Celebrating my Aunt's birthday

Okay so I often spend my time reading trip reports on the disboards. I never thought to write my own because as a cast member its usually only a day trip for me and I go as often as I like. I thought that it would last forever but due to my upcoming move these day trips will mean more to me than ever. So please bare with me as I attempted to write my own.

The Reason: To celebrate my Aunt’s birthday and Spring Break for my sister and brother.

The Date: April 11,2008

The Cast:
My Aunt G and her husband D. They have been begging me since I started working at Disney to take them to the parks. Unfortunately our schedules never matched up. My uncle’s daughter who will one day work at Disney I’m sure. My sister and my brother. He says he has outgrown the name “Bubba” but he will always be Bubba to me. My Aunt M, my dad, my boyfriend, who is also a CM who has had too much Disney. He couldn’t be happier that we are moving so we don’t have to go to Disney all the time. Agreed to go with my family and I on his own free will and myself , A CM who can’t get enough of Disney. I always try to convince my boyfriend to go to the parks with me even though he doesn’t want to.

It took a little bit of planning but we all agreed to April 11, my aunt’s actual birthday and the last day of my brother and sister’s spring break. It was harder for everyone to agree which park to meet at but somehow we all came to the agreement to meet at Animal Kingdom at 9am. Much to my surprise everyone was early and this was the first time in history that I have ever been to a park right when it opened.

While we were waiting at the gates my aunt M and I were teasing my brother telling him he has to ride Expedition Everest to earn his grown up name. We told my sister she had to ride too. They both looked terrified and we hadn’t even stepped foot in the park. However, they agreed. My brother would be riding partners with my boyfriend, my sister with me, and my aunt M and uncle's daughter would be together. Aunt G, Uncle D and my dad said they were going to sit it out.

As soon as the gates opened my aunt M went to get a scooter while the rest of us made bathroom stops. I wanted to wait to go to the bathroom just make a run for Mt. Everest but I was outvoted. What seemed like hours later we finally made it to Mt. Everest and the line was packed. We got fast passes, our time to come back was between 10:20 and 11:20. I explained to my family how it works and then went to ride Kali River Rapids. There was no wait. My sister chickened out so my dad waited with her. My brother’s face after the drop was priceless and he said he was wet in places he shouldn’t be. Since there was still no one in line we rode a 2nd time against my brother’s wishes. When we got off we all gave my sister a hug so she would be wet too. We still had some time to kill so we proceeded on to Dinosaur.

Along the way my dad wanted to watch Finding Nemo, the Musical and tried to convince everyone to watch instead of riding Dinosaur. He was outvoted. He stayed and my sister chickened out again and stayed with my dad. We had a 30 min wait for Dinosaur but it moved rather quickly. My brother screamed bloody murder the entire ride and did not raise his head once. After Dinosaur it was finally time for Expedition Everest.

As we made our way over to Everest, I tried calling my sister since she was supposed to be my riding partner. No answer, she has bailed out once again. We got in line and was at the front in no time. My aunt M was impressed with fast pass. My brother was trying to bail out. My boyfriend told him if he could handle Dinosaur, this would be no problem. My brother looked uncertain. It was finally our turn. We boarded and I wished my brother good luck. As always, it was over way too soon. My aunt thought the ride was “the bomb” and my boyfriend said my brother turned as white as a ghost. I told my brother that he has officially earned his grown up name.

After meeting up with everyone who couldn’t handle Everest, we bragged how awesome it was. It was decided that we would go to Epcot next. Everyone but my dad, my boyfriend and I headed to the buses. My dad had to go to work and my boyfriend wanted to stop by our house and change shirts. (We only live like 10 min away) We told my family we would meet up with them at Epcot later. My boyfriend and I went home, he changed and I grabbed my sunglasses. Then we made our way to Epcot.

When we got there uncle's daughter and Aunt Mwere waiting to ride Test Track. My aunt and uncle were waiting outside with the two chickens. I called my aunt and told her to meet us inside by the cars. She snapped pictures while we were waiting for Aunt M and uncles daughter to finish. My aunt claimed Test Track was the bomb. I asked her what happened to Everest being the bomb, she said yeah, that one is better and this one is just okay.

Next we decided to ride Mission Space. On the way we stopped for Turkey Legs. uncles daughter got one first and my aunts and uncle ate off hers. My boyfriend and I decided to get one as well, then my aunts helped us eat ours too. After our Turkey legs we stopped at Club Cool where my brother and sister tricked my aunt M into drinking Beverly. My sister was in tears from my aunt’s reaction. We finished up in Club Cool and headed over to Mission Space. The wait was only about 20 mins for the green side, although my boyfriend and uncles daughter wanted to ride the orange side. It was over in no time and my sister and brother said it wasn’t as bad as they thought it would be.

After Mission Space, my family wanted to check in at there hotel (off property). We made plans to meet up for dinner at a chinesse buffet. We said our good-byes.

That's the end of my first TR.