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

[Angelrose]

Thank you so much for another wonderful trip report. I enjoy living your trip with you. You make me feel like I'm right there with you.

I can't wait for your next trip report. Looking forward to more giggles.

 

[nrod]

Thanks for sharing your trips with us Nebo (and Smidgy too!). I thoroughly enjoy all of your reports, as hard as they may be to write, you never fail to entertain. Since I have little ones and am not working to be home with them, we don't get to take many vacations, so I really enjoy reading your reports to FEEL like I'm on vacation.

Funny before your last post I was going to suggest a last list. Or maybe you and Ponzi could riff on some MASH quotes to stretch this out. I'll give you my fave (and it's said A LOT in my house)..."It's nice to be nice..to the nice."

I hope you have a wonderful spring and summer! Look forward to meeting you all back here in the fall. Hope your trip is really great - and WARM - with lots of interesting happenings!

 

[Backstage_Gal]

Nebo and Smidgy,

Thank you for so many hours (years!) of entertainment. Your reports are always my favorite ride (not that I have been on many at Disney ).

Maybe in December we can meet up and I wont have some sudden emergency pop up.

See you next time!! I'll be here.

 

[lovebuzzandwoody]

Thank goodness for facebook and being friends with Diane... you can't just cut this stalker, er, um, FRIEND off at the knees.


See you when I see you Steve! Maybe I'll do a trippie after my May trip just to see if I can get a post or 2 outta you.


Bye for now.

 

[pkondz]

Where's the wipe the tear off my face smiley? I need it! That was a sweet wrap up. <satisified sigh>

Funny before your last post I was going to suggest a last list. Or maybe you and Ponzi could riff on some MASH quotes to stretch this out. I'll give you my fave (and it's said A LOT in my house)..."It's nice to be nice..to the nice."

Frank Burns! Trapper to Frank, "You are the 10 most boring people I know"

Yes, I will post about Nebo's last bit... but I just got home from work... it's almost midnight... I have to get up at 5am to get to work... whoops! Nope, earlier, DD13 asked for pancakes and since tomorrow (in 30 minutes) she'll be DD14, I'm gonna bite the bullet and get up even earlier. Hmmm.... maybe I'll use that bullet to shoot the alarm clock!

 

[smidgy]

Let's face it, DisneyWorld is all of our's Oz at the end of the Yellow Brick Road, no matter whether we fly, drive, or walk and pick up strange characters on the way. There will always be some heartaches, some pain, "But most of it will be beautiful", and we don't need Dorothy to tell us that.



ok, for that paragraph, you get a . (and you KNOW how much it pains me to do that).

great wrap-up, honey. wish you could be writing a report for a spring trip!! us time to look forward to (and miss) WDW!

thanks everyone for listening to our saga. kisses and hugs!

 

[pkondz]

Okay, alarm not shot (but, oh, I was tempted), pancakes in the oven, at work (on a break)... time for some abuse, er, fun!

I thought that was the perfect title to the last chapter.

Yes, the last chapter should have been the last, but I like long goodbyes.

You had but to ask, here ya go. Goooooooooooooood byyyyyyyyyye. Long enough?

Let's face it, DisneyWorld is all of our's Oz at the end of the Yellow Brick Road, no matter whether we fly, drive, or walk and pick up strange characters on the way. There will always be some heartaches, some pain, "But most of it will be beautiful", and we don't need Dorothy to tell us that.

Smidgy beat me to it. But I'll give you one too.

...and no, I promise not to say, "And I'll miss you most of all" to Ponzi.

Wait... am I being honored here or insulted? <- scared? Scarecrow? Shouldn't there be a scarecrow smiley out there???

Speaking of Yellow Brick, if you are a fan of the Lion King and it's music, you really need to hear Elton John's versions of "Can you feel the love tonight" and "Circle of Life". He blows away the ones you hear on the DVD or in the musical. He should, he wrote them.

He's one of my faves.

That's a lot of mornings getting up and running to the computer to see who posted! Yes, I do.

Funny, I do too... and in the evening... and at night... except I'm looking to see if you have posted. Now that I think about it, with you gone for a bit, I'll have more time on my hands to do other things... like build a small cottage... or walk to Nepal...

Or who I ticked off now.

Or if I've ticked you off. Haven't succeeded yet I think. I'll have to keep trying on the next TR.

Let's face it, nobody wants to read anymore about what they saw in a ride, and we've all seen tons of pictures of It's a Small World, yes, some pictures do add to things, but you really need more than that now to keep readers.

Okay, so now you know why I don't read that many TRs.

Luckilly, I've been blessed with having things go wrong!

You don't say!

There have been times I sat down and started writing from what's in my head, and I just couldn't type fast enough, the thoughts were flying in and out so fast

Oh, so that explains it!

that's when you absolutely just love doing the trip report.

And correlates to us absolutely loving to read it.

I have laughed myself silly just writing some chapters at times.

And we've laughed along with you, too!

Okay, now I'm just getting a little sick from too much sweetness. I must be tired...

Other times I'm like, "Please, give me a sign! How can I make Test Track and Soarin' (apostrophe trademarked) sound fun".

Lie.

Just watching something like jock itch guy may not seem like anything special at the time...

Watching some guy root around in his 'personal area' makes you feel special. Check. Maybe I won't read your next TR after all... nah, who else have I got to bug?

4. If it's Tuesday, this must be Epcot.
First report, no idea what I was doing, kinda funny in how stupid I was. (leave it alone)

Awww... shoot.

By the way, don't close the car door on the seat belt!

Yes, Nicole, it's time to go away for a while, i'll still be hanging around though, just not talking about myself for awhile.

Little padded room with no windows, hunh? Good plan. At least you can't get hurt there, right? Oh, wait, this is Nebo we're talking about... nevermind, you'll find a way to hurt yourself.

Believe me, it's a good thing.

Oh, we believe you!

I'm all out of ammo,

Judging from the above... no you're not. (See, even I can be nice once in a while... don't get used to it... )

I need new material and I need to step away for a bit to see if new perspectives cross my mind for another report.
Here's where Diane says, "Thoughts can't cross your mind Steve, the bridge is out!"

Cross my mind and hope to write?

So now, it's time to actually click our heels, (this is really embarrassing because I look really silly in ruby red slippers)

Great! Now I've got that picture stuck in my head for the next week or so!

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September 29, 2011

Once I put my shirt on and brushed my tooth she then hung my bathroom bag around my neck.

If you're lucky! She may handcuff it to you instead! I am so not going into details of why you'd have handcuffs lying around. Nope.

This had to stay in place until we pulled out of the driveway, and most of you know why.

Smidgy'd be smart if she made you keep it on 'til you've checked into your room... not that I'm giving her ideas or anything...



do it Smidgy... it's for the best... really....

Then, it was time to leave, and you know what comes next....
Everybody!

"Annnnnnnnnnnd, we're Off!"

Can't wait!

 

[reelmom]

I am gonna miss you guys. I vote that you keep this TR going with your daily adventures.

 

[Bee]

Dear Steve and Diane,

So sad that you are done. I feel like we are "real" friends. You have been in the background of my life for so long now. You were there during my darkest hours.. getting a divorce, and losing my dad. When I was up to a laugh, I knew where I could ALWAYS find it.

You both are a true blessing... You brighten our lives. I have only been to Disney World twice, Disney Land 3 times... but, I have always enjoyed living through your experiences.

I just had a friend get back from a trip and she started telling me something, and I started filling her in on what she missed, and she seemed suprised I knew so much about Disney... when I do not get to go there... and I said... ummmm... do you not know me... anyone who knows me.... knows... I LOVE DISNEY... lol

I love you both... ya know.

hopefully not for the last time...

Write on my friend, write on....

Bee

 

[Rozz]

I’m going to have to do like ThumperManswife and re-read your previous trip reports. Nebo and Smidgy, thank you so much for taking us to your Oz and sharing the laughs, fun and yes the pain too. Find some new perspectives and get back to trip report writing!

And by the way, I think you’d look fabulous in ruby red slippers!

 

[jcc0621]

You guys Rock! Love reading your reports. Make sure you let us know when the next one starts OR if you move to FLA before that

TTFN!

 

[bankr63]

Okay, I have to admit that I was Jonesin' for a Nebo fix so bad, that I went back and started from the beginning. As a new joiner to the amazing voyages of Nebo and Smidgy there is a lot to catch up on. Those early trip reports are great.

But tonight's reading tops all. Nebo, with respect, I want to repost one of the best passages I have read on the Disboards. Of course the 3 empty bottles of wine, and open bottle of Irish Mist on the table might be helping my humor, but I just read this passage to 2 other non-Dissers, and we were all peeing we laughed so hard!

The Fantasmic great escape is a little different tonight, due to it being an Extra Magic Hour evening here, and probably why it was so packed. We don't want, or need emh now, but one of the early plans had us eating at Sci-Fi for dinner after the show. That dinner plan was changed, but the MGM day wasn't . It should have been.

Here's what happens.

The theatre holds 10,000 people. Plus standing room.

Many want to leave, get to the busses, many want to ride the rides.
So all are in a hurry.

I am sure that all youse guys that have been there are going to be sitting there at your computers nodding your heads now.

It works like this.
There is one exit out of Fantasmic. And it leads down a hill to the main midway.
A fairly steep hill.

Now, if you start walking slowly, slowly, down a steep hill, you know that by the time you get to the bottom, you are almost in trotting mode.
You can't help it, you pick up speed whether you want to or not.

However, if you start out at the top at a brisk walk to begin with............
Then it gets ugly.
And that's how all ten thousand of us started out.

Within twenty feet of descent, we were already at trotting stage.
All hand holding ended, families were being divided.
And we kept going faster.
I looked to the right and saw a runaway wheelchair slam into a gate.
I hit a speed bump, didn't even slow me down.
I heard an out-of -control stroller hit the speed bump behind me.
The empty stroller shot past me, then overturned, bringing down a dozen people.
The baby lodged in the branches of a tree on the left.
Another man in a wheelchair flew past me, his hands on fire from trying to grab the wheels and slow it down.
We hit the bottom, and kept up the pace till we reached the turnstyles.
Out of breath, gasping, sweating profusely, we walked to the bus stop.
I lit a cigarette.
heh

I heard from a cast member the next day that the casualty count was actually low that night. No fatalities, 14 wounded, only 3 in critical.

I'm surprised Disney hasn't put up a bleacher section behind a fence and charged a separate admission for viewing of the Fantasmic Frenzy.

You know, I've got almost 2 years until my next fix (okay, maybe less if I try hard enough). I have not yet done Fantasmic - our one time at DHS, we were out by 4:00. But next time, we are staying - for the AFTER show, not the main attraction!

Thanks again for all of the great imagery. Love your TR's

 

[yellowtink]

Thanks for the great trippie Nebo. (all the emotions felt while reading, just to name a few.)

 

[Thumper_Man]

Hey Nebo/Smidgy. I have to catch up again. Was at a training conference last week. At least I'm not as far behind as before.

Never did finish that 18 pack of beer we bought at the Hess station though, I found that amazing but the cold had a lot to do with that.

You know, had you finished that, you might not have been so cold. You didn't even need an ice chest to cool them down. Stick them outside for an hour, and wha la, cold beer.

Back inside, before we went through security, Smidgy went oup to a TSA guy overlooking the action and asked him why we would be denied the total use of Magical Express.

He said they wouldn't, they have nothing to do with it.

Smidgy told him no, we were just told that you pulled our name, probably at random forcing us to carry and check our own bags.

His only response, and then he wouldn't say anymore about it, was: "Disney told you that, huh?" with a little bit of a knowing smirk on his face.

I knew it, I knew. This confirms our suspicions. It was the pool guy that had you flagged.

Next time you get the details from your package reservation, check out the fine print concerning ME on the back, it is there but it's the first time it's happened to us.

Now you have me curious. What does the fine print say? DW and I will probably never use the Magical Depress. Every time I read about it, it gets me all depressed. Besides, we like to rent a car. We don't get to go to Orlando as often, so we do more than just WDW while we're there. Like to have a car so we can stock up on, uh hum, provisions while we're there. You know which ones, the one's Smidgy got busted with going into MK.

But we never did check out the new restaurant in Mexico

We went in and wanted to go to the new Tequila Bar. It was packed. We said we would go back, but never did.

But I know 2011 is going to be a tough year, mainly, we have a wedding coming up, no, not another one of ours, two is enough, but our son is getting married in July.

You have to stay in the good graces of your divorce lawyer. I think you're past due for a divorce and a wedding.

But mainly too, we need to pay off these trips we've recently taken, the credit cards are way up there again.

I hear ya here. DW and I are still trying to pay off the cc's from our recent WDW trip.

Damn, it's good to be home!

I thought you were at home. You mean WDW was a trip? I thought your trip was to Chicago?

Yup. Sometimes it's good to be home though.
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No, it wasn't one of our best trips, but Smidgy did all she could to make it as fun as possible, I felt bad that I was part of the reason for the overall low grade. If I had brought a winter coat,,,, if I had brought a better back,,,,if I wasn't so anal about the cold.....

But she is really excited about the September trip now, we've never stayed at a Monorail resort, never stayed at the Contemporary, much less Bay Lake Towers.

I think others have said it, just make the best of each trip. Don't try to make the next trip better than the last. Each trip will have it's own unique memories. This will probably be one of the trips you look back at laugh the most at. "Remember when I told pool boy that it was cold and that the water would freeze, then the answer he gave me., NAH!" Stuff like that. Enjoy each trip for what it is. Have fun staying at the monorail resorts.

OH, and I promise not to hurt myself this next trip.

What fun would that be? What do you think keeps me coming back? "How did Nebo manage to hurt himself this trip? With his luck, he might fall out of the Characters in Flight Balloon and miss the water.

Thanks for another great trip report. Looking forward to hearing about the September trip. I'll try to keep up. Mrs. T. and I are headed to San Diego next weekend, then on to Las Vegas after that.

 

[buzz1121]

Nebo,

I just had to come out of lurkdom to let you know how much I have enjoyed reading your TRs for July and December. I laughed out loud, laughed to the point of crying! I have read quite a few TRs but there is just something special about yours. Your sarcasm and wit are terrific!

My DH has become a fan as well and my children have looked at me like I am from another planet because literally I must laugh out loud when I read your and Smidgy's adventures.

My DH and I plan to take our first adult only trip this September. It would be absolutely fantastic to run into you and Smidgy! Do you mind sharing what dates you will be in the World?

Thanks so much for the great TR! The one bright spot until your pre-trip is that I get to read the old TRs.

 

[dvc at last !]

We will miss your adventures. How can we boot the computer each day and not find Nebo ? As Bob Hope said " Thanks For The Memories " ALL SING !
Too bad you will not be at WDW October 1st - the 40th Anniversay !
Hope there are some doings - the 25th at Epcot was a goodie.
We arrive September 30th at BCV. The weather in September
and October are so beautiful. Waiting for the PRE TR...
Take care.
Rose

 

[jakeybake]

I like this quote, from Felix Unger to Oscar Madison as he was leaving for good.

"And so it ends, not with a bang but with a whimper!"

Jay

 

[njtinkmom]

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[njtinkmom]

another duplicate

 

[njtinkmom]

Okay, I just finished reading your entire report without skipping ahead, to find out it is over... Just. like. that!! UGGGGHHH the misery . You see I put off posting little quips as I read along because I did not want to keep going back and forth and spoiling what I had not read yet. I figured I would do it all at one time. And it is over. My big chance to possibly have some interaction with the famed NEBO and SMIDGY and I missed it. Can you imagine my grief ...

I have laughed (even the lizards left me...) and yes cried when the Brazillians were HORRIBLE to you, (just to name a few) and somehow I feel connected to you and Smidgy. Every day I update my husband about what I have read - he thinks I am crazy now, probably always did, but I digress... This is not about me it is about you and your wonderful wife and how your words come alive on a page like nothing I have ever read .

I will now go back and read your previous reports, like others will, but it will not be the same. Not knowing how your eye is progressing, not knowing how you guys are doing without smoking (I am a bad quitter - you were giving me encouragement to do it) I do not know how I will survive until September .

But I realize this is a huge task- to share your lives with us day by day, and you deserve a much needed break - so to beg would be selfish and far be it for me to be selfish . So I propose a solution... are you ready... here it comes... Ponzi could write a report about anything - I don't know... the joys of shift work (my husband works rotating 12 hour shifts) and then Nebo can respond - kind of a role reversal! The two of you are like the Abbott and Costello, of the DIS boards. Can't you see how much fun that will be (well at least for us to read it) again I am being selfish .

Oh so to wrap this up I hope all works out with your war on smoking, and your eye progresses so that you will be able to see the inside attractions during the day too! I hope you enjoy your grandchildren, the wedding and most of all each other . You are a special couple who got a second chance with each other and that is amazing to me. Probably because I would rather stick a needle in my eye than get back with my ex (ooops sorry did not mean to go there! Well just a little ) I will keep my eye out for new NEBO reports and entertain myself with the old reports until then. I am going to Disney in July (I know with the dreaded yellow flag people - that's what my dd's call them, but maybe I can convince hubby that a quick get away in September is needed... hey ya never know! Take care and thanks for keeping all of us entertained with your adventures in Disney Gina