Operation Big Thunder: the Dole Whip Conspiracy COMPLETE

[Captain_Oblivious]

Cancel the kitchen scraps for lepers and orphans, no more merciful beheadings, and call off Christmas!

Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves.

+1

Terrible movie, though.

 

[GoofyIsAsGoofyDoes]

Got lost once in his own museum.

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

 

[afwdwfan]

Got lost once in his own museum

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

 

[Captain_Oblivious]

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

+1

Got lost once in his own museum

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

Now you can threaten your nemesis instead.

 

[afwdwfan]

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

Seriously????

Rob doesn't even hardly have time to stop by the DDC and say hi, but once the quotes start to appear, look who shows up.

 

[Captain_Oblivious]

Seriously????

Rob doesn't even hardly have time to stop by the DDC and say hi, but once the quotes start to appear, look who shows up.

Thanks for deflecting the rage, Rob.

 

[GoofyIsAsGoofyDoes]

Seriously????

Rob doesn't even hardly have time to stop by the DDC and say hi, but once the quotes start to appear, look who shows up.

Coffee Break.

Now then…
Go back and count how many of the quotes form this round I got to.



Then hush.

 

[Captain_Oblivious]

Coffee Break.

Now then…
Go back and count how many of the quotes form this round I got to.



Then hush.

 

[Captain_Oblivious]

That grumpy picture of Scotty? It was taken right after riding BTMRR. Because we're sensitive, loving parents. But it wasn't a poser picture. That's real, honest-to-goodness trauma, mixed in with some fresh hatred for the parents.

It was indeed the kids' first trip through the Haunted Mansion. They'd been too chick--uh, cautious on previous trips.

Scotty's favorite ride is the TTA Peoplemover.

I came straight out and lied about going into the Carousel of Progress. We didn't go near the Carousel of Progress. No one had any desire to go in. And with only half a day at the Magic Kingdom, we weren't going to use up our time in there. So, for those of you that enjoy it...sorry!

Andy figured that one out based on the hints I gave. Nice work!

Up-to-date standings...

GoofyIsAsGoofyDoes 152
glennbo123 141
afwdwfan 90
FreezinRafiki 48
eandesmom 23
FauntleroyFAN07 16
MEK 15
vamassey1 12
MissLiz 11
shan23877 7
Cinderella's Fella 6
marvali 5
JediJill 4
Mrs. Knowitall 3
Wherem I Now 2
Poolrat 2
vdub322 1
JESSketeer 1
TarzansKat 1
PrincePluto 1
chloe770 1
Bridora 1
Flossbolna 1
scott2997 1
glaserjm 1
Connie96 1

 

[FreezinRafiki]

You're from Wisconsin. What could you possibly know about cheese?

We've been known to sample a bit occasionally between swigs of beer and mouthfuls of sausage.

You were the kid in the magician's audience shouting, "It's in his sleeve!", weren't you?

Trust me - you do NOT want to know where he was hiding the rabbit.

 

[afwdwfan]

I came straight out and lied about going into the Carousel of Progress. We didn't go near the Carousel of Progress. No one had any desire to go in. And with only half a day at the Magic Kingdom, we weren't going to use up our time in there. So, for those of you that enjoy it...sorry!

I like it and I have to say that if I only had a half day in the MK, I wouldn't go anywhere near it either.

 

[GoofyIsAsGoofyDoes]

I came straight out and lied about going into the Carousel of Progress. We didn't go near the Carousel of Progress. No one had any desire to go in. And with only half a day at the Magic Kingdom, we weren't going to use up our time in there. So, for those of you that enjoy it...sorry!

Andy figured that one out based on the hints I gave. Nice work!

Soooooo…
I guess this means that Andy won’t be making a vigilante excursion down to Orlando by way of Delaware.




At least not this round.

I like it and I have to say that if I only had a half day in the MK, I wouldn't go anywhere near it either.

Nemesis or not…
I must concur (on both counts).



You racked up the points that round son.
Now who’s stalking the thread?

 

[afwdwfan]

You racked up the points that round son.
Now who’s stalking the thread?

Ok... I have 90 points. At least 40 or 50 of those are from the 10 point lies.

You and Glenn are the quote guys. I'm just lucky to get a few from time to time.

 

[KatMark]

I like it and I have to say that if I only had a half day in the MK, I wouldn't go anywhere near it either.

I try to avoid it even if I'm there for three full days.

 

[Poolrat]

Ahhhh the CoP. I do it ever so often but if I only had half a day..... yup skip it and

my only excuse for not thinking that was the lie.....

I have used it to wait out a FP time for Buzz ( after I had already been on the people mover )

 

[Captain_Oblivious]

We've been known to sample a bit occasionally between swigs of beer and mouthfuls of sausage.

And here I thought Sconnies were into all that vegan stuff.

Trust me - you do NOT want to know where he was hiding the rabbit.

I like it and I have to say that if I only had a half day in the MK, I wouldn't go anywhere near it either.

Or 2 full days.

Soooooo…
I guess this means that Andy won’t be making a vigilante excursion down to Orlando by way of Delaware.


At least not this round.

I'm kinda disappointed. I was looking forward to my free trip to Disney World.

Nemesis or not…
I must concur (on both counts).

So apparently nobody likes CoP THAT much.

You racked up the points that round son.
Now who’s stalking the thread?

Ok... I have 90 points. At least 40 or 50 of those are from the 10 point lies.

You and Glenn are the quote guys. I'm just lucky to get a few from time to time.

I'm just happy that a few of you are still reading.

I try to avoid it even if I'm there for three full days.

Ahhhh the CoP. I do it ever so often but if I only had half a day..... yup skip it and

my only excuse for not thinking that was the lie.....

I have used it to wait out a FP time for Buzz ( after I had already been on the people mover )

I think we have a consensus!

 

[Captain_Oblivious]

As much as we tried not to acknowledge it, dusk was upon us and our final day in the parks was slowly drawing to an end. Our three days there had been a blur, and it hurt to think that we’d have to say goodbye to it all in the morning. So we tried not to think very much. That wasn’t much of an issue for me.

We wandered back in the direction of Fantasyland, pausing to take pictures in front of some random building in the middle of the park.

Now it was decision time: how would we finish the day? When in doubt, ask the kids what they want to do. The first answer we got was that they wanted to try more Sorcerers games. And Sarah and David wanted to ride Big Thunder Mountain again. Scotty had something to say about that, but I wasn’t paying attention to him. I’m sure he loved the idea. Anyway, we had to figure out what to do for dinner somewhere in there as well. The third option was to leave the park altogether, and somewhere below that was riding on It’s A Small World. We conferred briefly, and then it was decided: Julie was taking the kids to Fantasyland for Sorcerers games while I did a FastPass run for Big Thunder Mountain. And yes, I was getting 5 tickets. We would meet up at Pinocchio Village Haus for dinner.

So I was off to the races once again. And after 3 days of this, my feet were killing me. I was reminded of a bunch of my friends who have suddenly started training for marathons and thought: they think this is fun?

I had the camera with me and took a few shots in the sunset’s warm glowing warming glow.

FastPasses in hand, I dodged crowds on the walk back to Fantasyland, using various people as my fullback as I darted through the openings. I didn’t even have to stiff-arm anybody. Finally I ended up here:

I found Julie and the kids inside. Julie was squaring away the food orders and the kids had already made arrangements to enjoy the majesty of It’s A Small Word in Oblivious Family style: behind a sheet of glass, looking down on the poor saps filing into the boats while gorging on greasy food with no music audible whatsoever. You can ride it if you want, but my feeling is that we got the maximum enjoyment possible out of it this way.

Oh, I guess I need to list our dinner choices in case anyone thinks I might lie about those items in this chapter. I had a nice meatball sub, and Julie went with the cheese flatbread.

With dinner finished, the moment was at hand: would Scotty get over his fear and ride Big Thunder Mountain with us one more time?

Boy, you must be outside your mind! Didn’t you read the last chapter? He’d just as soon kiss a Wookiee than go on that ride again. Pay attention next time, ok?

Julie was feeling a bit light-headed and didn’t really want to experience Thunder Mountain in the dark that way, so she graciously agreed to take Scotty while Sarah and David went with me. We pocketed the extra FastPasses because Sarah wanted to put them in a scrapbook. We were off to BTMRR while Julie took Scotty to…

The Tomorrowland Speedway. Talk about taking one for the team. Something tells me I owe her big time. She had the camera this time, so she used her mad photography skillz to come up with this awesome shot:

Unfortunately, she followed that up with a bunch of shots of Scotty doing his maniacal laugh and banging into the center rail as hard as he could at 7 mph. I think it’s safe to say he liked this better than Thunder Mountain. Julie, on the other hand…have I mentioned what a great wife she is?

Sarah, Dave and I got in the FP line for BTMRR, ASAP. OK? If the VP is such a VIP, shouldn't we keep the PC on the QT? If it leaks to the VC, he could end up MIA and then we'd be put out on KP.

We saw the ride lit up for the night and unanimously declared that it looked “awesome”. We’d always heard that it was a great ride at night, and finally got the chance to try it ourselves.

The verdict? It’s a great ride at night. I’m not sure what it is exactly, other than the way Disney lights the ride just gives it a different feel. It almost makes it an outdoor Space Mountain. Great experience, and we tried hard not to rub it in when we met back up with Julie. Ok, maybe we rubbed it in a little bit, but it was hard not to gush.

We met up in the Main Street Emporium to do a little souvenir shopping on the way out. I finally got my Dole Whip t-shirt, which is a prized possession of mine. They started the Magic, Memories & You show while we were in the shop, and we ducked out just to see some of the projections on the castle. But the crowds had already gathered so we just saw bits and pieces of the show itself. We also realized that it wasn’t long before Wishes started, and that we’d stayed in the park much longer than we’d planned. We hadn’t staked out a spot for fireworks and didn’t want to get caught in the mass of humanity after the show—especially with a long drive ahead of us in the morning.

We wandered through the store, the kids pining after hundreds of overpriced toys that would break in less than two days if we’d bought them. Truth be told, I pined after many overpriced t-shirts and sweatshirts and possibly one or two of the toys. We walked towards the exit like we had concrete shoes. As we reached the Main St. station, we turned to say goodbye to the park. Wishes was starting, and the magic of the summer night was in full bloom. We sighed, turned, and left it all behind. And started wondering when we’d be back.

We were going to try the ferry this time and headed for the dock. Unfortunately, we’d just missed the boat and would have to either wait for the next one or take the monorail. We did some quick figuring and decided the monorail would be faster, so we turned around. But before we moved very far, Julie stopped and set the camera on a handrail. She took a deep breath, and dialed in her settings. She peered through the viewfinder, paused her finger over the shutter button, and then…after being foiled at Illuminations in our attempt to get cool fireworks pictures by annoying crowds and big trees, we had one last bit of pixie dust come our way.

Coming Up Next: We have two choices. We can get on our way and see some new destinations full of history come alive! Or we can stall our departure and stay on Disney property as much as humanly possible.

 

[GoofyIsAsGoofyDoes]

"Boy, you must be outside your mind"

Remember the Titans

 

[GoofyIsAsGoofyDoes]

"just as soon kiss a Wookiee"

Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back


"That can be aranged!"

 

[GoofyIsAsGoofyDoes]

if the VP is such a VIP, shouldn't we keep the PC on the QT? If it leaks to the VC, he could end up MIA and then we'd be put out on KP.

Good Morning Vietnam