The Dole Whip Challenge

So, as I wrote yesterday, some of my roomies and I went to the parks to celebrate Valentine's Day.  Sam and I started our day with a really nice lunch at a Mexican restaurant called Abuleo's where I got this weird type of baked quesadilla with the cheese outside of the tortilla that was actually quite yummy!  It was /supposedly/ a healthier Mexican cuisine, but I don't know if that was actually the case.

Oooh, fancy!  Three types of salsa - plus a house mix and some queso!!!

LOOK THE CHEESE IS ON THE OUTSIDE YES THAT MASS OF CHEESE IS IN FACT MY QUESADILLA.

We then headed to DAK, where we met up with Sam's friend Ricky!  We headed to Expedition Everest first, which I had never ridden before.  It was GREAT!!!!  so great that we did it twice whoops   Directly after that we went on Safaris, which was lovely!  The wait wasn't too bad and we saw everything but the Bongos, which is actually really sad because there's a baby right now and it's so cute that every time I see it I want to die.  Anyway, after our safari we headed to Dino Land, where we rode Dinosaur - which is apparently the Indiana Jones ride of Disney World!  Although I enjoyed it, I sadly don't think it's as good as the Indiana Jones one out in California.

A breathtaking view of the Tree of Life, my park's icon, taken on the walkway between Africa and Asia!  

As the Animal Kingdom was closing, we left for Magic Kingdom, which would be open for another seven hours!!  After grabbing a soft pretzel (one of my favorite foods), we met up with Katrina, another one of my flatmates.  From there we embarked on a mission - to go to the Dumbo ride and squeeze all four of us into the same capsule!  One of my other friends, who works there, told me that as long as the seatbelt is buckled it's allowed - and, hark!  She was right!!!  We did it and it was the most beautiful thing that had ever happened, and then we vowed to do all of the rest of the kiddie rides.  We even did the Carousel, and I got Cinderella's horse (you can tell which one's hers because it has a gold "ribbon" tied around its tail)!

And a little later on, after we'd been running around for a while, Katrina and I wanted Dole Whips - but it was really chilly, so Sam said we ought to go to the Tiki Room and we agreed.  When we got there, the girl working the line looked at us and says, "I hate to be a downer, but…you're not allowed to have those during the show."

"In the queue or during the actual show?" I asked.

"During the show.  You're welcome to have them out here, but…"

"Well, we have six minutes," I said.  I had seen a sign outside saying when the next show was. "That's plenty of time."

She looked at Katrina and I dubiously. "Yeah, right.  If you finish those in six minutes, I'll let you guys ride the Magic Carpets twelve times.  In a row."

I personally didn't want to do this.  It was way colder than Florida should have a right to be last night, and I had no desire to ride around for over an hour on a Magic Carpet.  However, I can be quite competitive.

Apparently, so can Katrina.

"Oh, you're SO on," she said, and with that we started - and finished with a minute to spare, of course!!!  We didn't know if they would actually let us or if they were just kidding, BUT WHEN WE GOT OUT OF THE TIKI ROOM THEY WEREN'T KIDDING AND WE ACTUALLY GOT TO RIDE IT TWELVE TIMES.  LITERALLY.  

TWELVE.  TIMES.

What's that?  Pics or it didn't happen, you say?  Well, luckily for you, WE TOOK A SELFIE EACH TIME.

IT WAS GREAT.

no actually it was freezing like forget it elsa the cold always bothers me

ROUND ONE YAY LOOK I'M ON THE RIGHT SO EXCITED

wow very two such carpet so magic wow amaze

Round threeeeee yayyy!!!!

wait why am i still captioning these

like i mean they have numbers and everything

can you guys even count because if not this is six

whoops looks like we lost ricky

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wait look these are our new friends idk if this is even allowed so don't tell anyone this is selfie 8.5 in case you can't count sometimes i can't

guys look at my face what am i even doing

oh my god how do we still look so excited

jk we're not actually we're dying

jk agAIN WE'RE ACTUALLY DONE GET ON OUR LEVELLLL

So in conclusion: a basically wonderful Valentine's Day!  

The best carpet is number 6, although number 15 is also good.  Even-numbered carpets tend to tilt forward and backward better, while the odd-numbered ones go up and down more easily. That being said, we didn't get a chance to try carpets 1-4.  More research to follow.

Although I meant to go get a charm for my bracelet sometime this weekend, I sadly haven't yet secured one.  I'm thinking that I need an Aladdin themed one (amiright or amiright).  On the plus side, I did all of my laundry today, I got my groceries for the week, I made banana bread because I had an excess of overly ripe bananas, and I'm currently watching Sherlock with some of my flatmates!  Tomorrow is going to be my last day of training and then on Monday - bright and early at seven a.m. - I begin my assessment!  Wish me luck!!!

I hope everyone has had an absolutely magical day!