Sunburn, not windburn : WDW and Universal in September
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By the time we got over to Magic Kingdom's parking lot (how I think of it, though I believe it's officially the Ticket and Transportation Center?) there wasn't much rain, but it was enough for people to have already left MK! When you go into a parking lot that late, there's no one telling you where to go anymore, and we were able to go right up to the front of the lot, where there were many empty spots.
This made for an easy walk along the sidewalk up to the monorail, which we took to get over to MK!
As we walked in, the light parade had just started. So we weren't able to get any sort of primo spots, but they got to see about half of it, anyway. To me, it sounded like they changed the sound of the music, if that makes sense. It used to, in my memory, sound sort of twangier, a bit harsher. But now it sounds soft and even.
BUT! I have problems with my ears that I really do have to figure out. So who knows if my memory or current experience are correct?
After that, we moved over into Tomorrowland. First off, snagged a FP for Buzz. I had no interest in Space Mountain, but they did. So I waited outside for them, finding a dry spot under the monorail (I think). People-watching is obviously a favorite pasttime of mine.
The line wasn't listed as being very long, but for some reason it felt like ages that they were inside. I'm not sure why I didn't just go into the giftshop, but I do recall being just sick and tired of buying stuff.
We went over and two of us rode the Speedway; Eamon gets better and better at driving every time! After that, the FPs were ready, and so we went on Buzz. I much prefer Disneyland's version. I like being able to properly aim.
While I was on Speedway with Eamon, Robert had done a little shopping. He got a little chocolate bar to share among us, and he got me a 40th anniversary pin, as thanks for the trip. Awwwwww.
We were basically trying to get in as many rides as we could before Wishes. Now...if we'd known that Wishes was going to be delayed by something like an hour (along with park closing), we could have done more, but...didn't know it at the time!
So we checked out Big Thunder, maybe the Magic Carpets of Aladdin, maybe the Carousel, and I think the Mad Tea Party again. I know for sure we went on it's a small world, and then we headed over to Pooh.
There was pretty much no line, but we lingered to play anyway.
Some little tug of war thing:
The wall of honey:
I told the guys that I'd heard if you wipe the touchscreen enough, you could uncover an image below the dripping honey. They tried their best.
Eventually we went to get spots for the fireworks. We found relatively decent ones, near the castle. And so, we waited.....
At long last, after some delays (the weather, I guess, had messed with the timing), they started The Magic The Memories and You.
All I gotta say, and this isn't what most people feel, is ughhhhhhhhhh. Boring. A big yawn.
Robert and I discussed it yesterday, and he said he disliked it as well. Said that it was like an ad for Disney. But we were AT Disney. Standing near the castle, hard to be MORE at Disney. To me, it just felt like drek (however you spell that). A timewaster.
Gosh, I think I disliked it! Not even Eamon enjoyed it, and he likes cheesy stuff (as does Robert).
Then there was another wait.
We had a nice spot on the rail edge of a path with benches lined up. We were not ON the benches, as the benches were wet. We were standing. Directly after TMTM&You, CMs came by and rudely told us that we had to move, as it was "about to become a pathway" (ah, yes, it was, but there were those benches you know). The CMs were in a clump, and they were blocking our path to move, so we waited for them to move. And they got snarky because we weren't moving. I actually said "you'll need to move so we can"...but they still refused to admit that they were being weird. There were also people passing by (they were blocking things, not us!) who were blocking us from moving.
So we moved...forward to the "front" side of the path (literally, before, we had a low fence along our butts, and now we had a low fence along the front side of our, um, butts), that's how "far" we moved). This was deemed OK by the CMs.
And 2 seconds after we moved and the CMs moved, tons of people moved in and stood EXACTLY IN OUR FORMER SPOTS.
So after what felt like years, Wishes started. It was very pretty.
And then about 5 minutes into it I started waiting for it to stop. The songs, the little voiceovers, the all that stuff, just stopppppppppp please.
I really like HalloWishes. But Wishes is just too long for my tastes.
Or maybe I'm just a big grump. Maybe I need to see fireworks on a good day towards the beginning of the trip. Maybe there's a reason so many people do MK on their *first* days. Who knows?
So then it was over and the long walk out had to start.
The monorail line seemed tremendously long, so we headed to the ferry.
That line was nasty, too, but one ferry can hold a LOT of people! And they'd brought out three boats, which was nice. We didn't wait all that long, and we were at the front of the clump (a line in a holding pen, LOL). Once the boat got to us and the gate was opened, we were easily able to get to the front of the boat AND get seats on a bench, so that was nice.
One ferry leaving, one ferry waiting (and another ferry was way over at the other side)...
By the time we got back to TTC and to our car, it was getting pretty late! We headed back to the hotel. We realized that they had an arcade that was open for a bit longer, so we headed in there and bought a card. Eamon played MADLY. There are a whole lot of games in there that give you tickets, and you can turn those tickets in for stuff. Kinda neat. The mad playing continued up until about a minute before closing, and the CM there was VERY nice, and let Eamon redeem even a little bit after closing. He got a big ring that *could* be seen as something for a "princess", but HE sees it as pirate booty. Also some other random stuff. Kids appreciate those little things; they are almost as good as a proper souvenir...or at least E does, so that's helpful for him feeling fully "souvenired".
By then it was late, so we went over to the food court, that we knew was still open (they have different areas to order food, and different areas have different hours, which we had checked out at breakfast). Although we hated eating this late, I'll admit it...we had dinner at 11pm. Yikes.
Good night!
This made for an easy walk along the sidewalk up to the monorail, which we took to get over to MK!
As we walked in, the light parade had just started. So we weren't able to get any sort of primo spots, but they got to see about half of it, anyway. To me, it sounded like they changed the sound of the music, if that makes sense. It used to, in my memory, sound sort of twangier, a bit harsher. But now it sounds soft and even.
BUT! I have problems with my ears that I really do have to figure out. So who knows if my memory or current experience are correct?
After that, we moved over into Tomorrowland. First off, snagged a FP for Buzz. I had no interest in Space Mountain, but they did. So I waited outside for them, finding a dry spot under the monorail (I think). People-watching is obviously a favorite pasttime of mine.
The line wasn't listed as being very long, but for some reason it felt like ages that they were inside. I'm not sure why I didn't just go into the giftshop, but I do recall being just sick and tired of buying stuff. We went over and two of us rode the Speedway; Eamon gets better and better at driving every time! After that, the FPs were ready, and so we went on Buzz. I much prefer Disneyland's version. I like being able to properly aim.
While I was on Speedway with Eamon, Robert had done a little shopping. He got a little chocolate bar to share among us, and he got me a 40th anniversary pin, as thanks for the trip. Awwwwww.
We were basically trying to get in as many rides as we could before Wishes. Now...if we'd known that Wishes was going to be delayed by something like an hour (along with park closing), we could have done more, but...didn't know it at the time!
So we checked out Big Thunder, maybe the Magic Carpets of Aladdin, maybe the Carousel, and I think the Mad Tea Party again. I know for sure we went on it's a small world, and then we headed over to Pooh.
There was pretty much no line, but we lingered to play anyway.
Some little tug of war thing:
The wall of honey:
I told the guys that I'd heard if you wipe the touchscreen enough, you could uncover an image below the dripping honey. They tried their best.
Eventually we went to get spots for the fireworks. We found relatively decent ones, near the castle. And so, we waited.....
At long last, after some delays (the weather, I guess, had messed with the timing), they started The Magic The Memories and You.
All I gotta say, and this isn't what most people feel, is ughhhhhhhhhh. Boring. A big yawn.
Robert and I discussed it yesterday, and he said he disliked it as well. Said that it was like an ad for Disney. But we were AT Disney. Standing near the castle, hard to be MORE at Disney. To me, it just felt like drek (however you spell that). A timewaster.
Gosh, I think I disliked it! Not even Eamon enjoyed it, and he likes cheesy stuff (as does Robert).
Then there was another wait.
We had a nice spot on the rail edge of a path with benches lined up. We were not ON the benches, as the benches were wet. We were standing. Directly after TMTM&You, CMs came by and rudely told us that we had to move, as it was "about to become a pathway" (ah, yes, it was, but there were those benches you know). The CMs were in a clump, and they were blocking our path to move, so we waited for them to move. And they got snarky because we weren't moving. I actually said "you'll need to move so we can"...but they still refused to admit that they were being weird. There were also people passing by (they were blocking things, not us!) who were blocking us from moving.
So we moved...forward to the "front" side of the path (literally, before, we had a low fence along our butts, and now we had a low fence along the front side of our, um, butts), that's how "far" we moved). This was deemed OK by the CMs.
And 2 seconds after we moved and the CMs moved, tons of people moved in and stood EXACTLY IN OUR FORMER SPOTS.
So after what felt like years, Wishes started. It was very pretty.
And then about 5 minutes into it I started waiting for it to stop. The songs, the little voiceovers, the all that stuff, just stopppppppppp please.
I really like HalloWishes. But Wishes is just too long for my tastes.
Or maybe I'm just a big grump. Maybe I need to see fireworks on a good day towards the beginning of the trip. Maybe there's a reason so many people do MK on their *first* days. Who knows?
So then it was over and the long walk out had to start.
The monorail line seemed tremendously long, so we headed to the ferry.
That line was nasty, too, but one ferry can hold a LOT of people! And they'd brought out three boats, which was nice. We didn't wait all that long, and we were at the front of the clump (a line in a holding pen, LOL). Once the boat got to us and the gate was opened, we were easily able to get to the front of the boat AND get seats on a bench, so that was nice.
One ferry leaving, one ferry waiting (and another ferry was way over at the other side)...
By the time we got back to TTC and to our car, it was getting pretty late! We headed back to the hotel. We realized that they had an arcade that was open for a bit longer, so we headed in there and bought a card. Eamon played MADLY. There are a whole lot of games in there that give you tickets, and you can turn those tickets in for stuff. Kinda neat. The mad playing continued up until about a minute before closing, and the CM there was VERY nice, and let Eamon redeem even a little bit after closing. He got a big ring that *could* be seen as something for a "princess", but HE sees it as pirate booty. Also some other random stuff. Kids appreciate those little things; they are almost as good as a proper souvenir...or at least E does, so that's helpful for him feeling fully "souvenired".
By then it was late, so we went over to the food court, that we knew was still open (they have different areas to order food, and different areas have different hours, which we had checked out at breakfast). Although we hated eating this late, I'll admit it...we had dinner at 11pm. Yikes.
Good night!
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The safari is neat...it's got a storyline involving poaching and stuff like that, but they took the BIG poacher chase out of it, and it all seems sort of silly. Do I want them to stop the storyline at all? Nah, it's fun. But it's still goofy.
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Sometimes I wonder about the CMs. Some of them act so stupid and you have to wonder if it is a power trip on their part. I am a bad Disney person I don't like to sit and watch the fireworks. I know they are the best and blah, blah, blah but you know it just isn't that high on my list.
Just as I don't do the tours.
Just as I don't do the tours.
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(I added in some arcade stuff to the end of the 26th there)
The next day we were up early, and I went to get food to bring back to the room. I think that was a total of 2 caffeinated coffees and 2 decafs for me in just under 2 days, which would have been nearly $12 on their own, so the mug-as-souvenir was pretty cheap, if you take those coffees into account.
Things were packed, the car was stuffed, we cleaned up the watery mess our cheap styrofoam cooler had left. We'd bought it in one of our confused "let's not waste time time-wasting moments", thinking that maybe we wouldn't get into our room yet, where we would have a fridge b/c of Robert's medication, but it was just useless.
While helping to pack up the car and noticing the people outside the rooms and along the hallway, I'd noticed that our housekeeper was Muslim by her headscarf, so when I left things out with a note inviting her to take them (lots of candy that we don't eat, a ton of laundry detergent, etc), I didn't put the leftover beer on the table as well. Left that near the garbage, figuring she probably wouldn't want it for herself.
Finally we were packed up and had tipped and we were ready to head on out!
Got to the airport and got Robert all squared away for his trip to the northeast. Got us all squared away for our trip to the northwest. Then we realized that United and Delta are on opposite sides of the airport, so he was going through one side's security line and were going on the other. And he was inside 2 hours from his flight, but we were 3 hours out. Sigh.
As we said goodbye, I shocked everyone, and got all weepy! Learned a valuable lesson...don't have someone leave from the trip for work, because it takes away from the vacation feel. Robert wished that we had just left earlier, then he could have flown back out 2 days later, because I got so sad, and it all felt like such a letdown.
E and I passed the time in a very deserted United gate area, listening to families who felt that a whole week was WAY too long (kids hopped up on sugar, by their behaviour and what they were eating), and wanted to start drinking at 10am. Finally we boarded, and go to O'Hare in due time. Had a nice solid layover there, and got a nice latte for me along with a warm pesto, mozzarella, tomato panini to share (and some croissants). E needed me to take the tomato out...I needed far less mozzarella (just NOT a fan of the "real" stuff, never have been)...it all worked out. O'Hare is so huge and so fun! I hadn't been there in over a decade, and we only saw a small part of the United terminal, but it went on and on and on and on...just an amazingly big airport. Of course, I'm sure most of you know this already!
Got back to Seattle, where we had a mess to take care of with our car. Almost immediately after parking the car at the park/sleep/fly place, we lost the parking stub. I'd looked for it, off and on, the entire trip.
So when Robert had gotten to his destination before we were even in Chicago, he started making phone calls to work it out. I'm not on the title of the car, and Robert and I have different last names. It looked like it was going to be VERY difficult, but I did have our insurance card with me. I just like having it if I'm driving, even though I've learned it isn't needed if you're not driving your car (which confuses me so I bring it). Robert was going to fax over a copy of his license with a note giving me permission to take it, and the insurance card would be showed. Well, in the meantime, the car people had looked in the glove box and found the OLD insurance cards that I hadn't taken out of there, so they were actually all good, after receiving the fax from Robert.
Still felt like a mess to me!
We got home, relaxed, etc. I'm always amazed at how alien the highways at home feel when we get back. Depending on the time of year, I'll be amazed at how green it all is...I'm always amazed by the evergreens. It always just feels different, but homey, driving or riding home from the airport after a long trip.
And thus began the long time of Robert first being in the northeast, coming home, going to the midwest, coming home, then going to Europe....lonely lonely! But now he's home for a bit, so we can get back into the husband-at-home thing. Whew. Especially helpful for our continued family goals, LOL.
So that was our trip!
The next day we were up early, and I went to get food to bring back to the room. I think that was a total of 2 caffeinated coffees and 2 decafs for me in just under 2 days, which would have been nearly $12 on their own, so the mug-as-souvenir was pretty cheap, if you take those coffees into account.
Things were packed, the car was stuffed, we cleaned up the watery mess our cheap styrofoam cooler had left.
We'd bought it in one of our confused "let's not waste time time-wasting moments", thinking that maybe we wouldn't get into our room yet, where we would have a fridge b/c of Robert's medication, but it was just useless.While helping to pack up the car and noticing the people outside the rooms and along the hallway, I'd noticed that our housekeeper was Muslim by her headscarf, so when I left things out with a note inviting her to take them (lots of candy that we don't eat, a ton of laundry detergent, etc), I didn't put the leftover beer on the table as well. Left that near the garbage, figuring she probably wouldn't want it for herself.
Finally we were packed up and had tipped and we were ready to head on out!
Got to the airport and got Robert all squared away for his trip to the northeast. Got us all squared away for our trip to the northwest. Then we realized that United and Delta are on opposite sides of the airport, so he was going through one side's security line and were going on the other. And he was inside 2 hours from his flight, but we were 3 hours out. Sigh.
As we said goodbye, I shocked everyone, and got all weepy! Learned a valuable lesson...don't have someone leave from the trip for work, because it takes away from the vacation feel. Robert wished that we had just left earlier, then he could have flown back out 2 days later, because I got so sad, and it all felt like such a letdown.
E and I passed the time in a very deserted United gate area, listening to families who felt that a whole week was WAY too long (kids hopped up on sugar, by their behaviour and what they were eating), and wanted to start drinking at 10am. Finally we boarded, and go to O'Hare in due time. Had a nice solid layover there, and got a nice latte for me along with a warm pesto, mozzarella, tomato panini to share (and some croissants). E needed me to take the tomato out...I needed far less mozzarella (just NOT a fan of the "real" stuff, never have been)...it all worked out. O'Hare is so huge and so fun! I hadn't been there in over a decade, and we only saw a small part of the United terminal, but it went on and on and on and on...just an amazingly big airport. Of course, I'm sure most of you know this already!
Got back to Seattle, where we had a mess to take care of with our car. Almost immediately after parking the car at the park/sleep/fly place, we lost the parking stub. I'd looked for it, off and on, the entire trip.
So when Robert had gotten to his destination before we were even in Chicago, he started making phone calls to work it out. I'm not on the title of the car, and Robert and I have different last names. It looked like it was going to be VERY difficult, but I did have our insurance card with me. I just like having it if I'm driving, even though I've learned it isn't needed if you're not driving your car (which confuses me so I bring it). Robert was going to fax over a copy of his license with a note giving me permission to take it, and the insurance card would be showed. Well, in the meantime, the car people had looked in the glove box and found the OLD insurance cards that I hadn't taken out of there, so they were actually all good, after receiving the fax from Robert.
Still felt like a mess to me!
We got home, relaxed, etc. I'm always amazed at how alien the highways at home feel when we get back. Depending on the time of year, I'll be amazed at how green it all is...I'm always amazed by the evergreens. It always just feels different, but homey, driving or riding home from the airport after a long trip.
And thus began the long time of Robert first being in the northeast, coming home, going to the midwest, coming home, then going to Europe....lonely lonely! But now he's home for a bit, so we can get back into the husband-at-home thing. Whew. Especially helpful for our continued family goals, LOL.
So that was our trip!
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Sometimes I wonder about the CMs. Some of them act so stupid and you have to wonder if it is a power trip on their part. I am a bad Disney person I don't like to sit and watch the fireworks. I know they are the best and blah, blah, blah but you know it just isn't that high on my list.
Just as I don't do the tours.
Glad to know I'm not the only one that can have a hard time with some of the extras at Disney. It's funny to love it SO much, but at the same time be so "meh" about other things that people absolutely go mad for. Just comes down to a personality thing, I think.
Forgot to show this. Glad to know that if there had been "something...on the wing...of the plane!" (William Shatner, Twilight Zone) that they would have been in direct violation of THIS:
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This summer, and a bit of spring and a bit of fall, was BRUTAL. They've hired a few more people as a result, and I'm glad of it. They'd actually lost two employees at the beginning of the year, and I can only assume that if those two hadn't left that the schedule wouldn't have been quite as horrid.
I don't think management liked it, and none of the guys liked it. Though I've just realized...if Robert had come back with us, then gone back out, we would have hit the next mini-level that United has (two regional upgrades). And if he'd traveled a few trips more, he would have hit the next FULL level for United, which would have been his level for all of 2012, which would have been great. As it is he gets upgrades when possible, and he gets THREE free bags to check....amazing.
And those three free bags are why....when we take our next family trip...to first Disneyland and then Universal Orlando (I did mention the upgrade to APs?)...in February...we'll be taking United with his miles.
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[during these 3+ weeks of E and I having a lingering cold, and during this last few days of trying to pound out this trip report, I've been avoiding looking at my Private Messages, and I'm going to get to them tonight!!!!]
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Thoroughly enjoyed the trip report, as always!!
So your trip is coming up soon, and then you are going back in Feb? Nice!
Did you guys visit the dinosaur skeleton in the United terminal? We always fly United, so we always have to stop and look at the dinosaur bones. Also, if you're remotely into popcorn, next time you have a layover at O'Hare buy a bag of Garrett's at the airport. People wait in endlessly long lines for this stuff downtown (as shown on the website; that is not an exaggeration), but they sell it at the airport as well, in the United terminal. I'm a little weirded out by the ingredient list, seeing as how the caramel popcorn has milk in it but the "Buttery" flavor is dairy-free
headache: ) but still it is SOOOOO good! I've been staying away because I assumed I couldn't have it, but knowing I can have the butter flavor I might just have to stop in there next time I'm nearby.
So your trip is coming up soon, and then you are going back in Feb? Nice!
Did you guys visit the dinosaur skeleton in the United terminal? We always fly United, so we always have to stop and look at the dinosaur bones. Also, if you're remotely into popcorn, next time you have a layover at O'Hare buy a bag of Garrett's at the airport. People wait in endlessly long lines for this stuff downtown (as shown on the website; that is not an exaggeration), but they sell it at the airport as well, in the United terminal. I'm a little weirded out by the ingredient list, seeing as how the caramel popcorn has milk in it but the "Buttery" flavor is dairy-free
headache: ) but still it is SOOOOO good! I've been staying away because I assumed I couldn't have it, but knowing I can have the butter flavor I might just have to stop in there next time I'm nearby.
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The trip timing was based on stock grants (and time to cancel in case something floopy happens), proximity to R's birthday, and staying far away from the travel season. With the December trip then September, both of which impacted DH's team, we've now been told to stay away from those times. Doesn't help us that we took, you know, ALL of his vacation each time. They'd prefer shorter vacations.
I did not see a dinosaur skeleton! We'll have to look for it, since I think we go back through there again. Of course, February...weather might not be so nice as it was in September (when it was raining cats and dogs outside the gate window).
Remembered while sitting here that we did indeed go on Aladdin's carpet ride (to paraphrase the name), and we also sat through the new/old Tiki Room! It's different in fun ways and the same in fun ways, as at Disneyland, ever since they got Gilbert Gottfried OUT of it. Whew. I guess the fire they had combined with his ill-timed tsunami joke (though really, he's a shock-type comedian, should we have expected anything different? I think not) caused them to get rid of the "new management", but whatever the reason, I'm glad.
What's funny is that so many people now miss the "new management", it seems.
I knew I'd remember other stuff....
I did not see a dinosaur skeleton! We'll have to look for it, since I think we go back through there again. Of course, February...weather might not be so nice as it was in September (when it was raining cats and dogs outside the gate window).
Remembered while sitting here that we did indeed go on Aladdin's carpet ride (to paraphrase the name), and we also sat through the new/old Tiki Room! It's different in fun ways and the same in fun ways, as at Disneyland, ever since they got Gilbert Gottfried OUT of it. Whew. I guess the fire they had combined with his ill-timed tsunami joke (though really, he's a shock-type comedian, should we have expected anything different? I think not) caused them to get rid of the "new management", but whatever the reason, I'm glad.
What's funny is that so many people now miss the "new management", it seems.
I knew I'd remember other stuff....
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We'll already be gone from Anaheim by the time you're there. 
Which is just weird to think about. You guys have put so much planning into your trip, and I usually do too, but here I am, practically winging it, LOL.
The other reason we chose Spring was for weather reasons in Orlando.
And you wouldn't believe the vacations we were thinking about before we went *down* to this one...omg the things we were trying to talk ourselves into.
(and I love airline miles)
Which is just weird to think about. You guys have put so much planning into your trip, and I usually do too, but here I am, practically winging it, LOL.
The other reason we chose Spring was for weather reasons in Orlando.
And you wouldn't believe the vacations we were thinking about before we went *down* to this one...omg the things we were trying to talk ourselves into.
(and I love airline miles)
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The dino is in the B terminal, not sure whether you were in C or B. B is easily accessible from C via a trippy underground tunnel with multiple loooooooooooonnnnnnnnnnnnnggggggggggggggg moving walkways. If you used that tunnel, you'll know what I mean. If you have a longish layover and want to explore, you don't have to go through security to go back and forth between the two terminals.
I feel like I know too much about O'Hare, but it is our home airport.
And I agree that spring in FL is way better than summer. We used to go down to my mom's in August, and even though her house was right on the water and I could sit 50 feet from the gulf, where the temperature was 5-10* cooler, it was still HOT.
The cool thing, though, was that those storms that hit you guys every day would spend the day hanging over the mainland, so if we turned east you could see huge thunderheads. But if we turned west, toward the gulf, it was clear and sunny, not a cloud in the sky. Then at about 5pm the rain would move over the island and drench us, then by about 8 it moved west over the gulf. I'd go sit on the beach with a beer and watch the massive storm over the water. It was like watching a fireworks show in a wall of clouds, just a constant display of lightning up in the clouds. Constant! One of the coolest things ever (and I'm not a fan of lightning).
I feel like I know too much about O'Hare, but it is our home airport.
And I agree that spring in FL is way better than summer. We used to go down to my mom's in August, and even though her house was right on the water and I could sit 50 feet from the gulf, where the temperature was 5-10* cooler, it was still HOT.
The cool thing, though, was that those storms that hit you guys every day would spend the day hanging over the mainland, so if we turned east you could see huge thunderheads. But if we turned west, toward the gulf, it was clear and sunny, not a cloud in the sky. Then at about 5pm the rain would move over the island and drench us, then by about 8 it moved west over the gulf. I'd go sit on the beach with a beer and watch the massive storm over the water. It was like watching a fireworks show in a wall of clouds, just a constant display of lightning up in the clouds. Constant! One of the coolest things ever (and I'm not a fan of lightning).
bumbershoot
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I do believe I've been in that tunnel. Does it, or did it used to, have funky neon going along it?
If so, I've been in that at the tender age of 18, on a true red-eye, for my first real (not as a toddler with mom) flight, from Seattle to Miami. Definitely trippy. Made a strong memory!
If so, I've been in that at the tender age of 18, on a true red-eye, for my first real (not as a toddler with mom) flight, from Seattle to Miami. Definitely trippy. Made a strong memory!
nancy drew
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Yes! It has neon lighting up overhead as you travel through, and weird "relaxing" music. It is totally the type of thing where if you've done it, you remember it.
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