Still Feeding Nebo: The may trip final chapter pg 122, Dec. 31

[RHONDALEE]

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QUOTE=nebo;21595015]You know, actually, sometimes this is my favorite time!
I can be a jerk, cuz usually nobody reads the "call out" chapters anyway.

I didn't know that they had a name!!!!! Now at least I know what it is I'm not reading

Rhonda

 

[Backstage_Gal]

OMG! Is she talking about mixing orange juice with brandy?
SOMEBODY STOP HER! SHE'S GONE OVER THE EDGE!

Thanks for your concern See, I do read call-outs!

Colleen, glad you got the tour part straightened out, I do not have connections to that anyway.

Thanks to lovebuzzandwoody for answering the Rig question. Some are so big they need pull-through sites because the are too big to back up (or at least not without major stress). Personally, driving one of those things would be a nightmare to me.

Meet time has been moved back 1 hour to 1pm due to my scheduling conflict, but it's ON!

 

[tiggerwannabe]

...

Meet time has been moved back 1 hour to 1pm due to my scheduling conflict, but it's ON!

Nebo, I will be sure to ride the Mummy ride once, or twice, just for you~

Universal in Hollywood has a Mummy ride too but I like Orlando's waaay better.

 

[Maraena]

See? Even in my non chapters, I still get picked on.

Ok, we're not doing the "call outs" this morning, we're doing "SHOUT OUTS"

I'm new here but I have to post to tell you how much I loved your trip report. It was absolutely hilarious. Even my DBf, who is absolutely sick of hearing about Disney and is threatening to evoke a 2 week ban on all things Disney, was laughing at the stories as I read them. (Mind you, I did give him the Reader's Digest version. Men just don't have that sort of attention span.)I'M SORRY, DID YOU SAY SOMETHING? We were both laughing at the wittiness and antics. He and I are typically a deadly duo when both our wits are on, which seems to occur rather frequently. (Of course, we're also deadly after a mean pot of chili but it's typically not as enjoyable. )

We're going to be in WDW Dec 14-19th. If I happen to see either of you, I'm definitely going to be saying hello. (Don't worry, I'm not a random hugger.)

UH, DOES THAT MEAN YOU'RE A FREQUENT HUGGER?
QUOTE] ]

Actually, I'm not much of a hugger at all, at least with adults. It's a personal space thing. My space, your space, empty space. That's great!

WELCOME ABOARD MARAENA, IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'LL FIT IN PERFECTLY HERE. BY THE WAY, OUR LAST DAY IS THE 14TH, WHERE ARE YOU STAYING?]

We're staying at the Pop. Actually won't be getting in until 10 AM on the 14th so we may just miss you, if you're one of those early riser types. (Really didn't have much choice since my DBf has a final on the 13th. Trust me, I would've been there sooner!) Thanks for the welcome too!

Heh, a baby bar and stitches at 2, huh? That was the year I fell in the Arkansas River. (Well, I was 2. I'd guess you were in your mid 20's.) I even got airlifted off a sandbar that I managed to swim over to. Needless to say, the people on shore were far more upset than I was. I was happily making sand castles. I did remember to scream, "Stranger danger!" at the top of my lungs when the guy finally dropped down to get me off my little sandbox. This was one, of many occasions, where my mother was absolutely mortified. They did put a nice railing up later to prevent small children from accidentally falling in the river. Sadly, they didn't name it for me or anything.

My dad did 2 sets of my stitches and 1 butterfly thingie on my chin. (He was a WWII Navy medic and is exceedingly frugal when it comes to cost.) Needless to say, he couldn't catch me on the 3rd round to get me to hold still to do another set. Ended up having to take me to the ER for those. Envision, if you will, a 10 year old running through the neighborhood with blood matted in her hair and streaming down her face screaming, "No Daddy. Don't do it again!" Yeah, that's the scene my mom pulled up to. My Dad actually made the doctor restitch it too when he felt the doctor had done a shoddy job. I can still hear him saying, "You call yourself a doctor? A blind man with a knitting needle could do a better job than that!" (Although, that is the PG version. My Dad is a fluent speaker of Navy. Insert whatever curse words you'd like there. Be sure to be creative.)

As for getting my eyes spayed, that doesn't make any sense. They're eyeballs! Thus they get neutered. Eesh!

But, anyhow, good to read your stories. We can share war wounds! You and Smidgey look like great, fun folks. I can only hope that DBf and I turn out that way.

 

[Donald is #1]

nebo's idea of camping is a room with no HBO!

Me too! For some reason, camping never interested me.

 

[McDisney]

See? Even in my non chapters, I still get picked on.

Ok, we're not doing the "call outs" this morning, we're doing "SHOUT OUTS"

I'm new here but I have to post to tell you how much I loved your trip report. It was absolutely hilarious. Even my DBf, who is absolutely sick of hearing about Disney and is threatening to evoke a 2 week ban on all things Disney, was laughing at the stories as I read them. (Mind you, I did give him the Reader's Digest version. Men just don't have that sort of attention span.)I'M SORRY, DID YOU SAY SOMETHING? We were both laughing at the wittiness and antics. He and I are typically a deadly duo when both our wits are on, which seems to occur rather frequently. (Of course, we're also deadly after a mean pot of chili but it's typically not as enjoyable. )

We're going to be in WDW Dec 14-19th. If I happen to see either of you, I'm definitely going to be saying hello. (Don't worry, I'm not a random hugger.)

UH, DOES THAT MEAN YOU'RE A FREQUENT HUGGER?
QUOTE]

WELCOME ABOARD MARAENA, IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'LL FIT IN PERFECTLY HERE. BY THE WAY, OUR LAST DAY IS THE 14TH, WHERE ARE YOU STAYING?


HOW DID I KNOW YOU'D LIKE THAT LINE? SO, MONICA TURNS THE PAGE TO 100. BOY, WHERE DID THE TIME GO? IT SEEMS LIKE ONLY YESTERDAY THAT IT WAS ON 99.



THE ONLY WAY MY DREAM WOULD HAVE BEEN DIFFERENT IS I WOULD HAVE SEEN I DIDN'T HAVE ANY PANTS ON.



IT FIGURES. 99 PAGES OF INSTRUCTIONAL INFORMATION, BUT I MENTION A POOPY REFERENCE, AND THE FOLKS GO CRAZY.



MY DEAR, YOU'VE WORKED HARD FOR YOUR REPUTATION, SOMETHING TO BE VERY PROUD OF.


WHY THANK YOU. FOR SOME REASON MY MIND WOULD'T GET OFF OIL RIGS.
NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN.


ACTUALLY, MY LIGHTING PROBLEMS ARE MOSTLY THE RESULT OF SURGERY. THEY COULJN'T MAKE MY PRESCRIPTION ANY STRONGER FOR MY CONTACTS, AND I WAS WAY BEYOUND BEING HELPED BY LASER SURGERY, SO THEY TOOK OUT MY LENSES AND PUT IN IMPLANTS. ONLY THIS WAS 8 YEARS AGO, AND THE IMPLANTS THING WAS FAIRLY NEW. IT BROUGHT ME BACK TO WITHIN 20/40, (I JUST RENEWED MY LICENSE, BARELY), BUT WITHOUT THE REAL LENSES, MY EYES TAKE FOREVER TO REFOCUS FROM NEAR TO FAR, AND LIGHT TO DARK.



AHH, IT'S SO FULFILLING TO KNOW THAT I'VE PERFORMED A USEFULL FUNCTION TO SOCIETY.



THAT ALL SOUNDS JUST FINE TO US. AND NO, YOU CAN'T GO WRONG FOR 85 BUCKS. WE'VE BEEN BUYING THAT SAME TICKET FOR JUST 3 DAYS WHEN WE STAY THERE. NOW YOU'RE MAKING ME WISH WE WERE STAYING THERE AS WELL, I LOVE THE MUMMY RIDE.

okay shout outs, we get it, now turn the hearing aid back on and turn the caps lock off.

 

[nebo]

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I didn't know that they had a name!!!!! Now at least I know what it is I'm not reading

Rhonda

Rhonda, I don't think I'm going to call them call outs or shout outs anymore. I'll just refer to them as "heckler hits."

Thanks for your concern See, I do read call-outs!

Colleen, glad you got the tour part straightened out, I do not have connections to that anyway.

Thanks to lovebuzzandwoody for answering the Rig question. Some are so big they need pull-through sites because the are too big to back up (or at least not without major stress). Personally, driving one of those things would be a nightmare to me.

Meet time has been moved back 1 hour to 1pm due to my scheduling conflict, but it's ON!

Hmm, I see Marita COLOR="Lime"]rita has found the colorpalette. geesh, this was more trouble than it was worth. [/COLOR]

Nebo, I will be sure to ride the Mummy ride once, or twice, just for you~

.

Fine. Hope the ceiling lights your hair on fire.

See? Even in my non chapters, I still get picked on.

Ok, we're not doing the "call outs" this morning, we're doing "SHOUT OUTS"



Actually, I'm not much of a hugger at all, at least with adults. It's a personal space thing. My space, your space, empty space. Mission Space



We're staying at the Pop. Actually won't be getting in until 10 AM on the 14th so we may just miss you, if you're one of those early riser types. (Really didn't have much choice since my DBf has a final on the 13th. Trust me, I would've been there sooner!) Thanks for the welcome too!

Heh, a baby bar and stitches at 2, huh? That was the year I fell in the Arkansas River. (Well, I was 2. I'd guess you were in your mid 20's.) I even got airlifted off a sandbar that I managed to swim over to. Needless to say, the people on shore were far more upset than I was. I was happily making sand castles. I did remember to scream, "Stranger danger!" at the top of my lungs when the guy finally dropped down to get me off my little sandbox. This was one, of many occasions, where my mother was absolutely mortified. They did put a nice railing up later to prevent small children from accidentally falling in the river. Sadly, they didn't name it for me or anything. sorry to hear that Maraila

My dad did 2 sets of my stitches and 1 butterfly thingie on my chin. (He was a WWII Navy medic and is exceedingly frugal when it comes to cost.) Needless to say, he couldn't catch me on the 3rd round to get me to hold still to do another set. Ended up having to take me to the ER for those. Envision, if you will, a 10 year old running through the neighborhood with blood matted in her hair and streaming down her face screaming, "No Daddy. Don't do it again!" Yeah, that's the scene my mom pulled up to. My Dad actually made the doctor restitch it too when he felt the doctor had done a shoddy job. I can still hear him saying, "You call yourself a doctor? A blind man with a knitting needle could do a better job than that!" (Although, that is the PG version. My Dad is a fluent speaker of Navy. Insert whatever curse words you'd like there. Be sure to be creative.)

As for getting my eyes spayed, that doesn't make any sense. They're eyeballs! Thus they get neutered. Eesh! How could I have been such a fool?

But, anyhow, good to read your stories. We can share war wounds! You and Smidgey look like great, fun folks. I can only hope that DBf and I turn out that way.

Thanks for the story, and if you both love Disney, you're off to a great start.

Me too! For some reason, camping never interested me.

Good, I'm not alone. As much as they love me, I HATE mosquitos.

See? Even in my non chapters, I still get picked on.

Ok, we're not doing the "call outs" this morning, we're doing "SHOUT OUTS"




okay shout outs, we get it, now turn the hearing aid back on and turn the caps lock off.

You know, it took me awhile to get it while reading your post until I got to the bottom. Kind of like when you put a treat in front of a kitten's nose, and you have to take your finger and lead from it's nose right to the,,,,,,,,

And do you have any idea how hard it was to do that? My finger kept running over to the shift key, I spent more time backspacing.

Ok, gang. new chapter tomorrow. Honest.

 

[tiggerwannabe]

Fine. Hope the ceiling lights your hair on fire.

That wouldn't work


cause then I'd look like you!

 

[Backstage_Gal]

Hmm, I see Marita COLOR="Lime"]rita has has found the colorpalette. geesh, this was more trouble than it was worth. [/COLOR]

 

[tiggerwannabe]

Ok, gang. new chapter tomorrow. Honest.

Ok, it's tomorrow...where's the update

Good Morning all....

I gotta question for you...if my friend Rose goes to CHicago what's the main thing you'd recommend she do or try there? I know the city is infamous for the food, any specific restaurants or tourist stops I should relay to her~

 

[jluvsdis]

"Ah, the prodigal daughter has returned. Nice to see you again Jill. Let's see, last I remember from you, you were planning a fake trip, and then surprising your DH right before the "real" trip. And he loved it. Even though you never go back to me about how the escape went form Fantasmic! ? Remember? I wanted a body count! oh yes, I remember more and more now, Then you said you were going to Borneo, "don't worry about me", "I'll be in touch." And you never called.

But that's ok, I'm over it now. (am I sounding like an idiot, yet?)

Ahem, yes Jill, we'll be there when you are, HOWEVER, besides the fact we'd love to meet you, you said you're going to be at ASM. Ok, who wants to slap her first? Is that Movies? Or Music? We shall be residing in the ASMu section. really, nice to see you back.

Boy, I sure told her off, huh?"

Man Nebo, you told me. I guess that's what I get for being a lurker. I can't even quote the neat way.

We will be at the ASMu from Dec. 8-14th, and yes, I would still love to hook-up if possible. If not I know there are two places I can hunt you down at. One, the smoking section, where I'll be as well. And two, at the pool. I'll just look for the bald guy reading his newspaper, most likely upside down, for reasons we all know.

Feel free though to PM me if you do want to try to meet, it would be fun.

 

[jcc0621]

Ok, gang. new chapter tomorrow. Honest.

It's tomorrow, just sayin

 

[Goofyfan1]

nebo's idea of camping is a room with no HBO!

 

[nebo]

Alrighty, a few last sneaky posters, than I'm all work here.

That wouldn't work


cause then I'd look like you!

Colleen, aside from your snide baldy joke, I have to admit, those are some great smilies.

Hmm, I see Marita COLOR="Lime"]rita has has found the colorpalette. geesh, this was more trouble than it was worth. [/COLOR]

????? I wish you came with subtitles sometimes.

Ok, it's tomorrow...where's the update

Good Morning all....

I gotta question for you...if my friend Rose goes to CHicago what's the main thing you'd recommend she do or try there? I know the city is infamous for the food, any specific restaurants or tourist stops I should relay to her~

I do have an opinion on something here for Rose. If she's into pizza, there is none better in the world, than Lou Malnotti's. Deep dish, ask for the butter crust. For once there will not be any crust left on your plate!
There are a few of them around NW Chicagoland.

"Ah, the prodigal daughter has returned. Nice to see you again Jill. Let's see, last I remember from you, you were planning a fake trip, and then surprising your DH right before the "real" trip. And he loved it. Even though you never go back to me about how the escape went form Fantasmic! ? Remember? I wanted a body count! oh yes, I remember more and more now, Then you said you were going to Borneo, "don't worry about me", "I'll be in touch." And you never called.

But that's ok, I'm over it now. (am I sounding like an idiot, yet?)

Ahem, yes Jill, we'll be there when you are, HOWEVER, besides the fact we'd love to meet you, you said you're going to be at ASM. Ok, who wants to slap her first? Is that Movies? Or Music? We shall be residing in the ASMu section. really, nice to see you back.

Boy, I sure told her off, huh?"

Man Nebo, you told me. I guess that's what I get for being a lurker. I can't even quote the neat way.

We will be at the ASMu from Dec. 8-14th, and yes, I would still love to hook-up if possible. If not I know there are two places I can hunt you down at. One, the smoking section, where I'll be as well. And two, at the pool. I'll just look for the bald guy reading his newspaper, most likely upside down, for reasons we all know.

Feel free though to PM me if you do want to try to meet, it would be fun.

What is this, National Baldy Guy Pick On Day? Jill, if you're like us, you've got a day by day itinerary, so I'll pm you with ours if you show me yours. But since there are only 3 smoking areas at the whole resort, I got a feeling we could be seeing a lot of each other.

It's tomorrow, just sayin

I'm writing, I'm writing! Geesh!

Every time we go "camping" the first thing I have to do is fill the ice bucket from the ice machine. To me, that's roughing it.

K, chapter 40 ont the way

 

[Maraena]

Gah, durnnit! Here I thought there was a new story! I was so hoping to have a respite from the papers I'm working on and the presentations that are about to give me a fit.

C'mon, Nebo. Cut me some slack. I need a reason to goof off!

Pick em up and put em down, man! Smidgey, get em! Break out whatever you need to that'll get him writing. Boy, they really do need a smiley with a whip here. I'll have to go looking.

 

[longneckthree]

Good, I'm not alone. As much as they love me, I HATE mosquitos.

Same here.
Top five things I DO NOT LIKE about camping,
1.Bugs
2.No heat/air conditioning.
3.Bugs
4.No comfortable beds.
5.BUGS!!!!

I ate pickles all summer in the hope that the viniger in
the pickles would keep them away from me a bit.
A vain hope.(what ever that means)

Emily

Mom 42 Dad 44 Me 13
Dear Sister 10 Dear Sister 8 Dear Sister 5
DDog 11 DPuppy 3

37 Days until frist trip to Disney.

 

[Backstage_Gal]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Backstage_Gal
Hmm, I see Marita COLOR="Lime"]rita has has found the colorpalette. geesh, this was more trouble than it was worth. [/color]



????? I wish you came with subtitles sometimes.

I think what we had here was a failure to communicate.......

And if I came with subtitles, would that make me super cool, like a foreign film that the hoity toity people go to see?

 

[nebo]

Strange name for a chapter, isn't it?

Ah, but it will become meaningful by the end.

If I get to it.

But first, EMH. MK style.

And maybe even a full sentence.

Maybe.

This time, there wasn't a wait at the dock, and we checked into MK just before seven. Wishes is at nine, and then EMH starts.

You know me, I like EMH cuz it's dark out, and I can finally see stuff inside of all the "dark rides".

Now, if you've been paying attention at all, you know I can be kinda "annoying" at times.
I try to come up with different quizes, contests, lists, you name the subject, I'll make a game of it.
I once made a cd filled with 55 different quotes from movies, just to pass some time in the car on the drive down. She had to name the movie before the next quote started. She only scored 26

Our last drive down I had her go through the atlas, and give me the state motto, and I had to name the state. I thought my 38 score was pretty darn respectable.

Thus, since we have done the parks in all possible manners of doing them, from commando mode to relaxed mode, to early entry to emh, from rope drop to evening visit, with kids to without kids, from sober to ,,, wait, did I just say that out loud?

So, I tell her the idea I had driving down.
One of us is in charge when we get to the parks. A tour guide if you will.

The Boss.

The other person just had to go along with what "the boss" said that day. Or evening.

And when I mentioned this idea to her, she looked at me in that tone of eyebrow that means, "What? Are you Nuts?"

I told her, you pick two parks and I'll take the other two. I don't care which ones, you pick first.


"Nope, nope nopenopenope!"

If things went south, she didn't want to be responsible.

But I talked her into it.

And I got Magic Kingdom tonight.

Great! I"m the Boss. I've got "the hand"!

We headed directly to Adventure land, and we finally got to try a Dole Whip.
I'm not sure what all the fuss is about them, I didn't think it was anything special.

At least not yet!

We sat in the smoking section, right across from Aloha Isle where you buy them, and when we were about half finished, out of my pocket came two little airplane bottes of rum.

bacardi, select.

Suddenly, she likes this game!

Then we cut through the castle into Fantasyland to finish the drinks on IASW.

Have you noticed that I haven't talked about something much at all lately?

Namely, my little friends?

There's a reason for this.

One, this is a Disney site, and nobody really needs or wants to know or hear about controlled substances here.

And B, I have really been trying to be good with them, ever since we left Uni. Remember? I had them refilled there, a week ago. And I knew that as time went by on this trip, it was just going to get worse, so I had better conserve.

Well all the walking and standing are taking it's toll, and to sum things up, It's a Small World never looked so cool!

And I still have the hand.

I'm assuming everyone knows what I mean by that.

There was no line at all for the ride, ,,,,,, until the end.

Our boat stopped about ten boats back from the unloading section, and most of the boats ahead of us were empty. I guess it's hard to unload a boat that's not loaded in the first place.

But we're stuck in the "bye bye" room, and the song just keeps going, and going. Diane finally yelled she's gonna swim for it, which in my new "special" condition struck me as hilarious. I guess the combination of the rum and not taking any vikes for 2 days made them work better. I almost gave her the "hand".

We then did Philharmagic with no wait and headed over to Tomorrowland.

She got lucky. (be quiet winkers) There was no way I was going to try Space Mountain with my back.

At Laugh Floor, the sign said only 20 minutes so we tried it.
Now, I've heard this was based on the Turtle Talk at Epcot, which I can take or leave, but the way I am right now, DUMBO sounds exciting!

I was thinking it's pretty cool how they picked certain folks out of the audience, when suddenly, this extremely bright overhead light is blasting in my face.

And sure enough, there I am in all my drug induced state up there on the screen.

I got to be Sully.

This happened two more times, and as soon as that light opened up on me, I would just make a terrified face. Afterward, I guy walked passed me outside and said, "Hey, it's Sully!"

Ah, fame.

This has now officially ended my lifelong unknown status in the Florida theme parks.

I believe I mentioned once before, in a trip report far, far away, that at Disney I am the invisible man. I've had cast members try to walk right through me. ,,,,,,, Meanwhile,,,,,,

In a line, Diane is ALWAYS handed the time marker, so they can measure wait times. She was the one picked to kiss the dying host at the Gory Grusome Makeup Show at Uni. SHE was picked to be an extra for the Indy Stunt Show. SHE was picked to do the sound effects in Sounds Dangerous at MGM. I'm sure there's more that I'm just not thinking of right now.

Even my kids got to be the Skipper and Gilligan at the now defunct Superstar Television. Oh, and they rode with the conductor on Kongfrontation, and Jeremy got to be a stuntkid at Earthquake.

Up till now, for me? Nuttin.

Guess they are finally realizing my talents.

What time is it? Does anybody know? We're on Carpentersville Savings Time here. We always turn the clock back one year.

Guess I have to go back to work tomorrow.

Good, I can use the money.

Ok, you know what's right across from the Laugh Floor?

That's right, Putz Lightyear.
I call it that cuz that's what I am on this ride, a total Putz.

And she sees the wait time. 15 minutes.

"Oh look, only fifteen minutes for Buzz."

You have to realize, she has kicked my butt on this ride probably the last 8 times we rode it, going back in the years. I beat her the first time we rode it, in 02, but since then it's been all downhill for me.

And she thinks we're going to ride it now? When I'm the boss? When I have the Hand?

"Mbwahahahaha!"
"I'm the Boss. I have the hand. In your dreams, dearie, now way, NO HOW!"

Yeah, I let her have it.

She beat me again by 15000 points.

It was getting dark now, and we headed off in search of wrist bands. Just beyond the restrooms heading into Fantasyland, there was a dark hallway, and I saw a couple of cast members standing back at the end. I thought I'd go and ask them if they knew where to get them, but it turned out that they were the ones handing them out!

There was nobody else there, it was kind of like doing business for drugs in a dark alley.

Not that I've ever done that.

After killing some time in Toontown, I thought we'd try to watch Wishes from a different angle for a change. We always watch it from Main steet, but with Emh, you get trapped back there. I remember our first trip 15 years ago, that we watched the fireworks from around where Winnie the Pooh is now, and we tried to go there.

Uh uh.

Now it's all blocked off. And people everywhere. We got a place to stand in front of Philharmagic, and the show started. We faced the castle when the first one went off.

Then there was a second boom.

Behind us.

So I turned to face that way.

The next one went off over the castle again.

So I turned again.

Meanwhile, we are in the middle of what seems to be a Pakistani county reunion, with about 20 kids.
The kids were just fine, but the adults wouldn't stop talking. I suppose this didn't really matter, since they didn't seem to have any speakers on in our area anyway.

That's when I truly realized that Wishes is designed to be seen from Main Street. You don't realize how far back some of the fireworks are. When it was over, we both said, ok, next time we do it right.

We shot over to Haunted Mansion, BTMR, Splash, and finished up with PORC. I had hoped to do Peter Pan at night, but the wait was 45 minutes. All the other Headliners, were ten minutes or less.

I'll say one thing about the Magic Kingdom at night. Man, it's really dark there. She thinks I'm being romantic when I take her hand, but I'm really just trying to not walk off a bridge or something.

I was surprised at how big a line there was at the bus stop though, since we left before closing. Back at the resort, we stopped in La Tienda, the take out shop at Coranado, and used up our last snack credits on pop.
And then it dawned on me, Pepper Market, Blizzard Beach, Food Court, "We still have a counter service meal coming to us!"

"And it Five To Twelve!"

"It's Almost Time!"

Pepper has been closed for a long time by now, so we ended up getting a couple of turkey subs from the take out. And with that, Mother's Day, and this chapter, have come to an end.

 

[jcc0621]

Our last drive down I had her go through the atlas, and give me the state motto, and I had to name the state. I thought my 38 score was pretty darn respectable.

I'm impressed, but then again I am easily impressed

Thus, since we have done the parks in all possible manners of doing them, from commando mode to relaxed mode, to early entry to emh, from rope drop to evening visit, with kids to without kids, from sober to ,,, wait, did I just say that out loud?

And when I mentioned this idea to her, she looked at me in that tone of eyebrow that means, "What? Are you Nuts?"

Smidgy, were you not ffeling well that you had to ask this question

And sure enough, there I am in all my drug induced state up there on the screen.

Oh man, I would have paid top dollar to see this

So I turned again.

Did you get dizzy...........................


Great update nebo.....

 

[winkers]

I don't know how to multi quote the same post so you'll have to get my sarcasim in this form...........

Strange name for a chapter, isn't it?

Ah, but it will become meaningful by the end.

If I get to it.

But first, EMH. MK style.

And maybe even a full sentence.

Maybe.

This time, there wasn't a wait at the dock, and we checked into MK just before seven. Wishes is at nine, and then EMH starts.

You know me, I like EMH cuz it's dark out, and I can finally see stuff inside of all the "dark rides".
I thought you liked it because you're a vampire

Now, if you've been paying attention at all, you know I can be kinda "annoying" at times.

You annoying???? Never!!!
I try to come up with different quizes, contests, lists, you name the subject, I'll make a game of it.
I once made a cd filled with 55 different quotes from movies, just to pass some time in the car on the drive down. She had to name the movie before the next quote started. She only scored 26

Our last drive down I had her go through the atlas, and give me the state motto, and I had to name the state. I thought my 38 score was pretty darn respectable.
Pop quiz....what's the beehive state???

Thus, since we have done the parks in all possible manners of doing them, from commando mode to relaxed mode, to early entry to emh, from rope drop to evening visit, with kids to without kids, from sober to ,,, wait, did I just say that out loud?

So, I tell her the idea I had driving down.
One of us is in charge when we get to the parks. A tour guide if you will.

The Boss.

The other person just had to go along with what "the boss" said that day. Or evening.

And when I mentioned this idea to her, she looked at me in that tone of eyebrow that means, "What? Are you Nuts?"

I told her, you pick two parks and I'll take the other two. I don't care which ones, you pick first.


"Nope, nope nopenopenope!"

If things went south, she didn't want to be responsible.

But I talked her into it.

And I got Magic Kingdom tonight.

Great! I"m the Boss. I've got "the hand"!

We headed directly to Adventure land, and we finally got to try a Dole Whip.
I'm not sure what all the fuss is about them, I didn't think it was anything special.

At least not yet!

We sat in the smoking section, right across from Aloha Isle where you buy them, and when we were about half finished, out of my pocket came two little airplane bottes of rum.

bacardi, select.
certainly puts a whole new twist on dole whips!
Suddenly, she likes this game!

Then we cut through the castle into Fantasyland to finish the drinks on IASW.


Have you noticed that I haven't talked about something much at all lately?

Namely, my little friends?

There's a reason for this.

One, this is a Disney site, and nobody really needs or wants to know or hear about controlled substances here.

And B, I have really been trying to be good with them, ever since we left Uni. Remember? I had them refilled there, a week ago. And I knew that as time went by on this trip, it was just going to get worse, so I had better conserve.

Well all the walking and standing are taking it's toll, and to sum things up, It's a Small World never looked so cool!

And I still have the hand.

I'm assuming everyone knows what I mean by that.
nope, I haven't a clue
There was no line at all for the ride, ,,,,,, until the end.

Our boat stopped about ten boats back from the unloading section, and most of the boats ahead of us were empty. I guess it's hard to unload a boat that's not loaded in the first place.

But we're stuck in the "bye bye" room, and the song just keeps going, and going. Diane finally yelled she's gonna swim for it, which in my new "special" condition struck me as hilarious. I guess the combination of the rum and not taking any vikes for 2 days made them work better. I almost gave her the "hand".

We then did Philharmagic with no wait and headed over to Tomorrowland.

She got lucky. (be quiet winkers) There was no way I was going to try Space Mountain with my back.
moi???
At Laugh Floor, the sign said only 20 minutes so we tried it.
Now, I've heard this was based on the Turtle Talk at Epcot, which I can take or leave, but the way I am right now, DUMBO sounds exciting!

I was thinking it's pretty cool how they picked certain folks out of the audience, when suddenly, this extremely bright overhead light is blasting in my face.

And sure enough, there I am in all my drug induced state up there on the screen.

I got to be Sully.

This happened two more times, and as soon as that light opened up on me, I would just make a terrified face. Afterward, I guy walked passed me outside and said, "Hey, it's Sully!"

Ah, fame.

This has now officially ended my lifelong unknown status in the Florida theme parks.

I believe I mentioned once before, in a trip report far, far away, that at Disney I am the invisible man. I've had cast members try to walk right through me. ,,,,,,, Meanwhile,,,,,,

In a line, Diane is ALWAYS handed the time marker, so they can measure wait times. She was the one picked to kiss the dying host at the Gory Grusome Makeup Show at Uni. SHE was picked to be an extra for the Indy Stunt Show. SHE was picked to do the sound effects in Sounds Dangerous at MGM. I'm sure there's more that I'm just not thinking of right now.

Even my kids got to be the Skipper and Gilligan at the now defunct Superstar Television. Oh, and they rode with the conductor on Kongfrontation, and Jeremy got to be a stuntkid at Earthquake.

Up till now, for me? Nuttin.

Guess they are finally realizing my talents.

What time is it? Does anybody know? We're on Carpentersville Savings Time here. We always turn the clock back one year.

Guess I have to go back to work tomorrow.

Good, I can use the money.

Ok, you know what's right across from the Laugh Floor?

That's right, Putz Lightyear.
I call it that cuz that's what I am on this ride, a total Putz.

And she sees the wait time. 15 minutes.

"Oh look, only fifteen minutes for Buzz."

You have to realize, she has kicked my butt on this ride probably the last 8 times we rode it, going back in the years. I beat her the first time we rode it, in 02, but since then it's been all downhill for me.

And she thinks we're going to ride it now? When I'm the boss? When I have the Hand?

"Mbwahahahaha!"
"I'm the Boss. I have the hand. In your dreams, dearie, now way, NO HOW!"

Yeah, I let her have it.

She beat me again by 15000 points.

It was getting dark now, and we headed off in search of wrist bands. Just beyond the restrooms heading into Fantasyland, there was a dark hallway, and I saw a couple of cast members standing back at the end. I thought I'd go and ask them if they knew where to get them, but it turned out that they were the ones handing them out!

There was nobody else there, it was kind of like doing business for drugs in a dark alley.

Not that I've ever done that.

After killing some time in Toontown, I thought we'd try to watch Wishes from a different angle for a change. We always watch it from Main steet, but with Emh, you get trapped back there. I remember our first trip 15 years ago, that we watched the fireworks from around where Winnie the Pooh is now, and we tried to go there.

Uh uh.

Now it's all blocked off. And people everywhere. We got a place to stand in front of Philharmagic, and the show started. We faced the castle when the first one went off.

Then there was a second boom.

Behind us.

So I turned to face that way.

The next one went off over the castle again.

So I turned again.

Meanwhile, we are in the middle of what seems to be a Pakistani county reunion, with about 20 kids.
how many Pakistani county reunions have you been to??
The kids were just fine, but the adults wouldn't stop talking. I suppose this didn't really matter, since they didn't seem to have any speakers on in our area anyway.

That's when I truly realized that Wishes is designed to be seen from Main Street. You don't realize how far back some of the fireworks are. When it was over, we both said, ok, next time we do it right.

We shot over to Haunted Mansion, BTMR, Splash, and finished up with PORC. I had hoped to do Peter Pan at night, but the wait was 45 minutes. All the other Headliners, were ten minutes or less.

I'll say one thing about the Magic Kingdom at night. Man, it's really dark there. She thinks I'm being romantic when I take her hand, but I'm really just trying to not walk off a bridge or something.

I was surprised at how big a line there was at the bus stop though, since we left before closing. Back at the resort, we stopped in La Tienda, the take out shop at Coranado, and used up our last snack credits on pop.
And then it dawned on me, Pepper Market, Blizzard Beach, Food Court, "We still have a counter service meal coming to us!"

"And it Five To Twelve!"

"It's Almost Time!"

Pepper has been closed for a long time by now, so we ended up getting a couple of turkey subs from the take out. And with that, Mother's Day, and this chapter, have come to an end.