So only 3 of you knew the reference about the finger on the hot grill.
Completely different from Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.
Sorry. I did see a guy at Benihana who had ordered sashimi and evidently didn't realize he was getting raw fish so he kept putting the little pieces of fish on the grill to cook them.
I guess I was under the mistaken belief
that most of you had followed me from there.
Nope. I followed you here from Cap'n O's TR! And I started off in the DVC forums. Just after we purchased our first contract, I wanted to better understand how everything worked and what the various resorts were like. Then I got into the dining reviews forum, which then led me to Trip Reports. I tend to follow people when I find their comments on my friends reports amusing.
We didn't take too many pictures this day.
Well then it's a good thing you have your witty repartee!
Isn't it wonderful when the writer starts off
by basically lying to you?
I've gotten used to the idea.....
So while I didn't get to sleep that early,
I still woke up at 8:30am.
Not Disney early, but early enough.
For me at home that's about right, at WDW, I'm usually motivated to get up earlier, especially the last full day!
Yep. There IT was.
Hanging from the door knob like a garrotted condemned criminal.
Our DUD* info.
Actually as bad as it is to see hanging from the door, for me it's even WORSE when you DON'T have it hanging from your door. But you'll have to wait until I get there in my Trip Report.
Step one. Panic.
"Last day! Last day! Barricade the door!
You'll never take me alive!"
I haven't actually had that reaction, but then again I've only taken one trip as short as this one is for you. With such a long flight, I try to make my trips long enough that I'm ready to go home.
Did you ever notice that the last day in Disney
is equivalent to holding your fingers in your ears and yelling "la-la-la!"
"You have to go home, now."
I can't hear you!!! La-la-la!!
Haven't quite noticed it that way. More like, "Oh crap, we have to go home tomorrow and we still haven't...... Get up! Get UP! We gotta go NOW!"
What time do we need to be at the front desk tomorrow?
2:45am.
What in the heck time is your flight? I won't even take a 9AM flight for the fact that we have to be at Magical Depress by 6AM. Uh-uh. No way. Not happening in my lifetime.
At 9:30am, Kay woke up.
I was surprised.
9:30am is pretty early for her.
Then again, it may be because I screamed
"WAKE UP!!!!!" at her.
I'll never know.
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That's about how it goes for me, but minus the screaming. It's usually a little bit more loving, but equally as firm.
We set out and got to the bus stop at 10:40am
The bus arrived at 10:41am.
One minute.
It was longer than we were used to.
I'm pretty sure I'm not getting the points for the transportation guess.
I let it slide and chose not to berate the driver
for his tardiness.
Am I not gracious?
Of course I am.
Tell me how gracious I am and get free bonus points.
You are the definition of gracious. When you look up gracious in the dictionary, your picture is displayed next to that word.
"Dad? Are we going to do Sum of all Thrills today?"
"Well, we can try. But we do have our FP to catch."
Dang. I did not see this one coming.
Unfortunately, like I said, it was a long line.
Pretty much exhausted every possibility.
You can try one if you like.
But I guarantee we already said it.
If you played it on the piccolo (or E-flat soprano clarinet in Kay's case) it would be Sum of all Shrills, either that or Sum of all Trills!
Hoooooey! That sucker is fun!
Might just be one of the best rides in Epcot.
I did it a long long time ago at Disney Quest. Is it a different ride at Innoventions?
Time for the FP.
We swiped our bands and entered.
Shortly thereafter, Kay had designed this:
Nice. I like it.
I dunno.
We've all driven (or been driven) that fast on the highway.
Yet with the banked track, it seems faster, doesn't it?
It didn't seem all that great to me last time I rode it. I kept thinking how much more I liked Radiator Springs Racers.
Hmmm... Maybe she's trying to tell me something.
Sheesh. Some things never change...
Such cute pictures! did you tell her to pose in the same position or is that just how she naturally sits in a car?
We quickly walked
(quickly, because our ADR time was fast approaching)
over to Italy and announced ourselves to the host at Via Napoli.
Within moments we were seated.
Yay!
There! Are you happy?
Most of you guessed we'd eat here.
Any time a glass was down to 3/4 full,
she'd walk briskly over and take the glass away.
Moments later she'd return with another full glass.
No drought in Florida. You have to ask for water in California.
I had told Kay that a lot of people on the DIS
had raved about the pizza here
so that's what we both ordered.
Personally I prefer the Arancini and Calamari here. The pizza is not bad. Oh that's right, you're on the
DDP and appetizers aren't included.
Really? I can get a $6.00 shake at 50s Prime Time,
but can't get a $4.50 lemonade?
(Those prices are insane when I look at them
from outside the WDW bubble.)
Unfortunately not quite that insane when you are looking at them from So Cal.
You're absolutely right. Their sister restaurant at DTD in CA makes the same pizza. I've been there once or twice and it's not bad, but you can get fairly decent pizza in almost any town if you know where to look.
Now normally I'll take gelato over sorbet any day.
But lemon trumps non-lemon gelato.
Good taste, Lemon is one of my favorite flavors, cake, gelato, yogurt, vodka....oops TMI!
We got our bill (and when I say "we" and "our", I mean "I" and "my")
and I noticed that we weren't charged extra for the Limonata.
Either they forgot, or someone pointed out that it actually was included.
I suspect the latter.
Good! They need to honor their policies!
Because when she's not happy, oh boy.
You'll definitely not be happy.
I know EXACTLY how that goes, even if I don't have a daughter.
We also had worked up a bit of an appetite from the walking,
so a visit to Karamell Kuche was in order.
Well, we didn't really have an appetite worked up,
but who cares??? It's Karamell Kuche!
We snagged some popcorn and caramel filled chocolate.
We kept the caramel corn for later,
but I don't think the chocolate lasted very long.
I just finished my last piece from Karamell Kuche a few days ago. Can you say we bought a little bit more than a "piece" of chocolate.
I've found that if I say "Winnipeg",
I get blank stares.
If I say "Manitoba" the province that has
Winnipeg as its capitol... I get blank stares.
So I usually go with the safe "Canada"
and expound if asked for more details.
When I was employed by someone else, I had two "hats" at my job. My job in the Marketing Dept. was to oversee and maintain the company's HUGE mailing list of music teachers in the US and Canada. As a result I have all kinds of useless knowledge of geography. I know that having a 0 as the second digit of your postal means you live in a rural area. I used to know all the letters of the postal codes and which provinces that they applied to.
My "other hat" was a member of the "Canadian team", meaning we were supposed to know more about Canadian issues, holidays, customs and other things that differentiated Canadians from Americans. It was our job to design Marketing strategies that were not just an American Ad Campaign with the word "ehh" at the end of every sentence. As a result of my participation on that Team, when there were Music Teacher Conventions in Canadian provinces, it was usually myself or my Sales counterpart that were selected to attend. As a result, I've been to Victoria, Vancouver, Richmond in BC, Calgary and Edmonton in AB, many cities in Ontario, and Halifax in NS. I never got to MB, SK, QC, or any of the other Maritimes or Northern provinces, but I do have a very good knowledge of major and some Podunk Canadian cities.
Everyone, with the exception of Kay and me,
is from Jersey.
Hey! I'm not from Jersey!
Saturn23 – 160 points
jandlinz – 159 points
DISNEYMOON10121991 – 156 points
DizzneyDi – 139 points
franandaj - 137 points
Ugh, I'm totally slipping. If I haven't asked for points before, can I ask for some points now?
1. Obvious one. Which park are we heading out to next?
OK, so you say this is obvious, and I always over think everything. If you were going to MK, you would be taking the monorail, and if you were going to DHS you would take the Friendship Boats, that can only leave AK as your next park, because that is the only park only accessible by bus. Why would you take a bus if you could take another form of transportation?
2. Remember we have to be at the lobby for check out at 2:45am.
So... Is the next park our last of the day? Or not?
Number of parks done this last day, 2, 3 or 4?
No, you hit three parks this day because you still haven't seen Wishes, so whatever it is that you still have to do at AK, you do it and leave for MK.
3. I experience yet another first time snack.
And it's another fairly common one.
(I had to. I promised I would.) What is it?
I'm going with the herd and saying churro.
4. Oh, take a wild guess on what time we leave the parks for the night.
And just to make things extra easy for you...
(in order of lateness open)
MK open til 11, DHS open til 9:30, Epcot open til 9, AK open til 5
I'm thinking you pretty much close down MK and pull an all nighter. You still haven't said anything about packing, but then again you never said that you unpacked your suitcases. Maybe I'm the only one who likes to do that.
5. We've been lucky with the weather... so far.
So, do you feel we stay lucky?
No, you encounter rain. I think you even said that.
6. What do you think? We've done one ADR today already.
Do we have a dinner ADR?
I'm going to say "yes" because you probably have another dining credit left for dinner. But I'm glad you're not asking us to say where!
Phew! Glad I got that out of the way, it's been bugging me ever since you posted the update.
I think that one's my favourite.
That's a line I rarely use.how could you say that?
