Hucifer and Dan's flipping huge trip report *Last 3 days/Epilogue! 10/9, pgs 36-38*

[Sleeping Beauty415]

I am new to these boards and thanks to your TR and a few others, I am officially hooked to the Trip Reports board! Keep it coming, I can't get enough!!

 

[tink38]

Wendy,

I've spent the whole afternoon reading your report. Mai Tai say that it was VERY entertaining!

I laughed, I cried, I snotted on my monitor. Great times, dude. Great times.

 

[alberto]

Oh Hucifer, once again just magnifico!!

 

[Daisysmom]

You've got me thinking I may have to LIE and say I am a vegetarian - or convert - before my ADR in September! I sure hope Chef T is around!!

 

[connorsmom911]

Thanks again for a gut-busting installment!!

Keep 'em comin'!!!

 

[sheridac]

Uh......

HELLO????

hello.....


hello.....


hello....

 

[hucifer]

Hey everyone. Just wanted to thank you all again for sticking with this trip report. There is a REASON I drag this out, and it's more than the reason my sister says. I am not finished writing it, and my posted days are slowly catching up with my unwritten days.

MickeyDee...cute analogy!

Alberto...your accent sounds so familiar.

tink38, watch that snot. Once it dries, it sticks like superglue.

arizonacolbys, October is a great time to enjoy the World, esp if you like Halloween and eating. Hope you don't get the crowds and the rain like we experienced.

Daisysmom, LIE! LIE! It was sooooo worth it. Hope ya like tofu.

Sleeping Beauty415, do yourself a favor and read LaLa's TR and kpk89's TR...some of my favorites. I have snuck a peek at horsegirl's TR and from what I read, that's also good stuff. Haven't read it yet, though. Another TR on the Must-Read List.

lillygator, so we weren't as special as we thought?????


Okay, this last installment for day 4 is a quickie. No pics. Sorry 'bout that.

 

[hucifer]

You would think that our day was full enough (no pun intended), but no. We wobble back to MGM to find out what these fancy-dancy Extra Magic Hours are really all about.

Guess what? They’re all about crowds.

We rode RNRC once, but the wait was even worse when we got off. The weather was starting to cool significantly, the air was threatening to rain again. Since the wait was relatively short at the Voyage of the Little Mermaid, I convinced Dan to stop there. Neither of us had ever seen it before.

First, let me preface this segment with a little background information. I don’t like to be cold. Not at all. I’m the kind of person who will walk around WDW in blistering 90-degree weather in 100% humidity and think nothing of it. But as soon as I walk inside an air-conditioned building, my teeth chatter and I’m hugging myself as a desperate measure to keep warm. I’m desperate to step back outside and let the heat envelope my body again. Not a big fan of air conditioning. Why I live in Michigan is beyond me. I guess because I’m also not a big fan of bugs.

So we’re in the theatre and waiting for the next show. Wow, it’s freezing in here. Yes, do make sure the air conditioning is set to Freeze because it’s a balmy 60 degrees outside. I shiver in my seat, trying best to stay as warm as possible. Then the show starts.

I had idea what cold was.

I’m shivering and mildly enjoying the performance when…the freaking rain dumped on us inside the theatre.

I jumped and literally yelled out, “You’ve GOT to be kidding me!” Three of the eight people in the audience turned to look at me. Like I hadn’t endured enough fricking rain today? I’m in a fetal position and rocking in my seat, trying to shield my body from the rain. My frantic and futile attempts to stay dry were laughable. It seemed like the rain just kept coming down. Probably because I was wishing it away so hard. And once the rain finally shut off, the air conditioning felt like it was on Eleven. Being wet and cold is a nasty combination for me. The shivering only got worse.

Those of you that have seen this show know that it doesn’t end for me here.

So I’m shivering, irritable, miserable and not-so-patiently waiting for the performance to end when…the Mermaid dumps more rain on us. Yep, color Wendy Not Happy. Now I’m just peed-off. Maybe this feels delightfully refreshing to your average guest when it’s 90 degrees and humid, but it was pretty chilly this evening. No wonder there wasn’t a wait for this attraction. Is Ariel bitter about something? What’s with all the dumping? Does she want us as miserable as she is? Dan, where's my poncho?

No sooner did the show end and the doors open, I sprint from my seat and run for the exit, leaving Dan behind in my cloud of dust to fend for himself. Not surprisingly, I was the first one out of the theatre. 60 degrees sounded like a sauna compared to that frigid hell I just endured. Warmth…get me warm!

The Voyage of the Bitter Mermaid did me in. I begged Dan to take me back and call it a day. At the resort, we place our nametags next to two Roo pins on the dresser and hit the bed.



Next installment: Day 5. Yes Virginia, there really is a Blizzard Beach.

 

[aGoofyMom]

I am another who would cheerfully carry a sweater to endure the air conditioning. I remember a business trip to Texas in January. I kept having to go outside on the breaks to warm up. They kept asking why this Canadian was always so cold - I just pointed out that we didn't believe in air conditioning in 50 degree weather. (my Farenheit scale might be a little off - I get lost above freezing, but below 70...)

And summer rain is enough for me to look to wear long pants.

Can't wait for the next installment, I haven't done Blizzard Beach myself.

 

[sheridac]

I jumped and literally yelled out, “You’ve GOT to be kidding me!”

Ha!!! I can TOTALLY see you doing this!!!

The Voyage of the Bitter Mermaid did me in.

I think this is (or should be) technically referred to as "The Voyage of the What's Wrong With This Woman Who Can't Stand On Her Own Two Feet (Literally) Bitter Mermaid".

Just sayin'.

 

[Lil' Grumpy]

first most, so sorry for your lost... . [i still miss my grandfather
and all the things we used to do.]


hucifer..is a m'lady?..ahhh from the state up north..well that's explained it!
big m is # 2! well nobody bigger than osu* buckeyes! /

i needed a "break" from learning,on how to write tr, plus i like pickin up
tips from others.....ok?

hwere' my intake? [ probably not desired but can't help myself] sorta
explained how i ended up on these boards..directed by my lil miss cutie
pie..so i'll keep away from pesterin her "plans". [ we doing a lil fall cruise].


why? we were down there at the same time period! secondly, i am
intrigue [lil envious too] of couples' reports...70's were the last time,
and can barely remember...don't laugh, getting older is a privilege.
[yeppie, i am good @ rascal-at-i-zation..{not typin}..oh, you already
noticed?] it's only a dream..to some day redo a trip as a couple with
my disney . i think yours been all

ok? so if i accidentally spewed out "big blue...as "pig stew", i'm forgiven?

but your report #1...i'm so glad to have read it! thank you, ma'am for
sharing your wonderful experiences....& expressing your heart felt feelings.


*gotta ask? why is "roo" being yor husband choice for pin collecting? cos
with all the fun he having , i'm thinking of trying. tippos? p.s...i don't
understand..why wouldn't the belly dancer have any roo..could they be
hidden like mickey? is pin "searching" proper at-i-que [ ]-"it'? is
that related to southern gitting it done?



crt- a wee bit jealous? but @ ak, surprised you didn't poke your head?,
hand? into poco's lil brown purse? so those fruity bats showing off,
appending to yor sexuality "nature", heh? are you an auditor...since you
have an eye for details? i couldn't help my disppointment. no pic of you
audiling/ admiring the lil guy? we missed this display, but did managed
some cute pics of an exotic bird.[ he looked like a rooster & gave our
daughter alot of "unwanted" atttention.] so sorry for breaking the
no crying rule..which i think is neato!

please, don't misunderstand my "apprication"..yep, im a lil audacious.


attention seekers,are we? ...i think your disney partner is no "idiot". and
it's so "with it" on getting it on with the different characters. was surprised
at the lack of feedback from donald's..must been weather related? [we
never seen it so hot for that time of year!]. but did i missed something,
"what's wrong being nosy?"..p.s....during this trip..we really hammin it up
for the camera...esp dino land/being eaten! funny, our "aurora" didn't
looked the same @ crt/oct. 4th. [ i think].butty & oh, boy!!! your
description matched the wonderful "alice"we had...of course, i jumped in for
a lil special-her-ness! however, my lil wifey poo did the redirecting,dwayts!
*all i wanted was the pic like the tv commcercial..but she gave no sympathy!
[ i pouted the rest of day]. my true meaning of a master after all these
years together...with my lil miss cutie pie.

did you take pics with the princeses?

and does your partner in disney read and "see" your report? talk bout being
in "good hands"...which was a fabolous pic...no doubt, you guys have the
" magic ", pal 'm & all! *it is our family rule to regress by calvin's
[clavin& hobbes fame] transporter ..back to our 10y/o days..q time we go
under the mick-mag arch...& a lil pinching. [when i started out my report,
this was ripped by others..so glad that others have similar "traditions".

you mentioned tourist gators? they were all hanging out at c.s.. really!

why do guys? well it seem we're always bringing up the "rear". a culture
thing, i think! isn't that where disney got that famous saying..tim allen?...
tooo affinity & beehiney! which was later moral-fried by disney
auditormators? all i know, always trying to catch up with my family and
my wife a hollerin...if you saw a group with a braided princess ..that
was us! also, fyi, i asked my wife about your "pushin buttons" comment,
but all i could get was this: and .


finally, i hope this is a comfort measure...when i read your monorail part,
it made me stop & go hugged my kids...of course, the only one that
allowed me was my daughter. what a wonderful & magic memory you
gave to the other family! we, too have been privileged to have experienced
the caring of others. once a lil girl believed our daughter was the real
ariel and asked her "mommie" if she could sit beside her. i will never
forget how she looked. my daughter [only 4y/o] didn't understand exactly
what was going on....it was /still is- the cutest disney experience i have
ever seen! the gift of caring goes beyond words!

 

[hucifer]

Hey Lil' Grumpy! I'm glad you're enjoying the report. So we were there at the same time? Did you post any pictures? Dan was searching Roo just for the challenge. Nothing else. Dan loves to say he can do the impossible...and then do the impossible. And I used to be an editor...well I guess I still do that at my job now...but never an auditor. Yes, I did take pics with the princesses but I didn't post them because Dan's pics were better. And yes, Dan does read this TR and all the comments...his favorites are the one Loubon writes.

...the part about your daughter was very sweet. Thanks for sharing!

aGoofyMom, you know what I'm saying. I always carry a sweater with me in restaurants and at the movies. They really crank the air in the summer. And Blizzard Beach...it's a must-try.

 

[Loubon]

Alberto...your accent sounds so familiar.

Sounds a lot like Dan if you ask me......


When my oldest DD was about 2 1/2 the Little Mermaid had just come out and it was her favorite movie. So we took her to see the show when we went to WDW. At 2 1/2 she was somewhat apprehensive of everything that was unfolding before her (characters, rides etc.) So all she remembered was getting wet in that show! Every show after that she would say "are we gonna get wet?". To this day (and she is now 18) we always say to her while standing on line "are we gonna get wet?"

 

[DISUNC]

Wendella!

Thanks for the CHILLING

WET

PICTURELESS update!
However the ending seemed to WARM

up a bit!

What NO waves crashing on the - FADE OUT!

Happy 4TH

 

[bratus913]

Alberto...your accent sounds so familiar.

I think he sounds H-O-T

 

[Cap'n Keel]

G'day to ya Miss Lucifer. Being a brethren of the coast I know yer husband.
Beg'in yer pardon for this non-flashy response. No sparkling-twinkling pixies er jumping happy face critters.
Let me introduce meself <bowing>. Friends call me Cap'n.
Been enjoying yer tale...well...let me rephrase that...yer recitation of yer trials & tribulations with Dan to the mouse house.
So yer falsely wearing employee tags ta rangle free favors out of unsuspecting cast members & guests. You even went as far as to impersonanting a boy to get yer ways. I love it! Ye gots a bit o' the pirate in ya.
Appears it's all bout the food & fun with you young lady. Well it ain't! Lots of hard work for those poor souls who work there. Last week alone I spent 32 hours straight chasing a wench in circles and n'ver caught her.
As to yer last post bout the the Little Mermaid show. I must differ with ya. I could sit in there all day long enjoying those seashells.

 

[alberto]

I think he sounds H-O-T

Ahh Miss Lucinda, as we say in old country, "Un la bellezza sono quanto meraviglioso siete sulla parte interna", which means, Ones beauty is how wonderful you are on the inside. The true beauty here is this maginfico report, I could just read on and on, just exceptional!!!!!

 

[hucifer]

Ladies and germs, a friendly note:

Before any of you read the next installment of my fine trip report, I feel I must warn you that this installment contains...gasp!...no pictures. Look at the title...name says it all...absolutely NO Wendy-in-bathing-suit pics allowed in my trippie. None. Because it's my report and I am truly master over my domain. The domain being this report. It's mine, I own it, and that's all there is to say about it. Like it or lump it and all that.

(I'd be a good mom some day, wouldn't I?)

Now...on with the fun, Wendy and Dan style...
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Part 1. Somebody pinch me! --Dan


“Danny, wake up! We’re going to Blizzard Beach today!”

“Whatever.”

“No, really! Get your swimming trunks on…no, not the ones with the little Sponge Bobs on them…the ones you can wear in public without embarrassing me.”

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Well...here we are, baby. Standing at the turnstiles at Blizzard Beach.

Danny, blink all you want. This image is not going away.

There, there. Don’t cry. I know you’ve been waiting for this moment for an awfully long time. Here, let me pinch you so you know you aren’t dreaming.

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We are mighty excited to tackle this park today, folks. Neither of us has been to Blizzard Beach and we are so eager to try it out. But first we need to find a place to put our stuff.

Easier said than done.

Why is it so difficult to pick a couple of lounge chairs? Why do we have to find the “perfect spot” for something we will rarely see today? Why do we always have to argue in public?

About twenty-two minutes later we have compromised on a spot and shed our outer layer. Now I have to get used to the idea of exposing my body to the world. We slip on our water shoes (oh yeah, we are STYLING, baby) and are just about ready to explore the park when…

“Do you have to do that now?”

Out come the Angry Eyes. The first thing I want to do is see the park. The first thing Dan wants to do is smoke. Aarrrgh! Your nasty habit is always getting in my way of having fun. Didn’t we take long enough to find the perfect lounge chair? Put down that cancer stick and let’s get sliding! I cannot believe you want to smoke…do you realize where we ARE?

Dan eventually finishes his disgusting, vile habit…and we’re off!

I suggest that we do the ski lift first for two reasons: 1) the line for this thing builds quickly, and 2) it’s a great way to see the whole park. Since today I am the Brains Of This Operation, I decide that seeing the whole park first thing is a good idea for newbies. Of course, the first thing we actually see is a line.

Crap. Lousy queuing for the ski lift…it’s taking forever to load everyone. Plus, I’m feeling really exposed standing practically naked in a bathing suit and water shoes. Even worse, Dan and I have to share the ski lift with some dude so now I’m feeling weird about how my bare thighs spread out when I sit down. Sort of sucks the romance right out of the experience.

We’re up and away, but seeing the park from this angle doesn’t really help. All I see is a mess of slides, zigzagging all over the place. So when we reach the top, we’re not really sure where to go. We backtrack our steps a few times, quite confused as to where the slides start. All we know is that we’re NOT looking for the Summit Plummet line. We actually got lost looking for the bloody slides. Lost dorks in water shoes.

Look away, we’re hideous.

We find the Slush Gusher line and hop into it right away. Honey, our first slide in Blizzard Beach! Five seconds later, I’m at the bottom of the slide with a mouthful of water. Now I quickly realize one thing:

This park is all about stairs. I mean, the trip down takes what? 8 seconds, 11 at the most. But getting back up to the top is about 312 steps, which can be roughly 4 to 12 minutes of your life, depending on what kind of shape you’re in, how strong your quadriceps are, and how strong you possess the will to climb. Blizzard Beach, we quickly realized, is not for the weak. Nope, the weak ones here park themselves at the lounge chairs or sleep in the lazy river. Good thing Dan is 85 pounds lighter than our last trip. He never would have been able to handle this.

So we climb and climb. And climb. Once we reach the top, we decide to do Teamboat Springs, the family raft ride back down to the bottom. It wasn’t bad, we actually liked this one better than the family ride at Typhoon Lagoon.

When we get to the bottom, we’re attacked by the Disney Paparazzi. “Take your picture?” The Camera Dude asks us, holding up his camera.

“No thanks,” Dan says, pointing at me from the opposite side of the raft. “I don’t even know her.”

I giggled, but Camera Dude rolls his eyes and waits for the next raft. Yep folks, he actually rolled his eyes at Dan. Are ya feelin’ that Disney Magic, folks?

At this time I need to mention the weather since I’ve been complaining so much about the rain on this trip. I sure scheduled this day well. It’s a sunny and hot day here at Blizzard Beach. Not a cloud in the sky. Well, none that look threatening, anyway.

We tried the Snow Stormers (meh) and Toboggan Racers next. Dan and I absolutely loved the competitiveness of the toboggan ride, but I was getting pretty frustrated…there was no way I could possibly beat him. Maybe it’s the 90 extra pounds, maybe it’s his aerodynamics, but for some reason he wins this race every time. After several times in a row of doing the toboggan ride and losing, the CM (who was beginning to recognize my issue) decided to take pity on me.

When we were belly-down on our rafts and ready for his signal, the CM winked down at me. His foot was still on Dan’s toboggan but Dan didn’t know it. When he said, “GO!” all of us shot out, miles ahead of Dan. All I hear behind me is “Hey! Get your foot off!” Once the CM finally let his foot off of Dan’s raft, Dan sped down the slide so quickly, he managed to beat all of us anyway. Curses!

The crowds are still fairly low, so we tried the Runoff Rapids. We really enjoyed the enclosed tube option best. This one is another one of those 80-miles-of-stairs climb. Work those quads and glutes!

And then we discovered the Mother of All Slides. No, I’m not talking about Summit Plummet! I already told you we weren’t doing that! I’m talking about the Double Dipper. This is one sweet slide, it’s just too bad it lasts a whole 4.8 seconds. This one was our absolute favorite. Unfortunately, it was everyone else’s favorite, and there was always a huge line. As an added bonus, while you’re waiting in line, you hear the prerecorded “Hey Double Dippers!” spiel about 2 times a minute.

I admired the logistics of getting the tubes back up to the top (tubes are placed on a conveyor belt that sends them back up…no dragging them up 25 flights), but there never seemed to be enough tubes, which made the line that much longer. By the time you reached the slide itself, there was never a wait because everyone was a flight below, waiting for the Magic Chute to make a tube materialize. The conveyor spit out one tube every 3 minutes or so. We were like Pavlov’s dogs…whenever someone would yell, “Here comes one now!” the person under the chute would automatically outstretch their arms to catch the tube. The bell would be our announcer, the drooling would be our outstretched arms. Well-trained guests, that’s us.

We get to the top of the Double Dipper for the 3rd time in a row and Dan goes first. He gets in his tube, waits for the green light, and sends himself sailing down the slide. As soon as he goes down, he starts yelling “AAAAaaaahhhhhhh…” all the way down. His voice echoes in the enclosed slide back at us, strong at first, and then trailing out of earshot.

I look up at the CM. “Er…that’s my husband.”

“You must be so proud,” he said.


Next installment: Part 2. Rules are for other guests

 

[CharityLynn]

Enjoying your report. I'm from Michigan as well and I am exactly like you with the air conditioning..brrrrr

 

[LaLa]

Lousy queuing for the ski lift…it’s taking forever to load everyone. Plus, I’m feeling really exposed standing practically naked in a bathing suit and water shoes. Even worse, Dan and I have to share the ski lift with some dude so now I’m feeling weird about how my bare thighs spread out when I sit down. Sort of sucks the romance right out of the experience.

Wendy: Love the latest installment. Today has been kind of a lousy day for me but when I logged on and read this, I laughed out loud.

We love Blizzard Beach too but plan on doing some Triathlete training before our next trip just to be able to make it through the day.

Your latest rocked. Even without pictures.