ABCs of Trip Reporting, Pt. 2-Life Can Be Crappy and Then You Move On (3/7)

[marvali]

haha! Yeah, but at least I"m still consistently putting something up every so often

Well if I wasn't having to hold my updates because "some people" can't get their contest answers in promptly.............

The thanks I get for trying to keep people from falling even FURTHER behind on the scoreboard.........

 

[FauntleroyFAN07]

Yeah, it's a pretty pathetic pace we're clipping at! Oh well... live with it.

Adding that "i" in there simply makes it easier to say. Try it. Go on, try it. "Fip". See how easy that was. WAY better than "Eff. Pee" or "Fast Pass"

i see, thats what i do when i type, i go for phonetic, instead of correct spelling

 

[All7OfUs]

I LOVE HEARING ABOUT YOUR DL TRIP!! Thank you for sharing this trip with us.

I'm happy to hear your enjoying your summer as much as you can, I don't think anyone here can blame you for that.

Glad you're enjoing it, Tammie!

Well, summer is just so short, and there are so many fun things to do- last weekend we did the Salem Art Fair, which is a rather BIG deal here.

You "done" good! I was MIA most of the week anyway. I'm so exhausted from teaching VBS, working and a funeral for a 14 yr old who died of cancer - so hard to see , yet such a testimony of Faith and victory! Very draining, though.

I am hoping Mary's nap helped her to be able to have a nice evening.

How sad to have had to bury a 14 year old. As a mom, I know only my faith could get me through something like that!

It did, and it didnt'....

I am so enjoying your Pee before Pooh installments! I think it is because of the special time with your aunt and mom, and also because of your fresh look at DLR after not being there in a long time! Thank you for sharing this special time with us.

Now that we've cruised down the Irriwaddy, I'm looking forward to cruising into priate territory.

You're so welcome! I do know getting it all out on paper helps to cement it all in my mind.

Yep, we're (I'm) on my way to sing some Yo-Ho.

As usual another excellent installment. Haven't done Jungle Cruise in a while. Maybe this trip. And I so miss the original Tiki Room; don't like it since the New Management took over. Can't wait to see the original again!

Nice job on the "end" of the installment!!!

You should give it another try, Marv!! We had a terrific skipper who really had some good delivery of what might otherwise be some pretty stale one liners.

I thought those of you who share my 4th grade style humor would enjoy that.

that's awful about the wheelchair jungle boat! I saw it when we were there last September and thought it was cool how they got such a great view seat. I am surprised to hear it's out of commission indefinitely. Hopefully it gets fixed soon, I think the jungle cruise is such a perfect ride for someone wheelchair-bound.

Also love the tiki room. We missed it the first two times we were in DL because we thought it was just a music performance. Now I know that even if it was music performers it still would have been worth seeing. I have yet to be disappointed by a performance of any kind at Disney.

Mmmm hmmm... sad. Being there really was a limited array for us to choose from, I was bummed too that that one was down. Oh well... we managed to fill the day with other equally great stuff!

You are right, I've never been disappointed at any Disney show, including the occassional parade I get stuck in. They're all so GREAT!

Great Update Liesa !!!

Thanks, Rosie!!

so once we know when the arrangements are we'll be heading up to Eugene, OR (I think that's where he lived). So another trip will be coming up soon.

Finally I'm all caught up. I hadn't been on the Dis since the 8th so lots to catch up on. Glad to see how happy you all are at both Disneyland and WDW. Now I'll hopefully stay caught up and can't wait read more!!

Let me know if you end up coming, and if you could swing a trip up to Salem! I'd love to meet you!

And just think you get a doubly fun TR with both resorts in one place!!

Liesa - don't worry about us! I've taken SEVERAL month-long hiatuses from my TR - DISers are forgiving (and patient) and kind. Take your time. Focus on what you need to, we'll be here!

Thanks, Brook. I know that others have too, and we always have been supportive. I WILL be back, but need some time off for so many reasons.

"where the entertainment is truly fowl."

Thank you, thank you.... I'll be here all week.

And you have heard WDW's is being restored to the original, correct? (minus one song-just like Disneyland's) It is scheduled to open August 15! The one crazy bird, Iago, I believe caught on fire a while back, so they have taken the opportunity to change the show. Apparently the tiki gods were not pleased with him.

NO! I didn't know that!! Glory be!!!

Aw, was the zebra sleeping?

They changed it for us- now it's:

" The hardest part about lunch time was fighting over the light and dark meat."

Love, love, love your DL pics!

Thanks!!

Liesa, thanks for the wonderful DL update - convinces me more on more that I will forego building walls at WDW in 2012 for some fun in California (am thinking that once I am on the West Coast, I might have to visit the North West as well...). But then I am also thinking about Japan, meant to go there for ages... Sorry for the rambling...

The AL pics looks so wonderful, so sunny and bright and New Orleans Square has always been my favourite land in any Disney park. Katharina and I thought in 1995 that DLP was a bit of a failure for not having it...

WOW!! Really, you think you might get a trip up this way?? You KNOW I'd love that!!! But then again, I do know how much you'd enjoy Japan too. Hmmm... choices, choices...

I think NOS is the most accurately themed land there. They really did such an intricate and beautiful job there!

 

[All7OfUs]

I can't wait to see the Tiki Room in its original version! I did as a kid but I don't remember. Too bad about your aunt not being able to go on the jungle cruise. You would think they would have more than one wheelchair accessible boat. Though I have to say, I am not a fan of the jungle cruise and usually skip it! Can't wait to hear how the visit to your old stomping grounds, the Blue Bayou, went!

This time I really cracked up at the jokes- I think the delivery of the skipper has EVERYTHING to do with the ride experience. Of course, you just can't beat the old school animatronics either, IMHO!

What about second breakfast? Elevensies?

Dinner? Supper? Afterrnoon Tea??

Mmmm...Breakfast paradise and Kona Coffee...you know it's coming, right?

Yes, I do.

I mean, you're practically begging for it:

And yes, I was begging for it!

We now have exploding pus! Have we covered all of the bodily fluids in this TR?

Why, yes. Yes, we have.

In the lingo, this is also known as "Giving 'em the Taco Bell treatment."

If I had a dollar for every time a woman wrote that about me...

Well, actually I do.

One?

I looked at the picture anyway, figuring Patrick Warburton had to be in there somewhere.

Poor Mary. Hope she was able to recover.

Nope, just some poor schmucks who are now on the internet for everyone to see.

I think she may have.

Hi I have been seriously missing lately too, so no worries on the lack of updates. That's all the less I have to catch up on

Love your TT pic. Totally something I would do.

Thanks for the Tiki Room pics. Know that is the Tiki Room I remember and loved as a kid.

That's how I see it too. If I update less, there's less for folks to catch up on.

As I looked at it more carefully, the more I cracked up!

Isn't that tune catchy??

Well if I wasn't having to hold my updates because "some people" can't get their contest answers in promptly.............

The thanks I get for trying to keep people from falling even FURTHER behind on the scoreboard.........

NO, really. You should be happy- yours is the only one I've even visited in the last 3 weeks. Really.

And I did notice that.... every round I slip down a notch- that sux.

i see, thats what i do when i type, i go for phonetic, instead of correct spelling

Now that makes sense; in this case.

 

[maroo]

tonight is the night!!!

I am catching up on this thread and doing laundry! I refuse to say YES to anything else!

 

[jenb1023]

tonight is the night!!!

I am catching up on this thread and doing laundry! I refuse to say YES to anything else!

Woo-hoo!!!! We miss you around here!

 

[maroo]

The afternoon came blistering on. Yeah, it was hot, but that’s not what I was referring to entirely. Let me, for a moment, expound upon the bane of blisters. You know when you work in the yard and forget your gloves? A pesky little water-filled beauty slowly appears to give you annoying grief for a day or so. It’s amazing how a little piece of raised flesh, tucked into a tender spot can give some much grief! Now imagine a mega-sized bubble the magnitude of say, a dinner plate sitting strategically on one’s heel. Ok, now imagine 2 of them, one on each side, just to make things symmetrical. These are large enough that the width of a typical band-aid won’t contain its hideousness. Children see them and run screaming; parents run frantically away to find Beverley as a strong curative potion for their shock at the sight; for the blistered each painful minute passes with nothing to do, and he prays for relief, but none will come. Such was the situation of my existence for the last 48 hours, crescendoing to a climax not long after this.

Now that the stage has been set for afternoon, and on into the evening hours, let’s listen in on a phone call from LeeAnn at 4:15:

Liesa: “Hi LeeAnn, where are you?”

LeeAnn: “ We’re just taking off from Minneapolis!”

Liesa: “OH! That’s great you got a flight out tonight.”

LeeAnn: “It’s a 3 and a half hour flight. I don’t think I’ll make it for dinner.”

Liesa: “Well, the check-in guy rescheduled our ADR for 7:30, we can check in then and explain you’re on your way and see what happens.”

LeeAnn: “OK, but please don’t wait for me to eat. I’ll be there when I get there.”

Liesa: “We’re excited and waiting! Bye!”

LeeAnn: She’s polite too, so she said good-bye back.


5:00 rolled around, and MK had played itself out for me. Tate had had some hilarious kicks and giggles, Main Street provided more than enough entertainment, and I shamelessly propped my feet up on the TTA- at least I didn’t crazy dance. I had one singular objective in going back early… to see the Tiki Lighting Ceremony…

So, I hopped on the monorail- Lordy, I love the Poly!- and went back “home”…… and was promptly informed that they didn’t do that on this particular day- whatever day of the week that was. I don’t even remember now, because this TR is THAT ancient. Thoroughly deflated with visions of meat skewers floating as apparitions in my growing appetite, I asked myself, “ What could I possibly fill my time up with then until Mary showed up at 7:00? Hmmm… how about get a little artsty…

and a little bit silly? (Yes, this was BEFORE my 2 drinks.)

By the time I had wandered around pestering CMs and guests alike to have fun photoshoots of yours truly, gasping in shock at the prices in the Wyland Gallery, and asking myself how much longer I’d have to stave off my craving for my Lapu, it was finally time to head to the Tambu and meet Mary. It was now 7:00, and we still had not heard from LeeAnn that she had landed. Can you feel the drama??

The Tambu was a groovin’, hip-hopping, if not Island vibin’ place… that had no seating to be found when I got there. So like an opportunistic teenager who is always looking for his next pizza fix, I hungrily scoped out who might be leaving next and sidled on up and waited. Soon, Mary showed up and we swooped in (well, she commandingly wheeled in) on a table we’d share with a nice little family and eventually get sloshed with. Well, ok, we didn’t really get sloshed, but by the time LeeAnn showed up, (oops, I’m supposed to be maintaining some semblance of suspense here, aren’t I? My bad.) we were pretty juiced up. At least I was, because, I’m telling you- that Heaven in a Pineapple was strong and guuuuuuuuuuuuud!

Tate enjoyed choosing his libation as well

and recommended a Midori Sour for Mary, which she ordered.

She’ll have to give her own critique, but I think she applauded the Tambu’s efforts. In the end, Tate just ended up stealing a few sips of mine, and agreed it was one of the best drinks on the planet. Not quite as good as the apricot sour at HBD, but exceedingly tasty nonetheless. I can tell you, I wasn’t the only one who thought so!

True to Continental’s flight time estimations, LeeAnn did land at 7:30. Right on time for our scheduled ADR. But would Disney work with us? Could I pass off my tears over blisters as tears over missing our opening dinner because Continental forgot to change an oil filter making my friend late?? LeeAnn called from the ME bus, telling us she was on her way, and would come straight to the lounge. I went to the check-in desk and explained our situation, and they told us that although they couldn’t guarantee immediate seating when she did come, that we should just tell them when she arrived and they would give us a buzz when they could. I was pretty sure the Tambu was already taking care of that.

Did I mention that Lupus are tasty? So nomilicious, in fact, that one was simply not going to cut it. And ladies and gents, I am here today to pass along Disney Touring Tip #412. Do not order another full Lapu at $14, or whatever ridiculous price it was. My server, who was WAY too chatty, by the way (one of those hanger-onners, like a pesky piece of TP on your shoe kind), informed us that a more economical way (does Disney even KNOW the meaning of that concept?) to get more liquor is to order an $8 Mai Tai, and dump it in the fruit. Not exactly the same thing but close, and hey, after a Lapu, who’s really going to know the difference? About the same time my re-fill arrived, so did LeeAnn. It was bliss to finally all be together around 8:00- a full 3 hours later than when she first had been scheduled to get to the Poly. In the grand scheme of things, though, that really wasn’t too bad for having to completely reroute, layover and all that jazz. And as a celebration, I handed her my drink. I had only had one sip, and was certain after such a crappy day, she’d want it without further delay. And being in a celebratory mood as such, I promptly ordered up another for myself from Mr. Chatty himself.

Around 9:30, we settled up the bill at the bar and got buzzed. This time with a buzzer/flasher…

Next up: P is for Portions of Pork and Potstickers

Yes.... I am THIS far behind.........


I love how I "commandingly" rolled up to the table. That is a pretty perfect description of me.

The Midori Sour was yummy!

The waiter was a little pesky......

Now...Liesa, I don't remember you complaining about blisters?!? Did you say anything to me about this? Am I just remember the GOOD, HILARIOUS times and forgetting the painful ones?

I had so much fun with Tate....

(Have you already shared the pictures of him at various places at the MK?)

 

[maroo]

Sometime during the meal, we reminisced about the shenanigans of our Pre-Trip Report and started joking around about Mary and her veggies.

She would like you all to take a quick poll. Please choose Number 1...

Or Number 2...

Now, wasn’t that more fun than a Gallop? We’ll tally them up and divide ourselves into Lions and Tigers and…. cows. Oh my, that was bad!

well.....

I am sure there are many of you guys who have wondered this answer for a month now.


Some of you will probably be SHOCKED....STUNNED...simply AMAZED to find out that I actually craved number ONE more than picture TWO!

Can you believe it!??

LeeAnn took a great picture of us being crazy and giving you guys our answer to the question!

The broccoli in Disney is SOOOOOOO good. Makes me want to go get some right now! YUM!

I really did enjoy the broccoli and not so much the chicken. But I loved the shrimp and steak!

 

[Poolrat]

Some of you will probably be SHOCKED....STUNNED...simply AMAZED to find out that I actually craved number ONE more than picture TWO!

Can you believe it!??

LeeAnn took a great picture of us being crazy and giving you guys our answer to the question!

The broccoli in Disney is SOOOOOOO good. Makes me want to go get some right now! YUM!

I really did enjoy the broccoli and not so much the chicken. But I loved the shrimp and steak!

That is the best picture!!!! It really shows how much fun was had.


Yes I like Disney broccoli too !!!!

 

[marvali]

well.....

I am sure there are many of you guys who have wondered this answer for a month now.


Some of you will probably be SHOCKED....STUNNED...simply AMAZED to find out that I actually craved number ONE more than picture TWO!

Can you believe it!??

LeeAnn took a great picture of us being crazy and giving you guys our answer to the question!

The broccoli in Disney is SOOOOOOO good. Makes me want to go get some right now! YUM!

I really did enjoy the broccoli and not so much the chicken. But I loved the shrimp and steak!

I was right!!!

 

[All7OfUs]

OMG!!!!!!!!! I KNEW this TR was going to get extra good once we were all together!! Let the good times roll!!!

 

[englishrose47]

i see, thats what i do when i type, i go for phonetic, instead of correct spelling

Anyone buying this ????

 

[All7OfUs]

tonight is the night!!!

I am catching up on this thread and doing laundry! I refuse to say YES to anything else!

I can't WAIT!!!!!!

The Midori Sour was yummy!

yes it was!

Now...Liesa, I don't remember you complaining about blisters?!? Did you say anything to me about this? Am I just remember the GOOD, HILARIOUS times and forgetting the painful ones?

Yes!! I showed them to you! They were large! and remember Leslie offered me a large bandaid??

I had so much fun with Tate....

I think we all did!!!

(Have you already shared the pictures of him at various places at the MK?)

Yep, here and there, but the best one was of him up in the Splash Mountain house!!

That is the best picture!!!! It really shows how much fun was had.


Yes I like Disney broccoli too !!!!

By the way, I only have one filling, and you can't see it in this pic.

I was right!!!

I'll trade you this point for one on your game.... Please...

 

[Flossbolna]

Mary and Liesa, your #1 picture is hilarious!!

 

[marvali]

Anyone buying this ????

Not even with YOUR money, Rosie!!!

I'll trade you this point for one on your game.... Please...

Try my philosophy.......look at what Rosie says, then pick the opposite!!!

 

[All7OfUs]

Mary and Liesa, your #1 picture is hilarious!!

Not even with YOUR money, Rosie!!!
Try my philosophy.......look at what Rosie says, then pick the opposite!!!

I would except, I believe all answers for the last round were sent by PM!!!!

 

[Captain_Oblivious]

I'll trade you this point for one on your game.... Please...

Someone wasn't so merciful when the tables were turned...

 

[Captain_Oblivious]

Great DLR pictures! The New Orleans Square theming looks amazing. Can't wait to see more.

 

[Sandy321]

tonight is the night!!!

I am catching up on this thread and doing laundry! I refuse to say YES to anything else!

say yes - hmmmm is "no" even in your vocabulary???

well.....

I am sure there are many of you guys who have wondered this answer for a month now.


Some of you will probably be SHOCKED....STUNNED...simply AMAZED to find out that I actually craved number ONE more than picture TWO!

Can you believe it!??

LeeAnn took a great picture of us being crazy and giving you guys our answer to the question!

The broccoli in Disney is SOOOOOOO good. Makes me want to go get some right now! YUM!

I really did enjoy the broccoli and not so much the chicken. But I loved the shrimp and steak!

yeah, NO... NO I in no way believe it.... "lalalalalaaa I'm not listening" Broccoli better than wings? IF that is the case - then I want to know wth they did to the wings!!

<*grin>

OMG!!!!!!!!! I KNEW this TR was going to get extra good once we were all together!! Let the good times roll!!!

It does just gets better and better!!

 

[Sandy321]

tonight is the night!!!

I am catching up on this thread and doing laundry! I refuse to say YES to anything else!

say yes - hmmmm is "no" even in your vocabulary???

well.....

I am sure there are many of you guys who have wondered this answer for a month now.


Some of you will probably be SHOCKED....STUNNED...simply AMAZED to find out that I actually craved number ONE more than picture TWO!

Can you believe it!??

LeeAnn took a great picture of us being crazy and giving you guys our answer to the question!

The broccoli in Disney is SOOOOOOO good. Makes me want to go get some right now! YUM!

I really did enjoy the broccoli and not so much the chicken. But I loved the shrimp and steak!

yeah, NO... NO I in no way believe it.... "lalalalalaaa I'm not listening" Broccoli better than wings? IF that is the case - then I want to know wth they did to the wings!!

<*grin>

OMG!!!!!!!!! I KNEW this TR was going to get extra good once we were all together!! Let the good times roll!!!

It does just gets better and better!!


(hmmm try to post yet again - is there a password to post in this TR?
this time I copied the post BEFORE hitting submit reply!)