PrincessAurora & Tiggers Rowdy Halloween - (Day 6, Part 8 - Too Much Stinky Cologne)

[PrincessAurora]

CAST:
PrincessAurora - Computer geek, web designer, and Disney Princess Fiend. Always planning her next trip to The World.
Tigger: Martha Stewart wanna be, Mickey’s evil twin, thinks Norm Abrams should use a hand tool occasionally.

(Please note all detailed food reviews are featured as separate reports after Day 8)

10-30-03 (Part 8) – Enough Cheap Cologne To Drown A Cat <MGM/MNSSHP>

My morning starts with my Mouse call, much to Tiggers dismay. Between the wake-up call and Pal Mickey, I think he is tired of the Mouse telling him what to do and when to do it. I think its cute. “Hey honey, wake up! Mickey says Up & At’em”

I go out on the balcony but there are no otters visible today. You need to get up very early to see an otter but they are there. I try to see them in the shadowy places, under the trees but I have no luck. I decide to eat the lamb & duck leftovers from last night and read for a bit. Taking in our great view of the Castle. No neighbors flashing me either. This is turning out to be a good day so far.

As soon as Tigger gets up and we get dressed I need to clean for Mousekeeping. Yes, I know that cleaning is their job but I don’t want them to think we are pigs. We have also been getting Towel Animals for the first time in 4 trips so I am all happy. I try explaining to Tigger that asking for Towel Animals is just not done. It’s like getting a present. You don’t expect presents. You don’t expect presents every day and you certainly don’t ask for presents.

We head towards the bus and now Tigger wants to play with Pal Mickey. WAIT! What is he doing to Mickey?! STOP IT! Mickey doesn’t like to be touched there! There are kids around! I think boys are hard wired for this sort of thing. I have a flashback to when I was 7 and my best friends brother John & his friend Guy got ahold of our Barbies. She will never wear white to her wedding now.

Tigger is now pulling Pal Mickeys tail up and giving him a wedgie. I want Mickey back but Tiggers are all about being bouncy and he now wants to play keep away. All I want to do is whine “Come on, give him back”. OK, reality check – HOW OLD ARE WE?! I try not to think of it. I get Pal Mickey back and now we are off to MGM/Disney Studios.

I should state here that MGM is my least favorite park. Just keep this in mind for later. First things first – Rock n’ Roller Coaster. OK, I LOVE this ride. Tigger had never been on it before so this is going to be fun. Tiggers like things that go fast and this ride goes FAST. I don’t like jerky coasters. This one is smooth and the seats are comfortable. I just love seeing peoples faces when they watch the cars blast off for the first time. I tell Tigger to take a breath right before launch because you wont be able to breath until you are through the first loop inversion. He is all excited.

Side Note: I will be talking about Mission Space on Day 7 but I need to make a note here. The G Forces on this ride are GREATER than Mission Space. Just an FYI. So if this launch does not bother you, the lift off for Mission Space is a piece of cake. The pressure is less.

I don’t even remember which song was playing, I was too busy screaming in a good way. So I stagger off kinda dizzy. Tigger is all hyped up and wants to go go go. I need a quick sit down. Just looking at Tower of Terror right now is starting to make me a bit quezy. We decide to bail on it and go speed shopping. We run though a few shops our way to the Muppets. We both love this show. It’s really cool and so far we haven’t had any problems with rude people and my ankle is holding up just fine with minor limping.

I now want to find the Gene Kelly Singin in the Rain umbrella. They are working on New York Street and it was a challenge. We finally find it on a corner around back from the Hunchback show. It looks small and sad. The water is not working. We determine that when you are disappointed by a cool prop that is relegated to a squinchy part of the street that is not working, an ice cream sandwich is in order. They are HARD to find. Only saw a few carts that sold them in our whole trip but I lucked out. I’m in Mickey Ice Cream heaven. Tigger reminds me that we need to get over to the Indy Stunt Show. I haven’t seen it before and we get there right before the show starts.

Now I must tell you guys a few things. I come from California. I lived in LA for 13 years. I am a professional actor and I am REALLY picky when it comes to my theatrical entertainment. I saw the Beauty & the Beast show in 1998 here and it blew. Just blew. It wasn’t the actors fault that they live in Florida and just aren’t as good as actors from CA or NY. Sorry, it’s just true.

That being said – I’m batting 1000 cause the acting in this show sucked. Sorry – sucked. The show starts off with Indy in the temple trying to get the idol. Now I must say that the sets were GREAT! However the actor playing Indy was just going through the motions. Its like “Let me watch Raiders of the Lost Ark 500 times and mimic Harrison Fords movements very badly and have ZERO emotion or context behind those actions.” He’s pretty and can do gags (stunts) really well but he can’t act his way out of a wet sack.

To make matters worse, the “WOMAN” sits down next to me. She appears to be alone, for reasons that are readily apparent. She SMELLS! Its like she took a bath in cheap cologne. It’s enough to drown a cat or at least make her smell like a cheap cathouse. I can’t breathe. It’s AWFUL! I breathe through my mouth. Tigger doesn’t notice and pokes me for making derogatory notes about Indy.

I go back to watching the show. When the next scene happens, the scenery moves to reveal the Cairo bazaar. That is REALLY cool. The tech stuff so far I give big stars to. Here comes Marion Ravenwood and she is a BLOND!!!! WHAT IS WITH THAT?!! She is fine in regards to stunts but her acting sucks too. It is the “I’m doing this because the script says to do this now” syndrome.

Now is the fight with the bad guys. It’s hokey. Yeah, right – bad guys always act like a circus act. Yeah right. They have a “plant” in the show that is a really GOOD actor. Why don’t they have HIM play Indy?! I mean the effects are good but they need good actors to sell them.

Now we move to the desert/airplane scene. Now this is what chaps my hide. Nazis are evil. Do we all get that boys and girls? E – V – I – L EVIL! Why do we try to hide the fact that they are Nazis? Is it PC madness? They used the Iron Cross instead of the Swastika on the vehicles. What? They think they are going to offend the NAZIS?! I mean, we can’t have people thinking Nazis are the bad guys, God forbid!

I am done with this now and the stinky woman next to me. Perhaps they can use her as the bad guy for the next show. She can overcome people with her Super Odor Power. Tigger takes my books away and writes “Show is really fun. Dre is just picky.” Ha ha. Give me my book, you psycho Tiger!

I pause in my note scribbling long enough to give him the Hairy Eyeball. Pal Mickey tries to give him the Hairy Eyeball too but he can’t because he is too damn happy. Tigger is bouncing off and then I spot a familiar prop. It’s the bucket. If you’ve been on the Indy ride in Disneyland, you know about the bucket. I told Tigger to pull the rope. He pulls the rope. You hear the guy fall in. It’s all funny and cool. ALWAYS pull props that say “Don’t pull”.

We then go off to have lunch at the Brown Derby. I had a better lunch than I did the last time and the last time wasn’t bad. Tigger really enjoyed the décor and the food wasn’t bad either. (Review coming after the trip reports)

Well we are now going to try the Great Movie Ride but it was broken. Poop. The clock was ticking and I needed extra time to get ready for the Mickeys Not So Scary Halloween Party that night. We had dinner ressies at Cinderellas Royal Table and we needed to jet before 3:00 at the latest. Good thing there is not a ton of things to do. We did some more speed shopping (including the Tower of Terror store) and took a call from Dot. She mercifully didn’t mention my drunken ramble on her answering machine or maybe she did and I just forgot.

Anyway, we were all set and headed back to the hotel for a change of clothes! I never would have guessed what happened next!

 

[Minniespal]

Wonderful trip report ~ Thanx for sharing.

 

[corky805]

Another cliffhanger!! YAY!