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Monday, January 26, 2004
Monday dawns cool and clear! I am doing the happy dance... I have not "planned" which park, which day this trip only "which park to avoid" which day! So, when I look at my sheet for morning planning... the only option is back to MGM Studios! LOL! I know, I know I was there last night! But only for dinner and a show... So, I brew a pot of Starbucks Columbian coffee to go with my Cheese Bearclaw ( Law enforement officials favor doughnuts, secret agents prefer flaky pastry...)
What to wear, what to wear... I am packed for cold weather, warm weather, rainy weather, shiny weather! Eeny, meany, miney, moh... I settle on my Nike shirt... Just do it! That is my motto for today! LOL! I will dress and act like a TOURIST! What fun (a secret agent from Florida doing their impression of a tourist in Florida, hmmm... it has possibilities!) I put on my pin lanyard with my Disbug nametag on it, along with my Disney Visor, my Nike shirt, socks, and sneaks. I also put on my warm sherpa like coat because it is starting out rather chilly. Besides, tourists from Florida all dress like it's winter when the temp goes below 75 deg.) Grabbing a frozen bottle of water out of the freezer compartment of my fridge, I look around and am ready for action.
TODAY I vow to act like a tourist! I even FEEL like a tourist. Who would suspect a secret agent who wears a Mickey Mouse Ear nametagged lanyard that says "Disbug"? I think I might even have sung "zipadee-doodah" on the drive over... Don't want to wait too long to get in character!
I pull into the Secret Agent parking section, the one that promises "no one" will find your car if you forget to write down the section and row number? Ah, that's the one I want! I am still close enough to walk. Great! That way I can double check to make sure I haven't been followed! Somehow I manage to walk up to the turnstiles just as they are opening up another one! Can this day GET any Better?? (OH, YES... this is only the beginning!) I continue walking forward and somehow, no pushing, shoving, or tripping little grandmothers later... I am at the rope drop to the ToTer / RNRC foot race! The music plays, the rope drops, we're off! YAY YAY YAY! Happy laughing wonderful faces all around me! We're here! We're Here! We DID it! WooHoo! I had been chatting with a family who had never been here before and it was a pleasure to give them some tips for their day... ! This is what it looks like early without a lot of guests on Sunset Blvd!
I grab a ToTer Fast Pass without missing a beat and am in the first group for RockNRoller Coaster!
Batman Photography 201: I REALLY need to find the instructions for that tripod!
I am paired with a man who has never ridden! We are next to take off in our super-stretch limo; waiting at the giant stop light and for some reason we are NOT going... I usually at this point am doing deep breathing exercises in lieu of a panic attack to get through the initial shock of take off. Anyone who knows... you can only breathe this way so long before passing out!
Many things go through your mind and you wonder how long is too long before screaming, "Wait! I've changed my mind!" That wouldn't do... bravery is important to us secret agents! There must be a logical, reason whyyyyyyiyi......"WOHHHHHH!" I scream as we suddenly take OFF!. I had meant to warn the fellow I was riding with that I tend to scream on this ride, but he couldn't understand me as HE was too busy screaming! The only thing I can think of as to why we took so long to take off, is the music soundtrack malfunctioned and we rode the coaster without the pounding music of AeroSmith in our ears! Told him... if you thought that was great ~ go ride it again with the music! AWESOME!
WELLL...... I am on a Tourist roll so I RUN to ToTer! I can't help myself! I LOVE this ride! Check out someone's sense of humor! LOL! Wait Time for the ToTer is "13 Minutes"? Chuckle... Right...Wink, Wink!
I am testing it this time for purely investigative reasons. In preparation for the Sigma Delta Sorority Dismeet in July I must leave no stone unturned! Once again, I am not alone and become attached to a visiting family from England! It has been awhile since they have been and one of their children has never been! When the line splits into two, we decide to thwart the accepted rule of "always go left" and instead go right as a group... This line doesn't move for about 30 secs and telepathically we look at each other and nod..."Left? Left!"
We retrace our steps to the left line which once again proves to be faster moving...up until it is time to load. Our CM places everyone properly and we all step up onto our respective numbers. But as we load into the elevator... somehow we have multiplied. Or we have lost a spot. The CM realizes we are snafued and has to ask another family to move to a different row so everything will work out! Otherwise, I'm sitting on the guy next to me's lap and his wife is NOT going to be a happy camper! Soon we are all gleefully screaming as we are pushed higher and dropped lower over and over again until we have to stop! 
Someone seems to know this and we return to reality. Just as Rod Serling admonished us, we vow "next time be sure to check out what kind of vacancy we'll be filling"! 
It's only begun... how can this day get any better? Little did I know... a once in a lifetime event was fixing to happen to me (and NO, I am NOT talking about childbirth! LOL!)
Monday dawns cool and clear! I am doing the happy dance... I have not "planned" which park, which day this trip only "which park to avoid" which day! So, when I look at my sheet for morning planning... the only option is back to MGM Studios! LOL! I know, I know I was there last night! But only for dinner and a show... So, I brew a pot of Starbucks Columbian coffee to go with my Cheese Bearclaw ( Law enforement officials favor doughnuts, secret agents prefer flaky pastry...)
What to wear, what to wear... I am packed for cold weather, warm weather, rainy weather, shiny weather! Eeny, meany, miney, moh... I settle on my Nike shirt... Just do it! That is my motto for today! LOL! I will dress and act like a TOURIST! What fun (a secret agent from Florida doing their impression of a tourist in Florida, hmmm... it has possibilities!) I put on my pin lanyard with my Disbug nametag on it, along with my Disney Visor, my Nike shirt, socks, and sneaks. I also put on my warm sherpa like coat because it is starting out rather chilly. Besides, tourists from Florida all dress like it's winter when the temp goes below 75 deg.) Grabbing a frozen bottle of water out of the freezer compartment of my fridge, I look around and am ready for action.
TODAY I vow to act like a tourist! I even FEEL like a tourist. Who would suspect a secret agent who wears a Mickey Mouse Ear nametagged lanyard that says "Disbug"? I think I might even have sung "zipadee-doodah" on the drive over... Don't want to wait too long to get in character!
I pull into the Secret Agent parking section, the one that promises "no one" will find your car if you forget to write down the section and row number? Ah, that's the one I want! I am still close enough to walk. Great! That way I can double check to make sure I haven't been followed! Somehow I manage to walk up to the turnstiles just as they are opening up another one! Can this day GET any Better?? (OH, YES... this is only the beginning!) I continue walking forward and somehow, no pushing, shoving, or tripping little grandmothers later... I am at the rope drop to the ToTer / RNRC foot race! The music plays, the rope drops, we're off! YAY YAY YAY! Happy laughing wonderful faces all around me! We're here! We're Here! We DID it! WooHoo! I had been chatting with a family who had never been here before and it was a pleasure to give them some tips for their day... ! This is what it looks like early without a lot of guests on Sunset Blvd!
I grab a ToTer Fast Pass without missing a beat and am in the first group for RockNRoller Coaster!
I am paired with a man who has never ridden! We are next to take off in our super-stretch limo; waiting at the giant stop light and for some reason we are NOT going... I usually at this point am doing deep breathing exercises in lieu of a panic attack to get through the initial shock of take off. Anyone who knows... you can only breathe this way so long before passing out!
Many things go through your mind and you wonder how long is too long before screaming, "Wait! I've changed my mind!" That wouldn't do... bravery is important to us secret agents! There must be a logical, reason whyyyyyyiyi......"WOHHHHHH!" I scream as we suddenly take OFF!. I had meant to warn the fellow I was riding with that I tend to scream on this ride, but he couldn't understand me as HE was too busy screaming! The only thing I can think of as to why we took so long to take off, is the music soundtrack malfunctioned and we rode the coaster without the pounding music of AeroSmith in our ears! Told him... if you thought that was great ~ go ride it again with the music! AWESOME!WELLL...... I am on a Tourist roll so I RUN to ToTer! I can't help myself! I LOVE this ride! Check out someone's sense of humor! LOL! Wait Time for the ToTer is "13 Minutes"? Chuckle... Right...Wink, Wink!
We retrace our steps to the left line which once again proves to be faster moving...up until it is time to load. Our CM places everyone properly and we all step up onto our respective numbers. But as we load into the elevator... somehow we have multiplied. Or we have lost a spot. The CM realizes we are snafued and has to ask another family to move to a different row so everything will work out! Otherwise, I'm sitting on the guy next to me's lap and his wife is NOT going to be a happy camper! Soon we are all gleefully screaming as we are pushed higher and dropped lower over and over again until we have to stop! Someone seems to know this and we return to reality. Just as Rod Serling admonished us, we vow "next time be sure to check out what kind of vacancy we'll be filling"!
It's only begun... how can this day get any better? Little did I know... a once in a lifetime event was fixing to happen to me (and NO, I am NOT talking about childbirth! LOL!)
Thank you so much!
