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

[Bee]

I will miss the Nebo meet. I am booked for the 24 to the 28.

Just kidding.. cant be sad about getting to go to Disney...just sad that I will miss my new friend NEBO.


Bee

 

[bytheblood]

I just stumbled across this thread - hilarious!! I am really enjoying this!!

 

[harleygirl]

 

[Suzflee]

Nebo,
I'm finally all caught up. Your fans' comments are just as hilarious as yours so I feel like I can't skip anything.

Have to tell you...took a family ski trip last week and told DS to pack the videos he wanted to watch (my rule is the portable DVD player can join us if the trip is 6+ hours, both kids are avid readers so I have no prob letting them watch a movie or two)

I had this overwhelming urge to add one to his pile...hadn't seen this relatively newer classic in awhile and something inside caused me to "need" to see it...not only that, after watching it at the resort (wind chill in the -20's so we took a day off) I had a dream about a turtle that was flying...

And intermittently throughout the trip, on a lift, reaching for a cookie, pouring a drink, one of us would break out with a, "Mine! Mine! Mine!"

Karaokee ??? you continue to surprise and amaze

 

[nebo]

Hello. There was supposed to be a story last night, but when I submitted the comments part, puter puked all over me. "Website not responding". And it all went away. Hopefully I fixed the problem after 3 hours last night, so b ack to some comments talk here at work.

Bytheblood: Glad you're enjoying this. Welcome. Love your Disney screen name. It's so warm and fuzzy all over. What, was DeathandDismemberment taken?

Suzflee: I can't believe anyone would want to go waterskiing when it's 20 below.

Bee: Right now, I"m not even positive the may trip is a definate, much less Sept. But I do like being called that name though: friend

WINKERS!: Once again, I"m aghast, agape and agog! I'm not even going to quote that. was funny though

Jaime: she says; and the EXwaste-of-space
ok, I could be wrong, but I get the feeling you really don't like him very mcuh any more.

 

[nebo]

Hey Kay! Wow, your tag fairy elicited a response from a person with a sponser tag. Um,,,,,,,,, what's a sponser?

monymony: funny how you can take an email sometimes. Yeah, I got it all wrong. Darn, good sarcasm gone to waste.

Harleygirl : Ok, the reef it is, and hopefully we'll be back in Japan, tonight.

and Kay's smarter sister: HI

later

 

[nebo]

Remember when I said the company I work for is going under?
Well, we were just cut down to half pay yesterday, half hours, (you're welcome to come in for free though if you want) and it's now going quickly.
It's like the bow is underwater, the captain is now dead, the stern way up in the air, Leo and Kate trying to get up there, and the guy just jumped and hit the propeller.

I have a confession to make.


I am the father of Anna Nicole's baby.
Why not? Everybody else is saying it.

And another thing.

How come so many presidents were named after streets?

uh oh, could be a weird night.

Our drinks arrived, it was just pop. Then she brought out our salads. Yes, salads. Not that I have anything against salads, I love them. With Russian dressing. But, when you are on "The Plan", no, not gettin a salad if I can help it. I want something MORE!

But the dunt got MORE. Unless you are into raw, dead fish. Or raw, dead fish squished up with bamboo shoots and rice paddies and seaweed all rolled up in a fake burrito.

Salad it is.

And two dipping bowls were brought out. I still don't know what they were for. I almost started to pick one up and pour it on my salad before the "elbow" hit me in the ribs.

Fine, I'll dip my water chestnuts in This Bowl.
Winkers, you just sit there, don't say nuttin.

Then the chef came out, stood at the long side to my left, which, according to Tiggerbellese makes me the "foot" of the table, and he started to do his magic.

Very entertaining.
I was having a good time, and even tried to make "conversation" with the couple sitting next to us, around the corner.

"So?" "She drag you here too?"
Not that it matters, but they were biracial. Well, actually, I guess they still are. He is black, she is white. And I thought it would be cool to find out where they were from, and just talk with them a bit.

After I asked the question, she giggled, he just nodded his head.
End of conversation.
OKaaaay,,,moving right along.

I went back to dunking my salad in bowls. I kept waiting for them to talk, say anything, even to each other. Nothing. Gee, maybe they are deaf, I didn't hear them order, geesh, how stupid can I be!

Well, Diane appreciated my earlier effort, knowing what a misanthrope I am, and she wasn't going to give up.
Leaning way over, "So, where you guys from?"
The young woman then giggled, and whispered something towards us.
The guy agreed with her. "Uhnnn."
I'm half deaf as it is, so I just looked at my wife.
"Excuse me?" "I'm sorry, I didn't quite catch that."

Wow! She can't hear her either? This is the woman that can hear a coffee maker when she is sleeping that I forgot to turn it on and it's not perking.

I knew what was going to happen next. See, it's like this. Most of the time, when you tell someone you can't hear them, when they repeat it, it will be even quiter this time around. The girl leaned over a bit, but now her lips barely even moved.

"Uhnnn"
At least him I could understand.
And Diane gave up. "OH, that's nice, we always wanted to visit there, someday. They could have told us Carpentersville, Ill. for all we know.

SPOILER ALERT COMING UP!

The chef made a volcano out of onion rings. Smoke and all.

Ok, you can come back now.

It really was a nice time, so far everything is going perfect today. From here, we wanted to walk through the gardens in Japan that we zipped through on the Segway, and just kinda check out some of the other gardens on the way back to the International Gateway, where we plan to walk over to The Yacht and Beach Club. Just to check it out closer, to see why people want to spend 360 a night to stay there.

Chef starts working on our entrees, and it really was fun.

Here, let me show you a picture of the place.

Oh

Boy, those Japanese can be such jokers when they want.

Ok, ok, yeah, for some reason I forgot to take any pics.
But Germany is nice too. That was from free dining the year before when we stayed at Coranado.

Now, we have been to a Benihana's before, and the steak just got all mixed up with the bean sprouts and water chestnuts and whatnot, and I wasn't liking it much at all.
But here we got a LOT of steak, and it was terrific, better than the Concourse, better than Whispering Canyon, way, way way better than Captain Jack's. To me, the shrimp was ok, but I'm not a big shrimp eater. Diane said it was ok.

For dessert I had sherbet, she had, um, crap, no, not crap, she didn't eat crap, crap cuz she just told me and I can't remember. OH! Whew, I was scaring myself there. She had ginger ice cream. Yep, that's it, and I'm sticking with it.

I really enjoyed the meal. This last "partial' day was just turning out wonderfull.

The waitress then came around and handed out checks to us all.
"Ok, how about some liar's poker? Last 3 digits on the serial number and the two numbers in the cents column?"
Diane glared at me.
I sat back down.

(Abridged too far dictionary. Read "Kay" 'exaggerate, I.")

Cute, vivacious little Japanese waitress went around the table collecting mostly money, and a few room key cards, starting with us.

I believe it was about this time that Satan showed up and said:
"Excuse me, I've been waiting awhile, mind if I pull up a chair?"

I never much cared for him. I guess I just hate the "goth" look. So I watched the waitress hand out everyone elses change. And watched them all leave.

We just sat there and looked at each other.
"Honey?" "You getting a bad feeling here like me or is it the bean sprouts?"

She agreed.
Then the waitress came back out and told us " Folks, probrem here."

At the moment I was really naive. "Probrem?"
"Yes, you don't have any credits on your room key card."
Diane: "Sure we do, still have two left."
"Sorry, it's going to have to be charged to your room."

I just sat there thinking about it. Of coarse this turned into an argument, and Diane just ended it and asked to see the manager.
The waitress comes back with another guy,,,, suit, tie, the works.
"Sorry folks, no dinners left on the card."
"Yes dinners left on the card, what's going on?" Yep, Diane was getting hot.
"No, we checked, he said, you used them all up."
"Look mister, our seven night stay was worth seven dinner credits, this one makes seven." I looked at Diane, and I could tell she was getting really upset. Too upset, so I stepped in before it got out of hand. I can explain this all to him.

"Look mister, our seven night stay was worth seven dinner credits, this one makes seven." There, that oughta do it.

"No, I'm sorry, you miscounted somewhere, it'l have to be put on your room key."

Now, I know that this can be solved, eventually, but I also know that things that go on credit cards are much easier to put on them, than take off.
And I don't want it even put on in the first place, to be straightened out later.
Diane pulled out her list of all our dinner ressies, confirmation numbers included. Gave it to him.
I said to him," The computer that keeps the record of the meals, also knows where we ate. Check it out with the main office, we'll wait. But do not put it on my credit card. That would make you a thief."

And he leaves, we end up standing in the lobby area.
And waited.
Fifteen minutes later, he comes back. "Ok, I checked it out with central reservations, and you did use all your dinner credits."
"Ok, where?" Show me what printed up."
"Oh, I didn't do that, the girl on the other end of the phone checked it out."

"What?" Now I am ready to lose it.
"You will not put that on my credit card. Go back and call her again and find out where they were all used. And do not even try to tell me that "Hoop de doo" is two credits, we know that and that is why we only had six dinners for our seven night stay."

He leaves again, and we wait. This time for another twenty minutes.
Even Satan got bored and wandered away.
And I'm looking at my watch.

He comes back, finally. "Ok folks, I found the problem. You ate at "Hoop de doo Revue" one night and that is two credits."

We couldn't believe it! We were aghast, agape,,, oh forget it.
"WE JUST TOLD YOU THAT! IT STILL IS ONLY SIX MEALS, FOR A SEVEN NIGHT STAY!!" He got this in stereo.

"Well, you'll just have to try to straighten this out with the concierge at your hotel."
"NO. Will not. We have already checked out. Somewhere, somebody double swiped the card for a dinner. There was confusion at Captain Jack's, because the waitress asked us to move to a different table. I suspect it was double swiped there."

And he shuffles off again.
Twenty! more minutes go by, and he is coming up to us out on the veranda.
I really think he was expecting us to give up by this time.

This time he has the cell phone with him. "In case you need to have somebody else explain it to you," he said.
He was lost, and I was getting piffed cuz he is now sucking the time right out of our last day.

Now, he's on hold.
And we all just stand there.
Us glaring at him, him glaring at his shoes.
Finally he's talking to someone, and I just interrupted. "Tell her to see if the card might have been double swiped one night. I suspect maybe Captain Jack's."
He hangs up after a while.
"Ok, I found the problem, believe it or not, your card was read twice at Captain Jack's, now all you have to do is go to your concierge and explain it all to them."

"What?" "Why?"
"To get it off your credit card, of course."

The first homicide almost took place in World Showcase that day.

Lunch was over an hour and 15 minutes ago. Our plans were just shot. I could tell that there wasn't anything left to accomplish here, and we took off.

I get mad thinking about all this , even now. But, we're still not totally done with it.

But I am for tonight.

Yeah Melinda, you hit it right on the head when I first mentioned it a couple weeks ago. I wanted to strangle you!

I know Kay knew where it was going too, well , I'm sure most of you all did.
Night night.

 

[winkers]

So that explains why anna nicloe's baby has fins!!

Your fun with the card being swiped twice is what my nightmares are made of! With 6 people on the ddp for 7 nights, I'm a little worried.

 

[Suzflee]

and the guy just jumped and hit the propeller.

OUCH!

I am the father of Anna Nicole's baby.
Why not? Everybody else is saying it.

Guess that explains a lot...

Fine, I'll dip my water chestnuts in This Bowl.
Winkers, you just sit there, don't say nuttin.

But you know someone else will comment....

I get mad thinking about all this , even now. But, we're still not totally done with it.

I feel your pain...I have a hard time letting this kind of thing go....sorry to hear it's still not finished....even more painful to have to come home and deal with it...

thanks for the unexpected addition/edition???

 

[Kay7979]

I have never done the dining plan, so I am not familiar with how many ways it can get screwed up. Too bad there isn't an easy way to check at the end of each day to make sure everything has been properly debited. As your tale unfolded I wasn't sure if your card had been switched with someone else's (that was my first thought) or whether the balance had been wiped off etc. What a fiasco. I'm looking forward to hearing how you eventually resolve this mess!

Personally, I think you should have wrestled the man to the floor and force-fed him two or three of your pain pills. In a few minutes he would have been singing and reciting Dr. Seuss verses in Japanese and your dinner would have been on the house for inconveniencing the honorable Nebo-san.

 

[CJsMom]

see, I was reading UtahMama's Big Fat Disney Vacation and she recommended Nebo's TR so when I finished UM's I came over here JUST to bookmark it for later because I swear I was heading over to read UM's Big Fat Disneyland Road Trip. Then I read the first couple of posts and got hooked (line and sinker, ha ha) on Nebo. So now I have a dilemma. What to read next? UM's "...Disneyland Road Trip" or Nebo's "If It's Tuesday it must be...."? Or should I go pick up my ds at preschool? Yikes, is it that time already? Thanks for helping me avoid Nebo!

 

[SamanthaL]

Good reports. I have been reading right along.

We will be doing the dining plan for the first time this November. I never really worried about anything getting mixed up like you described. I guess I will have to keep track of Disney. Is there a way to check on your credits?

 

[Bee]

Well, well... another fine installment. I would have been beyond mad!!

Also, I like the name friend for you NEBO.. hopefully, I am one of yours also.. You cant have too many, ya know!!

 

[SoonerGirl]

Good reports. I have been reading right along.

We will be doing the dining plan for the first time this November. I never really worried about anything getting mixed up like you described. I guess I will have to keep track of Disney. Is there a way to check on your credits?

I hope you don't mind me butting in and answering this question Nebo!

Yes, you can keep track of your credits - whenever you use the dining plan they give you a receipt, the receipt lists how many credits you have remaining. I highly recommended checking this each time too, last trip I got my DS an order of french fries and a drink which should have been two snack credits - the lady charged me for two counter service meals instead! Luckily I noticed it and the manager fixed it for me right away.

 

[jluvsdis]

Just want you to know Nebo that although I may have slipped back into my lurker dome, I'm still here and that was another great episode
Had to poke my head out for a moment to say so

Keep 'em coming, thoroughly enjoying as always.

Jill

 

[SamanthaL]

Thanks Michelle! YIKES! 2 counter credits is a far cry from 2 snack credits. I will have to keep a list of all my credits and where I use each one. Eeek.

 

[nebo]

Hi guys. No, I'm sorry, not going to be able to continue tonight, there's this little tournament going on now I have to kinda pay attention to.
But, I always have time to put my two cents in.
Soonergirl: Sure, now you join us. Almost finished here. Gonna call you Latergirl. Well, better than Nevergirl.

Hey Kay? Suzflee? Samantha? Yes, Betterlaterthannevergirl summed it up perfectly. It really is easy to keep track of your credits on the dining plan.
Every time you use the plan for anything, you get a receipt printout that shows all your remaining credits. This was the first problem we have encountered. I guess we were lulled into a false sense of security.
We had always checked our totals, after every use in the past. And it was always right. This whole problem could have been avoided if we had checked the reciept out after we settled at Cap'n Jacks. But, ahem, I didn't pay that night, and remember, the next day at Italy, I walked out. So, didn't pay then either. Nor the counter service that night by the pool. (boy, digging myself a hole here aren't I?)

Really, like I said, we never had a problem before, and we have now used the dining plan twice when it was free, and once for a 3 nighter when we paid for it. Just check the reciepts after every time you buy something on it, and you'll be ok.

Hey! Jluvsdisney: been looking for you. Thought you totally defected over to the evil empire. Yes, we remember you. And I wanted to know how the surprise the hubby trip worked out. Also, you were going to let me know how the running of the bulls at MGM worked. Nice to here from you again Jill.

Hey Bee: yes, I am proud to be able to call you a friend of mine, even if you do live in the "Gateway to Denver".

And Samantha is back. Nice to see you . Are you still waking folks up in the middle of the night to give them a sleeping pill?
(ok, there's a chance that didn't make any sense, but my brain says you are a nurse that posted in the beginniing of this drivel.)

Cj'smom: The answer to the which report to read is simple. Since you can't go wrong reading Utahmama's report, what you do is print out both reports, keep hers by your bedside, put mine in a metal waste basket, then, if the power goes out in a storm, you can light the paper in the basket and have enough light to read Utahmama's. That way both reports are put to good use.

Special Kay?: again, just check the reciepts. And no, I couldn't allow myself to get too angry with the Japanese. You see, I still owe them. From an incident that happened in May, I mentioned it in the first trip report.

Oh, what the heck.
I was in one of my list making moods, and putting down a list of who I thought were the best and the worst tourists. The worst were the French. Followed by Indians or Pakistani's, and Germans. The best, without a doubt, were the Japanese. I found this out because I once inflicted great pain on an elderly Japanese man one time.

We were coming off Splash Mountain , and in a hurry to make our fastpass time at BTMR next door. Believe it or not, I was in almost jogging mode. When we passed by the monitor area that showed your pictures, I couldn't help but look up as I was running by. And I just "creamed" this poor guy standing there.

Yes, he had the camera around his neck, was only about half my size, and I blasted him when I wasn't looking.
He slammed into a wall, and crumpled to the floor. I ran over to him apologizing the whole time, but he would have none of it.
"Oh no, not your fawt. Is my fawt." "I should have seen kamikaze man coming at me to brast me into tomollo."
And he really wasn't being sarcastic. Then he thanked me again for picking up the battery that got knocked out of his camera on the impact. By the time we were done talking, if we ever visit Tokyo Disneyland, we have a place to stay. So that's why I went easy on them dissing the honorable nebo-san.

Ok, leaving now. Oh wait.

Winkers: Hi.

 

[SoonerGirl]

Soonergirl: Sure, now you join us. Almost finished here. Gonna call you Latergirl. Well, better than Nevergirl.

I've been here Nebo - I just mostly keep my comments to myself. I'm thoroughly enjoying your TR though!!

 

[winkers]

you should have your own reality show!! I'd love to see a re-enactment of the kamikaze man !

 

[CJsMom]

Cj'smom: The answer to the which report to read is simple. Since you can't go wrong reading Utahmama's report, what you do is print out both reports, keep hers by your bedside, put mine in a metal waste basket, then, if the power goes out in a storm, you can light the paper in the basket and have enough light to read Utahmama's. That way both reports are put to good use.

I picked you Nebo! Sorry Utahmama - I love your reports - but DW trumped DL! I swear, it's the next one I'll read! And Nebo - I'm shocked - you can't see the Magic Kingdom from the WL beach? Who knew?