The "Why Can't I Get a Good Beer" trip report-Day 4-Regular Evening
Cast:
Me-43, Event planner by day, Disney planner by night
DH-40, Cranky Disney Nay-sayer
After a few moments of R & R and a shower for us both (hey, you'd have showered too if you'd spent 3 hours in the sauna that is Yawnimal Kingdom!), we hopped a bus to Epcot.
We had yet to do Illuminations, and I knew after the good response from Surly McCP, Illuminations would be good too.
Besides, we hadn't done Soarin' yet! I was ever so excited for it. I wasn't certain what DH would think, as I'm well aware of the fact that he's not big on the whole "flying" thing, but we were going anyway. DH and his phobias? Bah!
Arriving at Epcot around 5:00PM, we saw the line for SE was a little daunting, so we passed it by. Hopped over to the Land to pick up Fast Passes for Soarin'. Return time was 7:00, so we headed to Nemo. Laughed hysterically at the seagulls outsite with their "Mine, Mine" routine. Nemo was cute, but I certainly wouldn't wait in a line for it. Maybe if I had small kids, but no other reason. DH indulged me whilst I stared in awe at the Manatees for about 20 minutes. Even Surly McCrankyPants called them "cute".
You know, I may have to come up with a new name for DH. His Disney hating self was no longer in evidence. The kids knew by now that if Dad hated it here, we weren't coming back. I was beginning to see a few chinks in his armor. He smiled and laughed during rides and shows. He called characters by name and interacted with them. He will never do crowds, yet I saw him wait patiently in lines. He's done his time with little kids, yet he was talking to them all on his own. As a matter of fact, with very few exceptions, he wasn't cranky. At all. Hmmm, I'm sensing something wrong here. Or maybe, I'm sensing something RIGHT. He hasn't even SWORN once on this trip. I need to do some serious thinking here. I'm going out on a limb here, but he's having FUN!
This dawns on me as we are sitting outside the Land, on a beautiful evening, stars twinkling from above, children running by, laughing with their blinking toys buzzing around. There IS magic here. There truly is. Not only was it the only place in the world that I wanted to be, HE was in the place that HE wanted to be. I was more content in those few moments on that bench than I had been in years.
We took these few moments of silence and down time to call the kids again. Now, we had been calling them frequently thoughout the week, but I listened in to my DH calling his son. I heard only the one-sided conversation, but here's what I heard.
DH-"Hey, what's up?"
DH-"Good! You made the team? Way to go! Which squad?"
DH-"Well, of course they have to put last years MVP on the A squad!"
DH-"Yeah, we're having a great time"
DH-"Oh man, you will LOVE it here"
DH"Yeah, you NEED to go to Disney Quest. It is the coolest place"
DH-"No, there haven't been any rides you won't like. You'll love it all"
DH-"No, we'll stay somewhere different next time. Probably one of the bigger resorts"
DH-"Yeah, we went by Port Orleans and it was cool, either that or maybe this place called the Polynesian. That was great"
Can you guess what I'm thinking at this point?
Can you?
Yup, I was wondering who was going to take next years America's Cup. Wow, you're good!
Ummmm. I lied. I really wasn't thinking about that. I don't even know what America's Cup is. I don't care either.
What I cared about was that Happy McDisneyDrawers was hooked! Wait. Do I like "Happy McDisneyDrawers"? I may have to think on that one for a bit. I'll chew on it for a while to see what I think. It may be a bit over the top.
On with the show!
Fast passes in hand, we head off to fly the friendly skies over CA. Wow, did we love that. Both of us. Coolest thing ever! I would have loved to do it again, but we wanted to wander World Showcase before the evening spectacular. DH, smiling, laughing, holding my hand as we wander. Life CAN NOT be better than this.
Then, it was the "beer" issue once more. I was wondering if Surly was coming back, but not really. It now became more of a comment instead of an out and out complaint. He (grudgingly) swallowed a Miller Lite, but only one.
We didn't do much of anything at this point. We wandered, people watched, moseyed through gift shops here and there. Epcot was virtually empty. There was no need to stake out a good place for Illuminations. It was all open. The show started, and as soon as the ball came into view with the photos passing over it, I heard a very quiet "wow" coming from DH. His eyes were wide open as he drank in the whole show. I shivered, but not from the cold. It was from the pure magic of the week. I have the man I love most in the world, enjoying something he told me he would never, ever do. He was happy. I was over the moon.
Sigh. I can say no more about that night.
Karen
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Wow, you have really turned him around and shown him what is right in life!
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