Posted by I slept a ton, knowing it would be a tiring but fun few days coming up.
I lifted at the Hampton gym and then took a nice, short, slow run around the block a few times. If I had woken up earlier, I would have ran around SeaWorld.
Time to take advantage of the free Hampton Inn breakfast. Man, maybe this picture is a little too high-res lol
But it was really good!
I was very sad to leave the hotel and its very comfy setup. I also hate how autocorrect always corrects its to it’s, even when it is not grammatically correct.
I need to do more calf work
Such a cute room key. Would be a shame if someone forgot to give it back. 😫
Lovely hotel! Sad to leave it! I love Hamptons.
But it’s time to meet my cousin at All-Star Sports and once again drop off my luggage so my laptop doesn’t have to sit in the trunk of a hot car.
It’s funny to me that we stayed at Sports. I run and lift weights 6 days a week, which is about 2 hours daily of exercise, not counting my walks. But I am not interested in traditional sports. I always hated PE as a kid. I’ll never be the guy sitting on the couch with a drink yelling at the football game. Ew. I gave up listening to the Drunk Riders podcast one week because they were going on about March Madness for like 25 minutes and I was bored out of my mind.
But the hotel was actually really cool! The All-Stars are great, especially for being budget properties. So anyway. Let’s head to Wide World of Sports to pick up our race packets and shirts!
Springtime Surprise bby, let’s GO! And look. It’s my wife, Elastigirl. Just kidding my wife is Elsa. You know it.
Let’s wait in a long but pretty quick line, talk to some fellow Disney adults, and admire the building designs I guess. This place felt very spacious even with the crowds.
Wow hello. I sure hope none of you have norovirus that would stink
My cousin was in the Elite corral. I wish I was cool. I didn’t even know they had an Elite category unless you are like Galloway.
I wish I was cool. Sadly, I am not, and will just have to be in corral A like a pleb.
So, how many souls do I need to sacrifice in order to get an Elite bib?
(Turns out, most Elites just start in Corral A anyway.)
I think MS stands for Men’s Small (shirt size), as Aspen had WXS for Women’s Extra Small.
Also, those race photos without a watermark are NOT free, but we’ll get to that in a few posts.
Look at all these sponsors in the athletic center. Would be a shame if someone spent way too much money at them.
Ooh look! Race bib fasteners! Much better than poking holes in your shirts…
The pin ones are hilarious, but I actually ended up getting the ones that say “Miles and Magic”
Because the MAGIC IS REAL MAN
That sounds beautiful. Dream the night away…
Yeah so the Mickey shoes were Brooks Ghost Maxes and they felt amazing. I already was using Ghosts, just not the Max model, and I needed new running shoes as I tend to buy 2 new pairs every April and October. They were also only $160 which is not bad for running shoes and HELL YEAH I GOT THEM
I also tried on some Oofos walking shoes. They felt quite nice but I figured I’d just order those online later since they weren’t an exclusive item like the Mickey shoes.
So overall, in addition to my race bib and 4 shirts (1 for each race + challenge shirt) and swag bag, I got the following:
- Mickey Mouse Brooks Ghost Max Shoes
- Bbrooke running hat that says “Run the World” with the icons of all 4 parks
- Miles and Magic bib clips
- A free collapsible water bottle and heating/cooling squishy starfish thing
- Some energy chews, gels, and honey stinger waffles
If I got anything else I can’t remember now. ANYWAY, time for Blizzard Beach!
We drove ourselves since parking is free and it’s quicker. We are almost there!
I love this gator and I wish he had more merch.
Oh man, there’s Summit Plummet. Mom come pick me up I’m scared :S
AAAAAAAAAAAA
Oh and there’s Slush Gusher too.
Also yeah I’m riding Summit Plummet no matter how nervous I may be, because it’s iconic and I just have to. If the water feels a little warm after I go down, WELLLL, just make sure to shower really well tonight.
That’s a nice wave pool that I’m probably not going to get in. OHH MAN THERE IT IS AGAIN
Eh, it’s fine. It’s not THAT steep lol
Right?
…Riiiight?
Well this looks kinda gross but it was good! I just keep taking pictures of my food AFTER I started eating because I forget. -_-
We had to wait in a weirdly disorganized line in order to get these tots and the pig.
Ooh, sand! We didn’t go in here though. Sand is rough and it’s coarse and it gets everywhere.
What did we ride? WELL
- Lazy river (Cross Country Creek) A very long lazy river (~30 minutes even if you are not sleeping on your tube). Beautiful, but filled with leaves and lots of these primate human things. Aspen got bored after a while so we exited early. At some point I’ll do the whole thing, but the traffic jams were getting to be a bit much. So I didn’t mind an early exit.
- Toboggan Racers — This one was fun. It didn’t feel quite as intense as Avalanche at Splash Summit, but I’m probably just getting used to the sensation of downhill mat racing.
- Summit Plummet: YEP. Aspen didn’t want to do it, so I tackled it solo. Waited about 30 minutes for it. At the top you can see most of the WDW parks! I was admittedly fairly nervous going up, but you’ve just got to execute. Water shoes clasped together in one hand, arms cross, feet crossed, and FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THAT IS HOLY, PUSH YOURSELF HARD ENOUGH so that way you don’t just sit there at the top, unmoving because you didn’t push off hard enough! I saw multiple people hanging at the top for too long because they were too scared to push themselves off with sufficient muscle power. I promise that physics is on your side here. At least they have a bar at the top of the slide while you are waiting so you don’t feel like you are going to unceremoniously fall off headfirst into the uncaring abyss.
“Are you feeling it now, Mr. Krabs?”
“I’m feeling a warm spot.”
“Sorry.”
They raise the bar and it’s time to go. Feet first, legs crossed. PUSH! With the free arm, but that’s not enough on its own, plus we need to re-cross our arms. USE THAT AB TRAINING! We are NOT going to get stuck up here. OK we are going, AW YEAH! We are falling, falling, falling, and going doooown into the tunnel — WHY ARE WE STILL FALLING! Oh okay we’re good now. Never mind lol and SPLASH —
Why is PelleK’s My Little Pony theme song heavy metal version still playing in my head?
AND IT’S SUCH A WONDERFUL SURPRIIIIISE
And now we have the worst wedgie of our entire lives. Awkwardly adjust yourself in front of the bystanders and try to play it cool. Exit the slide, put the fashionable water shoes back on, and return to your mundane life.
Note: Please try to keep your legs crossed. You’ll be fine if you don’t, like you are not going to die, but the wedgie will be much, much worse. Also, ladies have it worse than gents on these things. Sorry. :S
After finishing, I met back up with Aspen and we went on more slides!
4. Snow Stormers, center slide. This is super easy compared to the Plummet. And fun!
5. Downhill Double Dipper. We waited about 25 minutes for this bad boy. It’s SO much fun, and they don’t even make you take off your shoes. In fact, Summit Plummet and Slush Gusher were the only times I had to remove my shoes. It’s a downhill tube racer and you finish in a splash pool. I can’t remember who won but who cares? It was awesome.
6. Runoff Rapids (Left). The left side takes you in complete darkness as you twist and turn. Aspen did center. Right was closed. It was a little warm in there but otherwise FUN! Might’ve been my favorite of the whole park so far.
7. Slush Gusher. Another solo slide. It’s a body slide. No mat, no tubes, just you and your imminent wedgie. The layout is like Jagged Edge at Splash Summit — almost identical actually. Lots of airtime. Eventually there is so much spray around you that you can’t see a thing.
That’s all we had time for! We needed some time at the gift shop, and we wanted to get to bed early for the 5K the next morning. I will for sure return to BB and ride ALL the slides 🙂
A few other notes:
- The water parks are getting more crowded due to the FREE day you get on your resort check-in day. I bet the morning is the best time to go as usual. However, the crowds are a good thing. I want Disney to keep their water parks up and running for a long, long time! 🙂
- I didn’t take too many photos because I didn’t want to lug my phone around and hope that the waterproof case things work. So, sorry for the limited amount.
- There are restrooms and drinking fountains that are not too hard to get to, so no worries about dehydration or having a little impromptu potty party in the wave pool.
- I still didn’t get in the wave pool though.
- You know how many people were going barefoot in the BATHROOM of all places? Dude, that’s freaking disgusting. Please, for the love of all that is holy in this unholy world, don’t do that. This is how the white people’s ancestors got hookworms. Groce.
Anyway, the theming is great!
A GIFT SHOP! Oh yeah. I got a Blizzard Beach shirt with snowflakes on it. Because always remember that YOU are special ❄️❄️❄️
All in all, it was a great time at the excellent Blizzard Beach water park. I’m going back. As soon as I can. I’m still not getting in the wave pool though. 🟡🟡🟡
Now that we’ve been able to show off our RIPPLING abs to a bunch of random strangers (who don’t actually give a crap BUT WE PRETEND THAT THEY DO), it’s time to do some very ab-unfriendly activities!
(read: ice cream sundaes. This is why we put in so much work on normal days, to make the vacation days that much more worth it. 🙂 )
We are so back
This is a beautiful resort, and we also have this bird and a bunch of random lizards.
Man, we already got a medal! This racing thing is EASY!
Who’s up for some…FOOTBALL?
Not me, but I am up for some food.
I am going to try very hard to forget that this beautiful state is governed by someone as…lovely as DeSantis. Nah man, it’s governed by Mickey.
Yo does chess count as a sport?
Ooh s’mores! Are they free? Oh…NOPE!
Why am I not surprised -_-
Here are some chicken tendies, be they crispy or from Wendy’s. They are from the End Zone Food Court and they are definitely not free. But they ARE good.
Some nice dessert options, but I know what I really want.
The thing in the center.
If there was only one of these left, I would totally be the childless tramp that takes the last Mickey pretzel. 🙂
Yep, there it is.
DELICIOUS
WORTH EVERY CALORIE.
10/10.
I didn’t eat the cherry though. Aspen took it off my hands. I don’t want to eat anything on this trip that might make me live longer.
Anyway it’s beddy-bye time now because we are waking up at 3:15 AM to run a 5K like true Disney thoosies.
And then we’ve gotta rope drop Animal Kingdom with Early Entry so I can ride Expedition Everest.
Yoo
Cool Disney voice assistant 🙂
Yo thanks Disney!
These beds are pretty comfortable. The one with Donald’s nephews is a pull-out, but it’s a full-blown mattress. Aspen let me have the real bed by the bathroom because I wake up to pee like 4 times a night. I am very hydrated.
Boys and girls, it’s nighty-night time. Happy J the clown has a nursery rhyme — oh wait, it’s not haunt season yet lol.
Thanks to Sports for a good night’s rest!