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

[pkondz]

Yay!!! Finally!!!

What?!?!? What happened????

You really got me with your fighting on Splash!

Funny thing is, I wrote it and then paused.
"Hmmm..." I thought. "What if even with the picture and the names for the dishes,
people still think we were fighting on the ride? Better do some 'splainin'!"

So not fair!!! You said you weren't going to BOG!!! I call foul!!!

I never said we weren't going to BOG.
I said I didn't get an ADR for it when I first tried to book it.
I also said that we were well within our ADR window.

I want the free bonus points for whatever it is that we're supposed to say.

Nope. That's not going to work.
You have to say what you're supposed to say.
I already see that some people have.

I'll guess the other stuff later.

Okey, dokey.

 

[pkondz]

Wait! Wait! I need to get my feet soaking and get comfy!

Okay, I'll wait. Take your time.

Okay I'm good! GO!

All set? Good!

Rut-Roh!

I'm such a fibber.
The Splash incident... well, wasn't and the Tea Cups turned out to be not bad at all.

I remember!!!

Glad to see someone's paying attention!

I am! I am!!

As you should.

Wouldn't it be easier to go to the center of the building and use the elevator?

Nah.
I'd have to walk about 50 yards to the elevator, wait for it, take it,
then retrace my steps 50 yards just to get to the point I'd be at by taking the stairs.
The stairs weren't really that bad until it was the end of the day and I'd go out for mug refills.
Still faster than taking the elevator.

I believe I had similar conversations with Little MIss at least 3 times today.

Whoops! Touched a nerve there, did I?

Over dramatic much?

If anything, I understated it.

You know I've yet to actually catch this in action.

Just have to be patient. It does it every couple of minutes or so.

You had both DH and in stitches of laughter with this!!!

Good! That's music to my ears!

DH: " ABSOLUTELY!!"

Nearing the top but not there yet.

Lots of points up for grabs, still.

Space Mountain

Peoplemover

Nope. I don't think they exist for her.

The Plaza (I get it right eventually right? )

Ohana

Nope you watch Wishes from the resort that you eat dinner at. (If I'm right about ohana you go down and watch from the beach.)

Noted.

 

[pkondz]

Oh, you really got me. I was feeling so helpless for you with this girl who clearly got up on the wrong side if the bed, or something like that

I wrote it and thought. "Uh, oh. I better explain this didn't actually happen!"

The Chinese food gag is epic!

Thanks!

With the way this photo posted, it looks like the lady in the pink is looking down at someone else who is eating Chinese
"Chinese Food day in the park."

She does kinda look like that!

You DID ride IASW, but I see tea cups was even worse. I'm glad you didn't get sick. So much fun making that memory with your girl

Believe me, nobody was happier than I was that I didn't get sick!

Pretty sneaky of you to get that ADR for BOG happy for you, though.

Well, I gotta make it a little tough, don't I?

Guesses:

1. Jungle cruise is closed so you ride Pirates, because Pirates.
2. No FP for Ariel because you used it for BTMRR in the far instead.
3. ADR at the Plaza because Cheeses teak
4. No Wishes, you have an ADR and a DISmeet
5. Your third ADR must be for dessert, so I will say a No Way Jose at Beaches N Cream because peanut butter

Noted.

Fun chapter, and I am thrilled to be in the middle of the pack.

Perhaps with your guesses you'll move up?

Or down...

Or stay in the same spot...

ETA: You know, Cheeses teak is kind of like Cheese Steak except it is a little chewier

I read it as being a better quality sandwich than Cheeses Oak or worse, Cheeses Plywood.

 

[Kiotzu]

Okay, I'm back from DLR and midterm, survived the midterm, loved DLR.

Now I am caught up and I must say that you should be awarded knighthood for the fact that you survived IASW! Praise to the Pkondz

Pirates is closed, Jungle Cruise instead, No fast pass for Ariel, The Plaza for your next ADR, The Wave for your 3rd, No

 

[pkondz]

Pillow Fight!!!!

I am so pleased that there is urging for more pictures.

We may have to make note of this actually.
It is known and accepted that July 24th is National Whack Scotty with a Pillow Day (just check with Captain Oblivious on that one, he’ll confirm the designation). So the question is, should we all now be celebrating August 23rd as National Whack Kay with a Pillow Day?

Nah. Then I'd have to restrict it to that day.

Yes… yes I do.
4th floor, building 5 (nice spot, but not near the elevators)

And here I thought you'd fallen asleep.

“Yo-Yo’s… very dangerous. You go first”

Tea Cups... Why did it have to be Tea Cups?

Not so fast mister, you best get busy with the rest of the update.

I beg your pardon? You want points or not???

Why thank you oh great and wise purveyor of truths and knowledge.
Pray pleas continue to edify our starving minds with your generously relinquished pearls of wisdom.

That's better.
A little more sucking up should just about do it.

And yet I'm sure you've been told that sarcasm doesn't become you.

Too bad… that video would have lite up the YouTube world.

Interestingly…
no one ever discusses just what Tinkerbelle thinks of this whole spreading pixie dust thing.

Is that what that is?
I thought it was 50 Shades of Fairy.

Oh good…
You know that I just can’t travel without my thermonuclear device.

Well, really. What gentleman would be caught without one?

Nice Dad Joke; you had me going for a moment or two there.

I kinda thought I might.

But the classics rule in this scenario.

I most certainly am.
There is not a scale devised that can competently measure the amount of awe that I am currently overwhelmed by. The English language fails miserably to even supply a word of collection of phrases which are by any stretch of the imagination even remotely capable of expressing the all-encompassing sensation. Words are just completely useless here.

(Other than for the purpose of garnering a point or two, of course.)

Much better. Keep it up.

I did.
That’s what drove my choices this round.
(Silly me…)

That'll learn ya.

That just never gets old.

It doesn't, does it! Cool every. Single. Time.

Well there is an opening, so at least they would have had room for you.

That's true. Maybe I shouldn't have laughed quite so hard.

Clearly, I should have read the fine print on this one.

Plus it was in white font to make it doubly hard to read.

We’ve done it. It’s nice and all, but not what I’d call an absolute must if I were to be honest.

Ah. Good to know.
Still, I know Kay would've enjoyed it.

“He's An Ugly Little Spud Isn't He?. “

Don't cross the streams!

We’re all suckers when it comes to our kids.

An absolutely brilliant pair of pictures, there.
Words actually “do” fail here.

Thanks!

Truth be told, I’m not really surprised one bit.

Really?!? It shocked the heck out of me!

Yep… I see it.
That picture must be what inspired this whole riff.

Yep. One look and... "She looks wasted." and a story was born.

I do believe I like your back story better than the original.
Nice work there.

Why thank you kindly, sir.

Tom Hanks?

I mean, other than the odd fish-tail fetishist.

Just one Dad joke after another…
(And I approve)

Oh, I got a million of 'em.
All bad.

And Arial doesn’t look all enraptured about the choice either.

Yeah, but that didn't fit into the story.

POTC

Jungle Cruise

I don’t think so.

The Plaza (Trying that logic again - since we’re pretty sure it actually ain’t BOG this time)

A Late night snack huh? How about…
Beaches and Cream

Not this time (but you’ll be back!)

Noted.

 

[pkondz]

Refersh my memory: If I change my bus time, do I loose points? I cant remember!

You don't lose points.
If you win, you win fewer points.
Right now, if you were to change your guess and win, you'd get 30 points.
If you changed after the next update (assuming I get to the end of the day)
you'd get 25 points.
If your guess isn't the winning guess, you don't lose anything.

That Splash photo is awesome!!!

Thanks!

I have never ridden that ride, yet... I HATE being in wet clothes, and I am so fearful I'll get DRENCHED! Maybe someday, maybe....

Take the back seat. It seems to be the driest.

Sometimes my youngest (18 months old today!) will get ahold of my earbuds and "misplace" those rubbery thingys to cushion the ear. Drives me batty! I feel your pain!

As long as they're not being swallowed!

Then again, they're pretty small. I suppose they'd come out okay in the end.

What ride do we try to ride, but it's closed? Pirates of the Caribbean!

What ride do we go on instead? Aladdins Flying Carpets ( since it's close by)

Do we get a FP for Ariel? Or not? Yes, but for another day.

We do have another meal, you know.
It's in MK and it's an ADR.
And it's not BOG!
So, where is it? The Plaza : where you treat yourselves to treats!


We have a third ADR for later in the evening.
It's not in MK, or any park, or in DTD.
Guesses? The Wave, because you wanted to stay close to possibly view Wishes afterwards. ( WE love The Wave! We always make it an ADR for visits.. So yummy!)

Do we stay for Wishes? Or does our ADR prevent that? No Wishes, BUT you get to view them another evening.

Noted.

That recap of the Little Mermaid ride was incredible!

And very factual.

I loved it and am choosing to adopt it as the official version of under-the-sea happenings. Vodka, tridents going "you know where"...

Sure. It's an instant classic.

And hey! Nice to see you again!

 

[queenbetsey]

I AM NOT LETTING ANYTHING HANG OUT!!!

just kidding

 

[DonnaBeeGood]

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[SnowWhiteOz]

Oh, no one got hurt (much).
No one was unlawfully detained, or robbed,
or a million other things that can go wrong in
the course of everyday life.

But still.
There were a couple of events on this day.
Two to be precise, where things did not go so well.

Oh no!

In any event, I was up at 8:00am.
I started to get ready to meet the day's challenges.
I might not have been so eager if I knew what was in store for me.

Kay had asked me to try to wake her around 8:30.
"Try" being the operative word.
I really didn't know if she'd get up much before noon, honestly.
But I dutifully slammed a pillow down on her head around 8:30.

She got up at 8:35!
I couldn't believe it!
Maybe being in WDW has a restorative effect on human sleep cycles.

How you failed to make RD when Kay was awake by 8:35 astounds me....

When I got to the bottom of the stairs
and then to the sidewalk, I had to stop.
Five ducks were waddling across the intersection in single file.
Obviously, Donald, Daisy and Huey, Dewey, and Louie.
They were completely unconcerned with me, standing a foot away,
and were in absolutely no hurry.
It was hilarious.
I only regret that I hadn't brought my camera or iPod with me.

You were looking close enough to tell their genders?

We approached the tapstiles and "ding!" We were in!
Or... not.
Once again, Kay had some trouble with the finger scan.
This time, she made sure to use her thumb as previously directed.
And it didn't work so the CM told her to try her finger.
Yep. That worked.

What???

Maybe Kay has magical fingerprints that change fingers during the night? I’m sure there would be a way to make money out of that skill.

And soon approached!...

Splash! And walked right on by it since our FP was for BTMRR.

Now I'm guessing some of you might be a tad perplexed why our first FP
wasn't for 7DMT.
Well, since our FP window was already open when we booked our trip,
the only time available was for later in the afternoon.
So 7DMT was going to just have to sit and wait for a while.

(And some of you are already mentally calculating your points...
No rope drop, BTMRR, 7DMT and... what? What??????)

We arrived at BTMRR,

Much better use of a FP than 7DMT anyway – or maybe I’m biased as its my favourite ride in the entire world (I think I’ve pointed that out to you more than once but it obviously bears repeating!)

Man I love this ride!!!
And yet... Even though I made a note...
Even though I told Kay...
Even though she said she wanted to...

Somehow, I still haven't ridden it at night!


Oh, well.
Pictures. Because, BTMRR.

I knew there was a reason I liked you...

After riding what is arguably one of the best rides in Disney,
(and if you argue that it isn't, you will officially be deducted two points)
we were in the mood for more adrenalin producing rides.

No argument here – I’ll even throw a parade to support your claims.

Best. Disney. Photo. Ever.

Bravo.

Kay and I knew we wanted to do something fun for a Splash photo.
We came up with a few ideas, but this is the one that stuck
for ease of set up as well as for fun concept.
Before we left, I had to get some Chinese food take-out boxes.
I went to a local restaurant that we used to order from called Miriwa.
I went in around lunch time. The place was dead.
I stood around waiting for a while and finally a young lady showed up.
I told her that I only wanted two take out boxes.
I assumed they would just give them to me,
but I did say that I would gladly pay for them
and even order two orders of rice... just don't put the rice in them.
She rudely told me that "We don't do that!"
and refused to help me.
I thanked her politely, left, and now I refuse to eat there
because "I just don't do that!"

Apparently they don't need the business, so I guess we're both happy.

Some people’s stupidity astounds me. I hope you’ve got a new favourite local Chinese place and that you order take out from them and then walk past Miriwa doing your best Julia Roberts

After miraculously managing to stay dry,
we had another Fastpass that was due, so we made our way over to PP.
Standing in the short FP line, Kay announced that she wanted to ride a blue boat.
So naturally, in accordance with all Kay's wishes being granted this day,
we got a blue boat.

Kay’s starting to sound like she’s part fairy with all this pixie dust she’s getting.

When we exited PP, Kay was looking forward to trying
something I'd suggested to her pre-trip.

Last trip, I had ridden IASW. Which is admittedly my least liked ride in all of Disney.
But I rode it while blaring ACDC and Aerosmith into my skull.
Well, she wanted to try it too.

Now here's an important tip, if you too want to risk your sanity
by riding this thing.
And this is very important.
Everybody listening?


Put your earbuds in and crank up the music before approaching the ride.
Don't wait until you're on the boat... or even in line.
It's just too risky.
Trust me. You don't want any of that in your head!

And make sure you have a long enough playlist. IASW is a lot longer than you remember when your playlist cuts out half way through!

We survived. Unscathed.
My God, we are brave people.
Are you not in awe??
Bonus points if you say you are.
Be superfluous with your praise.

Braver than this guy that’s for sure


And definitely braver than this dude.

Be Our Guest!

"Hey! Wait a second! You said you didn't get an ADR for BOG!
What gives?!? We want our money back!"

I did say that, didn't I?
And it's true, too.
When I started booking FPs and ADRs, I knew that due to our late start,
there were going to be some things that just weren't going to happen.
BOG was one of those things that I couldn't get.
The Wishes Dessert Party was another.
But I kept checking and lo and behold, one day a BOG spot opened up.
So I quickly grabbed it and that's where we're going to have lunch today.

So you did have an ADR? This contest is confusing and making my brain hurt.

But then Kay spotted... it.

"Dad, can we ride the tea cups?" She innocently asked.
"Sorry, no. It'll make me feel sick." I replied.
"Awww... but I want to ride it." She reasoned.
"And if I do, then I won't be much good for the rest of the day." I continued.
"Let's ride it!" She exclaimed.
"You can ride it by yourself, then. I'm not going on that thing." I retorted.
"But it won't be any fun by myself." She wheedled.


Crap.


You already know the outcome of this, right?
I'm such a sucker.

Not a sucker. But a great dad

Who knew?

Kay, obviously.

Even (Gasp!) Ariel.

I don’t believe. I mean I’m reading it and you’re telling us about it, but I still don’t believe it.

Our ride begins with Ariel having discovered something new from above the waves.
The other fish, knowing darned well what she's found decide to have some fun with her...
Ariel, being totally clueless, is very happy with her little statue.
The fish, being not dense, tell her it's actually an ornate flask,
but tell her it's filled with a magical wishing potion.
Of course it's actually filled with 80 proof vodka...
Ariel, being not the brightest bioluminescent fish in the sea,
drinks it down and gets totally plastered, as seen below...
So Ariel, totally hammered, decides that she really, really
likes this "potion" and wants more.
But to get more, she's gotta have legs.
Because what self-respecting guy is gonna buy a drink
for a chick with a fin instead of legs? Am I right?

Yeah, I would. But I said "self-respecting"...
Eventually, Ariel sobers up enough to actually think straight.
Or as straight as she possibly can.
(Poor thing. If she spent less time finding trinkets
and more time schooling with the other fish she'd be smarter.)
She figures if anyone would know about getting extra limbs, it would be an octopus.
I mean, they've got a ton of them, right?...
So she goes and visits her kindly Aunt, Ursula.
Ursula agrees that if she really wants to get schnozzed on a regular basis,
the surface is where it's at.
She warns Ariel that if she wants legs, she can have 'em.
But it'll cause short term laryngitis.
Ariel agrees to pay the price and gets legs.
Nearly drowns, 'cause she's underwater, but still.
She's got legs...
When she gets up to the surface, she realizes that she's been tricked.
While she was expecting the laryngitis,
she didn't expect that to get some vodka, she'd have to have money.
So she latches on to the first dude that wanders by and she tries to seduce him...
Unfortunately, the first dude she sees is about as dense as she is.
So even though she's throwing every trick in the book at him,
the guy doesn't clue in that she wants him to kiss her.
This, of course, is every male on the planet in a nutshell.
If you don't come right out and say "Hey stupid! Kiss me!"
we just aren't going to get it.
But she's got laryngitis, remember?
Anyway, the guy finally clues in and thinks he's Don Juan,
while she's thinking "Finally!"...
But then who shows up to ruin everything?
Dad!
Because that's what Dads do.
Prevent boys from kissing their daughters, of course...
So Dad says, "Hold it right there bud! That's my kid you're putting the moves on!"
He tells the poor schmuck that if he wants to snog with his kid,
he's going to have to marry her first.
Otherwise he's going to take this trident and stick it right up his, uh...
He brandishes his trident menacingly!

So naturally, one thing leads to another, and the next thing you know,
the poor sap is roped into a wedding with a girl he hardly knows.
I mean, look at his face!
If that's not apprehension mixed with doubt and apprehension,
covered with a fake smile, I don't know what is!
Well, at least they all lived happily ever after.
At least until he finds out that she drinks like a fish.
But that's another ride.

Best. Ride. Description. Ever.

You’re on fire today.

Bonus questions, round 5!
What ride do we try to ride, but it's closed?

Well pirates had been closed for ages and you would have known that so I’m going to go with Space Mountain as it went down a few times when I was there the week before you.

What ride do we go on instead?

Because it’s next door to my previous answer I’m going to go with Carousel of Progress

Do we get a FP for Ariel? Or not?

Yes because there are always FPs available for her M&G.

We do have another meal, you know.
It's in MK and it's an ADR.
And it's not BOG!
So, where is it?

I’m going to stick with the Plaza.

We have a third ADR for later in the evening.
It's not in MK, or any park, or in DTD.
Guesses?

If you’ve already eaten dinner I’m going to say it’s not one of the ones close to MK like Ohana’s or any of the ones at the contemporary, so I’ll say Beaches & Cream as that’s where I’d go.

Do we stay for Wishes? Or does our ADR prevent that?

If wishes were at 9 I’d say you stayed but it was at 10 that night so you left to go to B&C and saw wishes on another night.

Coming up...
You will hear of a short and sweet DISmeet!
You will be shocked at a Photo Pass picture.
You will wonder if I'm crazy... wait... You already do that.

Colour me intrigued.

 

[GoofyIsAsGoofyDoes]

Nah. Then I'd have to restrict it to that day.

Nope, that’s the beauty of the designation.
You can still wallop her with a pillow any time you please, but by governmental decree you’d be compelled to do so on that day. It’s a win, win situation…
you get to bash the kid a good one while not having to take any of the blame for you actions.



Right Mark? (well see if he’s reading all this or not)

Tea Cups... Why did it have to be Tea Cups?

Why does the floor… move?

I beg your pardon? You want points or not???

Sorry ‘bout that…
It must have been the drugs talking.
I took more, so it should be all good now.


…whoa… look at all the pretty colours!

And yet I'm sure you've been told that sarcasm doesn't become you.

Become me? Heck, it is me.

But oddly in this instance I was generally fascinated.
I guarantee you I’d have stood there and watched them pass by with just as much interest.

I thought it was 50 Shades of Fairy.

Well, actually she’s an unwilling participant so it a much darker story of control and exploitation.

Much better. Keep it up.

Yes Master, Igor is but a lowly servant who wishes no more than to do Master’s bidding…
Do you wish me to go and retrieve Hans Delbrück’s brain form the repository now?

That'll learn ya.

You’d think, wouldn’t ya’.
But I know me…
I’m pretty dense.

Plus it was in white font to make it doubly hard to read.

Ah yes, the old disclaimer hidden in the white font trick…
And I fell for it again.

Ah. Good to know.
Still, I know Kay would've enjoyed it.

I suspect she probably would have.
We’ve actually done it twice over the years and have found it to be a nice little diversion, but one with up sides and down sides depending on each person’s taste and expectations.

I actually wrote up a bit on it in the TR for our last actual stay On World. It’s toward the bottom of this update here: Chapter-8/Part-4: Things that go Boom

…but knowing the author as I do, I wouldn’t necessarily recommend spending a whole lot of time reading it.

Don't cross the streams!

It would be bad…

I mean, other than the odd fish-tail fetishist.

Ahhh, but where would the film industry be without that odd fish-tail fetishist?

Oh, I got a million of 'em.
All bad.

Well of course…
If they were any good then they wouldn’t be Dad Jokes.

Yeah, but that didn't fit into the story.

We’ll just have to wait for the sequel then.



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[Curiouser&curiouser!]

ARGH. I totally typed up a whole reply and the Dis went Haywire on me. Let's do this again, I guess . . . .

First of all, I kind of feel like I should change my guess on total time waiting for transportation. But I am way too stubborn to do that and maybe you'll have to wait like 5 hours for the Magical Depress Bus or something. . . So I am going to stick it out!

Big Thunder- Of course it is one of the Best Rides in WDW! After all it is called 'the wildest ride in the wilderness'!

Surviving Small World is really all any good WDW visitor can hope for- Especially a BRAVE soul like yourself.

Haunted Mansion is my favorite ride as well. It's all about the details for me. I just had to replace my phone and my old case doesn't fit anymore. Must. Find. New. One.

I kind of like your new version of the Little Mermaid. I find it much more believable that she came to the human world for cocktails than for some guy she saw ONCE. Priorities.

Okay, now for the guesses that will earn me maybe 3.56 points in the next round . . .
Ride closed? Space Mountain
Ride that you do instead? Tomorrowland Transit Authority
FP For Ariel? Yes, I think you get one. After all, she needs to meet more men that might help her get her drink on.
Dinner? I am going to go with Crystal Palace.
Third ADR? I am going with Beaches and Cream for some late night ice cream treats.
Wishes? I think you will see it. I don't believe much can drag you away from Wishes (though I think Kay has a much better chance than most!).

 

[Mrs T 2009]

You don't lose points.
If you win, you win fewer points.
Right now, if you were to change your guess and win, you'd get 30 points.
If you changed after the next update (assuming I get to the end of the day)
you'd get 25 points.
If your guess isn't the winning guess, you don't lose anything.

Okay, then I'll change my time from 360 to 75... Going with my gut...

Take the back seat. It seems to be the driest.

Yeah, I've heard that is the best place to sit. Then I'm afraid once I get in line and up there, when it's my turn, I wont get back row. Or can you ask? I'm sure I could, right?

As long as they're not being swallowed!

Then again, they're pretty small. I suppose they'd come out okay in the end.

HAHA, YES! He is pretty good about keeping non-food items out of his mouth. He LOVES food! He is a much better eater at 18 months, than my 7yo!

YAY! I finally think I figured out how to multi-quote correctly! GO ME!!! (it's the small/little things that make my day that much brighter
Not that it seems that difficult, but I am blonde ... And somewhat sleep-deprived mama... So there's that haha!

 

[pkondz]

Yippee an update! My day is complete!

It is? Wow! What would you do for a Snickers Bar?

What a special moment!

And it completely took me by surprise...
And at the time I didn't really think about it. I was just glad to not be sick.
Only later, I thought about it and.... "Oh, yeah! That was a moment!"

Ugh! Ok. I'm kind of afraid where this could lead..
Phew! Not as bad as I thought.

Would I ever lead you astray?


Do not answer that!

What!? Wow! Made me laugh. I think I said I was doing my daughter's hair and she was singing Small World and one of my boys begged her to STOP, which made me think of you. I'm truly flattered though. Your version is quite spicy.

So you're saying that it's only my version? Hmmmm??????


Wait.... Your DH.... Is he by any chance large, fit, knows how to box?

No reason. Just curious.

No bonus points for my joke? I thought it was clever. Clever enough to get added right? Oh well, I guess I'll have to find cheesier jokes for you.

Two reasons.
1. I'm trying to give out bonus points only on the first comments.
Trying to level the playing field a bit.

2. I'd actually heard it not that long ago (sorry!)
But yes. Cheesy jokes are likely to garner points, so keep trying!

Overall, it looks like a great morning. I love BTMRR at night. My second oldest son says it's his favorite. I remember taking him on it when he was 5 at night. We had the best time. It was mine too when I was a kid.

I'm so annoyed that I didn't think of it while I was down there!

Ah, well. Another excuse to go again, right?

My mom is a big HM fan. Her dream when she retires is to work at that ride.

Not mine. I want to be in that ride!

I remembered you loving that ride and convinced myself it would be a FP for you. Drat, wrong again.

Sorry. I'm very unlikely to FP HM since it loads so quickly.

Your lunch at BOG was drool worthy.

It was! Soooo good.

The picture you took of the balloons on a Main Street... perfection!

Really? I wasn't happy with it and almost didn't include it!

So... Thanks!

Ok. My guesses are:
closed ride: Pirates
Alternate ride: Hmmm... Tricky. A wise man (Sir Ponzi) once told me to go with my gut. I'm going to say Jungle Cruise. (Any bonus points for sucking up?)
Dinner ADR: The Plaza
Yes you do get a FP for Ariel, which makes for a fun photo pass picture. I'm being optimistic. (Bonus points for positive thinking? )
3rd ADR: Beaches and Cream
You don't make Wishes tonight, but make it on another night.

Noted.

I wanted to let you know how proud I am of myself for multi quoting. This would be my first time doing it as I couldn't figure it out before. I hope I do it right.

Ya done good gurl!

I also was able to respond even after my hard night. The baby was up screaming for an hour last night and only wanted Mama. Son 1 has a blister that he "accidentally" popped after going to bed. Son 2 was up twice with a fever. My daughter woke up with a sore throat. Tylenol is my friend. On top of that I had to run to the pharmacy to pick up a prescription for son 1 and son 3 decided to be a stinker and not cooperate so I could get out the door. Why you might wonder? Well he's 3. Anyone who talks about the terrible twos has never met the thundering threes. Yet here I am responding. I'm just so proud of myself! Your update was just the ticket to brighten my night!

I'm impressed that you're still coherent!
I well remember those days.
Elle would cry every three hours. You could set your watch by her.
And I was the one who did all the gettin' up.

 

[irene_dsc]

She got up at 8:35!
I couldn't believe it!

Amazing!

A monorail promptly passed over us.

Awww...

Love this photo...

After riding what is arguably one of the best rides in Disney,

Yup

She was bored.

I gotta admit, you really got me with this one! Especially since I had a lot of those same thoughts going through my own mind when we were riding it! My own dd was also not impressed - but she didn't ask for food!

And of course Kay and I didn't fight at all on the ride.
She loved it and while we weren't busy planning our poses,
she was laughing and enjoying the whole thing.
Me too!

Yup, you definitely got me with that one! But I can see where planning your poses would definitely spice it up!

Last trip, I had ridden IASW. Which is admittedly my least liked ride in all of Disney.
But I rode it while blaring ACDC and Aerosmith into my skull.
Well, she wanted to try it too.

Of course she did!

My God, we are brave people.
Are you not in awe??

So brave...

irene_dsc - no, PP, BTMRR, 7DMT, LTT, SM - 8 points

Yay, points! Although you did get me on the BOG ADR, too...

irene_dsc - 2 points for wandering.

And those might be my first bonus points that weren't a gimme!

What ride do we try to ride, but it's closed?

Going with the consensus of POTC since you didn't take as much time to plan.

What ride do we go on instead?

And of course Jungle Cruise would be full of Dad jokes.

Do we get a FP for Ariel? Or not?

Going with yes on this one.

It's in MK and it's an ADR.
And it's not BOG!
So, where is it?

Plaza

We have a third ADR for later in the evening.
It's not in MK, or any park, or in DTD.
Guesses?

Beaches and Cream sounds good

Do we stay for Wishes? Or does our ADR prevent that?

Which would mean you miss Wishes

 

[orangecats2]

Oh yes, I am in complete and utter awe of your bravery for going on Small World and not hearing the song.

 

[KathyM2]

and were on board in just a few minutes.

Love rides at RD...that's the only time to experience no-waits nowadays I think!

I went to the third place and they just handed over two containers, gratis.

Awesome! Some places are like that about cups too...so annoying.

It's trundling down the track and then.... Airborne! Flying!
It's flying over London.

One of my faves too...love the flying. I also love London so maybe that has something to do with my love for PP.

And since it's my favourite ride in all of Disney...

The scenery on that one is so awesome too.

Funny about the tea cups. I didn't go on that on our last trip with DD because I thought I'd puke...maybe...I should have..? Who knows. Glad you had fun on it though!!

We actually went on Ariel quite a few times because...there usually wasn't a long wait lol

 

[SimplyGoofy]

Sorry for my absence! Fall is a CRAZY time at work for me, and I tend to lose DIS time!

Onto comments...

I had the Peanut Butter & Jelly milkshake.
Heaven in a metal cup!

Yes. Yes it is.

Do either (or both) of those pictures make you salivate?

Picture-wise the chicken looks mouth-watering... but as I've eaten the pot roast, I know that's delicious as well. I can practically taste both of them!

See the hat, cane and trunk?
In the pre-show video you can see them.
The man whom they belong to comes in to the hotel in the video.

I never knew that! I'll have to look for that next time!

Be Our Guest!

Bravo on scoring a BOG reservation! I think (almost) every ADR is possible after the magical "180" cutoff if you're willing to put in some work to get it.

I love the food (French onion soup! Mussels!), but I really LOVE the décor in that restaurant. It's SO well done.

Plus, they have cupcakes. it's really a triple win.

Either way, although I really didn't want to ride it,
it turned out to be one of my favourite moments.

Who knew?

I'm glad you enjoyed it! I've always loved the teacups, so I'm glad you gave them a shot!



Good grief, you had AWESOME luck on your bus wait times! You have to have an agonizingly long wait at some point, right? RIGHT?!

Just in case, I'm revising my total wait time to 180 minutes.

I'm a bit behind on the point game, but I'll try and add a few more:

I would say 7DMT had "technical difficulties" and you had to grab a new FP+.

That led to you riding the Space Mountain instead.

You did get a FP for Ariel, but not today!

Your dinner ADR was at Cinderella's Royal Table, later followed by some awesome ice cream at ADR location #3, Beaches and Cream.

I'm afraid Wishes will have to wait for another night!

 

[queenbetsey]

queenbetsey - 4 points for staying regular,

and we all know how important staying regular is....
great splash story and great pic
I am in awe for you going on little mermaid... we have that one out here and of course lil miss scarlett is crazy for it so when we are at dca it is a must poor lance took her on it last time and it seemed that they were on for a long time, they got stuck on it during the "under the sea" song. he said scarlett loved it but a few more minutes and he would have gone catatonic..... sure it is cute but after 15 minutes he was done....
I still think you all will hit tony's for an adr
as for your out of the park meal thinking.. 1900 park fair for the character meal
no fp for ariel but you do go to see tink
I think you try to ride COP and it is closed but end up on buzz lightyear instead
oh I also think Ponzi needs to make a calendar with some of these great pics that pic of the castle is one of the best I have ever seen
yeah you do head back to the park for wishes I mean really it is a vacation, you can sleep on the plane home right?

 

[jandlinz]

It is? Wow! What would you do for a Snickers Bar?

Wow! Not sure I should answer that. Halloween is coming up and stealing a Snickers from one of my kids' candy stash sure would make the day better. Is that even allowed though? Did you ever steal candy from your kids? Shame on me for thinking it!

Would I ever lead you astray?
Hmmm...

Do not answer that!

Ok. I got out of that easily.

So you're saying that it's only my version? Hmmmm??????


Wait.... Your DH.... Is he by any chance large, fit, knows how to box?

No reason. Just curious.

Nope. Sweet, kind, and knows how to crunch numbers.

I'm so annoyed that I didn't think of it while I was down there!

Ah, well. Another excuse to go again, right?

That's what I said about seeing the Osborne Lights. DH is the practical engineer though and boycotted my idea. We go next November. The rate you're going you could go again this December and take the pictures of the lights for me. I'd love to read a last minute trip report from you focusing on Disney at Christmas. You could make it a big Christmas gift for your family!!!

Elle would cry every three hours. You could set your watch by her.
And I was the one who did all the gettin' up.

I hear you! I haven't slept in 9 years! They're worth it though. I see my baby, knowing he's our last, and I enjoy each precious moment. Even the nights when he screams and only can be consoled by Mama. I need to get all those snuggles now. My mom always says, "A son's a son until he takes a wife. A daughter's a daughter all of her life." I hope my boys prove her old wives tale wrong.

 

[queenbetsey]

oh the pics on the tea cups amazing... I think we all here appreciate how you go the extra mile for us here, going back and finding pics from before to put up with the current pics is a great touch