{"id":2846,"date":"2012-03-05T12:27:02","date_gmt":"2012-03-05T20:27:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hotnerdgirl.wordpress.com\/?p=2846"},"modified":"2024-02-27T09:39:59","modified_gmt":"2024-02-27T09:39:59","slug":"my-star-wars-leap-day-night-thing-at-disneyland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hotnerdgirl.com\/index.php\/2012\/03\/05\/my-star-wars-leap-day-night-thing-at-disneyland\/","title":{"rendered":"My Star Wars Leap Day Night Thing at Disneyland"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Lovely Ladies of Leap Day - Jessica, HNG, Troi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

At first I didn’t that think our little Leap Day trip to Disneyland was nerdy enough to write about. Then I thought about the fact that I stayed up all night for a history-making 24 hour Disney marathon and I realized that this is about as nerdy as it gets.<\/p>\n

Our little group chose a Star Wars theme for our little adventure. We were planning<\/em> to ride Star Tours multiple times like I had on my birthday. Also, we all love Star Wars. We wore our t-shirts. Jessica had her Darth Vader backpack. Troi had her Darth Vader sweatshirt. I had my Darth Vader watch. Then, of course, it turned out to be \u00fcber cold and we had to cover up our sweet t-shirts. Then Jessica had to head out and she took her sweet backpack with her. In the end the only proof of our Star Wars love was Troi’s sweet Vader sweatshirt. Which got a ton of compliments in the Star Tours line the ONE time we were able to ride it.<\/p>\n

But this guy kind of made up for it with his sweet Viking beard beanie<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We also had our mini lightsabers. I snagged them the second I saw them at Target because they, well, look like mini lightsabers. Only after I brought them home did I realize that they could also be used as location devices. At that point I didn’t think the park would be very busy in the middle of the night. I was very very wrong about that. So these bad boys came in handy on multiple occasions. Plenty of people had glow sticks and light up Mickey ears but these outshined them all. I’m never going to any nighttime event without one ever again. A stroke of genius on my part.\u00a0 And did I mention that it doubles as a lightsaber?<\/p>\n

Mini lightsabers FTW!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I got to introduce Troi to the awesomeness that is Captain Eo. Usually she has my 3 year old nephew with her and he’s not quite old enough to sit still or appreciate he epicness that is Michael Jackson throwing rays of light that turn the Borg into 80’s workout video dancers. And they gave us a special pin for watching it on Leap Day. Double win.<\/p>\n

We had to fight for this picture with Darth Vader. Seriously, people, you just don’t mess with my sister-in-law. She’s married to a marine so she has badassery via osmosis. She plays roller derby so she has badassery in her own right. She’s all tatted up (including a skull that looks like it should be Klingon, that one is my favorite) so basically she’s just badass all around. Here’s what happened…<\/p>\n

Don't come between a fangirl and her Vader<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We were hanging out by the totally random rave party for about 5 minutes while Troi said hi to a friend of hers.\u00a0 As we were leaving we saw Darth Vader and two stormtroopers walk by.\u00a0 Game Over for Troi, the girl is borderline obsessed with Vader.\u00a0 So we follow them and see a line to take a picture with them. It\u2019s kind of long, but shit, so are all the other lines so we get in it.\u00a0 They say that Vader and friends are going to be there for half an hour.\u00a0 The way the line is moving we\u2019ll totally get to the front in time.\u00a0 Ten minutes later one of the girls working the line\u2026don\u2019t know her name so we\u2019ll just call her Evil Whore\u2026.starts shouting that Vader is only going to be there for 5 more minutes.\u00a0 The person behind us in line has a schedule of his appearances and says not to worry, he\u2019ll be back at midnight (in about 20 minutes or so).\u00a0 We have nothing better to do because, at this point, we\u2019re still under the delusion that people will clear out of the park after the parade at 1am, so we decide to wait.\u00a0 About 5 minutes later the stormtroopers come back sans Vader (so they\u2019re obviously following this so-called schedule they’ve given out).\u00a0 Troi gets a little anxious and goes up to EW and asks when Vader is coming back. EW says it won\u2019t be for about another half an hour.\u00a0 Troi very nicely says that she would like to wait for Vader and that other people can go in front of us in the line if they want a picture with just the stormtroopers.\u00a0 EW flips the fuck out.\u00a0 She says that we have to take pictures with just the stormtroopers or we can\u2019t have pictures at all.\u00a0 Troi comes back to the line fuming.\u00a0 Everyone around us wants to know what\u2019s going on and why Vader isn\u2019t there.\u00a0 Troi fills them in on what EW said and states that she\u2019s not moving.\u00a0 She\u2019s waiting for Vader and EW can suck it.\u00a0 Everyone else decides that they are going to do the same.\u00a0 We get to the front of the line and refuse to move.\u00a0 EW starts yelling at us.\u00a0 We start calmly explaining our position.\u00a0 EW starts threatening us.\u00a0 We start not so calmly explaining our position and all the ways in which she\u2019s failing at her job and how she\u2019s a lying liar who lies.\u00a0 A grandma behind us points to her crying grandson and totally uses him as a pawn against EW.\u00a0 It was epic.\u00a0 EW threatens to call over security or management.\u00a0 We tell her to please do.\u00a0 The Manager comes over and wants to know what\u2019s going on.\u00a0 Troi is our unofficial spokeswoman and she very nicely tells him the whole story. EW is standing next to him with her arms crossed and a smug look on her face.\u00a0 The Manager\u2026.don\u2019t know his name so I\u2019ll just call him Awesome Manager Dude\u2026.TOTALLY AGREES WITH US.\u00a0 The smug look very quickly evaporates from EW\u2019s face, only to be replaced with a look of pure, unadulterated hatred.\u00a0 AMD quickly forms a second line for those who don\u2019t mind having a picture with only stromtroopers\u2026mostly made up of people who happened to be walking by (I felt bad for the poor troopers, they had no idea what was going on and we wanted to tell them that it had nothing to do with them).\u00a0 EW walked up and down the line saying that there was a second, faster line for the troopers and NO ONE MOVED.\u00a0 Seriously, it was like some crazy, instantaneous brotherhood of nerds that was as mad as hell and they weren\u2019t gonna take it anymore (bonus points if you know what movie I stole that line from).\u00a0 Darth Vader came back out about 5 minutes later and we got our GD picture.\u00a0 Justiccccce!!!\u00a0 I\u2019m not gonna lie, the experience restored my faith in humanity a little.<\/p>\n

After that we said screw it and got in the long ass line for Star Tours.\u00a0 We quickly formed \u201cfleeting line friendship #1\u201d with a guy named Chris who had come to the park (han) solo.\u00a0 He explained to us how they had a giant X-Wing in the room we were waiting in during the previews of the revamped ride.\u00a0 He was kind enough to email me a picture of it.<\/p>\n

Tada! Thanks Chris, it was nice to meet you!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The good thing was that this was the best scenario combo I\u2019d seen yet for the ride. The bad thing was the 10 drunken idiots behind us that were shouting the whole time.\u00a0 Made soooo much worse by the fact that one of them was chosen to be the rebel spy. (I might be just a little bit bitter that I’ve never been chosen as the rebel spy…ahem)<\/p>\n

In line for Pirates and eagerly anticipating being able to sit down in the boat<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

After a quick jaunt over to Pirates of Caribbean (in which the girl we\u2019d been talking to in the seat behind us fell asleep and had to be shoved off the ride), it was 4am and our last chance to ride Space Mountain.\u00a0 We had been hopeful that the line would die down, but nope, there was a 140 minute wait.\u00a0 We quickly formed \u201cfleeting line friendship #2\u201d with a lady about my mom\u2019s age who had flown in from Arizona that morning on the 7am flight, taken a Super Shuttle to Disneyland, ridden rides all day\/night by herself, then was going to take the shuttle to the Disneyland hotel, the hotel shuttle to the airport and catch a 8:30am flight back to Arizona.\u00a0 The woman was a frakking rockstar.<\/p>\n

I was on my 3rd Redbull by this time<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

By the time we got off Space Mountain it was 6am and the park was closing for 4 hours before they opened again at 10am.<\/p>\n

Yes, I took a picture of the clock saying that it was 6am<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We walked down Main Street with the rest of the crazies\u2026surprisingly few people considering how crowded it was all night.\u00a0 We found a drunk guy in a Ninja Turtle snuggie and had to stop and take a picture with him.<\/p>\n

I'm pretty sure he was passed out on the sidewalk just moments before<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We high-fived the Management team who were all lined up wearing Mickey hands and shouting \u201cWe did it!\u201d<\/p>\n

High-fives bitches! Now get your drunk asses out of our park!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We walked past the ticket booth where people were already lined up to buy tickets for the park that day.\u00a0 I know it sounds weird, but it was sort of a spiritual experience walking through Disneyland while the sun came up.<\/p>\n

Dawn at Dland<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Maybe it was just the exhaustion, but that was the first and only point where I thought \u201cdude! I was just a part of history!\u201d<\/p>\n

It says: I took the leap and didn't sleep. I pulled an all-nighter at Disneyland.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I\u2019m glad I did it but I will never, ever, ever do that again.<\/p>\n

Never.<\/p>\n

Probably.<\/p>\n

We survived! Now lets get the fuck out of here.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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