Crazy People

We survived Magic Kingdom today. Survived is the operative word. The park was open until 2 AM today so we had a relaxing morning and didn't even head out until close to noon.

We ate breakfast, walked around the grounds and found all the cool stuff inside the lodge - even played some arcade games. Took the boat from Wilderness Lodge to MK which rocked....better than busing. At first the place was crazy and we waited in line for 60 minutes to ride Thunder Mountain, but after a solid lunch at Pecos Bill's, the crowd seemed to die down a little. The thing that gets me in these parks are attractions like The Hall of Presidents and The Haunted Mansion, which have "free for all" lines. Inside the Hall, we got there 15 minutes before the every half hour show. We walked over to the yellow line where the curtains would open to go in and sat down. There was about 3-4 feet between me and the line. As the doors closed and the crowd started to move towards the curtain, a couple in their early 50's probably zigged and zagged past everyone and walked right around us to proudly stand on the yellow line like they had conquered Everest. Think I kept my mouth shut? Nope. I said almost right into the guys ear "I love how we've been sitting here for 15 minutes and people don't even feel bad about walking around you." The guy never turned around to even make eye contact with me but he did mutter something. His wife didn't turn around either. Hopefully they felt bad about their behavior but I doubt it. At The Haunted Mansion, A mom around our age and her son were in line directly behind us. We even made small talk at one point about a hat somebody was wearing in front of us. When we got to the doors where a group of people go in at once - they moved to the side to sit on a rail. When the maid opened the door to go in, they hopped off of the rail and YUP, shimmied right past us to get in the door 3 seconds before us. At Stitch's Escape the dad in front of me and myself looked at each other in disbelief as 2 younger guys hopped past us right at the door entrance. The dad was southern and looked at me and said "It would be sad if I had to whoop somebody's ass right here in DisneyWorld. Word. He could've too, he was a big 'ole boy. What we're seeing is nothing short of weird. Parents screaming at kids, people going from ride to ride like their lives depended on something. Are they really enjoying themselves? My wife and I have as much fun observing other people as we do riding and seeing shows. We have an 8-year-old with us and we have a single backpack barely loaded and a teeny tiny sling camera bag with us. We keep passing people without kids who look like they're outfitted for a 2 month canoe trip down a river. I love people. I should have been a sociologist. We stayed for the evening parade of lights at 9 but skipped the 10 PM fireworks. That same show is at 9 another night this week so we'll go back. Animal Kingdom tomorrow and on Tuesday we're meeting Rio and his family in Epcot. I think there are some Rio stories on here from the past 2 years. I'll link them on Tuesday. We haven't seen him in 5-6 years. Fun will be had by all. He's currently flying to Rome...and not as a passenger...he's a commercial pilot. What a cool job. Makes mine look boring.