teekathepony
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Oct 2, 2009
hello I'm all caught up and subbing for the rest! Sounds awesome so far!
I had a guy in front of me on the Mexico boat ride. Not only was he taking photos non-stop, he stunk.
I don't know how I did it, but I missed the tiki room again! DOH!
I cannot understand why people take flash pictures anyway, they NEVER come out looking good and do they just ignore the rules??? BTW, those of us that are professionals would never consider a flash in a dark ride, so you can blame the amateurs who are flashing away, not us!
I was behind a couple of updates. I'm happy that you were able to take your time and really get a good look at the new queue at the Haunted Mansion. I think that Disney did a great job with it.
for stepping it up and getting around the tour group before they entered the line for Jungle Cruise. Jungle Cruise is one of our favorites and a not to be missed even though it's super corny.
What the heck was up with you and Wingnut getting wet on Pirates? That's a first.
Boo hiss to the Prolific Phlashy Photographer...way to ruin Pirates, dude! Glad to hear the CM at the Tiki Room stopped him.
Way to keep us in suspense...did she find her Beaker hat...or did she not?
What would anyone need a flash on the jungle cruise during day light? It really disturbs me when people have no idea how to use their camera and disable a flash. Really? That camera should have gotten washed away while on the JC.
I am really looking forward to taking my nephews on this ride this summer and I can't wait to make the tarantula jump at them.
I have only seen the Tiki Birds once. Should I break down and see it in June?
Aha - soaked on Pirates? I would have been laughing if it had been me. Odd.
I recently came across some of those knit hats at a store in our mall. I remember thinking - hey, they have those at Disney too! Of course I tried them on, along with the care bear knit hats. Because I am just as young as my daughter.
I had a guy in front of me on the Mexico boat ride. Not only was he taking photos non-stop, he stunk.
Getting soaked on Pirates, yes! That happened to me too! I thought it was a one time deal because I hadn't read that it happened to anyone else in other TRs and I thought it was just me! Sorry, I got excited there.
Biggest pet peeve at WDW, flash photographers. UGH! I was on Pirates with one once, she sat behind me. I asked her once to stop, she didn't. I asked her a 2nd time, she didn't and her friends then told her to stop (btw, she was a grown adult with 2 adult friends.) So the 3rd time, I put my hand up in front of her camera and MADE her stop. I told her that she was ruining the whole ride for everyone. She looked at her friends for help and they just looked at her like "we told you so." I try to stop them if I can and then when I get off the ride, I like to take photos of THEM. Oooh we should start a thread on the DIS. Take photos of flash photographers that ruin your experiences and post them!
first i must ask, hows the job hunt going?
and second...Yay i am all caught up...mindly reading and typing while holding a cranky baby
i have loved all of it, you and wignut had me smilimng and laugjing away from your "lost" moment to the divine puffed french toast and other food tidbits!
the best has to be WN's little juanty hat
keep it coming
J~
Bravo to yall for avoiding the tour groups (at least at that moment. Ugh, tour groups. )
I love the corny jokes too! I just find punny jokes hilarious, even though they're intended to be lame.
RIGHT? What's with the water on Pirates VIOLATING guests these days?
Aw, the Tiki room! I've never done it before, but I'm glad now that I didn't do it when it was the Under New Management version. Yay for the original! It sounds really cute.
Yay for an update !! Boo to flash photography on Pirates !! We have gotten a little wet on Pirates before, but not soaked. Yikes !! We have never done the Tiki birds. Another Disney must do to knock off our list.
I remember your whole Beaker hat dilema! You should've bought it silly!
Love love love The Jungle Cruise, it's so fun! Especially when you have a witty skipper. Good move on fast walking past the tour groups. Were they Brazilian by any chance? Last Jan. we saw quite a few groups, I thought my retinas were going to be permanently damaged by all those fluorescent t-shirts.
PotC is soooo good! Though I don't recall getting soaked on it! How weird. I know the canons you're talking about but we've never gotten wet.
Oh, the proverbial idiot flasher on dark rides! It's difficult to believe that people cannot understand that bright flash on a dark ride = freaking flash for everyone. You mean if I flash my camera then the whole area will light up? Um, yes genius, that's generally how camera flashes work.
And then you got stuck with him again in the Tiki Room?!?! Ugh, bad timing. Maybe he was stalking you and Wingnut? Seeing the Tiki birds is on my list for next trip though! I love all the old school Disney attractions. (When you wrote "Tiki, tiki, tiki, tiki room" the song popped into my head! It's on my 4 Parks CD!)
That's a cool waterfall picture. Was that in the preshow to the tiki birds?
We went to Tiki room this year as well. I love the singing totem pole
So sorry to hear about your job situation. Hopefully your search will be brief and fruitful!
Sounds like you had a wonderful early morning at the MK. There is truly not much better in the world that the MK empty early in the morning (or very late at night )
How cool that you got into the HM queue ahead of everyone? We missed it, as we were too eager to get Max on the ride this time around.
...and yes...people who take flash photographs on rides...UGH! Thanks for messing with my ride experience. Its just so consummately inconsiderate.
They must have done something to Pirates, because I've been reading in lots of TR's about people getting soaked lately! My camera got splashed in October and I was SO freaked out that it was going to break!
Ugh, I can't stand people and their flashes on the dark rides!
I really need to do the Jungle Cruise. I love corny jokes like that!
hello I'm all caught up and subbing for the rest! Sounds awesome so far!
You got wet on PotC?! Both my sister and I did, too! I forget when exactly that happened because I didn't write it down. I am SO glad it wasn't some freak incident!
Okay, call me crazy, but I swear that when we went through the HM queue that the organ did play music...I think that's even why I have a picture of my hands playing it with both girls playing at the same time...am I insane??
Love the corny jokes. I cannot believe that I've still never seen any Tiki birds!
I hate flashers! Come to think of it, I am pretty repulsed by BOTH kinds of flashers. There's no such thing as a good flasher!
Wow I was far behind! I have been behind on a bunch of the TR's I have been following.
I have been catching up this evening, but I wanted to jump in and say I am so sorry about your job, I actually just started working about a month ago after being out of work for 10 months. It was so hard to find something in my field which actually was very shocking to me (I am a nurse) Luckily I had Unemployment to keep us going until I got this job (Actually with the same company in a different capacity).
Your meal at Sanaa looked good, My SIL and BIL ate there when they were there in March and liked it too, I would like to try it but DH and I are not real adventurous so it may be a while before we add that one...
So sorry you kept getting lost at the Poly, hopefully that got better.
Crystal Palace is on my list, that Puffed French Toast really looks yummy! I love Pooh and Tigger!
ETA: I finished reading, I love the Haunted Mansion! We didn't do the new queue when we went because it was fairly crowded and also we used the w/c entrance for my MIL and her scooter. I will say that I LOVE the new Hitchiking Ghosts! It was neat for my Dad because he didn't know they had changed them so it was a fun surprise for him.
I love Adventureland. It was a pleasure to read the quick notes on those Magic Kingdom classics to start my morning.
I'd love to be boarding a Jungle Cruise boat this morning.
Or this afternoon.
Or this evening.
Yay for all the folks that get to enjoy that Extra Disney Day today!
Finally caught up! I usually love to just read/lurk your reports (you two are soo cute & funny) but I had to comment on the Puffed French Toast...DD hates cinnamon but I always put them on her plate so that I can have them I LOVE the zepoles!! We live in Putnam County NY & there is nowhere here to get a good zepole. I usually get a bag when visiting relatives in the Bronx or Brooklyn.
Hope your job search is going well.
UGH!!!! I hate people who use the flash when they are CLEARLY told NOT TO!! I feel like smashing their camera on the ground, or throwing it into the Pirates water!
OMG I literally burst out laughing when I read that! TOO FUNNY!!! (but not funny at all at the same time! )
Do you think they cash in all the coins that are on the water rides? I've heard of people dropping the cremated ashes of friends/relatives on those too