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

hucifer said:
Hey Cass! What happened to your old avatar? I liked the smilie of the dude throwing his money away.

He ran out of money :confused3
 
Add me to your fan club! I definitely have to buy a Pal Mickey in December now. I also definitely have to go to a MNSSHP now. And I will have to dress up! I doubt I could get my DH to though. Your husband is a great sport! Can't wait for the next installment!
 
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Hucifer-
I don't know why I haven't read any trip reports before, but for some reason yesterday I found this one and started reading (realized that it started in May and was a report about Oct 05). First let me start by saying, I don't know what you do for the Govt but you may want to considering writing for a living. You have an ability to take you readers on a journey with you eg. I felt like I was with you in the rat maze at SOG on the 1st day, I felt like I was with you at MNSSHP, I felt like I was with you on the monorail with the little girl (fate by the way-tellling you something, best wishes on that), I felt like I was with you in the rain, I felt like I was with you sneaking into Cali Grill. You are very talented.
Sorry to hear about the loss of your grandfather, I know it was months ago, still sorry.
Now that I have read all 21 pages and I am current I am ready for more!!!! Bring it on!!!!

By the way, are you going again this fall? I would love to meet you in person. We will be there 9/23-9/30. Doing MNSSHP 9/29. But you are kinda freaking me about crowds for this time of year. Oh well last year really screwed up and went during Jersey Week along with Soap Star along with last weekend of F&W along with Festival of Masters at DTD. Now those were some crowded parks!!!!!

Anyways, now that I am current please feel free to proceed :)
 

You know, it is still overwhelming to read responses like the ones katiesmomluvsdizne or krismom or SmithFamily2003 write. Honestly, it really touches me that someone would take the time to say such flattering things. Thank you so much! And welcome to my TR! :blush:

DisUnc, another brilliant post. I LOVED the smilies of Dan and I "blending in" with the other guests. Funny stuff, man! And yes, I actually did visit the W House in San Jose.

Loubon, you are so full of it. But I still love ya. :teeth:
 
Part 1. Wet tourists smell like garbage

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WARNING: Spoilers alert! If ye not be interested in learning all about the Keys to the Kingdom tour, I suggest you skip ahead to the next installment. Actually, there aren’t too many spoilers…I don’t remember much because it’s been like 6 months…so the information is rather limited. Still, ye have been warned!
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This trip is chocked full of firsts for us, even if we have spent a quarter of our lives on WDW property. Today is no exception! We are about to experience our first tour. Not that Dan knows that.

We check into the Magic Kingdom around 8am. It’s already rained today and I silently pray to the rain gods that the rain gives us a break for the remainder of the day.

…At least, be kind during the tour.

Dan, go smoke while I check us in. Oh wait, get back over here. You have to tell these guys what you want for lunch since it’s included with the tour…oh crap, I said “tour.” I guess you know what we’re doing. Well, look at these pretty pictures of lunch food. You want what? tuna? But you hate fish. Whatever, I’ll have the hummus sandwich and vegan chili. Here’s your personalized name tag…yes, it is rather nice, isn’t it?...you’ll have to put your regular “CM” name tag in your pocket. Fine, wear both of them! I don’t care! Go smoke your filthy cancer stick and reflect on whatever you reflect on when you’re basking in your personal cloud of carcinogens.

I don’t know why I brought my Pal today. I guess the “mom” in me couldn’t bear to leave him behind, even though I know he won’t be any use to us during the tour. Although I do wonder who’s the better tour guide?

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Do we look ready or what?


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Dan just SCREAMS "tourist."


Matthew introduces himself as our tour guide for the Kingdom tour. My, he’s a perky fellow at such an early hour. He gathers us around and tells us to put on the headphones. Like trained seals, we turn on the radios and wear the headphones. Matthew is wearing a microphone so all of us can hear him on our headphones throughout the tour. He doesn’t have to yell or wait for the whole group to be together in order to do his job. Not a bad idea, thinks I. Disney is so smart.

We gather around him, anyway. No need to, really. The park hasn’t opened yet and the streets are clear. It is pretty cool to have the park to yourself. If you haven’t had the park to yourself yet, I highly recommend it.

The first place we stop is an alley down Main Street. Is Matthew going to beat us and take our wallets? No, this is Disney World! He points to the roof of the building and tells us that there are lightening rods on the tops of all the buildings (which I never noticed before today) because Florida is the number one state for lightening strikes.

Thinking back to the previous day’s thunderstorm, and how we were such rebellious sand dwellers at Blizzard Beach…how smart of a move was that?

Matthew is chatty…I suppose that’s his job…and he has a lot to say about the ins and outs of WDW. Me, the WDW junkie is fascinated with every word. So it appears like we are a good match. The problem is, he said so much, and it’s been such a long freaking time between taking the tour and writing about the tour (think 6 months), I can’t remember much about it. I just remember that I couldn’t be satiated, no matter how much info he threw at me.

As we pass one of the Main Street shops, he points to a conspicuous box tucked up in the building, above the entrance. It looked like a speaker. “What they rumored about is true,” Matthew said with a wink. “They really do pipe in delicious smells into the street to entice you into the shops. They pump the smell from the Utilidors.”

We stood in front of the castle at exactly 9am. Matthew told us to turn around and witness the Madness of Park Opening, his favorite part of the day. The Magic Kingdom loudspeaker suddenly came on. Disney music blared into the streets and the loudspeaker man said to have a “Zip-a-dee-do-da day!” The next thing I knew, hordes of tourists were running down Main Street toward us like a pack of wolves. I’ll never forget the look in their hungry eyes. It scared the living crap out of me.

We walked into Adventureland and we are told about Walt’s history…his dreams to have a place where he could have as much fun as his children…the birth of Disneyland, and how it spawned his ideas for Disney World. Mostly it was stuff I already knew (yawn!), but to the average tourist I suppose this was fresh and exciting information.

Matthew announced it was time for our first bathroom break. Most of us scattered to the stalls (blame that on the coffee), but I noticed that Matthew didn’t a) turn off his microphone or b) make grunting or splashy sounds. He had stepped out of sight and was chatting with someone. I stood outside of the women’s room and instead of taking off the headphones, I listened to him chat with someone. Would he remember to turn it off? After a few minutes, he joked about using the restroom with the mike on and then immediately clicked it off.

At least he remembered.

By now you’re thinking…why didn’t she just turn off the radio or take off the headphones? Did she want to hear him urinating? Does she have sick bathroom fetishes?

I may have weird fetishes, but bathroom stuff isn’t one of them. I guess it’s like a bad accident. You don’t want to stare as you drive by, but you can’t help but slow down and look for blood or handcuffed teenagers. Perhaps I was waiting to see if it was another note-worthy event for my trip report.

We get out of the restroom…and the rain starts again. Crap, crap, triple crap! Being that it was second nature by now, Dan reaches into his pocket, pulls out the folded ponchos, and silently hands one to me. Ugh, this is what we need. That, and crowds.

Matthew announced that we will be going on three attractions today, without the wait. The best part is that he will continue being our tour guide and point out various things of interest throughout the ride. The first attraction we hit was Pirates of the Caribbean. Our group divided into two boats, so Matthew chatted on while we wore our headphones. Actually, he didn’t really say much throughout this attraction. Not that I can remember, anyway.

Once we were off of the Pirate adventure, we walked over to the left of Splash Mountain. We stood in front of a rope that blocked a road that went behind a fence. “Behind us,” he says, pointing to the tall fence beyond the roped-off area, “is considered ‘backstage.’ Anytime a cast member crosses the painted line beyond the fence, they are now out of sight to the guests. We’re going back there now.”

Oh, color me excited! Backstage! Backstage!

Matthew dropped the rope and let us pass. Once we were on the other side of the rope, he clipped it back on the pole and led us to the fence.

I tried very hard not to run for it. Out of my way, people! You have no idea how excited I am! I felt like I was a prisoner and the other side of that fence was freedom. Or at least, I was going to see something wicked cool stuff like headless characters everywhere, walking around and taking smoke breaks. Or princesses getting into some slapping matches or pulling each others’ hair. Or maybe it would be like one big musical back there, where workers would be dressed up in white outfits and white golf caps, spit-shining parade floats and sewing costumes all while singing some grand show tune and dancing in the streets. Or maybe we would see machines that made stuff in rainbow colors that were shoveled into wheelbarrows that were taken by whistling workers who were wearing overalls covered with these colors and rolling these wheelbarrows of colors to another building that sucked the colors into air vents that spit them out into various areas of the park.

Or maybe I was just smoking something.

Matthew points to the yellow line as we cross it. “We are now officially ‘back stage.’” Then we rounded the corner.

I can tell you I didn’t see dancing spit-shiners or whistling workers rolling wheelbarrows of colors. Or snarky princesses. Or even characters without their heads on.

Nope. I saw…buildings. And not nice buildings, either. They were boring, grey aluminum-sided buildings.

And then it hits you. The smell of…rotting garbage.

I had no idea how non-magical WDW could be behind the scenes.

Matthew points to a building to the right. “That odor you’re smelling is the garbage incinerator. Garbage is collected and dumped into various receptacles throughout the park that get sucked into that building over there. Then the garbage gets incinerated. So it is true that we do have a state-of-the-art garbage collection system.”

And it is true that we are smelling it and not loving it. Much to our horror, Matthew stands right where he is and continues to chat about stuff while we all inhale the lovely aroma of burning, decaying half-eaten foodstuff. In the rain. Without anything cool to observe whatsoever.

Matthew finally leads us away from the funk. We pass a large aluminum building to the left where the Share A Dream Come True parade floats are stored. Workers (in plain clothes) are cleaning the floats. They weren’t whistling. Or humming show tunes. Or even wearing matching clothes.

We stop at a large building where dark, chlorinated water is churning underneath it. “This is the backside of Splash Mountain. We collect all kinds of articles in that water down there.” He points to the black water. “I can tell you, though, once we are finally able to dig it out, you won’t want your hat back. It will be green.”

We walk a bit more and he points to a rather large concrete building. “This is the second half of Pirates of the Caribbean. Remember when we went down the chute in the beginning of the ride? We were actually going into a second building, which is completely backstage.” We all oohed and aahed at this new info.

He also talked about Tink being one of the highest paid cast members, if you consider that she gets paid to fly for about 15 seconds before the fireworks start. She is actually a stunt employee because sliding down that wire takes skill. Yeah, right.

We see some items that were getting painted, and some leftover stuff in buildings, but that was about all. I was really disappointed.

We are led back to the smelly area, and around the fence with the yellow line. “We’re back onstage,” Matthew tells us. He drops the rope and we’re back to the park.


Next installment: Part 2. They call him the Ride Nazi
 
You know, I was just here this morning and nope, nada, nothin'.

And now??

Is Matthew going to beat us and take our wallets?
Hahahahaha!!!!!

HOLD THE PHONE!!!!!!!

What is that around your waist in your picture?????

EEEEEEEEEKKKKKKKKKKKKK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Or princesses getting into some slapping matches or pulling each others’ hair.
That would be a pic worth a lifetime of WDW trips, dontcha think???

Or maybe I was just smoking something.
Uh, look what you were wearing around your waist. You were DEFINITELY :smokin: !!!!!!!!!
 
Heeeey, Hucifer!

I'm still loving your trip report... :cheer2:

I love the length and the details and it's one of my favourite reports, but may I just quietly throw in this quote from you, written in May?

I actually have up to Day 9 written, but I'm trying to stall with posting these in case I "catch up" to my unwritten days.

You have up to day 9 written!? Post 'em, post 'em!!!! It's been months, and we're only up to day 6!

Wahhh!
 
Now I know why the tours don't do it for me...potential bathroom overhears, burning garbage. This is not the type of fun I'm paying for.

But somehow you make this sound fun..that's a sign of really good writing for sure!

Thanks for the new installment.
 
me> :bounce: so excited..caught up where i can take in the most
excellent disney trip report!

where's goody's goodie's good lives! pixiedust: and in your reports!!

..i already know..bright & :sunny: ,cos that's how you guys do disney!

..busy,busy..and less than 5weeks , we're taking off on the wonder!
[& wdw too!]...so i'm stealing your #1 rule..no crying...buttty..
i've been practicing what i now call the DH [dan/hucfier]'s techniques..

remember..pg8? ..hands extended -palms up!, + very,very, sad but
beckoning eyes? wish me luck for getting he same results...i
already planned on encouraging my lil miss extra fluids so she be tempted by
extra bathroom breaks..and when the kitty away... :smooth: :smokin:

well??? what wrong with that....isn't disney the home of fairy tales' wishes?

busy , you ask?...well me> :drive: and been collecting close to 200 trading
pins..maybe i can find an unique roo pin for dan's collection ..and
mail it for you to do a lil surprise...

ok, i know big guys shouldn't..especially those racing down "over" the hill,
buttty your lil princess: story will always be one of my favorite, what
a wondeful.. :tinker: ::MinnieMo you are! [crying rule]



p.s......i swear,you was the prefect harry i ever did saw![ i wished we
meet last year!]...reality check= i was never a disney fan until....it's
couples like you guys that makes disney magic comes to life...& that lil
princess: 's smiles you gave her proved it!

:rolleyes1 all is easy to say..because it's so true!

ps..again..if you like to see my family ,i posted our site on pg.10..on my
most insidious/borirme' report[but it was fun for me--he,he i'm a greedy
miser]..please don't look tooo close @ me< :yoda: :magnify: :thanks:
 
So you paid money to see the trash taken out tour huh? :teeth:
Ya got'ta luv tourists! :rotfl2:
Next installment- touring the horticultural grounds (aka mowing the lawn).
Luv'n yer story! :thumbsup2
 
Did Dan wet his pants? Because they look a little damp in the "Dan Screams Tourist" photo. You mentioned rain, but did you get deluged between SOG and the MK so early in the morning?

Have you taken that "How Evil are You?" quiz lately? Because I notice they added the following question: "Have you ever had your fake secretary not make you a reservation in order to get into a fine dining establishment?" Your eeeeevil quotient has gone up. Go you!! :thumbsup2
 
hucifer said:
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WARNING: Spoilers alert! If ye not be interested in learning all about the Keys to the Kingdom tour, I suggest you skip ahead to the next installment. Actually, there aren’t too many spoilers…I don’t remember much because it’s been like 6 months…so the information is rather limited. Still, ye have been warned!
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OOOOOOOOOOOOO Goody!
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I :love: Spoilers!!! I also read the last chapter of ever book first! :thumbsup2


hucifer said:
Not that Dan knows that.
Poor Left in the Dark Dan! :confused3 Did he KNOW he was in WDW?????


hucifer said:
Dan, go smoke while I check us in. Oh wait, get back over here. You have to tell these guys what you want for lunch since it’s included with the tour…oh crap, I said “tour.” I guess you know what we’re doing. Well, look at these pretty pictures of lunch food. You want what? tuna? But you hate fish. Whatever, I’ll have the hummus sandwich and vegan chili. Here’s your personalized name tag…yes, it is rather nice, isn’t it?...you’ll have to put your regular “CM” name tag in your pocket. Fine, wear both of them! I don’t care! Go smoke your filthy cancer stick and reflect on whatever you reflect on when you’re basking in your personal cloud of carcinogens.
This is you @ 8:00am
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hucifer said:
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Dan just SCREAMS "tourist."
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DAN IS A "TOURIST"!


hucifer said:
If you haven’t had the park to yourself yet, I highly recommend it.
Tried that!
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hucifer said:
The first place we stop is an alley down Main Street. Is Matthew going to beat us and take our wallets?
Have you seen the DVD "CM's GONE WILD!"?
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hucifer said:
Matthew is chatty…I suppose that’s his job?
Envious?

hucifer said:
it’s been such a long freaking time between taking the tour and writing about the tour (think 6 months)
AHEM!
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(think 10 months)


hucifer said:
but to the average tourist I suppose this was fresh and exciting information.
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hucifer said:
I guess it’s like a bad accident. You don’t want to stare as you drive by, but you can’t help but slow down and look for blood or handcuffed teenagers.
When you are not in WDW, at least we now know how you get your kicks!
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hucifer said:
Dan reaches into his pocket, pulls out the folded ponchos, and silently hands one to me.
I'm gonna be sorry for this question...But just HOW BIG ARE DANS POCKETS????? :clown:


hucifer said:
Matthew dropped the rope and let us pass. Once we were on the other side of the rope, he clipped it back on the pole and led us to the fence
WOW they got some security system in WDW!!!

hucifer said:
I tried very hard not to run for it. Out of my way, people! You have no idea how excited I am! I felt like I was a prisoner and the other side of that fence was freedom. Or at least, I was going to see something wicked cool stuff like headless characters everywhere, walking around and taking smoke breaks. Or princesses getting into some slapping matches or pulling each others’ hair. Or maybe it would be like one big musical back there, where workers would be dressed up in white outfits and white golf caps, spit-shining parade floats and sewing costumes all while singing some grand show tune and dancing in the streets. Or maybe we would see machines that made stuff in rainbow colors that were shoveled into wheelbarrows that were taken by whistling workers who were wearing overalls covered with these colors and rolling these wheelbarrows of colors to another building that sucked the colors into air vents that spit them out into various areas of the park..
Wendy got a Golden Ticket!!!! Wendy got a Golden Ticket!!!!


hucifer said:
The smell of…rotting garbage...
It's a good thing you didnt go in July! :sunny:
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hucifer said:
“I can tell you, though, once we are finally able to dig it out, you won’t want your hat back. It will be green.”...
LIMEGREEN??


hucifer said:
He also talked about Tink being one of the highest paid cast members”
$8.62
hucifer said:
She is actually a stunt employee because sliding down that wire takes skill. Yeah, right.
Would you do it?

hucifer said:
I was really disappointed.”
:confused3 :sad2: Garbage & green water tour? Sorry you were disapointed. If that MUCH talked about "state of the art" garbage disposal system was so wonderful...Why didn't they install it in any of the other 3 parks?

As always :thumbsup2 ...however a
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Hucifer, You are an amazing writer!!!

Sucked me in good and now you leave me on a cliffhanger!!!!

Loving the whole report, ill be back at the world for a 10 day trip end of next year :( TOO FAR!!!

Can't wait for the next installment, and your great writing has made me put a mental note to do the Keys to the Kingdom tour!!

Loving the report and pics!!!
 
AussieAngel said:
You have up to day 9 written!? Post 'em, post 'em!!!! It's been months, and we're only up to day 6!
Okay...it's been like...a busy summer and stuff...and well...I haven't written anything since like 2 months ago...so yes, I do have Day 9 written.

But you're right, you know. I should just post post post and that will force me to keep writing. Besides, my goal is to have this all posted BEFORE my trip in October. We all should have goals, you know.

offwegotoneverland, despite all the crabbing I do, the tour was great. In fact, it was my favorite of 3 that we did this trip. That's right. I have two more to write about.

Lil' Grumpy, you are so sweet. I did check out some of your pictures and they are as sweet as your posts! You have a very nice family! :)

Cap'n Keel said:
Next installment- touring the horticultural grounds (aka mowing the lawn).
I'm sorry Cap'n, but I do not allow sarcasm in my thread. You'll have to move it elsewhere.

kpk89 said:
Did Dan wet his pants? Because they look a little damp in the "Dan Screams Tourist" photo. You mentioned rain, but did you get deluged between SOG and the MK so early in the morning?

Have you taken that "How Evil are You?" quiz lately? Because I notice they added the following question: "Have you ever had your fake secretary not make you a reservation in order to get into a fine dining establishment?" Your eeeeevil quotient has gone up. Go you!!
Dan did not, in fact, wet his pants. That's quite observant of you, however. It did rain before our tour so I was HOPING it would give us a break for the rest of the day. No friggin luck, though.

Evil? Moi? Oh no, that was 100% Dan. I just didn't stop him.

DISUNC, where do you find these smilies? They're hilarious. Another brilliant commentary on my installment. I can't wait to comment on YOUR trippie. :rolleyes1

bigglesworth003, THANKS! :teeth: I love comments like that. Anywhoo, do yourself a favor and do the KTTK tour. It was so packed with info. Any Disney nut will enjoy it, I think. If you like spoilers, that is. ;)
 
....oh mickey...you sure got mr. lou, the bon-bon man pegged right..
"sooooo full of .. :stitch2: & :goofy: but cover with :mickeyjum !
[his saving grace]


:ssst: don't tell him..but sure like to meet him & his family down @
wdw... :rolleyes1

did you ever have the oppturnity to have shared the lil princess:
story with your grandfather?.. even so, i bet he was proud to have been blessed with such a caring grand-daugther...

i think in all the things i have enjoyed most...are the lil ways you guys
showed how important family is to the disney core! :goodvibes

ha! did you happened to noticed i added the alice cooper & osmonds
concert photos?... kind of shows the ground i used to covered before
settling down..with my :angel:

..so u know..the lil princess: story reminded me once when i did a lil
nice thingy..at the melbourne fla..rolller rink..there were 3 lil girls [teenagers-
12-14] & i noticed the 2 were razing the one..it became apparent that
she must have made some kind of "he's cute" remark at me> :confused3...
so they were havin her have it..so i waited until the last skate [couples]
only ..& did my best ritz impression [ yeah, i know its hard to imagine a guy
like me being charming--but i used to practice,alot] & asked her to
accompanied me..= her :cloud9: ..well when came around the first time..
wonder what she did?.. :snooty: & stuck her tongue out! i almost burst
out laughing but i had to be.. :groom: ..my goodness,..she be in her
40's now...i always felt life been good to me..cos i was given such gifts!

* i would have never known sucess without the caring of others..and it
is easy to see how you guys make everybody around happy! needless
to say, i'm on pins& needles..over dan's wet pants outcome?
 
Hi Wendy and Dan...after reading your TR I feel like I know you but you don't know me. I am new to the site but I wanted to say that I love your writing and am awaiting the next installment. :cheer2: Would a cheer get it here faster?? :cheer2: I am leaving for Disney Monday so I will be checking faithfully till then!
Blessings,
another fan
 
hucifer said:
I felt like I was a prisoner and the other side of that fence was freedom. Or at least, I was going to see something wicked cool stuff like headless characters everywhere, walking around and taking smoke breaks. Or princesses getting into some slapping matches or pulling each others’ hair. Or maybe it would be like one big musical back there, where workers would be dressed up in white outfits and white golf caps, spit-shining parade floats and sewing costumes all while singing some grand show tune and dancing in the streets. Or maybe we would see machines that made stuff in rainbow colors that were shoveled into wheelbarrows that were taken by whistling workers who were wearing overalls covered with these colors and rolling these wheelbarrows of colors to another building that sucked the colors into air vents that spit them out into various areas of the park.

Or maybe I was just smoking something.

I'll have what she's having....
 
hucifer said:
Evil? Moi? Oh no, that was 100% Dan. I just didn't stop him.

All it takes for evil to flourish is for good girls to stand by and nab somebody else's seat at Cali Grill. Just sayin'. :teeth:

I like you, waist pack and evil tendencies and all.
 








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