Reality has absolutely no place in our world...a colorful TR update 2/27/07

[poppinspal]

PoppinsPal, those are great pics in the AK.

Glad you liked them. I have plenty more but it would take me days to scan all my pictures from this trip in. I think I took seven rolls. (Six regular and one with a water camera.)

whew...that's a relief. I was worried for a second, MapGirl.

MapGirl, I think I'll have my name legally changed to that, it has a nice ring.

That's it MapGirl...way to spread the around.

Hey maybe I was channeling my inner Maleficent, she's one cool chick. But really little kids should know I want see too!!!!! (said in a really whiney voice)

No Way MapGirl....Dinosaur rocks!!

Yes, what was the plot of that movie again?

You are quite the prolific trippie writer. Great stuff, keep em' coming!

Prolific, good SAT word! Thanks, look out for more soon!

 

[poppinspal]

Just wanted to say how much I'm loving your report, you guys are so sweet, for the record I would have taken the towel animal home too , sending for your DBF, I suffer with stomach problems too and know how frustarting and disruptive it can be, keep it coming

Oh I'm glad you like it and I'm glad you find us sweet!!! I'm glad I'm not the only one who would take a towel animal home, I know that was a hot topic for awhile. All the men in my life seem to have stomach problems so I've become used to dealing with it. Unfortunately my bf's stomach was determined to cause us trouble a few more times.

 

[roque]

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[poppinspal]

I know I promised pictures and I have them for this part but forgot to upload them to my computer so they won't be up till tonight or tomorrow. For now it's pictureless.

So we got back to the hotel and we couldn't wait any longer, time for a swim! We go down to the pool and I'm kind of bummed I forgot the ball I'd bought for the pool last time I was down. Oh well. There are plenty of kids but the pool isn't too crowded. Well make way for the big kids! They kept the water fairly cold which I wasn't expecting. Well no matter I'm used to ocean water that makes your legs go numb, so in we go. We're seriously like little kids when we are in the water. We're trying to push eachother under and I'm doing hand stands. I'm trying to teach him this thing we did as kids called bumper butts but it's just not working! (My family belonged to the local pool when we were growing up. All the kids used to do this thing where you'd hold hands and line up your feet with the other person and you'd pull so your butts bumped. Of course this is all done underwater. My sister and I can still do it, I think Brandon is too much taller then me for this!) But we're enjoying playing around because we both love pools and lakes. (I love the ocean, Brandon not so much.) Then we start people watching, another favorite past time. There's a family down there that just screams that they're European. Do you ever see people and you know they can't be Americans? This family it was obvious by the tight bathingsuits the men were wearing. (Speedo tight but they were a little bigger then speedos.) The women and the nanny maybe it was were stick thin like all they eat is one carrot a day and they barely put their toes in the water. There are more signs but finally we hear them talk and it's confirmed... they are European. (French maybe? They were talking to fast for me to pick up what language exactly. Not Spanish or Italian for sure!) Then we see another couple mid pool and we both agree to try to never be like that. (Never say never.) They're in the middle of the pool and they were wrapped around one another the whole time and every so often they'd lock lips for a minute or so. All the while there are kids just swimming around them. It must have been an extremely romantic moment for them... only not. We love eachother but we're more private people I guess. After more attempts to keep one another submurged we finally agree we're done being water babbies for the day. So we go and grab some food from the food court. (I think pizzas and the yummy pudding that I loved!)

We get back to the room and Brandon is asleep in minutes. Me, I'm wayyyyy too hyper. I know what to do! I put on my clothes and sneak down to the gift shop. Towels, towels where are the towels. Aha! I found this neat towel with all the major landmarks on it and mickey and some characters. It's pretty neat. It also says something like Walt Disney World and Where the Magic Lives. Along with that I bought him a Pooh pez dispenser. I tip toe back up the stairs and display them so when he wakes up he'll see them. When he wakes up he literally walks around the entire room like three times without once noticing them!!! Finally he sees them and is so excited to have a big towel to use. And the Pooh pez traveled with me in my bag for the rest of the week and we bought enough pez to keep us happy on the bus, in line and other assorted times we were waiting. (Of note I keep a Tigger pez I bought him in my car. Yes, we're kids at heart.)

So I hop in the shower while he watches Golden Girls. (We watched this every time we came back to the room for a rest!!! That or The Nanny.) So I'm in the shower with my horrible voice and I'm singing the songs from Splash Mountain, It's a Small World and Pirates... he opens the door and tells me if I don't stop with that horrible singing no MK for me. Tough love baby, tough love. But I can't stop and I know we're going to go to MK even if I sing so I'm letting it out. I finally get out of the shower and get dressed while he hops in. I'm towel drying the mop of hair I have when he calls out to me... his stomach is at it again. Tums aren't going to work this time, he wants well not Pepto but another P stomach medicine. (I don't remember all the names, I had to ask him the name three times the day he told me.) So I decide to run down and get it so he can take it when he gets out. $2.00 for two pills, oh well. I get back and he's laying there like he's just been stabbed in the stomach, not a good sign. I secretly am cursing my luck, remember my brother's stomach held us back last trip, this time it's my boyfriends? Are the fates playing with me again? Now my readers this is a dilemma for me... I really want to go to MK, how can I go two days and not have hit it once? But I also want to return to Boston with a boyfriend, what to do?

So I did it... I told him I'm happy to stay in tonight and just relax with the tv on. I plaster my million dollar smile on and say it'd be nice to just have a night to relax the two of us. (Like that isn't what we do most week nights at home!) BUT he's my trooper and says no that I've been waiting for this long enough and he got Animal Kingdom that morning so it's my turn. (See he's perfect. Well almost perfect. ) So eventually we're heading off to the MK and I've rushed him there because my research tells me it's only open till 9. Only to get there and find out... it has EMH till 11(Which I swear was not on any website before I left!). Oh damn we could have napped more and came later. It doesn't matter we're here now and we're trying to both be happy. As we walk in I'm already happy and he's telling me no pictures. I'm asking if he wants to go on Pirates or Haunted Mansion(he'd never done either, his last trip here was lacking) or maybe see his favorites on the Pooh ride. No, no and no. Not good, not good at all. Does he want to do Thunder Mountain or Stitch. No and no. So what then? Let's just walk around. Are our park hoppers going to be completely pointless? Is this how it's going to go, big mornings and very little at night. Will I ever get to see MK in full? It's just not fair I tell you.

So we're walking around and I said maybe he needs to eat. Nope. Okay I'm out of boyfriend magic, I don't know how to solve this. Oooh but what's that? Toontown, let's go! So now I have another random story for you. Last trip I wanted characters and toontown, my brother said he hates toontown so we didn't go. My sister and I were bummed but who can argue with a sick kid? So when in my just walking around with Brandon I said "Let's go!" He followed along because I told him it wasn't ride focused. We get to Minnie's house and I want to go in but my boyfriend decides he's going to be difficult. He's protesting it because it's pink!!! I go in, fine he can stay there then. But he comes and run/walk past everything. Fine, here's Mickey's house let's go in here. No protest at all. MEN! I take the usual pictures here of Mickey's garden and this and that. We go inside where you can meet the big cheese but the lines are too long. We go check out the lines for the other characters, also pretty long. I'm bummed but we will return! We poke around a little more and we take a picture of me with the toontown sign on the way out. That ones for my brother. (Who later upon hearing it said "Great a picture of toontown for me to burn.") Oh and we took a little bathroom break here, now the male of the group was feeling a tiny bit better.

So we pass by the tea cups and I make some lame joke about how that might help him feel better. I get a little laugh out of him here, something is better then nothing. I beg him to let me ride Splash and he agrees although he isn't too happy with me. (The fleeting moments of hope for his mood were just that, fleeting.) But he let's me go because this is what I really want and he knows I'd do the same for him. So we go over and I get in line despite the 20 minute wait posted. Maybe Brandon's mood was a red flag from god that I ignored but I NEVER should have hopped in that line. Oh no it wasn't the wait, which in reality was probably under 20 minutes but felt like 40. This is where my night becomes not so magical. Brandon goes to wait on some benches and rest while I tackle the ride. No problem I can wait in line at Disney by myself, wouldn't be the first or last time that week. I'm happy as a clam and get in line behind this guy probably in his late 20s, early 30s and a kid probably about 10 or 11. I pay them no mind and behind me comes a family. Mother, father, son and daughter. Still I'm all focused on my ride. Now we've just entered the building and we're up at the top of the stairs when the line stops and this is where it starts. I'm looking around taking all that's around me in. I notice the guy in front of me has tattoos and so I'm glad his back is turned to me so I can study them. (I don't have any but since Brandon I've become interested in what people pick and the quality of different artists.) Well I can't tell for the life of me what his half sleeves are of, they just look like colored swirls to me. (Sleeves for those not in the tattoo know are when the whole arm is covered, half sleeves are when either the bottom or top half of the arm is completely covered. Brandon has two half sleeves, wrist to elbow.) This guy got a pretty crummy artist.

Now comes the family behind me with their bickering. The mom and dad are fighting, the mom keeps saying that the dad can't expect the kids to do the pace he used to do, that they've never done this before. He says they need to stop being slow if they want to do everything they say they want to. I wonder if this will some day be Brandon and I but I realize they're too nasty with their words for it to be us, we don't have that in us. Then the little girl is talking about maybe trading away one of her pins and the mom yells at her that it's one with the special mickey and she's not allowed to trade it. Now I'm a pin trader and I know hidden mickeys are special but to a little girl a hidden mickey isn't special if it's on a pin she doesn't love. I wanted to say something but I know better. The mom was so harsh. Pin trading is supposed to be fun, she was making it all about rules.

So now I notice the guy in front of me is staring at me like we're at a club, it's that sleezy look gross guys give in clubs. If I was in a club with my friends they'd have come over and pulled me away. But I was alone and he was leering. He leaned close and ask me what time it was. My answer... "I don't know." The line moves and I leave a little more space between us. The little girl behind me says, "You can move up, you know." Thanks, I couldn't see the three feet I left between me and sketchball. So I move up. Sketchball asks if I've been on this ride before. "Yes." The line moves again and I again leave space. The sketchy guy starts talking to the kid about meeting up with the tour group to find the way back to the bus. Interesting and I'm glad he wasn't staying in one of the resorts. But again that little girl beind me tells me of the gaping hole I left between me and the sketchy guy. Did I mention he was wearing a cowboy hat? So I move up and he's even more focused on my body now. Gross. The mother finally tells the daughter to stop being rude she was sure I knew that I could move up. I wanted to scream "I'm trying to avoid this really sketchy guy who has become fixated on me!!" Again he tries to talk to me, he's not getting the point with my one word answers? He asks me if I like this ride. Yes is my answer.

I can't tell you how many scenes I played out in my head of how this would end. I wanted to scream and hit this guy. I desperately wished I was carrying a cell phone to call my boyfriend to come into the line. I was desperate for any friendly face near by but wasn't finding one. Finally we get up to where the CM sorts you into cars and I've decided if they try to put me in a car with the sketchball I'm going to explain how he makes me feel uncomfortable and I'd rather not. But luckily he gets put in boat right away and I get sent to the front to wait in line. Even as his boat pulls away he's completely turned around looking at me. I'm not sorry to see him go. I'm put alone and I ride uneventfully but the moment it's over I rush off to find my boyfriend. I don't even take the time to look at my picture which I love to do, I don't want to risk seeing that guy standing there too.

Brandon is waiting for me and I think he knew right away I wasn't right. I ask him if he saw the guy walk out and I describe him. You know the only reason he noticed him? He noticed how poorly done his tattoos were. (See all that explination earlier had a point.) I tell him what happened and he was less then happy. In face he was mad that I was made to feel like that. He gives me a hug and promises even if we do see that guy again I'm not to even worry about him. I'm a tough girl (I was a hockey player and my dad has taught me to box) but I know guys are born stronger and so I still have moments of worry. Thank god I have a boyfriend who knows I hate feeling defenseless and reminds me I'm not when i'm with him. To cheer me up he asked to go on Haunted Mansion and so we headed that way. I tell him I shouldn't have made him wait for me and that I was punished for it. He says sorry for his behavior and sorry for the stupid line.

But he gets me distracted from it all by talking to me about the Haunted Mansion. I'm explaining to him all the little details but there is no line so we miss out on a lot as we zip right into the stretching room. I tell Brandon my favorite painting is the one of the young girl with the umbrella. Unlike at Tower of Terror our CM here is totally into character telling everyone to step away from his walls. We're almost in the dead center of the room as the narration starts. Slowly the room starts stretching and we hear the frightful tale. When the lights go out I whisper to Brandon to look up. As we're loading into our doom buggies he tells me he's glad I did or he never would have noticed there was something up there. Of course Brandon loves the hitch hiking ghosts and really the whole ride. He's into Halloween and the spooky stuff. Me, I love this ride but here's my secret... I still get a little creeped out by it. Once on my last trip we got stuck in one scene for about three minutes and I had to distract myself by talking to my siblings. But it's fun and it was good to be back in sync with eachother. After we get off I completely miss the pet cemetery so I miss showing him Mr. Toad. Oh well. Off to our next adventure....

Next up on our jolly voyage: Lucky Part 13:Yo ho, yo ho lot's of sleepy kids.

 

[beck0321]

My DH is the exact opposite of your BF!!! Last year was his first time and he was the one pulling me around the park saying let's go on this and that. He wanted to go on EVERYTHING! Even the little kiddie rides like the flying carpets and such! We did Mission Space twice in a row, three times total (me with the stomach flu!!!) He even wanted to do the meet and greet with the characters! I thought it was so funny and out of character for him, he is usually pretty laid back. I know he's going to be the same way this year because we didn't get to do half the rides because of my illness. This year, knock on wood, we are both in good health and we'll do more!
One thing we agree on though is to take our time. We don't like rushing everywhere. Sometimes he gets to walking a bit fast because he has long legs. I just like strolling throught the park, my feet thank me at the end of the day!

 

[fizz13]

Another great installment, so sorry about the creepy guy, glad it didn't spoil your night, off on my vacation tomorrow but I'll be sure to check in when I get back, keep it coming, you're doing great

 

[poppinspal]

My DH is the exact opposite of your BF!!! Last year was his first time and he was the one pulling me around the park saying let's go on this and that. He wanted to go on EVERYTHING! Even the little kiddie rides like the flying carpets and such! We did Mission Space twice in a row, three times total (me with the stomach flu!!!) He even wanted to do the meet and greet with the characters! I thought it was so funny and out of character for him, he is usually pretty laid back. I know he's going to be the same way this year because we didn't get to do half the rides because of my illness. This year, knock on wood, we are both in good health and we'll do more!
One thing we agree on though is to take our time. We don't like rushing everywhere. Sometimes he gets to walking a bit fast because he has long legs. I just like strolling throught the park, my feet thank me at the end of the day!

You'll see he kind of changes as the week goes on. Unfortunately he had been really sick for at least the entire week before our trip and then was having stomach problems so he was a bit slower then he'd normally be. Although when we were at Animal Kingdom I could hardly keep up with him. As the week went on things definitely got better and he said if he did it all again he'd do more.

We had bad luck with illness this year. He was sick the entire week before our trip. I was sick then get better only to get the stomach bug. We were hurting right up to the trip. I hope you have better luck.

 

[poppinspal]

Another great installment, so sorry about the creepy guy, glad it didn't spoil your night, off on my vacation tomorrow but I'll be sure to check in when I get back, keep it coming, you're doing great

Glad you liked it. I'm glad he didn't spoil it, just thinking of him makes me feel creeped out! Have a great trip, hope everything goes well.

 

[blue_river]

Poppinspal: I was two installments behind! When did you find the time to do that???

Anyhow...Did the iv medicine help your brother? Hope he's feeling better now.

Nice pic of you and Brandon near EE!

Bugs Life: Loved it also.

Loving the romantic gestures between the two of you. Sweet. New Lovers. I miss that stuff. Hubby and I have been together for 23 years and married for 17 (highschool sweethearts) and although he still does surprise me with little trinkets every now and then it is not nearly as often as it used to be. However, while we were in WDW - I could feel the love - my old sweety returned and made my trip all that more special.

Never heard of the bumper car game in the water...will mention it to my DDs.

Sorry to hear about your bad experience with sketchguy. Hopefully you didn't run into him again.

Do you plan on posting another installment before the weekend? I probably won't be adding more to mine until Monday.

 

[poppinspal]

Poppinspal: I was two installments behind! When did you find the time to do that???

Anyhow...Did the iv medicine help your brother? Hope he's feeling better now.

Nice pic of you and Brandon near EE!

Bugs Life: Loved it also.

Loving the romantic gestures between the two of you. Sweet. New Lovers. I miss that stuff. Hubby and I have been together for 23 years and married for 17 (highschool sweethearts) and although he still does surprise me with little trinkets every now and then it is not nearly as often as it used to be. However, while we were in WDW - I could feel the love - my old sweety returned and made my trip all that more special.

Never heard of the bumper car game in the water...will mention it to my DDs.

Sorry to hear about your bad experience with sketchguy. Hopefully you didn't run into him again.

Do you plan on posting another installment before the weekend? I probably won't be adding more to mine until Monday.

I should explain although I was hired as an office assistant for a very "busy" office the position I have is never really busy aside from answering phones. A lot of days I'm desperate for something to do. So for that something is my trip report. (This is not my dream job but it'll do till they finish paying for my college classes! )

My poor brother was at one of the hospital's satiellite locations to get it and they didn't even have the medicine there for him!!! He had to wait 45 minutes for that. But about three hours later he was done. He was starting to perk up yesterday but the real test will be today when he works all day then we're going to a hockey game tonight. Thank you for asking!!

I think eventually the picture of us at EE will be the one I decide to frame. I have a few others from later in the week that are cute too.

Bugs Life seems to be a favorite of everyones.

High school sweethearts, that's sweet. I hope you're going to write about your DH more on your trip report!!! It's nice to know that we're not the only ones who like to do little things.

Definitely tell your daughters, it's a game that will make them giggle.

Thank god we didn't run into the sketchy guy again! I think Brandon would have tried to kill him.

I'll probably post once more if I can get a chance to scan in some more pictures. Which I probably can. So look for more soon.

 

[blue_river]

High school sweethearts, that's sweet. I hope you're going to write about your DH more on your trip report!!! It's nice to know that we're not the only ones who like to do little things.

hmm...i guess i haven't really said all that much about him...thanks for pointing that out to me...i'll work on adding in more...i don't have many pics of him either since he was the photographer...something else to remember for our next trip!


I'll look for your next installment later on today then

 

[poppinspal]

I just snagged my co-worker/friends computer to scan more pictures in so I'll work on the next segment of my trip report now. But here are two pictures to go with the last part. First this I took the moment we hit Main Street, this is when my dbf decided he refused to be in pictures.

I had lots of pictures of Mickey's house from Toontown but I'm sure you've all seen those before. Here's a picture of me at the back of Toontown by the train stop. This is the picture I took for my brother.

Sorry about not re-sizing these today. It seems my graphics editing program doesn't like me. Oh well there I am in my large sized glory. lol

 

[poppinspal]

Well no we've done Haunted Mansion and Brandon wants to do the other big one he's never done, Pirates of the Carribean. So we finally are on an upbeat tempo and head off to Pirates. I'll tell you I'm let down that the pirate out front of it is now gone. Those who had been before will know the pirate who greets you outside the ride. Hears a picture I dug up from another site.

Gone, he's gone. I'm trying to tell Brandon about it but he's just staring at me like I have five heads. Oh never mind, I'll pull myself together. He was just a pirate. So we get in line for pirates and we picked... left I believe. Either way we're noticing that there are TONS of parents dragging their half asleep little kids around behind them. All of them seem to be staying on site as we've seen tons of them wearing EMH wristbands. The family in front of us has a girl who was probably about 13, one who was probably 10 or so and one who was probably 4 or 5. The youngest was miserable, absolutely miserable. The family didn't have a carriage and the mom was trying to carry the daughter during the whole ride. You could tell the mom was getting annoyed and was struggling to hold her. The father would take her and that would make her mad. It was not a great scene let me tell you. Brandon and I smile at her and she's watching him with great interest. Kids love him, maybe because he's a big teddy bear. I have a huge extended family and my baby cousins are so important to me and they love Brandon more then I could have ever hoped they would. But eventually we got loaded up into our pirate boat and we were on our way. If you haven't seen the new pirates and want it to be surprise don't read what I'm putting between these little astricks. ** Okay? Okay.

So we head off on our voyage and things have changed a little but some of the best parts have remained the same. **So now we're heading to this image of Davey Jones and we're both looking at it thinking it's water his image is being projected on. Brandon whispers and asks me if we're about to get soaked or wet. I told him that the whole thing was new, Davy and the falls. (I'd already explained to him that they'd added a lot to the ride. All I can think is I DON'T want to be getting this wet. But wait... it's mist and its cool to pass in it? Under? That was definitely a cool addition. The parts with Jack are obviously so different to see but even where the audio track is different it just sounds weird to me. I think not because it doesn't fit but mostly because I know that's not what is said there. Eventually I'm sure I'll get used to it and some day when I have kids that will be all they know. Thoughts like this are always weird to me.(And not just about Disney.) But over all the parts I love about this ride are still there and still great so all in all I like the changes. The first one being the best!** I will share that Brandon is afraid of heights and so rides with drops he likes to be warned about. Well it isn't till we're about to crest over the drop on Pirates that I remember there is one. There's a drop I whisper about two seconds before we go over. He was fine with it but I got harassed the rest of the week about not remembering the drop. (This will come into play at Test Track.)

We get out and poke around the gift shop. There are lots of things we think are cool but we're still kind of holding off on spending too much money yet. We still have paces to go. We decide that we're kind of crashing and that the night had been eventful enough so we're going to head home. First we kind of putter down Main Street checking out stores and showing one another all the cool stuff. It was nice poking in and out of the stores together. Our night had started out a little rocky but turned around. I'd like to say I was a good DISer and realized that Wishes was about to start but I didn't. So we headed out to the bus stop and all of a sudden over head the fireworks started. We stood there watching from afar but still enjoyed them. The bus pulled up shortly after the show started but I was beat so it was probably fate that it came. We headed back to the hotel and I was asleep almost the moment we walked into the room.

So the next day it was time to adventure to EPCOT. (Or Walt's World as it could be affectionately renamed.) Brandon wanted to hit the countries first and so despite my desire to do Soarin' I gave in. Now I'm sure some of you may be sitting there thinking she's skipping the best rides for him. Yes, I was. Why? Because for one I was still feeling guilty over the Tower of Terror thing and for another I wanted him to fall in love with WDW too. But I forgot about the Living Seas or whats now called... blah, blah, blah Nemo and Friends. I can't remember the other part. So off we went to the living seas and made it to the front door just fine. (Now you're saying of course you'd make it to the front door just fine, why wouldn't you?) Well I'm afraid of fish. Laugh, be confused... I know you're thinking this is weird. Nope, I have a sometimes disruptive fear of fish. I was swimming in the ocean with my aunt a few years ago when all of a sudden I bolted from the water and she didn't know what was going on so she followed me. I explained to her there was a fish and I had to get out. She thought it was a shark I moved so fast. She laughed the fish was about two inches long that was all. I have to pass by my family's fish tank to do my laundry, I literally run by it. It's a silly fear and I've worked the past few years to try to deal with it but sometimes it goes better then others. Now I'm going into a building that was just one big fish tank and even worse yet there was a room that was going to make me feel like I was in the tank. I was so nervous but I wanted to do this because I wanted to see Brandon's face when he saw all the fish. (He couldn't wait for this.)

So we went in and Turtle Talk with Crush had either just opened for the day or was so packed we didn't get near it. I was a little bummed but I guess if I want to hear Crush I'll turn on my Nemo dvd. At first we walked around the little tanks down stairs. I didn't get too close to these but I wasn't very nervous yet. But I still like to remain far enough away especially in a room where people could bump into me and push me closer. (For those who think that this is being over the top sadly this is how bad my fear is. I wish I could handle it better but unfortunately I can't yet.) I think at one place there is supposed to be a jelly fish exhibit but unfortunately it's all closed up. For some reason when I was in 4th grade I picked the jelly fish to do my animal project on. (In my school it was a big project that went on display in our school library. Kids did lions, my brother did wolves, me I pick jellyfish.) So from then on that is one of the few fish I can stand. When I went to Prince Edward Island there were tons of jellyfish and I ended up swimming in the water with tons of jellies. But sadly no jellies at the Living Seas. So then up we go and as were taking the escaltor up I'm already getting a little nervous probably partially because I'm not sure what I'm going to be faced with at the top. Hopefully the tank isn't right there.

Much to my relief a kidcot station is the first thing I notice. That's a good thing. But not to far away is the entrances to the viewing area for the big tank. Brandon nearly runs right in and then stops as he realizes I'm still at the entrance. I'm not sure if any of you notice that there's almost like two sections to view from. There's the part right at the glass and then a little raised area that is seperated by a metal bar. Brandon goes to the section by the glass and I go to the raised part. He walks along slowly and I follow with him. The only other person up top with me is a guy taking pictures of his kids. Brandon asks me to come over to the other side because the glass is so thick there's no way those guys are going to get close to me. I want to because I want to be a brave girl but they make me nervous. Finally I agree to and crawl inbetween the metal bars. Brandon holds my hand as we walk around. I'm sure it would have been a sweet romantic looking scene to those who don't know this is the only way I can handle this. (I love him that much that him just being next to me can stablize me when I'm on the verge of panic.) So every now and then I'll creep close to the glass to get a view of the sharks down below and a big fish will pop up and scare me. I'd jump back and need to have Brandon work me towards the glass again. I did losen up a bit when I was watching the dolphis swim in and out of their little door. Thankfully we didn't stay much longer but moved to look at some tanks upstairs. I think this is where are all the nemo guys were, or maybe they were downstairs? I forget. But we eventually made our way over to the manatees and I'm feeling much more okay with these guys. Although still a little jumpy when they break the surface. Although I've also been interested in them since I was a little girl and we were visiting my grandparents in florida and my dad told me all about them. It was easy to tell which one was the orphan and which had been rescued after an accident with a boat. The boat one's rear tale was torn up. It was so sad. Brandon and I then went to look at the rays and he laughed because one kept swimming around the tank and would graze the side near me every time and then I'd hide behind him. I told him the ones I liked were the ones that were just relaxing not the one that wanted to jump at me or the ones that blended in. It's harder to run when you can't see it's there. We also took a look at the manatees from below and that was pretty cool. We went into the part of the glass that is pushed into their area and they'd swim right by and we could see their bellies. They were cute. So then finally Brandon decide to have some pity on me and we left. But he asked if he could come back again, he said he'd do it while I was on a ride or I could wait outside but I said no we'd come back together. By now we're in the gift shop, with the fish behind me I was brave again so now it's time to take on the world. Or at least what Disney decided to cram into this theme park. Food and wine festival here we come.

Part 14:It's extra extra large and now it's time to loop again.

 

[kimwim8]

Another great one!

I can sympathize with the fish fear. That is how I am with the ocean (and it seems a little odd that you're ok in the ocean ). But I definitely cannot go in to any body of water with anything living in it. Pools are it for me! And sadly, we live about 15 minutes from the beach. Luckily for my kids, my DH is fine with the ocean, and takes them in!

Keep 'em coming!!

 

[momoftriplets]

Well I'm afraid of fish. Laugh, be confused... I know you're thinking this is weird. Nope, I have a sometimes disruptive fear of fish. .

I HATE FISH, TOO!!!!! I totally dislike the Living Seas building, but the family loves it. I tolerate it for them. They know I stand back a ways & rarely go close to the glass. I feel your pain! You're not alone, girlfriend!
There should be a support group! Hello, my name is Barb, and I'm afraid of fish.....

(Great TR, BTW!)

 

[blue_river]

Oh Poppinspal...a fear of fish that's too bad...we loved the living seas. I know how you feel about fears tho...ours is spiders.

Your story about the jellyfish in PEI brought back memories. My little Goofy was stung many times in the ocean but she kept going back in. Poor little thing, she'd come out full of red marks all over her legs...like nettle bushes do to ya. Then she'd cover up her legs with sand...rub it all in and head back out into the water. Can't keep her away from it. She's a water baby.

Your description of POC was great...i kinda have a similar story to tell - but that will be in my next installment...if i ever get to it...so hard to keep up with all the reading of the other tr's.

Any news on your bro?

 

[poppinspal]

Another great one!

I can sympathize with the fish fear. That is how I am with the ocean (and it seems a little odd that you're ok in the ocean ). But I definitely cannot go in to any body of water with anything living in it. Pools are it for me! And sadly, we live about 15 minutes from the beach. Luckily for my kids, my DH is fine with the ocean, and takes them in!

Keep 'em coming!!

Thanks!

Then I'm sure you know exactly how I feel. The only thing that probably makes me okay with the Ocean is that I literally grew up in the ocean. Till I was about 5 we lived in a big fishing city. (The city from the Perfect Storm.) So I would spend every day at the beach in the water. Granted I do keep an eye out at all times for fish but I can do it. See you and your dh make a good team.

 

[poppinspal]

I HATE FISH, TOO!!!!! I totally dislike the Living Seas building, but the family loves it. I tolerate it for them. They know I stand back a ways & rarely go close to the glass. I feel your pain! You're not alone, girlfriend!
There should be a support group! Hello, my name is Barb, and I'm afraid of fish.....

(Great TR, BTW!)

See I've run into a few people who just rather not being around fish but none afraid like I am. So welcome to my anti-fish club! Is it odd that Finding Nemo is one of my favorite movies? Although the line "Fish are friends not food" is totally wrong. Hi, my name is Megan and fish are scary!

Glad you like the TR!

 

[poppinspal]

Oh Poppinspal...a fear of fish that's too bad...we loved the living seas. I know how you feel about fears tho...ours is spiders.

Your story about the jellyfish in PEI brought back memories. My little Goofy was stung many times in the ocean but she kept going back in. Poor little thing, she'd come out full of red marks all over her legs...like nettle bushes do to ya. Then she'd cover up her legs with sand...rub it all in and head back out into the water. Can't keep her away from it. She's a water baby.

Your description of POC was great...i kinda have a similar story to tell - but that will be in my next installment...if i ever get to it...so hard to keep up with all the reading of the other tr's.

Any news on your bro?

I'm working on getting over the fear and some days are better then others but I see guys like this and I look like this . Brandon loved the Living Seas and I hope next time I go I'm able to enjoy it and handle my fear a little better but this trip wasn't that way. (Brandon's is spiders too, he begs me to kill any we see. I love those little guys.)

I'm a water baby too. At first it made me feel weird to know I was making a choice to swim with jellies but by the end of my trip I got used to it. I can't remember if I put my head under or not though, I remember that being my big debate.

Oh I can't wait for your next part and for the part where you write about Pirates. It sounds like our trips have a lot in common!!!

I went to a hockey game with my brother the night after his iv of medicine and he said he was feeling better. He then ate spicey buffalo wings, friends, one of my mini hot dogs and a king sized pack of twizlers. He passed on the ice cream. This was all during one period so understandablly he wasn't feeling well after that but who would be? But I think he's starting to feel better.

Okay hopefully I'll have another update to my TR today.

 

[momoftriplets]

See I've run into a few people who just rather not being around fish but none afraid like I am. So welcome to my anti-fish club! Is it odd that Finding Nemo is one of my favorite movies? Although the line "Fish are friends not food" is totally wrong. Hi, my name is Megan and fish are scary!

Glad you like the TR!

I've actually gotten better about them as I've gotten older. Maybe by the time you're 41 you will be more tolerant of the slimy things, too! Waiting for the next installment!