Crazy Eights take on the World: Spoiled Silly (Aug 2011 TR) Life Update: May 23!!!

[xoSamma]

cool bro

 

[Eira]

ooooo! Monorail pictures! I just rode the monorail in Seattle on New Years! Not quite the same... lol!
I love your face on space mountain and the turkey leg shirt!
George? Who's George!?! omg, I am going to go find out. I hope this doesn't scar me.

 

[Leasha_Loves_Disney]

ooooo! Monorail pictures! I just rode the monorail in Seattle on New Years! Not quite the same... lol!
I love your face on space mountain and the turkey leg shirt!
George? Who's George!?! omg, I am going to go find out. I hope this doesn't scar me.

Haha!! that is Danielle's favroite picture of me on the entire trip... I really don't know why it turned out like that. I am going to say that it was a combination of exhaustion and excitement.

"George, the typical story goes, was a young man who, while welding or perhaps bolting a high area of the superstructure of the building which would one day become Pirates of the Caribbean, met with a horrible accident and fell to his death. From day one of the operation of the attraction - December 15, 1973 - inexplicable events plagued the attraction. Breakdowns were constant and unmotivated. Female castmemebers were mysteriously patted on their rear or had their bra straps snapped. Stories of George grew. In the early years, it is said that an old woman would often enter the ride and ask for a boat to herself. On the in-ride security cameras, she could be seen weeping and talking to nobody. Eventually, it was discovered that she was talking to her son - George." if you want to read more about it here is a link GEORGE!!! you can probably just google it and get information. We read about his story before we went down a few trips ago and ever since i have been just a little bit scared to ride it ​

 

[Leasha_Loves_Disney]

Totally not my fault! I asked Adam if he had it in his wallet and he said yes. Instead he had our paper tickets and the other ones were still in the plastic bag from Typhoon Lagoon.

And I know I took more pictures of Le Cellier food. I’ll have to go through the ~1,000 pictures I took last trip and find them. lol

yea yea yea.... now where are those food pictures? it would be so much easier if you just added your own updates here lol​

 

[Eira]

Haha!! that is Danielle's favroite picture of me on the entire trip... I really don't know why it turned out like that. I am going to say that it was a combination of exhaustion and excitement.

"George, the typical story goes, was a young man who, while welding or perhaps bolting a high area of the superstructure of the building which would one day become Pirates of the Caribbean, met with a horrible accident and fell to his death. From day one of the operation of the attraction - December 15, 1973 - inexplicable events plagued the attraction. Breakdowns were constant and unmotivated. Female castmemebers were mysteriously patted on their rear or had their bra straps snapped. Stories of George grew. In the early years, it is said that an old woman would often enter the ride and ask for a boat to herself. On the in-ride security cameras, she could be seen weeping and talking to nobody. Eventually, it was discovered that she was talking to her son - George." if you want to read more about it here is a link GEORGE!!! you can probably just google it and get information. We read about his story before we went down a few trips ago and ever since i have been just a little bit scared to ride it ​

AAAAAaaahhh! I think I did know about George and then forgot about it, I probably just tried to block it out cause it's creepy. That story freaked me out!!! A few years ago I rode POTC by myself and I thought it was so cool, but now! let me tell you I will never do that again. Gives me the heebie jeebies!

 

[Leasha_Loves_Disney]

AAAAAaaahhh! I think I did know about George and then forgot about it, I probably just tried to block it out cause it's creepy. That story freaked me out!!! A few years ago I rode POTC by myself and I thought it was so cool, but now! let me tell you I will never do that again. Gives me the heebie jeebies!

Oh my gosh how brave of you!!! I could NEVER do that. Even before I knew about George lol. I am so scared of the anamatronics in that ride they give me the heebie jeebies too!!!​

 

[Leasha_Loves_Disney]

The Race is On!!!
August 20, 2011

On the morning of August 20 I shot out of bed like rocket at 6:20 shortly after just having fallen asleep after a long night at the Magic Kingdom. I showered got ready and woke up everyone else because this was a “Hollywood Studios” coughMGMcough.

According to my iphone Disney diary we were on the bus at exactly 7:15 and headed to one of the scariest and thrilling morning of our lives. Yep you guessed it, we were going to be partaking in Disney’s black Friday equivalent… the toy story mania run!!!

We made it into the park past the turnstiles and line up behind the massive crowd. We were counted down 5… 4… 3… 2… 1…!!!!!

And we were off. I kid you not there were people everywhere jumping through planters, squeezing where I didn’t think it was possible to squeeze. As the friendly cast members pointed us in the right direction and kept the line in a pretty orderly manner we made it safely and jumped in the fastpass line. When we got there the line was back up all the way to One man’s dream and wrapped around to the Voyage of the Little Mermaid.

OUTRAGEOUS!!! We have never done this before so I was amazed, I mean I had heard that this was a crazy experience but pictures just don’t do it justice. It was crazy.

Ok so anyways fastpasses in hand

We decided to try to jump in the standby line but it was already up to over an hour so we headed in the other direction!!! Get me outta there. So we were off, past my favorite (but down for refurb.) attraction, my beloved Ariel, maybe next time…

And then I came face to face with the other love of my life. A Terror filled Tower that I had yet to ride yet. It was calling my name.

This part of the park was basically a ghost town (no pun intended). Unfortunately we were headed to check in just yet. We were headed to hang out with Aerosmith

It always seems that this line is way longer than ToT so we opted to do it first. There was virtually no line so it was great!!! Sam was pretty excited (and tan)

KC and Sam are photo bombers!!

We passed by my number one Disney pet peeve (that marble door that makes a terrible racket and people can’t seem to keep their hands off…) into the movie room and straight into line.

We were so excited when we were told to head to the very front row. Woo Hoo!!!!!

Of course Sam and I snagged the front seat, Andy didn’t know if he could handle it so Sam and I sacrificed ourselves for Andy’s well being

Man were my eyes watering when we got off. It was perfect and exciting and I would love to ride front row every time. After we were completely woken up by that wild ride we were off in search of more fun

Sam was handed the golden ticket and we were on our way.

The excitement was all around us. First time to ride my favorite ride in so long the wait was killing me!!!

We made our way into the lobby to check in and we were told that our room was ready but OF COURSE the elevator was broken

we would have been fine taking the stairs but they told us there was a scary elevator we could use in the basement so we opted to take an adventure

AHHHHHH the elevator fell 13 stories after we were confronted by ghosts. What a crazy adventure it turned out to be (but nothing like the one we would have later in the trip: stay tuned for that!!! You won’t want to miss it!!!!)

We made it out safely and it just so happened that there was a vinilimation box in the gift shop so I did a quick trade a roo and ended up with a little ghost friend of my own.

We made our way back to the crazy corner known as Pixar Place to use our fastpasses.

We passed the still long line to get a fast pass. If you remember from earlier our fastpasses were good for 9:45 and 10:45 and this was what the return times were already up to 45 minutes after the park was officially open

Yep you read it right they were already for 6:05pm. CRAZY!!!!!!! So we jumped in line and were ready to have some fun with our friends Buzz and Woody. We have the Toy Story Mania game for the Wii and Andy and I had spent a few hours competing against one another and we were excited to see who would win the real deal

Sometimes I wonder how many times this particular drawing has been photographed. I know I take a picture of it every time I see it.

So who would win? Andy or Myself? I guess you will just have to tune in next time to see!!!


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[JessicaFaye508]

First off... YAY FOR LITTLE WOMEN! I'm so happy that you got casted I hope I get to be in a few musicals over the next few years... those are my favorites!

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As for the updates, HAHAH that beverly update is AWESOME. Omg. Thank you for the fantastic pictures. I'm not a big fan of any pop and I'm pretty much only a water drinker, so I bet that I wouldn't be a fan of Beverly either!

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LOL in the "dreaming of sleep" photo everyone is making the deer face. Yesss.

LUCKY you got a cute waiter. We got a waitress last time... I was so mad. And LOL about being nervous in the WS restaurants... I've been there!

Oh no I'm sorry you disliked the mac and cheese The nutmeg is a very overpowering flavor, and I could see why some people wouldn't like it!

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YAY FOR THE MONORAIL! I'm obsessed with that thing.

OH MY GOSH I'm just realizing... August 19th is the day we arrived in Disney! I REMEMBER this rainstorm! This is exactly when Nat and I were getting to our room right at the very beginning of our trip!!

LOL oh the Laugh Floor. I ALWAYS impersonate Roz. I know that entire show I've seen it so many times.

THE DEAD BIRDS!!! I'm so glad you noticed them too lol.

We were definitely at Magic Kingdom at the same time because that was the night we surprised Kristen!

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HAHA the black friday equivalent. BUT REALLY.

It's weird to think that it was so crazy in August, because anytime I went to TSM on my past trip (which was A LOT) I didn't really experience anything that crazy! And it was the busiest day of the year. Strange.

I love your nails by the way. SUPER cute!

Okay I'm caught up! Hooray!

 

[Leasha_Loves_Disney]

First off... YAY FOR LITTLE WOMEN! I'm so happy that you got casted I hope I get to be in a few musicals over the next few years... those are my favorites!

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As for the updates, HAHAH that beverly update is AWESOME. Omg. Thank you for the fantastic pictures. I'm not a big fan of any pop and I'm pretty much only a water drinker, so I bet that I wouldn't be a fan of Beverly either!

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LOL in the "dreaming of sleep" photo everyone is making the deer face. Yesss.

LUCKY you got a cute waiter. We got a waitress last time... I was so mad. And LOL about being nervous in the WS restaurants... I've been there!

Oh no I'm sorry you disliked the mac and cheese The nutmeg is a very overpowering flavor, and I could see why some people wouldn't like it!

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YAY FOR THE MONORAIL! I'm obsessed with that thing.

OH MY GOSH I'm just realizing... August 19th is the day we arrived in Disney! I REMEMBER this rainstorm! This is exactly when Nat and I were getting to our room right at the very beginning of our trip!!

LOL oh the Laugh Floor. I ALWAYS impersonate Roz. I know that entire show I've seen it so many times.

THE DEAD BIRDS!!! I'm so glad you noticed them too lol.

We were definitely at Magic Kingdom at the same time because that was the night we surprised Kristen!

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HAHA the black friday equivalent. BUT REALLY.

It's weird to think that it was so crazy in August, because anytime I went to TSM on my past trip (which was A LOT) I didn't really experience anything that crazy! And it was the busiest day of the year. Strange.

I love your nails by the way. SUPER cute!

Okay I'm caught up! Hooray!

Thank you so much. I can't wait for it to start. And i wish you the best of luck with your next three years at NU. I would love to come back and be able to see you in something!!!

I feel like the Beverly tasting was one of the highlights of our trip.

I LOVE the fact that we can cross reference trips. Since you are way far ahead of me with your report after I do an update I like to go back and reread yours so that I can see what you guys were up to on that day. usually we were around the same place because both of our groups were all about the Extra Magic Hours. I still can't believe we were there the same time and I never saw you until the plane ride home!!!

The dead birds were SO SAD. I was going to comment that on your report yesterday!!! haha. By the way I am really looking forward to reading your december trip report!!! Thanks for reading along with mine ​

 

[Leasha_Loves_Disney]

Mania, Munchies and Much More!!!
August 20, 2011

This was it, the moment we have been practicing for, the moment of truth!!! We handed over those beloved fastpasses to the cast member and we were in!! Of course we had to take some obligatory 3D glasses photos…

KC was all ready to go. What a macho man.

For it being relatively early after an extremely late night Sam was looking rather chipper!!!

Andy and I were also raring to go!!!

Don’t let the smiles fool you, we are pretty big competitors and since I ALWAYS loose at Buzz Spaceranger Spin this was my one chance to prove myself worthy.

We made our way up the stairs and then right back down. I must admit for a second there I was a little upset that the fastpass line didn’t really let us see all those fun and memorable toys from my childhood. I quickly took that thought back when I remembered the fast pass line saved me about 3 years of waiting in line. Mr. Potato Head might be fun and all but if I got out of that long line I had no complaints.

We eventually saw a less active Mr. Potato Head anyways… hidden mickey?!

We made our way to the ride vehicle and our chariot of fun awaited

I wish that they would have put Sam and Kc in a car so that we could face one another rather than have our backs to them. Oh well…

And now the moment you have all (possibly) been waiting for!!!

I am pretty sure I won!!! But I am not 100% sure. My reasoning behind me winning is that Andy would never be the yellow player because he hates the color yellow and I ALWAYS get in the ride first. Scores

After that I probably rubbed it in his face that I kicked his but (or it could very well have gone the other way) It’s funny that I can’t remember who won but I can remember that a cast member chased us down because Andy had left his sunglasses on the ride. How sweet that was of them!!!

From there we made our way down the Streets of America in search of some snacks. Instead we found some water to play in on a hot morning. Yay for cooling off!!!

Andy was a little hesitant

But Sam was all about getting her cool on

Then I saw it a window display which not only could I relate with but couldn’t resist taking a picture of.

I feel like I will need to make this my facebook profile picture anytime I take a Disney vacation from now on. Precious!!!

At this point we had gotten a call from Ma, Pa, Danielle and Adam saying that they had finally gotten their lazy butts out of bed and they were on their way to meet up with us. So we pulled up to a snack cart and unloaded some precious snack credits! Sam got a churro, Kc got a pretzel and Andy got some popcorn while I munched on the pop tart I had in my bag from the hotel room.

They apparently lied to us when they called because my notes say that “we walked a lot looking for them” and I decided to take this picture while I waited since I bought the outfit from forever 21 with this specific park day in mind. I have always felt like I was born in the wrong era and I love dressing up like someone out of the past. Ugh what I would give to have lived in the golden age of Hollywood <3

After waiting a lot longer than we thought we finally met up with the rest of the group. We stopped to watch one of the street shows and formulated a plan which was to turn and get tower of terror fastpasses.

We decided to split up because us kids wanted to go to art of animation and do a drawing class!!!

We got there just a little too late because one of the classes had just started and there was already a pretty big line forming. We figured why not sit and enjoy the air conditioning. After all we had been running on only like 3 and a half hours of sleep.

We sat patiently and Andy moved between conscious and a deep sleep while we waited.

They lady who ran the class was really nice and as we went along with the drawing we had to guess who it was we were creating. Let me tell you thought I would have rather known from the start who it was I feel like it might have turned out better. Anyways there was a mom and two little girls sitting next to us and once everyone figured out who it was (Pluto, one of my absolute favorites the younger of the two girls was getting upset because she didn’t like the way it turned out the cast member was so nice and told her that everyone’s Pluto was beautiful in their own way. Precious. And then the little girl found out that she shared a birthday with Pluto and she was so happy!!!

So here is the result of our drawing class

I think it’s pretty easy to see that once again Sam’s turned out the best.

We went into the gift shop and looked around at all the magnificent art and I did some vinilimation trading like always. I can’t even begin to describe the excitement I felt whenever I saw one of the boxes!!! Since basically all of the places have different rules you never know what you will end up with, unfortunately this time the one I ended up with I wanted to get rid of right away.

From there we were off to meet up with Danielle, Adam, Ma and Pa who had just gotten done eating lunch.


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[xoSamma]

cool bro!

 

[Leasha_Loves_Disney]

So.....

It's offical....



I'M GOING TO DISNEY WORLD!!!!!!!!!

Andy's father was kind enough to give us some money towards a trip for our spring break as Andy's Birthday present and and early graduation present for me!!! So we will be headed down (just the two of us) March 5-9. I have been trying to plan this for about a week without getting my hopes up because we weren't sure if it was going to happen. BUT NOW IT IS!!!! I can hardly contain my excitement I was just jumping around his kitchen out of complete joy. AHHHHHHHHHHHH. I am freaking out. I am off to plan. I am pretty sure we will be staying at the All Star Movies and doing the Quick Service dinning plan. SO if anyone has any suggestions please feel free to let me know I am totally new to the world of value resorts and quick service dinning plans.​

 

[Eira]

The TSM rush blows my mind! I haven't experienced it yet, and I know fast passes are the way to go, but man, it frightens me a little.
Oh, and I didn't even know that art of animation existed until I came on the DISboards. I know I would love it and I kick myself for not knowing about it! It always sounds so fun on people's TR's. Did you guys all keep your pluto drawings? I think it would be cool to make a scrap book of the all the drawings accumulated over the trips.
YaY for a Disney trip! That is super exciting!

 

[Leasha_Loves_Disney]

The TSM rush blows my mind! I haven't experienced it yet, and I know fast passes are the way to go, but man, it frightens me a little.
Oh, and I didn't even know that art of animation existed until I came on the DISboards. I know I would love it and I kick myself for not knowing about it! It always sounds so fun on people's TR's. Did you guys all keep your pluto drawings? I think it would be cool to make a scrap book of the all the drawings accumulated over the trips.
YaY for a Disney trip! That is super exciting!

At the start I was a little scared for my life, but they actually keep it really under control and organized.

I think they are somewhere around here. I never thought of making a scrapbook, what a good idea!!! I am going to try to find them and make one now

I am SO excited for the trip. We just booked everything today. We got SUCH a good deal through southwest. We will be staying at the All Star Movies in a preffered building (hopefully Toy Story) from March 4-8, so far no dinning plan but we are working on saving up for it. I can't wait!!!! ​

 

[JessicaFaye508]

Thank you so much. I can't wait for it to start. And i wish you the best of luck with your next three years at NU. I would love to come back and be able to see you in something!!!

Aww I would LOVE if you came back! I'm sad we are only going to have one semester together But it's going to be really fun! Thank you SO MUCH for all of your help and advice again, you have no idea how much that helped. I am really excited - I really feel like transferring was SUCH a good decision!

I LOVE the fact that we can cross reference trips. Since you are way far ahead of me with your report after I do an update I like to go back and reread yours so that I can see what you guys were up to on that day. usually we were around the same place because both of our groups were all about the Extra Magic Hours. I still can't believe we were there the same time and I never saw you until the plane ride home!!!

I know, right!? That's so cool! I love when you figure out when we were there at the same time. Too funny! And oh my gosh I think it's so funny that you saw me on the plane!! Were we sitting near each other!? I still can't get over how crazy it is that we have so many connections Disboards brings people together!

The dead birds were SO SAD. I was going to comment that on your report yesterday!!! haha. By the way I am really looking forward to reading your december trip report!!! Thanks for reading along with mine

Oh the birds! LOL they cracked me up.
And aww thank you so much! I am so excited to write it... I look forward to writing those updates, they're really fun! Christmas in Disney is a whole new experience! And oh of course! I love your Trip Report!

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As for the update...

YAY FOR TOY STORY MANIA!!!!! I'm obsessed. If you couldn't tell already from twitter. I MISS THAT RIDE. I am sad that I can't ride it every day anymore </3

I really like that Disney Vacation sign. You should definitely make that your profile picture in march!

That's super weird that the animation lady made you guess who you were making. I don't know how I would feel about that.

AND YAY FOR YOUR TRIP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm so so so happy for you!

 

[Leasha_Loves_Disney]

Hottest Day... Longest Line... EVER!!!​

August 20, 2011


We found the rest of our group at their quick service restaurant of choice which happened to be Studio Catering Company… I think. Here is some of the menu

Man I could really go for a grilled veggie sandwhich right now… But it looks like someone in their group had their eye on the turkey sanwhich.

And of course real life food pictures

We waited a little for them to finish up and plotted out our next move. We figured since we were in this neck of the woods we would head over to…

We hopped in line and the waiting began.

I kid you not. We waited…

And we waited…

and we (crabbily in the heat) waited…

And then I played with my creepy vinilimation

And then!!! After all that waiting… we ALMOST made it into the building!!! Oh man… so close, we could just barely feel our beloved friend the air conditioning seeping out of the building!!!

After spending a good 30-35 minutes in the outside part of the queue we were finally in!!! And theses guys were arranging out trip for us. How kind

This guy kept me occupied for a while but getting into this room took literally like eight years…

By this point my feet were hurting me SO BADLY that I was sitting on the ground in the line that wasn’t going anywhere anyways. I was hungry since all I had to eat since 9:00 that morning was pop-tarts and we were holing off on eating because we had a late lunch scheduled.

SO, enough of that complaining since I did enough of it in that line. I must have fainted or gone into a foodless coma because before I knew it (not really because it took us 65 minutes to get through the line) we were finally here…

You can see the excitement in our faces!!!

Danielle didn’t even look all that excited and she was the only reason we got in line in the first place!!!

Anyways. We got off. Andy HATED it. The line made him crabby and the ride made him feel sick, whether that was because he had not eaten anything but popcorn that day or because he gets motion sickness I guess we will never know because he refuses to ride it again. Add that to the list of things Alicia can’t do in Disney anymore…

So we gift shop stopped and sucked up all the air conditioning we could before we headed out into the blazing sun once again.

Now Danielle looks really cute in this photo and her teeth are like shockingly white but I think the thing that makes it is the guy with the shades who is like posing in the background

This photo looks like it was taken outside the muppets gift shop. I’m not sure this is from Danielle’s photos. But I had to show you the creepy vinilimation Adam got.

Incase you didn’t get a good look in the first photo let’s try a close up

First of all that thing is creepy. Secondly how did that thing even fit in the box?!

Moving on from the scary bird… We decided to take a family trip through the movies. You know what that means… One of my personal favorites: The Great Movie Ride!!!

No pictures from there on any of the 3 cameras huh… Must be because once again Andy and Pa used this as a nice cool nap ride. I can remember nudging Andy quite a few times because I was so disappointed he was sleeping…

So since everyone was sleeping on the last ride we decided to do one we knew would wake us all up. We made our way back down Sunset Blvd.

And decided to check back into my favorite hotel on Disney property!!! And what en exciting and reviving ride it was. Of course since I knew that there was a vinilimation box in the gift shop I had to trade my scary guy right away. Boy was I glad I did because I ended up with this cute little guy from Toy Story 3

Sam was right behind me and eager to trade as well. Andy guess what she got…

Twins

The Lady at the desk was so nice and said that if we wanted we could trade again but we both liked them too much so we said no thank you.

From here we decided to split up again. Ma, Pa, Danielle and Adam wanted to head back to the room and nap before their dinner reservations. What lazy Disney goers!!! Do they not remember that they slept in?! Oh well their loss.

From there the four of us brave souls young enough to stay out more than a few hours at a time made our way over to the Muppets but the line was out the door around the corner and there was quite a bit of time before the next show started, so that was a no go. So we tried desperately to do some shopping but my feet were killing me!!!

So we decided to find a place to sit down. As we began to look the skies opened up and I kid you not, buckets of water fell from the sky in minutes. We ducked into the ABC Comissionary to take cover from the storm and unfortunately it was packed in there with people doing the same thing. It took us about 10 minutes to find a place to me to rest my aching feet.

Our dinner reservation was in about 30 minutes so we didn’t want to eat anything but boy did we stare at people’s food like sad starved puppy dogs . They had this hamburger there that had chicken nuggets skewered on it, I don’t even really like hamburgers that much but boy did it look good to my starving tummy.

We waited out the storm and our dinner reservation for a good half an hour and the rain was still coming down. We were going to have to make a dash for it if we wanted to eat that day. Want to know where we were headed….



Tune In Next Time!!!
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[xoSamma]

cool bro

 

[Leasha_Loves_Disney]

I know, right!? That's so cool! I love when you figure out when we were there at the same time. Too funny! And oh my gosh I think it's so funny that you saw me on the plane!! Were we sitting near each other!? I still can't get over how crazy it is that we have so many connections Disboards brings people together!

No we weren't near each other at all on the plane, we were really close to the back. But that flight was a happening place to be, one of the teachers from our high school who adam and andy had and KC found out he would have for this year, was on the plane as well. It's a small world!!!

Oh the birds! LOL they cracked me up.

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were they fixed for your trip? I hope they are fixed by the time March roles around lol

AND YAY FOR YOUR TRIP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm so so so happy for you!

AHHHHH Thanks!!!! I can not wait I love being able to have a ticker lol

 

[Leasha_Loves_Disney]

cool bro

thanks Sam

 

[Leasha_Loves_Disney]

Drive Away Your Worries and Cares at this Drive In Theatre
August 20, 2011

When we last left off we were caught in a monsoon waiting our reservation. We were avoiding the storm in ABC Comissionary and when the time came we knew that we had to make a break for it.

Fortunately for us we were only headed next door to

Now… don’t let this picture fool you!! I had taken this earlier when the sun was still sharing it’s love with the earth. But, at this particular point in time the sun was no where to be seen and we were running out the door into a literal pool of water that was rushing out of the drain pipes of the building.

We quickly ducked into the shelter of Sam’s restaurant of choice for that evening the Sci-Fi. But before they let us in they were turning people away, apparently a lot of people used it as a shelter and didn’t intend to eat there. We let the guy at the door know that we had a reservation at 3:30.

We waited excitedly and patiently in one of the most uncomfortable, cold, dark and cramped waiting rooms I have ever been in. We were lucky enough to get a seat because with the rain that room filled up fast. People kept trying to get in and out of the rain but without a reservation no one getting pas the guy at the front door. It was about 3:15 so we looked over the menu and decided what to eat, which was silly because we had known for months before what we were going to order.

We waited a good 15-20 minutes after our reservation time and we were finally seated. Andy and I cam here on our last trip and just got sundae’s because I wanted him to go in there, I LOVE the atmosphere of this place (as I said before, I was born in the wrong era. I totally belong in the 50’s).

We were seated in a pretty teal car with a great view and since Sam and Kc hadn’t been here since they were toddlers we let them take the coveted drivers seat.

We were so excited to get started. As we waited for our waitress we sat back and watch some lovely clips and cartoons from a time that I would have loved to live in. As I type this I am listening to the video loop. I can’t get over the things they though would happen in the future, they music of the time, and of course the dancing hot dogs at intermission. I think we sat through the show a total of 2 times.

Our waitress brought us our drinks. We all got either coke or sprite with a shot of cherry. Mmmmmmm so delicious!!! I also got a “Space Invaders” (premium blue margarita) which I could not wait to try and felt so cool as it was set in front of me with it’s glowing ice cube

Let me just start of by saying. WOSRT MARGARITA EVER. That is usually my drink of choice whenever I go out. But this was terrible. It was literally a glass of salt. I felt bad not drinking it because it cost $10 so I chugged it in between giant gulps of my sprite. I ended up leaving it half full. I kid you not when I left there I couched and tasted salt. It was equivalent to when you are in the ocean and against your will you get taken under and accidentally take in the salt water. Ugh gross. I felt so sick after it. My mother still yells at me for not sending it back and telling them I wouldn’t pay for it.

Anyways the day was made completely better when our food arrived!!! From the cute little place behind us. I just couldn’t resist the photo ops in this place <3

So we will start with Sam’s meal: Beef and Blue Salad - Sliced Butcher tender steak with a Wedge of Iceberg lettuce topped with blue cheese dressing, tomatoes and Bacon. She loved it. She actually even tries to make it at home from time to time.

Next KC and I: Angus Chuck Burger - Flame-broiled beef patty topped with your choice of Cheddar or Swiss cheese, sauteed onions, mushroom, or crispy bacon and served with a choice of cucumber-melon salad or French fries.

His

Mine:

Let me tell you. Usually I am not a big fan of burgers, whenever my family has them at home I either find something else or don’t eat that night. BUT THIS, oh my goodness was perfection on a bun. If I could have it right now I would. My only regret was that I was too stuffed to finish it all.

And last but not least Andy: Smoked St Louis style ribs - Basted with BBQ sauce served with French fries and coleslaw. Man did he devour those things. AS you can see half the French fries were gone before we could take the photo. Luckily he hates coleslaw so I got to eat it because I inhale that stuff like it’s nobody’s business. Mmmmm.

At this point I had been sitting in wet clothes freezing my but off. Not to self: next time bring a sweater. IT WAS FREEZING in there, let me tell you I am usually really good friends with air conditioning and never get cold but boy oh boy did I shake while I was sitting there in that convertible. I wanted to put up the top and blast the heat. I went to the restroom to try to warm up and when I came back dessert was sitting there waiting for me.

Once again we will start with Sam’s: Warm Apple Crumble. Once again she loved this and wants to go back just to enjoy this one more time.

KC and Andy both got sundaes wither because they were to full or didn’t really like anything else on the menu. Sorry the picture stinks, it’s hard to get a good photo in there it’s so dark. But hey it’s a sundae you get the point

And last but not least my deliciousness: Cheesecake - With caramel sauce and treats. That description does not in anyway make sense to me. Even though it was cheesecake it was layer with red velvet cake MY FAVORITE!!!!!!! Ugh this was the only reason I agreed to come here (this was before I tasted that burger). Let me tell you. This was good. It was the perfect combination of cheesecake and red velvet. Mmmmmm.

One of the ladies in the car next to us was nice enough to take a group photo for us.

From there we paid the bill and booked it out of there because it was SO COLD!!! We stepped into the warm sticky just rained Florida air and decided to head back to the room to nap because we had done almost everything and were way to full to move.

So we hopped on the bus and headed back to the room. Unfortunately the bus took a while and by the time we got to the resort I had to pee so badly that I got off at the first stop in search of a bathroom because I was about to burst (must have been that salty margarita and ton of sprite I drank). We told Sam and KC we would meet them back at the room.

I’m not sure how long we slept for but I can remember not wanting to wake up. I got changed for the night then Andy and I headed to the main building because I wanted to buy a hoodie that I saw in the gift shop on our first day. When we got back to the room I woke up Sam and KC and we got on the bus and headed back to “Hollywood Studios” coughMGMcough.

All rejuvenated and refreshed (in my new hoodie)

We jumped off the bus and spotted our destination looming in the Florida sunset. We had fastpasses from earlier in the day and couldn’t let them go to waste!!!

Would we survive another encounter with the Twilight Zone? What were we up to later that night? Well you will just have to



Tune In Next Time!!!​