The Assassination Attempt
Both the clock alarm went off
& the phone was ringing at 6:30 am. I couldnt find the off button on the clock, so I just hit it a few times
and it stopped. I picked up the phone to hear a msg. from some Disney character, it wasnt Mickey, nor was it Stitch. Who was it? I guess tomorrow I will pay better attention. I just couldnt make out whom the strange Disney voice was.
SIDENOTE: When staying at the POP I always bring my own 4-cup coffee maker. For some bizarre reason Disney think that for a 110.00 dollar a night room you are not deemed worthy to have one of theirs. I guess in WDW standards, coffee pots are for only the hoity toity! Also as a ritual, I always preset the coffee machine the night before. Really who can be bothered first thing in the am? Also one MUST have the stop action feature on their coffee pot. Again, I dont have the time or patients to wait for the WHOLE 4 cups to brew.
I got up from the bed; it felt like I was asleep all of 15 minutes. Put on the coffee pot.
While I waited for the coffee to brew some, I open the curtains and see Tramp staring right at my window. I wish him a magical day!
I used my refillable mug and poured myself a cup of energy, added my drop of milk and my
stolen 'Sweet & Low from Everything POP. I decided to have my coffee and morning stick of sunshine out on my patio!
The POP has a Patio? You say!
Yup! A Patio, but NO coffee maker! When you have a room poolside not only do you have a table and chairs outside your room but also a pool in the shape of a Bowling Pin. What could be better than that? Of course there are those naysayers who insist you have to share these with others, but
HEY this is my trip Report and a guy can dream cant he?
So I left a sleeping nephew in his bed, and walked out to MY patio. I sat down at my table with my coffee and cigarette and was enjoying my morning ritual
. I was there for a few minutes just planning the day ahead, Magic Kingdom in the morning and MGM at night. Thats when I heard the CLICK.
From above me I heard someone pull the barrel of a shotgun. I looked up the building and there HE was
, the kid who will assonate me. There was a boy about 8 years old, standing on the third floor, looking down with the barrel of his semi automatic rifle, purchased at probably the Indiana Jones show store, aimed right at me!
Once he noticed that I saw him, he said OK youre my prey and BANG he shot me!
So being that we are on Disney property and kids will be kids, I got the bright idea to play along. With his shot I grabbed my chest and yelled, You got me, then let my body slump in the chair and I pretended I was dead.
With this the kid let out a SCREAM
dropped his gun and ran off!
UhOh! The kid thinks he really done me in!
Now what do I do??? Do I run up to the Third floor after an eight-year-old boy, with my hair standing up and me looking all morning crazed? Tell him I am NOT DEAD! What happens if someone sees this crazed loony Adult man chasing after this boy at 6:40am? Do I leave my sleeping nephew alone in the room 10 feet away? As you see these scenarios can all be very easily misconstrued, and NOT one of them in MY favor!
So I just sat there and finished my coffee, hoping the kid will return. He never did. Not while I was there anyway.
SIDENOTE:If anybody out there in DISBoard land was at the POP in late July on the Third floor 50s section, and has a boy about 8, who thinks he killed someone. Sorry! Hope the therapy wasnt much money.
SIDENOTE: In real everyday life James gets up at 6:00am EVERYDAY! If James goes to bed at 9:00pm the night before, he wakes up at 6:00am sharp. If James goes to bed at 2:00am, he is up at 6:00am sharp! This is quite annoying to someone (me) who normally likes to sleep wayyyyyyyy past 6:00am. The only exception to this is when we go to WDW. For some odd reason, I am up at 6:00/6:30am everyday, and I have one heck of a time waking him up. Staying in the Disney theme of things, we call this the Freaky Friday effect. I go back into the room, more so to fill up on the java, and to start waking my nephew up.
James get up!
No response
James get up!
No response
Jaaaaaaaaaames come on, get up
Mickey awaits our presence
Some minor stirring
Its alive!
This goes on for some time until I finally get possessed by my mother, circa 1968, and say the following words Thats it I am not calling you again, I am going with or without you
you can lay in bed all day
I am not calling you anymore
see if I care!
Its amazing how one carries all the MOST annoying habits about their parents and so easily passes them on to the future generations!
Finally James jumps out of bed, puts the TV on to the default channel of WDW Top 10 Attraction Countdowns (this will play endlessly for the next 10 days). He eats a bowl of cereal, has a banana, a glass of juice, brushes his teeth, combs his hair, washes his face, gets dressed and is ready to go
all in 15 minutes
!!!!!!!! Im still packing the backpack for all the daily necessities!
I can never in my life EVER remember getting ready for anything in 15 minutes. I just growl at James.
As James is waiting for me, he is watching the default WDW Top 10 Attractions Countdown channel (do you think David Letterman knows about this?) and he insists the woman who travels all over WDW telling you everything I already know is the wife from The George Lopez Show.
No! Its not I say
Yes it is
.LOOK
I dont need to look, I know its not her
we went through this last year
It is too her
.whatshername
No it aint whatshername! Why would a Big time Movie star from the George Lopez show be on a continuous travel loop shown only on WDW property?
It is too George Lopezs wife
Not!
Too! Along with the look of My Uncle is a total idiot
Throughout our whole stay this has been a point of contention with us. James insists that the woman on that channel is indeed George Lopezs TV wife.
Anyhow, I am all packed for our must haves while in the park; water, passporter, cell phone, camera, band aids, cooling neckerchiefs, and of course Pal Mickey, at least 40 pounds worth of necessities. We are READY lets go!
And off we go to have a magical day back at the Magical Kingdom!
If you care too, please grab your set of Disney Park maps and read the next installment titled Mystical Magical Mickeyless Morning at the Magic Kingdom
Keep it up!!!
1968--excellent year! 
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