Let's start with one thing first.
Duchie? You mean you are going to stay at the Beach Club Villa's the same time we are staying at the Pop value resort? Have you no shame, woman?
Um, are you a woman? Geesh!
Ok, where was I?
Oh yeah, Davey Jones went to his locker, or maybe back to the pirates ride.
Off Kilter kept their kilts on. ( thank god )
And, we did catch another set of "The Brittish Invasion"
Remember what John Lennon once said? Well, they said they were now more popular than Mickey.
You know I'm kidding about the last one, right?
From there we wandered, over to the Lack of Imagination pavillion.
The ride here was never sumpin special, but each time they "improve" it, it gets worse.
We skip it.
Go into my favorite acronym.
HISTA
Ok, for you that don't know, it's Honey, I Shrunk The Audience.
uh oh, feel a list comin on, (fighting, fightin, ), nope, gotta do it.
These are the best 3-d movies down in the area,,,,,
1 terminator sorry, but it is
2 Honey, I Shrunk the Audience
3 Muppetvision 3-d it's old, but it's still good
4 Mickey's Philharmagic
5 It's Tough to be a Bug
6 Shrek way overated, and dark and grainy
and at number 64, haunted lighthouse over at busch, don't waste your time
The catch here is you have to time your arrival perfectly.
We walk in, about half full in the pre show area, I think we did it, due to it being a slower time of the year.
We stand there for 5 minutes,,
Then the dreaded pre show starts.
Crap to the 4th power.
I say that because this is the most boring "preshow" in Disney history.
It is boring, boring, boring.
Yeah, another fine Kodak moment.
grrr
So, what happens here is I regress to my childhood, I'm back to being 8 years old and shopping for "back to school clothes " with my mother.
I just hang on Diane's arm, and kinda start "duck walking" around her, turning her in circles.
Can't help it.
I'm so bored.
The 18 minute movie is terrific. Disney's best. But that pre-show, ick.
And, surprise, surprise, they took out "Image Works", the hands on kinda play area with technology. Replaced it with, " OH BOY!, now I can send an e-mail.!"
Test Track time. Standby says 30, I check out single riders line cuz on this ride, I'm single.
Looks like there is no line for the lonely. Good enough, I walk through right into the preshow room. Out the back door, and am being assigned my seat in the car that just pulled up within 5 min. and 34 seconds.
No, not exagerrating, my watch has a stopwatch function.
My car pulls up.
And sits. And sits and sits and sits and sits. The people in the car can't get out, belts won't release.
Eventually, they open, I get in.
Go for a minute, and stop.
Starts back up and immediately stops.
We sit.
Starts back up, and stops. Did I say this part? Yeah, it did it about 4 times before it finally got tired and let us finish the ride.
A half hour longer than it should've took, I emerged.
TA DA!
Found her, and we wandered over to Mission: Puke
As we stood there and looked at it, with hardly anybody going into it, we both said at the same time,
Naaa
Trust me, it has been done by us a few times, and we never feel quite right afterward.
Fine by me. It's back to the showcase for a "rita and get a spot for "Reflections of Earth".
This time I'm not playing the table games, we go right to the bridge that leads into Mexico and stay there.
It's perfect. A young couple comes up and joins us and we start talking. The girl is doing most of the talking and after awhile my lovely wife says:
"Have you lived in Boston all your life?"
huh? They never said a word about where they were from. What are you talkin,,,,,
"Oh yes, he's from Albany but I grew up in Boston."
Holy smokes! She knew. Just by the accent.
Boy, I must be really dense.
The funny thing is that the woman never said what I would have expected to be the proper response: "yes, I am, how did you know?"
Then, about 20 minutes to Illuminations, I hear the words that would strike terror in any grown man at this point.
"Honey? Would you mind terribly to get me a couple of tacos from that building there?"
I couldn't believe it.
NOW?
Are you nuts?
Right before it starts?
Luckily, these words didn't come from my wife, but our brand new friend.
And, he dutifully obeyed
Ah, young love.
As he is walking away, I hear him mumbling something that sounds like,,,,
"I fear no evil, for thou art with me, thy rod and thy staff comfort me"
I looked and the Cantina del san Angel is packed.
Yep, my heart is with him, tread softly young man.
And it starts.
The hairs on my arms are already standing up, I know what's coming and when cuz I have listened to the audio a million times in my car on the way to work, and back.
And that poor sap isn't back yet.
Right before the finale, he shows up , I hear,
HEAR, EAT!
Ah, young love. I smile. He's learning.
coming; the last Epcot day installlment, I promise. night, night
ok, now you are just playing with us! 
