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
Friday dawned early, but not bright. It was still pouring rain, but I had an
appointment to make, the RADP Kilimanjaro Safari meet at AK, at 9:00am. Your
intrepid scribe made it there with time to spare, and even had time to seek
out lanyard pins from CM's. It turned out that Deb Wills had canceled the
meet due to the rain, but since I'm not near a computer while at WDW, I was
out of the loop. Anyway, a small group of hardy explorers, including but not
limited to me, Bruce & Marta Metcalf, Dave Marx , Randy Berbaum, Sean &
Pamela Rouse, and a few others made it for the meet. Sorry for those I
neglected to name, but I didn't keep good notes. We had a CM snap a picture
of us, and off we went to the Safari. The rain and cold did wonders, getting
the animals up and about. The male lion even got up and shook it's mane off
as we went by, a very impressive sight. After the safari, it was time for a
quick walk through the gorilla trail. There was a male in the window area,
and a bunch of the young'uns frolicking in the clearing area. After the
gorilla trail it was off to DinoLand for the Chester & Hester RADP meet.
There were about 8 or so there, including Sean & Pam, and a few others. We
rode the ride with minimal wait, and had a good time. After that, I went to
Dinosaur ( which sounded much better as Countdown to Extinction) by myself,
and rode that . I always enjoy that ride, and today was no exception.
After Dinosaur, I was hungry, so I went to Flame Tree BBQ, and got another
meal deal voucher. I had the BBQ chicken again, which was very good. After
my repast, it was off to the Tiger Trek, and I was rewarded with 3 tigers
right by the observation window. After that, I wandered around for a bit,
looking for pins. I got an ice cream cone with my voucher coupon, and then a
bottle of soda with my last voucher coupon, and left the park. The rain had
stopped by that point.
Joe had gone to Disney Quest for the day, and Jenn was at the health club at
Coronado. I went back to the hotel, and got Jenn from the health club. She
had bought a membership that cost $25 for the length of stay, and felt it
was a very good deal. We drove to Downtown Disney to do some shopping. We
hit World of Disney, and picked up some items, including a calendar, and
some other small trinkets, but nothing major. We browsed some of the other
shops, such as the new toy shop, and the pin traders shop, but didn't buy
anything there. We then drove back to Coronado, and took a bus from there to
Epcot. We still had our old FP's from a few days earlier, and the CM allowed
us to use them. We had been told by a CM that the Teddy Bear & Doll show was
in progress, so we tried to find it. We assumed it was at the Millennium
Village building, and asked at the info booth. A CM told us it near Germany,
which didn't make any sense to me. We walked past the old Millenium Village,
and there was nothing open there that we could see. We ended up walking the
entire WS, and found nothing. We did make a stop at the UK on our journey
around the world, and Jenn bought a ceramic Beatles keepsake box for her
cousin, who is a big Beatles fan. We asked another CM, who also told us it
was
in progress, but he didn't know where. We finally found a manager, who made
a phone call, and found it was in the Millenium Village building, but was
not open to the public until Sunday. Oh well, there's worse things to do
than take an extra lap around World Showcase. Jenn wanted to eat at Beaches
& Cream, so we exited the IG exit, and walked over to the Beach Club. We had
a short wait to be seated, and killed some time in the arcade next to the
restaurant. When we were seated, I ordered the prime rib sandwich, and
chocolate malt, while Jenn had the grilled chicken sandwich. The tab came to
$30, plus tip. We then caught a bus from Beach Club to PI. It was very
chilly at that point, and I was beginning to think I might have to find a
warmer jacket. We arrived at PI in time for me to catch the 7:30pm CW show.
The cast was Carl, Matt, Christine, Todd, and Gregg. They opened with a
phone call, followed that with a fill in the blanks skit, after which came a
song styled on Doo Wah Diddy. They did the freeze frame improv after that,
and finished up with the finale song, sung to the tune of All Right Now, but
called Cat Pee On Sofa. Unfortunately, my note taking leaves alot to be
desired, so thats why you are getting the rather abbreviated cliff notes
version of the show.
We wandered around after the show, saw a few RADP'ers at AC, and then came
back for the 8:15pm show, The cast was Carl, Matt, Todd, Krista, and
Christine. They opened with a poem song based on a name, and followed that
with a story based on a shouted subject suggestion, 'Grow Quietly". It was
dull as can be, and mercifully ended quickly. Next up was this is your life.
They picked a woman from the crowd, Rita, who was a former nun, and now is a
teacher. This improv was superb, she really gave them some great stuff to
work with, and it was extremely funny. She was a very good sport about it
too. They finished up the show with a song based on snoring parents, which
was also pretty good.
After the 2nd CW show, it was back to the Adventurers Club, and the RADP
folks. There was a very good turnout there, and we had a great time
interacting with the cast. We stayed till around 11pm, and then headed back
to the hotel to catch some sleep.
Stay tuned for Day 8......
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
Friday dawned early, but not bright. It was still pouring rain, but I had an
appointment to make, the RADP Kilimanjaro Safari meet at AK, at 9:00am. Your
intrepid scribe made it there with time to spare, and even had time to seek
out lanyard pins from CM's. It turned out that Deb Wills had canceled the
meet due to the rain, but since I'm not near a computer while at WDW, I was
out of the loop. Anyway, a small group of hardy explorers, including but not
limited to me, Bruce & Marta Metcalf, Dave Marx , Randy Berbaum, Sean &
Pamela Rouse, and a few others made it for the meet. Sorry for those I
neglected to name, but I didn't keep good notes. We had a CM snap a picture
of us, and off we went to the Safari. The rain and cold did wonders, getting
the animals up and about. The male lion even got up and shook it's mane off
as we went by, a very impressive sight. After the safari, it was time for a
quick walk through the gorilla trail. There was a male in the window area,
and a bunch of the young'uns frolicking in the clearing area. After the
gorilla trail it was off to DinoLand for the Chester & Hester RADP meet.
There were about 8 or so there, including Sean & Pam, and a few others. We
rode the ride with minimal wait, and had a good time. After that, I went to
Dinosaur ( which sounded much better as Countdown to Extinction) by myself,
and rode that . I always enjoy that ride, and today was no exception.
After Dinosaur, I was hungry, so I went to Flame Tree BBQ, and got another
meal deal voucher. I had the BBQ chicken again, which was very good. After
my repast, it was off to the Tiger Trek, and I was rewarded with 3 tigers
right by the observation window. After that, I wandered around for a bit,
looking for pins. I got an ice cream cone with my voucher coupon, and then a
bottle of soda with my last voucher coupon, and left the park. The rain had
stopped by that point.
Joe had gone to Disney Quest for the day, and Jenn was at the health club at
Coronado. I went back to the hotel, and got Jenn from the health club. She
had bought a membership that cost $25 for the length of stay, and felt it
was a very good deal. We drove to Downtown Disney to do some shopping. We
hit World of Disney, and picked up some items, including a calendar, and
some other small trinkets, but nothing major. We browsed some of the other
shops, such as the new toy shop, and the pin traders shop, but didn't buy
anything there. We then drove back to Coronado, and took a bus from there to
Epcot. We still had our old FP's from a few days earlier, and the CM allowed
us to use them. We had been told by a CM that the Teddy Bear & Doll show was
in progress, so we tried to find it. We assumed it was at the Millennium
Village building, and asked at the info booth. A CM told us it near Germany,
which didn't make any sense to me. We walked past the old Millenium Village,
and there was nothing open there that we could see. We ended up walking the
entire WS, and found nothing. We did make a stop at the UK on our journey
around the world, and Jenn bought a ceramic Beatles keepsake box for her
cousin, who is a big Beatles fan. We asked another CM, who also told us it
was
in progress, but he didn't know where. We finally found a manager, who made
a phone call, and found it was in the Millenium Village building, but was
not open to the public until Sunday. Oh well, there's worse things to do
than take an extra lap around World Showcase. Jenn wanted to eat at Beaches
& Cream, so we exited the IG exit, and walked over to the Beach Club. We had
a short wait to be seated, and killed some time in the arcade next to the
restaurant. When we were seated, I ordered the prime rib sandwich, and
chocolate malt, while Jenn had the grilled chicken sandwich. The tab came to
$30, plus tip. We then caught a bus from Beach Club to PI. It was very
chilly at that point, and I was beginning to think I might have to find a
warmer jacket. We arrived at PI in time for me to catch the 7:30pm CW show.
The cast was Carl, Matt, Christine, Todd, and Gregg. They opened with a
phone call, followed that with a fill in the blanks skit, after which came a
song styled on Doo Wah Diddy. They did the freeze frame improv after that,
and finished up with the finale song, sung to the tune of All Right Now, but
called Cat Pee On Sofa. Unfortunately, my note taking leaves alot to be
desired, so thats why you are getting the rather abbreviated cliff notes
version of the show.
We wandered around after the show, saw a few RADP'ers at AC, and then came
back for the 8:15pm show, The cast was Carl, Matt, Todd, Krista, and
Christine. They opened with a poem song based on a name, and followed that
with a story based on a shouted subject suggestion, 'Grow Quietly". It was
dull as can be, and mercifully ended quickly. Next up was this is your life.
They picked a woman from the crowd, Rita, who was a former nun, and now is a
teacher. This improv was superb, she really gave them some great stuff to
work with, and it was extremely funny. She was a very good sport about it
too. They finished up the show with a song based on snoring parents, which
was also pretty good.
After the 2nd CW show, it was back to the Adventurers Club, and the RADP
folks. There was a very good turnout there, and we had a great time
interacting with the cast. We stayed till around 11pm, and then headed back
to the hotel to catch some sleep.
Stay tuned for Day 8......
