Thumping Our Way Through Disneyland.

[Thumper_Man]

Do you like Pina Coladas?

Like Garth Brooks says:

Give me 2 Pina Coladas
I want one for each hand
Lets set sail with Captain Morgan
and never leave dry land.

 

[orangecats2]

Hey, you should come to Cleveland instead. We have a Dave & Busters AND Cedar Point!!!

 

[Thumper_Man]

Deleted. Double post.

 

[Thumper_Man]

Hey, you should come to Cleveland instead. We have a Dave & Busters AND Cedar Point!!!

I know about Cedar Point. Top Thrill Dragster is on my coaster bucket list. And I didn't even have to Google that.

 

[orangecats2]

I know about Cedar Point. Top Thrill Dragster is on my coaster bucket list. And I didn't even have to Google that.

Not to mention Maverick, Millennium Force and new for this year The Gatekeeper.

 

[Thumper_Man's Wife]

Hey, you should come to Cleveland instead. We have a Dave & Busters AND Cedar Point!!!

Not to mention Maverick, Millennium Force and new for this year The Gatekeeper.

Eee Gads Woman! Do you have any clue what you are doing? Now not only is he trying to plan a trip to San Antonio...but Cleveland too!!! Whoever said the way to a man's heart is through his stomach never met T-Man...the way to his heart is through RollerCoasters! And yes. he does have a coaster bucket list.
You just want to get him out there so he can help with your honey do's.

 

[orangecats2]

Eee Gads Woman! Do you have any clue what you are doing? Now not only is he trying to plan a trip to San Antonio...but Cleveland too!!! Whoever said the way to a man's heart is through his stomach never met T-Man...the way to his heart is through RollerCoasters! And yes. he does have a coaster bucket list.
You just want to get him out there so he can help with your honey do's.

I admit nothing!!!

But I will say that Cedar Point is definitely worth the trip!

I have a amusement park bucket list so I don't see anything wrong with a roller coaster list...

 

[MAGICFOR2]

We will definitely arrange a meet and greet. It would be an honor for you to meet the famous Thumpers.

Wait, that don't sound right.

It would be our honor to grace you with our presence.

Hmm. Still don't sound quite right.

It would be an honor for us to me up with you. There, that sounds better.



Guess I'll have to see what I can do about a quick summer trip. We plan on going to Hawaii next year. If funds allow, maybe we can swing an extended weekend trip. This sounds like it could be fun.

Yes, it would be an honor to meet the famous Thumpers - or maybe the infamous?

 

[smidgy]

we've been to cedar oit 3 times (I think) we love it. once with pre teens, once with teens, and once with our youngest and his fiancee.

nebo loves coasters. but I love that they actually have some coasters I enjoy. we love the water park.. and staying onsite, of course. the Breakers Hotel has 2 outdoor pools and indoor pool a couple restaurants. and you walk right to everything!!!! we aren't fond of driving back and forth (esp after a long day) and love beig able to take midday breaks, you also have the beach!

 

[orangecats2]

we've been to cedar oit 3 times (I think) we love it. once with pre teens, once with teens, and once with our youngest and his fiancee.

nebo loves coasters. but I love that they actually have some coasters I enjoy. we love the water park.. and staying onsite, of course. the Breakers Hotel has 2 outdoor pools and indoor pool a couple restaurants. and you walk right to everything!!!! we aren't fond of driving back and forth (esp after a long day) and love beig able to take midday breaks, you also have the beach!

Dis meet this summer at CP anyone???

 

[pkondz]

we've been to cedar oit 3 times (I think) we love it. once with pre teens, once with teens, and once with our youngest and his fiancee.

nebo loves coasters. but I love that they actually have some coasters I enjoy. we love the water park.. and staying onsite, of course. the Breakers Hotel has 2 outdoor pools and indoor pool a couple restaurants. and you walk right to everything!!!! we aren't fond of driving back and forth (esp after a long day) and love beig able to take midday breaks, you also have the beach!

Dis meet this summer at CP anyone???

I had no idea where Cedar Point was so I googled it. I was quite surprised (and pleased) to see that it's very close to the route I take when I drive to Toronto (which happens every few years, it seems. My DSis lives there). We usually go Winnipeg, Minneapolis, Chicago, north of Detroit (Sarnia), Toronto.

A stop at Cedar Point would only add 2 1/2 hours to the total driving time. Actually it makes the drive easier since we'd now stop at Cedar Point instead of the middle of nowhere or instead of plowing through to Toronto.

 

[smidgy]

well, this summer would be out for us. we are going to DL in october. (as well as WDW in a couple weeks) if I take any more time off, I'll lose my jobs!

 

[pkondz]

well, this summer would be out for us. we are going to DL in october. (as well as WDW in a couple weeks) if I take any more time off, I'll lose my jobs!

And we're going to Europe in August, so.... next year!

 

[Thumper_Man]

And we're going to Europe in August, so.... next year!

We can't next year. We're going to Hawaii.

 

[pkondz]

We can't next year. We're going to Hawaii.

Do I hear 2015? 2015? 2015? Now 2015. 2016? 2016? 2015, asking 2016. Yes I have a 2016 in the back. 2017? 2016 asking 2017. 2017? Thank you sir, 2018?...

 

[MAGICFOR2]

I had to google it - looks like a great place! I would love the kiddie rides
Not sure if we would ever make it up there - we will have to spend some time visiting family that we moved away from and get a Disney trip in once in awhile.

 

[orangecats2]

We can't next year. We're going to Hawaii.

You can still come this year, I'm not ponzu or nebo but you'll get to see me. heck, I live here all year around so everyone can come whenever.

 

[Thumper_Man]

BTW, you guys get your Wunderbars yet? (And, no. I have no idea how long it was supposed to take...)

Got our Wunderbars while we were in Vegas. They were good. A little bet better than Zebra Domes IMO.

 

[Thumper_Man]

You can still come this year, I'm not ponzu or nebo but you'll get to see me. heck, I live here all year around so everyone can come whenever.

Don't know if we can make it this year. We're going to Hawaii next year so we're saving for that trip.

 

[Thumper_Man]

What are we doin’ today?
We got no place to go.
Gotta get out of this bed
Hey sleepy head, come along with me.

Mighty fine out today.
Lets makes this one lazy day
We can take it nice and easy
You know it won’t be long till we’ll, we’ll be

Down by the pool being lazy, come as you please
Down by the pool being lazy, with our Disboards family.
If you’re all alone, you won’t be long
Just sit right down and sing this song
Down by the pool being lazy, everybody follow me.


Lady H ended saying I would entertain you. I’ll do my best and give it another try because I have no talent. Zip, nada, zilch. So here goes.

Oh my neck. Oh my back. Oh my neck and my back. I’m gonna sue Disney for $500,000, but we can settle out of court right now for some free passes.

4 days of go, go, go can take it’s toll on a body. As you all saw, it really took its toll on Lady H’s poor feet. Today would be a slo ride, take it easy type of day. I should be able to get this whole day into one chapter.

Today is the one day we really had no place to be except for the Rainforest Cafe at 7pm, and even that’s not a requirement. I promised Lady H we would take a break while on vacation and thought today would be one of the best days for it. We took a pool break Tuesday afternoon because the heat is on. We only have one more park day and we plan to make the most of it. Need to rest up so we can hit the Disney parks hard tomorrow. Major plan for the day is to sit by the pool, in the pool, staying cool and trying not to act like fools. A visit to the hot tub is a must today to. Muscles are little sore today and just what the dr. prescribed. Sit in the hot tub for 2 hours and call him in the morning. Today is also one of those days you wish Nebo was around with his wonder drugs. I guess I'll have to settle for some ibuprofen and tequila.

Lady H and I started off the day as real rebels. We slept until about 9 this morning. Which when you stop and think about it, is sleeping late for us; since we’ve been up every morning at around 6. This morning the routine is slightly different. We'll get up and make coffee. Did I ever mention my name is We'll? When ever I hear "We'll need to clean the yard this weekend" translate to, "T_Man, you need to clean the yard this weekend." Anyways, we'll get up and make coffee again means T_Man will make coffee when he gets up. As late as we got in this morning, figured we could just do it then Yes, it was this morning that we got back from Sea World. I don’t think sleeping beauty was fully aware of what time we got back.

While the coffee is a brewing, I go to the bedroom and look at the pile of laundry we need to do today as well. Sleeping beauty is still talking to the bears. Must be an interesting conversation she’s having with them since it started back in San Diego and still going about 8 hours later. I take our laundry into the living room and sort out our laundry. Red shirt goes washed with Lady H’s white blouse.

Yes, I know. Who does laundry on vacation? We normally will if we’re on a week long vacation. Helps cut down on the amount of clothes we need to pack and we usually do it during our down time.

Soon I’m done sorting the laundry and Lady H decides she doesn’t want to talk to the bears anymore. She’d rather go see what’s happening at the pool. I on the other hand head down to the laundry room and get laundry started. Oops, forgot the bleach for the darks. Good thing is our unit isn’t too far away from the laundry room, so I don’t have far to travel. Up the stairs, 50 paces straight ahead, turn left and walk 10 more paces; turn and shoot.

Laundry is in the washer and now it’s time to change into my swim trunks. I’ll do like most people do when they go to WDW, I’ll do laundry as I relax by the pool. Our unit is close enough that I can easily do this.

Soon Lady H and I make our way down to the pool. We’re the only people here at the moment. Well as far as guests go. Tricky Larry is walking by. We quickly turn our backs to him. We still don’t want to do the presentation. We’re still doing good on our funds, so I don’t think we’ll have any need for the $100 gift card after all. Besides, as I mentioned we only have one day left to hit the theme parks and I don’t want to waste any of that precious time with them trying to sell us more time for the timeshare we already bought in to.

We find two lungers (as Nebo would call them) between the pool and hot tub. We put our towels down, our mini cooler filled with beer (we still have a case of beer left to drink and only 2 days to do it) and follow dr’s orders.

Most of our morning was spent alternating between the hot tub, pool and lungers. Oh yeah, and the laundry. I would also go back and forth to tend to the laundry. One thing that stands out here is an issue I had doing the laundry. No, I didn’t turn Lady H’s white shirt pink. It’s now a nice dark red.

Someone had taken our laundry out of the washing machine and had just put them on top of the washing machine so he/she could use it. GRRRR!!!! They could’ve at least put it in the dryer for me. Which is kind of a good thing they didn’t though. We have some moisture wicking clothes that shouldn’t be dried in the dryer.

Now I’m on a stalking mission to find out who the perpetrator is. Payback is a, well you know the saying to that. I contemplated doing the same thing to this person, but I’m above that. I’ll just wait around to see who it is and secretly plot my revenge. BWAHHAHAHAHA.

After putting the clothes that can be dried in the dryer, I took the rest back to our unit to air dry..

Now let me put the brakes on here just for a minute. Hope you all have your seatbelts on. The clothes that needed to be air dried, I hung on the back of the chairs, over the sofa, the bed, balcony chairs and table. How many else do this on vacation? Oh good, I’m not the only then.

Now getting back to our story; after I scatter clothes all over the place, I went back and told Lady H what happened. She was wondering why I was taking so long. Told her I stayed stalking the machine, but no one came to claim their clothes yet. She said I should’ve just put them on top of the washer like this person did, but I have different plans. After 30 minutes or so, I returned to the scene of the crime. Clothes are still in the washer and then she came in. Yes, she. The one who took our clothes out of the washer and left them to rot. She took them out of the washer and put them into the only available dryer. Thankfully I was there or she may have tried to steal the dryer next.

After she left, I folded what was dry of our laundry and whoops, I accidentally hit the dial on her dryer. My bad. Her clothes looked like they needed to be fluffed dry anyway. Heat would’ve just damaged them. I was just finishing up folding the last of our clothes when she returned. She came back (with either boyfriend or husband following behind) to find out that her clothes still weren’t dry. He wasn’t happy that someone had tampered with the dryer settings, and she was equally unhappy, but he just grabbed them and they left. Think they were in a hurry to get some place.

This was one my one big event for the day. The rest of the day was pretty smooth sailing. Back at the hot tub, I grabbed a beer and got back in. Soon we would finally have company. Everybody remember Curly? Curly came down by the hot tub and came to party. And party we did. Curly was telling us about him and his partner. How they come up from San Diego about every 6 months or so. I wanted to ask him about the fight he and his partner had last time, but then he would know that Tricky Larry told us the story. Didn’t want to get TL in trouble, so I avoided the question. Turns out Curly wasn’t so bad of a guy. We hooked him up with a couple of beers. He finished the ones he brought and Lady H promised him one. Our cooler kept going empty pretty quick. Lady H and I would take turns going back to the room to fill it up.

Finally about 3 or 4 in the afternoon, Lady H and I are feeling pretty good. A little too good. It was another hot day and the beers were going down fast. One of us is going to land up on the baggage cart if we don’t stop and get something to eat soon. We gather our stuff and head back to our unit to shower and get ready to head back to DTD and Rainforest Cafe.

We thought about driving down, but it was clear neither one of us should be driving. Besides, we no longer had to pay to ride the bus thanks to the wonderful people we met Tuesday night.

We make our way to bus stop and have a short wait today. Nothing eventful to report on the bus. It was a quiet ride. Think it was only one other couple and us on the bus. Everybody must already at be DLR.

The bus driver lets us off at our usual drop off location. Now here is one thing I really dislike about DL. I think I mentioned it earlier, but I'll mention it again. To get to DTD from the bus/shuttle stops, you still need to go through security. If you drive and park at the DTD parking lot, then you don’t. I didn't see anyway around it, except to walk on the outskirts of DCA. That is one heck of a walk to get to DTD though. Better have a GPS, plenty of water and fully charged cell phone in case you don't make it. Someone may need to come and find you. IF the buzzards don't find you first.

We didn’t have any bags with us this time, so getting through security was quick, but it’s still a hassle waiting for them to check the people in front of you. I still say they need a no bag, no shoes, no problem line.

Once past security, we still have a little time before our ADR at RFC to we decide to stop at the WoD 'cause Lady H told me, boy you better shop around. We still haven’t bought all the souvenirs we wanted to get. We were waiting until we got paid which just so happened to be today as a matter of fact. Well not today, today; but it was today back then.

We decided to shop after we eat. We didn't want to be lugging bags around. So we may our way to RFC.


Let’s see what’s for dinner tonight.

For starters, a Margarilla for me. Yes, I got to keep the glass. Heck I better, they charged me enough for it.


Lady H passed on a cocktail. Don’t know why.

For our appetizer, spinach and artichoke dip.


Lady H is having her usual pepperoni pizza. Nebo finds it hard to believe they sell pizza. Here's the proof.


For me it was the Ribs, Steak and Shrimp Trio. We were going to split the pizza, but since we only had a bowl of cereal this morning at breakfast, I was hungry. I’m sure all the alcohol didn’t help either.


Now early on in the report, we had people trying to steer us away from RFC. I said we’ve always enjoyed it and it’s never let us down. Drum roll please.

No disappointment for us this time again. It was just as good as the one in Orlando.

After we’re done at RFC, we walk around taking some more night photos of DTD. I’ll share with you with some we took the night we dined with Walt and some from this night.

We never did stop here. Hopefully next time.


Not as many crowds as the first night we went.


World of Disney


Build a Bear


After our brief walk, we went back to World of Disney to finish our shopping, so we can go leave before the theme park crowds let out. Wanted to get back to the resort so we can start packing. Figured would be a good chance to get a head start on it. We won’t have much time tomorrow and we have to be up a little early on Saturday to catch our flight home.

We keep with our usual tradition and have our nightly drink out on the patio. Seems we made quite a dent in the case of beer we had left. There’s only a 6 pack left. We each have one so we can have a couple before our departure home.

I’ll depart here for the night. I’ll take you through the start of our final DLR day and Lady H will finish it up, before handing it back to me for final wrap up. Thanks again everyone for sticking with us. We’re almost done.