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

[pkondz]

Gastown!
You should be right at home.

Hey!
Well.... yeah.

But that would apply to every Dad out there.

Really? What kind of crappy broom is that?
Geez. Get a vacuum at least.

Well tough…
The animals are still expecting to get paid.

Rotten little varmints.

Never regarded it in the first place…
I know better.

Smart.

or not.

Is that a one story privy or the two story deluxe model?

We just have a regular ol' one story.
But we rent out the basement.

Well. It’s certainly not…

I asked you not to tell me that.

A straight line or plane that touches a curve or curved surface at a point, but if extended does not cross it at that point.

That’s the concept we’re ruminating at this juncture; the abstraction being pondered, as it were.

In other words, it’s the point when everything basically goes flying off the rails.
That last moment of contact with the previous reality and the instance where what was and what could be would collide were it possible for them to do so. Here’s a good demonstration of the notion…

See… it presents one with a new perspective… a “fresh challenge”. Of course the way in which we choose to deal with these new realities is completely subject to one’s own propensity to interpret the facts at hand. So each experience is relative as well.

And speaking of relative, it’s entirely possible that relativity isn’t quite as subjective as we think, and maybe it isn’t even applicable to this dissertation.
Maybe we need to test that theory as well…

Oh my bad, it seems that it is relative…
Good thing our scientists encountered that tangent or we might still be discussing these theoretical process and might never actually get back around to the telling of the story. And that would be a worrisome thing because it would mean that I’d gotten you off on another tangent again and I’d hate to have to bear the responsibility for such a potentially disastrous occurance.


Ok… I’m done here. You can carry on.




Oh wait!

“Tangent”.


There now I’m done.



For now…



I think...

That was well done. <slow clap>

I missed that…
But I’m not certain where you might be lurking out there on The Book of the Face.

I’ve a suspicion, but no confirmation.

Not a secret. But it is dull.

Oh good, I can catch up with everyone else, then.

Just for you.

Wait…
You brought lasagna…
And you didn’t being enough for all of us!

I did too! It was sitting there on the counter
for anyone who wanted some.

Sheesh.
Next you'll ask me to hand feed you.


And buddy, you ain't pretty enough for that.

Side note?
Would this qualify as another one of them there tangent type thingies?

Nope. Sidebar.

Can't see the photo,
but I believe you tried to post this one?

Oh look!
Another one of those – what’ch ya’ call ‘em – dang, the word is right on the tip of my tongue.

Intermissions?

We know…

Weren't we all...

We know…

Feel free to hesitate a little bit before agreeing so readily.

This is almost like a Bonus Feature, then.

Sure. Let's call it a bonus

instead of a punishment.

Sounds similar in concept to what in my house is referred to as “Fake Parm”.

I can picture it already.

And this sound’s mysteriously like a teen.

We never figured you for someone that would actually grow up, so this checks out as well.

Why grow up?

Nice little bit of clarification, there.



A bit like the disclaimers tagged onto the end of a pharmaceutical advertisement.

Or like the tag on a matress?
Do not pull one of those off!
They watch for that.

I love your stories…
Each one of is better than the next.

Flattery will get you zero points this round.
Were you not paying attention?

The girlz got skilz.

Unfortunately...

Yep…
Band Clothes and chicken spaghetti aren’t particularly compatible.

Come to think of it, I believe that band clothes are actually an attractive force for chicken spaghetti. It’s one of Earth’s more fascinating natural occurrences.

This is a truism.
That's why I won't allow her to wear her band clothes until the very last second.

I'm still going to assume that something bad will happen.

Waiting?
Son, let’s be clear hear. Those dishes were mocking you.

Dang. That's good.

It’s another one of those relativity type of things…
Maybe we should test that one farther as well.
I’ll turn it over to our crack theory testing duo.

Let me know how it turns out.
Although I suspect I already know the answer.

washing dishes, I do believe

Oh. Thanks.

And hopefully they won’t be covered in tomato sauce.

Some things I don't expect.
And that would be one of them.

Of course...
Kids – Casino – it’s a natural fit.
Just ask the cruising industry.

Precisely.

You say short straw, maybe she was thinkin’: yeah, but I don’t gott’a share with anybody.

Nope. Stay tuned.

Well just look who’s running this ramshackle outfit…
No wonder the plane ain’t there yet.

Hey. My airline has never had a late flight.

Your own fault there…
you should have known better

Never come between a girl and her cookie.

Wrong answer…
Shouldn’t have been subjecting family to such.
The strangers were foolish enough to get on the plane in the first place.

That's exactly what I thought!
(I strongly suspect it was Ruby's way of saying
"You deal with them. I'm going to relax.)

You sure about that…
You’re missing a fine opportunity to go off on a tangent, here.

It just didn't fit, there.

Not relatives of Jack Hanna, I hope.
Things could get very interesting very quickly.

Good video. I was really hoping that cat would take off.
He was showing all the signs.

Also known as: Making an “S” out of yourself.

I excel at that.

Sound’s perfectly reasonable to me.

Of course it does.
I know of what I speak.

It’s all just a distraction anyway.
While you’re grumbling about that stuff, you forget to complain about the prices required to obtain a bag of stale peanuts

Which you can't open.
Make the plane out of that material
and everyone lives.

…or in school.

Thank you!
Glad to see someone caught that.

At least that’s what the members of Brownsville Station would have us believe.
(or Motley Crue for you younger folks that had no clue they were covering an older tune)

Yep.
Reminds me of when I was in Cornwall on course back in 1990.
I was playing Aerosmith's "Walk This Way" and one of our younger
classmates pipes up. "Oh! They did a cover of Run DMC's song!"

And that brings up another point…
It seems that the lyric of that tune was the result of “everybody's gettin' on your case, from your teacher all the way down to your best girlfriend”

“Best Girlfriend”?

What, he had bunches of them?
Kind’a like your harem, I suppose.

Or was it a comparison over time.

Just imagine what his “case” would’a looked like when his worst girlfriend took to stompen’ on it.
I just wonder what kind of vice he’d have turned to in that moment.

That might have made for a rather different song, now wouldn’t it?

I'm gonna go with.... harem.

I'm willing to let others have one.
Just not any of mine.

Sorry, what were you talking about?

At this point, does it really matter?

Oh, riiiiiight…
That’s it.

Well then you might as well light one up.

Nope. Those things cause cancer.
I don't want to get that just before I die.

The sharks have better agents.

I knew it.

The nerve!
Were this Disney, then they just say:

“por favor mantengase alejado de las puertas”,
and be done with it.

It doesn't work that way up here.

That was written into the fine print of that VIP-Bus package you purchased a while back.
It’s one of the off sets they use to defray the costs.

At least Ruby could watch whatever Jack Hanna’s grandkids were watching.

Darned fine print.

But I must also note at this point that apparently it’s been a looooong while since I’ve last flown on an airplane, because I can’t say as I’ve ever seen where every seat had its own screen in the first place.

I remember that there was one overhead for about every five rows.


And that it didn’t work either.
That… I remember.

I remember those.
I also remember when they showed one movie.
On a screen.
At the front of the plane.

Well, not at the time
But most certainly later on as you were regaling us with the blow by blow details in some other venue like – say – a TR or some other such atrocity.

I always look out for those moments.

Such as the highlight/lowlight of this trip.

It’s all right…
For the most part, we’re all parents ‘round these parts.
You can speak the truth.

Ooooooo…. Hasenpfeffer!

Never had it.
Want it.
What Bugs Bunny watching kid wouldn't???

Good grief man. Did you not see my avatar?!?!?

Good, then you might not have to worry about her and boyfriends for a while yet.

Fingers crossed.

Almost certainly in vain.

I think this situation absolutely requires a really futile and stupid gesture be done on somebody's part.


And you’re just the guy to do it.

I am nothing if not skilled in the art of futility and stupidity.

Barf Chute?
Nice… I like that one.

Patent pending...

And a direct cousin of the of the Fake-o-Rail

Yep. That's the one.

Now there’s a handy bit of information to have.
Best not be sharing that trick with too many others though…
You wouldn’t want the Airport bean counters to figure it out.


Too late…

So. Close.

Was it anything like the scene back there at the airport baggage-go-round?

Pretty much.

Oh, I see it was actually the adults that were acting like yard-apes that time.
Human mayhem seems to be a reoccurring theme for you in Vancouver.

I like to keep a common theme.

Now that makes up for a lot of the days challenges.

Oh yes.

Really…
You just gonn’a leave it there?
In an update dedicated to the proposition that there is no side trip too small or insignificant to be a factor in dissuading you from offering up an additional six paragraph elaboration, you’re just gonn’a leave it at that?

Diabolical, sir…
Truly diabolical.

All you have to do is ask.
Something which I note you have not done.

Oh sure…
You’ll interrupt the story to head off down that rabbit hole, but…

But…

Hummm… Rabbit… hasenfef…

Errr….

Wait, what were you talking about?

Dunno. Hungry.

Noodles?
Are you sure that was it?
Well, Ok… sounds tasty, actually.

Hungrier.

Blatant foreshadowing, eh?

Just a reminder.
I didn't leave you hanging too long.

Tol-dja…

I knew you’d be at home in that town.

What can I say.
I'm a dude.
Ergo, disgusting.

Nooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!

Yes.

Yes

Need’s to be something semi-recent and probably not R rated…
Oh, and just maybe something Disney…
Inside Out

Timmy’s!!!!

Well I just hope you chose a different airline for the rest of the trip.
And that’s all I’ve got to say about that.

Hummm, trying to remember what she dislikes.
Seafood, perchance?

Noted.

 

[pkondz]

Tangent!

I knew you could.

I should have talked to you before we had 4 kids.......

Sorry about that.
My door is always open.


And you can stop now.

You have your own airline? Impressive

Everyone in Canada does.

1. Yes
2. Inside Out
3. Tim Hortons
4. Fly pkond airways!
5. Seafood

Noted.

 

[Terra Nova guy]

Next round:
1. Do we make our original scheduled flight?

2. When we do get going, name one movie I watched.
(But how could we know that?)
Easy. Someone (not me) already posted a picture from it.
It's between this update and the last.

3. Where do we eat breakfast?
OMG. We're Canadian. I've already told you where Canadians go!
And no. Not Starbucks.

4. Did you see it? Bonus points if you did.
No? Might want to look again.

5. What's our first real meal in Hawaii.
(Hint. Ruby did not partake.)

1. No
2. Inside Out
3. Tim's, of course. You mean other places actually have breakfast?
4. Absolutely positutely. I'm just curious, will frequent flyer miles be offered? How about in-flight snacks? Brussels sprouts on the menu? What about your destinations? Can I assume routes offered to exotic locales such as Churchill, Flin Flon, and cross-border treasures like Moose Jaw?
5. pig roast (unlikely, yes, but it's Hawaii, so why not?)

 

[GoofyIsAsGoofyDoes]

But that would apply to every Dad out there.

True…
So then it would be a good place to organize a convention.

Rotten little varmints.

The critters or the young’ens?

I did too! It was sitting there on the counter

Oh….
Is that what that was before it got spilled all over the place?
It was quite the spectacular scene of carnage.

And buddy, you ain't pretty enough for that.

Tell me something I ain’t aware of.
There are local ordinances preventing me from being seen in some of the more high-brow neighborhoods and any of the locations where tourists might congregate.

Can't see the photo,
but I believe you tried to post this one?

That’s the one.
Got that one on one of my favorite t-shirts in the collection.

When true geeks see me out with that shirt they’ll laugh and say something like “that’s a good one”.
The regular folks, if they react at all, will ask what it’s supposed to be.

Flattery will get you zero points this round.
Were you not paying attention?

Oh I was paying attention.
That’s a fairly common South’rn phrase…
But, can’t say as I’ve ever heard tell if it being taken for flattery.

Let me know how it turns out.
Although I suspect I already know the answer.

The results are in…
The watch stopped again.

Theory confirmed.

Never come between a girl and her cookie.

The best line encountered after I went back to read was:
“My precious!!!”

Wish I’d thought of that first.

Good video. I was really hoping that cat would take off.
He was showing all the signs.

I figured the same.
I suspect that if the cat had detected a little less tension of its lead, the chase would have been on.

Hanna always brought ciaos to Dave’s show.
I miss Dave.

Thank you!
Glad to see someone caught that.

I am of that particular vintage…
I’d have been ashamed had I missed it.

Yep.
Reminds me of when I was in Cornwall on course back in 1990.
I was playing Aerosmith's "Walk This Way" and one of our younger
classmates pipes up. "Oh! They did a cover of Run DMC's song!"

Hopeless…
Utterly hopeless.

At this point, does it really matter?

Does anybody really know what time it is…

I remember those.
I also remember when they showed one movie.
On a screen.
At the front of the plane.

And I remember when there was no movie…
And you wore your Sunday-go-to-meetin’ duds just to go to the airport.

What Bugs Bunny watching kid wouldn't???


Good grief man. Did you not see my avatar?!?!?

Oh I saw that right off…
One of the reasons I figured I needed to be reading your stuff.

Truth is, I’m more of an L-Tunes fan then a Dis fan myself (when it comes to shorts that is).
Marvin, Wile E and Sam are among my heroes.

I am nothing if not skilled in the art of futility and stupidity.

It’s good to know one’s strengths.

All you have to do is ask.
Something which I note you have not done.

It was just a whole lot easier to fly off the handle. Much more American too.
(sorry, I should have spelled the: ‘Merican… better fits the imagery)

I saw where you did answer the question after I went back to read everyone else’s commentary.
Care to elaborate on the kinds of amenities that made that spot such the hit?

 

[MHSweb79]

1. Do we make our original scheduled flight?
Guessing "No"

2. When we do get going, name one movie I watched.
Was going to say "Animal House" but you said someone else posted a picture from it. I'm going to say Elf.

3. Where do we eat breakfast?
TIM HORTON'S

4. Did you see it? Bonus points if you did.
I saw "FLY PKONZ AIRWAYS" but not until I went back and scrutinized every single picture. From the bottom up.

5. What's our first real meal in Hawaii.
Spam spam spam spam spam spam spam spam (to quote Monty Python)

Went to WDW with two friends last week as a kind of bachelorette party and had an absolute blast. Had my first Zebra dome and at the risk of being kicked out of the club it was sort of "meh." Tasted like whipped-up booze? My friend says hers wasn't very boozy so maybe it was just mine. We covered all 4 parks in 2.6 days and averaged around 15,000 steps a day. What's funny is that I didn't have one twinge of pain over all 3 of those days from my knee injury of last year (tore my meniscus on a 2-week Alaskan cruise - try to get any sympathy for THAT) in all those miles of walking, up & down stairs, etc. but two days after getting home we drove down to my MIL's house in Jersey to replace her bathroom sink (hers had a GIANT hole in it, which she claims absolutely no knowledge of) and my knee killed the whole time. There's a lesson in there somewhere.

DH and I are heading back down in September and he is super bummed that BTMRR will be down - it's his favorite attraction in all 4 parks.

 

[jandlinz]

I knew it! No pictures = no reading.
Am I right? Or am I right?

It does make it more interesting, but your clever sarcasm keeps me reading.

QUOTE="pkondz, post: 55358195, member: 142037"]Duly noted. But that's another story.[/QUOTE]
Are you mocking me?

I will never ever question the Mrs. on her ironing. Nope. Not going there.
And good job on getting him to do all of it.

Thank you. He really does do it all, even the kids clothes!

Me too.
Except...
The first time I did it, Ruby told me I did a lousy job.
"Didn't your mother ever teach you how to clean a toilet?"
"Nope."
So she did. And now I do.

Funny how when I criticized her cooking,
the same thing didn't happen.

Too funny, since I can relate. It's called manipulation. For some reason all women were born with the gift.

Never.
We don't get smarter. Just older.

Thanks for enlightening me.

Sigh. Yeah. Let's just drop it.
And not the sauce.

And you'll be glad you did every time you see her on stage.

Aw! Thanks. I already love it and she's five.

 

[franandaj]

For some reason all women were born with the gift.

I wasn't. Sadly I'm honest and guilt ridden and easily trampled over emotionally.

 

[Thumper_Man]

Are you home yet? Is there a TR going on? First time I log in for a while. Been upgrading our computer. Still using on old OS that is no longer going to be supported. So I've been spending time cleaning out the hard drive, backing up all the files we need, restoring files. You know how it goes.

Still job searching as well. Some of the best potentials haven't quite come through for me like I hoped they would. I have one more good chance tomorrow before I'll have to start seeking other venues. State government is cutting budgets to all the agencies and in turn, they're all eliminating most of their open positions. Some of the positions I applied for and interviewed got cut. Hoping some of them will re-post those jobs after they look over their budget for the new fiscal year.

Lady H and I will be headed to Washington DC all next week. She has training for her job and work is pretty much paying her way. I had enough points on Southwest Airlines for some free flights so I'm tagging along. We just need to come up with money for meals for me.

Anyways, going back to see if I missed anything good. Just popped in to say I'm still around. Hopefully more now that I got the computer mostly updated. Still working on restoring a few things, but I'm mostly done.

 

[MAGICFOR2]

Hey Thumper Man! Hope a job comes through for you soon. I know how it us. DH is still on the underemployed train. Not fun for him. Best wishes and enjoy your DC trip!

 

[Self_resqing_princz]

So... I made it through the Dis TR. I gotta say... imagining the little sceen you wrote with you and Kay sitting on the bench, you rubbing her feet watching it rain, by the pond-- I shed a tear. That was so sweet... it reminded me of when I was pregnant with baby JR. I gained (I'm not kidding) 67 pounds... and 55 of that was in the last 3 months and was ALL WATER! I was so swollen I literally could not bend my knees for the last two weeks! I was on bed rest for the last 3 weeks and the only "solution" they had was for me to drink 8 oz. of water for every hour I was awake... who tells a lady who is retaining water at an alarming rate that she needs to drink MORE water?!?!?!
But I digest... (yes that was intentional)... my dear husband would rub my feet (and cankles at that point) every night for an hour or so to try to help the swelling to go down... it did help... not a lot... but it did. So... thank you for writing that little bit and for reminding me of that... it was a sweet time.. and I'm sure you two had a nice little father/daughter moment. Too sweet!
Also- the whole put your finger on the cooking surface at Tempan Edo... oh my... of course I knew that was Nebo! I'm friends with Smidgy on FB and I hear a little about him every once in a while. Very sad he's not on here much anymore. I know they've been back to WDW a few times in the last couple years... but it's almost like some of us lost a patriarch. When he kind of stopped posting, several people stopped reading (including myself).. which was not exactly his fault- but dang who didn't love them some Nebo walking into a post or Nebo walking off the sidewalk? I imagine his antics are what Walt was imagining when he drew Goofy.
Anyway- I just read your PTR 1.1- also- nice little piece of trivia... my uncle was a back up singer/guitarist for Three Dog Night... and several other bands in the 60s/70s... the only other one you might remember is The Association... everyone knows their big hits, but doesn't remember the band.
thanks for sharing the Maui fun Pkondz! I can't wait to read more about that... sorry I kinda high jacked your report.... this isn't a chapter, I promise.

 

[Steppesister]

Sorry for piquing.
I'll try to not do that in the future.

There are worse things you could do. (And probably have) (And may do again)

Really? Gee, if that's all it takes...
No. Better not. Don't want you to fail at this stage of the game.

NO! I don't!!! That'd really, really suck!

This is true... However.
I wanna ride BTMRR!!

Me too. But no sense dwelling on it. There's not much to be done.

For you? Sure.

Awww, thanks, Pal. Do I get to choose what they are?

They arrest people for dreaming????

OH, I'm absolutely SURE that's what you thought I meant.

 

[pkondz]

Been a stitch of a long day. (looks like I "accidentally" typed "st" instead of "b" there.)
Still is.
Was up til 2am last night.
Got up at 7. Drove Kay to school.
Came home, got ready, went to a funeral.
(Didn't know the deceased, went to support the family.
Super emotional though, which is tiring in and of itself.
But also very glad I went.)
Zipped back home, quickly changed.
Had a three hour photo shoot.
Picked up Kay.
Cooked supper.
Ate same.
Managed to relax for an hour or so...
until the phone rang and was asked to work the midnight shift.
Stupidly said "Yes".
Busy at a meeting from 8-10pm then straight to work.
Now here I am.
And for some strange reason,
I'm just not feeling up to shout outs right this second.
And yes... I'm behind on some of your TRs too.
Sorry gang.
I'm beat.
Still gotta stay up until I drive Kay to school at 9am,
but right now...
Just gonna not think too hard.
The two or three brain cells I have left,
I better reserve for work.

 

[orangecats2]

Photo shoot for what?

When can Kay start driving herself to school?

Never pick up the phone when work calls!!!

 

[Thumper_Man]

Hey Thumper Man! Hope a job comes through for you soon. I know how it us. DH is still on the underemployed train. Not fun for him. Best wishes and enjoy your DC trip!

Hi Magic.

I'm sure a job will eventually come through. I'm being a job snob and hoping to get back in the state government here. I have 11 years invested in it and that's time towards retirement. Probably part of the reason I'm holding out.

Sorry to hear about your husband. I have a feeling what he is going through. Hopefully something comes through for him as well. What doesn't kill us only makes us stronger.

Hopefully it will be a fun trip. I'll probably be doing more sight-seeing than Lady H. As I mentioned, she'll be stuck in training courses most of the time we're there. She'll really only have the evenings to go out and explore. Places like the Smithsonian she won't get to really visit because of the hours. I think she's happy to just have me coming along. At first she was going by herself because we weren't sure what my job situation would be like. As we got closer, it worked out that I could go.

Thanks for all the well wishes. Hang in there yourselves.

 

[Mrs T 2009]

According to Alison, it's the normal "clear out the lines" process.

That makes sense. self cleaning a bit after you were finished soaking. Then, it probably freaked you out; realizations weren't happening.

I hope you got some rest in today! Sounds like you've been burning the torch all over, not just at both ends!!

 

[pkondz]

1. No
2. Inside Out
3. Tim's, of course. You mean other places actually have breakfast?
4. Absolutely positutely. I'm just curious, will frequent flyer miles be offered? How about in-flight snacks? Brussels sprouts on the menu? What about your destinations? Can I assume routes offered to exotic locales such as Churchill, Flin Flon, and cross-border treasures like Moose Jaw?
5. pig roast (unlikely, yes, but it's Hawaii, so why not?)

Noted.

 

[pkondz]

So then it would be a good place to organize a convention.

Possibly. But wouldn't that be a convention that no one would want to attend?

The critters or the young’ens?

Yes.

Is that what that was before it got spilled all over the place?
It was quite the spectacular scene of carnage.

Yes, as a matter of... wait.... YOU DID IT!!!

Tell me something I ain’t aware of.

The Oscars were made of plaster during WWII.

There are local ordinances preventing me from being seen in some of the more high-brow neighborhoods and any of the locations where tourists might congregate.

That's weird! And highly unbelievable.

Only local ordinances???

When true geeks see me out with that shirt they’ll laugh and say something like “that’s a good one”.
The regular folks, if they react at all, will ask what it’s supposed to be.

I've seen it quite a bit of late (not sure why) so I might not react either.

Oh I was paying attention.
That’s a fairly common South’rn phrase…
But, can’t say as I’ve ever heard tell if it being taken for flattery.

I had to go back and re-read it... twice.
Then it was "ohhhhhh....<face palm>"

And nope. Never heard that one before.
But then again... I'd never heard of "Bless his/her heart" until fairly recently
and didn't know it wasn't a complement.

The results are in…
The watch stopped again.

Theory confirmed.

So Einstein* was right!


*Fred Einstein, father of 14.

The best line encountered after I went back to read was:
“My precious!!!”

Wish I’d thought of that first.

Read that and thought "perfect".

I figured the same.
I suspect that if the cat had detected a little less tension of its lead, the chase would have been on.

Wish they'd let it go.... then again, seeing a man mauled on TV,
while entertaining, probably would've been edited out.

And I remember when there was no movie…
And you wore your Sunday-go-to-meetin’ duds just to go to the airport.

Before my time... then again...
My first flight was Trans-Atlantic.
But it was in the mid 70s.

Oh I saw that right off…
One of the reasons I figured I needed to be reading your stuff.

Truth is, I’m more of an L-Tunes fan then a Dis fan myself (when it comes to shorts that is).
Marvin, Wile E and Sam are among my heroes.

It was just a whole lot easier to fly off the handle. Much more American too.
(sorry, I should have spelled the: ‘Merican… better fits the imagery)

Again...

I saw where you did answer the question after I went back to read everyone else’s commentary.
Care to elaborate on the kinds of amenities that made that spot such the hit?

Sure.

When you arrive at the hotel, you are shown to an elevator.
When the door opens at the lobby, you are greeted and guided to the check in desk
and given moist warm towels.

Room:
Glass deep soaker tub.
TV embedded into the bathroom mirror.
Order room service and you never need to see the person bringing the food.
There's a little door adjacent to the entrance to the room that leads to a cubby.
The room service person places the food inside the cubby.
A light comes on inside to alert you that your food is here.

We loved the alarm.
We didn't get woken up by Mickey or Stitch.
Not quite.
When the time comes that you've set,
the drapes open, the lights slowly come on and the TV comes on.

There's more, but that's enough.

 

[pkondz]

1. Do we make our original scheduled flight?
Guessing "No"

2. When we do get going, name one movie I watched.
Was going to say "Animal House" but you said someone else posted a picture from it. I'm going to say Elf.

3. Where do we eat breakfast?
TIM HORTON'S

4. Did you see it? Bonus points if you did.
I saw "FLY PKONZ AIRWAYS" but not until I went back and scrutinized every single picture. From the bottom up.

5. What's our first real meal in Hawaii.
Spam spam spam spam spam spam spam spam (to quote Monty Python)

Noted... and "Shut up you Vikings!"

Went to WDW with two friends last week as a kind of bachelorette party and had an absolute blast.

Nice! And... bachelorette party? So no incriminating photos huh?

Had my first Zebra dome and at the risk of being kicked out of the club it was sort of "meh." Tasted like whipped-up booze? My friend says hers wasn't very boozy so maybe it was just mine.

Boozy? Really? Odd. I mean there's booze in them, but...
Maybe an off batch?

And you won't be kicked out.
I'm okay with people who have different tastes from mine.

We covered all 4 parks in 2.6 days and averaged around 15,000 steps a day.

Whoa! Busy!

What's funny is that I didn't have one twinge of pain over all 3 of those days from my knee injury of last year

Well, that's good!

(tore my meniscus on a 2-week Alaskan cruise - try to get any sympathy for THAT)

Ouch... and, yeah.... I can see how people toiling away at work might not be too sympathetic.

but two days after getting home we drove down to my MIL's house in Jersey to replace her bathroom sink (hers had a GIANT hole in it, which she claims absolutely no knowledge of) and my knee killed the whole time.

Andddddd.... ouch again.

There's a lesson in there somewhere.

Two lessons.
Get MIL a cast iron sink.
Never leave Disney. For health reasons, of course.

DH and I are heading back down in September and he is super bummed that BTMRR will be down - it's his favorite attraction in all 4 parks.

I would be bummed too. Still might be.

 

[Steppesister]

The two or three brain cells I have left,
I better reserve for work.

Did you start with more?

 

[pkondz]

It does make it more interesting, but your clever sarcasm keeps me reading.

So..... I'm gonna lose you, then, hunh?

Are you mocking me?

No. Just going off on a... going off on a....


Darn. Can't think of the word.

Thank you. He really does do it all, even the kids clothes!

Impressive.

Too funny, since I can relate. It's called manipulation. For some reason all women were born with the gift.

They are? I thought they developed it with coaching from other women.

Huh.

Thanks for enlightening me.

You're welcome.

Aw! Thanks. I already love it and she's five.

You're in for a fun/exasperating/exhausting/but ultimately rewarding ride.