Canadian Buffoon's Hi Low Vacation - South Central Musings

[franandaj]

You saw that did you?
Nothing firmed up quite yet,
but I have booked off the last week of March.

Reasons in the next update, I think.

Bummer. I'm there the first weekend, after a cruise.

 

[pkondz]

Bummer. I'm there the first weekend, after a cruise.

Poop.

 

[Chrystmasangel]

Hi there!

There was a point during my travels,
when I considered chucking
the whole TR and just not writing it.

Do you want to create a riot??? Is that what that is about?

YUMMMMMM

I don't know if I'd have the guts to
move somewhere where I couldn't
speak the language.

I try to be very understanding with this considering I work customer service and hear a lot of "OMG you speak English" when I get a call. There is something to be said about those that actually up root and move to a foreign place. Courage I would not have! With that being said, there is nothing that makes me madder than someone who moves to another country and expects people in that country to learn their language. Frustrates be beyond belief!

Actually, I was too overjoyed to really
be concerned with something so
petty as a common mugger.

Tell that to Kim Kardashian right now!

I had my card! Yay!

Yay!!!!

Let the holiday commence!

commencing!

But apparently, if you get up
at stupid o'clock,
not even the animals are dumb
enough to wake up.

That is reserved for only the special kind of stupid!

Yes. We.
Not only was Ruby letting me go by myself,
but she was getting up at the crack of OMG
to drive me.

No No.... not "Ruby"...."Amazing Ruby". Get it right!

And I totally missed how she did it.

Well...it was the big menacing teeth that you started to see on the big gaping hole that would soon eat your luggage. You were to busy wondering if you had really seen what you just thought you saw.

The attendant then told me that the bag
was checked through to MCO.
Really! No more airport two step?

ABOUT TIME!

I said goodbye to Ruby
(oddly enough, I didn't wonder
if I'd see her again. Priorities.)

SHAME SHAME SHAME!

Um... when I become a senior citizen,
this behaviour is not encouraged.

It's required?

"Are you leaving anything in the States?"
"No sir." <still smiling>
"Why do you look constipated?"

They need to just ask these 2 questions together so you can reply " I am constipated because I am saving it to leave in the States!

Oh. And notice the brand spanking new shoes?

No no no, Just NO!!!!!!

Maybe to you it looks pretty,
but to me?

I see thunderstorm clouds
(Cumulonimbus, aka: CBs)
and that means rain.

LOL I was actually thinking at first " Ohhh pretty white clouds, but then I saw the darker clouds toward the tops of all the fluff and thought I had thought wrong before I even scrolled down to the rest of your pictures.

excitement and wonder on
everyone's faces!!

It's overwhelming!

I set out with my bag.
I exited the lobby and...
There was my room.

I think it was a bit to far. You should have complained and requested something closer. The lobby kids play area maybe?

Isn't it beautiful???

/sigh Yes, yes it is!

You don't really think
I went to bed do you?

Do you think you would make much money selling snow cones in H**l?

Contest

1. So... what'd I do before even going in?


2. I have an ADR... where is it?


3. What's the first ride I go on?


4. Considering my lack of sleep,
how late do I stay at MK?


5. Why is my wait for a bus 16 minutes?

6. How many times was I asked for directions?
(It just happens to me.)


7. Dole whip. Yes or no? (as in did I have one.)


8. Why yes, I do have FPs. Where to?


9. What wild animal do I encounter
back at the resort?


10. Who's your favourite TR writer?


Bonus:
(Back by popular demand)
Did you see it? Be vaguely specific.
Saying yes ain't gonna work.



My Big Fat Canadian Bonus:
I ride Disney transportation
eighteen times this trip,
including two trips on DME/dud.
You already know the first three
had wait times totalling 26 minutes.
(3 for DME + 23 for park buses.)
I've also told you that my luck
wasn't as good as my previous trips.

Armed with that information...

What is my total time spent waiting
for Disney Transportation?

1.Took a photo pass pic in front of the train station.
2.Liberty Tree Tavern
3.Splash Mountain
4.10:45
5.Because the Electrical parade just ended.
6.5
7.yes
8.Splash, Haunted Mansion, BTMRR
9.bunny
10. I will need to get back to you on this one! Leisa hasn't really started her TR yet... so ya know...
Bonus: I did see it durring it's fly by!
My Big Fat Canadian Bonus: 158 minutes

 

[Steppesister]

Awww, @irene_dsc , >> (Liesa would have to be my favorite PTR writer so far, since she only just started her TR!) that was awfully sweet! Thank you.

In the top 5 funniest movie scenes.

You saw that did you?
Nothing firmed up quite yet,
but I have booked off the last week of March.

Reasons in the next update, I think.

Too soon for me, methinks. Quadruple poop. Trips have to be carefully negotiated and timed. I'm looking at at least a year out, and possibly longer if we do Guam.

 

[Chrystmasangel]

Too soon for me, methinks. Quadruple poop. Trips have to be carefully negotiated and timed. I'm looking at at least a year out

You could make it a little less than a year... You know... Disney time is like Disney math! Say sometime overlapping September 1-10th!!!!!!!! That would be perfect! Guam can wait! =)

 

[kaileighbug]

Nope! Not I.
The word "macaroon" implies coconut.

pkondz does not do coconut.


Ever.

Yum coconut. DD and I love it. We just have to be careful as DH is allergic. We love our almond joys.

 

[NoOrdinaryPrincess]

Following along!

 

[GoofyIsAsGoofyDoes]

But I'd be lost without you!

Without Ruby; yes.
Without your harem; probably.

Without me? Pbbbft!

Georges Cookies are way better than Zebra Domes.

That’s quite the endorsement.
You may need to make a box of those bad boys the prize for winning your contest.
(which will ensure that I won’t be getting some any time soon)

I have that image in my mind now
of me driving a Volkswagen Beetle
and the rest of you crammed in the back
with arms, heads and legs sticking out the windows.

You’re welcome.


Just another service I offer…
Searing bazar images into other people’s minds since the early 60s

I don't know this story.
Was this recent?

From: “A Christmas Story”

Sorry… I know that film front to back and tend to reference even the most obscure bits of it from time to time.

We do!
But sometimes we speak Yankee for kicks.

Just Yankee?
That’s only one of our many dialects. It’s a bit like trying to learn Chinese…
There are so many and they’re so varied that even we have a hard time conversing with each other.

Always love that gif.

Hard to beat a true classic.

So that's why the Pope keeps calling?
I thought he was just soliciting.

Hummm… well it ought to be the Advocate that’s doing the calling about confirming sainthood.
If it’s the Pope, then there may be some much higher conversations going on there.

A real... a real what?.... WHAT???

Well it ain’t “blessing”; I can tell ya’ that much.

Someone's been reading the chatter!

There’s good chatter on your TRs.
I don’t generally jump into conversations when I’ve not been invited, but listening seems to be acceptable.

Dang. Can't see the image.
But... the thought's there.

Yosemite Sam (standing momentarily in midair before plummeting) talking to Buggs.

It's you I need patience with!

You’re hardly the first person to point out that fact.

pkondz is anything but normal.


Abby Normal, perhaps.

Pretty sure that most of us were actually born: Abby Someone.

 

[Captain_Oblivious]

This is exactly what I was thinking!
"We'll ask the branch manager. Jim?"
"Not 'til next month."

I'm calling the home office!

"We're cancelling your account."

But have you ordered from
an L.L Bean catalog?

We have!
(When you live up north
you live by catalogs.)

Got plenty of L.L. Bean items hanging in my closet. Good stuff.

I liked his message, but his magic was occasionally spotty.
Some good... some not so great.

I was a little disappointed in his final trick. It seemed underwhelming (there's that word again) compared to some of his previous ones.

I only saw this on YouTube clips, though. Didn't see any of the rest of the show.

One of Ruby's favourite movies.
Funny thing was, I Googled
the opposite of "inept"
(it's competent BTW)
But liked it better that way.

Your way is much more fun.

Except when I fly with someone else,
I always give them the window
and wind up in the sucky middle seat.

Yeah...this is my life now that the kids all want the window seat. I need to kick them out.

Eddie Murphy. Beverly Hills Cop.

+1

Oh, man! I wish I'd thought of that!
It would help if we had some here.

Help? I don't know that Taco Bell has ever "helped" anyone.

That would explain it.

Wait.... don't they need more for egos?

Good point. That would be a separate Not-A-Monorail.

Exactly!
If you come back from Disney rested,
you're doing it wrong.

This.

Actually, when it comes to the TR,
I try to be as honest as I possibly can
or make it really obvious that I'm kidding.
And if I'm not positive you'll know the difference
(or sometimes, even when I know you will)
I usually let you know.

Me too. It's usually the exploding helicopters that give it away.

Occasionally I get called out for getting something wrong or mis-stating something. That's never intentional--just me and my faulty brain circuits.

How's March for you?

I need to figure out your secret for being able to take all of these Disney trips.

 

[Curiouser&curiouser!]

An update!!! Finally!

Just kidding. I haven't had time to come check on the DIS, so your slow updating is working in my favor!!

Glad your card came!! Not so glad to hear that you know how bad things come in three's though . . . I thought losing your luggage was going to be part one of that!!!

But you traveled and you made it, so that is a good start. We will all wait patiently to hear more details about the rest of the fun (and commiserate about the lows)!

For the record. I went back and looked. I saw NOTHING. Same as usual!

And on to the contest!
I think you waited 177 minutes total for transportation
1. Rented a locker.
2. Skipper Canteen
3. Tomorrowland Transit Authority
4. As late as you possibly can. AKA, closing.
5. Because you missed one bus and had to wait for the next.
6. 3
7. Yes. Always yes.
8. FPs for Haunted Mansion, Space Mountain, and Big Thunder
9. A cute little bunny!
10. Nebo, but since he doesn't write anymore . . . I am in the market for a new favorite!

 

[pkondz]

Do you want to create a riot??? Is that what that is about?

Well, no.
But I really did consider
not writing this.

YUMMMMMM

I try to be very understanding with this considering I work customer service and hear a lot of "OMG you speak English" when I get a call.

It doesn't help that a lot of call centre work
has been re-routed to India.
I have a lot of trouble understanding
the accents I get at times.

There is something to be said about those that actually up root and move to a foreign place. Courage I would not have! With that being said, there is nothing that makes me madder than someone who moves to another country and expects people in that country to learn their language. Frustrates be beyond belief!

I might have done it when I was younger,
but no way would I do it now.

I obviously don't want to get into
a political discussion
(not allowed anyway, I think)
but I haven't encountered
what you mention about the language.
I certainly don't have issues with
people talking amongst themselves
in their language of choice.
Don't recall a time where
someone up here (or in the States)
refused to speak English
(or French in Quebec.)

Tell that to Kim Kardashian right now!

Funny you should mention that.
When I was writing the update,
I did wonder if it was appropriate
considering what just happened.
But... people get mugged all the time,
so I left it in.

commencing!

Yes!

That is reserved for only the special kind of stupid!

You got that righ...... Hey!

No No.... not "Ruby"...."Amazing Ruby". Get it right!

I reserve that for my Aunt Grace.

Well...it was the big menacing teeth that you started to see on the big gaping hole that would soon eat your luggage. You were to busy wondering if you had really seen what you just thought you saw.

Yeah, that must've been what it was.
Sounds good to me.

ABOUT TIME!

I know!

SHAME SHAME SHAME!

I feel no shame.
I am shameless.

It's required?

Oh, man. I'm going to be in
soooo much trouble.

They need to just ask these 2 questions together so you can reply " I am constipated because I am saving it to leave in the States!

Seems only fair,
considering I take from the States
to deposit in Canada.

Foreign diplomacy on a whole
different level.

No no no, Just NO!!!!!!

Oh, sure. Now you tell me!

LOL I was actually thinking at first " Ohhh pretty white clouds, but then I saw the darker clouds toward the tops of all the fluff and thought I had thought wrong before I even scrolled down to the rest of your pictures.

I can't not look at clouds and see weather.

It's overwhelming!

That's what that was!
Of course! They're overwhelmed!

On the inside, they're jumping for joy.

I think it was a bit to far. You should have complained and requested something closer. The lobby kids play area maybe?

Too loud.
They did have a nice soundproofed room, though.
With padded walls too!

I've stayed there.

/sigh Yes, yes it is!

Do you think you would make much money selling snow cones in H**l?

So... you're not buying this?

1.Took a photo pass pic in front of the train station.
2.Liberty Tree Tavern
3.Splash Mountain
4.10:45
5.Because the Electrical parade just ended.
6.5
7.yes
8.Splash, Haunted Mansion, BTMRR
9.bunny
10. I will need to get back to you on this one! Leisa hasn't really started her TR yet... so ya know...

Noted.
Re: #10. Lemme know when you
make up your mind.

Bonus: I did see it durring it's fly by!

We enjoy flying low.
Sometimes with planes
and not our pants!

My Big Fat Canadian Bonus: 158 minutes

Noted.

 

[pkondz]

Awww, @irene_dsc , >> (Liesa would have to be my favorite PTR writer so far, since she only just started her TR!) that was awfully sweet! Thank you.

Look closer. A few have mentioned you.

In the top 5 funniest movie scenes.

That whole movie was great...
at the time.
Haven't seen it in forever.
I wonder how it would hold up?

Too soon for me, methinks. Quadruple poop. Trips have to be carefully negotiated and timed. I'm looking at at least a year out, and possibly longer if we do Guam.

Yeah, I didn't think so...

You could make it a little less than a year... You know... Disney time is like Disney math! Say sometime overlapping September 1-10th!!!!!!!! That would be perfect! Guam can wait! =)

Very subtle.
Verrrrrrry subtle.

Yum coconut. DD and I love it. We just have to be careful as DH is allergic. We love our almond joys.

I take it he's not deathly allergic, then?
And Almond Joy will never pass these lips.

 

[pkondz]

Following along!

to the TR!

 

[Steppesister]

Look closer. A few have mentioned you.

What the what?! I will go back and look again! I have 2 hours to A) Update on my TR (just did on my PTR) and B) read everyone else's threads before I head out the door...

That whole movie was great...
at the time.
Haven't seen it in forever.
I wonder how it would hold up?

It would be. But some are just classics. The Man With 2 Brains being one. (Steve Martin)

Yeah, I didn't think so...

I will happen. Just biding my time. I am a patient person.

 

[pkondz]

Without Ruby; yes.
Without your harem; probably.

Without me? Pbbbft!

I was trying not to be rude.



Silly me.

That’s quite the endorsement.
You may need to make a box of those bad boys the prize for winning your contest.
(which will ensure that I won’t be getting some any time soon)

I actually thought of doing that.
Then realized that since it takes
over a week to get anywhere...

Do you really want stale cookies??

You’re welcome.


Just another service I offer…
Searing bazar images into other people’s minds since the early 60s

When you have a gift,
you have to use it.

From: “A Christmas Story”

Sorry… I know that film front to back and tend to reference even the most obscure bits of it from time to time.

It is?? That's weird.
I know every line (or so I thought)
of that movie.
Darned if I can remember a lobster line.

I Googled, of course.
I remember the scene well.
I think what happens is
I'm so busy trying to figure out
what he said before that,
that I just don't pay attention
to the next line.

Maybe.

(and now that I've Googled...
"Flick says he saw some grizzly bears
near Pulaski's candy store!"

Now I know!

Just Yankee?
That’s only one of our many dialects. It’s a bit like trying to learn Chinese…
There are so many and they’re so varied that even we have a hard time conversing with each other.

Well, I ain't gonna speak Southern!

Hummm… well it ought to be the Advocate that’s doing the calling about confirming sainthood.
If it’s the Pope, then there may be some much higher conversations going on there.

Ruby doesn't bother with middle men.

Well it ain’t “blessing”; I can tell ya’ that much.

But it starts with a "B"?

There’s good chatter on your TRs.

I don’t generally jump into conversations when I’ve not been invited, but listening seems to be acceptable.

Yosemite Sam (standing momentarily in midair before plummeting) talking to Buggs.

Ah. Sounds legit.

You’re hardly the first person to point out that fact.

Thought so.

Pretty sure that most of us were actually born: Abby Someone.

Great movie.
RIP Gene Wilder.
(and Marty Feldman
and Peter Boyle
and Madeline Kahn)

 

[LadyGrimm]

Well good grief, how have I not read your TRs before? Hey, you know what- let's not be sad that I was so late to the party, let's just be glad I got here at all! Or something. Carry on.

Oh and will there be pictures of Banff?? Good GOD I love that place.

 

[queenbetsey]

[



Camper - 2018.
Disney - 2017. March, specifically.[/QUOTE]
no no no! you all need to head to wdw first week in Jan. Jeesh people! lol

 

[MAGICFOR2]

Nice start. They even let you back into the US after.... Oh, never mind.

Okay, Okay, I wasn't going to play this time with all of my time consuming activities and sleepiness going on, but I can't resist when I have a point just for reading, I'm hooked.

1. So... what'd I do before even going in? Never done before (probably not used the restroom)- You got a PP pic in front of the Train Station and the Mickey Flowers
2. I have an ADR... where is it? Skipper's Cantina
3. What's the first ride I go on? Jungle Cruise
4. Considering my lack of sleep,
how late do I stay at MK? 9 pm
5. Why is my wait for a bus 16 minutes? They changed the sign on your bus and drove away when they saw you - had to call another one
6. How many times was I asked for directions?
(It just happens to me.) 8 times. Does it have anything to do with the CM pin you wear on every trip????
7. Dole whip. Yes or no? (as in did I have one.) Of course. Because Dole Whip.
8. Why yes, I do have FPs. Where to? Jungle Cruise, 7DMT and Space Mtn
9. What wild animal do I encounter
back at the resort? a gecko
10. Who's your favourite TR writer? Why, the great and might PKondz, of course.

Bonus:
(Back by popular demand)
Did you see it? Be vaguely specific. Yes, near a certain plane



Saying yes ain't gonna work

Canadian Bonus: 78 min. plus that extra 16 mentioned above = 94 minutes

 

[queenbetsey]

first place! I don't think that has ever happened before. I think I owe it all to your constipation face . great update as usual. also great banter. always super fun to read.
I will keep this short
yep I saw it on the tunnel going to the plane, I would loe to fly ponzie airlines where the skies are snarkey and so are the flight attendants

1) before going in you get your pic taken in front of the mickey flowerbed
2)adr at skippers canteen
3)you decide to sneak out during the parade so around 9ish
4)first ride is the people mover (yes I still call it that and sooooo wish we still had ours)
5)you wait 16 minutes because you just missed the bus and have to wait for another one
6) you were asked for directions 4 times
7) dole whip oh heck yeah
8)your fp are, minet rain, haunted mansion, and peter pan
9)squirrel!

oh man that fav tr writer? some guy from Canada oh yeah the increadible, amazing, entertaining, legend PONZI!!! (still miss the musings of nebo, we need to get that guy a talk to text program for his computer)
total trip trans time is 78 minutes

 

[DonnaBeeGood]

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