2006 Summer Sanitarium Tour

First order of business, buy mugs. If we are to get our money’s worth, we needed to start using these puppies right away! Yep, it was such a trip altering event that I don’t even remember the first round of drinks. :rolleyes: I’m sure icees for the kidlets since they had been banned from icees since their little episode at Target. Sirius probably got coffee. Oh yeah, we are so deviant that we only bought 4 mugs for the 5 of us! Utah Mama is sure to love this scandalous act. ;)

Next business: attempt to apply 1 day tickets to AP’s. We head back to our van parked in the VIP lot….aka guest check in, so we can drive to MGM. We are driving over to MGM for two reasons: 1. so we can ride the tram….I know, but hey we like it! and 2. we don’t know how the busses work yet, and we need to be able to make a quick getaway. No, we aren’t stealing anything…yet! Just kidding!! Felony’s days of petty theft are over…and I overestimated the value of her last five finger discount. I looked at the charms again later in this trip, and they were $3 each not $8….and while $18 is different than $48, it was still wrong. But enough of that. We needed to have our vehicle handy because I wasn’t sure how grandpa would do with the 10 pages of maps that I printed out for him. I really, really wished they would have flown, but he was worried about their liquid medicines, and grandma always overpacks. She told me she packed enough underwear for her to have three accidents a day. Ok, TMI! Back to the story….Finding a nice looking unsuspecting CM was no problem. The nice target, uh CM, I selected was actually from NC. We could speak each other’s language! :chat: A little rant: I don’t know why some here on the DIS make such bold statements about what can and cannot be done? There was absolutely no problem applying the one day tix, and we are now the proud owners of 5 AP’s!! Rant over. The hairy part was getting the approval from Chase. Apparently this large purchase combined with a string of charges from NC to FL was suspicious, so I had to give a sworn statement of my recent purchases including those at SOB. “Yes sir, one leather whip…but it’s not for me, it’s for my friend, Twinkie Mama. You see, she and Mr. Twinkie Mama just celebrated their 10th anniversary. No, Twinkie isn’t their real name. And one horny old geezer, an “I love an SOB” keychain, world’s largest fly swatter, etc. Yes, I also purchased a king size 3 Musketeers and Dt Mt Dew. Yes, I also purchased a Dt Mt Dew in Santee, SC, one in GA, one in FL. Purchase at Staples? Oh, that must have been done by my DH…no not designated hitter, it means Darling Husband….yes, he is sweet. At staples, oh yes, that was laminating sheets to protect LGMHPC that we stole from Home Depot. It’s a strange thing we do at Disney to let people, who we haven’t met, know that we belong to a secret lime green club. No, I’m sure Mickey isn’t aware we are doing this. No sir, I haven’t been drinking this morning.” Good thing I didn’t purchase anything embarrassing! Finally, after answering more questions about relatives, our purchase was approved. After all that, I think we need to go back to the hotel for a break….yeah, right!

I find the Loud family resting on one of the many Disney benches brought to our attention, thank you Dave! I said to my family, “what are you people waiting for? There is fun to be had!” In my excitement to see AP on the scanner, I forgot to take note as to if MGM had the old two finger scanners, or the new one finger scanners. Is it that important? Did someone really start a thread about this? In case you are dying to know, MK has the new one finger scanners. Anyhow, we did it! We are inside our first park as resort guests with free dining and we are annual passholders!!! I think I need a moment….talk amongst yourselves….I’ll give you a topic: credit hoarding.
 
Yeah, I'm first!

I'm verklempt! I love your report and can't wait to hear!
 
sorul82? said:
We are inside our first park as resort guests with free dining and we are annual passholders!!! I think I need a moment….talk amongst yourselves….I’ll give you a topic: credit hoarding.

DDP credit hoarding?
Save enough of them that you can have Mickey rice krispie treats until Halloween?
 

your report is so funny
i could never to go to wdw with my inlaws i think i would kill them and i would have to pay for them and they would keep up the string up not saying thanks for anything we do for them
 
Whohoo! I got a cameo role in this Trip Report!!!!

Ok so it was only a mention about phone call with Chase but still I am so excited! How did I look?


Credit Hoarding: Guilty. But it is accidental. I have deep rooted fears of going hungry so I tend to hoard them at first and end up with 8 meals to eat on the last day. Which lead to an inadvertant great tip: If you have leftover CS you can get a meal combo at the resort packaged to go... they even put it in a big bag for you. Then you can have a yummy and paid for meal at the airport during the 2 hr wait for your flight! Their are seats by the bag check or you can ditch your drinks and go through security and eat there.
 
Subscribing! Even though I already know your trip is fockerfree I want all the juicy details...so far, the details are way juicy...
 
I got a Cameo too!
Ooooooh, scandal!!! I'm Listening! You only paid for 4 YET you have 5?!? :stir:
But you could have used my faded AllStarMovies mugs!!!! What are they gonna do???? It's COKE products for crying out loud (LOUD! :rotfl: )!!!

I was laugh/peein' at your lil' convo with the Chase Official! What ELSE did you buy? Hmmmm?

TwinkieMama? Can I borrow your leather whip? THAT would make my DH BLUSH neon! :blush:

I do the same thing! About credit hoarding, I mean (I was assuming you were all involved in the on-going conversation I have going on in my head!) I hate to waste food so DH and I try to share as much CS meals as possible. Even then we waste a-LOT of food! Then end up with an abundance near the end and us vowing we will NEVER eat ever again!
I will take TM's advice, because she is my SMART friend, and get it "to-go".
 
LisaDKG said:
Subscribing! Even though I already know your trip is fockerfree I want all the juicy details...so far, the details are way juicy...

It's not completely focker free. Sirius and I focked each other several times on the monorail! :teeth:
 
UtahMama said:
I got a Cameo too!
Ooooooh, scandal!!! I'm Listening! You only paid for 4 YET you have 5?!? :stir:
But you could have used my faded AllStarMovies mugs!!!! What are they gonna do???? It's COKE products for crying out loud (LOUD! :rotfl: )!!!

I was laugh/peein' at your lil' convo with the Chase Official! What ELSE did you buy? Hmmmm?

TwinkieMama? Can I borrow your leather whip? THAT would make my DH BLUSH neon! :blush:

I do the same thing! About credit hoarding, I mean (I was assuming you were all involved in the on-going conversation I have going on in my head!) I hate to waste food so DH and I try to share as much CS meals as possible. Even then we waste a-LOT of food! Then end up with an abundance near the end and us vowing we will NEVER eat ever again!
I will take TM's advice, because she is my SMART friend, and get it "to-go".

I can't tell you what else I bought 'cause that would ruin your surprise!

We had so many snack credits, that we actually used some for water. :sad2:
 
Disneyland_Mama said:


and on the bus, and in several lines. But, not on Soarin'....you can't fock and soar!
 
sorul82? said:
It's not completely focker free. Sirius and I focked each other several times on the monorail! :teeth:
EEEEk! Oh NOOOO you didnt!!!
 
The next few hours were pretty uneventful. I will say that we got more done this morning than we did the rest of the trip! It was a good morning at MGM. A little warm, but not too crowded. We did a few things, then had a wonderful lunch at Sci-Fi. This place gets a bad rap here on the DIS, but we thought it was yummy. Oh, and guess what? We shared! We ordered two full adult meals, and three child apps. We are big eaters and there was still plenty of food. I had the cheeseburger which was YUMMY! After lunch we hit Millionaire. Our plan was to do Millionaire over and over until 3:00. After just one show, we decided that was enough. The kids got really bored and it was a lot of standing in line for just two people to make it to the hot seat. According to my laid back psycho agenda, we were to return to MGM that evening, and we could hit Millionaire one more time….yep, that “was” the plan. We had enough time for one more ride before our date with doom. As we were exiting the Backlot Tour, Grandpa called…..he was lost. We think he was lost in the Epcot parking lot. Now keep in mind that Grandpa is a macho manly man, who proudly flew B17’s in WWII (Sirius thinks that’s right). He prides himself on his health, and the fact that he isn’t a day over 40. Grandpa didn’t use the word, “lost” that was Sirius’ interpretation. Anyhow, we told him to stay put, and we’d come find him. A few minutes later, he called back to say that a policeman had given him directions. What actually happened was…..
 
Why Why Why do you do this to us????? You can type out another paragraph, I know you can. Go ahead, just type a little more. Come on, you can do it. Come on, just a little more. See, the keyboard is right there in front of you.
 
MomPlanner22 said:
Why Why Why do you do this to us????? You can type out another paragraph, I know you can. Go ahead, just type a little more. Come on, you can do it. Come on, just a little more. See, the keyboard is right there in front of you.


Just for you, another installment to follow.......
 
What actually happened was the policeman’s directions were to follow him. Yep, Grandpa got a police escort to Pop Century! How funny is that? :rotfl2: Now Grandpa would never admit to such act. Nope, we heard this tid bit of juiciness from Grandma. :listen: :thumbsup2

Now it’s time for some drama….of our own. Ok, when we checked in, we were given a little card with a number to call to find out our room number. Sirius dials up to have what I think should be a quick conversation. Oh no. He has to give all sorts of info, and based on his responses, I’m not exactly sure that the person he is speaking with actually works for Disney. Of course, I take the phone and proceed to get the info. The following conversation happens:

Me: Have you found our room number yet?
CM: No
Silence
Me to Sirius: Hey, there goes your Grandpa
CM: Ok, it’s rooms 346 and 347

I take a quick, and I mean quick look and notice that an 80’s building is right in front of me with numbers 6###-6###.

Me: Do we know what section? And it looks like within each section, there are building numbers. Do you know what section and building number?
Silence
More Silence
Me: Hello? Do you know which section and building number?
CM: Are you talking to me?

I put my hand to my forehead, and tried my hardest to remember my good southern home training and not use every colorful word that I had ever learned plus a few more that weren’t even discovered yet.

Me: Yes, I am talking to you.
CM: Who me, or the other person?

Thinking to myself, what other person?

Me: You, the friendly Disney CM.
CM: CM?
Me: Huff…Cast Member (I’m sending her a death ray)
Me: I think there is a number missing at the beginning.
CM: 0
Me: Huh?
CM: Your room numbers are 0346 and 0347. You’ll have to check with the front desk to find out the section. We aren’t given that information.
Me: But what building?
CM: I don’t know ma’am
Me: Ok, thanks.
CM: Is there anything else I can help you with today?

To myself: You’ve got to be freakin’ kidding me! You couldn’t even help me with the one thing you were supposed to help me with! This card says for your room information to call this number!!

Me: (With my bestest southern belle manners) No thank you, that’s all.
I don’t even know if I was wished a magical day because I just hung up! That showed her!!

Meanwhile, Sirius had hopped out of the van, ran up three flights of stairs, and was running all through the 80’s looking for our room number. To make matters worse, grandpa takes off.

The next few details are a bit foggy. Either Sirius decided to trot all the way to the main building, or Grandpa drove to the main building, or grandpa stopped to ask mousekeeping……or Sirius asked mousekeeping, who called the front desk.

All I know is that my blood was starting to boil. It was 3:30 afterall, and according to my laid back agenda, we were supposed to go to Beaches and Cream for a Kitchen Sink to hold us over until our 9:35 ressie at O’Hana, and I knew what time the last Millionaire show was, and MIL really wanted to do Millionaire, which had to be today because they didn’t have park hoppers, and thanks to free dining and the need for ADR’s more specifically an ADR at Arkershus for the next day which required a credit card hold which couldn’t be cancelled within the 48 hour window, and if even could, would throw off our entirely planned out ADR’s which had already been reschuffled many times because there weren’t many choices for a group of 11…..breathe….therefore, I was supposed to be in our room 30 minutes ago, decorating windows, more specifically, MIL’s window to surprise her for her birthday, and to get everyone unpacked and settled so we could make our way to the bus stop! Now, I have lost grandpa, again. Sirius is MIA and not answering the phone, I’m burning up precious gas because it is so dang hot, and I don’t want to just start wandering around Pop Century with three children and suitcases.

What did we do? Did Grandpa get mad and go home? Did I get mad and stay off-site? Was Sirius so hot and thirsty that he purchased another mug? Or worse, wasted a snack credit on water?
 
shut UP! no WAY did Sirius WASTE a snack credit on water!
(Slapping my palm to my forehead! Doh!)

The grandpa is a HOOT! All proud and senile-ish! How cute of the Grandma to clue you in on his police escort!

Ok, so the police are involved one more time??? Any chance of the extended LOUD family ending up on the tv show COPS? (on the "When Tourists Go Mad" episode?)

I am so thankful that you got a little more of your TR done before I leave! I'll reward you with more zebra domes without my teeth marks! :teeth:

Love Ya Oooodles!!!
 




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