Canadian Buffoon's Disney With a Teen Vacation - 08/13 - The Wrap

[ForeverDance]

1. Is our flight on time or delayed?

2. What annoying thing happens on our flight?
(Hint: Not turbulence.)
3. What good thing happens at our hotel?
4. Animals! Animals on a plane! What kind?
(Hint: Not snakes... or dogs... or cats.)


Oh. And 20 bonus points for anyone who guesses
what our one and only excursion is.

1. On Time
2. Seat Kicker
3. Free Upgrade
4. Mice

Excursion: Whale Watching

 

[DizzneyDi]

So sorry to have been AWOL lately. A month or so ago I came to the realization that I have approximately eleventy-twelve gazillion things to do if I'm going to be ready to move from upstate NY to Clearwater, FL on or about the 27th of April, so I cut way way back on my online activities in an effort to actually meet that deadline. I've written many many lists but I'm not doing nearly as well at crossing stuff off them as I did writing them in the first place! I know I'll get it all done eventually, but right now I feel like I'm moving way too slow. Anyway, I happened to remember that your trip had come and gone and I wanted to check in and see how it went. So sorry to hear you were sick--fingers crossed it doesn't spoil the trip. (Oh, wait, the fingers crossed thing doesn't work retroactively, does it? Dang.)

I'll continue to check in when I can, but I know I won't have time to comment in a timely manner, or enter the contest. I'll be here in spirit, though! Which is kinda creepy, when you think about it. I mean, imagine you're wandering around in the trip report in the wee hours, most of the lights will be out and it'll be eerily quiet compared to the normal din of comments flying back and forth, and suddenly a shadowy figure appears behind you... But don't worry, I'm a friendly spirit, even if I don't have time to hang around and chat!

 

[afwdwfan]

My first time drunk was when I was around that age too.
Except I didn't know it until later much later in life.

I mentioned to my folks that when I was little,
I had had a bunch of my cousin's beer.
They exchanged knowing glances.
"Well, that explains it." Dad says.
"What?" Says I.

They then tell me that there was this one time when I fell asleep
on the ride home and they couldn't wake me
and I'd also barfed in the car, which I'd never done before.

I have no recollection.

 

[Self_resqing_princz]

Yo Ponds! Hey! Long time no see! Sorry... I've been a little MIA since I had the baby. Oh... you want to see a pic of the baby?

Of course, that was when he was 3 months old... he's now 18 months old.... so that tells you how long I've been out of the loop. Since I've been gone, I know I've missed quiet a bit... like:
So, please forgive me!
This picture is from last week.... he had a mouth full of scrambled eggs when I took the picture.

So I thought I'd drop in and say hi. Oh... and for those of you interested... Ponds, IDK if your daughters would be interested or not... I'm currently having a "Facebook party" because Jamberry is introducing Disney inspired nail wraps. My "party" goes until Sunday, if you'd like to get free samples, or have no idea what Jamberry's are- they are nail wraps, so instead of paying ridiculous amounts for lovely nails, these are basically stickers that you wear on your nails. I LOVE the Disney ones. Here's a link so you can show your girls: http://bit.ly/1QOk7be
If you want to join my jamberry facebook party, you can add me (with a message saying you're from the Disboards)- search for me: Rebecca Pullen Bennett on Facebook.
Hopefully I'll be around more now that he's a bit older. Talk to you soon!

 

[Self_resqing_princz]

Also, I'm going to join in the guessing game.
1. delayed
2. really bad turbulence
3. better view?
4. ferret!

 

[TheLittleKatie]

Pkondzi pkondzi bo bondzi
Banana fana fo fonzi
Mee my mo monzi

PKONDZI.



Welcome back!!

but since we're taking a sashay down memory lane;

Whoomp, there it is.

Imagine having to spend close to half of every year bundled up in layers
of clothing in order to fend off... well... death.

HALF the year?!??! Grow a pair, pkondzi!!! A pair.. of gloves. Yes, grow a pair of gloves. (Dammit, I'm not going to be good at this "bonus points for snide comments" thing. That was my best attempt.)

Unfortunately, from the time I booked the trip,
until shortly before the trip, the Canadian dollar
took a beating compared to the US dollar.

I feel this pain... A few years ago I went to NYC and got $2 to the £, it was GREAT. Last year it was at about $1.50, and now it's down to like $1.35

Now you're thinking "Finally! The boring stuff is over! Let's get to Maui!"

Not so fast.

Boy, you sure know how to retain an audience..

So I emailed her back again, and said.
"But if you'd like an escort for the evening, I'd be delighted."

What a gentleman

There were two boys seated immediately in front of us.
They spent the evening bouncing up and down
and crawling over one another.
Thankfully their Dad was there to ignore them.

God help me if I ever have boys!!!!!!
Also, from your previous report, I believe we have a common distain for parents who ignore their children when they're misbehaving

My throat feels like it's on fire.
I have about as much enthusiasm for a trip
as I do for eating Brussels sprouts.

Grow a pair pkondz!!! ...a pair.. of orange trees... Grow a pair of orange trees in the garden, some vitamin C will make you feel much better. (Dammit.)

Why didn't she drive herself?
Two reasons.
1. She works at a building on airport property.
So driving her there means she doesn't have to come home.
Plus we can park her car there while we're away.

I actually knew this about Ruby, I feel like I'm part of the family. HEY, why wasn't I invited to Maui?

I send her a text: "Where R U?"

Cool text lingo dude

Seething on the inside, polite on the outside.

#Canada

they are quickly swallowed up into the airport's bowels.

Well that's quite the image.

Yes. Yes there will be a contest.

YAY.

And the prize will befit the size of the trip.
i.e. It'll be small.

Small enough to mail across the Atlantic?!

But it's culturally a very important part of Hawaii.

Cool!

Oh, and if you're good little boys and girls,
I might also send along some chocolate.

Contest!

There will be no, zero, zilch, nada points for flattery.

Oh man. I feel like I'm good at that.

I don't know yet if there will or won't be bonus points
for clever retorts and snide comments.
We'll see how I feel.

I doubt I'll benefit from this anyway.

Bonus questions

1. Is our flight on time or delayed?
2. What annoying thing happens on our flight?
(Hint: Not turbulence.)
3. What good thing happens at our hotel?
4. Animals! Animals on a plane! What kind?
(Hint: Not snakes... or dogs... or cats.)

1. On time!
2. Someone kicking your seat!

3. Free upgrade?!

4. Oh wow, I've no idea what animals are allowed on planes... Can I guess birds, or is that too vague?

Oh. And 20 bonus points for anyone who guesses
what our one and only excursion is.

Hmmm.. Well I'd be inclined to guess some kind of scuba activity because I know that you can do that, but I'm not sure if Ruby or the girls can... So I'll go with a more generic Hawaiian activity... Whale watching?!

 

[pkondz]

One benefit of being home with the stomach flu

Sorry to hear that. How are you feeling now?

I can finally catch up on your Maui shenanigans (or at least the Canadian portion of the trip?)

Won't that make you more likely to vomit??

I feel ya Commonwealth buddy - the Australian dollar is being just as cooperative as the Canadian one when it comes to trip planning (and paying)

I know. It's depressing.

You like boring?

I haven't decided yet.

This is true.

1. Flight is on time - assuming the VIP package extends to Ruby and Elle not just you and Kay.
2. I had two thoughts - the first was something basic like the inflight entertainment was down, but then I decided to go with the person seated next to you (or across the aisle) is violently sick the entire flight.

3. Um you get upgraded to a two room suite so that the girls can have one room and you and Ruby the other?

Noted.

4. Did you get the turkey?

And noted.

And for the excursion - you go snorkelling with turtles

Noted.

Aggghhhhh!!!!

That dude is not chill.

 

[pkondz]

Wow, bummer you were so sick!

It wasn't the absolute best way to start a vacation.

I know that feeling all too well, years ago I too woke up, but on the very morning we were flying out of snowy Indiana on a cold January morning to go to sunny Orlando for a week long vacation in Disney World. I hope you had a better ending than I did though, I was sick the entire time, passed it along to my then-18 month old daughter, we were both miserable.

Ugh. That sucks. I at least didn't pass it on to anyone.
But when you pass it on to a toddler? The worst.

I have ideas on your contest questions, but I will not participate ..... Your TR's are all the prize I need. The best reading on the Internet! . See what I did there? Flattery points? Lol! Just kidding!

You're one contest too late with the flattery!
You sure you don't want to? No pressure.

 

[pkondz]

This is what happens when you don't get around to posting quick enough. All the comments have already been commented - so just assume that I would've said all the clever lines that have already been used!

Wow you posted some really, really clever comments!
Well... except for that one that was really rude.
And really... how could you? I'm quite upset.

Glad you posted the photo later. I had no idea what that was. We just call that a hat. No special name.

No one up here would call that a hat.
Well, maybe in the context of "It's cold out. Wear a hat!"
And then you grab a tuque and throw it on.

So, skipping straight to the bonus questions...

Of course. You've already said everything there is to say.

1. Delayed - because you hurried, of course.
2. You got to watch 3/4 of a movie - and then you arrived
3. Upgrade!
4. Guinea pig?

It seems like the excursion should be extra exotic to rate 20 points, but I really don't know all the options, so....

Volcano tour (sounds the most interesting of the ones other people have mentioned!)

Noted.

 

[Gracefulskinny]

Yeah... So remember how I was bragging about my beautiful 70 degree weather on Monday and Tuesday? ......

Little Miss is outside right now... PLAYING IN THE SNOW!?!?!?! Its also only 34 degrees

You really didn't have to send your weather my way you know....

 

[pkondz]

Well I know that the state security forces didn’t lower their weapons until the pressure door was sealed and locked on the plane, but did they let you out of the handcuffs before you were seated or only after the plan was aloft and over open ocean?

I haven't gotten to that part of the TR yet!

But... You have no idea how hard it is to drive a rental car with cuffs on.

Now bring on the next round of insufferable drivel.

Someone understands!!

Traction? Who said anything about y’all allowing it.
I said he’d appoint himself unconditional leader.

Ah. Good point.

Also, I’m not offend… more ashamed.
The more depressing part of it though is, while I also wish to be shocked, knowing my neighbors, acquaintances and fellow citizens as I do, I I’m sadly not even surprised.

This is supposed to be no politics, but.... well, I'll just post a picture and move on...

Taste just like dirt clods.
Bullies and their henchmen may be able to force you face first down in the mud…
But I don’t purposely seek out vegetables that recreate such experiences.

Whoops! Forgot to add... pickled beets.
I'll eat pickled beats.
Otherwise... no.

No…
I keep calling you out on it.
It’s the rest of the rabble that’s treating me like Cassandra.

My DW's cousin's daughter (2nd cousin, then, right?) is named Cassandra.
I don't recall anyone treating her any differently.

Oh, well. It's all Greek to me.

Yeah, but…
Have you considered the outcome of having all seven billion of your global neighbors squeezed into only two narrow bands of latitude?

Ha, ha! That's your problem!



Wait.

You'd leave us alone, right?

So you may not be quite as dumb as you otherwise appear, then.

Nice to know you think I appear dumb.

That's actually a step up for me.

Better than the used britches.
And if you’re very lucky, one of the socks might be the one that’s not riddled with holes.

Dibs!

Thank God you got that!

That’s one I’m quite familiar with.
But it’s never a mistake to reference a classic.

I always suspected this to be the case…
But it’s good to receive confirmation from someone that’s in the biz.

I know all. I sees all.

Except for who keeps drinking all the milk
and putting the empty back in the fridge.

Oh but it’s just so much fun to get out ahead of one’s self.
Especially when negotiating dizzying heights…

Funny thing.
When I was little, I hated the Roadrunner part of the show.
My Dad, on the rare occasion that he would watch,
would laugh uproariously at it.

Now, as an adult, on the rare occasion that I watch,
I laugh uproariously at it.

Ahhhh…
But you’ve already disqualified such forms of insincerity from point consideration…
So now you’re only left with forms of sincerity.


And those look more like insults then flattery.

Nothing beats a good insult.
But my ego demands veneration,
so... it's a conundrum.

 

[pkondz]

nope but thats partly because it only FEELS like 110. THe higher the humidity the stronger the heat index. As I'm sure you've figured out from being down in FLorida, a humid 90 is significantly different than a dry one.

Oh, I know... I know!
Similarly, -40 with no wind is much nicer than
-20 with gale force winds.

Now -50 with hurricane strength winds....
And yes. Been there, done that.

 

[pkondz]

I have lived in New England my entire life, and it never fails: Whenever we get a winter day above 45 degrees or so, people start walking around in shorts and T-shirts. But what really gets me is the next day, when the temperature is back down to 20 or 30 (and the wind is howling) you will always see some moron out in shorts again!

Ah yes. I know the type.
Feel like going over to them and yelling
"It's winter again! Didn't you get the memo???"

My niece recently moved to LA and she had to explain to her new friends the concept of "putting away your winter clothes." Apparently some people get to wear the same clothes all year - strange concept.

I see that Alison has already replied to this,
but yeah. "Coat? That's that thin long sleeved thing, right?"

 

[pkondz]

1. On time

2. people arguing?
bab(ies) crying/screaming/yelling?

3. room ready right away, and exactly which view you wanted.

4. Miniature horse

bonus:: zipline

Noted.

 

[pkondz]

OK. How does this work for you? I'm surprised you wanted to hear this song.

Hmmm.... This is the story.
I write something with 100% sarcasm and it comes off as sincere.
Then I see a picture attached to a video file.

I wisely wait until I'm at work to view it.



Because I can't view videos at work.

You thought of me. How sweet!

Of course!
I frequently do!

I'm not sure. Not having much experience with snow. However in theory it does make sense. I think rain might be wetter.

I think you're right.
Until the snow melts, anyways.

And those were only one of two pairs of closed toe shoes that I owned at the time.

Hmm... This will only impress me depending on your answer.
"How many shoes do you own?"

Well OK I did have the boots I purchasedfor my pirate costume.

Which immediately begs the question:



Ready?




Here it comes...





Arrrrgh they warm enough?

No. It was as cold as 40!

The fact that the temperature is supposed to be as warm as 33
by the weekend is front page news here.

Like I said I had to buy a whole new wardrobe for how cold it was!

I've done one before. I have no need to repeat it.

Ditto.
Our first one, pre-kids was a lot of fun.
The one we took the DDs to, well... sucked.

Which is why I think Elle wanted to do one.
She wanted to come away with a better experience.

OK. Then my guess for your excursion is snorkeling.

Noted.

I still think people should need to get a license before their reproductive organs can be activated. I mean you need a license to fish, to drive but yet any dimwit can have a kid, usually more than one. Of course company here certainly doesn't fall in that category.

Now you know for next time you're sitting next to TB kid. Unless he was next to you on the plane!

Yup. Turn around and stuff a rag in his mouth.
Thanks for the advice.

Nice that you were honest with her.

I'm always honest with her.
Well, except for those three things, of course.

How can four people in pack enough stuff in half a suitcase each? Are you going to wear the same clothes most of the trip?

Funny you should mention that...

Heck! With a trip on the horizon, I would have been in there as soon as things started.

It's just not something I do.
They can't do anything for a cold anyway.
But if it had been strep...

Then, yeah. The sooner the better.

It's a five day course of Antibiotic called Azithromyacin. It can knock out all kinds of bugs, you take two the first day and then one a day for each day after.

Huh. Don't think we have those up here.
Are they prescription? For Fran?

Interesting Foreign Medical Insurance?

Correct.

That's not much of a list.

I'm not going to put up the whole list!

Wow! They didn't have any rules like that where I went to school. And I still passed with flying colors. Most of my Senior year was a joke since I was already accepted to college, and since I was majoring in music, it really didn't matter how well I could read and write, or what I knew about the government. After my first quarter of Calculus I dropped that knowing I would never need it in my profession. I still have never had to calculate the area underneath a curve for anything!

Really??? I do that all the time! Plus calculate sine and cosine and logarithms.

Oh. Wait... I don't do any of those things.
Nevermind.

And me on the contrary, I only missed a rehearsal or class if I was TB kid.

Did you get the right one?

Got a couple of interesting ones.

No we don't wear the same clothes all year. At least I don't. I wear tank tops and capris February (sometimes), definitely March through October, and then in November I start to wear long pants and T-shirts. By the end of December it's usually long sleeve shirts with long pants. And we pray that we don't have to get our jackets out, as long as we don't spend a lot of time outside in the Winter.

Believe it or not, you're more varied than I am.

 

[pkondz]

Eh hem - did you forgot something @pkondz? Skipping over me like I don't matter....

You're in good company. He skipped my comment, too!

Oh boy. I screwed up big time.
I'm not offering an excuse, merely an explanation.
What with being busy, sick and tired of late,
it was almost bound to happen.
I've been keeping up with posts on both computer and iPod.
But I hate.... hate answering posts on the iPod.
But I also rely on the DIS to keep track of the last posts I've read.
So I did read your posts... but then the got lost in the shuffle.

Thanks for pointing it out guys.
Mea Culpa.

And... it'll probably happen again.

 

[SnowWhiteOz]

Oh boy. I screwed up big time.
I'm not offering an excuse, merely an explanation.
What with being busy, sick and tired of late,
it was almost bound to happen.
I've been keeping up with posts on both computer and iPod.
But I hate.... hate answering posts on the iPod.
But I also rely on the DIS to keep track of the last posts I've read.
So I did read your posts... but then the got lost in the shuffle.

Thanks for pointing it out guys.
Mea Culpa.

And... it'll probably happen again.

 

[pkondz]

I've been a bit busy so I haven't been around, but I'm all caught up. So glad you started your Maui trip.

Well, welcome back, stranger!

We just had 6 inches dumped on us in the matter of two hours. It's still coming down. I get it.

Ugh. I love shovelling snow. Really. Honest. Yep. Sure.... Kill me now.

Actually, this year hasn't been bad for snow.
Oh, we have some. But only a few feet.

Maybe you're persuasive rather than annoying. I'm the same way.

Yeah. That's it! I'm persuasive! I like that!

Hang on... Just gonna check with Ruby.






She says "annoying".
Well, she used different words,
but I can't use them on the DIS.

You have very few years to have family vacations with your kids that make memories forever. I agree with Ruby. You'll have your romantic, private time soon. Patience grasshopper.

<sigh> I know. You're both right.
And I really enjoyed having them along with us.

On the other hand, we also believe in them fending for themselves.
So we told Elle she could come if she paid for her airfare.
(We paid for everything else.)

Wow! You must have really really wanted to see your cousin.

1. She's easily my favourite cousin.
2. I never see her.
3. She was hurting and I knew she'd appreciate it.

I always tell the kids, "Positive things happen to positive people." In your case it backfired.

Yup.
How about "No good deed goes unpunished."

Just a question, since I'm curious. How did you come up with your screen name, since it's so unique?

That's one of the mysteries of life.


JK.
When I started on the internets, that's what I got.
It just stuck.

1. Delayed, since you were worried you'd be late and had to hurry.
2. Crying baby.
3. Upgrade
4. Hmmm... I guess you'd have to hear it, so bird.

There are so many fun things. I have no clue how you picked just one. Zip lining?

Noted.

 

[pkondz]

Makes me very homesick.

Where's home again, Liesa?

 

[pkondz]

Sorry about your luck but I laughed.

So you're saying you're basically evil.
check.

Here if you go 50 over then they call it "street racing" and they impound your vehicle and it's a minimum $2,000 fine.

Interesting. I don't know if we have a similar law.
Never thought about it since that's just not going to happen.
To me, I mean.