That Pirate Stole My Tiara: The Pre-Trip Report

[LegoMom3]

*French Toast Loaf - once I find out exactly who is responsible for keeping this positively sticky piece of heaven out of my encyclopedia of Disney knowledge, there will be floggings.

There will be floggings indeed!! What is this toast loaf of which you speak?!

*The NEW and IMPROVED (hello, oxymoron, anyone?) Pirates of the Caribbean - a little Cap'n Jack improves ANY situation

*sigh* Yes....yes it does....

*See the new Monster's Inc. Laugh Club show.

This is on my Must-Do list as well. Loved the movie, hope to love the show!

*Ride the "improved" SSE and rue the loss of Jeremy Irons and likely not enjoy the new screens that will keep my from taking a 3-minute, air-conditioned nap while we return to Earth backwards.

Ditto. I loved the old SE and am very nervous about what I'm going to find on the "improved" ride....

*See Lights, Motor, Action!

I have three boys and yet somehow, we didn't get to this on our last trip. Go figure.

*Shop at the LEGO store. We heart LEGOs.

Have you looked at my user name lately?!! We made FOUR trips there the last time!

Because I spent yesterday morning in the ER with a doctor who would be better off handing out cheese samples in your local supermarket than treating patients...

....If any of you are complex migraine sufferers, you'll understand why I wanted to acquaint his stethoscope with parts of his body it had yet to be acquainted with....

I cannot wait for more!!!! And this is only a PRE-trippie?!....for a trip that's not until September!!? I'm hanging on for a wild ride!


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[JKMJ441724]

It's either that or to sell your soul to the DVC. Until 2048.

Or for some of us, 2054.

*MNSSHP, the Boo to You parade and Hallowishes!

*Ride the "improved" SSE and rue the loss of Jeremy Irons and likely not enjoy the new screens that will keep my from taking a 3-minute, air-conditioned nap while we return to Earth backwards.

This is a ride that I have come to LOVE. My children are forced to sit there, next to me, without moving, for a long time. I love it. Just the four of us. At Disney.

*Experience the Seas with Nemo and friends. I don't know how I'm going to feel about this.

The song repetition is enough to put even the most self-controlled person over the EDGE.

how our respective "adoptive" parents raised us, muse on where our "real" parents are.

My long lost parents are the Rockefellers. They are coming back to get me any day....

Glad you are OK. Here, I brought you flowers.

I cannot wait for more!!!! And this is only a PRE-trippie?!....for a trip that's not until September!!? I'm hanging on for a wild ride!

In the event of an emergency, your seat back doubles as a floatation device.

 

[TarzansKat]

Magic Kingdom Must Do's:
*Meet (read: assault) and take a picture with (read: tie down until TarzanKat's arrival) if at all humanly possible, said swarthy pirate. If not, at least see the Pirate Tutorial. Or scale his float in the parade and play distressed damsel.

Okay, I really enjoy reading your trip report, amongst a few others. And mostly I will chuckle to myself, or smile a little at the funny parts. But this just got me. In a way. I literally laughed out loud. Just the visual of you climbing up that float to get to him is the makings of a Mastercard commercial. Cost of airfare to MCO: $500...Cost of awesome stay at Polynesian during free dining: (we don't want to know! )...Scaling the Jack Sparrow float during the Boo to You parade at MNSSHP and swooning gracefully into his arms: PRICELESS!

*Ride the MK "Mountains" and the Jungle Cruise after the sun goes down.

In case you haven't figured it out already from my pre-trippie, I am big chicken! Roller coasters make me motion sick and several kinds of icky feelings go running through my gut, which is pretty unpleasant to say the least. However, to appease my lovely DH, who is so good to me, I have ridden BTMR at night. And you know what? It's scary! No, really, even though I felt a little queasy afterwards, it was a lot of fun. I will never ever do Space Mountain again, but Splash is something to consider. I can't imagine what that would be like at night!

*Eat and drink my way 'round the WS, including restaurants I've never visited before: Le Cellier, San Angel Inn and Tutto Italia.

Ah yes. Drinking round the WS. How fondly I remember those memories...I like to wave at them as they pass by.

*Enjoy an 8,000 calorie "dessert" apple SLICED UP from the "Villain" candy store. (Thanks, TK.) See, normally my jaw starts to hurt and I give up and my thighs sigh in relief. NOT THIS TIME.

Your thighs may not thank me, but your taste buds will!

*Give the new Nemo show a chance without being bitter about the loss of Tarzan and his six-pack.

Good lord that guy was buff! Where do they find these people????

Downtown Disney Must Do's
*Hunt down the meatball sandwich at Earl of Sandwich. Inhale it. Consider bringing one back to the room for later inhalation.
*Shop at the LEGO store. We heart LEGOs.
*Make about 76 absurdly chocolate covered, candy smothered, pretzel things at Goofy's Candy Co. And maybe make one for BF too.

I actually for once, have no comment. This set of plans is awesome!

*TONGA!TONGA!TONGA!TONGA!TONGA!

When I picture you saying this, it's to the tune of
TOGA, TOGA, TOGA!

*Experience the Lapu Lapu and hopefully some of those amazing looking sticky wings. Maybe at the same time even.
*Sleep in a hammock.
*Enjoy a relaxing "resort" day, including a swim in the pool.
*Pedicures at the GF spa.

Again, all lovely plans. And let me tell you, a pedi at the GF Spa is fabu.

*Meet up with my long, lost sister, TK. Catch up on what we've been doing, how our respective "adoptive" parents raised us, muse on where our "real" parents are (my bet is hiding out in the Utilidors under the MK) after splitting us up and sending us to opposite ends of the galaxies to be raised by royalty and a Jedi, respectively (TK - are you Luke or Leia?), discuss battle plans for abducting Jack Sparrow.

Aw shucks!

And on a side note, there's no way I could turn out to be the whiny farm boy. Alright, I know he turns into a Jedi knight, but still. I am totally a princess who falls in love with a roguish "pirate" of the stars. I mean how can I not be Leia? I am obsessed with Han Solo. And yet, another one of my odd personality quirks comes out as you discover all my insane crushes on movie characters. Not actors, no, movie characters. We'll discuss all this and more as we rediscover our lost selves over our yummy alochol.

I know I'm forgetting approximately 14.29 things, but these are the ones that have actually made it into writing. I'm sure I'll be adding to the list.

For now, though, this is all you get.

Because I spent yesterday morning in the ER with a doctor who would be better off handing out cheese samples in your local supermarket than treating patients. So I'm still tired. And catching up with work.

And lest you worry you beautiful little heads, I'm fine. I re-injured the muscles on the right side my chest wall. Which is very painful because it's under the rather ample goods I've been blessed with. Which constantly pull (thanks gravity!) on said muscles.

The original injury occurred after a particularly zealous workout at the gym some months back. On Monday I did such a good job re-injuring it trying to swat the cat out of the window (don't ask) that I woke up yesterday morning in LOTS of pain and a tad bit short of breath. Which was enough to make me nervous. And head to the ER. Where I laid in a freezing cold bed for three hours. Only to be told I had a muscle strain and sent home. And with NO PAIN MEDS.

This doctor, whom I also had the pleasure of meeting when he refused to treat my complex migraine this past fall with anything more than a "it's just a little headache" and 800mg of Ibuproferen, is just a dope. If any of you are complex migraine sufferers, you'll understand why I wanted to acquaint his stethoscope with parts of his body it had yet to be acquainted with and why, when my neurologist prescribed me Imitrex I declared him a GOD.

And to boot, the ER doc has HORRIBLE bedside manner. And looks JUST LIKE Ben Stiller. Anywho, if I ever have the misfortune again of ending up in the ER and I see him approaching my bed, I will ring for the nurse and ask for another doctor. Or just run from the hospital screaming, johnny flaps flailing in the wind.

Whoa! I am glad to hear you're okay. I was actually worried about you when you hadn't posted for a while, and figured you were recovering from the weekend. A Ben Stiller looking doctor with a bad bedside manner is just too much...I mean if he's going to look like Ben Stiller, couldn't he at least be funny like Ben Stiller? But seriously, glad to hear you're better.

 

[JKMJ441724]

Just the visual of you climbing up that float to get to him is the makings of a Mastercard commercial. Cost of airfare to MCO: $500...Cost of awesome stay at Polynesian during free dining: (we don't want to know! )...Scaling the Jack Sparrow float during the Boo to You parade at MNSSHP and swooning gracefully into his arms: PRICELESS!

Roller coasters make me motion sick and several kinds of icky feelings go running through my gut, which is pretty unpleasant to say the least.

So long as there is no explosive number 4 in a bathroom outside Canada...

 

[TarzansKat]

So long as there is no explosive number 4 in a bathroom outside Canada...

And as the sands through the hourglass of time so are the days of ZZUB in Canada...how can you have any trip report without a little #4 reference?

 

[Tinkerbellarella]

There will be floggings indeed!! What is this toast loaf of which you speak?!

(Cue choir of angel back-up singers)

THIS is French Toast Loaf, care of the Main Street Bakery (photo "borrowed" from the food porn thread):

I cannot wait for more!!!! And this is only a PRE-trippie?!....for a trip that's not until September!!? I'm hanging on for a wild ride!

Please keep your arms and legs inside the ride vehicle at all times.

Or for some of us, 2054.

SERIOUSLY? Is it really that long?! I always thought people were exaggerating.

My long lost parents are the Rockefellers. They are coming back to get me any day....

Maybe then you can come up to Newport and vacation with me and my long lost parents - the Vanderbilts. I've been waiting to move into their "little" summer place (the Breakers) for years now.

Just the visual of you climbing up that float to get to him is the makings of a Mastercard commercial. Cost of airfare to MCO: $500...Cost of awesome stay at Polynesian during free dining: (we don't want to know! )...Scaling the Jack Sparrow float during the Boo to You parade at MNSSHP and swooning gracefully into his arms: PRICELESS!

THIS made ME laugh out loud. Thanks for returning the favor.

Good lord that guy was buff! Where do they find these people????

Heaven. Or Gold's Gym.

When I picture you saying this, it's to the tune of
TOGA, TOGA, TOGA!

Exactly as you should.

And on a side note, there's no way I could turn out to be the whiny farm boy. Alright, I know he turns into a Jedi knight, but still. I am totally a princess who falls in love with a roguish "pirate" of the stars. I mean how can I not be Leia? I am obsessed with Han Solo.

So, I'll be the whiny farm boy and you can be the cinnamon-roll wearing princess. Sounds fair.

I was actually worried about you when you hadn't posted for a while

Awww. Thanks.

So long as there is no explosive number 4 in a bathroom outside Canada...

And as the sands through the hourglass of time so are the days of ZZUB in Canada...how can you have any trip report without a little #4 reference?

There will be no, I repeat, NO #4 instances in or about Canada, or any other country in the World in this trip report. I promise you that.

I cannot, promise you anything, however, in regards to what may or may not happen as a result of the 'Drinkin' 'Round the World (Showcase)' tour.

 

[hlrababy]

Hey! Just wanted to check in and say hello!

 

[TarzansKat]

(Cue choir of angel back-up singers)

THIS is French Toast Loaf, care of the Main Street Bakery (photo "borrowed" from the food porn thread):

Holy French Toast Loaf, Batman!

THIS made ME laugh out loud. Thanks for returning the favor.

Happy to help!

Heaven. Or Gold's Gym.

So, I'll be the whiny farm boy and you can be the cinnamon-roll wearing princess. Sounds fair.

It's a deal.

There will be no, I repeat, NO #4 instances in or about Canada, or any other country in the World in this trip report. I promise you that.

I cannot, promise you anything, however, in regards to what may or may not happen as a result of the 'Drinkin' 'Round the World (Showcase)' tour.

And on a side note, one of my co-workers informs me that if you have a rip-roarin' hangover, in addition to drinking tons of water, and imbibing beaucoup aspirin, that a banana helps because it aids the body in building back something or other. Potassium, oxygen...I don't remember.

I think this should be easy for you, seeing as how you'll have Tonga Toast at your disposal!

 

[Tinkerbellarella]

Hey! Just wanted to check in and say hello!

Hey there! Thanks for checking in! I think I may need to mosey on over to your report.



(that's me. Moseying. But on a moped. Because I can be a wee lazy sometimes.)

And on a side note, one of my co-workers informs me that if you have a rip-roarin' hangover, in addition to drinking tons of water, and imbibing beaucoup aspirin, that a banana helps because it aids the body in building back something or other. Potassium, oxygen...I don't remember.

I think this should be easy for you, seeing as how you'll have Tonga Toast at your disposal!

Who knew? Tonga Toast is a hangover remedy. Will the Disney Wonders ever cease?

There will be an update later, folks. Sit tight.

Which is a saying I've never followed.

What if you sit loose?

Footloose.

Kick off your Sunday shoes.

Geez. Louise.

 

[JKMJ441724]

And as the sands through the hourglass of time so are the days of ZZUB in Canada...how can you have any trip report without a little #4 reference?

That is the dump heard 'round the world.

 

[PrincessV]

It's either that or to sell your soul to the DVC. Until 2048.

Uuuuummmmmm.....

YE-EP.

Or scale his float in the parade and play distressed damsel.

Oh, oh, I feel faint!

*Ride the "improved" SSE and rue the loss of Jeremy Irons and likely not enjoy the new screens that will keep my from taking a 3-minute, air-conditioned nap while we return to Earth backwards.

Yeah - I love, love, love Judy as an actress, but she's a tad too perky in her SSE spiel for napping.

I already miss the movie (though I think I'm the only one on the planet who does)

No ma'am! I LOVED that movie!

BWOOOOOM! The deluge.

Good times, good times.

(Cue choir of angel back-up singers)

THIS is French Toast Loaf, care of the Main Street Bakery (photo "borrowed" from the food porn thread):

Thanks - nothing says "Thursday Morning" like a diabetic coma!

 

[Tinkerbellarella]

BWOOOOOM! The deluge.

Good times, good times.

It's one of my favorites on Live365.com. :

So, OHMYGOD guys and gals! This totally isn't your update but I just noticed that I'm no longer "Earning My Ears". Granted, I don't have a tag yet, either, but I'm now a Mouseketeer!

As said Mouseketeer, I promise, promise, promise, promise to always wear my panties in public.

Unlike some other, former Mouseketeers.

 

[jessily]

Really enjoying your pre-trip report

I'll be in WDW around the same time you will be! I've been thinking about starting a pre-trip report (/TR from my previous trip), and reading yours might have me convinced.

Looking forward to reading more!

 

[pooh'smate]

Loving your ptr so far. Sorry to hear you are a bit under the weather. Hope you are feeling better.

 

[Charleston Princess]

Thanks for the good laugh over your update -- always good reading to help me get through the day!

 

[Lady Lallie]

I have spent the last two days sneaking looks while at work at you PTR and can't contain my excitement any longer!!

I am a Massachusetts transplant, orginally hailing from Maine. "She's a Maine-iac! Maine-iac!" What can I say, loved called me here. It's a whole new world! I have been down here for almost a year. Anyhoo...I'm loving your PTR. It's awesome, amazing and enchanting all at the same time. As soon as I finish this post, I am hitting the subscribe button!

My cubicle mate has not been too happy while I have been reading, #1 I have been ignoring her and #2 I have had many songs stuck in my head while reading. Everything from "Video Killed the Radio Star", the Star Wars Theme, that song at the end of the "Breakfast Club" that I can't remember the name or words so I have been left a weird combination of humming and making up my own words, Fraggle Rock and Hangin' Tough! I am delighted by all the warm fuzzy memories.

We are planning a trip ( me and soon to be husband ) for 8/30 - 9/5, staying at POP, we are doing deluxe dining with the discount.

I am unashamed to admit that I have Poly envy! I am trying to guild soon to be DH to stay there but he just can't do it. I will try my best. I am not scared to use shady techniques, any suggestions? We are going on a honeymoon cruise to Bermuda, so I should be happy for two vacations this year....but...it's the Poly! *Side Note, I am much more looking forward to WDW then the cruise.

I feel better now that I have introduced myself and am no longer a creepy lurker.

 

[Tinkerbellarella]

Really enjoying your pre-trip report

Good to hear! I'm waiting for the person who leaves the comment: Um, seriously? This is AWFUL.

I'll be in WDW around the same time you will be! I've been thinking about starting a pre-trip report (/TR from my previous trip), and reading yours might have me convinced.

I'm becoming known for exerting pre-trip/trip report peer pressure. You are no exception, my friend. Michael Jordan was a smart man. Just do it.

Loving your ptr so far. Sorry to hear you are a bit under the weather. Hope you are feeling better.

Awww. Thank you. I am feeling better. I can now pick things up and reach behind me without crying, wincing, holding my breath or saying cuss words that aren't allowed on these boards.

So things are improving.

Thanks for the good laugh over your update -- always good reading to help me get through the day!

THERE'S the other Southern Belle of my PTR life! I know, I know, there's been a teacher-test-giving, what-book-am-I-reading, hey-this-is-my-mini-TR-within-a-PTR, IJUSTCANCELLEDALECELLIERADR!!! party goin' on over on your thread. I understand.

I have spent the last two days sneaking looks while at work at you PTR and can't contain my excitement any longer!!

NEVER contain that kind of thing. It can be explosive. (NO#4CanadianBathroomIncident)

I am a Massachusetts transplant, orginally hailing from Maine.

God. Bless. You. That truly sounds like a surgical procedure.

What part of the state?

"She's a Maine-iac! Maine-iac!"

We appreciate your kind of humor here. Especially after a glass of white wine. ONE glass.

It's a whole new world!

So Aladdin and Jasmine tell us.

Seriously, congrats on Prince Charming. Love's a funny thing. When I go home after a looooong day and I walk into the kitchen to find an orange peel just sitting out all by its lonesome on the counter directly by the garbage can, I want to throw something. But then I walk into the living room and there's BF on the couch, one of our kitteh's curled up in his lap and he'll look at me and say, "Hi baby. We really missed you today. Come here so I can kiss you," and I can't help but smile. And kiss him. And ask him to go throw away the orange peel.

that song at the end of the "Breakfast Club" that I can't remember the name or words so I have been left a weird combination of humming and making up my own words

Be careful admitting things like that. It's a pretty serious offense around here. You only get one 'Get out of jail free' card. But since you're new, we'll let you off free on that one.

Oh.

And it's, "Don't You (Forget About Me)" by Simple Minds. I suggest tattooing that somewhere.

I am unashamed to admit that I have Poly envy!

Don't have envy. For now you can live vicariously through me and Missy. I thought I'd never get there too...either?...too? Whatever. I'm sure you know what I mean. Then it just all sort of fell into place. You'll get there. I promise.

I feel better now that I have introduced myself and am no longer a creepy lurker.

We've all been creepy lurkers. Now you're runnin' with the big dogs. Welcome.

Ok, dudes and dudettes. I'm slackin' with the promised update. Work is killer. Sorry. Suffice it to say the # on the scale this week was higher than where I started, but I know why. In addition to the fact that I'm bloated with enough water to fill the Charles River, I stress-ate all week. I am back on track, though, and after a peek at the scale this morning, I'm moving back in the right direction. Hopefully next week I'll be reporting a loss.

Other than that, I hope to have more soon.

Go out and play. Unless you're in an area of the country with them thar earthquakers. If you are, just go and play in an interior doorway.

It's 71 here. But who knows, it's MA, it could snow tomorrow.

 

[pooh'smate]

I am from Maine too!!!!! Now I live smack dab in the middle of the country. I miss the ocean like you wouldn't belive and can't wait until we can move back east again. What part of Maine are you from Lady?

 

[Lady Lallie]

How the heck do you get those fangdangled multi quotes in your posts!?! I have sat here trying to figure it out for soooo long that DF is giving me the puppy dog eyes to go finish watching "Walk Hard" Ugh. I'll be back!

 

[LegoMom3]

How the heck do you get those fangdangled multi quotes in your posts!?! I have sat here trying to figure it out for soooo long that DF is giving me the puppy dog eyes to go finish watching "Walk Hard" Ugh. I'll be back!

When you want to reply to multiple posts at one time, first click the little box next to the "Quote" button on the bottom right of a post. It has two quote marks and a "+" on it, and if you hold your mouse over it, you'll see "multi-quote" pop up. Do that on as many posts as you want, and then on your final post that you want to quote, use the regular "Quote" button! All the posts that you clicked that box on will show up, and you can comment in between!



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