Thumping Our Way Through Disneyland.

[pkondz]

A whole year wider?
A whole year wickeder?
A whole year wittling?
A whole year wittier?
A whole year wigglier?
A whole year wilder?
A whole year wilier?
A whole year wilting?
A whole year winier?
A whole year wired?
A whole year withering?
A whole year wizened?


I give up...

Anyway...

What? Too subtle?

 

[dwheatl]

T-Man.Here's a b-day poem to make you feel good-
Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
You're getting old,
But I'm older than you!
Have a great day with your Honey Bunny!

 

[Thumper_Man]

A whole year wider?
A whole year wickeder?
A whole year wittling?
A whole year wittier?
A whole year wigglier?
A whole year wilder?
A whole year wilier?
A whole year wilting?
A whole year winier?
A whole year wired?
A whole year withering?
A whole year wizened?




I give up...

Ooh. Wilder sounds good. We'll with that one.

Anyway...

What? Too subtle?

So what are you trying to say. I didn't get?

I guess thanks in order anyways. Thanks Ponzi.

 

[Thumper_Man]

T-Man.Here's a b-day poem to make you feel good-
Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
You're getting old,
But I'm older than you!
Have a great day with your Honey Bunny!

Nice poem, but I still feel older today. I'm sure I'll have a great day.

 

[Mom&RN]

Happy Birthday T-Man!! Hope you have a fantastic birthday.

 

[nowellsl]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY T-Man!! Hope you're having a FANTASTIC day!

 

[orangecats2]

Happy Birthday to you
You live in a zoo
You look like a monkey
and you smell like one too!!

Some grade school humor for your old day.
How young are you anyway?

 

[Thumper_Man]

Happy Birthday T-Man!! Hope you have a fantastic birthday.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY T-Man!! Hope you're having a FANTASTIC day!

 

[Thumper_Man]

Happy Birthday to you
You live in a zoo
You look like a monkey
and you smell like one too!!

Some grade school humor for your old day.
How young are you anyway?

Just because we evolved from apes, doesn't mean I have to look and smell like one. Now excuse me while I go finish my banana split.

Thanks for the Birthday wishes.


I'm a 21 year old kid/adult trapped in a 41 year old body.

 

[Thumper_Man]

We think we’ll go for a walk outside now
Disneyland is calling our names
(We hear ya now)
We just can’t stay inside all day
We gotta get out and enjoy our last Disney Day

Mickey Mouse is smiling
A Disney Day
Goofy’s really laughing
A Disney Day
Lady Thumper seems so happy today
It’s a Disney Day

We think we’ll go for a walk outside now
Walt Disney knows us by name
(He’s calling us)
We gotta get up, gotta get out, gotta get away
We gotta get away, get away, get away, get away
Start this Disney Day….

There’s plenty of sunshine
For our last park day
Can’t you hear Disney calling our names?

Oh, we think we’ll go for a walk all day now
Disneyland has this magical way
(make us happy now)
We just can’t stay inside all day
We gotta get out and enjoy our last Disney Day

Mickey Mouse is smiling
A Disney Day
Goofy’s really laughin
A Disney Day
Lady Thumper seems so happy today
It’s a Disney Day

There’s plenty of sunshine
For our last park day
Can’t you hear Disney calling our names?

We think we’ll go for a walk outside now
Disneyland is calling our names
(We hear ya now)
We just can’t stay inside all day
We gotta get out and enjoy our last Disney Day

Mickey Mouse is smiling
A Disney Day
Goofy’s really laughing
A Disney Day
Lady Thumper seems so happy today
It’s a Disney Day



Just as I stated in the song, this is our last Disney day. Our Disney plan for today is to start at Disneyland, then hop (because that’s what us bunnies do) on over to DCA; and if time permits, finish the night off back at Disneyland. Hope Lady H is good and rested, and her feet are up to the task. We have never been to rope drop at any of the WDW parks, but gee Wally, we want to make it to rope drop here. Unless you count the times we’ve made it to the parks before rope drop to attend character breakfasts, then we’ve made it 3 times. We’ve heard and read a lot about the morning pre-show at MK. We’re not sure if they do the same thing here. We’re about to find out.

It’s the usual morning routine for us. Up early, showered, dressed, hyped up on coffee and we’re out the door to the bus. This morning’s bus wait was a little bit longer than normal. As long as we can get to the shuttle stop, past the vice squad, and through the cattle prod before 9, we’ll have made it to our first ever rope drop.

The time is now 8:45 am and success. We’re in. Now we wait to see if there is a pre-show like at MK. Not a lot of people waiting around this area, but it gave us a good opportunity to take some pictures. Good way to begin the ending of our vacation.











9:00 am and we hear music, but not from the source we were hoping for. No Mickey, Minnie and all their friends riding in on the train. It’s coming from closer to the castle. We rush through the tunnel and stare down Main Street. We can see the crowd of people already gathered by the castle. This is where the CM’s rope off the rest of the park to the non-early entry people. Like us. No sign of Mickey or any of his pals so I guess there is no pre-show per say. With the crowd already ahead of us, we remember a trick Nebo and Smidgy have used several times to get to the other side of the park before most people.

Choo Choo. All Aboard!

Yup we hop on the Disneyland Railroad and hope the train picks us up on the way to Frontierland. The crowd is headed towards Fantasyland and Tomorrowland. We’re some of the first people to make it to Frontierland. When we got there, one of the first things we noticed is that Haunted Mansion is down just as expected. We got a tip that this would be closing to change over for the holidays. If you’re still following along, thanks Kar.

The sign said to please visit other “spirited” attractions in New Orleans Square.


There’s spirits at DL? I must’ve missed them because I didn’t see any place to buy spirits. I’ve seen plenty at DCA, but none here. That’s why we bring our own.

Hmm. I wonder if we could extend our vacation another 2 weeks.


We were close to Splash Mountain. They were sending down empty logs so we were wondering if the ride was open yet.


Oh wait, there’s a couple of people in that log so it must be open.


Lady H and I make our way through the mile long queue. Over the house and through the woods to the log ride we go. Literally. Once we make it to the front of the queue we wait all of 30 seconds to get on this ride. After Splash, we head on over to BTMRR. We haven’t done this attraction yet, but you can see it there in the background.


What’s that? You couldn’t see it? Nebo you know you can’t see very well in the light. We took a closer picture just for you.

Wait time at BTMRR.


They have one of the same hidden Mickey’s here that they do at WDW.


An almost empty queue at BTMRR.


Lady H anxiously waiting for our turn.


Now does this look like a dumb wife to you? She’s actually enjoying this coaster.


Ok. I know Nebo will want to know. BTMRR-WDW vs. BTMRR-DL. The winner is: There is no winner because personally I can’t really pick one over the other. DL’s isn’t next to Splash Mountain and the queue may be just a little different. As far as the ride itself, it pretty much seemed like the same ride to me and is as equally as fun at both places.

Next we head over to Dumbo. No we didn’t ride Dumbo. We only posed for pictures.


Ok, so Lady H posed for pictures.

We thought we would make this our must do picture every trip. Nebo has his rocking chair, we have our elephant.






Ok, now this is turning into the cookie cutter TR. Next we went here and next we went there. With as low as the crowds were in the morning, we were just breezing through DL again. As I mentioned at the beginning, we want some time to head back to DCA. I can hear California Screamin’ calling my name. Lady H on the other hand is ignoring the call and stalling for time. She also has a title to defend at TSM. Hopefully both of these rides will be open today.

We head on over to the Sleeping Beauty’s Castle but not before we try to pull the sword from the stone. “If I were King of Disney. Not queen, not duke, not prince. KING.”

Tried as I might, I could not get the sword to budge.


I told Lady H to give it try. Maybe she’ll have more luck than I did. If she does, I hope she at least lets me sleep in the castle and not with the Abominable Snowman inside the Matterhorn.

Come on Lady H, put your back into it.


Tried as she might, she didn’t have any luck either. With our heads hung in shame, we slowly walk towards the castle. Maybe we can climb up to the top and throw ourselves in the moat just on the other side.


Goodbye cruel world, I’m off to join circus. Well actually I need to post an additional chapter. I’ve almost reached my picture limit on this one. Just jump to the next chapter when you’re done here. Or you can do it the easy way like I did and just use your mouse to scroll down.

 

[Thumper_Man]

Are you done with the first part? You must be if you’re still reading this. If not, don’t worry. This chapter will still be around for you to read.

One word of advice before touring Disneyland: Do lots of walking before going and make sure to include lots of stairs. Ok, so that was more than word. Let me show you what I mean.

This is the entrance to Sleeping Beauty’s Castle.


Inside the castle, you can read the fairy tale about Sleeping Beauty.


Ok. Quick side story here now that I posted this picture. Lady H and I recently took a trip (back in December) to WDW as well. D’Sis came along with us for part of the trip. One thing she wanted to do was the character breakfast at CRT and dine with the princesses. Anyone that has done a character dining knows how this works. The characters make their way around the room and to the tables. If you’ve never dined at CRT, before each princess comes into the room, they are announced right before they make their appearance. Well D’Sis needs to learn her characters. When they announced Princess Aurora, D’Sis said “Who’s Princess Aurora?’

It was mean, but Lady H and I started laughing at her. Had I been drinking any type of liquid, I know for sure it would’ve come out of my nose. Lady H askes her “you don’t know who Princess Aurora is? She’s Sleeping Beauty.” D’Sis responds “She has a name?” Needless to say this one of the many things we will not ever let her forget. Seeing the name in the picture reminded of this day.

Anyways, we’re here to talk about DL, not WDW. So far today we’ve climbed stairs to get onto the train. We climbed up and down stairs to get on Splash Mountain. Now we have to climb more stairs to get into the castle.


Once inside, there are various scenes (with a verse describing the scene) throughout the castle telling you about Aurora, aka Sleeping Beauty.




















Really? More stairs? I guess what goes up, must come down. Now we head back down the stairs to finish the story.











After touring the castle, what Disney vacation would be complete without a picture in front of the castle?


And pictures with Walt and Mickey.




Right before we posed for pictures with the dynamic duo, we found a mailbox so we could mail out the last of the postcard requests.


At first we were wondering if this was going to be like the mailbox in Toontown. If this was just a prop and we’d have to go back to one of the hotels to mail the last batch. Of if this was the real deal made of steel mailbox. We asked a CM and sure enough, this was the real deal.

It’s starting to get hot again. Not as hot as Tuesday or Wednesday. It’s a tad bit cooler, but hot enough to melt your Dole Whip.




One hour and 25 minutes since we first entered the park, we were almost done with everything we wanted to do at DL today. Now what? Since we’re done here, figured we would head over to DCA. On the way there, Lady H stops to pose with one of her all time favorite characters. Mary Poppins just so happened to be there as well.



As we were walking on Main Street, we come across a glass shop that engraves glasses, mugs and will sell you a $5k replica of the castle. $10k if you want the bigger one. We settle for some shot glasses instead. We’ve made it a tradition to bring Lady H’s brother a shot glass from our vacations. This is when I discovered I needed to go back to the resort. We picked out a Mickey shot glass for her brother, and a Minnie shot glass for his girlfriend. We want their names engraved on them so we tell the CM the names and she gives us the total cost. I pull out my cc from my lanyard pouch and go to take out my ID as well.

MY ID! It’s missing. I take everything out of my lanyard pouch now and nope, no ID.

Now I’m sure we’ve all been through this at some point. Panic sets in. Did I lose it? Or did I not put it in my lanyard and only thought I did? I tell Lady H and it’s a good thing she has a cc in her name. Plus she has her ID. Now plans have slightly changed. She asked if I really need it. I told her if they card me at DCA, then yeah. They haven’t asked for it yet, but this will be the one time they do.

The shot glasses will take about an hour to have the names engraved on them. There’s already a couple of orders ahead of ours. We tell the CM that’s ok, we’ll just pick them up later. We now head for the exit so we can go back to the resort to see if I was a space case. On our way out, we got a little side tracked again. Something really caught our attention and was really quite interesting.

Come back and I’ll show you.

 

[mmeb144]

I lost my id once on the way to the airport for a disney trip. Totally panicked. Turned out it was in my other coat pocket the whole time. Stupid id.

 

[cjlvsccm]

Oh no, DRAMA!! Hate that feeling of missing something important.

Can't wait to see what tridesacked you!


And Belated !!!!

 

[Thumper_Man]

I lost my id once on the way to the airport for a disney trip. Totally panicked. Turned out it was in my other coat pocket the whole time. Stupid id.

That was another one of my worries. I know I'll need it to get home. Considering I thought I had put in my pouch lanyard, I was hoping it didn't fall out when I got my ticket out.

 

[Thumper_Man]

Can't wait to see what tridesacked you!

We found it very interesting. I hope you do to.

And Belated !!!!

 

[pkondz]

We think we’ll go for a walk outside now
Disneyland is calling our names

Marcia! Marcia! Marcia!

Just as I stated in the song, this is our last Disney day.

The second most worst day of a vacation.

You know it's coming to an end, but you're trying not to think about it.... but you have to get to bed early 'cause you have to catch an early flight and you still haven't packed and maybe you can squeeze in one more ride on Dumbo and.... but you're still not thinking about it.

Our Disney plan for today is to start at Disneyland, then hop (because that’s what us bunnies do) on over to DCA;

That makes sense.

The hopping part, I have no idea if the rest makes sense.

Hope Lady H is good and rested, and her feet are up to the task.

They look better from the photos.

We have never been to rope drop at any of the WDW parks, but gee Wally, we want to make it to rope drop here.

Okay, Beaver.

Unless you count the times we’ve made it to the parks before rope drop to attend character breakfasts, then we’ve made it 3 times.

Nope. Doesn't count. Keep trying!

It’s the usual morning routine for us.

Oh, I know this one! It's where "we" make the coffee, right?

Up early, showered, dressed, hyped up on coffee and we’re out the door to the bus.

Gus.
Don't forget your ID, Lee.

oops, getting ahead of myself here...

As long as we can get to the shuttle stop, past the vice squad, and through the cattle prod before 9, we’ll have made it to our first ever rope drop.

They use cattle prods on bunnies?


Actually, I'm okay with that.

Good way to begin the ending of our vacation.

Didn't you also end the beginning of your vacation this way?

Half a Billion visitors? Couldn't they swing some free tix for loyal Disboards members? Really, it'd be just a drop in the bucket, right?

Right?

9:00 am and we hear music, but not from the source we were hoping for.

As long as it's not accompanied by your life flashing in front of your eyes, it's okay.

Yup we hop on the Disneyland Railroad and hope the train picks us up on the way to Frontierland.

a hop and a hope?

But if you're already on the train, why are you hoping to be picked up?

We’re some of the first people to make it to Frontierland.

Score! This shows that you should always listen to Nebo for Disney advice.... except for the pain & injury parts of course.

The sign said to please visit other “spirited” attractions in New Orleans Square.

There’s spirits at DL? I must’ve missed them because I didn’t see any place to buy spirits. I’ve seen plenty at DCA, but none here. That’s why we bring our own.

Maybe they thought Nebo was visiting and would have a spare Sunny D?

Over the house and through the woods to the log ride we go.

Different wolf... but I'll let it go.

Literally.

Really? You scaled a house in flip flops?

Color me impressed.

Once we make it to the front of the queue we wait all of 30 seconds to get on this ride.

What? Oh, the ignominy!

After scaling houses in flip flops I would be incensed to be made to wait any time at all. I trust your ride photo showed you both with your noses pointed firmly up in the air!

After Splash, we head on over to BTMRR. We haven’t done this attraction yet, but you can see it there in the background.

Oh!

Ha, ha! I just assumed it was your pointy head! My bad.

Now does this look like a dumb wife to you? She’s actually enjoying this coaster.

I think BTMRR is Disney at it's absolute best. They made a coaster that practically everyone can enjoy. From rabid coaster fan to nervous Nellie's and everyone in between.

We thought we would make this our must do picture every trip. Nebo has his rocking chair, we have our elephant.

I like it!

But.... I just can't leave it alone. Here ya go.

Ok, now this is turning into the cookie cutter TR.

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jk

Next we went here and next we went there.

Where?!? Where??????

OMG I DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU WENT NEXT!!!!!



sorry.

With as low as the crowds were in the morning, we were just breezing through DL again.

See in Florida you'd have a hurricane instead of a breeze, so consider yourselves lucky.

I can hear California Screamin’ calling my name.

So that's what that was! I could faintly hear: "Mike... Mike... come here Mike..."

Lady H on the other hand is ignoring the call and stalling for time.

Not so dumb-wife, huh?

“If I were King of Disney. Not queen, not duke, not prince. KING.”

I'll take Emperor then... or perhaps "Supreme Ruler and Overlord".


Too much?


Nah.

Tried as I might, I could not get the sword to budge.

Try Viagra.

I told Lady H to give it try. Maybe she’ll have more luck than I did. If she does, I hope she at least lets me sleep in the castle and not with the Abominable Snowman inside the Matterhorn.

If she's interested enough to try and get the sword to budge and has more luck with it, then she probably won't make you sleep with the Abominable Snowman.


I could be wrong.

Come on Lady H, put your back into it.

Whoo, boy. We're really starting to skirt the edges here....

Oh!

That's what you meant!

:

Goodbye cruel world, I’m off to join circus.

Wait! You have to finish the TR first!

Well actually I need to post an additional chapter.

<phew!>

I’ve almost reached my picture limit on this one. Just jump to the next chapter when you’re done here. Or you can do it the easy way like I did and just use your mouse to scroll down.

Nah, I like a challenge. I jumped.

Hurt myself a little, though.

If you’ve never dined at CRT, before each princess comes into the room, they are announced right before they make their appearance.

We have done CRT (about 8 (8!!) years ago). I don't remember them announcing them though. They might have, but I don't remember and it feels like they didn't.

Well D’Sis needs to learn her characters. When they announced Princess Aurora, D’Sis said “Who’s Princess Aurora?’

Thank goodness, she was DD8's (at the time) favorite princess. I remember when she told me her favorite was Aurora... I didn't know who that was either.

It was mean, but Lady H and I started laughing at her.

Note to self. No dinners with the Bunnies unless humiliation is on the menu.

Lady H askes her “you don’t know who Princess Aurora is? She’s Sleeping Beauty.” D’Sis responds “She has a name?” Needless to say this one of the many things we will not ever let her forget.

Needless to say, I'm on your D'Sis's side!

Now we have to climb more stairs to get into the castle.

Hmmm.... pretty sure at WDW there's an elevator. Could be wrong.

After touring the castle, what Disney vacation would be complete without a picture in front of the castle?

Apparently a pkondz family vacation. I'm pretty sure I never took one!

It’s starting to get hot again. Not as hot as Tuesday or Wednesday. It’s a tad bit cooler, but hot enough to melt your Dole Whip.

mmmm.... boy I could go for one of those right now... at Disney of course.

On the way there, Lady H stops to pose with one of her all time favorite characters. Mary Poppins just so happened to be there as well.

I don't know what it is... but everytime I see a Mary Poppins and Bert... I always buy the Mary Poppins... but not the Bert character. Maybe D van D is just too iconic for me.

As we were walking on Main Street, we come across a glass shop that engraves glasses, mugs and will sell you a $5k replica of the castle.

At first I read that as a "five dollar" replica... I thought, "Hey, that's a pretty good deal!"

Whoops!

$10k if you want the bigger one.

And really... if you've got the money, wouldn't you want the bigger one?
Bigger is better right?

Now how'd we get back on this topic again???

MY ID! It’s missing. I take everything out of my lanyard pouch now and nope, no ID.

R'uh r'oh!

Now I’m sure we’ve all been through this at some point. Panic sets in.

She asked if I really need it.

Ya know. It wouldn't matter to me if I needed it right then or not. I'd just be in a panic to find it!

On our way out, we got a little side tracked again. Something really caught our attention and was really quite interesting.

Come back and I’ll show you.

Oh. Like the missing ID wasn't enough of a cliff hanger for ya?


Thanks for the chapter, Mike!

 

[nowellsl]

BEST PHOTOSHOP EVER!!! I would have that framed (if it was me of course) and I would call it "Soarin' over California"

 

[Thumper_Man's Wife]

Whew! I've been a little MIA recently. I've been working on a major project at work. A Prescription Drug Abuse/Awareness Summit. And unfortunately, it requires me to work, at work. Most days I barely have time for lunch, let alone anything else. I finally have a moment of peace. I may have spoke too soon.

So before I get interrupted again.

Great job honey! I think you did this chapter justice. I know you are working on the next one so I will try to make this quick.

Did anyone notice I was wearing my "Thumper" T-shirt in the pictures?

My feet were still a little swollen at this point. but nothing like they were before. The hot tub and pool and rest the day before really helped.

We found it absolutely amazing how fast we were able to get on certain rides that morning. Even with the throngs of people that were coming in at the same time we were, ride lines weren't that bad.

We only really did one side of the park. By the time we got to the Castle, we could see the masses starting to head towards tomorrowland and figured we would skip it this morning. If we had a chance later in the evening then we would do anything we missed then.

The parks are always so peaceful first thing in the morning. Everyone rushes to go to certain areas, so those are the best times for pictures. We definitely learned something from Nebo and Smidgy.

Speaking of...I hope they are doing well. We were seeing on the news last night that parts of Chicago are under water at the moment. Maybe it's a good thing they are in Orlando.

 

[pkondz]

Did anyone notice I was wearing my "Thumper" T-shirt in the pictures? [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT]

D'oh!! No! And there it is plain as day.

Speaking of...I hope they are doing well. We were seeing on the news last night that parts of Chicago are under water at the moment. Maybe it's a good thing they are in Orlando.

Just saw that on another thread. Hopefully they've got someone watching the house for them. Preferably someone with a pump!

 

[Thumper_Man's Wife]

Marcia! Marcia! Marcia!

Ding Ding Ding! You want to know what's even funnier? When T-Man sent me the link to video, to let me know what he was thinking for the intro for this chapter. I saw the title and automatically started singing it in my head. I KNEW THE SONG! OMG! I don't think i should have said that out loud...

The second most worst day of a vacation.

You know it's coming to an end, but you're trying not to think about it.... but you have to get to bed early 'cause you have to catch an early flight and you still haven't packed and maybe you can squeeze in one more ride on Dumbo and.... but you're still not thinking about it.

I couldn't agree more!

That makes sense.

The hopping part, I have no idea if the rest makes sense.

It doesn't matter. As long as part of it makes sense, the rest just comes in to fill the void.

They look better from the photos.

Okay, Beaver.

I'm so glad someone caught that!

Nope. Doesn't count. Keep trying!

Shoot! Oh...OK...

Oh, I know this one! It's where "we" make the coffee, right?

Very good Ponzi. You get a gold star!

They use cattle prods on bunnies?

Only when we don't behave.

Didn't you also end the beginning of your vacation this way?

Yeah, but since its the beginning of the end, we figured what better way to end it then on a beginners note.

Half a Billion visitors? Couldn't they swing some free tix for loyal Disboards members? Really, it'd be just a drop in the bucket, right?

Right?

I'm with you...I don't think it would be that big of a deal.

Of course it may be now, seeing as they have a lawsuit on their hands regarding some of the major attractions and the safety of them for workers.

As long as it's not accompanied by your life flashing in front of your eyes, it's okay.

Um...no. At least not at this exact moment. The trip's not over yet, so who knows what can happen.

Score! This shows that you should always listen to Nebo for Disney advice.... except for the pain & injury parts of course.

Of course. I am so glad we listened to their advice too. It was great to get there ahead of the crowd. Felt a little odd though. Almost like the park was empty.

Really? You scaled a house in flip flops?

Color me impressed.

Well I wasn't about to go back to the hotel just to get my hiking boots. It's too far and too hot!

What color would that be exactly?

What? Oh, the ignominy!

After scaling houses in flip flops I would be incensed to be made to wait any time at all. I trust your ride photo showed you both with your noses pointed firmly up in the air!

Nope...Mine looked more like this:

T-Man's probably looked something like this:

I think BTMRR is Disney at it's absolute best. They made a coaster that practically everyone can enjoy. From rabid coaster fan to nervous Nellie's and everyone in between.

Even dumb wives!

I like it!

But.... I just can't leave it alone. Here ya go.

And that was a smiley re-inactment of my reaction to the photoshop.

WE'VE BEEN PONZIED!

I love it! And actually, the first thing i thought of when I saw that was the carousel scene in Mary Poppins, right before her big win at the horse races. For some reason that just made me think of that.

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jk

That's why we love you!

Where?!? Where??????

OMG I DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU WENT NEXT!!!!!



sorry.

Calm down. Everything is going to be OK...We'll find them. I promise.

Completely off topic and I have no idea why I'm thinking about this now...but true and funny story:

When I was a little girl, my mom would play a game with me called "go find Heather." and I would search everywhere to find her and eventually find her in the mirror or mom would find me, and we would laugh. I think this was her way of keeping me occupied while she actually did some house cleaning or resting. Well one day, I couldn't find Heather. I looked everywhere and finally stopped in the middle of the room and cried. When mom came to ask what was wrong, my reply was..."I'm lost!"

Ok. back to your regularly scheduled TR.

So that's what that was! I could faintly hear: "Mike... Mike... come here Mike..."

I've noticed those whispers come a-callin' quite frequently when we are at the theme parks. They usually consist of some crazy ride or beverage.

Not so dumb-wife, huh?

Yeah...give it time...

I'll take Emperor then... or perhaps "Supreme Ruler and Overlord".


Too much?


Nah.

Do we have to call you that in public?

Try Viagra.

Family board. family board!!!!!

If she's interested enough to try and get the sword to budge and has more luck with it, then she probably won't make you sleep with the Abominable Snowman.


I could be wrong.

Depends on what dumb wife stunts he tries to get me to do throughout the rest of the day.

Whoo, boy. We're really starting to skirt the edges here....



Oh!

That's what you meant!

:

FAMILY BOARD!!!!!!

Nah, I like a challenge. I jumped.

Hurt myself a little, though.

Poor Ponzi...But all you had to do was scroll...just sayin'

We have done CRT (about 8 (8!!) years ago). I don't remember them announcing them though. They might have, but I don't remember and it feels like they didn't.

During every announcement of the princesses, the lights get dimmed and start to twinkle and all the "princesses" in the room are asked to wave their wands (you get them when you sit down at your table). And then you have to say the magic word "Bibbity Bobbity Boo" and they announce the new princess. It was kind of fun to watch the kids. DSIL did not want to do it even though she was supposed to be the princess that day. I was "Queen" and T-Man was "King"...I found it sad that they thought we were old enough to have a daughter her age.

Thank goodness, she was DD8's (at the time) favorite princess. I remember when she told me her favorite was Aurora... I didn't know who that was either.

I was surprised that T-Man knew to be honest.

Note to self. No dinners with the Bunnies unless humiliation is on the menu.

It doesn't have to be on the menu...We make exceptions.

Hmmm.... pretty sure at WDW there's an elevator. Could be wrong.

But then you wouldn't see all the cool pictures!

Apparently a pkondz family vacation. I'm pretty sure I never took one!

You will have to correct that young man!

mmmm.... boy I could go for one of those right now... at Disney of course.

Mmmm...Those were good. But your right. They would have to be at Disney. Where it's warm enough to practically melt it from one second to the next. I was having such a hard time keeping mine from melting all over me or the bench.

I don't know what it is... but everytime I see a Mary Poppins and Bert... I always buy the Mary Poppins... but not the Bert character. Maybe D van D is just too iconic for me.

No one could have done Bert like DvD. For once I would love to see them in the chimney scene costumes instead, just to change it up. Maybe then I would believe it a little more. Especially with Mary Poppins touching up her face with her soot filled compact.

At first I read that as a "five dollar" replica... I thought, "Hey, that's a pretty good deal!"

Whoops!

If only.

Ya know. It wouldn't matter to me if I needed it right then or not. I'd just be in a panic to find it!

We usually double check that we have ID's before heading out the door. It's usually number 1 on our check list, especially if we are planning on having a couple of adult beverages later on. For some reason, we didn't even think about it this day, and just left the room. This is what we get.



Alright...I've done my TR duty, gotta get a little work done today. I'll see if I can sneak back later.