it, it was hard to get him out of it).
We got to the park and it became apparent they had taken great pains to make this park parent friendly as well. They had an ESPN set with commentators and activities and athletes around all day. I think Scott would have been happy to hang there all day (heck, I would have liked to as well, Mike Singletary from the 86 Bears was in the house, but we had places to go and Power Rangers to see).
We asked around (Everyone who works at Disney is very helpful and friendly about helping you out) and found out where the Power Rangers would be for a meet and greet. We got to the intersection (it was in the section of the park made to look like a movie set) about ½ an hour before they were scheduled to arrive and much to my delight the High School Musical float and street dance was about to roll on through.
For those of you that don’t know High School Musical is a Disney Channel Movie that revolved around (wait for it) a High School Musical and is filled with teens singing and dancing. It was the highest rated program in Disney Channel history and has become a phenomenon with 12 year old girls around the country. And 35 year old toddler moms apparently.
In my defense, I watched more out of curiosity that for entertainment purposes by my oh my it was sugary pop goodness at its best! Yeah, I enjoyed it and when I saw the street team was headed our way I grabbed the Mud Puddle by the hand and headed to a spot to watch.
He hung with me through most of the singing and dancing and we still do the dance moves from it every so often. With the twelve year old version of me happy, we asked around on where we should queue up for the Power Rangers, located the Red Ranger’s corner and hit the line.
The Power Rangers came gunning around the corner in their Power Ranger car, music blaring. The Mud Puddle’s reaction was PRICELESS. His jaw hung on a swivel and his cheeks started to get red with excitement. He looked up at me with eyes all wide and crazy.
The Power Rangers got out of the car, did some poses and then moved to their respective corners. They signed autographs (the idea of a four year old with an autograph book was bizarre, the Mud Puddle didn’t seem to mind he didn’t have one) and posed for pictures.
And when I say pose, I mean POSE. It can be described best at Power Ranger Vogueing. They were putting their best Ranger moves forward and it was unintentionally funny (to me at least) the Mud Puddle was star struck (if I had ever met Shaun Cassidy I am guessing I would have had a similar reaction). I totally understood how excited he was and it was so much fun to watch.
The Mud Puddle was second in line for the Red Ranger and went up and shook his hand and the Ranger started posing at first the Mud Puddle just stood in front of him all excited but quickly got into the spirit and started striking poses of his own. We decided since we had some more time to spend with the Rangers we would get pictures taken with another one so we queued up for the Blue Dino Ranger. I decided since they were SO good at posing it would only be fair if I got to pose too. Scott was game so the three of us walked up the Ranger – who shook all our hands (and gave me a bit of a bow) and we all got into position. Here was the result.
Right. That is the front runner for the Holiday card. It doesn’t get much more Team Guillemette than that. Guillemette Rangers Power Up!
To be continued… Next time: Does Disney pay out if you are trampled by an Einstein? Is it weird to have a crush on a cartoon character’s real life incarnation?
posted by Kristi Hallowell @ 12:42 PM
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4 Comments:
Scott is a natural!!! Are you sure he is not a real power ranger?
I am pretty sure.. You might want to ask him though. :)
Oh, how I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE High School Musical. Apparently it's big with 8-year olds also, which is my only excuse to have seen it! :)
Bonnie
I think we need to stop having excuses and embrace our innner little girls. My Pretty Ponys for everyone!!
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