GUESS WHO'S COMING TO FREE DINNER, or, Feeding Nebo,,,,completed

[SamanthaL]

OMG! Nebo is really Bruce Willis!!!! SEX-A!!!! Wooo hooo! Hey Diane your one lucky gal!

I think I remember Walk This Way as one of the songs on the RnR. I am about 99% certain.

 

[Darby O'Gill]

Thanks for the humorous report so far..... I needed a recharge for my 3rd WDW Trip starting friday for 10 wondermous days. Hope Shades of Green is all I hear it is


NEBO NEBO NEBO NEBO!!!!!!!!!

 

[PrincessV]

NEBO, you are absolutely hilarious! Too, too many good stories in here to even begin commenting on.

I swore off starting any more new trip reports until my vacation and TR were complete. Needless to say, I just fell off the wagon, and am I ever glad I got in on this one

Looking forward to more, and here's hoping Granny makes a few more appearnaces - too funny!

P.S. Yes sir, "Walk This Way" is indeed in the rotation I was shocked and amazed the first time I rode and heard it. I always wonder if 99% of the folks riding RnR actually know the lyrics

 

[DebIreland]

Oh, this is the best!!

When nobody answered him, he then said it.
You know. It.
"Are you talking to me?"
I cringed.

Oh yes, through-the-roof cringe-factor there. It's positively upsetting.

And how the coke he did cost him his marriage.
Not because he had a problem, but they couldn't afford it.

Brilliant T.R. - so brilliant I feel like jumping up and down on the couch. Well, okay, okay, I just wanted to justify using this smiley I found. Good i'nt it?

 

[Hound 109]

It's Granny!

She sees me, looks like she recognizes me from the night before and gives me that wink again, followed by a "come hither" look

Wow....take a month off from the tripie board & look what i've been missing.

I had read that there are 5 Aerosmith songs that you can catch on that ride, just a luck of the draw which one you will get.

That's a good question. I'm gonna find out. My personal Aerosmith favorite is "Train Kept A Rollin" (an old Rocky Burnette song), probably not one of the five though.

1400 people that can see in the dark stormed past me as I was floundering around.

But if you were "floundering", I bet they gave you a very... wide... berth.



Hi Nebo & Nebo groupies ! A certain lovable tiggerbell told me to get my mickey cookies over here. I'll have to start reading from the beginning of this novel, but wanted to check in. Greetings to Mrs. Nebo...(& also to Granny!!?? )



hound

 

[tiggerbell]

Whoo - Hoo!!! Hound's back!

AND I have the answer to the RnRC question:


Wait for it.....


Wait for it....


Wait for it....

Songs heard on each car (Car license plate) Note: These songs may change due to maintenance or technical reasons. There is no guarantee that a particular track will be playing in the mentioned coaster train.

Nine Lives (1QKLIMO)
Sweet Emotion (UGOGIRL)
Back in the Saddle & Dude Looks Like a Lady (BUHBYE)
Young Lust, F.I.N.E. & "Love In A Roller Coaster" (H8TRFFC)
Love in an Elevator & Walk This Way (2FAST4U)

 

[Hound 109]

Only one problem here. We don't have any money to "save". &

TWO, not one, but two, sons getting married.

Couldn't they have just shacked up like most kids.....jeesh.

We are now down to 12 of us. Yep, from 144.

Hey, that's a square root !!! So in 9 more years you'll be down to 3.45 of you.

Diane, Smidgy, is my wife. she just turned fifty, and loves Disney as much as I do.

I, am Steve, aka, Nebo. The incredibly handsome , witty, charming , down-to earth and fun loving guy that is your host on this trip.

A WEEK IN DISNEY, WITH FREE FOOD? FOR 15OO, INCLUDING AIR FARE? WE,,,,,,,,,,, ARE ,,,,,,,,, THERE,,,,,,, screw the job.

You got that right !!

Even Molly Brown quit 4 months ago.

Me & Debbie Reynolds really, really liked this line. And ol' Debbie has been a "hottie" for 5 decades.

But we are going. to Disney.

ain't No stopping us now.

by McPhadden & Whitehead.

Ok, got most of the "catch up" taken care of, tomorrow, we just have fun

I'll try to catch up.

Sorry I disappeared Nebo...but I'm glad you're at it again.



hound

 

[jluvsdis]

Cool, someone found hound.

 

[Hound 109]

AND I have the answer to the RnRC question:

Songs heard on each car (Car license plate) Note: These songs may change due to maintenance or technical reasons. There is no guarantee that a particular track will be playing in the mentioned coaster train.

Nine Lives (1QKLIMO)
Sweet Emotion (UGOGIRL)
Back in the Saddle & Dude Looks Like a Lady (BUHBYE)
Young Lust, F.I.N.E. & "Love In A Roller Coaster" (H8TRFFC)
Love in an Elevator & Walk This Way (2FAST4U)

[/QUOTE]

Thanks Tiggerbell

Believe it or not I've never been on the R&R coaster (was with young kiddos twice & Studios got axed on our touring plans twice). This will be rectified in March when I do EE & R&R for the first time.

hound <------been rockin' to Aerosmith since 1974

 

[Backstage_Gal]

Nebo, how the heck did I miss a new installment from 2 days ago???

I MUST slow down on the wine consumption!!!!!!!!!

Hilarious as always. If your Weather Foot gives out, you could always call me for my weather knee forecast (from being dislocated twice).

Hound, glad Tiggerbell sent you over here Nebo was missing you!

 

[tiggerbell]

Hilarious as always. If your Weather Foot gives out, you could always call me for my weather knee forecast (from being dislocated twice).

Hound, glad Tiggerbell sent you over here Nebo was missing you!

Hey! I've dislocated my knee twice too! And, Marita, where are your pom-pons???

I'm starting to think the entire Trip Report board is filled with drunks and pill-poppers!

And, to make this post legal, nice report you got going here, elmo.

 

[NurseJamie]

Great report but I have to ask, am I the only nurse out here DYING because you didn't call your doctor before you left!!!

No! I was sitting here absolutely DWELLING on that point... forget Nebo's witty commentary, what's the medical crisis at hand?!?!?

haha glad to hear it's not anything too big, Nebo. Thanks for sharing - you've got me hooked!

 

[nebo]

Well, well, well. If it isn't the return of the prodigal son. Once again, everyone is lighting a match for the encore, and Hound is taking his seat.
For those of you that don't know, this is a man that out "geriatrics" me.
A man whose very first job was bussing tables at the last supper.
Who was a union steward at the age of 16. The confederate union unfortunately, but hey!
A man who once swam in the Dead Sea, when it was only sick.
A man who got a job clearing trees in the Sahara Forest.

( he was good)

Welcome back Hound, we missed you. And thanks Jamie for shaking his baggy.

So to speak.

Thanks everyone for posting, I do want to get on with this tonight, before I forget what I was doing and just start wandering the neighborhood at two in the morning in my underwear.
Ok, ok, not quite sure how to take the Bruce Willis thing. Not often my brain goes completely dead, but that one did it. Not sure that's a good thing, being compared to him. Kinda like maybe being the world's tallest midget? But, I"m a guy, and guys can never figure out why women find certain men attractive.

Fine. This is the part where I finally get to brag about my incredible, amazing reflexes and hand, eye, coordination.

And it has now happened twice.

Ahhhhhh, the first time,,,,,, ( cue harp music, fade out, and fade back in slowly,)
Santa's Village, circa '88. I am riding the Octopus ride with me young son.
I am going to just trust that you what kind of ride we are on, you sit in two seat cars, four cars per octopus arm, and go up and down in the air while the four cars spin, and each individual car spins. Sometimes a car from the next arm will come very close to your car, kinda like Scrambler. As we were spinning around, both my son and I saw two kids come near us in another car, also spinning like crazy. And we saw the one kid's hat fly off. As our car pulled away, spinning, I stuck out my arm, and as the car came full circle, I snatched the hat out of the air.
I thought my son's eye's were going to pop out of his head.
" Dad is Great!" " Dad is Great!"
When the ride ended, I handed the hat to him and told him to give it to those kids. " Hey kids! My dad caught your hat. Here!"
I knew I had created a moment that he will never forget, and he talked about it for years.
Thinking about this installment, I mentioned it to him at Thanksgiving.

" HUH?" " What are you talking about?"

Fine. Nice talking to you.

Anyway, she has lead me to the elevator door, I grope my way inside and buckle up. ( if that was you, I'm sorry)
I'm sitting in the back row, all the way in the corner on the left.
Now, I really much prefer the special effects in this ride to the drops. They just don't do anything really for me. I'm pretty much the same way on coasters, I get bored doing loops, give me a good, old fashioned wooden coaster anyday. Like the Beast. That's a man's coaster.

As the ride progresses and we keep moving up, eventually, I'm looking out that top window that overlooks the park.
You know that the "drop" sequences start now.
As we drop, stop, and start going back up, I feel something slap my knee.
I try to reach down to the floor, but I can't find anything.
We shoot back up, partways this time, and drop again.
Once more, we shoot back up, this time to the top.
We are strapped in, to the seat, that is connected to the elevator floor. Where it goes, we go.
But not so loose objects. They are still connected to that inertia, gravity thingy going on.
Our pitch black elevator shoots all the way back up to the bright, sunlight filled window. And just as we went back down, I noticed a small "ecliipse" right in the center of the blinding light.

And I snatched at the eclipse.
With my LEFT hand.
I'm right handed.
(hey, I'm playing this for all it's worth)
I grabbed the foreign object, and pretty much had a good idea what it was from the feel of it.

And I knew it wasn't mine. Mine's in my wallet. Nope, not that dumb.
When we settled back to earth, I quickly asked the guy next to me if it might be his. Told me no, his is in his wallet. Smart man.
Then, before they did the charge out of there and on to the next ride, I asked a guy in the group in front of me,,,,, for all I knew, this thing could have been floating around in there for hours.
I showed the card to him, he said, " Oh yeah, that's my uncle's" .
And he snatched it out of my hand faster than Tom Foley grabbing a new pages' email address.

And left.

HUH?
This is the most important thing that you can own when you are in Disney.
I had just been debating to myself, " ok, I'm not going to accept any reward over 25 dollars. Just the pleasure of getting it back to it's grateful owner will be satisfaction enough for me.

This is your room key, Magic your Way park tickets, probably has the FREE dining package on it. Probably worth more than a free Oprah ticket on her givaway show.
And he just cuts and runs, without even a "thanks?" Imagine the panic, the public ridicule, the family irritation at the pending delays, when he showed up at the next park and can't find his card.

Yep. No good deed goes unpunished. Well, at least I wasn't punished. Yet.

I met Diane at the exit, and as we started walking down the hill, I saw that group ahead of us.
I sped up because I had one comment left to make to that scrote that I gave the pass to, " By the way, I also caught your uncle's false teeth, but I'm hanging on to them because I'm expecting a big payday from the tooth fairy."
Well, just before I got to deliver that line, two of the women in the group turned around and saw me. "Hey! It's Bruce Willis!"
sorry
No, what they said was , Hey, thanks a lot.
Oh well, guess it'll have to do.

 

[nebo]

Boy, SamanthaL will never try to say another nice thing about me again.

No wonder I got divorced.

Resume
Now, all I have to do is try to explain to Diane why these two women are thanking me. Then she remembered the "companion restrooms" and thought better of even asking.
But I told her about it anyway.

We headed over to the other side of the park, to the Backlot Express, for lunch.
And we were seven minutes late. Late, according to plan D. This is actually the first time we have eaten here. It seems like we always either end up at the ABC Commissary, or the ,,,, hmmn,,, Toluca turkey legs? But for hot dogs.
At the backlot we both order cheeseburgers, fries, pop, and chocolate cake for desert. Neither one of us ever orders desert, I usually never even order a drink at a counterservice restaurant, but, it's free, so, might, as, well, do, it.

For the two of us, the bill came to 27 bucks. And not only was it free, but it was also very good. I thought it was better than at Pecos Bill's. But, our fries were only free. We didn't get free, free fries. Like Jamie does. Go ahead tigger, 'splain that one. We had to rush the end of the meal a bit, like I said, we were seven minutes behind, but we made it out of there and grabbed a concrete half-wall just in time for the parade.

I am not a parade person. Never have been. But I understand that lots of people love them. They will stake out a spot for hours beforehand, and I don't mean just Disney. But I do really like Spectro, and since we have done everything else in this park ad nauseum, we watched it.
And we both liked it a lot. I'm still trying to figure out what happened here.
We're watching and waving, " Hi Jasmine, hi Aladdin, Genie, Mater, Lightining, Woody,,,,,and then, " It's Mike Wazowski!" And Sulley. And I'm getting all misty eyed. WHAT? From a one-eyed cue ball? I look over at her, and she's even got a tear rolling down her cheek. I had to laugh. " What's wrong with us?"

On to see the Muppets. Always. I don't think we have ever been in that park without seeing the muppets. It's a given, like finding a restroom. Millionaire was shut down, we didn't feel like doing the stunt shows again, so it was The Not Too Bad Movie Ride time again.

And it was crowded. Haven't seen it this crowded in a long time, mostly due to the fact we go in kinda off seasons now. I asked a cm how long, and she said under twenty minutes. Ok, we can do that. I mentioned to Diane I wonder which one it will be this time, old west or gansters. It seems like the last 5 times or so we rode this, we always get the gangsters one.

The cm was still nearby, so I mentioned it to her. She told me that they are both still in use, just depends on how crowded it is, and what vehicle you get on. And then she dissapeared.
Since we have done this so many times before, we know the order of the scenes that we'll see. You start with Gene Kelly, then James Cagney, John Wayne, and so forth.

Today it was like mixed up mother goose.

It started out the same, and after "Public Enemy" or "Angels with Dirty Faces", suddenly we were in the old west town where our conductor get's taken. Then, through Alien, and now back to John Wayne and Clint Eastwood.
Then, into the gangster town where our conductor is usually taken. Only no kidnapping this time. And on into Indiana Jones. I was totally confused, and doubting my sanity by now. Which I do often anyway.

The rest of the ride was the same from then on, but it definately was longer than normal.

On the way out with the rushing throng, we passed the cm that I talked to and she got out, "did you enjoy your special show today?" I know it's going to sound egotistical, but I think she went and had it changed to that way from our talk. Well, those were my thoughts and I'm keeping them, so there.

At this time we are pretty much just taking it easy, killing time to Fantasmic.
And we wander over to the Sunset Ranch Market. Now this part has got to be a little secret, just between you and me.

We used 2 snack credits on frozen lemonade, grabbed a table out of the way in the back and sat down.
And I pulled out 2 airplane type plastic little bottles of rum that I had put in my pocket before we left the room. She didn't see them yet, and I told her to scoop out the center of the frozen lemonade with her tongue, make a depression. O course she's looking at me in that tone of eyebrow again.
I do the same to my drink, then I hand her a little bottle.

But I did mine too fast.

After I was done screaming and rolling around on the ground, I stood back up and brushed the fries and popcorn off of me.

Boy, I hate that headache, you swear you're about to die.
Once we finished making our fancy, frozen drinks,,,,(no, didn't have any little umbrellas, so I stuck a couple of hemlock fronds in them.)
Boy, to you guys, this has got to sound really cheap, tacky, and totally classless.
And you'd be correct. At least when it comes down to saving a few bucks on vacation.

Still killing some time, we crossed the road over to Beauty and the Beast.

This show has been there ever since the beginning, but I have somehow always managed to avoid it until just last may. It just always sounded like something I didn't need to see, like too much of a chick flick. And I still get "All my Children" updates occasionally, whether I want them or not.

I was almost blown away by how good the dancing was in it. Now, we won't miss it. And our lemorum incognito might have added a little sumpin extra to the experience.

Fantasmic.
Those of you that read the first trippy, know that I almost got thrown out of here last may, and I won't go all into that again. Just let it suffice to know that I am on my best behavior, and all went smooth.
There was one thing that totally got my attention this time though.

It is September. After Labor Day. One of the mostest, deadest, times of the year. At 2 o'clock, I had a ten minute wait for TOT.
Fantasmic is a whole different beast though.
We got our usual seating area, dead center, about 12 rows deep.
By the time it started, all seats were taken. ALL OF THEM! Even the ones on the very far left, and they were now doing standing room.

And this group seemed a tad rowdier than the normal ones I've seen there.
The balloon they were batting around had George dubbya's face drawn on it.
Or, it could have been Michael Eisner's. I have never seen it standing room only before.

The show was terrific, as usual, and just before Mickey showed up at the top of the mountain to thunderous applause, I retied my shoes.

She asks me if my back is up for it.
" Guess it'll have to be."

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.

Hey kids, I am done for the night. thanks again for all that took the time to comment, we will be back soon

 

[smidgy]

gee, thanks samantha, now nebo will be impossible to live with! he keeps walking around saying "yipee kayay (whatever)!" on the plus side, he now knows I was right, the bald look is definietly IN. and he wears it well.

yay hound!

listening to the snow plows right now, closed up the bar early tonight due to the storm. HATE snow HATE ice HATE cold. want to be in florida!!!! lets go right now!!!

ok, I hear elmo (nemo? nebo?) snoring down the hall. guess I'll go kiss that sexy bald head.

 

[lexmelinda]

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.

Now, THAT is funny. I feel like an idiot sitting here laughing out loud in the dark at 6 am but it's that good. OK, so apparently that was you in the photo. I had you pegged for an old-ish, fat-ish geezer with gray hair and bifocals.....and look at you.....you still got it, nebo!! (Way to go, Diane!) Guess all the the DIS peeps do not look like they do in our minds eye.

 

[SamanthaL]

Yup! Diane has it right. It's the bald head. It's in and you are workin' it Nebo! I think that is why you got the "special ride" at MGM. The CM must have had stars in her eyes thinking she was looking Bruce himself!

I hope he isn't too hard to live with Diane. Sorry for that. If he gets too cocky you could always make him carry another REALLY heavy suitcase. That will bring him back to Earth.

 

[saschab]

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.

OH my goodness, I think I Just pee'd my pants!



Don't know how much snow you guys got....but it was pretty anti-climactic here in Valpo this morning.

Although the big flakes are falling as we speak (no, not my husband....the snow)....

 

[Hound 109]

Well, well, well. If it isn't the return of the prodigal son....For those of you that don't know, this is a man that out "geriatrics" me.

I don't think so AARP dude.

- A man who once swam in the Dead Sea, when it was only sick.
- A man who got a job clearing trees in the Sahara Forest.

Anybody else hear those rim shots.....you go Henny.

And thanks Jamie for shaking his baggy. So to speak.

I sped up because I had one comment left to make to that scrote that I gave the pass to, " By the way, I also caught your uncle's false teeth, but I'm hanging on to them because I'm expecting a big payday from the tooth fairy."

I'd a done that too, Nebo!



So you got the lightning quick Brooks Robinson reflexes....& the Bruce Willis thing goin for ya. No wonder you've accumulated so many fans.


I'll try to catch up over the weekend. Great report as usual, Nebo.


hound

 

[Hound 109]

when nebo called me at work with his abbreviated "with me or against me"... I have to set the stage. I am a bartender. I am mixing up a Long Island Iced Tea, someone wants a square on the football pool (for amusement only), someone else wants a bowl of our homemade chili (with cheese and onion), a third person wants the jukebox turned up while another wants the volume on ESPN on the TV. the owner,( who is 80 years old and her house is connected to the bar) is waiting for me to put drops in her eyes at 9PM - our job description is really weird.. then she wants to "talk" a bit, and I have to tell her, "um, you pay me to serve your guests... they're waiting... I can't talk right now" and THEN ... the phone rings... nebo. get the picture?

You better learn to multi-task if you're gonna hang with Bruce Willis, smidgy.


hound