PrincessAurora
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10-31-03 (Part 11) Mission Hurl <Epcot/Pleasure Island>
I was so tired when we got home that I just went right to sleep. I had no idea what was happening in the wilderness that lived out on my patio. Remember back during our Pub Crawl when I got some maple walnut fudge? Well I had that out on the patio table and it seemed that the birds really liked it. And whatever other critters could scale 5 stories and get to it. It looked like some kind of weird sculpture. The nuts had been eaten/pecked out. It was kinda of creepy. I didnt even have the presence of mind to take a picture of it. I just threw it out and never spoke of it again . Until now. No otters this morning but I saw ducks and a furry mystery animal. hmmmmm
Today was our Ride Mission Space and do all the things we didnt get to do when we were too drunk day! WHHEEEEE! We run down to the bus while I am trying to figure out how many wishes we have left, how many more we are using for food and with any left overs what I can buy. Hmmmmm- decisions, decisions. My guilty secret is that I always wanted Lincoln Logs as a child but didnt think to ask for them because they werent a toy for girls. Well, now I am grown and for 2 wishes you can get a HUGE can of Lincoln Logs that assemble into a replica of the Lodge. It also has a Mickey & Friends totem pole. I just had to have that. The Cast Member in the mercantile told me that they only had a few left and if I wanted one I really shouldnt wait. I got it with my wishes and had it shipped home. Go Me!
We get on the bus to the GF, catch the monorail and off we go to Epcot. Tigger is jumping up and down, he knows what our first destination is: MISSION SPACE!! Now I admit that I was a little nervous about this ride. I hear some people hurl, some are fine, some are a little off for a bit then are fine. I ask a cast member how it compares to Rock & Roller Coaster. They cant tell me. So I put on the brave face. I cant chicken out in front of Tigger.
There are a TON of signs that tell you the ride spins. It tells you that you can get sick. I want to trust Mickey but I am having second thoughts. They take you into the launch prep area. The monitor turns on and who is it but Gary Sinise! Now if Lieutenant Dan is telling you things are going to be OK, you have to believe Lieutenant Dan.
We are boarding. In our space capsule we have a father and his young teen daughter. We are given our assignments and get into our capsule. The cast member gives us one last chance to take the chicken exit. No one does. You are in a line with a panel in front of you that will drop closer once they close the doors. There is also a view screen. It is designed to look like a space shuttle capsule. There is cool air blowing on you from a jet. I know this is to keep you from hurling. We are given tasks to do during flight. I know this is to keep your brain focused. They also remind you many times not to close your eyes or to ever turn your head. You must always look straight ahead. We are waiting and waiting then we are told that there is a technical issue and we must disembark and they will move us to another capsule.
So we get out, I turn to Tigger and say, Well at least if something is busted I would rather have a different pod. He says, Thats not it. Thats just what they said. Didnt you see? Im really confused. See what?
Well it seems that the technical issue they were having was cleaning up the barf from the neighboring pod. Tigger and the Dad from our pod saw it when they walked out. Seems a small boy didnt pay attention to the rules about not turning his head and BLEECCHHH.
Now the teen daughter is having second thoughts. Actually seeing puke makes me sorta think twice too but I was NOT going to be in the same category as a scardy cat teenager. We get into another pod with just the Dad. Tigger decides to take over the jobs of two people pressing buttons. I figure more power to ya my man.
The console comes close to you, the cool air is blowing at you, you tip back and through your window you see sky. I breathe. Then LIFT OFF! It starts slowly and builds. Its FUN!! Just let your mind think that what it is seeing is real. No spinning sensation. The G-forces you pull during launch at Rock & Roller Coaster are greater than this ride. We get shot into space and all I can do is say COOL! THIS IS SOOOOOO NEAT! WOW! Im starting to sound like the neighbor kid with the fireworks. I wont list any spoilers, there are enough on this board if you really want them just know that you end the ride landing on Mars after a few adventures in driving. We are done and we lived.
Tigger is all excited. He wants to get right back on it and do it again. I tell him that was ill advised by the wise DIS crowd. Now I am getting a tiny bit dizzy. Your body is now mad at you because it has figured out that it was tricked. HEY! I WAS SPINNING! DAMN YOU MONKEY!!! Now its trying to get its equilibrium without the spinning. I decided we need a bathroom stop. I make my pit stop and am writing my trip report notes on a bench waiting for Tiger when . OMYGOD!!! WHERE IS PAL MICKEY!!!! I left him in the bathroom stall! DAMNIT! I was warned of what happens when you let him out of your sight for a minute. I KNEW I should have bought one of those drink leashes.
I run back to the bathroom and here is a nice lady holding Mickey up asking if anyone lost him. Every looks at me with my frantic expression and I get Mickey back! I am sooo grateful that she was a true Disney person and didnt steal him.
We are now hungry so we grab a quick breakfast bite at the Fountain View. Now I must admit that while Epcot is my favorite park there are a few things I have not seen. The Land being the largest of them. The sound of it really didnt interest me. Tigger wanted to go. He said it was neat. SO I decided to trust him and wasnt disappointed. This is one of the best-kept secrets at Epcot, even better than Ice Station Cool.
This is where the revolving restaurant, the Garden Grill, is as well as a COOL food court that has a ton of choices. There is also a boat ride that we went on. It takes you through the growing centers at the Land and takes about alternative farming. It was REALLY interesting. I was impressed. Looking back at my notes I saw something funny. I wrote rain, rain, more rain, forest, desert, prairie dogs, farm house, want it without goat, farm productions, green house, fish farm, space farming, very cool
Now these were the room we were traveling through but I have no idea what the goat comment was about. Sorry. Next time we are planning on taking the tour. We bought Plumarias (the fragrant flowers you make leis with) however mine have yet to root. Hopefully soon.
We then did the Journey into Imagination with Figment. I have heard so much about Figment that I decided we should try it. It was OK but not great. Glad I did it once but wont go out of my way to ride again soon.
We decided to grab lunch at Le Cellier before embarking on our World Showcase Sober jaunt. Tigger bounced off to go to the little Tiggers room when something bad happened.
I was so tired when we got home that I just went right to sleep. I had no idea what was happening in the wilderness that lived out on my patio. Remember back during our Pub Crawl when I got some maple walnut fudge? Well I had that out on the patio table and it seemed that the birds really liked it. And whatever other critters could scale 5 stories and get to it. It looked like some kind of weird sculpture. The nuts had been eaten/pecked out. It was kinda of creepy. I didnt even have the presence of mind to take a picture of it. I just threw it out and never spoke of it again . Until now. No otters this morning but I saw ducks and a furry mystery animal. hmmmmm
Today was our Ride Mission Space and do all the things we didnt get to do when we were too drunk day! WHHEEEEE! We run down to the bus while I am trying to figure out how many wishes we have left, how many more we are using for food and with any left overs what I can buy. Hmmmmm- decisions, decisions. My guilty secret is that I always wanted Lincoln Logs as a child but didnt think to ask for them because they werent a toy for girls. Well, now I am grown and for 2 wishes you can get a HUGE can of Lincoln Logs that assemble into a replica of the Lodge. It also has a Mickey & Friends totem pole. I just had to have that. The Cast Member in the mercantile told me that they only had a few left and if I wanted one I really shouldnt wait. I got it with my wishes and had it shipped home. Go Me!
We get on the bus to the GF, catch the monorail and off we go to Epcot. Tigger is jumping up and down, he knows what our first destination is: MISSION SPACE!! Now I admit that I was a little nervous about this ride. I hear some people hurl, some are fine, some are a little off for a bit then are fine. I ask a cast member how it compares to Rock & Roller Coaster. They cant tell me. So I put on the brave face. I cant chicken out in front of Tigger.
There are a TON of signs that tell you the ride spins. It tells you that you can get sick. I want to trust Mickey but I am having second thoughts. They take you into the launch prep area. The monitor turns on and who is it but Gary Sinise! Now if Lieutenant Dan is telling you things are going to be OK, you have to believe Lieutenant Dan.
We are boarding. In our space capsule we have a father and his young teen daughter. We are given our assignments and get into our capsule. The cast member gives us one last chance to take the chicken exit. No one does. You are in a line with a panel in front of you that will drop closer once they close the doors. There is also a view screen. It is designed to look like a space shuttle capsule. There is cool air blowing on you from a jet. I know this is to keep you from hurling. We are given tasks to do during flight. I know this is to keep your brain focused. They also remind you many times not to close your eyes or to ever turn your head. You must always look straight ahead. We are waiting and waiting then we are told that there is a technical issue and we must disembark and they will move us to another capsule.
So we get out, I turn to Tigger and say, Well at least if something is busted I would rather have a different pod. He says, Thats not it. Thats just what they said. Didnt you see? Im really confused. See what?
Well it seems that the technical issue they were having was cleaning up the barf from the neighboring pod. Tigger and the Dad from our pod saw it when they walked out. Seems a small boy didnt pay attention to the rules about not turning his head and BLEECCHHH.
Now the teen daughter is having second thoughts. Actually seeing puke makes me sorta think twice too but I was NOT going to be in the same category as a scardy cat teenager. We get into another pod with just the Dad. Tigger decides to take over the jobs of two people pressing buttons. I figure more power to ya my man.
The console comes close to you, the cool air is blowing at you, you tip back and through your window you see sky. I breathe. Then LIFT OFF! It starts slowly and builds. Its FUN!! Just let your mind think that what it is seeing is real. No spinning sensation. The G-forces you pull during launch at Rock & Roller Coaster are greater than this ride. We get shot into space and all I can do is say COOL! THIS IS SOOOOOO NEAT! WOW! Im starting to sound like the neighbor kid with the fireworks. I wont list any spoilers, there are enough on this board if you really want them just know that you end the ride landing on Mars after a few adventures in driving. We are done and we lived.
Tigger is all excited. He wants to get right back on it and do it again. I tell him that was ill advised by the wise DIS crowd. Now I am getting a tiny bit dizzy. Your body is now mad at you because it has figured out that it was tricked. HEY! I WAS SPINNING! DAMN YOU MONKEY!!! Now its trying to get its equilibrium without the spinning. I decided we need a bathroom stop. I make my pit stop and am writing my trip report notes on a bench waiting for Tiger when . OMYGOD!!! WHERE IS PAL MICKEY!!!! I left him in the bathroom stall! DAMNIT! I was warned of what happens when you let him out of your sight for a minute. I KNEW I should have bought one of those drink leashes.
I run back to the bathroom and here is a nice lady holding Mickey up asking if anyone lost him. Every looks at me with my frantic expression and I get Mickey back! I am sooo grateful that she was a true Disney person and didnt steal him.
We are now hungry so we grab a quick breakfast bite at the Fountain View. Now I must admit that while Epcot is my favorite park there are a few things I have not seen. The Land being the largest of them. The sound of it really didnt interest me. Tigger wanted to go. He said it was neat. SO I decided to trust him and wasnt disappointed. This is one of the best-kept secrets at Epcot, even better than Ice Station Cool.
This is where the revolving restaurant, the Garden Grill, is as well as a COOL food court that has a ton of choices. There is also a boat ride that we went on. It takes you through the growing centers at the Land and takes about alternative farming. It was REALLY interesting. I was impressed. Looking back at my notes I saw something funny. I wrote rain, rain, more rain, forest, desert, prairie dogs, farm house, want it without goat, farm productions, green house, fish farm, space farming, very cool
Now these were the room we were traveling through but I have no idea what the goat comment was about. Sorry. Next time we are planning on taking the tour. We bought Plumarias (the fragrant flowers you make leis with) however mine have yet to root. Hopefully soon.
We then did the Journey into Imagination with Figment. I have heard so much about Figment that I decided we should try it. It was OK but not great. Glad I did it once but wont go out of my way to ride again soon.
We decided to grab lunch at Le Cellier before embarking on our World Showcase Sober jaunt. Tigger bounced off to go to the little Tiggers room when something bad happened.
It sounds like a great day so far....you have written the best persuasion to get me on Mission....I may have to give in and do it next trip.
