Hello, this is the waterlogged Sleepys talking to you after
a long day of exploring the one and only Disneyland in California!! This morning
at 12:30am, water sprinklers rudely awakened us and we are convinced the
maintenance workers purposely left on to ruin our wonderful sleep! Many of us
were left to sleep on concrete driveways with wet tarps and bath towels, but
hey, what else can we do??? For breakfast, we had an array of cereals and
blueberries to fuel us for the long day at Disney!
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| TWB takes on Disneyland!! |
After this incident, we arrived in Disneyland at 8:00 in the
morning after a 2-mile walk to the park! As a huge group, TWB all rode the
Indiana Jones and Space Mountain rides, such classics!! We were then let loose
with zero adult supervision to go to other rides like Astro Blasters and
Autopia!! A whole day in Disneyland by ourselves, this is what dreams are made
of y’all!!! For the most part, everyone stayed in Disney until they got hungry
and left the park to find a cheaper option outside of the Disney craziness!
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| Mickey ice cream!!1 |
Many TWB participants repped trip one with leather engraved
bracelets that said “TWB ’17.” A little after lunchtime, one of our very own
Kirsten Tevepaugh was getting a little “sleepy”, so Jenna Bright and Rylee
Roller took her on a magical trip to Starbucks, where Rylee got four shots of
espresso… It looks like she won’t be sleeping anytime soon!!
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| TWB bracelets! |
Nick Richard, who is recovering from his heel injury, coped
with a giant turkey leg, which he ate in five minutes flat. Nick was also in a
wheelchair all day to keep the weight off of his injury, which allowed him to
skip the lines and ride as many of the rides as his heart desires!!! Logan
Mantooth lasted the whole day without having to shove tampons up his nose,
after not being able to fit his 6’ 6” body into a kiddy roller coaster.
Congrats, Logan!!!!!
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| Nick Richard always staying positive! |
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| Nick Richard and his entourage that got to skip the lines with him! Mary Helen Alford, Kirsten Tevepaugh, Jenna Bright, Jessica Turney, Jada Prichard, Sarah Bass, Alex Mariscovetere, and Caleb Bozard! |
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| Aubrie Miller, Anderson Crowder, Lillian Sumner, and John Gray Blount with their Mickey ears! |
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| Alicia Hutchins, Nate Craven, Caleb Mann, Carly Kurtiak, and Bryce Curtis found GOOFY!!! |
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| Abby Copeland, Rylee Gaus, Kacie Barrett, Lillian Sumner, Aubrie Miller, Camryn Bernhardt, and Lillie Griffin! |
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| Sarah Bass, Jessica Turney, Caleb Bozard, Alex Mariscovetere, Jada Prichard, Mary Helen Alford, and Nate Craven! |
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| Looks like Caleb Mann, Bryce Curtis, and Nate Craven LOVE Disneyland! |
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| Selfie with Dallas!! |
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| After riding Indiana Jones!! |
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| Nicole Fortin, Liza McIntrye, Cam Ray, Kenley Hazel, and Olivia Kafer at Disney! |
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| The Wright twins, Ashlee Hamrick, and Taryn Jenkins met CINDERELLA! |
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| Snow White with Ashley Weinstein, Jordan Burrell, Taryn Jenkins, and Ashlee Hamrick! |
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| Cayla Gregory, Logan Swain, Emma Parson, Olivia Kafer, Kenley Hazel, Jordan Carlson, and Brogan Brown! All smiles in the happiest place on Earth! |
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| Kacie Barrett and Abby Copeland in front of the famous Walt Disney and Mickey statue! |
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| Bailey Sloop, Lizzie Love, Cole Frederick, and Alaina Wallace!! |
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| Olivia Kafer, Emma Parson, and Brogan Brown enjoying Disneyland! |
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| Kenley Hazel and Jordan Carlson goofing off in the giftshop! |
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| Jordan Carlson and Brogan Brown met a Storm Trooper!!! |
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| Carly Kurtiak and her many balloons!! |
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| Anderson Crowder! |
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| Carly Kurtiak and Alicia Hutchins met Pooh! |
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| Jenna Trantham and Gia Lash having the time of their lives in Disney! |
We ended our Disney experience with a fascinating firework
show at Disneyland, which everyone “ooed” and “awed” at. There were lots of
great people who we met at Disney as well! For example, Mike from John Boys
Tacos was super friendly and gave some of the group some killer T-shirts.
Another great person we met was Johnella, who was a worker
near one of the rides who was super hype and took pictures with the group!! Disneyland
was lit with some new friends and even some celebrities. A group of participants
heading out of the park met Hank Green, the brother of the author John Green!!
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| Emma Parson, Cayla Gregory, Kenley Hazel, HANK GREEN, Brogan Brown, Logan Swain, Jordan Carlson, and Olivia Kafter! |
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| Rylee Gaus, Tyler Sellers, HANK GREEN, Camryn Bernhardt, and Lillie Griffin! |
Jordyn Burrell, Ashley Weinstein, and Ashlee Hamrick left
the park and went to Pizzaterian, which wasn’t that great, and after they left
they sprinted back to the park to catch a shuttle. A sketchy bus driver that
let them ride for free greeted them, and Ashlee was looking for the emergency
exit the whole time. On the way out of the bus Jordyn and Ashley ran so fast
from the bus that they caused Ashlee to drop her expensive gluten free pizza
(RIP) but they made it out alive!!
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| Gia Lash with a Grumpy mug! |
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| Natalie Tillis and Gia Lash found the cutest princess of them all! |
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| Jordyn Burrell found Belle! |
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| Ashley Weinstein, Taryn Jenkins, Jordyn Burrell, and Ashlee Hamrick met Ariel! |
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| Richard Fernandez and Leah Mosher! |
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| Jada Prichard and Jessica Turney sharing a turkey leg! |
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| Emma Parson loves Stich!! |
We are all back at the campsite, extremely
sleep deprived, and praying that the sprinklers don’t wake us up again tonight. You can save the sweet dream wishes because today dreams and wishes came true.
Peace out!
