SSRmonkey Holiday TR

[Cee]

As always, one of the best trip reports EVER. Favorite quote from this trip:

"Not just ANY monkey, Lady, SSRRRRRRRRmonkey!" That's good stuff.

 

[SSRmonkey]

SSRMonkey - I finally got to read your trip report and see your pictures. I'm so glad you had a great time and that Koala made it. Love that Wall-E he has.

Happy New Year.

Glad you got back. How was the cruise? Was your family surprised? (As surprised as my Dad when I tried to make pancakes on Christmas morning? Apparently banana pancakes are NOT my dad's favorite.) I hope you had a great time!

Cee, I'll try to live up to your expectations during our trip in May. Thanks for reading!

 

[mecllap]

After that we headed into Epcot to see Figment again and then use our FP for Soarin.

Hi SSRMonkey -- I just want to say you are a true inspiration with a great imagination: check out Figment's visit to Grand Cayman: http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?p=29563606&posted=1#post29563606

 

[Chellymouse]

SSRMonkey, I missed you down there, we flew back to Cleveland on Saturday but I looked for you at Wetzel's Pretzels on Friday when we stopped by there to get a few last seconds items. We might be back in May too, my daughter will be going down to start a tour working for Disney in the college program so maybe I will see next year.

It was really icy here last night, all of the major roads were closed due to freezing rain (77, 90, 271) and the airport was even closed for a while too. And my aforementioned daughter ended up in the median on 480 in Twinsburg coming home from work. Luckily she is fine (and the car too). I'm sure you were safer in Columbus than here last night, it was a mess.

Looking forward to some pictures when you get home. Stay warm (and dry!).

Glad to hear she was ok! that ice the other night was awful!

 

[Chellymouse]

Just to give you an update...I'm stuck in Columbus, OH. We were supposed to have a direct flight from Orlando to Cleveland, well, as usual, the weather turned a little wintry. So we were diverted to Columbus, OH. At least we have Koala this time.

We left Orlando at 6:30 or so last night and finally got to a hotel last night around 2:30am, but not before some excitement. We sat on the runway in Columbus for a couple hours before they decided we were going to stay put. The flight attendants were fielding questions and apparently were starting to get irritated. One of them said, "I don't know, m'am, I don't fly planes, I just serve coffee." That was one of the funniest things I've heard in a while. I felt bad for the little old lady that asked the attendant. Once we got into the terminal, in the next waiting area from where we were, there was a flight that had just gotten cancelled going to Texas. The nice lady pilot was trying to calm everyone down and explain that the conditions were too icy to fly. Of course the passengers were somewhat disgruntled and someone (a man) yelled that they should let a man fly the plane. Well, a fight almost broke out. People were yelling, security came...what a grand old time.

I'll post my update from my tour around SSR when we finally get home. Keep your fingers crossed that we get out of here soon! Koala is worried that Santa won't find him here.

Love your TR SSRMonkey! We don't live very far from you! We're in NE Ohio, I'm guessing you're about an hour, hour and a half from us! Glad to hear you made it home safely! This ice was awful! We should have an SSR-Owners meeting for all of us NE OH, NW PA folks! Glad to hear you had a great time! We had to come home on 12/20 and it was a bummer having to come home after a week of 80 degree weather, but we made it in time for Santa!

 

[nzdisneymom]

SSRMonkey - our cruise was fabulous (my trip report is in my signature line) and my family was so very surprised and happy.

I had to come back to this thread to tell you that DS12 and I were at Downtown Disney on Wednesday night - and we had our very first Wetzel's Pretzel - original. It was divine! I see why you and your family go there each trip. We can't wait to go back and take my DH and DS11. It was so yummy. We thought of you when we ate it.