SoRa DoRk
I will be chasing a starlight...
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- Feb 27, 2005
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Ok, before I start, this was LAST YEAR and I probably won't remember it all. But I'll try. 
Our Characters:
Me: Ash, AKA Soradork, the student and (in Obi Kenobis words) youngling. Loves odd hats and CHOCOLATE!
Mom: Um, Mom. She is the "Organized" one who makes all the plans that dad and I DON'T intend to follow. Love Cinderella
Dad: The Donald Duck-like daddy. Bottomless stomach. Not much of a thrill-rider, like me. Loves Donald Duck stuff and flaunting that he is in the Navy.
About 7 months ago, in a sunny state somewhat far away...
It was October. I was sitting in the car, waiting for that idiot Ms. Peaks to wave everyone down to get out of their cars and enter the hole that is my school. I had just been informed that we would NOT be going to Discovery Cove because of end of quarter finals in English (ooh, big flipping deal! I can STILL ace it!) And also since I was already missing my math finals on the 3rd (my b-day.) By the time I was in the building, I was a BASKET CASE! Being such a dolphin and whale lover and perhaps future marine biologist to study what I love so much (the ocean! YAY!) I was very upset. And a Disney trip was near, so I was freaking out with excitement and sorrow. By 6th period, I was in silent tears. And then, I was called to the office to FINALY leave. I grabbed my backpack and the gift bag full of stuff that my friend had gotten me and hurried down the back set of stairs that hardly anyone uses after 8:10. Not much to say until about 4-5 o'clock. Though we COULD'VE stayed at somewhere 10 xs nicer, except for the fact of dad begging for a new vehicle every time he sees a new one that he likes, we stayed at All Star Sports. We waited the excruciatingly painful 30 min. to check in and went to our room. Tiny, sorta crampt. Just what you'd expect.
DAY ONE:
I was starving. It was probably the only night we hadn't had meal reservations of some sort (thanks to the fine eatin' plan they done gots' there!) and nothing was planned but to go to DTD. Eating the very fattening, large-portioned food at the resort was all we had, except Ghirardelli, but I'll get to that later. We ate and enjoyed the old cartoons and virtual emptiness of the restaurant. Next was DTD. I begged to go to Disney Quest. Of course, a no.
So sad. Anyway, I was super-excited to see the four things that tell my brain that I am at DTD: The giant kaleidoscope, Ghirardelli, The World of Disney, and the Rainforest Cafe. More whining, begging, and pleading to go to Rainforest Cafe. We walk up and there is a huge wait time. You can guess the reply to my wanting to go there. So, instead, we ran over to Ghirardelli. Mom and I shared one of those big sundaes with the brownies and fudge sauce. Dad had a different kind, I forgot exactly which. All that matters is that it was quite yum.
Next, we went to the sports store. The appropriate amount of inappropriate jokes were made about balls used in spots, oh trust me. The more immature of us can't resist. We bought a Mickey Football, a Roxy t-shirt (If only it were Roxas to my KH-fied glee...), and probably something else. Then, it was on to the World of Disney. I had the annual photo on the bench between Cindy and Aurora that is required of almost ALL younglings who happen to be girls. I begged for Pirates stuff, I didn't get it because I was getting my friends some gold ears later on, and we left with NOTHING. I almost forgot there! We also went to the Xmas store. Hehehe.. I kept making a little singing Pluto sing. Hahaha.. CRUEL AND UNUSUAL TORTURE!! I bought some Nightmare before Christmas magnets for my locker. Mom got some ornaments (As usual) and that was that. We came back to the room. I was cranky. Same ol, same ol. I think we went to the pool and then went to bed. No, wait, we just sat in the room, then went to bed. Ok. So, END DAY ONE!
INTERMISION! RANDOM, OFF-TOPIC BLAH BLAH BLAH!:
I once went all out with the money. We did 7 day land, 3 day sea trip about 2-3 years previously. I was TOTALY spoiled. We lived off of free uncrustables, doughnuts, cheese cubes, and whatever drinks were there. It got a bit boring on land. Then, everyone was worn out as we went on the cruise aspect.. I remember looking out and seeing Atlantis. Gosh I wanna stay there! Like, really badly! And I got a stitch Xmas hat at Boardwalk once. I wore it a couple of days before winter break and everyone thought that they were Eeyore ears! EEYORE! I hope you are enjoying my trip report! ^_^ I'm not very good at writing them yet, so please excuse my very oddness and if you think it is bad, I understand. I'll take constructive criticism too! Just like in Drama when we HAVE to take constructive criticism and get our grades read out to the whole class sometimes! Ok, Now on to Day 2! Enjoy!
DAY 2
Awoke to mom hovering over me. Everyone was getting ready to head off to MGM.
Me: I am NOT GETTING UP.
Mom: Fine. Stay here. See if I care.
Me: UUGGHHHH!! *forcibly gets up*
That day, we had reservations at Sci Fi and Le Celliar. We were gonna be fuller than a sack of apples in pickin' season (I just made that up! I so good!) And that, my friends, is FULL. So, I reluctantly got out of bed, got ready for another walk in the park, and we left. I think the first thing we did was Great Movie Ride.. Yeah, it was. We were on the second load of the ride for the day. There was like, no line. Or was it... uhh.. I don't remember. But I know that was the first thing we rode. Then, mom and dad took turns riding ToT (I now refuse to ride it. I am terrified of it still. Though I rode it once before. I can't STAND those types of rides that go uppy downy) and I had a Mickey ice cream bar. I got it EVERYWHERE. I mean absolutely EVERYWHERE. Then, Mom rode RRC while dad and I rode Back lot Tour. Then, we rode Star Tours. I LOVE STAR TOURS! LOVE LOVE LOVE!! Next we saw Muppet Vision
Gosh I love that show. Finally, it started POURING! So, we went into a little shop by Muppets to wait it out for a few minuets so we wouldn't get soaked (even with ponchos on you can get soaked. Especially the 99 cent ones that you can buy at the dollar store because the bottoms of them rise up and it's just nasty. Break down and buy the ones at Disney if you value the dryness of your body.) Apparently everyone and their brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles, and grandparents had the same idea. It was HORRID. We finally just left and headed over to Sci-Fi. Which had a nearly unbearable wait. I'd much rather be out in the pouring rain at that point than sit by the whining annoying brats and everyone's wet ponchos. Finally got in there. For once I wasn't the "driver" and ordered the correct food. By the time we were done, it was about 4 and time to head over to Epcot.
We hurried over and snagged our FP's for Sorin' and TT, each time on them were nearly the same. We took a leisurely stroll through World Showcase to try and walk off some of that food. But that was a bit of a mistake, because it was Food and Wine Fest, so there was PLENTY of eating and drinking along the way (being a minor, I skipped the drinking aspect of it unless it was nonalcoholic) We rode El Rio de Teimpo, an excellent time killer, I must add. And Maelstrom as well. That one is a good time killer, too. Our reservations for Le Celliar were fast approaching. We sorta hurried, except for dad who just HAD to stop in Germany. While we were there, this group of drunken guys in different and odd hats paraded by, laughing and being, well, drunk! It was actually kinda funny to watch.
We finally made it to Canada and had to wait for mom to get some ice wine. I stood by a fence and watch about 30-40 ducks on the bank of the lake, wishing that they still had beaver tails. I took some pictures of them for my duckie-luvin friend. We waited.. And waited.. And waited.. Finally, it was time to stroll over to Le Celliar. We did and guess what we did inside? You guessed it, everyone's favorite activity at Disney, WE WAITED! Ooh! Yay! More screaming, annoying brats that made you want to play the Yell-at-the-Parents-game. We finally sat and ordered. Very nice place. We all got our beer cheese soup as an appetizer. They loved it. I despised it. And I hated the pretzel bread. Of course, I'm the pickiest one there. I scarfed down my chicken strips while they enjoyed their steak. We got the big desert sampler thing there. I devoured the Whiskey Cake (With a little decorative 50th Anniversary Happiest Celebration on Earth chocolate thing) while they had the crème brulee'. We left absolutely STUFFED. We decided walking it off and riding the easier of the two FP'd rides (Sorin') would be best.
So we took a nice, leisurely, slow walk over to The Land. And we stood for a while in the FP line. Finally, we were in and enjoying the scenic views of California from the comfort of the Sunshine State. I left with the lingering scent of orange and pine trees lingering in my nose, which is a good combo of smells, btw. We trekked over to Dad's fave ride, Test Track. Played the waiting game. A little break from that, but you know at the beginning of the line when you go into that itty bitty blue paneled room thing? Well, it hurts you eyes. Ow. Anyway, we hopped in the FRONT of the car, which was shocking, because we always get the back. Now, this is important, dad was wearing his Silver Dollar City hat (Silver Dollar City is a theme park in Branson, MO.) We took off. When we reached the S-curves, we were anticipating the Break Down. It ALWAYS BREAKS DOWN FOR US THERE! Surprisingly, there WASN'T one. We continued through quite smoothly. When we got off:
Ride Operator: Did you ride Wildfire?
Dad: No.
Ride Operator: You went to Silver Dollar City and you DIDN'T EVEN RIDE WILDFIRE!??
*Ma and Dad laugh*
My thought: That would be my fault.. I am a wuss.
We were having such a good time and got ready to leave. And then, it started to absolutely POUR. It was raining so hard, I thought I would be murdered from it shooting me down like it was a bullet. My crocks were soaked, my pants were soaked, I WAS SOAKED! It was like a CM said years before on the tram when it was raining that hard: "I see wet people!!" It sucked. Really sucked. It was just a drizzle when we got back to the room. So, odd enough, we went swimming. SWIMMING! Then, it was off to bed.
Days 3 and 4 coming soon! Hope you guys and gals liked so far! ^_^
Our Characters:
Me: Ash, AKA Soradork, the student and (in Obi Kenobis words) youngling. Loves odd hats and CHOCOLATE!
Mom: Um, Mom. She is the "Organized" one who makes all the plans that dad and I DON'T intend to follow. Love Cinderella
Dad: The Donald Duck-like daddy. Bottomless stomach. Not much of a thrill-rider, like me. Loves Donald Duck stuff and flaunting that he is in the Navy.
About 7 months ago, in a sunny state somewhat far away...
It was October. I was sitting in the car, waiting for that idiot Ms. Peaks to wave everyone down to get out of their cars and enter the hole that is my school. I had just been informed that we would NOT be going to Discovery Cove because of end of quarter finals in English (ooh, big flipping deal! I can STILL ace it!) And also since I was already missing my math finals on the 3rd (my b-day.) By the time I was in the building, I was a BASKET CASE! Being such a dolphin and whale lover and perhaps future marine biologist to study what I love so much (the ocean! YAY!) I was very upset. And a Disney trip was near, so I was freaking out with excitement and sorrow. By 6th period, I was in silent tears. And then, I was called to the office to FINALY leave. I grabbed my backpack and the gift bag full of stuff that my friend had gotten me and hurried down the back set of stairs that hardly anyone uses after 8:10. Not much to say until about 4-5 o'clock. Though we COULD'VE stayed at somewhere 10 xs nicer, except for the fact of dad begging for a new vehicle every time he sees a new one that he likes, we stayed at All Star Sports. We waited the excruciatingly painful 30 min. to check in and went to our room. Tiny, sorta crampt. Just what you'd expect.
DAY ONE:
I was starving. It was probably the only night we hadn't had meal reservations of some sort (thanks to the fine eatin' plan they done gots' there!) and nothing was planned but to go to DTD. Eating the very fattening, large-portioned food at the resort was all we had, except Ghirardelli, but I'll get to that later. We ate and enjoyed the old cartoons and virtual emptiness of the restaurant. Next was DTD. I begged to go to Disney Quest. Of course, a no.
So sad. Anyway, I was super-excited to see the four things that tell my brain that I am at DTD: The giant kaleidoscope, Ghirardelli, The World of Disney, and the Rainforest Cafe. More whining, begging, and pleading to go to Rainforest Cafe. We walk up and there is a huge wait time. You can guess the reply to my wanting to go there. So, instead, we ran over to Ghirardelli. Mom and I shared one of those big sundaes with the brownies and fudge sauce. Dad had a different kind, I forgot exactly which. All that matters is that it was quite yum.Next, we went to the sports store. The appropriate amount of inappropriate jokes were made about balls used in spots, oh trust me. The more immature of us can't resist. We bought a Mickey Football, a Roxy t-shirt (If only it were Roxas to my KH-fied glee...), and probably something else. Then, it was on to the World of Disney. I had the annual photo on the bench between Cindy and Aurora that is required of almost ALL younglings who happen to be girls. I begged for Pirates stuff, I didn't get it because I was getting my friends some gold ears later on, and we left with NOTHING. I almost forgot there! We also went to the Xmas store. Hehehe.. I kept making a little singing Pluto sing. Hahaha.. CRUEL AND UNUSUAL TORTURE!! I bought some Nightmare before Christmas magnets for my locker. Mom got some ornaments (As usual) and that was that. We came back to the room. I was cranky. Same ol, same ol. I think we went to the pool and then went to bed. No, wait, we just sat in the room, then went to bed. Ok. So, END DAY ONE!
INTERMISION! RANDOM, OFF-TOPIC BLAH BLAH BLAH!:
I once went all out with the money. We did 7 day land, 3 day sea trip about 2-3 years previously. I was TOTALY spoiled. We lived off of free uncrustables, doughnuts, cheese cubes, and whatever drinks were there. It got a bit boring on land. Then, everyone was worn out as we went on the cruise aspect.. I remember looking out and seeing Atlantis. Gosh I wanna stay there! Like, really badly! And I got a stitch Xmas hat at Boardwalk once. I wore it a couple of days before winter break and everyone thought that they were Eeyore ears! EEYORE! I hope you are enjoying my trip report! ^_^ I'm not very good at writing them yet, so please excuse my very oddness and if you think it is bad, I understand. I'll take constructive criticism too! Just like in Drama when we HAVE to take constructive criticism and get our grades read out to the whole class sometimes! Ok, Now on to Day 2! Enjoy!
DAY 2
Awoke to mom hovering over me. Everyone was getting ready to head off to MGM.
Me: I am NOT GETTING UP.
Mom: Fine. Stay here. See if I care.
Me: UUGGHHHH!! *forcibly gets up*
That day, we had reservations at Sci Fi and Le Celliar. We were gonna be fuller than a sack of apples in pickin' season (I just made that up! I so good!) And that, my friends, is FULL. So, I reluctantly got out of bed, got ready for another walk in the park, and we left. I think the first thing we did was Great Movie Ride.. Yeah, it was. We were on the second load of the ride for the day. There was like, no line. Or was it... uhh.. I don't remember. But I know that was the first thing we rode. Then, mom and dad took turns riding ToT (I now refuse to ride it. I am terrified of it still. Though I rode it once before. I can't STAND those types of rides that go uppy downy) and I had a Mickey ice cream bar. I got it EVERYWHERE. I mean absolutely EVERYWHERE. Then, Mom rode RRC while dad and I rode Back lot Tour. Then, we rode Star Tours. I LOVE STAR TOURS! LOVE LOVE LOVE!! Next we saw Muppet Vision
Gosh I love that show. Finally, it started POURING! So, we went into a little shop by Muppets to wait it out for a few minuets so we wouldn't get soaked (even with ponchos on you can get soaked. Especially the 99 cent ones that you can buy at the dollar store because the bottoms of them rise up and it's just nasty. Break down and buy the ones at Disney if you value the dryness of your body.) Apparently everyone and their brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles, and grandparents had the same idea. It was HORRID. We finally just left and headed over to Sci-Fi. Which had a nearly unbearable wait. I'd much rather be out in the pouring rain at that point than sit by the whining annoying brats and everyone's wet ponchos. Finally got in there. For once I wasn't the "driver" and ordered the correct food. By the time we were done, it was about 4 and time to head over to Epcot. We hurried over and snagged our FP's for Sorin' and TT, each time on them were nearly the same. We took a leisurely stroll through World Showcase to try and walk off some of that food. But that was a bit of a mistake, because it was Food and Wine Fest, so there was PLENTY of eating and drinking along the way (being a minor, I skipped the drinking aspect of it unless it was nonalcoholic) We rode El Rio de Teimpo, an excellent time killer, I must add. And Maelstrom as well. That one is a good time killer, too. Our reservations for Le Celliar were fast approaching. We sorta hurried, except for dad who just HAD to stop in Germany. While we were there, this group of drunken guys in different and odd hats paraded by, laughing and being, well, drunk! It was actually kinda funny to watch.
We finally made it to Canada and had to wait for mom to get some ice wine. I stood by a fence and watch about 30-40 ducks on the bank of the lake, wishing that they still had beaver tails. I took some pictures of them for my duckie-luvin friend. We waited.. And waited.. And waited.. Finally, it was time to stroll over to Le Celliar. We did and guess what we did inside? You guessed it, everyone's favorite activity at Disney, WE WAITED! Ooh! Yay! More screaming, annoying brats that made you want to play the Yell-at-the-Parents-game. We finally sat and ordered. Very nice place. We all got our beer cheese soup as an appetizer. They loved it. I despised it. And I hated the pretzel bread. Of course, I'm the pickiest one there. I scarfed down my chicken strips while they enjoyed their steak. We got the big desert sampler thing there. I devoured the Whiskey Cake (With a little decorative 50th Anniversary Happiest Celebration on Earth chocolate thing) while they had the crème brulee'. We left absolutely STUFFED. We decided walking it off and riding the easier of the two FP'd rides (Sorin') would be best.
So we took a nice, leisurely, slow walk over to The Land. And we stood for a while in the FP line. Finally, we were in and enjoying the scenic views of California from the comfort of the Sunshine State. I left with the lingering scent of orange and pine trees lingering in my nose, which is a good combo of smells, btw. We trekked over to Dad's fave ride, Test Track. Played the waiting game. A little break from that, but you know at the beginning of the line when you go into that itty bitty blue paneled room thing? Well, it hurts you eyes. Ow. Anyway, we hopped in the FRONT of the car, which was shocking, because we always get the back. Now, this is important, dad was wearing his Silver Dollar City hat (Silver Dollar City is a theme park in Branson, MO.) We took off. When we reached the S-curves, we were anticipating the Break Down. It ALWAYS BREAKS DOWN FOR US THERE! Surprisingly, there WASN'T one. We continued through quite smoothly. When we got off:
Ride Operator: Did you ride Wildfire?
Dad: No.
Ride Operator: You went to Silver Dollar City and you DIDN'T EVEN RIDE WILDFIRE!??
*Ma and Dad laugh*
My thought: That would be my fault.. I am a wuss.
We were having such a good time and got ready to leave. And then, it started to absolutely POUR. It was raining so hard, I thought I would be murdered from it shooting me down like it was a bullet. My crocks were soaked, my pants were soaked, I WAS SOAKED! It was like a CM said years before on the tram when it was raining that hard: "I see wet people!!" It sucked. Really sucked. It was just a drizzle when we got back to the room. So, odd enough, we went swimming. SWIMMING! Then, it was off to bed.
Days 3 and 4 coming soon! Hope you guys and gals liked so far! ^_^
I thought "what the heck??!!!) 
I was just a bit cranky again, though. To the point where when we were in the elevator on the way back to the room that when dad was jumping in the elevator, I was practically screaming (of course, if you're like me, then you'd be screaming too. If you valued your life.. ok, I wasn't going to DIE. But it was very ToT-esque.) I took a shower, went through the painfully long time to do my hair (c'mon, I was meeting all the Cinderella crew. I was NOT looking like the blonde State Puff Marshmallow) and we were off! Straight over to the Grand Floridian. I remember, we got there, handed over the keys to the car to the very handy valet dudes/dudettes, and we walked in. Ahh.. it was BEAUTIFUL! That's my thoughts for a first-timer at TGF. Only problem: It smelled like a nursing home! I kept complaining about that, the wait, and the required minumum of 20 ZILLION PICTURES! GAH! 
At the end of my buffet trips, I got a gold Birthday Girl tiara and a mini wedding cake with a white chocolate caste on it on a nicely deforated plate for my cake. It was very cold and yummy. Now, this is important. On the way out, I got a picture with the Fary Godmother. We did a loop in the monorail and headed back to the room. Tomarrow was the last day, so I had a short attack of insomnia.
Intermission! 
for me. I am NOT spellchecking this this time, because I don't feel like dealing with that. Sorry for my spelling! Let's get back to the story...
) We rode Jungle Cruise, Rode Big Thunder, and Haunted Mansion, which we snuck into through a secret door to avoid the 30 min. wait. A time that we just didn't have. Since we had earpieces, dad said that we were "Super secret squirls" Ok, uh, odd but sorta funny. He gave everyone a Haunted Mansion room card. We all mumured a very unenthusiastic "Ooh." We had hotdogs at Casey's and chatted with an elderly man. It was very interesting. We beat the parade as we left the park after that. We heard that thing the dude says when you reach TTC: "If you are leaving after this, then drive home safely." Soooo sad. 
