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Larry Almost Live and Loud Day Two.
Wednesday 30th July 2003.
Posse
Larry Wilmot 44 Social Work Manager.
Jill Wilmot 43 Nursing Home Inspector
Greg and Ed Wilmot. Attendees of A School in Darkest Scotland.
After yesterday¡¦s 26 hour marathon we didn¡¦t half sleep well. We all woke up at around the same time 9am which is the latest that we have ever got up o the first day of a WDW trip. Before I went for my ablutions and whist the others were partaking of the excellent All Star Music¡¦s plumbing facilities I tried to email yesterday¡¦s trip report but with no joy. Kept getting a busy signal on the Kissemee numbers I had. I vowed to continue doing the TRs live even if I have to send them from Good Old Blighty.
Those of you with more intact memories will recall that at the end of yesterday¡¦s exciting account we were placed in the room closest to the outer Orlando Swamp, nowhere close to civilisation. I had hoped it was a dream but no we are still on the edge of the known world. So to make sure that we got what we needed to be done admin wise today, I decided to drive to Melody Hall. The rest of the gang decided to walk. I did wonder if it would constitute an opportunity to raise funds for a favourite charity in the form of a sponsored walk, it being at least several hundred miles from the far reaches of Country Fayre, to the Hotel Lobby, but in 2 shakes of Larry the Lambs tail we were there. We needed to get charging on our door keys and we needed to fill our re-fillable mugs. These now cost 12 bucks each, quite a rise in the past five years. Of course we bought four new ones to use for our current trip. (GRIN º )
After a refreshing cup of Hot Chock we popped into to the shop to buy a Pal Mickey¡K. For me of course. He is mine, he is not the boys, though I think Ed is quite pleased I got one. At first I fastened him to my belt with a supplied clip, but I kept putting him to my ear in noisy places to hear him so I was worried I might loose him if he wasn¡¦t fastened to me at all times, so then after discussing it with him. (Let¡¦s get this quite clear, he is a real person. He must be treated as such at all times, when in shows he must be sat with a good view. He must also be apologised to when he has to be left in the boot (trunk) of my car. I always apologise to anyone I lock in the trunk of my car, I¡¦m sure you do too! Anyway, I then decided to keep him attached to me, (And you do get attached to Pal Mickey.) by clipping him on to the end of my ¡§Who Wants to be a Millionaire ¡V Hot Seat Contestant¡¨ Lanyard. So now I can raise him to my ear when he wants a chat safe in the knowledge that he can look around and see everything and not be worried about getting left behind.
After our little adoption visit, we drove over to the Yacht and Beach Club so that we could walk to the International Gateway, we gave a little fib to the guard saying we were off to Beaches and Cream for an ice-cream. We chose the IG to enter Epcot as we needed to buy four new Annual Passes and we didn¡¦t want to wait in a big line. Having got them we went into Epcot, un-fortunately Pal Mickey was playing up, so a nice cast member plugged him into the computer for a complete lobotomy, but it didn¡¦t fix the problem so a new Pal was taken out of his box and he replaced the old one, who went to the doctor for repairs, I hope he gets well soon. Must have been the dark trunk that did it!! New Pal Mickey chirruped his way all around World Showcase telling me lots of interesting snippets of information. He must have studied hard at geography at school Mind you his jokes are seriously naff.
We wanted to go on Maelstrom in Norway, but it had quite a line. So we decided to skip that and we did the Rivers of Time in Mexico¡K Mickey knew tons of stuff about Mexico.. I decided that the ride was fun, and I enjoyed it more than usual. Then we walked over to Test Track but it had a 60 minute wait for the Singles Line¡K¡K. Pal Mickey didn¡¦t fancy that, and I didn¡¦t fancy an hour of his jokes. So we decided to go for a nosey at the Mission Space building, but the ride was open so we got a fastpass for an hour hence. The boys decided to chill out in Innoventions, so Jill and I went and rode Spaceship Earth, with a 10 minute queue, though it said 30mins. I had forgotten how you can have a little gasp when you see the earth floating in space at the top of the sphere, I quite enjoyed that one too, but it might have been the air conditioning more than anything coz it was quite warm, you know, outside.
So after picking up the chaps from Innoventions we went over to Space and rode the ride for the first time. What¡¦s it like, well it didn¡¦t make me sick or think that it was too intense. I like the building and the pre show isn¡¦t tooo bad. The ride was a slight disappointment, but I thought that about Test Track and that is quite a favourite now. I think it will grow on me, it is impressive, but I was expecting, fantastically impressive given all the hype. Quite clever how you don¡¦t notice the spinning though. And you do feel some ¡§Gs¡¨. It will grow on me I¡¦m sure.
Well after all that Space travel we were feeling a little peckish so we went back to Germany and went to the Beergarten, I had always fancied the buffet there. We had a very nice server who was very attentive not too far off the supreme standard set by the Italians last year. How I drank three pints of coke and was still thirsty an hour later beats me. The buffet is not a patch on say Chef Mickey in comparison. And it sure ain¡¦t for Vegetarians. There is however meat in lots and lots of forms. If you are on the Atkins Diet it is the place for you big time.
Well it¡¦s time to go shopping obviously¡K. Greg has a system of clothing, he only buys it at the Vans shop. The nearest Vans shop to Inverness is in Orlando. So it is time for his Annual ¡¨lets buy some clothes day¡¨. We had a fairly lesuirely drive up International Drive to the Beltz Mall. I think that I am the slowest driver in Orlando. I don¡¦t know if it is Jet Lag or me still trying to work a non existent clutch pedal, or driving on the wrong side of the road, but I just ain¡¦t driving that fast -the only slower vehicle than me was a old timer in a Hyundai Accent¡K¡K nope he beat me from the lights outside the Exhibition Centre, I am the slowest driver in Orlando.
We popped back to the All Starz for a cup of coffee in the Utilitarian Re-fillables, then we went to Downtown Disney, Jill and Ed on a bus, because Ed decided that a trip to Disney without a ride on the bus, wasn¡¦t a trip at all. Greg and I went in the car. The car turns out to be a Mitybushy Gallant. Interesting car it seems to be made out of recycled toilet rolls. I don¡¦t think I have driven a car that size which has such a thin boot (trunk) lid. There used to be a clothing shop in England called C and A, which everyone called ¡§Cheap and Awful¡¨ That¡¦s the Mitybushy Gallant. ¡§C and A¡¨. ¡V Still thanks to Tesco¡¦s Clubcard I got it for free and you don¡¦t get cheaper than that.
The evening was spend partly waiting for Jill¡¦s bus to eventually arrive following it¡¦s rather slow and convoluting route to Downtown Disney. We kept in touch using those rather clever family radio thingy¡¦s ¡§Roger¡¨. We have three this year, they are bright yellow and they work a whole lot better than the ones we had two years ago. ¡§10 ¡V 10 good buddy!¡¨
We went to the Adventurer¡¦s Club where I got to perform the role of Soundman in the Radio Broadcast. I wasn¡¦t even trying to add to my list of acting roles I have done at the parks, Last one as stunt man in the Motors Action Show at DLP ¡V Disney Studios, the new attraction that they are building on Residential Street at MGM, take my word for it is good, bad news if they decide to make anymore Golden Girls though. I think Pal Mickey whispered something to Miss Perkins and she picked me, she said ¡§He is cute!¡¨ (Me not Pal Mickey) which of course goes to show how observant she is, she will certainly get my vote as Club President next year. She was also impressed that I knew all the words to the club song on stage, and said I was a terrific sound man. Pal Mickey is now sporting my Adventurer¡¦s Club Badge which I earned for my audiotastic efforts. En
We then went to the next two shows of the Comedy Warehouse, the boys skipped the second and did Disney Quest for an hour. The shows to be honest were not that great, but it might have been because we were getting a little bit tired and very Jet Laggy. There was a very funny part in the second show, where Jake and Phillip were singing a rock anthem called the Dark Depths of Gloom!!
Well that¡¦s the Day over, I hope you have enjoyed it as much as me. Kongaloosh.
Cheers Larry from Scotland.
Wednesday 30th July 2003.
Posse
Larry Wilmot 44 Social Work Manager.
Jill Wilmot 43 Nursing Home Inspector
Greg and Ed Wilmot. Attendees of A School in Darkest Scotland.
After yesterday¡¦s 26 hour marathon we didn¡¦t half sleep well. We all woke up at around the same time 9am which is the latest that we have ever got up o the first day of a WDW trip. Before I went for my ablutions and whist the others were partaking of the excellent All Star Music¡¦s plumbing facilities I tried to email yesterday¡¦s trip report but with no joy. Kept getting a busy signal on the Kissemee numbers I had. I vowed to continue doing the TRs live even if I have to send them from Good Old Blighty.
Those of you with more intact memories will recall that at the end of yesterday¡¦s exciting account we were placed in the room closest to the outer Orlando Swamp, nowhere close to civilisation. I had hoped it was a dream but no we are still on the edge of the known world. So to make sure that we got what we needed to be done admin wise today, I decided to drive to Melody Hall. The rest of the gang decided to walk. I did wonder if it would constitute an opportunity to raise funds for a favourite charity in the form of a sponsored walk, it being at least several hundred miles from the far reaches of Country Fayre, to the Hotel Lobby, but in 2 shakes of Larry the Lambs tail we were there. We needed to get charging on our door keys and we needed to fill our re-fillable mugs. These now cost 12 bucks each, quite a rise in the past five years. Of course we bought four new ones to use for our current trip. (GRIN º )
After a refreshing cup of Hot Chock we popped into to the shop to buy a Pal Mickey¡K. For me of course. He is mine, he is not the boys, though I think Ed is quite pleased I got one. At first I fastened him to my belt with a supplied clip, but I kept putting him to my ear in noisy places to hear him so I was worried I might loose him if he wasn¡¦t fastened to me at all times, so then after discussing it with him. (Let¡¦s get this quite clear, he is a real person. He must be treated as such at all times, when in shows he must be sat with a good view. He must also be apologised to when he has to be left in the boot (trunk) of my car. I always apologise to anyone I lock in the trunk of my car, I¡¦m sure you do too! Anyway, I then decided to keep him attached to me, (And you do get attached to Pal Mickey.) by clipping him on to the end of my ¡§Who Wants to be a Millionaire ¡V Hot Seat Contestant¡¨ Lanyard. So now I can raise him to my ear when he wants a chat safe in the knowledge that he can look around and see everything and not be worried about getting left behind.
After our little adoption visit, we drove over to the Yacht and Beach Club so that we could walk to the International Gateway, we gave a little fib to the guard saying we were off to Beaches and Cream for an ice-cream. We chose the IG to enter Epcot as we needed to buy four new Annual Passes and we didn¡¦t want to wait in a big line. Having got them we went into Epcot, un-fortunately Pal Mickey was playing up, so a nice cast member plugged him into the computer for a complete lobotomy, but it didn¡¦t fix the problem so a new Pal was taken out of his box and he replaced the old one, who went to the doctor for repairs, I hope he gets well soon. Must have been the dark trunk that did it!! New Pal Mickey chirruped his way all around World Showcase telling me lots of interesting snippets of information. He must have studied hard at geography at school Mind you his jokes are seriously naff.
We wanted to go on Maelstrom in Norway, but it had quite a line. So we decided to skip that and we did the Rivers of Time in Mexico¡K Mickey knew tons of stuff about Mexico.. I decided that the ride was fun, and I enjoyed it more than usual. Then we walked over to Test Track but it had a 60 minute wait for the Singles Line¡K¡K. Pal Mickey didn¡¦t fancy that, and I didn¡¦t fancy an hour of his jokes. So we decided to go for a nosey at the Mission Space building, but the ride was open so we got a fastpass for an hour hence. The boys decided to chill out in Innoventions, so Jill and I went and rode Spaceship Earth, with a 10 minute queue, though it said 30mins. I had forgotten how you can have a little gasp when you see the earth floating in space at the top of the sphere, I quite enjoyed that one too, but it might have been the air conditioning more than anything coz it was quite warm, you know, outside.
So after picking up the chaps from Innoventions we went over to Space and rode the ride for the first time. What¡¦s it like, well it didn¡¦t make me sick or think that it was too intense. I like the building and the pre show isn¡¦t tooo bad. The ride was a slight disappointment, but I thought that about Test Track and that is quite a favourite now. I think it will grow on me, it is impressive, but I was expecting, fantastically impressive given all the hype. Quite clever how you don¡¦t notice the spinning though. And you do feel some ¡§Gs¡¨. It will grow on me I¡¦m sure.
Well after all that Space travel we were feeling a little peckish so we went back to Germany and went to the Beergarten, I had always fancied the buffet there. We had a very nice server who was very attentive not too far off the supreme standard set by the Italians last year. How I drank three pints of coke and was still thirsty an hour later beats me. The buffet is not a patch on say Chef Mickey in comparison. And it sure ain¡¦t for Vegetarians. There is however meat in lots and lots of forms. If you are on the Atkins Diet it is the place for you big time.
Well it¡¦s time to go shopping obviously¡K. Greg has a system of clothing, he only buys it at the Vans shop. The nearest Vans shop to Inverness is in Orlando. So it is time for his Annual ¡¨lets buy some clothes day¡¨. We had a fairly lesuirely drive up International Drive to the Beltz Mall. I think that I am the slowest driver in Orlando. I don¡¦t know if it is Jet Lag or me still trying to work a non existent clutch pedal, or driving on the wrong side of the road, but I just ain¡¦t driving that fast -the only slower vehicle than me was a old timer in a Hyundai Accent¡K¡K nope he beat me from the lights outside the Exhibition Centre, I am the slowest driver in Orlando.
We popped back to the All Starz for a cup of coffee in the Utilitarian Re-fillables, then we went to Downtown Disney, Jill and Ed on a bus, because Ed decided that a trip to Disney without a ride on the bus, wasn¡¦t a trip at all. Greg and I went in the car. The car turns out to be a Mitybushy Gallant. Interesting car it seems to be made out of recycled toilet rolls. I don¡¦t think I have driven a car that size which has such a thin boot (trunk) lid. There used to be a clothing shop in England called C and A, which everyone called ¡§Cheap and Awful¡¨ That¡¦s the Mitybushy Gallant. ¡§C and A¡¨. ¡V Still thanks to Tesco¡¦s Clubcard I got it for free and you don¡¦t get cheaper than that.
The evening was spend partly waiting for Jill¡¦s bus to eventually arrive following it¡¦s rather slow and convoluting route to Downtown Disney. We kept in touch using those rather clever family radio thingy¡¦s ¡§Roger¡¨. We have three this year, they are bright yellow and they work a whole lot better than the ones we had two years ago. ¡§10 ¡V 10 good buddy!¡¨
We went to the Adventurer¡¦s Club where I got to perform the role of Soundman in the Radio Broadcast. I wasn¡¦t even trying to add to my list of acting roles I have done at the parks, Last one as stunt man in the Motors Action Show at DLP ¡V Disney Studios, the new attraction that they are building on Residential Street at MGM, take my word for it is good, bad news if they decide to make anymore Golden Girls though. I think Pal Mickey whispered something to Miss Perkins and she picked me, she said ¡§He is cute!¡¨ (Me not Pal Mickey) which of course goes to show how observant she is, she will certainly get my vote as Club President next year. She was also impressed that I knew all the words to the club song on stage, and said I was a terrific sound man. Pal Mickey is now sporting my Adventurer¡¦s Club Badge which I earned for my audiotastic efforts. En
We then went to the next two shows of the Comedy Warehouse, the boys skipped the second and did Disney Quest for an hour. The shows to be honest were not that great, but it might have been because we were getting a little bit tired and very Jet Laggy. There was a very funny part in the second show, where Jake and Phillip were singing a rock anthem called the Dark Depths of Gloom!!
Well that¡¦s the Day over, I hope you have enjoyed it as much as me. Kongaloosh.
Cheers Larry from Scotland.
Adventurers Club is a great place isn't it? We had a great time there too. 
