marivaid
My mother is a Pluto molester.
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It's Halloween !!!!!
My favorite holiday EVER.
I couldn't put my MNSSHP outfit again today because I'd tossed it in the trash after the party, so instead I decided to go discreet with this shirt :
Jesse decided to go with a basic black shirt to sort of soften the blow...
We had originally planned on having breakfast together at Cape May, or possibly lunch at Sci-Fi, but we woke up way too late for that. I was sleeping so soundly that Jesse tried to re-create the cookie package attack of that other morning but I slept through it.
So instead we all had lunch together at Pepper Market. We were on the DDP so it was a good use of a CS credit to begin with, and I ended up having my meal comped 'cause it took so long to make it. The other 2 persons who were waiting with me also had their meal comped. We didn't ask, the lady making the salads just told us she wouldn't charge us. Cool.
Grumpy had bbq ribs which she loved, Jesse had a veggie burger and I had a caesar salad with shrimp. We also got a huge cookie and a cinnamon roll as desserts that Grumpy brought back to the room.
After lunch we parted ways. Grumpy went back to the room and got herself ready for an afternoon of swimming and tanning. Jesse & I headed to Hollywood Studios. We waited quite a while for a bus, then got sick of waiting and took a cab. What we didn't know is that cabs can't go to the entrance of a park (I don't think we've ever taken a cab TO a park before).
It drops you at the very back of the parking lot and we had to walk all the way to the entrance. I would have rather waited another 15mns at CSR for a bus. Lesson learned!
The heat was brutal that day and by the time we reached the front entrance of the park I was already sweating like a hog. I insist on wearing jeans in Disney. My legs are not legs, they're telephone poles, so I'd rather keep em hidden thankyou. In August it was something like 100° and I still wore jeans. The two days my sister convinced me to borrow a pair of her cropped pants, it rained like crazy.
But anyway, we'd made it and were inside Disney's Hollywood Studios.
On our agenda we had : Indiana Jones (which Jesse said she didn't do the last time she was there with Alex), the stunt car show, and Backlot Tour. Then we were to meet Grumpy around 5.30PM at Tower of Terror, so she & I could ride before going to see Fantasmic.
First things first, I wanted to get us FPs for Tower of Terror. I told Jesse she didn't have to come with me but she didn't mind so we both went.
After that we made our way to the Indiana Jones show. Now I have zero interest in Indiana Jones. That day I was just coming along with Jesse 'cause it's not that fun being in the parks alone but we really hadn't planned on doing anything I liked.
I hadn't planned on falling asleep though. I remember some dude running away from a big cardboardy ball and then the next thing I know Jesse was shaking me and saying "You're missing the hot muscley guy!!!!" and I realized I'd been snoozing. So I'm adding Indiana Jones to the list of Disney attractions I fell asleep at (so far we have La Nouba, Ellen's Universe of Energy, American Adventure, and Indiana Jones).
So the show ends and we come out and I'm trying to play it cool "Yeah that was a nice show, very entertaining". Jesse is like, "Oh yeah ? So what happened with the snake??".
Snake ?? What snake ?? THINK, someone on the DIS must have mentioned a snake at Indiana Jones!!! Nope, I got nothing...
Instead I bribed Jesse with a cookie at Writer's Stop. We walked there, looked at the closed Star Wars attraction, and then went to get our cookies.
The mickey-shaped one was mine and it was a shortbread kind of cookies and should be illegal in all 50 states. Just sayin'.
Next on our list, Backlot Tour, or as Jesse calls it, Parklot Tour.
On our way there I noticed that they already had some of the Osborne Lights up. It was only October 31st!!
The wait time was supposed to be 5mns but it easily took half an hour just to get to the cars. We were waiting outside and it was so hot, people kept on giving up and leaving. I was worried we'd miss the Stunt show because the last one was at 4.30PM and it was already past 3.30. The attractions are right next to each other though.
Jesse enjoyed it. I love Catastrophe canyon, and I made sure I was on the left side when we got into the cars so I'd get wet. No luck. Close, but barely felt a drop
I'd done Backlot Tour before, on our very first trip to the World in 2006. Not much has changed. Jesse enjoyed it but I didn't recognize any of the things they showed us, and besides Catastrophe Canyon I found the tour to be seriously boring. But she liked it, so, fine. She likes anything that she can take pictures of
When it was over we literally had 10mns before we had to be at Lights, Motors, Action. I was actually very close to peeing my pants then, so I told Jesse to meet me out front, and let her take her pictures.
I had time to pee AND buy myself a Vinylmation AND wait around AND go get us some cokes and a corndog for me AND go back to the exit by the time she came out. Girl loves her pictures...
Phewwwwww I didn't know how far the stunt show place actually was from its entrance. Took forever to get there. We were sweating like crazy and hoping we could still get a seat. We did but it was way up there and very crowded. I hate eating in public so I kept my corndog for later.
The show was actually pretty impressive, I hadn't expected to like it since I know nothing about cars (can't tell a Hundai from a Porsche). Turns out the show was originally done for Disneyland Paris then brought over to Florida. Well, what do you know, we Frenchies can export stuff to WDW. Cool.
My favorite part was the guy on fire. I have a thing for setting people on fire, well not by my own hand but if someone is willing to do the job, I'm willing to watch.
If you think the mass of people exiting Fantasmic is bad, don't go to LMA... Seriously it was madness.
We let most of the people out while I munched on my corndog with mustard THEN realized I was supposed to ride TOT with Grumpy less than an hour later. Oh boy. This is only the 2nd corndog I've had in my life and I have no idea what they feel like when they come back up. And I really wasn't looking forward to finding out.
We ended up taking almost an hour to reach ToT, we were beat because of the heat and walked like snails. We stopped on the way at the Muppets store so I could trade the Vinylmation I'd gotten earlier.
The lady asked me what color I was hoping for, I said pink or purple and she gently motioned to one of the numbers on the box. I got me a purple Carousel Vinylmation. Score!!! Oh, for those who don't know, you can trade your Vinylmation. Most stores have a little case on the counter that have 3 of them that you can pick from if you see something you like. Or, they pull out that big box with a bunch of numbers, you pick a number and you get the one that's behind it. I never quite got the pin trading fever, but I love trading Vinylmation. Those I can display at home and they look really cute!
So anyway we ended up meeting Grumpy in front of TOT around 6PM. They had just opened the doors for Fantasmic so we didn't have much time, we gave our purses to Jesse, got our FPs and went to ride.
I was so nervous about puking that darn corndog! Plus I knew Grumpy would get mad at me for eating it since I'd already had lunch... but everything went fine. THANK GOD. We were in an elevator in about 10mns, I screamed like a lunatic, and all was well in the world.
When we came back to Jesse she swore she heard me scream and could pick my scream anywhere. I do have quite a high-pitched, ear-splitting scream but it's not like noone else screams on ToT!!
There were plenty of seats left for Fantasmic. We weren't front & center but we were in the middle section about halfway up. While we waited we told Grumpy what we had done, and she told us she'd basically gone from the Dig Site pool, to the quiet pool, then back to the Dig Site all afternoon That's like her dream vacation. Pool, sun, pool, sun, a little bit of pool, and some sun.
Jesse'd never seen Fantasmic! and she lovvvvvved it. She's a sucker for characters. It's at the top of her list for our next trip, especially since her camera died again right before the show and she didn't get to take any videos.
We had an 8.40PM reservation at Cape May that night and we knew we'd probably be late because Fantasmic was at 7.30, so we didn't get out of the theater before 8.20. To make matters worse the line for the boats to BC/YC/BW was huge, so instead we walked to where the cab had dropped us off that morning and hoped we'd find one. There was one, the guy was on break, but when we told him where we were going he said fine and that he wouldn't turn his meter on and we could give him whatever. We ended up giving him $10.
We were expecting Cape May to turn us down since we were so late (it was about 9PM when we got there) but they didn't even bat an eyelid. We got seated, then Jesse & I excused ourselves and went to clean up in the restrooms. We'd been in the sun all day and weren't really "dinner ready". I came back to the table first. 10mns later Jesse still wasn't there so Grumpy sent me back to the restroom to make sure she was okay.
Turned out she'd found some washcloths and decided to give herself what I can only call a sponge bath...
Seriously, my sister's weird.
Dinner was great. It's a wonder crabs aren't extinct yet with the quantity of crab legs they go through at Cape May. I mostly stuck to the lobster tortellini which is my favorite dish ever. They may as well just give me the whole dish and I won't have to bother coming back to the buffet. We were too full for dessert but our server (who was an older lady we'd already had the pleasure to meet at breakfast once) boxed up some cookies and other treats for us to bring back to the room. That was really sweet of her and we made sure to leave her a good tip.
Jesse & Grumpy had wine with dinner and Grumpy was a bit tipsy but Jesse can easily drink a whole bottle of wine without any side effects. She's so lucky. I'm halfway dead drunk after a shot of tequila...
We took a bus to Downtown Disney, spent some time in the shops (we had very little time before they closed so we didn't buy anything) and then got on a bus to CSR.
We broke a rule that night and went to swim in the quiet pool just a little tiny bit after 9PM (what ? 1AM is only a couple hours after 9PM, right ?). We didn't make any noise though, and didn't get caught. The big pool was just too far and we were beat.
Had to keep some of our strength for tomorrow as we were going back to the Outlets, and this time, no joking around, we were there to do some serious shopping !!! All we had to do is be back on time for our 6PM ADR at 'Ohana. We were really looking forward to this as we'd had a fabulous time there in August.
Well, that meal was definitely unforgettable...
My favorite holiday EVER.
I couldn't put my MNSSHP outfit again today because I'd tossed it in the trash after the party, so instead I decided to go discreet with this shirt :
Jesse decided to go with a basic black shirt to sort of soften the blow...
We had originally planned on having breakfast together at Cape May, or possibly lunch at Sci-Fi, but we woke up way too late for that. I was sleeping so soundly that Jesse tried to re-create the cookie package attack of that other morning but I slept through it.
So instead we all had lunch together at Pepper Market. We were on the DDP so it was a good use of a CS credit to begin with, and I ended up having my meal comped 'cause it took so long to make it. The other 2 persons who were waiting with me also had their meal comped. We didn't ask, the lady making the salads just told us she wouldn't charge us. Cool.
Grumpy had bbq ribs which she loved, Jesse had a veggie burger and I had a caesar salad with shrimp. We also got a huge cookie and a cinnamon roll as desserts that Grumpy brought back to the room.
After lunch we parted ways. Grumpy went back to the room and got herself ready for an afternoon of swimming and tanning. Jesse & I headed to Hollywood Studios. We waited quite a while for a bus, then got sick of waiting and took a cab. What we didn't know is that cabs can't go to the entrance of a park (I don't think we've ever taken a cab TO a park before).
It drops you at the very back of the parking lot and we had to walk all the way to the entrance. I would have rather waited another 15mns at CSR for a bus. Lesson learned!
The heat was brutal that day and by the time we reached the front entrance of the park I was already sweating like a hog. I insist on wearing jeans in Disney. My legs are not legs, they're telephone poles, so I'd rather keep em hidden thankyou. In August it was something like 100° and I still wore jeans. The two days my sister convinced me to borrow a pair of her cropped pants, it rained like crazy.
But anyway, we'd made it and were inside Disney's Hollywood Studios.
On our agenda we had : Indiana Jones (which Jesse said she didn't do the last time she was there with Alex), the stunt car show, and Backlot Tour. Then we were to meet Grumpy around 5.30PM at Tower of Terror, so she & I could ride before going to see Fantasmic.
First things first, I wanted to get us FPs for Tower of Terror. I told Jesse she didn't have to come with me but she didn't mind so we both went.
After that we made our way to the Indiana Jones show. Now I have zero interest in Indiana Jones. That day I was just coming along with Jesse 'cause it's not that fun being in the parks alone but we really hadn't planned on doing anything I liked.
I hadn't planned on falling asleep though. I remember some dude running away from a big cardboardy ball and then the next thing I know Jesse was shaking me and saying "You're missing the hot muscley guy!!!!" and I realized I'd been snoozing. So I'm adding Indiana Jones to the list of Disney attractions I fell asleep at (so far we have La Nouba, Ellen's Universe of Energy, American Adventure, and Indiana Jones).
So the show ends and we come out and I'm trying to play it cool "Yeah that was a nice show, very entertaining". Jesse is like, "Oh yeah ? So what happened with the snake??".
Snake ?? What snake ?? THINK, someone on the DIS must have mentioned a snake at Indiana Jones!!! Nope, I got nothing...
Instead I bribed Jesse with a cookie at Writer's Stop. We walked there, looked at the closed Star Wars attraction, and then went to get our cookies.
The mickey-shaped one was mine and it was a shortbread kind of cookies and should be illegal in all 50 states. Just sayin'.
Next on our list, Backlot Tour, or as Jesse calls it, Parklot Tour.
On our way there I noticed that they already had some of the Osborne Lights up. It was only October 31st!!
The wait time was supposed to be 5mns but it easily took half an hour just to get to the cars. We were waiting outside and it was so hot, people kept on giving up and leaving. I was worried we'd miss the Stunt show because the last one was at 4.30PM and it was already past 3.30. The attractions are right next to each other though.
Jesse enjoyed it. I love Catastrophe canyon, and I made sure I was on the left side when we got into the cars so I'd get wet. No luck. Close, but barely felt a drop
I'd done Backlot Tour before, on our very first trip to the World in 2006. Not much has changed. Jesse enjoyed it but I didn't recognize any of the things they showed us, and besides Catastrophe Canyon I found the tour to be seriously boring. But she liked it, so, fine. She likes anything that she can take pictures of
When it was over we literally had 10mns before we had to be at Lights, Motors, Action. I was actually very close to peeing my pants then, so I told Jesse to meet me out front, and let her take her pictures.
I had time to pee AND buy myself a Vinylmation AND wait around AND go get us some cokes and a corndog for me AND go back to the exit by the time she came out. Girl loves her pictures...
Phewwwwww I didn't know how far the stunt show place actually was from its entrance. Took forever to get there. We were sweating like crazy and hoping we could still get a seat. We did but it was way up there and very crowded. I hate eating in public so I kept my corndog for later.
The show was actually pretty impressive, I hadn't expected to like it since I know nothing about cars (can't tell a Hundai from a Porsche). Turns out the show was originally done for Disneyland Paris then brought over to Florida. Well, what do you know, we Frenchies can export stuff to WDW. Cool.
My favorite part was the guy on fire. I have a thing for setting people on fire, well not by my own hand but if someone is willing to do the job, I'm willing to watch.
If you think the mass of people exiting Fantasmic is bad, don't go to LMA... Seriously it was madness.
We let most of the people out while I munched on my corndog with mustard THEN realized I was supposed to ride TOT with Grumpy less than an hour later. Oh boy. This is only the 2nd corndog I've had in my life and I have no idea what they feel like when they come back up. And I really wasn't looking forward to finding out.
We ended up taking almost an hour to reach ToT, we were beat because of the heat and walked like snails. We stopped on the way at the Muppets store so I could trade the Vinylmation I'd gotten earlier.
The lady asked me what color I was hoping for, I said pink or purple and she gently motioned to one of the numbers on the box. I got me a purple Carousel Vinylmation. Score!!! Oh, for those who don't know, you can trade your Vinylmation. Most stores have a little case on the counter that have 3 of them that you can pick from if you see something you like. Or, they pull out that big box with a bunch of numbers, you pick a number and you get the one that's behind it. I never quite got the pin trading fever, but I love trading Vinylmation. Those I can display at home and they look really cute!
So anyway we ended up meeting Grumpy in front of TOT around 6PM. They had just opened the doors for Fantasmic so we didn't have much time, we gave our purses to Jesse, got our FPs and went to ride.
I was so nervous about puking that darn corndog! Plus I knew Grumpy would get mad at me for eating it since I'd already had lunch... but everything went fine. THANK GOD. We were in an elevator in about 10mns, I screamed like a lunatic, and all was well in the world.
When we came back to Jesse she swore she heard me scream and could pick my scream anywhere. I do have quite a high-pitched, ear-splitting scream but it's not like noone else screams on ToT!!
There were plenty of seats left for Fantasmic. We weren't front & center but we were in the middle section about halfway up. While we waited we told Grumpy what we had done, and she told us she'd basically gone from the Dig Site pool, to the quiet pool, then back to the Dig Site all afternoon
That's like her dream vacation. Pool, sun, pool, sun, a little bit of pool, and some sun.Jesse'd never seen Fantasmic! and she lovvvvvved it. She's a sucker for characters. It's at the top of her list for our next trip, especially since her camera died again right before the show and she didn't get to take any videos.
We had an 8.40PM reservation at Cape May that night and we knew we'd probably be late because Fantasmic was at 7.30, so we didn't get out of the theater before 8.20. To make matters worse the line for the boats to BC/YC/BW was huge, so instead we walked to where the cab had dropped us off that morning and hoped we'd find one. There was one, the guy was on break, but when we told him where we were going he said fine and that he wouldn't turn his meter on and we could give him whatever. We ended up giving him $10.
We were expecting Cape May to turn us down since we were so late (it was about 9PM when we got there) but they didn't even bat an eyelid. We got seated, then Jesse & I excused ourselves and went to clean up in the restrooms. We'd been in the sun all day and weren't really "dinner ready". I came back to the table first. 10mns later Jesse still wasn't there so Grumpy sent me back to the restroom to make sure she was okay.
Turned out she'd found some washcloths and decided to give herself what I can only call a sponge bath...
Seriously, my sister's weird.Dinner was great. It's a wonder crabs aren't extinct yet with the quantity of crab legs they go through at Cape May. I mostly stuck to the lobster tortellini which is my favorite dish ever. They may as well just give me the whole dish and I won't have to bother coming back to the buffet. We were too full for dessert but our server (who was an older lady we'd already had the pleasure to meet at breakfast once) boxed up some cookies and other treats for us to bring back to the room. That was really sweet of her and we made sure to leave her a good tip.
Jesse & Grumpy had wine with dinner and Grumpy was a bit tipsy but Jesse can easily drink a whole bottle of wine without any side effects. She's so lucky. I'm halfway dead drunk after a shot of tequila...
We took a bus to Downtown Disney, spent some time in the shops (we had very little time before they closed so we didn't buy anything) and then got on a bus to CSR.
We broke a rule that night and went to swim in the quiet pool just a little tiny bit after 9PM (what ? 1AM is only a couple hours after 9PM, right ?). We didn't make any noise though, and didn't get caught. The big pool was just too far and we were beat.
Had to keep some of our strength for tomorrow as we were going back to the Outlets, and this time, no joking around, we were there to do some serious shopping !!! All we had to do is be back on time for our 6PM ADR at 'Ohana. We were really looking forward to this as we'd had a fabulous time there in August.
Well, that meal was definitely unforgettable...
Can't wait to hear what happened at Ohana's. I think.......
if they let me that's it 
I'm sorry about your job interview....thats stinks and can certainly ruin your day....I hope the DIS helps you feel better 
during that time. Jesse opened the door to the room and yelled EWWWWWWWWWWWWWW and said no way could we keep the door closed. She actually wouldn't even stay in. Grumpy & her brought the little leather chairs outside, propped the door open and stayed outside looking at the rain while the room aired itself out.
