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Hi Woo hoo, I don't think I even want an idea of how you came up with that screen name.
Or when.
Hope you have a great time at the music. Look for a hidden little garden at the back of the Broadway section. It's a great place to sit and have a cocktail at night.
Angela, I already got yelled at for mentioning that smoking area, so please, don't tell anyone.
On the way back to the park, I'm in a good mood, even though I shouldn't be. My back was really sore from sitting in the lounger, but I was really glad that we weren't PW'd at the pool, or once again at the bus stop.
Remember when being PW'd meant something else?
I didn't say that out loud again, did I?
Knowing this is going to be a long night, I am prepared!
Sunny D in one hand, little airplane bottle of rum in pocket one, little buddy friends in pocket two.
Well, I thought I was going to be in good shape.
The little friends didn't survive the bus trip.
We got there about quarter to five, Wishes is at six, park closes for non Christmas Party guests at seven.
Which is us.
HO, HO, HO.
First stop is to use the fastpasses that are good for 1 o'clock to two o'clock, I think. The cm looked at them and waved us right through.
Now, I have mentioned before that my little Smidgy delights in kicking my butt on this ride. Every time.
Well, every time except the last time we did it in september, when I pulled out an extremely narrow margin of victory.
This time I slaughtered her! You know, Buzz Lightyear.
I managed somehow to hit something in the first ten seconds worth 50,000 points. And I have no idea what it was. She looked and saw that big 50 pop up on my side and almost quit.
But I kept the pressure up, no sir, I'm not going to give in. I want to pile it on now.
The final score was 50,025 to 48,000.
I crushed her!
My little friends then said they would really appreciate a nice relaxing ride on the Wedway People Mover.
Yeah, they're like that, they hate change, especially names.
By quarter to six, we had a position on the bridge for the fireworks and castle lighting, and it was incredible.
Wishes followed after that shot, and we want to hide now in the back of the park as long as we can. On the way past the castle I got one more.
By the way, did you ever wonder what Wishes looks like from my little friends point of view? Or was it the Sunny D? I'll show you.
Love that picture, wish I could have been there.
We quickly hit POTC and made it to Haunted Mansion just before closing, when we tried to head back into Fantasyland, they wouldn't let us.
Diane didn't know the secret handshake!
"Ok, I said, "Guess you're going to have to put us up in the castle for the night if you won't let us out"
I got that "look right through you gaze" and he just pointed back the way we came.
So we dawdled in Liberty Square, I got a coke with two cups, and we used the little bottles in them and went to the smoking area for awhile.
From what we saw it really wasn't that crowded, we hung around the park until almost eight just enjoying the sights and lights. No, we couldn't stay for the special parade or fireworks, but not that much seemed different.
Main street was awful pretty though.
I could also tell I was going to be really wrong about the crowd. I couldn't believe how many folks were coming in as we were leaving, it was like rope drop!
Before I knew it, we were getting off the boat at Wilderness Lodge, so it was time to look around for a bit. It's so pretty at night here, but really, really dark too. I gave myself a high five for not walking off the pier.
After a while, we headed on inside.
The first thing you see if the tree, it is huge! But you know what? Already, all the trees are starting to run together in my mind. There's too much special types of ornaments on them, and not enough special lights.
After checking in, we got a buzzer thingy, it was going to be a bit longer. And that's when I screwed up.
I went and sat down in the lobby.
In a BIG stuffed chair.
Oh, so comfortable, so comfortable, soooo,,,, commmmforrrrt,,,,
"Steve!" 'What are you doing?" "Are you sleeping?"
"Huh?" "Wha"?
"No sleeping yet!"
"OH, Auntie Em!"
Yeah, the drive and being on the go finally got me. So I grabbed two candy canes off the tree and broke them in half to prop my eyelids open.
Then the buzzer went off and I almost wet my pants!
Getting out of the chair wasn't easy, it was like there was kryptonite underneath it. Finally when I was standing, she gave me push to get me started.
"An object in motion, stays in motion." Newton's law.
But I kept slowing down till I stopped.
"Diane, did you forget to pay the inertia bill this month?"
At the counter the seater quickly skipped away with Diane right behind her, leaving me standing there without a push.
I had to grab on to a passing bus boy's cart to get started.
Now, we have eaten here before once, but not in the main room. We were seated out in the lobby area, which had a much better view, but we kept hearing all this comotion from around the corner and felt like we were missing out on stuff.
Then it was called Whispering Canyon.
Now it's "Cacophony Canyon."
Everybody yells at the top of their lungs, even the waiters and waitresses.
And the servers have to clomp the legs of the serving tables on the floor like a horse.
Man, you talk about being at a disadvantage in my present narcoleptic state?
It didn't help when our waitress and server kept screwing up the order.
To be honest, it almost seemed on purpose.
Diane had the all you can eat skillet, I just ordered the rib dinner with soup as an appetizer. I did ask if they could substitute the green beans for a little corn.
No problem.
Our waitress was a riot though. When I pointed out that I have green beans on my plate instead of corn she said, "Oh, that's not corn?" "No wonder I can never find it in the produce section."
Then she brought me out a plate with TWO full ears on it.
She and Diane hit if off really good though. Diane showed her a folding paper origami thing, and she made Diane a hat.
Thinking really really hard now, I know I had some kind of soup for an appetizer, just not sure what kind. And I have no idea what, if any, I had for desert.
Diane's skillet had some ribs, shredded pork, roasted chicken, and I think a small steak. She didn't ask for any seconds. We gave our girl an extra five bucks on the included tip, and soon we were back on the pier again.
By the way, whatever you do in that restaurant, don't ask for ketchup!
Looking back from the boat, once yet again, it bonked me on the head why I love Disney so much.
Now, I feel like WL is my home too. Yes, we stayed here once befor for 4 nights, but you don't have to be in a Park to be in Disney, the resorts are just as much Disney, and they welcome you as if you are a guest there.
it was about 11:30 when we got back to Music, and just went straight to a table by the Piano Pool for a smoke.
There wasn't a person in sight at the pool. I did see a security guard standing off by the restrooms there, though, and I wondered if he might yell at us cuz we are a bit far from the smoking area.
Then company came.
A young couple ran in, laughing and higher than kites.
She kept pretending to jump in the pool, even though it's only about 60 degrees now. And we really enjoyed watching from a distance.
Then, whe got him to take off his pants and shirt, and he was just in boxer shorts.
And he jumped in.
I look at the security guard and he is now making his move.
Glancing back at her, I'm thinking, "Oh hurry, hurry, you don't have much time."
Did she take off her clothes and jump in too?
Well, yes and no.
Yes, she jumped in, no she didn't take off her clothes.
Fully dressed, she landed almost on top of him.
Nebo was morose.
By now, the security guy had made it around, got them out and waited till he got dressed and they left.
Oh well, tomorrow is another day!
Or when.
Hope you have a great time at the music. Look for a hidden little garden at the back of the Broadway section. It's a great place to sit and have a cocktail at night.
Angela, I already got yelled at for mentioning that smoking area, so please, don't tell anyone.
On the way back to the park, I'm in a good mood, even though I shouldn't be. My back was really sore from sitting in the lounger, but I was really glad that we weren't PW'd at the pool, or once again at the bus stop.
Remember when being PW'd meant something else?
I didn't say that out loud again, did I?
Knowing this is going to be a long night, I am prepared!
Sunny D in one hand, little airplane bottle of rum in pocket one, little buddy friends in pocket two.
Well, I thought I was going to be in good shape.
The little friends didn't survive the bus trip.
We got there about quarter to five, Wishes is at six, park closes for non Christmas Party guests at seven.
Which is us.
HO, HO, HO.
First stop is to use the fastpasses that are good for 1 o'clock to two o'clock, I think. The cm looked at them and waved us right through.
Now, I have mentioned before that my little Smidgy delights in kicking my butt on this ride. Every time.
Well, every time except the last time we did it in september, when I pulled out an extremely narrow margin of victory.
This time I slaughtered her! You know, Buzz Lightyear.
I managed somehow to hit something in the first ten seconds worth 50,000 points. And I have no idea what it was. She looked and saw that big 50 pop up on my side and almost quit.
But I kept the pressure up, no sir, I'm not going to give in. I want to pile it on now.
The final score was 50,025 to 48,000.
I crushed her!
My little friends then said they would really appreciate a nice relaxing ride on the Wedway People Mover.
Yeah, they're like that, they hate change, especially names.
By quarter to six, we had a position on the bridge for the fireworks and castle lighting, and it was incredible.
Wishes followed after that shot, and we want to hide now in the back of the park as long as we can. On the way past the castle I got one more.
By the way, did you ever wonder what Wishes looks like from my little friends point of view? Or was it the Sunny D? I'll show you.
Love that picture, wish I could have been there.
We quickly hit POTC and made it to Haunted Mansion just before closing, when we tried to head back into Fantasyland, they wouldn't let us.
Diane didn't know the secret handshake!
"Ok, I said, "Guess you're going to have to put us up in the castle for the night if you won't let us out"
I got that "look right through you gaze" and he just pointed back the way we came.
So we dawdled in Liberty Square, I got a coke with two cups, and we used the little bottles in them and went to the smoking area for awhile.
From what we saw it really wasn't that crowded, we hung around the park until almost eight just enjoying the sights and lights. No, we couldn't stay for the special parade or fireworks, but not that much seemed different.
Main street was awful pretty though.
I could also tell I was going to be really wrong about the crowd. I couldn't believe how many folks were coming in as we were leaving, it was like rope drop!
Before I knew it, we were getting off the boat at Wilderness Lodge, so it was time to look around for a bit. It's so pretty at night here, but really, really dark too. I gave myself a high five for not walking off the pier.
After a while, we headed on inside.
The first thing you see if the tree, it is huge! But you know what? Already, all the trees are starting to run together in my mind. There's too much special types of ornaments on them, and not enough special lights.
After checking in, we got a buzzer thingy, it was going to be a bit longer. And that's when I screwed up.
I went and sat down in the lobby.
In a BIG stuffed chair.
Oh, so comfortable, so comfortable, soooo,,,, commmmforrrrt,,,,
"Steve!" 'What are you doing?" "Are you sleeping?"
"Huh?" "Wha"?
"No sleeping yet!"
"OH, Auntie Em!"
Yeah, the drive and being on the go finally got me. So I grabbed two candy canes off the tree and broke them in half to prop my eyelids open.
Then the buzzer went off and I almost wet my pants!
Getting out of the chair wasn't easy, it was like there was kryptonite underneath it. Finally when I was standing, she gave me push to get me started.
"An object in motion, stays in motion." Newton's law.
But I kept slowing down till I stopped.
"Diane, did you forget to pay the inertia bill this month?"
At the counter the seater quickly skipped away with Diane right behind her, leaving me standing there without a push.
I had to grab on to a passing bus boy's cart to get started.
Now, we have eaten here before once, but not in the main room. We were seated out in the lobby area, which had a much better view, but we kept hearing all this comotion from around the corner and felt like we were missing out on stuff.
Then it was called Whispering Canyon.
Now it's "Cacophony Canyon."
Everybody yells at the top of their lungs, even the waiters and waitresses.
And the servers have to clomp the legs of the serving tables on the floor like a horse.
Man, you talk about being at a disadvantage in my present narcoleptic state?
It didn't help when our waitress and server kept screwing up the order.
To be honest, it almost seemed on purpose.
Diane had the all you can eat skillet, I just ordered the rib dinner with soup as an appetizer. I did ask if they could substitute the green beans for a little corn.
No problem.
Our waitress was a riot though. When I pointed out that I have green beans on my plate instead of corn she said, "Oh, that's not corn?" "No wonder I can never find it in the produce section."
Then she brought me out a plate with TWO full ears on it.
She and Diane hit if off really good though. Diane showed her a folding paper origami thing, and she made Diane a hat.
Thinking really really hard now, I know I had some kind of soup for an appetizer, just not sure what kind. And I have no idea what, if any, I had for desert.
Diane's skillet had some ribs, shredded pork, roasted chicken, and I think a small steak. She didn't ask for any seconds. We gave our girl an extra five bucks on the included tip, and soon we were back on the pier again.
By the way, whatever you do in that restaurant, don't ask for ketchup!
Looking back from the boat, once yet again, it bonked me on the head why I love Disney so much.
Now, I feel like WL is my home too. Yes, we stayed here once befor for 4 nights, but you don't have to be in a Park to be in Disney, the resorts are just as much Disney, and they welcome you as if you are a guest there.
it was about 11:30 when we got back to Music, and just went straight to a table by the Piano Pool for a smoke.
There wasn't a person in sight at the pool. I did see a security guard standing off by the restrooms there, though, and I wondered if he might yell at us cuz we are a bit far from the smoking area.
Then company came.
A young couple ran in, laughing and higher than kites.
She kept pretending to jump in the pool, even though it's only about 60 degrees now. And we really enjoyed watching from a distance.
Then, whe got him to take off his pants and shirt, and he was just in boxer shorts.
And he jumped in.
I look at the security guard and he is now making his move.
Glancing back at her, I'm thinking, "Oh hurry, hurry, you don't have much time."
Did she take off her clothes and jump in too?
Well, yes and no.
Yes, she jumped in, no she didn't take off her clothes.
Fully dressed, she landed almost on top of him.
Nebo was morose.
By now, the security guy had made it around, got them out and waited till he got dressed and they left.
Oh well, tomorrow is another day!
, not that is hasn't been good so far, just sayin.
