Not bad as alarms go…
certainly better than the sound of someone worshiping at the porcelain thrown.
(or worse, standing over you at that particular moment)
Did you know that Pop pipes music around the pool...
starting at 9am?
Do now. Makes sense though; they’re pretty sure that most folk are already up and gone by then.
Finally, at 11:00am she woke up.
Ya’ know…
That was my initial gut reaction to the question.
Serves me right for giving her the benefit of the doubt.
She told me she just wanted to chill in the room for a bit.
As you warned us she would at least once this trip
Kids do that now.
They don't just do one thing.
Nope…
And this multitasking thing is a myth. The brain can still only focus on one thing at a time.
If you’re trying to do more than that, than you also aren’t doing anything well.
Granted, I'm an old fuddy duddy.
Ahhh…
But you’re doing that well.
At 1:00pm it started to pour outside.
Sounds about right.
Got’a up the humidity a bit more for the midafternoon, ya’ know.
We arrived at the Pop bus stop at 2:54pm.
(How many of you have just fallen out of your chairs?
Let me know (either yes or no) and you'll get bonus points!)
Nope… Fat butt still firmly planted in the chair.
Partly because I knew this day would come at some point in the tirp…
But mostly because, falling out of my chair is just too much work for a fat old guy like myself.
Poor use of my resources.
Now I will say that “I’m shocked… Shocked!”
… not at Kay, but that you actually kept a reign on the exasperation levels
(I s’pect it will manifest itself elsewhere later on).
At 2:58pm our bus arrived.
Four minutes! What gives?
Poor baby…
I just wasn't feeling like shooting that day.
So we'll look at this day through your words and her eye.
Works for me.
Our first FP was for Spaceship Earth…
So we confidently moseyed over to the FP line where a half dozen
or so people were patiently scanning their Magic Bands.
Except there was no one in the Standby line!
I’ve seen this phenomenon more than a couple times (which is why I picked it)
Sheep… errr… I mean guests will line up for that one first thing (just ‘cause it at the front of the park), but by midafternoon, most everyone’s done it. The tiered FPs at Epcot though almost force even the sane among us to do seemingly contrary things.
Lord help the insane (and the foolish).
During the ride, I made a point of pointing…
Did you remember to Disney Point?
Right away, Kay said "Yeah! That looks exactly like him!"
So we’ve either got an observation confirmation…
or proof that your delusions are genetic and inheritable.
Either way the scientific method is vindicated once again.
But there was almost none for the 3D body construction game.
And we could play it together!
I hadn't played that before. It was fun!
May have to look out for that one.
I’ve never really poked around much in that arcade area.
And walked right on by.
Really... who has time for this?
Good place for a nap…
but y’all don’t need such given the jack rabbit start on the day you got.
I didn't give Kay a choice on this one.
We rode Green.
A man’s gott’a to know his limitations…
Unfortunately, Kay found it kind of boring.
Still... I was not going to do Orange.
Suck it up, kid.
She got to sleep in, you got to not puke.
More than fair trade.
"Dad?" She asked. "Which one is the one that tastes bad?"
I answered right away. "The Inca Kola."
Diabolical sir!
Payback is he… ummm… heck! Ain’t it?
If I'd had my camera out and pointed at her
she would've known right away what was up.
Uh-Huh…
A necessary sacrificial pawn.
We’ll settle for your description. Still, well played.
So far, I've asked for (and gotten... with no fuss) my (or our) preferred seating in:
RNRC, TOT, BTMRR, SM, Splash, 7DMT and Soarin'.
It can't hurt to ask, so why not?
Quite the amass of anecdotal evidence and worth remembering.
TOT? Out of curiosity, where did you ask to be for that one?
Funny thing. Within a few seconds, I was really enjoying myself.
I just let go and let the experience wash over me.
And that’s the trick to Soarin’. It ain’t a “thrill ride” by a long shot,
But riding it is still a thrilling experience.
"Well." I said. "It was yours and Elle's favourite ride when you were four.
And that explains the place right succinctly.
The wait was up to three hours long.
Provided you stood there for no reason for three hours, of course.
“Oh my God! An empty queue… At Disney!
What’d’a we do; how do we act?
I’m so confused!
Kay proclaimed that this was the job she'd want at Disney.
She couldn't think of an easier job to have.
Ahhhh, but can she entertain herself over long periods of time without the aid of conversation or electronic devices? I know my young’en doesn’t have patience of that caliber. Not sure anyone born in North America after 1982 does.
You know... I think this is one ride that not even good music can help.
And when music can’t save something…
All hope is lost.
Still, Kay did design her own Figment and emailed it off to Ruby and a friend...
who were completely mystified when they got a cartoon dragon in their email.
Kay's favourite dish (or one of them, at least) is spaetzle.
Aaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrgggggg!
Now I know the question I forgot to ask!
“Haven’t we had this conversation before, and I just don’t remember it?”
To quote one of my In-Law’s favorite admonishments:
“I should be shot with sh**, and then killed for stinking.”
A girl's gotta have her spaetzle, you know.
Yeah, I sould’a known.
She’s got good taste.
Actually, we went out for some (amongst other delicacies) last night.
We took my dad out for some of the better local German cuisine.
Dang fine eating.
But you'll also find the Christmas pickle ornaments.
Confession time…
We have one…
From Epcot…
And I even know it’s not actually a tradition.
I just wanted to play along.
As we were led to our table, the band was just wrapping up their set.
Awwwwwww!
Pretty much as soon as our butts hit the seats,
they left the stage.
Must've been something we said.
Or something they heard…
Just how hard did those butts hit the seat?
Probably something Kay said.
Oh sure…
Blame the young lady.
Quite the knight in shining armor you are.
So I ordered the wine flight.
I'd never even heard of this until I read about it here.
And I hadn’t heard of it till I read it just now.
It's a great way to get a little sample of different kinds of wine.
I don't remember now what each of them were,
but as usual, I preferred the sweetest one.
I’m not surprised.
Folks may not admit it, but that’s what most prefer if they’re honest about it.
Wine connoisseurs are jerks.
Have you ever encountered a cable show called “Adam Ruins Everything”?
You might find it entertaining. Anyway, wine is one of those things he ruins (in an episode on dinning out) citing just the study you’re talking about here. I’ve always suspected this anyway.
We love cheap wine in my house and I stopped apologizing for it long ago.
Sangria… Lambrusco… yep, waiter… bring us a bottle of your cheapest swill!
I’d rather enjoy it than impress the folks at the next table over.
If you are a wine connoisseur, I don't mean you.
I mean all the other ones...
Oh of course…
As do I.
(so far as they know
)
Like how brussels sprouts are the Devil's food.
Bitterness personified.
(But I do like’s me some Devil’s Food… cake that is.)
Can you imagine going to a restaurant and ordering a dish
and when you get it, you hate it.
And then an "expert" comes out of the kitchen and tells you that you're wrong?
Imagine it?
I think that actually happens. Especially in restraints that have only a one-word name (and the word has little or nothing to do with food) and a six month waiting list and specializes in “deconstructed cuisine”.
Uh.... I think I started by telling you I ordered the wine flight.
It was good.
Moving on...
Probably all for the best
"We actually went up that tower... well, the real one."
She suddenly clicked!
"Oh! It's Venice! I remember that!"
Thank goodness. Money not entirely wasted.
Not like it was a run of the mill roadside attraction or something…
No way anyone would forget something like that.
She was in heaven.
So was I! (It was air conditioned.)
We all have our priorities.
We were in here for about an hour.
An exercise in parental patience…
You have done well grasshopper.
Interestingly, she spent none of it in the traditional
part of the store.
She only had eyes for contemporary merchandise.
Having been raised on videogames…
This also surprises me not.
My very first Grey Goose Slush!
Tasty stuff, right there.
We have a bit of a weakness for those.
So, so good.
It probably didn't hurt that it was still hot out, either.
Well, there is that… but still…
We were going to take the boat from Epcot to DHS.
Cool!
I really need to do this some time.
I did just that and tried to squeeze the glass into the bag.
<crack!>
Oops!
"You broke it!"
"Nah... it's just got a little crack in it. Maybe if I remove the base."
<Snap!>
"Okay. Now it's broken."
I blame it on the drinking.
Sure…
Wink,, wink, nudge, nudge…
But you can still make it up to her.
Just buy another one tomorrow and save that glass.
She slapped an arm onto each of them
and left them there as we rose out of sight.
It just struck us as funny.
I like when they do those kind of things.
The best one I even witnessed was after the ride was over.
The cab finally came to a stop…
The doors opened up…
The CM was standing with his face (and that dead pan look) just on the other side of the doors and right at eye level and inches away from the folks in the center front row (two young ladies on this particular round). The girls sitting there shrieked like the life had left both of them.
So I didn't.
Just for you.
Yes. You.
Nice shootin’ there Tex.
Amazing what a difference not hanging on made.
I'm not even sure why.
Interesting…
Very interesting.
I suspect that anytime the wait is anywhere between zero and 20 minutes,
they'll put 13 up on the board.
I love that attention to detail!
In a land… I mean “world”… filed with details…
That’s one of the better ones.
Well, it was bound to happen sooner or later.
This is where Kay almost lost her life.
It was a close thing.
Worse than the Splash Argument!
Something that even Chinese Takeout won’t cure?
Note to self. Do not under any circumstances
try to teach science to a tired kid.
Duly noted…
Kay shrugs. "What's G force?" She asks.
She gave me the biggest, most massive,
most disdainful eye roll I've ever seen.
Oh the humanity!
She turned to me and said. "Can we go in the front again?"
I agreed.
Crisis over.
Yeah, the front row on the RnRRC is stronger than even Chinese Takeout.
That and a bit of a nap.
So there's your link to DHS/MGM/Columbia...
And Sunset and Gower.
Cool bonus.
Thanks.
So I’m still justified when I forget and call the place MGM, then?
"Oh." She said. "It's not the drop I'm afraid of... it's the ghosts."
What??
That’s what I said…
You know they're not real, right?
That had to be the strangest reaction to TOT, I've ever heard of.
You’re making this up…
Aren’t you?
Well, aren’t you?
So our total for the day is 14 minutes for two busses
and two boats.
Positively unacceptable
(from the stand point of my guess that is)
We got back to Pop and laboriously climbed the stairs to our room.
God I'm really starting to hate those stairs.
9 to 4
(If you’d have sent her back down and up just once more then I’d have had no choice but to have posted a video of a Dolly Parton song here.)
GoofyIsAsGoofyDoes - 2 points for recovery. 2 points for burning down the house. 2 points for red card.
Thank you, sir.
How many parks do we hit?
(hint: it's between 1 and 4!)
3
We decide to have breakfast at Pop!
What do I have?
Well the “specialty” stuff doesn’t sound all that good…
I’d get the ham and cheese sandwich myself.
Tapstiles.
Does Kay get stuck again?
Yep, At least once during the day.
First thing we do after we enter the park.
Multiple choice!
b. Watch the otters at AK?
What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?
Points awarded for creativity and brevity.
About 864 furlongs measured between sext and vespers
(depending on which monastery you were near).
My Grandpa was fortunate enough to take the Concorde once to Paris before it retired. He couldn't handle the normal 8+ hour flight so he forked out the bucks to fly Mach 2! Just a smidge faster than the unladen swallow dontcha think? 
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