From Oil Wells to Jingle Bells-Bells,pg.66, See you in September!

[lovebuzzandwoody]

"I believe if life gives you lemons make lemonade, then find someone that life gave vodka to and have a party!!!"

I freaking LOVE this! (Coming to a facebook status near you very soon.)

 

[2girlsmom]

Well hello Kristy, nice to have you with us, and that's an awful lot of reading! You realize that's time that you will never be able to get back now, right?


Well, that's true, but hey, it has entertained me during a slow week at work, so that can't be a bad thing, right? Plus it convinced me that now I have to talk my hubby into eventually going to Vero Beach!

 

[nebo]

Well hello Kristy, nice to have you with us, and that's an awful lot of reading! You realize that's time that you will never be able to get back now, right?


Well, that's true, but hey, it has entertained me during a slow week at work, so that can't be a bad thing, right? Plus it convinced me that now I have to talk my hubby into eventually going to Vero Beach!

Vero Beach was cool, I'm looking back on that part of the trip with fond memories now since it wasn't freezing out. But I'm not sure it should be combined with a regular Disney trip,,,either that or just don't stay 5 days like we did,,, after 4 days I Was champing at the bit to get to Disney, not much to do there.

I freaking LOVE this! (Coming to a facebook status near you very soon.)

Hey, wanted to ask you, you being the Buzz and Woody expert, which TS movie you thought was best. A lot of critics said there wasn't enough magic in the last one, that it wasn't personal enough, but I thought it was probably the best of all of them and was bawling my eyes out at the end.

So when you planning on taking this trip? I would like to hear you write about this trip to.

A west coast trip would be so cool, so many things to see on the way, things to write about, cliffs to fall off of, things that could go wrong,,,,,,,



Knowing you two, Mrs. T. likes to use this quote by Ron White a lot.

"I believe if life gives you lemons make lemonade, then find someone that life gave vodka to and have a party!!!"

Life gave you lemons, you found someone who had vodka and had a party.

T man, that's an excellent analogy, I remember Ron saying that, just never applied it to us.

 

[2girlsmom]

I completely agree on the freezing part, we were there 12/11-17, and it was in the 60's the first day but never got above about 45 degrees the entire rest of our time (well, I think it got in the 50's that last day too maybe). We spent the week thankful for our winter coats, and gloves, etc... and came back home and started planning for our upcoming surprise May trip cause I need WDW in the SUN! And I agree on Vero Beach being better for not so long if tied to WDW, as it would be a very different kind of trip, but I don't think I could be that close to WDW and NOT end up spending some time in the parks... Maybe just a couple days at Vero and then the majority of the trip at the world, that wouldn't be too bad.

 

[lovebuzzandwoody]

Hey, wanted to ask you, you being the Buzz and Woody expert, which TS movie you thought was best. A lot of critics said there wasn't enough magic in the last one, that it wasn't personal enough, but I thought it was probably the best of all of them and was bawling my eyes out at the end.

You know, that is hard for me to answer because I love them all so much. If I absolutely had to choose I'd say TS2 though. I think it's because I love Joan Cusack and they did such a great job incorporating her mannerisms into Jessie. I know, she's in 3 too but maybe I'm sentimental because 2 was when we met her. I don't know ~ I'm most likely crazy!

I did love the last one too and I bawled in the end as well!! How could you not? Sheesh, I get choked up just thinking about it!

I am all for TS4 with the little girl taking over Andy's place!!

 

[orangecats2]

Hi Neebs! Hope everything is going good.
I have been following along but haven't had time to post. For the last seven weeks I have been in training at work. The hours were 3pm to 11:30pm. I wasn't really liking that shift. I have one more week of training but it is 10am to 6:30pm so not as bad of a time. And I don't feel like I've learned much! BTW I work for Nissan.

The plan right now is to go to DL next year in September. I've done some research so I think I want to stay at Paradise Pier and get a dining plan. We only fly so we are planning on a Monday through Friday stay. That's the tenative plan as of now but could change over a year and a half. It would be awesome if we were there at the same time!

 

[KRIS10420]

The plan right now is to go to DL next year in September. I've done some research so I think I want to stay at Paradise Pier and get a dining plan. We only fly so we are planning on a Monday through Friday stay. That's the tenative plan as of now but could change over a year and a half. It would be awesome if we were there at the same time!

To make the most out of your Disneyland vacation, read this thread http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1162599

(this sticky has all the info you will need http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1072276)

 

[nebo]

When we last left our heros, Smidgy and the Moron, they had been soaking up the frozen heat rays from the sun, till Nebo cracked and started drinking.

yep, sounds about right.

Soon enough, Smidgy gave up and joined him.

When we were all dressed again and ready to go back to the Animal Kingdom, I thought about it a bit and it seemed like there reaaly was no hurry.

We've already done Primevil Hurl and Dinosour, along with Nebo, the Moronical. Too cold and not gonna put my back through Expedition Everest, the birds are done bombing the audience in Flights of Wonder and teh trails will all be closed by the time EMH starts. We're really only going back for Festival of the Lion King.
Heck, it's even too cold to sit at the Dawa bar and have a beer which we like doing during EMH.

But the problem is,,,,, we don't know when the show will start, they don't put out the park's emh schedule early.

Never understood this,,,,normally you have to wait until almost EMH starts to get the times guide.

SO not wanting to miss it by getting there too late we had to leave anyway.

We each took two of the last remaining airplane bottles, and since fuzzy cups won't be allowed in the show we opted for Sunny D's tonight.

The Sunny D bottle that Smidgy had would come into play a little later on tonight.

For me, my back was really sore, and my stomach was shot from all the Ibuprofen I've been taking the last few days so after looking at them long and hard, the remaining Vikes went into my pocket and we headed to the bus stop.

When we got near all the bus stops in front, I saw a guy dressed up in a Santa suit, not sure if he was a cast member or a parent decked out for his kids or not, but he was walking along heading for the main doors.
I really wanted to run up and ask him if he really ran over Grandma but he was too far ahead.

We got to the park about a half hour before EMH started, and again, we can't find a times guide for tonight.
Even guest relations said they didn't have any yet, but as we stood there wondering where to go now, a girl ran up to Smidgy and handed her a couple of the emh guides.
Then she went back to Guest Relations, I think she just felt guilty saying they didn't have them yet.

I can see why they have stopped EMH at Animal Kingdom, even though I have always loved it,,,,,, there's nothing to do there at night except drink!

The animals are in bed at dusk, you've probably seen one of the two main shows already during the day,,,,and there's only a couple of rides.

My biggest problem now with the closing there of EMH is that I love the way the park looks at night,,, and by then it's not crowded and I have never been slammed by a stroller at warp speed there, it's always seemed relaxing there at night.
Now, there will be no "night" there.

Which means I will never be allowed to enjoy Dinosour again since I can't see it in the daylight hours.

Well, right now it's dark out and that's where we headed.

It was 100 percent better than this morning,,,, no wait again but I could see a lot more.
I'll tell you, no matter how many times I've ridden it, that last Dino near the end of the ride that yells at you on the right side just as the spotlight lights him up makes me lean away every time. I've had nightmares of that thing leaning over and grabbing me in his mouth like that guy sitting on the toilet in the outhouse in Yurasick Park.

One thing in Dinoland I love is how Primevil Whirl looks at night, so festive and begging you to ride it,,, but even that wasn't going to happen in this cold.

Not really sure just where we are going, we ended back in Discovery Island talking about what to do next.

me: I guess everything's closed in Africa, want to try another continent?
she: You saying you want to be incontinent? That's another one.

me: Wow, good one, I'm finally wearing off on you.

And no, Asia wasn't the answer either, like we're going to be doing Kali River Rapids now. Plus, like I said, Everest was out. I'm not even sure if The Abominable Snowman is back in the ride yet, I think he's still vacationing somewhere warm, like Detroit.

So we just slowly sauntered over to Camp Mini Mickey for Fesival of the Lion King,,,,,, or, as they say on Seinfeld, Festivus of the Marble Rye. (no, I have no idea what I'm talking about either, just ignore me)

On the way my last vikes went down with the last of my Sunny D, I got tired of holding that cold bottle so basically poured half of it down my throat to get rid of it.
At least unlike when I had to do that in Oh Canada, I don't have to worry about Celine Dion lookin good to me.

And Pumba and Timon are safe.

They changed things over in this area since we were last here though, now they have brought back a smoking area, and let me tell you, ain't no way you are going to miss it.

"This way to the Designated Smoking Area."

"Designated Smoking Area to the right."

"Designated Smoking Area straight ahead."

"Designated Smoking Area here."

Then, when you cross the line into the magical designated smoking area there are signs on this side saying,
"No smoking past this point"
"Leaving Designated Smoking Area."

Disney through everything at it but having the signs in their trademarked purple.

If you are a smoker, you are going to HAVE to have a smoke here or you will feel guilty.

We did.

The show was great as always, only 3/4 full though but at least out of the cold. I felt good for a change cuz my pills had kicked in and my back didn't hurt as much, plus I just discretely sipped on my little airplane bottles during the show.

When it was over we were back in the DSA. (that's right, not gonna type Designated Smoking Area one more time. Crap, I just did)

We went over near the ashtray on a garbage can which was next to a bench with 3 women sitting on it. There was also not a lot of light in this area.

Smidgy still has her Sunny D bottle she's just finishing off. Meanwhile, my brain is off and flying now.

I'm already thinking about what has to be done either tonight or tomorrow befor we leave (steve) and want to make sure to check the eviction notice when they hang it on the door in (steve) the morning and have to find the number to call the Limo when we get to O'hare and make..

"STEVE!"

"Huh?"

(people laughing)
"These people are asking you if you want to sit down, they'll be glad to move over," Smidgy said.

"No no, really, I'm fine." "Sorry, was thinking about tomorrow. "

It looked like they were 3 generations of women, daughter, mom, grandma.

They asked me again, again I declined and they told us they were staying at Fort Wilderness, we told them we're at Pop. I heard the mom say to the grandma, "Our bus to the airport doesn't come until 11:30 tomorrow so let's just enjoy all the time we have left."
Daughter agreed with her, "Lot's of vacation time left."

This made me pipe up, "Hey what a coincidence, our Magical Depress bus is coming for us at the same time tomorrow."

That was when it seemed like time stopped for a minute.
Nobody said anything and mom and daughter looked at each other.

Then the daughter walked up to me and put her face about a foot from mine and yelled, "IT"S NEBO!"

Scared the hell out of me.

Another, "It is Nebo" was followed by "I wondered at first if it was you two when I saw the Sunny D in Smidgy's hand, but when you just said Magical Depress, that was it!"

I wanted to say, "What in the world is a Nebo," but I didn't and we all introduced ourselves. Well, kinda since they already knew us, well, except for Grandma I believe, she had the proper "Who the hell are these people" look on her face. I never did get her name I don't think.

The others were Shannon and,,, this is going to be close, Lara? or Lana? I believe they said they were from Arkansas adn been reading the trip reports for a long time, but never have posted. They truly all seemed like good people, and I have to admit, the celebrity treatment they gave us really put a smile on my face,,,, yeah,,,,, I'm a sap.

Smidgy then asked for the camera to take a picture of the 3 of us, which is a crap shoot itself; She needs a special setting just for her, like there's the fireworks, beach, low light,, she needs an "X-ray" setting for shooting through her finger over the lens. She does that a lot which is why I checked right after she took it, something you couldn't do in the olden days when you found out after you paid to have the film developed.

What I needed for trips like this was a special "shivering" setting to account for sudden hand movements.

Oh yes, our new Razorback friends:

That was pretty much it for the night, back at the resort we ate in the food court and then went back to the room to sleep.
Even though there is plenty of time to pack in the morning, isn't it almost impossible to not start the night before? (oh, I'll just put this away, might as well make sure I don't forget this, oh, and this is right here,,,,,,,)

What I didn't know, and neither did Smidgy of course, was we had one more curve that would be thrown our way in the morning.

The system truly earned it's name, "Magical Depress".

 

[jcc0621]

I can see why they have stopped EMH at Animal Kingdom,

I did not know this. When did this happen????

If you are a smoker, you are going to HAVE to have a smoke here or you will feel guilty.

OK!

The show was great as always,

Our favorite!

Then the daughter walked up to me and put her face about a foot from mine and yelled, "IT"S NEBO!"

You're famous

Scared the hell out of me.

What I didn't know, and neither did Smidgy of course, was we had one more curve that would be thrown our way in the morning.

The system truly earned it's name, "Magical Depress".

Uh oh

 

[lovebuzzandwoody]

Aw, that is fantastic! If they are reading... HI Shannon and Lara/Lana? from (maybe) Arkansas! Come out, come out, where ever you are!



Uh-oh.... trouble ahead.

 

[smidgy]

what was really cool, was the mom and daughter kept trying to explain to the grandma why they were so excited.

"this is Nebo and SMidgy!! they're FAMOUS!"

aw shucks! I have never before been called famous. and the 2 of them were practically doing this to steve!.

the last day of a trip is always depressing. the last day of a not-so -great trip is even more depressing .. no more holding on to the hope that "it will get better".

nebo was. and these ladies turned him inot .

I will be forever grateful to them.

 

[mrsksomeday]

I know how those ladies felt! I was so excited to meet both of you. You are trip report writing royalty. I am bummed that we never saw AK at night. I am scared about the next installment for two reasons: 1. Sounds like something bad happens and 2. Your report is almost over .

 

[Rozz]

Tracy said it best, you are trip report writing royalty! So is Tracy!

I too am sorry the trip report is almost over.

 

[Sandy Mouse]

I am bummed that we never saw AK at night. I am scared about the next installment for two reasons: 1. Sounds like something bad happens and 2. Your report is almost over .

Me too.... me too.... me too.

 

[pkondz]

When we last left our heros, Smidgy and the Moron, they had been soaking up the frozen heat rays from the sun, till Nebo cracked

Hah! Yolks on you!

and started drinking.

Everybody needs a hobby. fuzzy cup --> <-- Nebo

Soon enough, Smidgy gave up and joined him.

When we were all dressed again...

Way to go! Do I have to sing that song from Singin' in the rain too? Good mornin', Good mornin'! Good mornin', Good mornin' to you!

We've already done Primevil Hurl and Dinosour, along with Nebo, the Moronical. Too cold and not gonna put my back through Expedition Everest

I'm thinking that Primevil Hurl would've been even worse than EE on your back. I know I'll never ride it again, at least not if I can help it.
"Daddy ride with me!"
"No, that's okay, you go ahead"
"But Daddy, I want you to come with me"
"Nope, not gonna happen."
"Pleeeeaaase?"
"Unh, uh. I'm going to do something less painful like stick something sharp and pointy in my eye. My buddy Nebo's done it, figured I'd try it too." (So how is the eye... hmmmm?)

the birds are done bombing the audience in Flights of Wonder

I've often wondered how many fastpasses they usualy have to give out after that show.

But the problem is,,,,, we don't know when the show will start, they don't put out the park's emh schedule early.

Never understood this,,,,normally you have to wait until almost EMH starts to get the times guide.

I'm thinking it's so the non Disney resort guests won't think they can see stuff. "Hey, Mirtle! Sez here that we can see some show after the park closes. It sez so right here on this ole' slip of paper."

When we got near all the bus stops in front, I saw a guy dressed up in a Santa suit, not sure if he was a cast member or a parent decked out for his kids or not, but he was walking along heading for the main doors.
I really wanted to run up and ask him if he really ran over Grandma but he was too far ahead.

... but as for me and Grandpa, we believe...

I can see why they have stopped EMH at Animal Kingdom, even though I have always loved it,,,,,, there's nothing to do there at night except drink!

And that's bad because... ?

Which means I will never be allowed to enjoy Dinosour again since I can't see it in the daylight hours.

Oh, no problem. Just come over to my house when DD13 and DD8 are fighting. It's about as loud and in your face as Dinosaur. No really, come over. "Sorry honey! Nebo's here, we're going out for a couple of drinks! See ya later when the kids are in bed! Bye!"

One thing in Dinoland I love is how Primevil Whirl looks at night, so festive and begging you to ride it,,,

It really is evil, isn't it?

Not really sure just where we are going, we ended back in Discovery Island talking about what to do next.

me: I guess everything's closed in Africa, want to try another continent?
she: You saying you want to be incontinent? That's another one.

me: Wow, good one, I'm finally wearing off on you.

Don't you mean she was wearying of you? Just curious.

So we just slowly sauntered over to Camp Mini Mickey for Fesival of the Lion King,,,,,, or, as they say on Seinfeld, Festivus of the Marble Rye. (no, I have no idea what I'm talking about either, just ignore me)

I always do.

At least unlike when I had to do that in Oh Canada, I don't have to worry about Celine Dion lookin good to me.

And Pumba and Timon are safe.

Are you sure?

Smidgy still has her Sunny D bottle she's just finishing off. Meanwhile, my brain is off and flying now.

And I'm guessing it's still in a holding pattern somewhere over O'hare.

That was when it seemed like time stopped for a minute.
Nobody said anything and mom and daughter looked at each other.

Probably trying to think of a way to escape unnoticed.

Then the daughter walked up to me and put her face about a foot from mine and yelled, "IT"S NEBO!"

Scared the hell out of me.

I'll bet!

I wanted to say, "What in the world is a Nebo," but I didn't and we all introduced ourselves.

That would've been good... except then you wouldn't've been able to bask in the warmth of your DIS famousicity.

Well, kinda since they already knew us, well, except for Grandma I believe, she had the proper "Who the hell are these people" look on her face. I never did get her name I don't think.

That's okay, I hear she got run over by a reindeer later on.
(and if Shannon and Lara or Lana are reading this, my apologies...)

yeah,,,,, I'm a sap.

No need to announce the extremely obvious, the merely obvious will do fine.

What I didn't know, and neither did Smidgy of course, was we had one more curve that would be thrown our way in the morning.

You're getting a little too good at those cliff hanger endings, my friend. Thanks for the update!

 

[Disney 4-ever]

Congratulations to all on the new baby Our son Jason was also premature by 3 weeks and he weighed 7lb 2. I was glad we was early. Anyway, hope all is ok. finally got all caught up and now I have to go give hubby a hair cut. This is what he looks like when i am getting ready to cut it.

 

[nebo]

I did not know this. When did this happen????

You're famous

::

Janet I believe INfamous fits better.
And I think in the beginning of this month they dropped the nightime extra hours that usually were on Wednsdays at Animal Kingdom. Now they have added and extra day for early entry which doesn't do me any good. It's almost impossible now to be there when it is actually dark out, which sucks buttermilk. To this day, we have stayed 4 times at Royal Pacific at Uni and one time at Hard Rock and we still have never been able to see Islands of Adventure at night, they, too, always close too early.

Aw, that is fantastic! If they are reading... HI Shannon and Lara/Lana? from (maybe) Arkansas! Come out, come out, where ever you are!



Uh-oh.... trouble ahead.

I don't think they come out, and of course there has to be some Disneyish trouble before a trip ends or it wouldn't be normal.

I know how those ladies felt! I was so excited to meet both of you. You are trip report writing royalty. I am bummed that we never saw AK at night. I am scared about the next installment for two reasons: 1. Sounds like something bad happens and 2. Your report is almost over .

Tracy, and Sandy, and Rozz, I thank you, you have all been great readers and supporters but as always,, I'm looking forward to the next trip, and REALLY looking forward to not being cold at Disney again. I'm also looking forward to DVC stays next trip at Bay Lake Towers and Animal Kingdom, and also driving down again. Maybe the new resorts and whatever will give me enough material for a new trip report.

What I'm looking forward to the most on the trip is that there will be a bunch of new pools we've never hung around at, and fancy ones at that. Now if they could only get rid of Captain EO and bring back Spectro........

Everybody needs a hobby. fuzzy cup --> <-- Nebo

That's what I need, a self regenerating cup!

Way to go! Do I have to sing that song from Singin' in the rain too? Good mornin', Good mornin'! Good mornin', Good mornin' to you!

That song alone is worth getting to MK early for the welcome show!

I'm thinking that Primevil Hurl would've been even worse than EE on your back. I know I'll never ride it again, at least not if I can help it.
"Daddy ride with me!"
"No, that's okay, you go ahead"
"But Daddy, I want you to come with me"
"Nope, not gonna happen."
"Pleeeeaaase?"
"Unh, uh. I'm going to do something less painful like stick something sharp and pointy in my eye. My buddy Nebo's done it, figured I'd try it too." (So how is the eye... hmmmm?)

I've had trips much like you said on PW, but also had ones that were a piece of cake. It's BTMR that will always give my back and ribs a workout though.

I've often wondered how many fastpasses they usualy have to give out after that show.

I like how the birds during most of the show are sent in as squadrons, strafing the audience, and then they save the gigantic CONDOR for the end to drop it's ordnance like the Enola Gay.

Oh, no problem. Just come over to my house when DD13 and DD8 are fighting. It's about as loud and in your face as Dinosaur. No really, come over. "Sorry honey! Nebo's here, we're going out for a couple of drinks! See ya later when the kids are in bed! Bye!"

I'm curious. Yellow. Sorry. Is your wife a Disney fan, and does she get on these boards? Or are you the only sick one?

It really is evil, isn't it?

It was plenty evil one night when Smidgy went down on the weird ramp exitting the ride. hmmm, wonder how long it will take me to find that picture,,,
ah, got lucky.
Ok, let's see if you can guess which hand is the one that Smidgy used to "break" her fall.

That would've been good... except then you wouldn't've been able to bask in the warmth of your DIS famousicity.

isn't it famousocity?




No need to announce the extremely obvious, the merely obvious will do fine.

Two nights ago,,,,,, on MeTV,,,,,,with the little clock in the corner,,,,,,,
Hawkeye tells WInchester, "No need to tell us the incredibly obvious, the merely obvious will do."
You watched it too, didn't you?


You're getting a little too good at those cliff hanger endings, my friend. Thanks for the update!

Wasn't supposed to be one, I originally planned on getting to that in this chapter but I got tired of typingj.

 

[nebo]

Hi again.
I didn't want to totally end this report on a cold note, and just wanted to share with you all ONE last chapter from the past, this is a personal favorite of mine and I still remember writing it and almost peeing my pants I was having so much fun doing it. This chapter was followed by an actual picture fo the cow scene, and no, don't ask for that again.


Now, I can totally understand that many of you are waiting on pins and needles for for my critique, of the Ristorante, Boma. And I can totally understand that, considering my vast culinary knowledge in all things fine dining.
I am up for the challenge, and I shall not dissapoint.

The vittles here are really weird!

After we got our mini table, it was time to start.
And I wouldn't let Diane get more than 3 feet away from me. One problem right off the bat was I was afraid I was going to eat things right off a bat.

Ok, that sentence derailed mid-way through. \
I meant to say "one problem right off the bat" was that all the labels for the vittles, had really small labels attached to them. And labels that are displayed really low. Why should this be a problem you ask? I'll be more than happy to tell you, my friends.

I can't see them.
They are too little for the "regular" part of my glasses, but too far away for the bifocal part. So, for me to read them, I would have to make an entire fool out of myself, and do the duck walk, by the tables. Now, I have nothing against making a fool out of myself, as you all well know, But I did see the "Just say no to Limbo" sign, and I will never again argue with that sign.

This now leaves me totally at Dianes' mercy.
Most intelligent people know better than to be dropped off here. The last thing in the world I want to here back at the table is,,, "So, how's the platypus?"

"Honey, you love me right?"
"Of course I do, why do you ask now?" she said.

"Because I like to hear it now and then, that's all. "

We started with salads.
There was this big bowl of weeds, and I mean dark, green weeds, this you are supposed to "tong" onto your plate.
I have never been that fond of green food. And the darker the green, the ickier it is. This was mostly "Forrest Green".
I prefer "light green" or "khaki green". Just not "forrest green".
And I could tell the guy standing next to me , who was using the tongs to sift through it felt the same way.

All of a sudden, a small piece of daylight appeared.
Could it be?
Yes!
That is a big piece of Iceberg lettuce if I ever saw one.
Only problem was, he saw it too.
He froze, glanced at me standing next to him, and time stopped!
We both slowly turned back to the bowl.

Time not only started up again, it went into hyper mode.

He had position on me, plus he had the tongs, but these are not "easy squeezy tongs," these are the "one in each hand" tongs.

He drew first.
His right hand came up and he pulled the trigger trying to "scoop" that piece of iceberg out of there. I immediately grabbed my "as of yet, unused fork' in my left hand. When it slid back off his tong, into the bowl, I just stabbed it. As I was extricating my prize from the rest of the savannah, we both saw the reason he couldn't grab it. It was still attached to another huge piece of iceberg that had remained hidden.

Gleaming, I turned to him as he was staring in disbelief, and said,
"Don't feel badly, I'm not really left handed."

This was followed by, "Are you done playing?"
Oh, yeah, Diane.

She then directed me to what I can adorn the "salad" with, but now I'm looking for dressing.

I'm used to Italian, French, Russian, Thousand Island, those ones.

Not Kenyan, Ugandan, Naiobi.
I chose the Mozambique, it looked like french to me.
Ok, I made the last part up. Can't remember what I put on it.
I then found this stuff that looked surprisingly like macaroni salad. As I was putting some on my plate I asked her, "These aren't maggots, are they?"
"No, of course not, stop it!" "Besides, can't you see the holes going through the center?"

"Yeah, I just thought that they might have been filleted first."

Ok, this just turned into a two parter, I just jumped 3 feet out of my chair from the thunder, and I dunt wanna lose this. be back shortly.


Once I finished chopping it up, my bacon bits, croutons, shredded cheese, pieces of hard boiled ostrich eggs, shredded onions, sunflower seeds, and culy noodles, with a hint of iceberg lettuce, came out pretty good. I also had taken a bowl of this extremely exotic soup, ,,,chicken.
Well, that's what the sign said, anyway, right Diane?
Diane?

But it was "white" chicken soup.
I never saw "white" chicken soup. To me, chicken soup is kinda yellow.
"It's because of all the sunlight," she told me. "The chickens are all albino."

As I was eating it, the nickel dropped in.
"Wait a minute!"
"All chickens are albino!"

And it didn't taste like chicken soup to me, not sure what it DID taste like, but it wasn't chicken soup.
Halfway through, I pushed it away.

We go back up there for the main courses, but, now I don't trust her.
Nope, not at all.
I think she wanted that piece of iceberg lettuce.

But this is the most critical time of all, when I need her help.

Salads are one thing, now we are talking major mystery meat.

"Honey? You still love me, right?"

"UP YOURS!"

Yep, she wanted that piece of iceberg after all.

I'm lost.

I can't trust her now. She has this evil smirk every time I ask her something, and if she does answer, it kept ending with, "Mbwhahahaha!"

I started putting some white stuff on my plate, it looked like a kind of potatoes, scalloped.
She stopped me. "Trust me, you don't want that." What is it?
"I don't know," she said, "I don't recognize the name from all ears menu."
" But it looks and smells like some kind of herring in a cauliflower based sauce."

Now, I have no idea if they even have yucky cauliflower in Africa, and I'm not really buying the herring bit either. But this little nebo isn't taking any chances.
Then I come across something that looks like smoked sausage.
"WHat's this"? I asked.
"Sausage".
" I know that, but what kind?"
"Sausage, that's all it says. "

Great. I didn't believe her and thought I just might get the platypus comment yet, but I took some.

Then I came across these things that looked like tater tots. Or Hush puppies. They gotta be safe, right? I put a bunch on my plate. I grabbed some bread, and since Smidgy was occupied, and I didn't trust her anymore anyway, I just took little tablespoons of things that I don't know what they are, and put them on my plate.
When she caught up to me, she looked at my plate, but didn't say a word.

Shoot. I didn't know if that's a good sign or bad.

With me leading, we got up to the carving kiosk.

"OH GEEZ! That things' still got a huge bone sticking out of it , or maybe a horn!"

"No, Steve, that's a skewer, it keeps the meat from falling apart."
"I knew that!""Just checking."


The guy there was slicing off prime rib, and another big chunk was lamb.
No, I don't like dead sheep. The smell really bothers me, so i got a slice of beef and hurried away.
I've still only got half a plate full, and went back against the grain looking for what I might have missed.
There has to be some kind of potatoes here, somewhere.
Just then a server came behind, and I cheated, and asked him.
He pointed me to a bin that at first didn't look like potatoes to me, so, I actually pretended to drop my napkin and squatted down to read the sign.

"Potatoe Afritude"
Yes, I think I have that right.

Well, I get enough "Afritude" as it is, I don't need any potatoes giveing me any more, so I passed on it, and grabbed a piece of bread.
Go ahead, find the butter. I dare you!
Back at the table, our waitress came by, who had the incredibly difficult task of bringing us our cokes, and, um, well, I guess, finding us again.

And I asked her for butter. It seemed like the logical , and easy way out , thing to do, right?

Au Contraire!
Whichever African country she originated in, evidently they don't have a word for butter. And the more I tried to explain it, the worse she got confused.
And then I did what I always do when I have a language problem with somebody.
I make this feeble attempt to talk in Spanish.
Which, I can't speak either.

"Senora? Uno buttero, por favor?"
yep, that'll work.

I was afraid it was about to get to the point where I am in the aisle on my hands and knees, with Diane standing behind me making the milking motion, and then grabbing the broom from the guy nearbye who was sweeping, and making the "churning" motion, but I got the message across by picking up my bread, and pretending to spread something on it with my knife.

'OH! You want Budder!"

"Si".

Ok, dinner actually was very good, believe it or not, I recommend the place.
I just wish my brain hadn't thought that the round type things that looked like tater tots hadn't also come up with the word, hush puppies.

It took me quite a while to get the "puppy" part out of my mind.
I believe they are really called "falefels" Or something really close.
And boy, are they good!
Tater tots with a kick!

And for once, I wasn't totally stuffed yet, and boy, am I glad.
I went back up to the desert table, totally on my own, and grabbed this here thing called a "Zebra Dome".

(wow, your old uncle nebo almost just made a very serious, accidental typo, that of course no one would believe. Probably wouldn't have gone through anyway.)

I hate using the phrase, "to die for" but the Zebra Domes come awful darn close.

Really, we liked it here a lot, it just blew away last nights' dinner at Shutters.
For a much more accurate dinner review at Boma's, please read Tiggerbell's Flower Power trip report, it's her last one, and includes many, many pictures.
Close ups. Of Zebra domes. Even from the inside, out.

That's it tonight, coming up, Epcot, and another classy restaurant review.
Abends, steve

 

[mmeb144]

Yay, reruns of episodes that I loved! It doesn't get any better than this.

 

[lovebuzzandwoody]

Are the potatos really called "Potatoe Afritude"?

And did I point out the reference to my favorite movie, The Princess Bride, during the first run of this wonderful review?