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Tavie's Mini-WDW-trip #26 Journal

Mom and I went straight to MGM after checking in, because time is short. We went to the Brown Derby first to eat-- Cobb salad is very good for Atkins, but I left before mom's grapefruit cake and went to ride "Escape from Ileana Douglas"-- and then met mom to do Muppets and The Great Movie Ride. We've distilled MGM down to its essence, you see. We also threw in "Voyage of the Little Mermaid" for good measure. I hadn't seen that one for many years and marvelled at how much older I've become than most of the people employed here. (I've read too much about the College Program not to know what these kids go through, too. I also like the elderly Cast Members. They're chipper.)

So we were in and out in under four hours, which is really all anyone needs for MGM anymore, unless they're going with a first-timer. The most interesting part was when the cab completely broke down in the middle of the Great Movie Ride. The poor kid running it tried her best to get us to chat and sing songs, but I found the whole experience eerily fascinating. We broke down right in the middle of the Munchkinland. There was no singing, no movement, just an eerie stillness. We sat there for a good ten minutes, with several goofy dads making the obligatory jokes about clicking our heels together three times to get us out. Luckily, my own goofy dad was not in attendance, so I was able to enjoy the experience.

I've started snapping pictures of every interesting lamp that I come across, for my long-awaited Lamps of Walt Disney World project.

I'm being rushed out now. Time to go eat.

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