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

[jcc0621]

What is TFW?

TFW - Team Focker Watch. It is a bunch of us who chat here on the Dis and now we just chat here. We make lots of "bets" so I am the odds maker 40 of us met a couple of years ago and took over Biergarten for a couple of hours. They were scared of us

And does that really say that your next planned trip is over 3 years away? That's just , um well, sad. No, more like pathetic! Just go and visit your folks for a few days, then take Sherbeth road to the AKL and pretend you're staying there. Use the pool, eat at Boma's, I'll help, jst let me know when. /COLOR]

Sadly, yes. August, 2013 is our next planned trip. I made a deal with my husband. We could do *gasp* other things, if he agreed that the next time we go we can stay Deluxe.

This past summer we went to Williamsburg and Busch Gardens. It wasn't Disney, but it was nice.

Now my son is asking when we are going to go to Disneyland

 

[Thumper_Man's Wife]

An office that covers 3 different floors?
Where do you work? Swiss Family Treehouse?

I wish it was that fun. Actually I work for the Attorney General's Office and we have 3 different offices in 3 different cities. Santa Fe has 2 buildings, one with 3 floors, one with 2. Albuquerque has 3 floors, but are separated by other occupants on floors 2 and 4. and Las Cruces has 1 floor but its shared in a bank building (much like the one in albuquerque). So yes, half my day is spent in the stairwell or elevator, weighted down by papers, keys and the unlucky cup of coffee that I am trying so hard not to drop on a daily basis as I balance everything else.

 

[Thumper_Man]

I wish it was that fun. Actually I work for the Attorney General's Office and we have 3 different offices in 3 different cities. Santa Fe has 2 buildings, one with 3 floors, one with 2. Albuquerque has 3 floors, but are separated by other occupants on floors 2 and 4. and Las Cruces has 1 floor but its shared in a bank building (much like the one in albuquerque). So yes, half my day is spent in the stairwell or elevator, weighted down by papers, keys and the unlucky cup of coffee that I am trying so hard not to drop on a daily basis as I balance everything else.

Actually if want to count the basements, then one building has 4 floors and the other building has 3. This is the one I work at. I work on the 3rd floor of building 1. To get to building 2, you have to go down the elevator or stairs to the 2nd floor of building 1. Walk through the 2nd floor until you get to the passage way that connects building 1 to building 2. Then I have to do the same thing when I go back to my office, only in reverse order. Good thing there is a water fountain along the way. By the time I get there, I'm already dying of thirst.

I have it easy compared to DW though. I get lost in the Albuquerque building she works in. One of the floors goes around in one big circle. I'll walk around and around trying to find the hallway that takes me to the exit and back to the front desk (which is actually in the center of this floor, and not the front; so I'm still trying to figure out why it's called the front desk ) and back to the elevators. I have her on speed dial to come and rescue me when I can't find my way out of the maze that we call the 3rd. floor.

 

[Disney 4-ever]

Love the trip report so far. Keep on Writing as we all love your reports.

 

[nebo]

As you have recently read, I have been challenged to come up with a "very funny" chapter tonight, apparently since my previous ones were so serious and morose.

I, in turn, have promised to dedicate this chapter to said person, and after talking to my publicist, he thinks it would be a good idea to go ahead and keep that pledge, it would show a more human nature side of me by acknowledging the "little people" that make this all possible.

Ane because I haven't really got squat, otherwise.

Let us begin this chapter with my most hearworming dedication, a first time for me.
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I would like to dedicate this chapter to a very dear, old friend of mine, someone who has prodded me when things got slow, gave me encouragement when all was lost but never once lost faith in me, a total inspiration, Ol' Whats her face. I don't know, Self rescusitating pincers or something like that. I have no doubt that with her confidence in my ability, I will now be able to reach an all time low for a chapter, especially since it is now pretty much pre-ordained that this is gonna fall on it's face, big time, as you know it must. But since she has demanded funny, we will all know where to point the fingers when this travesty of a chapter is finally completed.

This dedication is to you, "Rebecca of Funy Book Farm." or, it could be a memorium when it falls on it's face, "may you rest in pixie dust."

(ok, how many words is that? enough for a small chapter? can I go watch tv now?)



Six thirty Tuesday evening found us back in Epcot, fuzzy cups in hand.

Naptime was not very long, not really positive if I slept at all but after thinking about it, I must have since I could not find my Dodge Challenger in the parking lot anywhere, and that was over at Sea World.
So either I left it there and took a cab here, or I have to get back over there to continue to search for it.
Or I dreamt it. Yah, that was probably it.

Damn, I lose more nice cars that way.

Our plan this trip since it is going to be crowded of "stopping to smell the roses" is working out just great today, we havent rushed around trying to get in attractions at all.
Cuz we haven't seen any attractions at all.
And about the only thing we have really stopped to smell outside of lunch has been our pillows.

Unfortunately, with Illluminations not too far off, there isn't a whole bunch of time for us, and I wan't to do something, ANYTHING!

Since we are right over there, I said let's at least see Martin Short, so we headed over to Canada and were told it's only five minutes till the next show.
Great!

Not so great.

They would not let us bring in our fuzzy cups in the theater. Damn, knew we should have went with the Sunny D's.
After a two minute debate outside, I wasn't going to toss this beautifully prepared drink, we decided to chug them.
I have little bottles with me, we can always get drinks here in the Showcase somewhere and we need at least a movie under our belt.

I'm not sure how her drink was, but I had plenty of alcohol in my "highball".

Plenty. Ten minutes into the movie I was reeling a bit from chugging it down.

When they show all the pictures at the end of some famous Canadians,
even Celine Dion was looking good!

God help me!

After it was over, we had a dilemma, which way to go?

We want to try to get a spot over by Mexico for the fireworks, the bridge there is always our favorite spot to watch, but not sure what the construction is like now over there with them still working on the new cantina.
Should we cut through the plaza? Or just go through all the countries. I figured we stil had lots of time, so the countries won.

The chugging also had another effect on Smidgy, she needed a bathroom.
We planned to get a beer in Morocco anyway, and we were pretty sure there was a john there also. One of those "companion" type bathrooms that I will not take any part of again in my life.
I have learned.
But that was ok for her.

I told her I would be right near the weird irrigation system by the promenade, find me there so she went off in search of the bathroom while I went in search of some good people watching.

Man, did I hit the jackpot!

After some boring people walked by, I found a great place to lean against a water trough and could watch to my heart's content without being obvious.

The only problem with the location was the constant, trickle, trickle of the water making it's rounds.
Thanks, I really needed that.

Then a young couple came walking by with two small girls.
All the women also went in search of the hidden Moroccan bathroom, leaving the guy all by his lonesome.

Or so he thought.

And this guy had it bad!

A cold, you think?
Sunburn?

No no, far worse than that.

As soon as they were walking away, he was going at it with both hands.

I'm talking terminal jock itch here.

Did you ever get emabarrassed for somebody else?
I was. At least he was keeping his hands outside his shorts.

So far.

But I wasn't crazy about the look on his face. I know that look of euphoria that you can get when you finally reach an itchy spot on your back, but.......

Well, his face showed he just can't scratch this itch, it was almost anger there.

I remember my dad once suggesting to me that if this happens to use Lava Soap and a wire brush, but I was pretty much sure he was kidding.

And I did consider sharing this advice with this guy, or at least suggest SOS pads cuz he looked like he could use them, but then it dawned on me.

What if he's doing it unconsciously, doesn't realize the show he's putting on?

Then I'm the one who's going to look like an idiot, or worse, going up to a stranger and making conversation about his crotch.
Yep, seeing that sentance in print now confirms that I made the right choice in keeping quiet.

Or even worse yet, what if he's so gratefull for the information that he wants to shake hands with me?

So I didn't say nothing, just let him have at it, and looked around to see if there was another act on it's way to occupy my time with.

I got the mini-act, but always one of my favorites.

Two women are walking my way, I would put their age somewhere around 30, with one of them doing most of the talking, and the other one glancing down every couple of steps.

She was listening, but most of her concentration was in the glancing down, and no, she wasn't looking for quarters.

I'm gonna bet that a lot of you women out there know where I am going with this one, right? I've seen a lot of women do this, especially in bars and especially when dancing.

She was definately making sure that there was just the right amount of movement on her chest, or at least to make sure the cargo hadn't shifted.

She was so fascinated by it that I couldn't help become fascinated as well.
Beat the hell out of watching "Jock Itch" guy.

Once again, I didn't have the heart to tell her she needed new shocks on the right side and kept my mouth shut.

Then they were gone.
A glance to my right confirms "Jock Itch guy" is still there. He's probably going to be there until Smidgy comes out since his group went in after she did.

Great.

A look back down the promenade rewards me with another young couple, holding hands, ah, true love, at least for today.

She says something to him, he nods, then she throws her arms around him an gives him a big kiss, probably says "Wait right here," and heads off to war.
Yes, she's in search of a john too, and with the companion bathroom, war isn't too far from the truth.

So her young, foolish boyfriend walks over by a garbage can, reaches into his pocket and pulls out a pack of smokes.

I am all eyes now.

He's not gonna really light it, is he? No way, no way, not right on the path, no way, there's no DSA anywhere near. Nope, can't be that dumb,,,,,,,
HE DID!

I was excited now. I just couldn't believe he just lit that up like he's on his front porch. Oh boy, oh boy, it's gonna get good now!

I could recognize the pack from where I leaned. It was not an E Cig, this was a Marlboro. I wondered how many puffs before the Disney Police had him surrounded. ]

"Come out with your hands up!"

I wondered if he's carjack an ECV to make his escape like I almost did once.

And he's not even trying to hide it. He's doing everything but blowing smoke rings.

Nobody bothered him.
That was when I knew he was not of this dimension, that somehow he had crossed over from somewhere else and I was the only one who could actually see him.

His cigarettes and lighter are sitting on the top of the garbage can, there's virtually no wind so there's a cloud of smoke over his head, and still nobody pointed, nobody complained, nobody did nuttin!

Two cast members walked by, I swear they looked right at him and kept walking. I think he could have set up a bong pipe with a pitcher of beer and some good Panama weed and nobody would have said a word.

It blew my mind, he smoked it all the way down, ground it out on the side of the can and threw it inside.

If that would have been me they would have turned the firehose on me.

Smidgy then came out followed by Jock Itch's family so he was back to looking miserable and we then stopped for the cheapest beers you can get in World Showcase at the Morocco stand.

They also have the cheapest Margaritas here but I don't recommend them, unless you have a fondness for turpentine.

As we neared the American Adventure we heard music and I remembered that the U2 cover band is playing tonight. Neither of us are fans, that's why it wasn't written into the schedule but I told her that it would be cool if instead they had karaoke out there.

Yeah, this is what happens when I go somewhere like the night before at Jellyrolls and people are singing into microphones.
I wanna play too!

She just looked at me, said right, I'm sure people all over the world want to go to Epcot and hear Nebo sing.
"Maybe you could have brought your accordian too?"

(sorry, have to do this again, blame Rebecca)

Sure, you laugh, but you haven't lived until you have heard House of the Rising Sun or Sunshine of your Love on the accordian.

After she got her accordian dig in, I asked her if she wanted to go inside and watch the Colonists beat up the Redshirts again in the show with Ben Franklin and Mark Twain.
She said no, I know how it ends.

"Well just remember young lady, if our forefathers hadn't put up the fight and resistance that they did, you'd probably be speaking English today!"

I thought that was a great line, but all I got was the look again from her.
Man.

On we went. Passed up Maelstrom cuz the line was too long.
(five minutes is too long of a line for me for this "attraction".)

Then we went inside of Mexico, there wasn't much of a line for "It's a Small Mexican World" so we did it.

I'm sorry, this is yet another ride they have redone and made worse.
It falls right in there with Imagination, which they have re done twice now and need to redo it yet again, Spaceship Earth of which Ol' Walter Chronkite OR Jeremy Irons were still better than Judi Dench, or Alien Encounter which is now called a pile of crap.

No, I don't think the 3 Caballeros add a thing to the boat ride, they just make it more incomprehensible, and don't make me type that word again! Geesh!

After the ride, we came back out onto the promenade.
I had really thought I had done a terrific job diverting her attention on the way into the pavillion, because we had to walk right past the Margarita stand there.

Smidgy just loves me some of them Margaritas.

Well, either she saw it and wasn't sayin yet, but she's a coitenly sayin' now,
"You know, you still owe me a Margarita."

"I do?" Uh, from what?

"Ok, let me just say two words, and I'll leave it at that."
"8 feet."

"And what flavor would you like, miss?"

I went and ordered two to the combo ones. Hey, if I'm buyin, I'm tryin.

Oh, these are very tasty, but they are very expensive.
I think they are up to nine bucks a piece now.

But my main fault with them is there is almost no booze in them.
Hey for nine bucks a pop, I want to be jumping in the lagoon nekked after a couple of them.

I mean watching other people jump in the lagoon nekkid, oh, and singing "Stayin Alive."

As we are slurping down all the frozen part that is above the rim of the glass, even Diane noticed that there's hardly any booze in it.

"They should rename the stand to "I can't believe it's not Margaritas!"

"Yeah," I chimed in, "that way when everybody buys one and tries it as they are walking away they can all say, "I can."

Then, with our backs to the promenade, I pulled out a couple of vodka bottles and dumped one in each drink.

"It's a miracle! It's now a Margarita."

I handed over the other little bottle that was hers to do with whatever she wanted, and then, well,,,, I ,,, um, well,,,,,,,

I dumped my own last little bottle in the drink also.

Don't look at me in that tone of voice, I just spent 9 bucks,, plus tax, on this crappy thing and I'm getting something out of it.

No kidding, without any "outside help" in these Margaritas, I've gotten a bigger buzz sniffing a Tidy Bowl tablet.

NU, NU! Don't knock it till you've tried it.

There wasn't any chance of getting choice spots for Illuminations, and as we suspected, the construction over there really cut down things a lot, so we kept walking around to the Showcase Plaza.

I couldn't possible tell you how many times we have seen this show but we really don't require a railing viewpoint, just a small opening a row back will do.

We found one with about 15 minutes to go.
You could tell the family in front of us has staked it out for a long time, even the dad was now half hanging from the railing whining about how much longer it is till it starts.

Next to us was another family, four of them, and so far they were being really quiet, which is my only requisite for anybody watching this great show.

I don't mind talking during Wishes, it's to be expected cuz the show is desighned to be watched in front of the Castle on Main street, so everybody is walking by, mumbling about how in the world are we going to find our white, rented car in the TTC.

But Illuminations is all class.
The score is unbelievable
If you let the show work it's magic, there is no way you can NOT get chills at the end. All due to the power of the musical score.

In the 15 minutes of waiting, I spoke briefly with the guy next to me, seemed ok, wanted to get this on video.
THe guy next to him heard this and said the same thing, "I want to get this on video too."

One other thing; this guy was also on the short side.

A couple minutes before the show, mom put the little girl on her shoulders for a better view over the family in front.

Then I opened my big mouth:

The liitle boy's name was Tommy;

I turned to the guy and said,
"Hey, how about I put Tommy on my shoulders so he can see better?"]

I have done this in the past, with no problems whatsoever.

"Excuse me?"

huh? I know that he heard me.

"How about I put your son on my shoulders for a better view, I've seen the show inumerable times and he will enjoy it better."

"That is not my son, that's my step son."

You talk about getting hit out of left field?

Time seemed to come to a crashing halt for me.
Part of my warped mind was singing, "Can, you feel the love tonight."
Another part was saying , "why was that important to tell me that?"
And yet another part was wondering what is going to come out of my mouth now, I have to say something.

All these thoughts traveled through my nerves and synapses in no more than a quarter of a second.

So when he said, "That is not my son, that's my step son,"
I immediately responded with, "That's ok, these are not my shoulders, they're from my wife's ex."

Yes, I know it didn't make much sense but that's what happened and that's what came out. You know, now that I think of it, he was trying to show his displeasure with getting into a ready made family, and, in a weird way, what I told him back was kinda going along with that thought train, these WERE my wife's ex's shoulders.

After I gave the bizarro response, I then leaned over to Tommy and asked him if he'd like to see better from on my shoulders so his "dad" could video the show. I couldn't wait to hoist him up there, now.

He said, "No thanks Mister, I've seen it before."

8, 9, 10,,,,YER OUT!

Then video creep opened his mouth just enough to say,,,"See?", and the show started.

On top of it all, he and the other guy that wanted to "video" the show, talked about shooting it and camera's throughout the entire show, I was now close to homicidal.

After a couple of "Shushes" by Diane didn't work, I leaned over and suggested he keep it quiet before his step son will need a new step father, he was being that loud and obnoxious. It worked for a while, but he started up again and I moved away a bit.

One thing is common now at Epcot; it is very rare we get to see and hear the show the way it's meant to be seen and heard. It's always a crap shoot but one thing I can guarantee you, kids will make a fool of you every time, or at least until you grow up.

good night all see you soon.

 

[dwheatl]

Do you think your shoulders comment may have been brought on by the extra little bottle?

We have a Mexican restaurant in our neighborhood that sells "industrial strength margaritas". They add tequila and vodka. And it comes out of a slurpee-type machine. I haven't had one yet, but it seems like a brilliant idea. You should sue for copyright infringement or something.

Oh and I forgot to say, your "jock itch guy" reminded me of one of my favorite lines in "Planes, Trains, and Automobiles." John Candy says, "You know what would make me happy?" and Steve Martin says, "Another pair of b***s and another set of hands."

 

[Underdog369]

As you have recently read, I have been challenged to come up with a "very funny" chapter tonight, apparently since my previous ones were so serious and morose.

Never seen that before!

(ok, how many words is that? enough for a small chapter? can I go watch tv now?)

Mebbe..

Our plan this trip since it is going to be crowded of "stopping to smell the roses" is working out just great today, we havent rushed around trying to get in attractions at all.
Cuz we haven't seen any attractions at all.
And about the only thing we have really stopped to smell outside of lunch has been our pillows.

EWWWWW! What's that smell? Did you fart again?

They would not let us bring in our fuzzy cups in the theater. Damn, knew we should have went with the Sunny D's.
After a two minute debate outside, I wasn't going to toss this beautifully prepared drink, we decided to chug them.
I have little bottles with me, we can always get drinks here in the Showcase somewhere and we need at least a movie under our belt.

I'm not sure how her drink was, but I had plenty of alcohol in my "highball".

Too bad they do that. I hate to waste a good drink too, 'cept mine contains NO alcohol.

Plenty. Ten minutes into the movie I was reeling a bit from chugging it down.

When they show all the pictures at the end of some famous Canadians,
even Celine Dion was looking good!

God help me!

What the??? Does Smidgy know of this?

Man, did I hit the jackpot!

As soon as they were walking away, he was going at it with both hands.

I'm talking terminal jock itch here.

At least he waited to embarass himself and not his family. His family jewels, maybe. But not his family.

He's not gonna really light it, is he? No way, no way, not right on the path, no way, there's no DSA anywhere near. Nope, can't be that dumb,,,,,,,
HE DID!

I was excited now. I just couldn't believe he just lit that up like he's on his front porch. Oh boy, oh boy, it's gonna get good now!

I could recognize the pack from where I leaned. It was not an E Cig, this was a Marlboro. I wondered how many puffs before the Disney Police had him surrounded. ]

"Come out with your hands up!"

I wondered if he's carjack an ECV to make his escape like I almost did once.

And he's not even trying to hide it. He's doing everything but blowing smoke rings.

Nobody bothered him.
That was when I knew he was not of this dimension, that somehow he had crossed over from somewhere else and I was the only one who could actually see him.

His cigarettes and lighter are sitting on the top of the garbage can, there's virtually no wind so there's a cloud of smoke over his head, and still nobody pointed, nobody complained, nobody did nuttin!

Two cast members walked by, I swear they looked right at him and kept walking. I think he could have set up a bong pipe with a pitcher of beer and some good Panama weed and nobody would have said a word.

OK! then then

It blew my mind, he smoked it all the way down, ground it out on the side of the can and threw it inside.

If that would have been me they would have turned the firehose on me.

"Well just remember young lady, if our forefathers hadn't put up the fight and resistance that they did, you'd probably be speaking English today!"

Great line!!! I need to use it someday.

I thought that was a great line, but all I got was the look again from her.
Man.

OH MAN!

On we went. Passed up Maelstrom cuz the line was too long.
(five minutes is too long of a line for me for this "attraction".)

"Ok, let me just say two words, and I'll leave it at that."
"8 feet."

WHAM! Slap to the ego, here I am!

"And what flavor would you like, miss?"

The only response to recover what dignity you have left.

Then, with our backs to the promenade, I pulled out a couple of vodka bottles and dumped one in each drink.

"It's a miracle! It's now a Margarita."

I handed over the other little bottle that was hers to do with whatever she wanted, and then, well,,,, I ,,, um, well,,,,,,,

I dumped my own last little bottle in the drink also.

Don't look at me in that tone of voice, I just spent 9 bucks,, plus tax, on this crappy thing and I'm getting something out of it.

Doncha hate when you pay a lot for product that is less than your expectations? (See, I know big words too!)


Then I opened my big mouth:

Uh Oh!

The liitle boy's name was Tommy;

I turned to the guy and said,
"Hey, how about I put Tommy on my shoulders so he can see better?"]

I have done this in the past, with no problems whatsoever.

"Excuse me?"

huh? I know that he heard me.

"How about I put your son on my shoulders for a better view, I've seen the show inumerable times and he will enjoy it better."

"That is not my son, that's my step son."

You talk about getting hit out of left field?

Time seemed to come to a crashing halt for me.
Part of my warped mind was singing, "Can, you feel the love tonight."
Another part was saying , "why was that important to tell me that?"
And yet another part was wondering what is going to come out of my mouth now, I have to say something.

All these thoughts traveled through my nerves and synapses in no more than a quarter of a second.

So when he said, "That is not my son, that's my step son,"
I immediately responded with, "That's ok, these are not my shoulders, they're from my wife's ex."

Yes, I know it didn't make much sense but that's what happened and that's what came out. You know, now that I think of it, he was trying to show his displeasure with getting into a ready made family, and, in a weird way, what I told him back was kinda going along with that thought train, these WERE my wife's ex's shoulders.

After I gave the bizarro response, I then leaned over to Tommy and asked him if he'd like to see better from on my shoulders so his "dad" could video the show. I couldn't wait to hoist him up there, now.

He said, "No thanks Mister, I've seen it before."

8, 9, 10,,,,YER OUT!

Then video creep opened his mouth just enough to say,,,"See?", and the show started.

On top of it all, he and the other guy that wanted to "video" the show, talked about shooting it and camera's throughout the entire show, I was now close to homicidal.

After a couple of "Shushes" by Diane didn't work, I leaned over and suggested he keep it quiet before his step son will need a new step father, he was being that loud and obnoxious. It worked for a while, but he started up again and I moved away a bit.

One thing is common now at Epcot; it is very rare we get to see and hear the show the way it's meant to be seen and heard. It's always a crap shoot but one thing I can guarantee you, kids will make a fool of you every time, or at least until you grow up.

good night all see you soon.

I hate it when you try to enjoy something and the quiet one all of a sudden comes to life and won't shaddup no matter what type of hint you give, including and up to blatantly pointing out that you want them quiet so you can enjoy the show.

Great people watching /catching skills!

 

[ellie0311]

Thank you, thank you, thank you! That chapter had me snickering out loud at my desk at work. Jock itch guy was a personal highlight of this one for me.

 

[TwiddleDeeTwiddleDum]

You've had all the luck with people this trip

About garden grocer, the $12 delivery charge you pay with your order, the driver gets a small cut. Obviously they appreciate tips (I'm sure the company keeps most of it) so when you place your order if you want to, you can add an extra tip for your driver. But it's up to you.

You can also wait to tip extra when they actually deliver. However, if they deliver your stuff to bell services & you don't see them then you can't tip them. So that's probably why they ask when you place the order if you want to. I'm thinking they only get a few bucks from the deliver charge but I don't remember, you'd have to ask when you order.

It's still a convenient service & beats having to spend time with WDW transporation getting to DTD, then lug beer & stuff across the street from the Hess station. But if you do that for your next trip, I'll suggest you take a bag on wheels to haul your beer

 

[Millie12591]

You know, I worked at the Y&B for 31/2 years and never did figure out where the lazy river was. But then again, I never tried very hard nor did I ever swim in it. Now, in the old days (and I mean ancient old) I would have been able to stay for a night to experience it as a guest, as we are supposed to do, but these days its on your own dime. Not gonna happen at those prices, sorry, so observation from afar will have to do. The only guest experiences we have these days is 20% discount on meals (40% for really dead places during really dead times, woohoo!) Not that I'm bitter or anything......

Nebo, that sounds like my kind of day! No fair bringing up French menu at 11:30 at night, I just had to go look at Allears. I think I would go with you choices for lunch too. Love me some French Onion soup, yum!

Yay for naptime, Smidgy!

Do you still work for Disney? I thought people who work for Disney got a great discount?!? Two people I know who work in the Disney Stores have told me they get some pretty amazing discounts for the resorts, enough to make me want to go and work for them.
Maybe that was before Disney bought them back, I'm not sure.

Nebo, another great update! Your comment to the guy about your shoulders being your wifes ex's was hysterical, I think I would have laughed out loud and maybe have shot what ever I was drinking all over who was in front of me...maybe it would have been the boy or his STEP-dad....I'm thinking now that would have worked out perfectly! To bad Smidgy was being careful with her drink!
I'm telling ya, these days you can't just talk with anyone in the parks any more, some people are really friendly and some are just total stuck in the muds! I remember this one girl who happened to sit next to me on Test Track and she absolutely refused to crack a smile at my jokes and refused to even acknowledge I was there making a few nice comments to her. At one point I thought she didn't speak english and then I realized as she was talking with her dad next to her she was just being a total snot! She wouldn't even crack a smile until we got to some fun parts on the ride, and even after the ride when I thought she was finally a little more loosened up and thanked her for being my ride partner and allowing me to ride with them, she wouldn't even look at me again and proceeded to put the same sourpuss face on again that said "I refuse to have a good time."
What's happened to our youth and friendly people these days?!? Your in the Happiest Palce In all the World and you can't even be friendly or at least crack a smile when someone is being nice to you?!?
Personally I wouldn't want to be here if you can't enjoy lifes small pleasures and the people in it. But I guess that's me.
Oh well, I move on and hope to find another friendly face who likes to talk.

 

[winkers]

jock itch man is a visual I could have happily lived without!

I can't belive the guy had to mention the boys wasn't his but his step-son.... sounds like someone got hit with the stupid stick.

 

[mmeb144]

Two cast members walked by, I swear they looked right at him and kept walking. I think he could have set up a bong pipe with a pitcher of beer and some good Panama weed and nobody would have said a word.

I could so totally see this.

No kidding, without any "outside help" in these Margaritas, I've gotten a bigger buzz sniffing a Tidy Bowl tablet.

My DD says that this explains a lot.

Thanks for another LOL chapter.

 

[nebo]

TFW - Team Focker Watch. It is a bunch of us who chat here on the Dis and now we just chat here. We make lots of "bets" so I am the odds maker 40 of us met a couple of years ago and took over Biergarten for a couple of hours. They were scared of us



Sadly, yes. August, 2013 is our next planned trip. I made a deal with my husband. We could do *gasp* other things, if he agreed that the next time we go we can stay Deluxe.

This past summer we went to Williamsburg and Busch Gardens. It wasn't Disney, but it was nice.

Now my son is asking when we are going to go to Disneyland

I'm not trying to start any trouble, but geez, in three years you could have dumped this guy and found another one that likes Disney more. Yes, we like to try different places too, that's why we stayed at the Motel 6 the last time, not to mention the Safari Inn In Tennessee.

Listen to your son.

I wish it was that fun. Actually I work for the Attorney General's Office and we have 3 different offices in 3 different cities. Santa Fe has 2 buildings, one with 3 floors, one with 2. Albuquerque has 3 floors, but are separated by other occupants on floors 2 and 4. and Las Cruces has 1 floor but its shared in a bank building (much like the one in albuquerque). So yes, half my day is spent in the stairwell or elevator, weighted down by papers, keys and the unlucky cup of coffee that I am trying so hard not to drop on a daily basis as I balance everything else.

thank you for sharing that, but I liked my version a lot better. Yours sounds nuts!

Actually if want to count the basements, then one building has 4 floors and the other building has 3. This is the one I work at. I work on the 3rd floor of building 1. To get to building 2, you have to go down the elevator or stairs to the 2nd floor of building 1. Walk through the 2nd floor until you get to the passage way that connects building 1 to building 2. Then I have to do the same thing when I go back to my office, only in reverse order. Good thing there is a water fountain along the way. By the time I get there, I'm already dying of thirst.

I have it easy compared to DW though. I get lost in the Albuquerque building she works in. One of the floors goes around in one big circle. I'll walk around and around trying to find the hallway that takes me to the exit and back to the front desk (which is actually in the center of this floor, and not the front; so I'm still trying to figure out why it's called the front desk ) and back to the elevators. I have her on speed dial to come and rescue me when I can't find my way out of the maze that we call the 3rd. floor.

Hey, your building hasn'[t cornered the market on weird floors. Park your car at Animal Kingdom lodge, then walk in the front doors. Congratulations, you are now on the 3rd floor!

The Hard Rock Hotel at Universal is the worst of all. It's like a Roach Motel, you can check in but you can't check out. Our car was parked right outside our room, but there was no way of reaching it without a 15 minute walk all around the entire resort and ending up going back through the lobby. Up stairs, down stairs, up stairs,,, and then finally back down to where the car was.

Love the trip report so far. I am so excited, Randy, myself and Randy's sister are going to be in Disney from Dec 1st - 8th and staying at Pop, maybe we will actually see you or maybe we can meet at the yo-yo for a smoke. We have never been there at Christmas time, and this will be the 1st time with no kids, so I hope it will be a wonderful trip.
Keep on Writing as we all love your reports.

Connie, you guys are gonna have a blast on your own, before we get too close we'll exchange cell numbers. My last cell block number was 143, but that can change.

 

[queenbetsey]

Wow no one said anything to smoking guy? we have been there 5 times since 07 and only one or two times had a cm re direct us to a smoking area. we only have smoked outside a dsa a few times tho and that is because some of the dsa's are like finind a needle in a haystack (never did find the right place in the china area had quite a few cms walk back there and they said nothing) now on the other hand gotten many many rude comments while in smoking areas especially epcot ones from guests that walk thru the area and bellyache about smoking
Now as far as illuminations goes. we usually get there early only to have some one come up with a little one right before it starts. they then slowly nudge jr. up to the front and then call the rest of the herd over to wedge themselves in grrrr. we don't mind moving for the little ones and my youngest (16) remembers to be nice to the little ones as she was a small kid when she was little (we are all about 5'3 or4 so we are still short) but when a whole tribe moves on in?? come to think about it we were there the second week of june think they migh have been from brazil? you know early arrivals? kind of a first wave thing?

 

[smidgy]

Oh yes, I know, I know. (she's the only one I know of who has her pillow listed in her last will and testament. Not as something she is leaving to me or somebody else but as a beneficiary!)

hey, that pillow gave me hours of enjoyment!


very funny chapter! ( I thought you didn't write one last night, so I didn't check.)

looking back, even though we didn't "do" much that night, we had a lot of fun!

 

[Guatemommy]

yay - nebo at his finest! Loved the chapter!!!!! I needed a break at work this AM - thanks!

 

[LisaKeys]

What can I say, except I feel like a very lucky DISer! Lucky how? Lucky I found your TR. I've been reading a lot of TRs in the past month, and have enjoyed most of them immensely. However, coming out of the hospital this week with a case of diverticulitis - and mending slowly the last couple of days at home - I had the good fortune of finding your link late last night. I stayed up until 3 a.m. reading away (yes, I was pulled into your wit and humor at least "8 feet deep"), and opened it back up at 1 p.m. this afternoon. With a few interruptions, (you'd think life could wait) I unfortunately finished page 36 of the TR. Unfortunately? Yep, unfortunately. I want more!

I cannot remember a TR that had me literally laughing - no make that guffawing (spelled correctly?) without any warning. Since I am known to be a Smart A.. you can understand my connection to your writings.

Thanks for the best medicine I've received all week - and looking forward to reading future posts.

 

[lovebuzzandwoody]

Jock Itch Man ~ oh good Lord!
Manners, people, manners!
There is a cream for that!
No one wants to see that!

*I can only hope J.I.M. is reading!*

 

[nebo]

Do you think your shoulders comment may have been brought on by the extra little bottle?

That would make sense, but we had pretty much just gotten the drinks at that point and I was still swishing things around to blend it all in. BY the end of Illuminations? Thats another story.

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Oh and I forgot to say, your "jock itch guy" reminded me of one of my favorite lines in "Planes, Trains, and Automobiles." John Candy says, "You know what would make me happy?" and Steve Martin says, "Another pair of b***s and another set of hands."

Danielle! I don't remember that line though I can picture it, I think I only saw that once when it came out.

I hate it when you try to enjoy something and the quiet one all of a sudden comes to life and won't shaddup no matter what type of hint you give, including and up to blatantly pointing out that you want them quiet so you can enjoy the show.

Great people watching /catching skills!

Great breakdown again Dj, I just can't highlight all the quotes when it's done that way. I did notice that you totally left the **** watcher out of any remarks, reason?

I also think one of the reasons that nobody shuts up anymore for the fireworks show it that most have seen it by now. Illuminations is now over ten years old, and Wishes is over 7 now. Judging by what I see on the Studios schedules Fantasmic isn't packing them in that much anymore either, that's why it's down to only a few times a week.

Thank you, thank you, thank you! That chapter had me snickering out loud at my desk at work. Jock itch guy was a personal highlight of this one for me.

Good Ol' Jock itch guy, the chapter would have sunk with out him. Nice to meet you Ellie, I love to make people less productive at work.

You've had all the luck with people this trip

About garden grocer, the $12 delivery charge you pay with your order, the driver gets a small cut. Obviously they appreciate tips (I'm sure the company keeps most of it) so when you place your order if you want to, you can add an extra tip for your driver. But it's up to you.

You can also wait to tip extra when they actually deliver. However, if they deliver your stuff to bell services & you don't see them then you can't tip them. So that's probably why they ask when you place the order if you want to. I'm thinking they only get a few bucks from the deliver charge but I don't remember, you'd have to ask when you order.

It's still a convenient service & beats having to spend time with WDW transporation getting to DTD, then lug beer & stuff across the street from the Hess station. But if you do that for your next trip, I'll suggest you take a bag on wheels to haul your beer

We're still deciding. We have to go to DTD anyway to use our Planet Hollywood Coupon, what's one little street to cross?

Nebo, another great update! Your comment to the guy about your shoulders being your wifes ex's was hysterical, I think I would have laughed out loud and maybe have shot what ever I was drinking all over who was in front of me...maybe it would have been the boy or his STEP-dad....I'm thinking now that would have worked out perfectly! To bad Smidgy was being careful with her drink!
I'm telling ya, these days you can't just talk with anyone in the parks any more, some people are really friendly and some are just total stuck in the muds! I remember this one girl who happened to sit next to me on Test Track and she absolutely refused to crack a smile at my jokes and refused to even acknowledge I was there making a few nice comments to her. At one point I thought she didn't speak english and then I realized as she was talking with her dad next to her she was just being a total snot! She wouldn't even crack a smile until we got to some fun parts on the ride, and even after the ride when I thought she was finally a little more loosened up and thanked her for being my ride partner and allowing me to ride with them, she wouldn't even look at me again and proceeded to put the same sourpuss face on again that said "I refuse to have a good time."
What's happened to our youth and friendly people these days?!? Your in the Happiest Palce In all the World and you can't even be friendly or at least crack a smile when someone is being nice to you?!?
Personally I wouldn't want to be here if you can't enjoy lifes small pleasures and the people in it. But I guess that's me.
Oh well, I move on and hope to find another friendly face who likes to talk.

On our last trip to the World, we also were in line for Test Track and started talking to a family in the pre show area, but mostly their little girl. She was all wide eyed amazement, and I wished I could ride with her.
Two days later at Magic Kingdom, a woman taps me on the shoulder as we were in line for something, when I looked at her she said a little girl back there is trying to get my attention. The same little girl from Test Track only with just her sister now. She was all smiles, and "Hi, remember me from the other day?"

Those are the kids meant for Disney and they make you feel good in the process.
Thanks Millie, say hi to Jerry.

jock itch man is a visual I could have happily lived without!

You have given me plenty of visuals in your trip reports I can live without. Unfortunately you usually include a visual of the visuals.

I can't belive the guy had to mention the boys wasn't his but his step-son.... sounds like someone got hit with the stupid stick.

I can't believe he and the other guy totally talked over the video they were filming, what good is it without the music?

My DD says that this explains a lot.

Thanks for another LOL chapter.

Ah, your DD, they grow up and catch on so quickly, don't they?

 

[nebo]

Wow no one said anything to smoking guy? we have been there 5 times since 07 and only one or two times had a cm re direct us to a smoking area. we only have smoked outside a dsa a few times tho and that is because some of the dsa's are like finind a needle in a haystack (never did find the right place in the china area had quite a few cms walk back there and they said nothing) now on the other hand gotten many many rude comments while in smoking areas especially epcot ones from guests that walk thru the area and bellyache about smoking

Hi Queenie, yeah it is funny how they get mad when they take a shortcut through the smoking area, and yes, they are definately getting harder and harder to find.
Now as far as illuminations goes. we usually get there early only to have some one come up with a little one right before it starts. they then slowly nudge jr. up to the front and then call the rest of the herd over to wedge themselves in grrrr. we don't mind moving for the little ones and my youngest (16) remembers to be nice to the little ones as she was a small kid when she was little (we are all about 5'3 or4 so we are still short) but when a whole tribe moves on in?? come to think about it we were there the second week of june think they migh have been from brazil? you know early arrivals? kind of a first wave thing?

I can't agree with you more, and I'm sure it happens to all of us. I have no problem letting little ones in front of me, but the second the parents try to move in,,,UH UH, that's when Smidgy and I are on the warpath, if the "great mom" keeps it up, then the little ones are out too. By this point my enjoyment of the show has already been ruined so it doesn't matter anymore.

Oh yes, I know, I know. (she's the only one I know of who has her pillow listed in her last will and testament. Not as something she is leaving to me or somebody else but as a beneficiary!)

hey, that pillow gave me hours of enjoyment!


looking back, even though we didn't "do" much that night, we had a lot of fun!

Yes we did. Isn't it great reliving a trip through a trip report?

You owe me a Margarita.

yay - nebo at his finest! Loved the chapter!!!!! I needed a break at work this AM - thanks!

My pleasure. Hey, less than a week to go, huh? Gotta be gettin excited!

What can I say, except I feel like a very lucky DISer! Lucky how? Lucky I found your TR. I've been reading a lot of TRs in the past month, and have enjoyed most of them immensely. However, coming out of the hospital this week with a case of diverticulitis - and mending slowly the last couple of days at home - I had the good fortune of finding your link late last night. I stayed up until 3 a.m. reading away (yes, I was pulled into your wit and humor at least "8 feet deep"), and opened it back up at 1 p.m. this afternoon. With a few interruptions, (you'd think life could wait) I unfortunately finished page 36 of the TR. Unfortunately? Yep, unfortunately. I want more!

I cannot remember a TR that had me literally laughing - no make that guffawing (spelled correctly?) without any warning. Since I am known to be a Smart A.. you can understand my connection to your writings.

Thanks for the best medicine I've received all week - and looking forward to reading future posts.

Lisa, thank you so much for your comments, that makes it all worth it to me, although I am sorry to hear about your diver.
Um, I'm not sure you're going to want to read what is coming up in a few chapters,,,,,,,,I'll leave it at that, just sayin'.
I also have someone very close to me that can understand what you might have been going through.

Jock Itch Man ~ oh good Lord!
Manners, people, manners!
There is a cream for that!
No one wants to see that!

*I can only hope J.I.M. is reading!*

Even if J.I. M. is reading, I'm still not sure that he knew he was doing it, just like I dont think the **** watcher realized she was doing that either.

Oh well, if you should run into him next time, don't forget to say hi for me and shake his hand.