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DAY THREE - EPCOT, LUNCH @ ROSE & CROWN, DTD, MARDI GRAS @ PLEASURE ISLAND
CAST:
"Pinky" AKA PrincessAurora - Computer geek, web designer, and Disney Princess Fiend. Already planning next trip to The World.
"The Brain" AKA Captain_Nemo - Applied Mathematics Major, first timer at WDW, trying hard to put his trust in his "native guide".
(Please note all detailed food reviews are featured as a separate report after Day 8)
Today started with an early call from the Mouse again only this time I got to hear him. I was much more excited than The Brain who was slowly getting into the swing of Florida time. So it's off to the bus to get to Epcot by opening. Brain is liking this park a lot! It's my personal favorite and I'm like a frantic squirrel trying to get in everything as quickly as possible.
First stop is SPACESHIP EARTH. The slow moving Journey Through Time is a nice way to start things off. The Brain thought it was nice for an Epcot ride (it doesn't go fast enough).
Next stop was a breeze through INNOVATIONS. Since we work with computers every day, playing on the net or with laptops is just no big thing for us. I did like the House of the Future and we both liked sending video e-mails to our families. Pinky gives the exhibits a lower personal mark because it's like going to work but a higher mark for others and families since there are lots of neat interactive exhibits. Big 6. The Brain gives it a 6 also. He thinks there are a bit too many "commercials" but that it's fun for kids.
Next it was a skip over to HONEY I SHRUNK THE AUDIENCE. This 3-D interactive feature is well put together. Big 7's from both Pinky and The Brain on this one. The Brain is pleasantly surprising as the advertising led him to believe it would be lame. Happily, he was wrong. There is a big snake that pops out at you so it could be melt-down territory for little kids or people with phobias.
Onward to a DIS board discovery for me, SPACESTATION COOL and the dreaded Beverly! Da da DA! For those of you that don't know, you go through this refrigerator thing and end up in a Coke exhibit that gives free samples of other coke products from different countries. Voted personal favs were the watermelon drink from China and the lemon drink from Israel. The veggie drink from Japan was odd, the others were OK. I heard on this board how awful the drink called Beverly is, so I made The Brain try it.
"Here honey, I heard this tastes like spit. Try it."
So, we both tried it and you know what? You were all 100% right! God, this is awful! I don't know what's wrong with the Italians and I am one! I think it tastes like Johnson's children's orange baby aspirin and spit. The Brain thinks it tastes like a coughdrop with no redeeming qualities. Please everyone try this so I can spread the nasty taste around!
Now my favorite part of Epcot - The Different Countries! Canada is first on the hit parade and you know what that means? BEAVERTAILS!!!! My first time having them and they were great! More on flavors on the Food post to come after Day 8. The last time I was at The World, one of the gals I was with refused to stop in Canada at all because they searched her at the border and threw her on a plane for Boston. Well, I have nothing against the Canadians and found them and the land charming! We saw O Canada, the circle vision film and it was very beautiful. Two thumbs up from both P&B although The Brain commented that watching the film made him wish he was a Canadian. I don't know how to feel about that. Shopping was great. Lots of Anne of Green Gables stuff if you are into that at all. I made notes of things to buy later.
Next stop was England and our PS's for Rose & Crown for lunch. We saw Tigger, Mary Poppins and Captain Hook in England which was nice. Great pub things and lots of Classic Winnie the Pooh in stores. Our lunch was fab but watch out for flying rats. Yes, the gulls hang out there a lot and buzz the tables any chance they get. At least they are not as bad as Aunt Polly's on Tom Sawyer Island. Anyway....I bought a XXXXXX for my Mom (Mom, if you are reading this, I really bought you a lovely brass ox!).
Next was a quick stop at Millennium Village where different countries have exhibits and rides. We didn't have time to do any but will re-visit on another day. Now a strange thing started happening to The Brain. His eyes were starting to glaze, he was starting to foam a bit at the mouth and lose his train of thought. His brain was starting to be sucked away by the phenomenon known as pin trading. The Brain was becoming a pin junkie.
For those of you that don't know, all this year pin trading is taking place at The World for the millennium. You can trade with other visitors but some people are real serious pin sharks, circling in packs on the look out for the illusive Mickey and Walt or Tokyo Disneyland pin. You buy pins, pin them to a lanyard around your neck or whatever clothes you happen to be wearing and swap away. It's Really fun to trade with cast members. The rules are that any cast member wearing a lanyard of pins around their neck HAS to trade whatever pin of theirs you want for whatever pin you are offering. It makes no difference if they have 20 Goofys. Now you do have to trade Disney pins. No Yogi Bear or Scooby Doo. Also, there are Master Pin Traders, kind of like Pokemon Masters. They are cast members that wear vests covered with COOL pins. But there is a catch. They can NOT have duplicates. So if you see something on their vest you want, you have to trade them something they don't already have. Also there are some sets, like 4 Mickey parts or numbers that spell 2000 that MUST be traded as a complete set. It gets addicting. I don't want to admit how much money we spent on pins. The Brain recommends that you get cheap pins and trade with cast members early in the morning before their pins get picked over.
There are some mistake pins that people want (humpback tinkerbell, Aurora with no sleeves, Pinocchio with the Peter Pan hat, black nosed Tigger, Mickey on Rock n' Roller Coaster, wrong color star Apprentice Mickey and Topless Minnie kissing Mickey). For more details, talk to The Brain but be prepared for the whole 9 yards.
"Yes honey, I love you - get away from those pins!"
We did all the other lands, did some shopping and the requisite eating. Desserts in Norway, drinks in Mexico but there was one more ride that I hadn't done before - The River of Time in Mexico. So we go on this. Let me just say something - Are these people high? That ride was It's A Small World on Acid! Maybe something was wrong with the ride but we could not hear any of the narration so we hadn't a clue about what was going on for the first part.
We started making up our own story. Then came the Small World rip-off done WAY strange. Pinkie gives this ride a 6 for being a nice rest and a nice boat ride. The Brain gives it a 5 with the comment of the ride has no focus and hasn't figured out what it wants to be. We decided that maybe if we drank more tequila, it would get better.
Well, it's 4 o'clock and back to Port Orleans for a quick nap. Around 7:00pm we board the boats and head to Downtown Disney for a whirlwind tour on our way to Pleasure Island. We stopped by World of Disney for an incredible hour to look at each room. I also drug The Brain over to the women's lingerie section to see my favorite cast member Fran! I met him the last time I was there and he was so totally cool that it just made my vacation. Took a chance that he might still be there and he was! Here is this lunatic woman jumping around telling him how great he is. He made me a Mardi Gras hat out of packing material and I was sooo stoked.
Next we gawk at the Lego critters outside the Lego store and head over to Pleasure Island. We got there about 9:00pm and lots of parents were leaving with their kids at this time (a good thing). Really LOUD music was blaring from speakers, a gal on top of a huge ice block was selling shots that she would pour down grooves in the ice into your mouth (they do hand out dental dams for you to put over the ice first).
We bought jello shot syringes of Long Island Ice Tea and talked to our cocktail cast member about their change of uniform. Before they were dressed as sexy nurses selling the syringes of liquor but now they wear t-shirts and shorts or pants. She said management changed the uniform because "they felt it condoned drug use." HUH? OK, people over 21 buying booze from a cocktail waitress dressed as a nurse will make them run out to the parking lot and shoot up? It's the nurse costume that will turn them into drug fiends but it's still OK to sell the booze in SYRINGES? I think it's just because of the fantasy sexuality of the nurse uniform but I guess that's another topic for the debate board. Anyway...
It's on to my favorite part of Pleasure Island, The Adventures Club - KONGALOOSH! We sat in the Main Salon and got picked on by the Colonel for awhile. Anyone who was there on March 5th and heard him picking on the "hippie" with the weenie Beemer motorcycle - that would be The Brain. I was the self identified computer geek date who when asked if I look at that pornography on the internet answered "every chance I get". Since we were still pacing ourselves we only stayed an hour and decided to pack it in for the night. Besides there would be other nights and there was a Mardi Gras parade at 10:30pm anyway.
So we step outside for the parade down the streets of Pleasure Island. The Krewe of Caesar (sponsored by Casinos) had little floats and they had throws. Flashing was NOT allowed. This is Disney, even if it's adult Disney. We were standing at the front and most of the throws/beads went over our heads. (damn those 6'3" agile 22 year old boys that kept snagging all the beads. I guess it's the only way they can get chicks later. "Hey baby, I got beads!").
We decide to walk through the West Side to catch the bus there. Major mistake! We waited 30 minutes for a bus. There were people with kids who had been waiting up to 50 minutes. It seems that they were filling at Pleasure Island and not stopping at the West Side. We saw 4 for CBR and 5 for BW - every other resort, even Disney Institute but none for PO/DL. This was our only bus problem of the trip. Beware: West Side bad! I had problems with bus service to West Side during my last trip in 1998.
A very tired and pooped Pinky drags her sorry butt into bed while The Brain is very sympathetic and is still thinking of a way to conquer The World.
Next: Day Four - Magic Kingdom, Flying Fish @ Boardwalk For Dinner
CAST:
"Pinky" AKA PrincessAurora - Computer geek, web designer, and Disney Princess Fiend. Already planning next trip to The World.
"The Brain" AKA Captain_Nemo - Applied Mathematics Major, first timer at WDW, trying hard to put his trust in his "native guide".
(Please note all detailed food reviews are featured as a separate report after Day 8)
Today started with an early call from the Mouse again only this time I got to hear him. I was much more excited than The Brain who was slowly getting into the swing of Florida time. So it's off to the bus to get to Epcot by opening. Brain is liking this park a lot! It's my personal favorite and I'm like a frantic squirrel trying to get in everything as quickly as possible.
First stop is SPACESHIP EARTH. The slow moving Journey Through Time is a nice way to start things off. The Brain thought it was nice for an Epcot ride (it doesn't go fast enough).
Next stop was a breeze through INNOVATIONS. Since we work with computers every day, playing on the net or with laptops is just no big thing for us. I did like the House of the Future and we both liked sending video e-mails to our families. Pinky gives the exhibits a lower personal mark because it's like going to work but a higher mark for others and families since there are lots of neat interactive exhibits. Big 6. The Brain gives it a 6 also. He thinks there are a bit too many "commercials" but that it's fun for kids.
Next it was a skip over to HONEY I SHRUNK THE AUDIENCE. This 3-D interactive feature is well put together. Big 7's from both Pinky and The Brain on this one. The Brain is pleasantly surprising as the advertising led him to believe it would be lame. Happily, he was wrong. There is a big snake that pops out at you so it could be melt-down territory for little kids or people with phobias.
Onward to a DIS board discovery for me, SPACESTATION COOL and the dreaded Beverly! Da da DA! For those of you that don't know, you go through this refrigerator thing and end up in a Coke exhibit that gives free samples of other coke products from different countries. Voted personal favs were the watermelon drink from China and the lemon drink from Israel. The veggie drink from Japan was odd, the others were OK. I heard on this board how awful the drink called Beverly is, so I made The Brain try it.
"Here honey, I heard this tastes like spit. Try it."
So, we both tried it and you know what? You were all 100% right! God, this is awful! I don't know what's wrong with the Italians and I am one! I think it tastes like Johnson's children's orange baby aspirin and spit. The Brain thinks it tastes like a coughdrop with no redeeming qualities. Please everyone try this so I can spread the nasty taste around!
Now my favorite part of Epcot - The Different Countries! Canada is first on the hit parade and you know what that means? BEAVERTAILS!!!! My first time having them and they were great! More on flavors on the Food post to come after Day 8. The last time I was at The World, one of the gals I was with refused to stop in Canada at all because they searched her at the border and threw her on a plane for Boston. Well, I have nothing against the Canadians and found them and the land charming! We saw O Canada, the circle vision film and it was very beautiful. Two thumbs up from both P&B although The Brain commented that watching the film made him wish he was a Canadian. I don't know how to feel about that. Shopping was great. Lots of Anne of Green Gables stuff if you are into that at all. I made notes of things to buy later.
Next stop was England and our PS's for Rose & Crown for lunch. We saw Tigger, Mary Poppins and Captain Hook in England which was nice. Great pub things and lots of Classic Winnie the Pooh in stores. Our lunch was fab but watch out for flying rats. Yes, the gulls hang out there a lot and buzz the tables any chance they get. At least they are not as bad as Aunt Polly's on Tom Sawyer Island. Anyway....I bought a XXXXXX for my Mom (Mom, if you are reading this, I really bought you a lovely brass ox!).
Next was a quick stop at Millennium Village where different countries have exhibits and rides. We didn't have time to do any but will re-visit on another day. Now a strange thing started happening to The Brain. His eyes were starting to glaze, he was starting to foam a bit at the mouth and lose his train of thought. His brain was starting to be sucked away by the phenomenon known as pin trading. The Brain was becoming a pin junkie.
For those of you that don't know, all this year pin trading is taking place at The World for the millennium. You can trade with other visitors but some people are real serious pin sharks, circling in packs on the look out for the illusive Mickey and Walt or Tokyo Disneyland pin. You buy pins, pin them to a lanyard around your neck or whatever clothes you happen to be wearing and swap away. It's Really fun to trade with cast members. The rules are that any cast member wearing a lanyard of pins around their neck HAS to trade whatever pin of theirs you want for whatever pin you are offering. It makes no difference if they have 20 Goofys. Now you do have to trade Disney pins. No Yogi Bear or Scooby Doo. Also, there are Master Pin Traders, kind of like Pokemon Masters. They are cast members that wear vests covered with COOL pins. But there is a catch. They can NOT have duplicates. So if you see something on their vest you want, you have to trade them something they don't already have. Also there are some sets, like 4 Mickey parts or numbers that spell 2000 that MUST be traded as a complete set. It gets addicting. I don't want to admit how much money we spent on pins. The Brain recommends that you get cheap pins and trade with cast members early in the morning before their pins get picked over.
There are some mistake pins that people want (humpback tinkerbell, Aurora with no sleeves, Pinocchio with the Peter Pan hat, black nosed Tigger, Mickey on Rock n' Roller Coaster, wrong color star Apprentice Mickey and Topless Minnie kissing Mickey). For more details, talk to The Brain but be prepared for the whole 9 yards.
"Yes honey, I love you - get away from those pins!"
We did all the other lands, did some shopping and the requisite eating. Desserts in Norway, drinks in Mexico but there was one more ride that I hadn't done before - The River of Time in Mexico. So we go on this. Let me just say something - Are these people high? That ride was It's A Small World on Acid! Maybe something was wrong with the ride but we could not hear any of the narration so we hadn't a clue about what was going on for the first part.
We started making up our own story. Then came the Small World rip-off done WAY strange. Pinkie gives this ride a 6 for being a nice rest and a nice boat ride. The Brain gives it a 5 with the comment of the ride has no focus and hasn't figured out what it wants to be. We decided that maybe if we drank more tequila, it would get better.
Well, it's 4 o'clock and back to Port Orleans for a quick nap. Around 7:00pm we board the boats and head to Downtown Disney for a whirlwind tour on our way to Pleasure Island. We stopped by World of Disney for an incredible hour to look at each room. I also drug The Brain over to the women's lingerie section to see my favorite cast member Fran! I met him the last time I was there and he was so totally cool that it just made my vacation. Took a chance that he might still be there and he was! Here is this lunatic woman jumping around telling him how great he is. He made me a Mardi Gras hat out of packing material and I was sooo stoked.
Next we gawk at the Lego critters outside the Lego store and head over to Pleasure Island. We got there about 9:00pm and lots of parents were leaving with their kids at this time (a good thing). Really LOUD music was blaring from speakers, a gal on top of a huge ice block was selling shots that she would pour down grooves in the ice into your mouth (they do hand out dental dams for you to put over the ice first).
We bought jello shot syringes of Long Island Ice Tea and talked to our cocktail cast member about their change of uniform. Before they were dressed as sexy nurses selling the syringes of liquor but now they wear t-shirts and shorts or pants. She said management changed the uniform because "they felt it condoned drug use." HUH? OK, people over 21 buying booze from a cocktail waitress dressed as a nurse will make them run out to the parking lot and shoot up? It's the nurse costume that will turn them into drug fiends but it's still OK to sell the booze in SYRINGES? I think it's just because of the fantasy sexuality of the nurse uniform but I guess that's another topic for the debate board. Anyway...
It's on to my favorite part of Pleasure Island, The Adventures Club - KONGALOOSH! We sat in the Main Salon and got picked on by the Colonel for awhile. Anyone who was there on March 5th and heard him picking on the "hippie" with the weenie Beemer motorcycle - that would be The Brain. I was the self identified computer geek date who when asked if I look at that pornography on the internet answered "every chance I get". Since we were still pacing ourselves we only stayed an hour and decided to pack it in for the night. Besides there would be other nights and there was a Mardi Gras parade at 10:30pm anyway.
So we step outside for the parade down the streets of Pleasure Island. The Krewe of Caesar (sponsored by Casinos) had little floats and they had throws. Flashing was NOT allowed. This is Disney, even if it's adult Disney. We were standing at the front and most of the throws/beads went over our heads. (damn those 6'3" agile 22 year old boys that kept snagging all the beads. I guess it's the only way they can get chicks later. "Hey baby, I got beads!").
We decide to walk through the West Side to catch the bus there. Major mistake! We waited 30 minutes for a bus. There were people with kids who had been waiting up to 50 minutes. It seems that they were filling at Pleasure Island and not stopping at the West Side. We saw 4 for CBR and 5 for BW - every other resort, even Disney Institute but none for PO/DL. This was our only bus problem of the trip. Beware: West Side bad! I had problems with bus service to West Side during my last trip in 1998.
A very tired and pooped Pinky drags her sorry butt into bed while The Brain is very sympathetic and is still thinking of a way to conquer The World.
Next: Day Four - Magic Kingdom, Flying Fish @ Boardwalk For Dinner
Too funny. Adventurer's club is a lot of fun. It was great seeing you there too 
