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We first stopped over to see what the line was for Turtle talk with Crush
Yikes it was at least a two and a half hour wait. So as scheduled we went over to Mission Space.
SIDENOTE: I have read all the horror stories of Mission Space, both in the Newspapers and on the Disboards. I read 100s of Disers barfing posts regarding MS. However I firmly believed that if you can survive the Teacups, you could survive MS. That has thought process HAS changed.
SIDENOTE: In late Spring or Early Summer WDW announced that Mission Space will have two versions; The MORE Intense Version and the LESS Intense version. This news made lots of Disers happy.
As we walked up to Mission Space, you HAVE to be impressed with that globe of Mars outside the Entrance. It is really an awesome building and a great sculpture. We arrived at the front Entrance, and there stood a very tall, about 65, and very, very skinny CM, about 100 pounds. He was dressed in his MS costume, holding an
orange and
green set of papers.
SIDENOTE: If you EVER watched The New Adventures of Old Christine, picture the guy who plays her brother as this CM. If you never saw TNAOOC, YOU MUST!! It is one of the funniest TV shows on!
This very tall skinny CM is standing there, blocking our way in and says (in a Identical Pink Panthers Inspector Clouseau accent) Wooooozzz u lhyka muhr intennnzzzzzzzzzz or wooooooozz u lhyka lezzzzzzzzzzz intenzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzza
Totally throwing me off, I responded WHAAAAAAAAAAAA????
As most people do when having heavy accents, they decide to talk LOUDER instead of clearer, as if that will help the person listening, the CM repeated this in his VERY HEAVY CLOUSEAU voice
WOOOOOOOZZZZZ UUUUUUU LHY-KAH MUUUUUUHRRRR INNN-DENZZZZZZZZZ OR WOOOOOOOOOZZZZZ UUUUUUUUU LHY-KAHHHH LEZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ IN-DENZZZZZZZZZZZ?
When they do talk
LOUDER it DOES work, I understood what he was saying.

I had forgotten all about the two versions. I WOOSE LYKA MUUUUUOORREEEE IN-DENZZZZZZZZZZZ
..Thanks you! I replied. He then rolled his eyes

and gave me two Green More Intense version tickets! He then pointed to the entrance with the
Orange sign, and told us to Gooozzzzz dhera. I was a bit confused and told him that the sign says for LEZZZZZZZZ In-denzzzzz Only. He just started pointing his finger and in a very Pink Panther frustratingly accented way told me to JUZZZZZZZZZ GO GO GO GO! So inside James and myself snaked around the line. When we arrived in the que line in the room that has the HUGE turning office/home set up, there was only one line away from the giant spinning room. All the people in line had both
green and
orange tickets. The line was getting longer and longer and there were no CMs in the area. Then all of the sudden people started walking in on the line, on the side of the spinning room. They all had Green tickets. Since this was EMH, we knew that there was no FPs given out. After a few minutes we heard a CM from the front of the line out of view, that the line was for
ORANGE tickets only, the
Green line was opposite us. Thats when everyone started asking the people in front of them, Which line is this for? As if arriving 10 seconds before they did automatically made you a MS LINE Authority

! Everyone on line was thoroughly confused, we were all looking at each others tickets, some had
Orange, some had
Green. There was no CMs around.
It all became apparent that CM Clouseau sent EVERYBODY in the wrong entrance. So all the Green ticket holders like James, and myself started climbing over the line poles to get to the other line. There were about 100 people with
Green tickets climbing over, not one set BUT two sets of line poles to get on the correct line. It was quite a funny site. Once all of us quests were in the correct line
, we waited to board our Mission.
We finally arrived at the front of the line, and were escorted into the Briefing chamber, where actor Gary Sinise, tells you about how wonderful and brave we all are to be making the very FIRST trip to Mars. I always get a chuckle out of this part because whoever did Gary Sinises makeup during the filming of this sequence made his eyebrows WAYYYYYY to arched! Gary ALWAYS seems so SURPRISED to see me, when I go into that briefing chamber. If you hadnt noticed this, (I dont know how you cant
I mean they are really, really, REALLY arched. They seem more relaxed on CSI) check it out the next time you go on MS. Maybe there is a subliminal McDonalds message somewhere in there?
Once Gary is done telling us how wonderful we are, then he turns the video over to a woman who tells us, that NOW is the time to be a chicken and GET OUT if you want to. I guess Surprised Gary is too good to scare us Soon to be Space Pioneers.
Now since we didnt chicken out we get to go in the Hallway, where we are assigned our individual job in this Team assignment. This job is determined depending on the numbered spot that you have by chance stood on. I wonder if NASA chooses their Astronauts assignment the same way.
Once we now what our titles are we are guided into the Space Capsule for the very FIRST Mission to Mars. Once we are settled in our seats, shoulder harness on, the capsule closes down on us, and we start the launch countdown,,,10,9,8,7..2,1 WE HAVE A LIFT OFF!!!
This is a PHENOMINAL experience!
We did go through space with some difficulties, not much to talk about. Once you been through one meteoric storm, you been through them ALL! Then we arrived on Mars!
Now I have been on this attraction dozens of times, and this time was the first time that it dawned on me. WDW made a mistake. Throughout the whole pre-show, we are told over and over that this is the VERY FIRST MISSION to Mars. If this was the FIRST
Then WHO built the Runway in which we need to land on, on Mars?????
Anyhoooooooooooooo! We did have some difficulty landing but we the reassurance of Gary Sinises voice, alls well that end well!
SIDENOTE: Before my trip this year, when I mentioned on the Threadkillers Board that I purchased Crocs. A fellow Threadkiller told me about Jibbitz. Jibbitz are these tiny rubber/plastic icons that fit snuggly into the holes of your crocs. They have many varieties to choose from. For my Crocs I got a Skull & Crossbones, 4 of a kind As cards, a 4 leaf clover. James had ordered snorkels, fins, and a Canadian Maple leaf (?????) we also both had American Flag Jibbitzs!
Once we arrived safely back to Earth, the Spaceship console moved away from us and the doors opened up. Both James and I were walking out when
OUCH
I felt something is in my foot, and then James said
Ouch! I have something is in my foot.
What? Me too! We both hobbled over to a bench right outside the Space capsule. This was so weird that we both had sharp objects in our Crocs. When I looked at my Croc I noticed my American Flag Jibbitz had come off, at the same time I noticed this James also noticed that he too is missing his Flag Jibbitz!
Whatever the mystery going on in MISSION SPACE is? Centrifugal Force??? It POPPED both of our Flag Jibbitzs while we were in the cabin! The bottom half of the Jibbitzs fell off into the bottomS of our Crocs!
Henceforth,
POP MY JIBBITZ!!!!!
What the HECK is going on in MS, that it POPs our Jibbitzs right off our Crocs???? (try reading or saying this sentence to a Non Diser!) That sort of freaked me out a bit!
Next up we had to go ride Test Track next! I love TT! We took the Singles riders line, much faster riding that way. Also I like sitting with a total family of strangers, and making funny faces

for their family pic souvenirs! Try this on your next trip! Then stand by the Picture pickup and watch the Delight on their faces when they see what you did! It was so hot this day, that the cool breeze while speeding outside with my arms up and screaming WhooHoo was also a much needed delight for my new friends the Stranger family!
After TT it was time to go on Soarin, this is also a BIG Must do for us in Epcot. Since we had no FPs for this we waited in line, just like regular folk. Now for all you special Disers who never did this before, I have a surprise for you. While you wait in line on Soarin they have these HUGE screens that show very pretty pictures of Earths Natural wonders. What this has to do with Soarins theme of California, I dunno! However along with pics of Antarctica, The Sahara Desert, Volcanoes and such
WDW post Trivia questions regarding all these natural wonders. Lucky for me that we were standing next to a rather yuppie family from California, and Papa Yuppie decided that he knew ALL the answers to All the questions
, so would call out the answers to all the questions rather loudly! What was so enjoyable about this is that each one of his answers that he loudly answered were all wrong! So James & me started to out shout him on the correct answers! He enjoyed us out shouting the correct answers as much as the Stranger family from TT enjoyed my whooohooing! I dont know why but I do get such a kick out of spreading the Joy!
SIDENOTE: James is a Geography/Social Studies Savant. I dont know where he gets this from, but he literally knows EVERYTHING about GEO & World wide cultural rituals.
for the Discovery Channel. Shhhhhh but sometimes he starts telling me about the tribal rituals of Tibetan Zulus, and I just shake my head and pretend that I have a Clue to what he is talking about.
After our waiting on line and having our testosterone laden earthly trivia contest with Mr. Yuppie, we finally got to ride Soarin. And guess what? We finally got on the elusive Top Row!!!!

No peoples stinky feet blocking our view this time!
For those who have never been on Soarin, you get the feeling as if you are soarin or gliding over all of the State of Californias icons. It is really one of Disneys finest attractions. But me being me, when I THINK California, I THINK HOLLYWOOD sign. For some apparent reason Californias most worldwide famous icon is somehow missing from this attraction.
Anybody out there know why???
SIDENOTE: Last year we had Lunch with a Imagineer, this is $60 cheaper than Dinner with a Imagineer! Anyhow I inquired to the Imagineer as too why the HOLLYWOOD sign is missing in Soarin. He didnt know. I also posted that question on these Boards, and I started and killed a thread all in one post!
For our last attraction of the night we went on Spaceship Earth. This is a Disney Classic. I am glad to see that Siemans has taken over sponsorship. As of this past July SE still had no things to do at the end of the ride. I asked the CM who was there if she had any information as to if and when any todos would be added, she didnt know. She did not have a clipboard either!
After all the times I have been on this attraction I am still amazed to just much is covered in this Big Golf Ball! And I cant quite figure out what it looks like inside with all the lights on.
We called it a night at this point, and decided to go back to the POP and swim! It was 11:30pm.
If you care to please fill up a glass with all you WDW Light-up Ice Cubes filled with your favorite beverage, and join me in the next update titled
DisUnc and James Space Cadets.
OOPs! I forgot to post these pics
DISUNC, THE MICKSTER & JAMES
MOI, MINNIE & JAMES