{"id":3609,"date":"2013-10-22T09:01:53","date_gmt":"2013-10-22T17:01:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mixhart.ca\/blog\/?p=3609"},"modified":"2013-11-18T15:03:05","modified_gmt":"2013-11-18T23:03:05","slug":"two-retired-injured-u-s-soldiers-insisted-we-watch-this","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mixhart.ca\/index.php\/two-retired-injured-u-s-soldiers-insisted-we-watch-this\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Retired & Injured U.S. Soldiers Insisted We Watch This…"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sisters waiting for the show to begin…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

My three daughters and I spent two days of our California<\/a> trip at Disney while Peter was at a conference. We triumphed, pulling in 12h seamless days–no melt downs, no illness or injuries. 24h of pure fun! It was very hot\u2014we coped by purchasing frozen lemonade cups.<\/h3>\n

Waiting for the last bus out of Disneyland, we met two retired (and injured) U.S. soldiers walking with canes.<\/strong><\/h2>\n

They’d come from Nevada for a guys’ weekend break (an uncle with his nephew). Their wives were back home attending a Christian retreat; they decided it was time that they had a guy-retreat and picked Disneyland. The Uncle told us he’d first been to Disneyland in the early 50s when he was nine years old. I asked them if they were enjoying their trip. You bet they were (despite the nephew having to be pumped full of painkillers to enable him to walk around)!<\/p>\n

They’d finished a full day at California Adventure Land and we’d just finished a full day at Disneyland.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

They’d just come from the World of Colour Light and Water show. <\/strong>The show starts 1\/2 h after the park closes. They were so impressed by the show, they made us promise to go and see it the next day, “Whatever you do, don’t miss it<\/em>!”<\/strong><\/p>\n

We said goodbye to the soldiers as we exited the bus at our hotel stop,\u00a0on a warm California night.<\/p>\n

The next day, after a full day of heat, at the California Adventure park, we were all pooped and ready to catch a bus back to our hotel. “NO<\/em>,” Tabs insisted, “we promised those soldiers we’d stay for the show!<\/em><\/strong>”<\/p>\n

We sat down for an Italian supper at 8 p.m., just as the park was closing. \u00a0There were very few people at the outdoor Disney cafe. I had a relaxing Spaghetti supper break while the girls ordered pizza (Tabs), a turkey meatball sub (Pip), and Mist a gourmet pasta dish. With wheat in our bellies, we had the renewed energy to use our fast passes and head to the not to be missed extravaganza<\/em> the soldiers had talked about.<\/p>\n

The water, light and colour extravaganza did not disappoint. The soldiers had been right in insisting we stay.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I hope you enjoy a brief clip of the opening scene from the water and light, World of Colour extravaganza<\/strong>!<\/p>\n

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