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

[smidgy]

nebo trained me well. (OMG, my 1970's college women libbers friends would kill me now!) but the man HAS taught me a thing or two in our many years together. (ok, maybe 3 things)
It all started when we weren't married that long, not even a year. I was pregnant, and this normal guy I married told me he wanted a boa. "you want a fancy scarf? scuse me, I thought you were straight. something you're not telling me hmm hmm?" okey doke.. after my relief that he was NOT going to be in a revue (and I'm not talking hoop de doo) I acquiesced to ONE snake, only one. silly me.
the snake is not going to eat the baby... right? It can't get out of the tank..right?? fast forward many years and after many snakes later (and MANY FUNNY stories later, of which I will let nebo fill you in, and they ARE funny stories) we found ourselves breeding corn snakes. hence:
amelinistic: prefix "A" meaning "lack of" (as in, aphasia, lack of speech) "melin" lack of dark pigment! ... I LOVE words! but.. I digress. and
a corn snake with lack of light pigment is anarithistic. albino is lack of ALL color. nebo taught me well, and right now he is thinking..."i created a monster!" so the CM was wrong, I was right, and nebo was finally PROUD of me!
Once we came home from a disney trip to find dead snake eggs, because we let a neighbor care for them. bad mistake. but let me tell you, nebo has a few snake stories to share with you.
there is a reason we love all the animal shows at the parks. and if there is ever any other place that would pull nebo away from disney it is: drum roll please...... the amazon river. ( i think that is the year we take separate vacations..) when we had a boat at a marina and spent all our summers there (before we discovered disney) he was the designated mesquito decoy. those little buggers LOVE him. we would put him at a picnic table all by himself (with a few manhattans, of course) and sit a few tables away. all the mesquitos gravitate towards him, they love him! and HE wants to go down the amazon river basin?!?
anyway, nebo loves snakes, and after all these years, I guess they kind of snuck up on me too. hey! he wants to work for disney. we could have our own show next to flights of wonder at AK.
I don't want to steal his thunder. but ask nebo to tell you our snake stories, and as long as they keep Indiana Jones at MGM for so many years, I really don't think it's "off topic"

 

[smidgy]

only because he has such a sexy butt!

 

[smidgy]

kay- bring on the dr. suess, but I thought either you or nebo would come up with a bendiction by now!

 

[Kay7979]

kay- bring on the dr. suess, but I thought either you or nebo would come up with a bendiction by now!

Nebo said no benediction was necessary. I don't know about the Amazon, it sounds like he's more into DeNile.

I enjoyed Nebo's recent episodes. Your botanical expedition, while being ummm, fruitless, so far, is very entertaining. I hope you find her. And the impromptu game to learn where guests were staying was the crazy sort of thing that few people but Nebo could dream up! I am looking forward to further installments, with or without snakes.

 

[tiggerwannabe]

Ok...now I'm all caught up with your trippie....

Great Job as usual!

Off to read someone else's...

yes, we are reaalllly slow at work today~

 

[mikamah]

Fun game to guess the resorts. You guys are so funny. I was so excited to see two posts when I thought I'd have to wait til thursday. I'm loving it. Keep it up.

 

[nebo]

You know, driving into work this morning at ten after five, it was balmy, only five below.
Yesterday it was ten below. And since the first part of a Disney driving trip is the same exact route that I'm taking now, well, at least the first 35 miles, my mind wandered. Oh Boy did it wander!

It was May, the trip we have booked, still not sure if it's going to be able to happen though. I'm sitting in the real car now, the TRIP car. And it's ten after three in the morning. Yep. It's May 5th, and it's chilly out. Got a jacket on, it's in the fifties. We pull out right on time, and even though I'm tired, life is great.
Right past the work exit, soon we are in Indiana, and I see the sun peaking up to my left. Just before Louisville, I stop for gas. She goes in and gets me a coffee to go, and already it's warming up. No jacket anymore.

And on we go. Next gas stop won't be till almost Atlanta. Already I am looking forward to the terror in Diane's eyes when we make the steep downgrade that lasts for about 8 miles into Chattanooga.

Ok, this is what passes for a Nebo fantasy nowadays.

I need help, right?

I have a question for you guys though.
From what you know of me, (no, I'm not looking for a complete character analysis), do you think I would like the "Keys to the Kingdom" tour?
I have always wanted to see the "Utilidors", but to be honest, I have no interest in where they keep the costumes and such.
By the way, about this trip? Between the stay at Universal and Disney, Triiple A has so far saved us 4 hundred bucks off normal price.


The world , arrording to Kay,

Nebo said no benediction was necessary. I don't know about the Amazon, it sounds like he's more into DeNile.

Wow Kay, you're starting to scare me. I set that joke up JUST to be able to use that line in my next post, and you were right on top of it.
Nice job.

luvhockey I was rooting for the bears. Lovie being an ex Rams guy. I always thought he shoulda got the head coaching job here and fired Martz long ago.
I'm sure pulling for you to see DeVine.

Hey, I'm dealing with it. I knew once Hester ran back the opening kickoff, they were going to lose. Yeah, what's another hole in the wall , and I can always get another cat.

Rhondalee, well, ok, I did do the math. Really, it wasn't that hard. And I'm aghast, agape and agog. Again. I figured you and Jaime were only a couple years apart. Thanks for reading. (crap, I better finish this quick!)
I'm just teasin.

 

[Kay7979]

Oh dear! I didn't mean to ruin your joke. Sorry about that! I guess it goes back to that old saying about "great minds think alike."

Feel free to come over to my thread and ruin some of my jokes. I don't think you or Smidgy have gotten past my first few episodes.

I hope you're feeling better lately. We're looking forward to the Thursday night Nebo Show, so don't let us down.

 

[tiggerbell]

Rhondalee, well, ok, I did do the math. Really, it wasn't that hard. And I'm aghast, agape and agog. Again. I figured you and Jaime were only a couple years apart. Thanks for reading. (crap, I better finish this quick!)
I'm just teasin.

Yeah, she's old. I'm the baby. Actually, she's the middle child. There's 26 years between the oldest (Mia) and me. I'm 39 and the baby. I'm the only adult in the family that gets (ok, forces them to throw) theme parties for my birthday (week, I get at least a week... and 3 cakes).

I was kinda bummed listening to your fantasy of May 5th - that will be our last day IN Disney... until September! And Brook-ee!

Now, because I have no trip report of my own to post on, I will share my dream from last night (ok, 2 nights ago, but this is the e-mail I sent to family and friends because I was bored at work):

I had a very strange dream last night – a nightmare, really. First, I have to give you a little background, because, as they usually are, this dream was based mostly on reality. Well, MY reality.

First of all, you may or may not know, I am a big Disney freak. You may also know that for the last 2 Septembers, Disney has offered free dining to their vacation packages. I took trips both times. So, I’m hoping for the same offer to come out for this coming September.

Also, you may or may not know, I love General Hospital . And, on GH right now, there’s a hostage crisis going on in the lobby of the hotel.

So, my dream: I am one of the desk clerks being held hostage. Which means I’m wearing a white blouse with a green sweater over it and a black skirt. And, for some reason, I’m carrying a cream colored, crochet hobo-style bag over my left shoulder. Everything is fine, I’m being held hostage, but I’m calm.

Until, one of the bad guys grabs my bag! And threatens to take away my free dining!

That’s when I woke up, sitting up in bed, and gasping out loud! At 2:30 this morning.

My first thought, after realizing it was a dream, was “Why was I carrying that horrible bag???”

 

[tiggerbell]

PS - We're doing KTTK Friday, May 4th.

 

[smidgy]

what is KTTK fri. may 4?
and I could tell you what I think will happen on GH but MY hubby won't take me to super soaps weekend!!!, actually I think it is so crowded at MGM that weekend , erica won't EVEN recognize me (even though we went through high school together, and I knew her when she dated chuck tyler, BEFORE she married jeff martin huuummpppff!) ok , all my kids, wrong soap. love luke and laura, though.

 

[tiggerbell]

what is KTTK fri. may 4?
and I could tell you what I think will happen on GH but MY hubby won't take me to super soaps weekend!!!, actually I think it is so crowded at MGM that weekend , erica won't EVEN recognize me (even though we went through high school together, and I knew her when she dated chuck tyler, BEFORE she married jeff martin huuummpppff!) ok , all my kids, wrong soap. love luke and laura, though.

Keys to the Kingdom tour. We;re taking it Friday, May 4th. Too late to answer nebo's question. Sorry.

I would love to do Super Soap Weekend. I have a friend who goes every year. It's Commando mode touring at it's best!

It all started with Dr. Noah Drake for me. I was 13 and playing in the backyard with my neighbor's granddaughter, who was visiting for the summer from Texas. All of a sudden, she gets up and starts to go in her house! I asked what she was doing, and she told me there's this really cute guy on General Hospital - you know, the one with the song on the radio? Well, I didn't know.

So, now I'm outside and bored. So I go inside, where I know Mom is watching the soaps. I sit down on the couch and ask, "Is there some new cute guy on this show?" And Mom, in her typical "I really don't watch soaps" way (LIAR!!! She's been watching them since they STARTED!), casually remarks, "Well, I don't know. There's a lot of new people."

At that exact moment, they cut to a shot of Dr. Noah Drake. Rick Springfield. Mom says, "Oh, he's new." And I fell in love. I remember it like it was yesterday. And, believe me, it was a lot longer ago than yesterday.

In '83, Rick left the show, and I lost interest not too long after. In the show. Not Rick. I lost track of him for about 12 years - from '88 to 2000. Then it all started again. 6 concerts in 2000 and a tattoo on my left ankle of a symbol off one of his albums. 5 in 2001. 5 in 2002. 3 in 2003. 10 in the first 6 months of 2004 and his signature tattooed over the symbol on my ankle. (We may have just figured out part of the reason my marriage fell apart that year!) Only 3 shows since (Mickey over Rickey!) BUT, he came back to GH in December, 2005!!! And I got hooked all over again!!!

OK, Rhonda, you can stop rolling your eyes now!

 

[RHONDALEE]

 

[tiggerwannabe]

I am here...waiting and hoping for a new installment this evening~

Jaime, you are too cute...Miss having ya around Girlfriend~

 

[nebo]

Geesh! Boy, I can't wait for Hillary to not be elected. The female vote will be decided by whether she is "One life to live," or "Ryan's Hope".

Jaime, I did like your dream sequence, oh, I 'm the sequence guy, ,,, I did like your actual dream. And I agree. What in the world were you doing with that bag? Tsk, tsk. "Girl, you Know that doesn't become you!" "Oh, I give up!" "And all the work I've done!"

By the way, Rick Springfield left the show because he was busy doing "Jessie's Girl."

Crap. Now they are getting to me.

By the way,,,, when we last left our HERO, on this friday in September, ,,,,,, shoot, I wish I could say (tee hee), but I can't, he was having a Much too much, shall we say, " integrating with the Floridians," day.

So far I've ticked off the pool guy, and that was hard without even saying a word. Had a cast member just about call security on me. And then, impersonated a cast member. Yeah, I guess it's been a full day. At least I held back and didn't "clock" Little Jimmie's dad.

We moved on and went and did the "Screaming kids" show. I know I talked about this before in the last trip report, but, tough, gonna do it again.

It's the movie, Tough to be a bug, and with out a doubt, the scariest thing in all of Disney for younguns. I have personallly seen parents running for the exits in the middle of the movie with the kids in their arms.

And it's the Mom's, that make this happen.

Yep, you heard it right, the Mom's.

Here's what happens.

Mom, dad, little Jasper and Amber go in and put on the 3-D glasses.
Movie starts, and it's all warm and fuzzy.
THen Hopper shows up. Not good. Kids get scared. Mom says, "Don't worry guys, everythings ok,,it's just a movie. Kids ease up a bit.

But they are ready.
Oh baby, are they ready, they can go off at a moment's notice.

And then all hell breaks loose when that little pointy thing surprises dear old mom in the back.

"EEK!"

Now, Amber and what's his face are using telepathy at this point, that's how they are communicating.

Amber: "Hey, Jericho, was that mom that just went "eek?"
Jasper: "Yes, Amber, I believe it was. And you do realize, that if Mom does that, it must be for a reason, so just maybe, thing are not as copesthetic as she has tried to make us believe."
Amber: Ok, I'm ready, who's first, you or me?"
Joshua: You first, I have to get the gum out of my mouth and stick it on the back of the seat because Nebo might sit down here next. And besides, I don't want to choke on it."

So, Amber lets loose, hey, if mom can yell, no use wasting my talents.
And then Justin let's loose, not to be outdone. All it takes it two kids to start it, then, they all are .

This is the one show that we go to because we like to watch the people, and how they deal with it.

allright

It was on to get our wrist bands. From there it was back to Exped. Ever.
At this point in the day, timing was now important. To see what we wanted to see, and still make it over to the Marketplace in time for our dinner.

Once again, the line was still too long for EE. But many people were leaving cuz of park closing, so I wasn't worried.
We went and had a smoke, and just loved watching everone heading for the exits.

I went back to EE, the sign said 20 minutes, I didn't think so, and joined it.
At the cueing,,,, oh, I'm sorry, QUEUEING area, they asked, "How many"
"Table for one please, smoking, not by the kitchen."

I did not even get a smile.
Guess I had used up all my charm by this point in the day.

When the train pulled up, I got in and moved all the way to the second seat over. Then a teenager got in and sat down next to me.

Ok, this has happened before , no biggie.

I said, "Hi, welcome aboard".

And then it started.

"I"m Heather, Oh My Gawd, this is the most awesome thing. Wow, man, I am like not believing that I am scared to death and you are like, riding this too!"

Ok

The ride started. And she never stopped her lips once.

"My God! This is awesome." "Do you think Amber and Justin and Joshua can see me up here?"


Flying backwards now, we have picked up speed,,,,,,

"Oh my Gawd, so do you shave your head or is that from , like, chemo treatment or something. EEEEEEEEE"

When the ride finally ended, I met Diane at the exit.
"So, who was the young little chicky you were riding with?"

"Not sure. Said her name was Abigail, an MIT student."

It was time to head over to "Festival of the Lion King."
We both love this show. There is one showing in EMH, at six thirty. It worked out well last year at this time, and it worked out well this year too.

And then something unexpected happened.

On the way from Expedition Everest, we passed by building and something caught my eye.
Some movement up against a wall, that was covered in green.

As in foliage, green.

I stopped, and stopped Diane.

And looked at the wall.
As a couple of other people were doing.

There was this goofy looking shrublike thing growing up right next to the building.

I smiled, ok, and walked right up to it! Yep, finally, no doubt about it,,,,,,,,,



It was a goofy looking shrublike thing growing up from the ground.

Not sure what movement caught my eye, might have been the wind just blowing leaves around, but I did see a grasshopper on the wall of the building.

Spiffy!

I'm looking for Devine, and I find Hopper.

I swear that cm that I talked to earlier hired this couple to stare at the wall just to get me.

"What were you doing?"
"You didn't really think that the arborvitae was actual,,,,"
"Shut, Up, You."


On to Festival, it was terrific as usual. Then, just as it was getting dark, we went back to EE, and I got to ride it again, with almost no wait.
It really is much cooler at night.

Now, it's pretty dark, so it's finally time to see Dinosaur. I love this ride, and even though a lot a people have complained about not being able to see anything in it, which I totally agree, if you do it at night there is a WHOLE bunch more that becomes visible that just wasn't visible during the day.

Of course, there is a catch though.
It is rough on the back. And mine was getting to being about the worst it was on the whole trip.
But I did it anyway.

When we got off, I thought about Primevil Whirl, but even though I like the ride a lot, didn't want to send my back into total meltdown.
Besides, it was getting late, and we have to be at the Marketplace by nine fifteen for our dinner appointment.
Notice how I used the word "appointment"? Yeah, by about now I was getting a little sick and tired of having the whole trip planned out by which restaurant we have to get to.

And after today hunched over a lathe, I'm sorry, back hurts, and gotta go.
soon,,,,,

 

[luvhockey]

Another wonderful if it's Thursday it must be installment night as usual. And I so thought it was DeVine. So sorry.

 

[Kay7979]

I am sorry to hear that Inspector Nebo Clouseau was once again unable to find the elusive DeVine. Instead he barged in on a couple who thought they'd found a private spot to be alone, accosted a perfectly harmless arborvitae, and frightened one of the resident grasshoppers. DeVine is probably trying to avoid you, having heard of your other mishaps at Disney. She's afraid you'll bump into her, trip over her roots, then rip out handfuls of grapes and leaves in an attempt to save yourself from falling. She doesn't want to spend weeks in the greenhouse having new growth grafted onto her.The CM wouldn't tell you where to find her, because he probably has orders to radio her with your wherabouts so she can make sure she's on the other side of the park. Haven't you thought it was awfully suspicious that nearly everyone but you has been able to find her?

 

[tiggerwannabe]

Yay!!! Thank you Nebo! ... bad back and all we appreciate all that you give us...here is my gift to you...a photo. of she who must be found. so you really know it's her when you see her

LYMI!!!

c.

 

[tiggerwannabe]

These should help you see why Devine is so hard to find~

 

[lexmelinda]

By the way,,,, when we last left our HERO, on this friday in September, ,,,,,, shoot, I wish I could say (tee hee), but I can't

Here.....let me.......tee hee (this smilie seems to work well here)

This is the one show that we go to because we like to watch the people, and how they deal with it.

This sounds a little sadistic.

"How many"
"Table for one please, smoking, not by the kitchen."
I did not even get a smile.

Well....I really enjoyed it!

"Oh my Gawd, so do you shave your head or is that from , like, chemo treatment or something. EEEEEEEEE"

Please tell me she didn't really say that?!?

Not sure what movement caught my eye, might have been the wind just blowing leaves around, but I did see a grasshopper on the wall of the building.

I think it was a combination of the "asprin" and the chili dogs.

Of course, there is a catch though.
It is rough on the back. And mine was getting to being about the worst it was on the whole trip.
But I did it anyway.

Geez....you must have a death wish. I had heard that this ride was rough but I couldn't believe how rough it actually was!! Can't believe you rode it!!! Ok.....yes I can.

And after today hunched over a lathe, I'm sorry, back hurts, and gotta go. soon,,,,,

What does your doctor say?? Just gotta wait it out?? Take care, guys!!!