The Battle For My Wallet V: Beyond the Number IV (Chapter Eighteen, p.75, 5/18)

[ncseric]

I read somewhere that Disney has something in the neighborhood of 15 Monorails. And yet, for reasons only Disney understands, on most days only about 4 or 5 of them seem to be running. On this particular day, there was only one Resorts Monorail. One.

There are 12 monorails... here's the "roundhouse" back behind MK:

http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=28.425255,-81.578003&spn=0.002014,0.004211&t=k&z=19&om=1

There were five other things she could have said to convey the same message. But I got the snark. Which made me glad that beginning in January, they’ll start working for their tips again.

I had suspected that the service level had plummeted since the 18% tip was automatically been included. We've got a trip in a couple of weeks (16 days, actually) on the old plan. The next trip will be w/kids and we won't be doing a lot of TS meals, thus eliminating the tip issue. But still... they need to earn the tip.

A stain. A big stain. Not of our own making.

The towel animals did it while you were out. Another reason to destroy them on sight.

 

[Yzma and Kronk]

Zzub - another great chapter!!!



But I could have done without the beadspread story!

 

[ZZUB]

Hey all:

I normally post updates every other Monday. Today is not that day, BTW. Next Monday should be the day.

But it won't be either.

There won't be any new updates for a while. I am not writing any more until Alabama starts consistently winning again.

Not really. If I waited for that, by the time I posted the next chapter, the Internet would be so yesterday. By then, we'll be using Al Gore's next great invention.

In all actuality, like many of you, this is a really busy season for me. My practice is also exceptionally busy at the moment. So my time is short which means I have less time for writing.

But I will continue to update this TR as time permits. I won't abandon it like our snarky sister from the north country who abandons Trip Reports as frequently as Montana Disney Fan craves carbohydrates.

In other words, there is more to come. It just won't be on such a punctual schedule. So keep your eyes peeled. Whatever that means.

In the words of my good friend Tigger, TTFN: Ta Ta For Now.

 

[mikymouse]

This opens your trip report up to random postings which will be fun! Good luck with your busy season and many prayers for a joyous season at the Zzub house.

 

[samc]

There won't be any new updates for a while. I am not writing any more until Alabama starts consistently winning again.

Not really. If I waited for that, by the time I posted the next chapter, the Internet would be so yesterday.

True Dat, so true



It's still painful but ROLL TIDE anyway!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hope you holidays are Merry & Bright!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[LouDisney]

Good luck with the busy season ZZUB.
We will be here and ready to read when you get a chance to write more

 

[Frickles]

Zzub, I read what you posted on my tr to Mr. Frick. So, here is a message from him....
"Don't throw away your Bama hat just yet. Major Applewhite is in the running for a couple of head coaching jobs."


Now, I am here to say that if you did ruin your hat for good, don't worry, all Bama stuff is on MAJOR markdown.


Hope your Thanksgiving, up until the game, was pleasant! I must say, I was rooting for y'all!

Preace. FHOM

 

[LaLa]

I normally post updates every other Monday. Today is not that day, BTW. Next Monday should be the day.

But it won't be either.

There won't be any new updates for a while.

WHAT?!!!!

This is because Frick brought the football smack, isn't it?

In all seriousness, take your time, ZZUB. Tend to your practice and have a great holiday season with your sweet family. We're not going anywhere. Well, all of us but Mel. Obviously she's already flown the coop. Without so much as a backwards glance over her shoulder.

Or HAS she?

All of that to say this: Until the next installment pops up, we'll be peeling our eyes.

And sitting on pins and needles.

Whatever THAT means.

 

[1000thhappyhaunt]

Hey all:

I normally post updates every other Monday. Today is not that day, BTW. Next Monday should be the day.

But it won't be either.

There won't be any new updates for a while. I am not writing any more until Alabama starts consistently winning again.

Not really. If I waited for that, by the time I posted the next chapter, the Internet would be so yesterday. By then, we'll be using Al Gore's next great invention.

In all actuality, like many of you, this is a really busy season for me. My practice is also exceptionally busy at the moment. So my time is short which means I have less time for writing.

But I will continue to update this TR as time permits. I won't abandon it like our snarky sister from the north country who abandons Trip Reports as frequently as Montana Disney Fan craves carbohydrates.

In other words, there is more to come. It just won't be on such a punctual schedule. So keep your eyes peeled. Whatever that means.

In the words of my good friend Tigger, TTFN: Ta Ta For Now.

Oh no you don't, Cupcake!

Lunchbox.

Hotshot.

Hopscotch.

Butterscotch.

Poundcake.

Tongatoast.

errrr...

Ma'am.

Missy.


Gaylord?????!


You ain't quittin' us now!!!!


No way. Come ON!


Listen, Z-man: Some are born great, others have greatness thrust upon them. And others, simply, have a great talent that they should continue to share with others. It makes me feel good. To read this crap every two weeks. And I want you to know that.

I think.

Don't stop writing this! Seriously. I know... I know... you SAID you'll continue BUT... this is how it starts. This is how a tripe report dies. This is how tripes end up not getting finished. Trust Me(l), ZZippy. I know.

(no reason. Heh heh.)

Plus... you've messed up MY GAME!

Again.

With this announcement.

I wasn't going to post to this stinkin' trippy until this coming Saturday. And say this:

"I haven't posted to this chapter yet ZZOE. It's b/c I've been experimenting with that time-old phrase 'If you can't say anything nice...' yada yada blah booyeah.".

Then there was to be a couple more things. None of which were nice. And there may or may not have been a rising to my feet and shouting something.

Out loud.


It's all messed up now. Tho.


And... I'm mad to you. Also, I'm holding my head to the side. For some reason.


Maybe my mouth too.

And, perhaps, a finger.


Heh heh.


Your friend(ish), Mel happyhat.

 

[OhMari]

This opens your trip report up to random postings which will be fun! Good luck with your busy season and many prayers for a joyous season at the Zzub house.

No hi-jacking. Keep it about WDW!

Happy Holiday's Zzub. Sometimes life gets in the way of DISing.

 

[DJR]

Oh no you don't, Cupcake!

Lunchbox.

Hotshot.

Hopscotch.

Butterscotch.

Poundcake.

Tongatoast.

errrr...

Ma'am.

Missy.


Gaylord?????!


You ain't quittin' us now!!!!


No way. Come ON!


Listen, Z-man: Some are born great, others have greatness thrust upon them. And others, simply, have a great talent that they should continue to share with others. It makes me feel good. To read this crap every two weeks. And I want you to know that.

I think.

Don't stop writing this! Seriously. I know... I know... you SAID you'll continue BUT... this is how it starts. This is how a tripe report dies. This is how tripes end up not getting finished. Trust Me(l), ZZippy. I know.

(no reason. Heh heh.)

Plus... you've messed up MY GAME!

Again.

With this announcement.

I wasn't going to post to this stinkin' trippy until this coming Saturday. And say this:

"I haven't posted to this chapter yet ZZOE. It's b/c I've been experimenting with that time-old phrase 'If you can't say anything nice...' yada yada blah booyeah.".

Then there was to be a couple more things. None of which were nice. And there may or may not have been a rising to my feet and shouting something.

Out loud.


It's all messed up now. Tho.


And... I'm mad to you. Also, I'm holding my head to the side. For some reason.


Maybe my mouth too.

And, perhaps, a finger.


Heh heh.


Your friend(ish), Mel happyhat.

You know Mel, if you spent half as much time finishing your own tripe(s) as you do highjacking others, you might actually finish one..or two.

Or maybe not.

And I was hoping for some resolution before I go.

Oh, well, Happy Holidays to all.

 

[ZZUB]

Don't stop writing this!

Just to clarify: I am NOT stopping. I'm not even taking a break, really. It's just that for right now I won't be able to keep to my much maligned but still useful as all get out (to me) posting schedule. However, unless I'm providentially hindered, there'll be a new chapter up before Christmas. Maybe more than one. Depends on how much Yoo Hoo I can score.

But thanks for your panic. Thus far, it's your most endearing quality.

 

[Frickles]

From the looks of that post, I know where Mel's been. I think she's been taking some hits from her sippy cup.




At Disney World.

 

[mikymouse]

No hi-jacking. Keep it about WDW!

Happy Holiday's Zzub. Sometimes life gets in the way of DISing.

I meant Random ( as in ..not on the every two week schedule) from Zzub. There could be a bonus chapter at any time.. maybe it is update Thursday this week! I am still hoping for a coconut reunion.

 

[1000thhappyhaunt]

unless I'm providentially hindered

Well...something to pray for, then!

Heh heh.


What say, ZZUB, that I add THAT to my prayers for you?!

K?

So "providential hindrance" goes on my Prayers For ZZUB list right behind:
a.) Shingles
b.) One 18 metre pork tapeworm
c.) A Michael Jackson nose

Oh yeah.

Plus...then there's the Christmas List For ZZUB.

Although I'll need your address.

Oh.

It's nothing...really, btw.

Soooooooooo...

Sing with ME(L), ZZUB! To the tune of "I'm Getting Nuttin' For Christmas":

"You're Getting Nuttin' For Christmas
Melly and La La are mad
You're Getting Nuttin' For Christmas
'Cause your tripe stallin' ain't nuttin' but said!"


Cheers and Merry Christmas,

Melly



P.S. I thought my most endearing quality was my ability to drink grown men with the constitution of sherpas under the table?! NOYoohooboy.

 

[dismorgh]

ZZUB, take all the time you need. The faithful peeps will be here when you are ready.

Hope you have a Merry Christmas and an awesome Holiday Season.

 

[Montana Disney Fan]

But I will continue to update this TR as time permits. I won't abandon it like our snarky sister from the north country who abandons Trip Reports as frequently as Montana Disney Fan craves carbohydrates.

BTW: Has she ever finished one???

Well, if you're stopping, so am I. Really all I do is copy and paste yours to mine anyway. Sure, I change some words around to make less sense. Oh, and I toss in a lot of non-Christian activity, but basically, our reports are identical.

Take your time. 4 straight Tide losses shouldn't get you down. Losing to LA/Monroe should get you down.

How in the heck did Notre Dame beat UCLA??

 

[ObsessedwiththeMouse]

Chapter Six: Running to Stand Still

I read somewhere that Disney has something in the neighborhood of 15 Monorails. And yet, for reasons only Disney understands, on most days only about 4 or 5 of them seem to be running. On this particular day, there was only one Resorts Monorail. One.

-

Actually, ZZUB, there are 12 monorails in total. Per Disney "law", they can only run 4 monorails on each line. They only run 4 on each line during their busy seasons, Christmas, Easter, New Years...If you weren't there during a "busy season" they weren't running all 12. BUT, they never run less than 3 resorts on the resort line or the express line.

How do I know this you ask? My brother drives 'em and is the monorail geek!

 

[ZZUB]

Far be it from me to argue with a Monorail geek, but although it may be Disney policy to never run less than three on a line, I am willing to bet Alabama's 12 national championships that on the day in question, during the time in question, there was only one Monorail running on the Resort line. There appeared to have been two on the Express line. There certainly were not three.

I stand by my assertion that there is a better way to operate mass transit than keeping very hot tourists standing on un-airconditioned platforms waiting indefinitely for the next train. If DFW and the City of Chicago can figure it out, one imagines Disney could as well. If they wanted to.

 

[ObsessedwiththeMouse]

Far be it from me to argue with a Monorail geek, but although it may be Disney policy to never run less than three on a line, I am willing to bet Alabama's 12 national championships that on the day in question, during the time in question, there was only one Monorail running on the Resort line. There appeared to have been two on the Express line. There certainly were not three.

I stand by my assertion that there is a better way to operate mass transit than keeping very hot tourists standing on un-airconditioned platforms waiting indefinitely for the next train. If DFW and the City of Chicago can figure it out, one imagines Disney could as well. If they wanted to.

Oh my goodness, the infamous ZZUB actually responded to MOI? I am shocked, although not quite speechless.

I called my monorail geeky brother and asked him about it, just outta curiousity. He informed me that they never run less than 3 monorails on each line, but run no more than 4.......UNLESS there was a monorail in the shop. You could have just hit bad luck and some monorails broke down, thus left with one monorail.

Can't wait for your next installment and Merry Christmas!