MajorWoody
The View From My Office
- Joined
- Jan 28, 2002
- Messages
- 294
Who :
Bill, age 44, NYSP Investigator, AP holder and numerous WDW trips
Jenn, daughter, age 19, AP holder, last trip 12/00
Joseph, son, age 17, AP holder, last trip 12/00
Where:
All Star Sports - 5 nights
Coronado Springs - 5 nights
When :
12/7 thru 12/17/02
Hello again everyone,
Today we got up at 9:30am, had breakfast at the All Stars Foodcourt, and
were at MGM by 10:30am, which is pretty good for us. We met up with Sean and
his family inside MGM, and our first stop was the Rock & Roller Coaster. We
got the front car, and rode with no wait. We then went and did Tower of
Terror, again with no wait. They wanted to catch Indiana Jones, so we went
our way and they went theirs, planning to meet up later. We then walked up
Sunset Blvd, and I dropped my Disney watch off at the watch shop to have a
battery replaced. We all headed over to the Big Hat, and I checked for new
pins, but there was nothing special available. We headed over to Millionaire
just as they were letting people in for a show, so we went on inside. I have
had good luck with Millionaire, being picked for the hot seat 5 times now,
and once making it to the final question in May, before I bombed. I was on a
roll again today, and after the first contestant bombed out , I was the high
score in the audience, so to the hot seat I went. Unfortunately, the new
grand prize of a Disney Cruise was not to be mine today. At the 8,000 level,
the question was what does the "M" key on a calculator stand for. The
choices were memory, median, multiplication, and million. I never use a
calculator, and had no clue. I had already used the audience poll on a prior
question, and didn't want to waste the 50-50 since I had no idea no matter
what the two choices remaining would be. I ended up going with the wrong
choice, and was escorted back to the prize room for my trinkets, the set of
pins and the baseball cap, to go with the others at home. Maybe next trip,
oh well.
After Millionaire we hit One Man's dream, which put me back in good spirits.
We followed that up with the Great Movie Ride, getting the Western scene.
After TGMR, we went back to Sunset Blvd, and retrieved my watch. We then met
up with Sean outside of Beauty & The Beast, and we all went inside. We got
there early enough to catch Four For A Dollar performing, and they were very
good. The Beauty show then came on, and was nicely performed, although I
miss the dove release at the end of the show, which they no longer do.
When that was over, we all headed back to Millionaire, as Sean and his
family wanted to see it. I managed to get to #1 on the board again at the
32,000 level , but promptly got the next question wrong, so it didn't become
an issue if I got selected for the hot seat again. For those of you who
don't know, they instituted a rule a while back, barring hot seat
contestants from returning to the hot seat for a 30 day period. So if I had
stayed at #1, when the prior contestant bombed out, I would have had to
decline the hot seat and pass it on to whoever was #2 in the audience
scores. But by getting a question wrong, it made it a moot point dropping me
off the audience scoreboard.
After Millionaire we went to Star Tours, and rode it without a wait. We then
left the park, heading back to the hotel as Jenn wanted to hit PI that
evening, and Joe & I planned on returning to Epcot to try Candlelight with
James Avery under better weather conditions. We grabbed dinner at the food
court, trying the family chicken dinner, which claims it will feed four with
chicken, stuffing, spuds, veggies, for $19.99. We received two chicken
halves, and a tub o' spuds, and some green beans for the meal. It was really
very small, and just barely fed the three of us. I noticed again that there
were numerous unsupervised kids running around the main building, and the
arcade seemed to be worse than a mall arcade with some rowdy behavior going
on in there. After eating, I dropped Jenn off at PI, after buying her the 1
day pass with the 5 day add on. It came to about $24 for 6 days, not a bad
deal. Joe & I then drove to BW, and parked. We walked in to Epcot via the
International Gate, and headed towards USA. We caught the tail end of
Tapestry before hitting America Gardens Theater. The weather was beautiful
this evening, almost 70 degrees, and no wind. What a difference from the
night before. We caught the 6:45pm CP show, and James Avery was outstanding
once again. We have managed to catch him the last three years, and have
never had a weak performance from him. The funny thing is, before we first
saw him three years ago, I had no clue who he even was, not watching much
network TV at home. After CP, we caught the 7:45pm Tapestry from Germany
near the glass etching booth. I wanted to see CP one more time, and Joe
wanted to see Innoventions, so we went our separate ways. I caught the
8:15pm CP show, snagging a great seat in the middle. The show was excellent
again, and the weather made it even more enjoyable. After the CP, I walked
back to Germany, and met Joe there at 9:15pm. We then waited for the
Illuminations at 9:30pm, and caught it from Germany. After it was over, we
walked back out the IG, browsed the BW shops, and drove the van back to the
hotel. We were in the room at 11:00pm. It turned out that sleep wasn't easy
to come by that evening, as for most of the night large groups of teens were
running wild throughout the resort, yelling, screaming, pounding on doors,
and so on. This continued into the wee hours, and was extremely annoying.
Stay tuned for Day 5.....
Bill, age 44, NYSP Investigator, AP holder and numerous WDW trips
Jenn, daughter, age 19, AP holder, last trip 12/00
Joseph, son, age 17, AP holder, last trip 12/00
Where:
All Star Sports - 5 nights
Coronado Springs - 5 nights
When :
12/7 thru 12/17/02
Hello again everyone,
Today we got up at 9:30am, had breakfast at the All Stars Foodcourt, and
were at MGM by 10:30am, which is pretty good for us. We met up with Sean and
his family inside MGM, and our first stop was the Rock & Roller Coaster. We
got the front car, and rode with no wait. We then went and did Tower of
Terror, again with no wait. They wanted to catch Indiana Jones, so we went
our way and they went theirs, planning to meet up later. We then walked up
Sunset Blvd, and I dropped my Disney watch off at the watch shop to have a
battery replaced. We all headed over to the Big Hat, and I checked for new
pins, but there was nothing special available. We headed over to Millionaire
just as they were letting people in for a show, so we went on inside. I have
had good luck with Millionaire, being picked for the hot seat 5 times now,
and once making it to the final question in May, before I bombed. I was on a
roll again today, and after the first contestant bombed out , I was the high
score in the audience, so to the hot seat I went. Unfortunately, the new
grand prize of a Disney Cruise was not to be mine today. At the 8,000 level,
the question was what does the "M" key on a calculator stand for. The
choices were memory, median, multiplication, and million. I never use a
calculator, and had no clue. I had already used the audience poll on a prior
question, and didn't want to waste the 50-50 since I had no idea no matter
what the two choices remaining would be. I ended up going with the wrong
choice, and was escorted back to the prize room for my trinkets, the set of
pins and the baseball cap, to go with the others at home. Maybe next trip,
oh well.
After Millionaire we hit One Man's dream, which put me back in good spirits.
We followed that up with the Great Movie Ride, getting the Western scene.
After TGMR, we went back to Sunset Blvd, and retrieved my watch. We then met
up with Sean outside of Beauty & The Beast, and we all went inside. We got
there early enough to catch Four For A Dollar performing, and they were very
good. The Beauty show then came on, and was nicely performed, although I
miss the dove release at the end of the show, which they no longer do.
When that was over, we all headed back to Millionaire, as Sean and his
family wanted to see it. I managed to get to #1 on the board again at the
32,000 level , but promptly got the next question wrong, so it didn't become
an issue if I got selected for the hot seat again. For those of you who
don't know, they instituted a rule a while back, barring hot seat
contestants from returning to the hot seat for a 30 day period. So if I had
stayed at #1, when the prior contestant bombed out, I would have had to
decline the hot seat and pass it on to whoever was #2 in the audience
scores. But by getting a question wrong, it made it a moot point dropping me
off the audience scoreboard.
After Millionaire we went to Star Tours, and rode it without a wait. We then
left the park, heading back to the hotel as Jenn wanted to hit PI that
evening, and Joe & I planned on returning to Epcot to try Candlelight with
James Avery under better weather conditions. We grabbed dinner at the food
court, trying the family chicken dinner, which claims it will feed four with
chicken, stuffing, spuds, veggies, for $19.99. We received two chicken
halves, and a tub o' spuds, and some green beans for the meal. It was really
very small, and just barely fed the three of us. I noticed again that there
were numerous unsupervised kids running around the main building, and the
arcade seemed to be worse than a mall arcade with some rowdy behavior going
on in there. After eating, I dropped Jenn off at PI, after buying her the 1
day pass with the 5 day add on. It came to about $24 for 6 days, not a bad
deal. Joe & I then drove to BW, and parked. We walked in to Epcot via the
International Gate, and headed towards USA. We caught the tail end of
Tapestry before hitting America Gardens Theater. The weather was beautiful
this evening, almost 70 degrees, and no wind. What a difference from the
night before. We caught the 6:45pm CP show, and James Avery was outstanding
once again. We have managed to catch him the last three years, and have
never had a weak performance from him. The funny thing is, before we first
saw him three years ago, I had no clue who he even was, not watching much
network TV at home. After CP, we caught the 7:45pm Tapestry from Germany
near the glass etching booth. I wanted to see CP one more time, and Joe
wanted to see Innoventions, so we went our separate ways. I caught the
8:15pm CP show, snagging a great seat in the middle. The show was excellent
again, and the weather made it even more enjoyable. After the CP, I walked
back to Germany, and met Joe there at 9:15pm. We then waited for the
Illuminations at 9:30pm, and caught it from Germany. After it was over, we
walked back out the IG, browsed the BW shops, and drove the van back to the
hotel. We were in the room at 11:00pm. It turned out that sleep wasn't easy
to come by that evening, as for most of the night large groups of teens were
running wild throughout the resort, yelling, screaming, pounding on doors,
and so on. This continued into the wee hours, and was extremely annoying.
Stay tuned for Day 5.....
We stayed at POR and had several rowdy teens as well.... It is pretty bad when my DD8 made comments about their behavoir.
