The Battle For My Wallet VI: The Trip Report That Isn’t a Trip Report (P.24, 11/24)

[ukwildcat]

Toy Story Mania is great, isn't it. It's my new favorite ride at WDW.

And as for craptastic, my definition is slightly different than yours. I'll use it in a sentence for you:

Kentucky's performance against Florida was craptastic. Utterly craptastic.

Thanks for the update. Nice way to start Monday.

 

[Sneezie]

Why would you be buying cake at Wal*Mart? That's as stupid as thinking Tennessee could beat Bama.

Exactly! Everyone knows Winn Dixie makes the best cakes!!!

 

[ZZUB]

But I can’t take going backwards or jerking around side to side. * * * NOPoliticalJokesHere.

Well played. I appreciate a witty retort.

Well if Disney is gonna strip you of your wallet, you may as well infiltrate their shows with your kid's shining talent!

I'm just hoping the American Idol experience closes well before ZZUBY hits the age when she can audition to be in it. 'Cause I don't know what kind of crapstorm our vacation will turn into if she doesn't win that thing. Worse, I can't imagine what kind of crapstorm our lives would turn into if she did.

Seems like a perfectly normal question to me. But I am the woman who meanders through parking lots hitting the panic button on my remote, hoping to "hear" her car.

Nothing wrong with that. I've done that with rental cars more than I care to admit.

Obviously you've never tried the Southwest salad with grilled chicken.

So you're the idiot ordering salads at McDonald's. Would you stop that, please! It's a freaking greasy burger joint. If I wanted healthy eating, I'd go to a Denny's.

Unfortunately, yes. But if a Star Cadet can handle it, I'm sure it's nothing to a big, bad Space Ace. Unless you aren't really a Space Ace and you just slept at a Holiday Inn Express last night.

That was unusually funny for you. Did you have a bottle of Yoo Hoo last night?

Toy Story Mania is great, isn't it. It's my new favorite ride at WDW.

Really? I liked it but I can't say it's my new favorite. I would put it in the top three though.

And as for craptastic, my definition is slightly different than yours.

My definition shifts depending on the context. Like the words: Shalom, aloha and dippers.

Exactly! Everyone knows Winn Dixie makes the best cakes!!!

Preach it, sister. Except you're wrong, too. If you have to buy a cake someplace other than the *************** bakery in my town, then I go with Costco. Their cakes will make you glad you're not a dog.

 

[Sneezie]

Preach it, sister. Except you're wrong, too. If you have to buy a cake someplace other than the *************** bakery in my town, then I go with Costco. Their cakes will make you glad you're not a dog.

Considering that every morning my dog lifts up one eye and looks at me from his very comfy pillow while I'm getting ready to go to work then when I come home from a hard day's work I have to feed AND entertain HIM, that Costco cake must be some kind of good. Alas, there's no Costco in my neck of the woods so I'm stuck with the Winn Dixie! Their cake of the month is the Snickers cake. I gotta get me some of that!

 

[samc]

Chapter Five: What We Rode

It was like the Tennessee locker room after they got shellacked by Bama. Only with less crying. And no Fat Phil Fulmer stealing everyone’s Swiss Cake Rolls.
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keep em comin......fat fulmer jokes are always good!!!!!....he's the new nell carter!

 

[GreatBiscuit]

“Richard, give him the Kashi.”

That's the sort of thing that makes you want to say "Give me a break!" But you can't...because Nell Carter is still dead.

 

[AshClan]

Chapter Five: What We Rode

We went to Disney World for 9 days. 7 of which we spent in the parks. We rode some rides.

THE END. Wow. Another great ZZUB trip report. Thanks for that!!

Which in retrospect seems like an afterthought. At least for me. So much of my mental energy, maybe all of it, was focused on where we were staying. I don’t worry about the rides.

For me, it's all about where we are eating. But I get what you're saying.

Rides. We rode rides.

Yeah. I think you said that already.

Does no one in the Disney Company care about theme consistency anymore?

I don't know. Let's ask the imagineer who designed Rock N Roller Coaster.

And 4 times we got put in the front row. It was like she greased the maitre’ d. Slipped him a Pluto Jibbitz from her Croc or something.

DED

One of them: Baby ZZUB loves her some ducks. All birds are ducks. Pronounced “guck!” If it’s said at all, it’s shouted. Kind of like Schpupin! So when Baby ZZUB saw the duckbilled platypuses’ duck bills, she shouted, “guck!"

Very cute. But be careful. My friend's son had a similar affinity for trucks. And his adorable mispronounciation, well, wasn't quite so endearing. Especially to the old lady in front of them at the bank.

“Richard, give him the Kashi.”

I'm sorry, but that's just wrong. Cheerios, sure. But Kashi?!?! Ask me, that kid's growing up with issues.

The list of things I’ve been wanting to try in Animal Kingdom got shorter this year because we actually made it inside It’s Tough to Be a Bug. I thought it was hilarious. Very well done. But ZZUBY was FREAKED OUT! Cried. Screamed.

Coulda told ya that. I've never been in there when virtually every kid in the place wasn't screaming and crying.

Great chapter, Z. Loved the cuteness of Baby Z's vocab. And ZZUBy's conquering of the mountains. Go easy on the Mrs., though. We moms have too much on our minds to worry about directions. That's what husbands are for, silly.

 

[Frickles]

After years of not cracking the 300,00 point barrier. After resigning myself to my status as a perennial Planetary Pilot, I scored 477,400 points.

AKA, the ride was paused for 2 minutes.

That and my fear of fire and small spaces.

Well then your atomic poop in Canada must have really scared you.

Nevertheless, I confirmed that her cell phone was actually on so she could call me when she rode around the Seven Seas Lagoon for the 3d time and wanted to know when she should get off.

Awwww bless her. And this made me laugh so hard that I can now do math.

 

[GBShorts]

Inquiring (and nosey) minds want to know...

What the heck does DED stand for? Those of us are shivering and cold on the outside and want in on the joke !

 

[OhMari]

Inquiring (and nosey) minds want to know...

What the heck does DED stand for? Those of us are shivering and cold on the outside and want in on the joke !

I was taught the
"in-language" 2 reports ago~~and I'm the moderator, I'm not suppose to tolerate this kind of behavior. Anyway, "DED" is like when two people say the same word at the same time. And you say Psych. Except DED is like having the same thought at the same time. You will probably see the word "borg" too-that is just a reference to Star Trek.

I can't think of any other strange words, but I"m sure others can chime in.

 

[LaLa]

Inquiring (and nosey) minds want to know...

What the heck does DED stand for? Those of us are shivering and cold on the outside and want in on the joke !

GBShorts, it doesn't really stand for anything but it means you think something's really funny. Basically, it was so funny it killed you. DED. And if memory serves, I believe ZZUB is the one who first introduced it into the lexicon. Which would explain the botched spelling. Because he's a raging alcoholic.

Of course I'm kidding. He's not really. He's just dumber than dirt.

But what's up with Sneezie and ZZUB double teaming me on the cake thing?

Exactly! Everyone knows Winn Dixie makes the best cakes!!!

But do they have that fancy Cool Whip icing? Because you know THAT's the sign of a great bakery. That and the fact that you can pick up a cake on one end and a cute little cup of popcorn chicken on the other.

Preach it, sister. Except you're wrong, too. If you have to buy a cake someplace other than the *************** bakery in my town, then I go with Costco.

I understand you're passionate about cake and all but don't you think calling your bakery by an ugly name is a little much? Even for you? What'd they do, bring the bavarian instead of the butter cream? Burn your cheesecake? Serve da Schpup the red velvet armadillo cake for his birthday instead of the squirrel one like you asked?

Did you have a bottle of Yoo Hoo last night?

No. It was the Kashi.

AKA, the ride was paused for 2 minutes.

And THAT'S the ballgame!

 

[LaLa]

"DED" is like when two people say the same word at the same time. And you say Psych. Except DED is like having the same thought at the same time. You will probably see the word "borg" too-that is just a reference to Star Trek.

I can't think of any other strange words, but I"m sure others can chime in.

OhMari, this might be one of those times we could pull out the "DED".

"Borg" is more like two people having the same thought. Or doing the same thing. I'm not really sure of its origins other than the fact that it came from Star Trek and the mind of Mel. Which should explain EVERYTHING. And yet nothing. All at the same time. Kind of like her trip report.

The "that's the ballgame" thing ALSO means something's funny. It's so funny there's no need to even try to top it, it's so funny. I'm sure there's more but that's all I can think of right now.

 

[AshClan]

I am DED. Look at OhMari trying to help break the Maelstromese code!!

Of course, La is right as always. DED is OMG I am laughing so hard I am DED.

Borg originated with cyborg. Sharing a brain. Something like that. It has become so commonplace with our crew that I sometimes forget that normal people don't use that in everyday conversation.

That "forgetting" thing also goes with TFI. Which means FYI, and probably originated with someone having their fingers on the wrong keys. I frequently find myself typing it in my e-mails at work. One of these days I'm not going to catch it and my get myself fired for being such a bad speller. Or maybe they'll just think I had my fingers on the wrong keys.

Carp = Crap. For a while there, that evolved into Puffer. But I think that's gone by the wayside. Don't even see Carp used very often these days. Z didn't even add it to his "crap list". So maybe we can just forget about that one.

A #4? Ask ZZUB. I can't do it justice. Nor do I want to.

 

[Sneezie]

That's the sort of thing that makes you want to say "Give me a break!" But you can't...because Nell Carter is still dead.

Too Too Funny!

But do they have that fancy Cool Whip icing? Because you know THAT's the sign of a great bakery. That and the fact that you can pick up a cake on one end and a cute little cup of popcorn chicken on the other.

Okay, you talked me into it. I'm picking up a Wal-Mart cake on the way home and while I'm there I might as well get some of that popcorn chicken and some ice cream and a bottle of champagne and a pack of party hats. I'm going to have them put "Happy Birthday LaLa" on my cake in your honor!

Zzub, I completely forgot that you were writing a trip report Let me get to reading it!!!!

 

[ZZUB]

That's the sort of thing that makes you want to say "Give me a break!" But you can't...because Nell Carter is still dead.

Well played my buttery friend. I love me some good humor in the morning.

THE END. Wow. Another great ZZUB trip report. Thanks for that!!

Felt like an ending didn't it?

Very cute. But be careful. My friend's son had a similar affinity for trucks. And his adorable mispronounciation, well, wasn't quite so endearing. Especially to the old lady in front of them at the bank.

I'm struggling to figure out which word you friend's son might have said. Fortunately, Baby Z's, 'Guck!" is always pretty clear.

I'm sorry, but that's just wrong. Cheerios, sure. But Kashi?!?! Ask me, that kid's growing up with issues.

Mrs. Z and I both that this was funny. There was actually more to the Kashi-people story, but to have written more would have painted them in an even worse light.

AKA, the ride was paused for 2 minutes.

Actually, no. I finally hit a couple of those big point targets. Funny thing about TSM, when it stops, so does the scoring. You can keep shooting for practice, but you don't earn any points.

Well then your atomic poop in Canada must have really scared you.

But for the fact that I've never had an "atomic poop," this was a funny line.

Awwww bless her. And this made me laugh so hard that I can now do math.

I find that hard to believe. NOTHING is that funny.

What the heck does DED stand for? Those of us are shivering and cold on the outside and want in on the joke

This has been answered several times, but I want to apologize if you couldn't "crack the code." I try hard not to use "in" jokes that make people feel left out. If I use terms like DED, I try to put them in context. But anytime you don't catch a meaning, feel free to post a question, just like you did. Most of the people who read my Trip Report are lunatics, but good natured loons. As you saw, they or I will jump right in to answer your question.

And for future reference, be on the look out for said/sad. Those get switched up.

Sneezie: I only half thought you were joking about the cake party you're planning. B/c just the mere mention of cake has my mouth watering and wondering if I can stop off at the ************* bakery and pick up a slice of sumpm sumpm on my way home.

OhMari:I see from your ticker that you're off pretty soon to Disney World. Have a great trip. I hope you'll write a Trip Report when you come back. I enjoyed reading your last one.

 

[1000thhappyhaunt]

Chapter Five: What We Rode

We went to Disney World for 9 days. 7 of which we spent in the parks. We rode some rides.

One thing about going to Disney World every year: you get into a routine.

I like to think about the road not taken.


Disney World is about prioritizing.


Rides. We rode rides.



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Well...well, well...welllllllllllllllllll...

You, ZZUB, like to think about the road not taken.

I, on the other hand, like to think about the RIDES not taken.

On first reading this new chapter I couldn't find much wrong with it.

My bad.

Heh heh.

On second reading I laughed out loud at: Bobby Knight, Where's the castle?, jibbitz, Did-dy, Kashi, Apple Jacks, NO HOT FOOD and... the best was... GUCK! Yeah. You had some funny crap there. And I thought some of it was pretty cute too.

My badder.

On third reading I realized that you pretty much missed everything good in the ride department. You missed:

1. The Haunted Freakin' Mansion. Best ride EVAH! Baybee.
2. The Tower of Terror. Very good ride. Also known in our family as: The Tower of Trajection, Swallow The Cat and the one you must ride BEFORE lunch or dinner to avoid puking (also called an anti-poop).
3. The Rock'n'Roller Coaster aka Steven Tyler and Those Other Guys. Or else The Bad Boy From Boston and Those Other Guys.
4. Mission Sinise aka Mission Mattingly aka Gary. Oh. Aka Mission Space. If you didn't ride this one you are a big baby. Baybee.
5. Maelstrom aka Crapstorm. It's a Fastpass. So be prepared. Also be prepared to be disappointed. And trapped in a small Scandinavian village at the end. To boot. If you need to get out right away I'd suggest you cry. Harder.
6. Expedition Everest. It's da bomb. NOYourcolon.


So you pretty much missed everything good.

You baddester.

But the chapter was pretty good all the same. Which is what I determined by about the fifth time I read it. And I suppose you have some sort of excuse in the form of small children. For missing some stuff.

Now is the time in my post to your trippie where I sing. As usual.


Like a true pamby child
You were born born to be mild
You can't go too high
And spinning makes you cry...

Also... I had no idea that Nell Carter was dead!!!!

Next thing you'll be tellin' Me(l) that John Denver is dead, too.

Now then...


'Scuse me while I kiss the sky.


Cheers, Mel

 

[Yzma and Kronk]

Who knew that Zzubs TR needed Cliff's notes???

Borg Ash, on the carptastic! I had the exact same thoughts but in all the language confusion didn't express it.

Very DED inDED!

 

[Tinkerbellarella]

We went to Disney World for 9 days. 7 of which we spent in the parks.

And 2 of which you spent paying your respects to the janitorial staff that has managed the hurculean clean-up effort known only as Operation:Canada?

Or you want to see Illuminations but you also have a raging poop cramp that makes you want to go all Bobby Knight on someone.

Ummmm.
Wow.
I wonder if Bobby Knight ever considered that one day his name would be used in the same sentence as "poop cramp".

I like other crap derivatives: Crapola. Crapstorm. Crap hole. Crapateria. In Spanish: el crapo. And the French: le crap’e.

Craptacular.
Crapalicious.
All derived from the Roman: crapius.

As you know, I’m not really writing a Trip Report. This isn’t a chronological summary of our trip. But rather a digest of our vacation.

I like how you feel you need to mention this in every update.
Like you're trying to convice someone that this is not a trip report.
That someone is not I!

But I can’t take going backwards or jerking around side to side.

Or dirty socks.

in that way that she does that causes me to go all puddle

Awwww. ZZUB's goin' all puddle.
Someone call the janitor.

Anyway, one afternoon, Mrs. Z wanted to take the baby back to the room. I made her repeat after me, “Contemporary Resort” and “eighth floor” and our room number. And she made me repeat, “one more time with that crap and you won’t eat hot food again this decade.”

I heart Mrs. Z.

And just as Mrs. ZZUB was putting some snacks on the tray of Baby Z’s stroller for her to munch on, we hear the lady in front of us say this to her husband,

“Richard, give him the Kashi.”

This as Mrs. ZZUB is dumping out a fun-sized box of Apple Jacks.

DED!

Did-dy is how Baby Z says "sissy," which exactly no one but Baby Z calls her. And even she pronounces it Did-dy.

DUDE.
You never told me Sean "Puffy" "Diddy" Combs was your daughter!
Word.

And when you backed up it beeped.

Just like Nell Carter. Before she died.

THIS made me snort-laugh, cry and pee a little.

Thanks for this non-chronological, non-trip report update, Z.
Sweet crap! It was craptacular.

 

[Liz]

Chapter Five: What We Rode


Funny thing about our priorities. How they change. Before we had kids, when my wife and I would go to Disney World, we’d storm the E Tickets. Race from Space to Splash or Tower of Tower to Rock n'Rollercoaster. Now, once inside the gates, we head to whatever ride ZZUBY is wanting to hit. Small World. Peter Pan. Pooh. Mickey’s Philharmagic. It’s all about her. And her little sister.

I fondly remember when it was all about what our children wanted to do. Well it still is actually.

And 50’s Prime Time has gone into the crapper.

What? We love 50's PTC! We always eat there on our trips to DHS, except for this year when we tried someplace new (see reason above). It was crap without the "tastic".

Actually, we had a great time on Toy Story Mania. Loved that bad boy.

Yep! Us too!

It was not unlike the day I turned 40 and I declared Birthday Immunity all day long. Which generally meant I could do or say whatever I wanted and nobody could stop me. Because I had the Birthday Immunity. That was some sweet crap right there.

Funny thing is today actually IS my birthday.

NOHalfCentury.

Maybe I'll give that Birthday Immunity a try. If I end up sleeping on the couch I'm blaming you.

We're having cake by the way.

ZZUBY also took on Splash Mountain. She rode first with her mamma. She LOVED Splash Mountain.

Your Zzuby is a brave girl. I haven't yet summoned the courage to tacke that bad boy.

NOBigDrops

You see . . . how to put this delicately . . . Mrs. ZZUB is somewhat, slightly, directionally challenged.

You put that very nicely. Hi Mrs. Z!

So now it’s the Festival of the Lion King, starring ZZUBY. Who, you might recall, is actually the voice of Wishes.

I'm so happy Zzuby was chosen again! And no doubt she'd be "perfect"!

 

[disney junky]

Thanks ZZUB.

I hadn't been DIS'ing much lately and hadn't even checked the trip reports board for ages. Busy as all get out you know.

As always, I am enjoying your report.

It's interesting. In November of 1971, mom, dad, my younger sis and I stayed at the Contemporary. WDW had been opened less than a couple months. I was a junior in high school and we had taken a couple days out of school. Jonny Ray sang Clouds in the Top of the World Club, I had twin petite filets, and I beat my dad in tennis for the first time ever. There at the Contemporary courts. We didn't stay in the tower but rather in the wing which now is the site of Disney's best worst no longer kept secret.

Within a couple years, mom and dad were divorced.

But those memories still remain.

I don't want to hijack the thread, but I want to share this with you.

Our daughter has been living in Orlando for a couple years now, finishing school at UCF and working for the mouse. Though we expected she'd move right into a full time position there once she finished her degree in May, she's decided to move home when she's finished school.

A couple years ago during one of our family trips, we were riding home on the monorail from dinner at O'hana, we saw a family, grandparents with the grandkids and the parents watching proudly, obviously from the northeast (those heavy NY accents you know anywhere) sharing WDW as a family, and I said to my daughter, that will be us in a couple years. Angrily, she said, no, I'm working here. My kids will be here. We'll be living here.

To hear her say that was sad.

So I asked her, what changed?

She said, "Dad. WDW was always that special vacation. If I live and work there at WDW and in Orlando, I'll never be able to have that special vacation with my family, my husband and my kids. I want what we had growing up for my family too."

Kids. They just drive you nuts.

What you relate here, I so appreciate. As a fellow believer, I so admire your transparent love of the Lord, and you remind me to see his creation in all things good.

God Bless You ZZUB.