Thursday, November 6th to Sunday, November 9th
Our troop:
2 single ladies: Me and my cousin Aly
2 married ladies: Our other cousin HV and our friend and Alys co-worker KP
1 five-year-old: HVs daughter Cassie aka the kid
..and one pain-in-the-rear husband who keeps calling to fight with his wife and interrupting our vacation well call him Mr. Vegetable
Staying at the Homewood Suites Hotel off 192
Day 3-Epcot/Grand Floridian/Spectro and Wishes
It was a late night for us all thanks to the wonderful Mr. V who isnt even on our trip with us, so we get to Epcot around 10 am. So much for all this planning on being at the parks when they open! KP and I walked straight to Mission Space, but we had to get FP b/c the line was an hour long. So then we took the kid on Test Track. She was kind of spooked about it, but ended up loving it. Afterwards we hooked back up with HV and Aly. And guess what HV was doing? Yep, she had that cell phone up to her ear and she looked mad .again.
We head over to Living Seas and then it is time for us to use or FP for Mission Space. KP and I head that way, while the rest of them go see Honey I Shrunk Mission Space was awesome. I was sort of nervous about the motion thing, but I dont usually have problems with it so I figured Id be okay. It was so much fun. I wish wed had time to do it once more.
After that, we headed to the world showcase and walked around. We saw the movie in France and the show in America, rode the boat in Norway, and got some ice cream in Italy. I think Mr. Vegetable called once or twice during this time. I tried to block it out. While in line for the boat in Norway, we had a hilarious encounter with a line jumper. He may have not spoken English b/c he just kind of looked non-American if you know what I mean. Anyway, we get in line and he is standing there in the middle of our group. He was right up on our backs and inching his way closer to me (I was the first one of our group in the line) Then before we know it, he was in front of us. Then we looked up later and he has inched is way in front of the group in front of us. So at this point, we decide that its more fun to cheer him on rather than get mad about it. Finally we see him getting into one of the boats. There were at least 20 people between us and the boats at this point, so he did a pretty good job of jumping! He very innocently sat down in the front seat of the boat and tried not to make eye contact with anyone. It reminded me of that guy in the movie Titanic. When they are loading only women and children into the boats, and the guy who designed the ship jumps in a rowboat and sits there looking like a big coward. That was totally the look this guy had on his face. Of course, he couldnt avoid us. We all cheered and gave him the thumbs up sign.
Then we noticed that the CM loading the boats was kind of a hottie. So we declared him the 4th member of our boy-band. All week we had been picking out guys who had that boy-band quailty about them. So the Norweigan dude totally made the cut.
Finally it was time for our much anticipated dinner with Cinderella at the Grand Floridian. I was so excited b/c Cindy is my favorite. I even dressed up like her for one of our cousins birthday parties. All the little girls thought I was the real deal. I had those clear plastic shoes that looked like glass slippers and everything. I rode in on the back of a convertible and waved to everyone. It was a hoot. My dream job is to be a Disney princess. I would just absolutely love being able to walk around dressed up like that and have little girls run up to me all day. Aly agreed with me that I could totally pull it off. Hmmmm I wonder how much they get paid??
KP, who also has a volatile marriage at times, was joking about beating up on Cinderella. Apparently she doesnt appreciate being led to believe the happily ever after fairy tale marriage actually exists. At this point I have determined that whenever I get depressed about being in my 30s and still not married, I will call up one of these 2 and see how things are going with them. Then I will be reminded that Id rather be single and waiting for the right person than married to the wrong person.
We had planned on taking the monorail to the GF, however we decided it would be just as easy to drive ourselves. We forgot we dont know how to get to the GF. We leave the Epcot parking lot at 4:45. Plenty of time to make our 5:30 PS. Since we dont know where we are going, we just start taking turns and seeing where they lead us. We finally realize, after about 10 minutes of meandering, that the GF is down by Magic Kingdom. So we get out on the main road through the World and head towards MK. However we have gotten turned around. Suddenly we see the sign that says See you real soon. Whoops. We are leaving the World. We make a U-Turn and head back into the World. At this point it is 5:05.
We finally see the sign for the GF resort and head that way. We enter the Magic Kingdom toll booth and show the guy our parking pass we got at Epcot that morning. He waves us through. The sign says to go straight ahead to get to the resort, so we go straight ahead ..and we are in the parking lot for Magic Kingdom. Crap. Now its almost 5:15. So we drive through the parking lot and out the exit. But there is no where to make a U-turn. Finally we get turned around and re-enter the MK toll booth where we show the SAME guy our parking pass.
We now know to take the far right lane and go straight. But we cant get over into that lane. Cant get over .cant get over .cant get over ..and were in the parking lot for Magic Kingdom. So we repeat the previous procedure of exiting the parking lot, making a U-Turn and returning to the MK toll booth where we show the SAME guy our parking pass. So weve now shown him our parking pass three times in the past 10 minutes. I would crawl into a hole and die, if I could only stop laughing.
Finally, we manage to get to the GF at 5:20. We just made it! The GF is fantastic. I wish I were rich and could afford to stay there! The dinner was wonderful and we loved seeing Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty. Afterwards we wanted to walk around and check out some of the resort. HV said she needed to use the restroom. Translation: I want to go call Mr. Vegetable on my cell phone so we can fight some more. The rest of us were stuck in the lobby wondering where she was 15 minutes later. We finally found her outside on her phone yelling.
So we walk out to the entrance of the GF. All these beautiful people are dressed up walking around, a young bride goes past us in her dress, a lady gets into a limo, the valets smile at us .and among all the elegance and charm my cousin is yelling into her cell phone about how she hasnt lied and doesnt know what he is talking about. Aly turns to me and says that we look like white trash.
At this point, I have just about had it. Now if you knew me, you would realize that for me to act like this is completely unusual. So that just shows how at the breaking point I was. While we were waiting on the valet to bring the car around, I shout out for all to hear I AM SICK OF THIS!! I think I saw some man duck b/c he thought I was going to start swinging. I hope nobody thought I was referring to the GF b/c I could have stayed there for the rest of my life and never gotten sick of it! Alys eyes about popped out of her head she was so shocked to see me react that way. Then I followed it up with another anouncement of I AM SO MAD! I think that HV got the point b/c she mumbled something to me about how she couldnt help it. Whatever! Hang up the phone! Aly told me that you just live and learn. To which I responded that I dont think HV has learned anything from her past mistakes if she married this loser. Then Aly said that she was referring to the 2 of us. We have lived and learned to not invite anyone else to go to Disney with us again!
So we get in the car and HV says she doesnt want to go to MK to see Spectro and Wishes b/c she isnt feeling well. Translation: I got interrupted by Keke on that last phone call and I need to go back to the room and call him in private. So then KP, Aly and I tell her we will gladly take the kid with us if she wants us to. (please dont want to go please dont want to go) Back in the hotel parking lot we successfully talk Cassie out of going with us. I think what clinched it was when I told her we wouldnt be putting her in a stroller and shed have to walk. (she didnt need to know we would be standing in one spot all night) It wasnt that the kid was a problem, but just that we wanted some adult freedom time. So the 3 of us had a blast going to MK and watching the festivities. I would have enjoyed Wishes more if the music had worked. We could barely hear it for most of the show. Then with about 2 minutes left, it came on. It was funny to watch people start to leave during a lull in the fireworks. I dont guess they understand what a finale looks like?! They would start back up and everyone would run back to their spots.
We return home to find everyone in bed. Hallejuah.
Our troop:
2 single ladies: Me and my cousin Aly
2 married ladies: Our other cousin HV and our friend and Alys co-worker KP
1 five-year-old: HVs daughter Cassie aka the kid
..and one pain-in-the-rear husband who keeps calling to fight with his wife and interrupting our vacation well call him Mr. Vegetable
Staying at the Homewood Suites Hotel off 192
Day 3-Epcot/Grand Floridian/Spectro and Wishes
It was a late night for us all thanks to the wonderful Mr. V who isnt even on our trip with us, so we get to Epcot around 10 am. So much for all this planning on being at the parks when they open! KP and I walked straight to Mission Space, but we had to get FP b/c the line was an hour long. So then we took the kid on Test Track. She was kind of spooked about it, but ended up loving it. Afterwards we hooked back up with HV and Aly. And guess what HV was doing? Yep, she had that cell phone up to her ear and she looked mad .again.
We head over to Living Seas and then it is time for us to use or FP for Mission Space. KP and I head that way, while the rest of them go see Honey I Shrunk Mission Space was awesome. I was sort of nervous about the motion thing, but I dont usually have problems with it so I figured Id be okay. It was so much fun. I wish wed had time to do it once more.
After that, we headed to the world showcase and walked around. We saw the movie in France and the show in America, rode the boat in Norway, and got some ice cream in Italy. I think Mr. Vegetable called once or twice during this time. I tried to block it out. While in line for the boat in Norway, we had a hilarious encounter with a line jumper. He may have not spoken English b/c he just kind of looked non-American if you know what I mean. Anyway, we get in line and he is standing there in the middle of our group. He was right up on our backs and inching his way closer to me (I was the first one of our group in the line) Then before we know it, he was in front of us. Then we looked up later and he has inched is way in front of the group in front of us. So at this point, we decide that its more fun to cheer him on rather than get mad about it. Finally we see him getting into one of the boats. There were at least 20 people between us and the boats at this point, so he did a pretty good job of jumping! He very innocently sat down in the front seat of the boat and tried not to make eye contact with anyone. It reminded me of that guy in the movie Titanic. When they are loading only women and children into the boats, and the guy who designed the ship jumps in a rowboat and sits there looking like a big coward. That was totally the look this guy had on his face. Of course, he couldnt avoid us. We all cheered and gave him the thumbs up sign.
Then we noticed that the CM loading the boats was kind of a hottie. So we declared him the 4th member of our boy-band. All week we had been picking out guys who had that boy-band quailty about them. So the Norweigan dude totally made the cut.
Finally it was time for our much anticipated dinner with Cinderella at the Grand Floridian. I was so excited b/c Cindy is my favorite. I even dressed up like her for one of our cousins birthday parties. All the little girls thought I was the real deal. I had those clear plastic shoes that looked like glass slippers and everything. I rode in on the back of a convertible and waved to everyone. It was a hoot. My dream job is to be a Disney princess. I would just absolutely love being able to walk around dressed up like that and have little girls run up to me all day. Aly agreed with me that I could totally pull it off. Hmmmm I wonder how much they get paid??
KP, who also has a volatile marriage at times, was joking about beating up on Cinderella. Apparently she doesnt appreciate being led to believe the happily ever after fairy tale marriage actually exists. At this point I have determined that whenever I get depressed about being in my 30s and still not married, I will call up one of these 2 and see how things are going with them. Then I will be reminded that Id rather be single and waiting for the right person than married to the wrong person.
We had planned on taking the monorail to the GF, however we decided it would be just as easy to drive ourselves. We forgot we dont know how to get to the GF. We leave the Epcot parking lot at 4:45. Plenty of time to make our 5:30 PS. Since we dont know where we are going, we just start taking turns and seeing where they lead us. We finally realize, after about 10 minutes of meandering, that the GF is down by Magic Kingdom. So we get out on the main road through the World and head towards MK. However we have gotten turned around. Suddenly we see the sign that says See you real soon. Whoops. We are leaving the World. We make a U-Turn and head back into the World. At this point it is 5:05.
We finally see the sign for the GF resort and head that way. We enter the Magic Kingdom toll booth and show the guy our parking pass we got at Epcot that morning. He waves us through. The sign says to go straight ahead to get to the resort, so we go straight ahead ..and we are in the parking lot for Magic Kingdom. Crap. Now its almost 5:15. So we drive through the parking lot and out the exit. But there is no where to make a U-turn. Finally we get turned around and re-enter the MK toll booth where we show the SAME guy our parking pass.
We now know to take the far right lane and go straight. But we cant get over into that lane. Cant get over .cant get over .cant get over ..and were in the parking lot for Magic Kingdom. So we repeat the previous procedure of exiting the parking lot, making a U-Turn and returning to the MK toll booth where we show the SAME guy our parking pass. So weve now shown him our parking pass three times in the past 10 minutes. I would crawl into a hole and die, if I could only stop laughing.
Finally, we manage to get to the GF at 5:20. We just made it! The GF is fantastic. I wish I were rich and could afford to stay there! The dinner was wonderful and we loved seeing Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty. Afterwards we wanted to walk around and check out some of the resort. HV said she needed to use the restroom. Translation: I want to go call Mr. Vegetable on my cell phone so we can fight some more. The rest of us were stuck in the lobby wondering where she was 15 minutes later. We finally found her outside on her phone yelling.
So we walk out to the entrance of the GF. All these beautiful people are dressed up walking around, a young bride goes past us in her dress, a lady gets into a limo, the valets smile at us .and among all the elegance and charm my cousin is yelling into her cell phone about how she hasnt lied and doesnt know what he is talking about. Aly turns to me and says that we look like white trash.
At this point, I have just about had it. Now if you knew me, you would realize that for me to act like this is completely unusual. So that just shows how at the breaking point I was. While we were waiting on the valet to bring the car around, I shout out for all to hear I AM SICK OF THIS!! I think I saw some man duck b/c he thought I was going to start swinging. I hope nobody thought I was referring to the GF b/c I could have stayed there for the rest of my life and never gotten sick of it! Alys eyes about popped out of her head she was so shocked to see me react that way. Then I followed it up with another anouncement of I AM SO MAD! I think that HV got the point b/c she mumbled something to me about how she couldnt help it. Whatever! Hang up the phone! Aly told me that you just live and learn. To which I responded that I dont think HV has learned anything from her past mistakes if she married this loser. Then Aly said that she was referring to the 2 of us. We have lived and learned to not invite anyone else to go to Disney with us again!
So we get in the car and HV says she doesnt want to go to MK to see Spectro and Wishes b/c she isnt feeling well. Translation: I got interrupted by Keke on that last phone call and I need to go back to the room and call him in private. So then KP, Aly and I tell her we will gladly take the kid with us if she wants us to. (please dont want to go please dont want to go) Back in the hotel parking lot we successfully talk Cassie out of going with us. I think what clinched it was when I told her we wouldnt be putting her in a stroller and shed have to walk. (she didnt need to know we would be standing in one spot all night) It wasnt that the kid was a problem, but just that we wanted some adult freedom time. So the 3 of us had a blast going to MK and watching the festivities. I would have enjoyed Wishes more if the music had worked. We could barely hear it for most of the show. Then with about 2 minutes left, it came on. It was funny to watch people start to leave during a lull in the fireworks. I dont guess they understand what a finale looks like?! They would start back up and everyone would run back to their spots.
We return home to find everyone in bed. Hallejuah.
