Philadisney:
I've been eager to get back to WDW to check out the Seas with Nemo and friends, but now thanks to you I feel like I already have. In fact I think the picture you have painted of your undersea adventure is so lovely, that I fear I will be disappointed when I actually do make it to Orlando next to help search for missing tourists...I mean, fishies.
Thanks! It's a compliment to who ever designed the ride queue that the scenery in the waiting line area is about as entertaining as the ride! I described very little of the ride itself, (only in the addendum section) so the description in this episode was all about the queue! It's very clever how the scenery transitions you from being above ground on the beach, walking along the ocean, to being under the sea looking at the surface of the water overhead. I wish I had taken pictures. This segment would really have come to life if you could see the ocean waves and the sunset on the beach painted on the walls, the lifeguard station, and all the other details.
By the time you get to the Clammobiles, you are already part of the sea life. The actual ride, while pleasant and amusing, falls short of some imagined ideal in my mind. Granted, they don't have much space or time for a complex plot as you travel along the aquarium during the ride, but the perpetually lost fish storyline just didn't (bad pun alert)
HOOK me.
dizneydonna:
FULL ON FUNNY!
This one is at the top of the list for "favorite installment" from you.
I'm too, am amazed at how long the queue is for this ride. Leave it to you though, to view it in the most imaginative and FUNNY way! I will never go through this queue again without thinking of you and your report........oh and bringing along a picnic lunch, as well.
..."here to Daytona"........."perpetually lost fish"...... ..you're too much.
I'm glad you thought it was funny, and surprised to find that it was one of your favorite episodes. While I loved the irony of the endless walk through the queue, by way of Daytona to the Clammobiles, I was worried that my dry sense of humor was so dry that I left everyone else in a pile of dust. So maybe only you and I got the giggles over it, but I hope other people found it entertaining, at least.
akrake:
I haven't seen the Nemo musical, but I think I've heard a few people say they liked it. Maybe most people found it a let down. If so, that's a shame, because Disney spent a lot of money on it, so they probably can't scrape it and replace it with something else anytime soon.
Mumbler: I am tap-jogging with happiness at another new reader! Your name is very interesting and makes me wonder about the story behind it.
Well, I have finally gotten caught up with your trip story and may I just say Bravo!!!!!
You totally had me with the refillable mug program, and I also really enjoyed your seeing eye Pal Mickey that you posted on Nebo's report. Poor, poor, blind and broken Nebo!
Keep up the great work, can't wait to hear where you ended up at WL, you're such a risk taker waiting to check in. And also, what the heck is the "item that must not be named"???? I'm dying to find out and won't rest until I do, so please, continue on with your tale!!!
Worse than not checking in early, WE DIDN'T MAKE ANY ROOM REQUEST! I had read the WL thread and gotten advice to request "a high floor on the north wing overlooking the otter pond." Then I read someone's post about a great room they got overlooking the lake, and I thought, Otter, smotter, maybe we'll get a cool lake view which would be better. Or maybe if I don't request anything at all we are even MORE likely to get an upgrade. Will my lack of a room request end badly?
OOOOHHHH NOOOOOOO more foreshaddowing and suspense!
As for the "item that must not be named" ssssssssshhhhhh! Didn't I tell you to forget I even said that? Try to focus on the fate of our room assignment so you can get your mind off it. Or maybe . . . no I was about to foreshaddow some additonal doom and drama to come, but that would be much too cruel.
iluvsushi:
Another new reader and a new member of the DIS. Welcome!
Just discovered your trip report this week. (I'm another one of those who spent an enjoyable snowed-in day reading!) I have a confession to make -- Although I'm a Disney character lover from childhood, I've never actually been to Disney Land or Disney World, but I still find these boards a fun read.
Yes, there is so much that's enjoyable here, from the trip report boards to the community board, for people who maintain their "inner child." I once heard a saying, "It's never too late to have a happy childhood." I like that saying. I hope you will continue to read and enjoy this report as well as many others.
TKDizneyluver:
Yee Hah! I'm completely caught up! I found your trip report yesterday while at work (of course I was on my break!) and read more again last night and then again today!
As the other posters have said, it's been a
GREAT read!
And I think with the high view count of your TR, I would say you've probably got a large amount of "lurkers" keeping track too, their just too shy to post.
Your doing a great job, keep up the good work!
Thanks so much! I am truly delighted to hear how much you enjoyed the report so far. Thanks for NOT lurking. As you can see, I really get excited over people reading my "story." This is the most fun I have had in ages, and I feel I am making a lot of new friends.
Maine-iac:
Ok, we all know what I will be thinking about while I am walking to my first ride on Nemo. I will try to find a good spot for a picnic
and pass the info on to others who will be taking the journey.
Wow, if that isn't the most perfect smiley icon for the occassion! That made me laugh! If you don't bring a lunch along, at least wear hiking gear and bring a canteen and a few provisions. In fact, some enterprising person should set up a concession stand on the beach along the way and earn some money to pay for their next vacation.
MORE (short term) FORESHADDOWING: I plan to post another spoof some time on Friday: "Magic My Way Tickets with Pool Hopper Option."
it! Kay, you da bomb!
