The Frickles Family goes to Disney! How to Valet Park & Make $100! LAST chap p18!

[nicolemarie]

Yep. 21.5" looks about right.

Frick. A Hilfiger? Without the french fries and class ring? There was so much potential there. SO much potential.

Another great installment. I love your pics and I love seeing your sweet men enjoying their Disney vacation.

I'm jealous that you had some time with Horsey. I know she is a treasure. Thanks for the great installment and awesome pics!!

Looking forward to the rest!!

NM

 

[kpk89]

Mr. Frick said “Look boys, ducks and birds!” I broke out into hysterical laughter. I took a picture of his ‘ducks and birds’ so I would never forget this moment.
((photo here)))

Yes. Those are little stumps. I have already made him an appointment with the eye doctor.

This had me ROLLING! Becaues I thought the joke was that he was calling them "ducks and birds" ... since ducks ARE birds! Then when I realized it was more of an optical illusion thingy, well --- GONE. DED. !

I love this . You are Horsey look like fast friends. And she got the rest of us so excited to meet you at the Poly. "Sweet as sugar and frickin' (NOF) hilarious!" I think. Or something like that.

Your pictures are great and I now hear YOUR voice when reading your story.

 

[Frickles]

We zipped on over to MGM without getting lost and luckily got the parking spot that was as far away from the tram as possible. That happened to us a lot this trip. When we got out of the car, we discovered a cute little frog came with us from POR. He was glued to Big Frick’s window and we noticed him as we were getting out of the car. He leaped from our car over to the car beside us and landed right on the driver’s window. It scared her and it was so funny. I’m pretty sure that frog didn’t make it that day. It reminded me of that game from the 80's "Frogger". Who knows though, maybe he didn’t get smashed like a pancake and he hopped a ride back to the Poly for the sweet life.

We made it through the gates of MGM with 5 minutes to spare before the parade. Of course, as you probably know, we’ve never seen this parade before. I didn’t know where it started, where it went or what/who it had in it. We found an empty seat on the curb very close to the park entrance. Pretty much, we walked in and went left before heading down the main drag which was packed with ‘parade people’. We were happy with our seat. I asked the lady beside us if the parade would be going by this spot. She said “I sure do hope so because my daughter is in it.” My eyes lit up. I wanted to hear all about it! This proud mama’s baby is Jasmine and Ariel! She would be Jasmine today….performing in the parade and doing her thing in Fantasmic too.

I asked Jasmine’s mom how she ended up here at Disney. She said her daughter moved from New York down to Florida to do the two things she loved the most, work with children and perform. She had just moved to Florida herself and was seeing her daughter perform for the first time at MGM. Oh she was proud and I was happy for her. It was so cute. I went to take a picture of the guys and she asked if she could take it instead so that I could be in it! Sweet.

It is rare to have a photo of all of us. I returned the favor for her and got a snapshot of her and her son. (Of course we get a family photo on the day I go to the park all skanky.)

My happy thoughts were soon distracted when a big tall guy in nice street clothes parked it beside me. He was having a fight with someone on his cell phone. It was a very loud and very tense fight. No curse words were thrown, but he just couldn’t believe how he had been lied to and used to get ahead. This went on for so long that I was about to pull my hair out. I had sweet little Jasmine’s mother on one side of us and I had my parade ruiner on the other side. How dare he sit there and fight with Sheryl so loudly that he was going to ruin my parade video? I shot him a look and I truly wanted to tell him to take it somewhere else but I thought I would give him until the parade started to do so. He had put a day planner down beside me and it had Disney International Program on it. Ahhhh, so he was there to work. He still needed to get off my curb though and deal with Sheryl elsewhere.

The parade started and I forgot about the dude because we were so excited about THIS!

Lightening McQueen! No one told me he was going to be here! We loved Cars so this was a big thrill for the boys! (This picture is here for you Jami!)

Mr. Buzzkill beside me toned down his conversation a bit so I let him stay. It turned out that we were sitting next to the door that the parade disappears in to. We were at the end. It was awesome!!! I noticed something though…the performers all knew Mr. Buzzkill. They would wave at him, come up and give him five, throw him the loser sign, come and talk to him for a sec…apparently he was a big wig. I’m certainly glad I didn’t ask him to move because we got major CM interaction since we were parked beside Mr. Popular. The performers would stop by us on their way to see him. Sweet.

I got a tiny bit teary when I saw this beautiful girl.

I saw how proud her mom was, and I saw how proud Jasmine was to have her mom there. She was beyond beautiful. What a proud moment for a Mom. I’m so glad I was there to see it. Jasmine totally hammed it up for her mother, and I slapped Mr. Frick on the arm and told him to get a good shot of it. It is too bad the shadow is totally blocking her gorgeous face.

We loved this parade! Two thumbs up and a big thank you to Mr. Popular for sitting next to me. It actually paid off that I put up with his annoying phone crap.

When the parade was over, I talked to Jasmine’s mother and told her how beautiful her daughter was. Her face was beaming. She told me to watch for her at Fantasmic since she was performing that night as well. We said good-bye and headed out to check in at 50’s Prime Time! I have wanted to eat here since I read Del’s Wife’s TR. I didn’t do a Fantasmic dining package. (Gasp!) I had one booked, I knew I should do it to 'reserve' my seat, but I couldn’t give up the hankering to eat at 50’s so I canceled it.

We checked in early and then had some time to explore the gift shop next door to the Indiana Jones stunt set. Mr. Frick said “Hey, there’s you!”

he is just super funny. really. really funny. yep.

The boys spotted a box full of rocks and jewels. They were totally digging it. A sweet little CM, Carla, was working that day and since we were the only ones in there, she started looking at the rocks with the boys and talking to them. Big Frickles noticed Carla’s pins and he decided that he wanted to trade. Now Big Frick has collected pins for almost a year…buying some at Disney last December and getting some for his birthday. He had never traded before so this was an exciting deal for him. I couldn’t believe that he would part with a pin, but he had his eye on one of Carla’s and so they made the trade.

Mr Frick was getting attacked by a snake in the background.
I told her that it was his very first pin trade and she felt honored. She sprinkled some pixie dust on Big Frick and told him that since it was his first trade ever that he could pick any rock he wanted to have to remember it by. She also let Lil Frick do the same. We thanked Carla and left with two free souvenirs and a good memory. I told the family that we had just had some pixie dust sprinkled on us. They all wanted to know what that meant and I filled them in. They all thought the pixie dust concept was pretty neat.

We walked back to 50’s and waited our turn. We could see in to another restaurant that connected to it and Mr. Frick said “Maybe we should have eaten there because no one is there.” I told him no one was there because it stunk. I’m not sure which one it was, but it was dead. I assured him that I had done my homework and this place was going to be good and fun…hence the crowd.

The Frickles Children were finally called to their table! I think we scored an awesome place to dine!

Our server was truly funny…not the funniest one there but he did great. He made Mr Frick set the table and he warned us sternly to keep our elbows off. I’m not going to go in to great detail about the whole meal and what goes on there so that it can be a surprise for you like it was for us, but it was very comical. Look at how cute the kid’s meal was.

I got the meatloaf….yummmmy.

Mr. Frick got fried chicken. I ate some of his and since I am a fried chicken expert, it got a huge thumbs up from me. It was all GREAT!!! It was right up there with the best meals of our trip! Big Frickles and I wanted dessert. Mr Frick and Lil Frick were too full, so I sent them on over to watch the Indiana Jones show while we pigged out.
Big Frick had a ‘build your own sundae’ and I had Daddy’s Brownie Sundae (I think that is the name)

I didn’t realize it had Cracker Jacks in it! It was pretty spanking good!
If you have never been to 50’s…make it a point to go. I don’t think you’ll regret it!! Big Frick still talks about the place. He loved seeing his Mom and Dad get scolded for having their elbows on the table!!! We loved watching the television shows, especially the Mickey Mouse Club. Big Frick learned the words to the theme song and for the rest of the night, we sang M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E!!! He now loves, loves, loves that song and it makes me happy when I hear him sing it. Even tonight when I walked in his room to kiss him goodnight, he was singing it while looking at his pins. That was pure sweetness.

We found the other half of our sweet family at the I.Jones show. Lil Frick was soooooo excited about what he had seen so far. He feverishly began to tell Big Frick and I about it. He said “You see that guy in the cowboy hat?!?! He got a little stoned!!” Hmmmm apparently I missed the good stuff while cramming my face with dessert.

Thanks for the giggle Lil Frick!

We headed over to Star Tours after the show and I knew that I didn’t want to ride. I got discombobulated the last time I did, so I didn’t want to toss Daddy’s Brownie Sundae. Lil Frick and I hit the gift shop. We had fun shopping until he let me know he was dying to go poo. He’s a ’last minute let you know he has got to go’ kind of guy. We ran to the nearest bathroom, found an empty stall and I began to do my job as the official toilet seat liner. I grabbed the seat cover and bent over the potty to get it just right. Splash. There went my sunglasses.

What to do, what to do. I quickly assessed which pair of shades had just leaped from the top of my head in to the disgusting Disney toilet. Shoot. It was the good ones. I had brought two pairs that were less than $20 and I also brought my Nike sport shades that were a pretty penny. Unfortunately I was wearing my Nikes. I wear them all the time when I am exercising outdoors or playing sports. If it had been one of the other pairs, I would have flushed them down and wished them a happy life floating in the Disney sewer. I flung my hand in the potty and jerked them out and ran to the sink trying not to gag or worse, lose Daddy’s Sundae. Lil Frick was like ’what is your problem, I’ve got to go poop and you are playing in the toilet. Get my seat covered NOW woman!’ He didn’t actually say that, but the look on his face did. I got him all situated and then began the disinfection process on my hands. I washed ten times. Wiped a poopy bottom. Washed three more times. Let water run over the glasses for 7 minutes. Grabbed the tainted glasses with a towel and wrapped them about 12 times in paper towels and stuck them in my back pack. Eeeeewwwww!!!!!!!!!

Up next: A sweet ride and a Fantasmic horror ( I thought I would get to that in this chapter, but sometimes the plan doesn’t work and you just have to roll with it!)

 

[HaleyB]

Hi Frick!!

I agree Horsey is a gem. And so are you! Love the report... and now I want to stay at POR again...

I think your first mystery picture might be the "tree houses" and I saw somewhere that they are now used by the college program. But I might be wrong as that is just a guess... they look kinda cool.

 

[pigget74]

We headed over to Star Tours after the show and I knew that I didn’t want to ride. I got discombobulated the last time I did, so I didn’t want to toss Daddy’s Brownie Sundae. Lil Frick and I hit the gift shop. We had fun shopping until he let me know he was dying to go poo. He’s a ’last minute let you know he has got to go’ kind of guy. We ran to the nearest bathroom, found an empty stall and I began to do my job as the official toilet seat liner. I grabbed the seat cover and bent over the potty to get it just right. Splash. There went my sunglasses.

What to do, what to do. I quickly assessed which pair of shades had just leaped from the top of my head in to the disgusting Disney toilet. Shoot. It was the good ones. I had brought two pairs that were less than $20 and I also brought my Nike sport shades that were a pretty penny. Unfortunately I was wearing my Nikes. I wear them all the time when I am exercising outdoors or playing sports. If it had been one of the other pairs, I would have flushed them down and wished them a happy life floating in the Disney sewer. I flung my hand in the potty and jerked them out and ran to the sink trying not to gag or worse, lose Daddy’s Sundae. Lil Frick was like ’what is your problem, I’ve got to go poop and you are playing in the toilet. Get my seat covered NOW woman!’ He didn’t actually say that, but the look on his face did. I got him all situated and then began the disinfection process on my hands. I washed ten times. Wiped a poopy bottom. Washed three more times. Let water run over the glasses for 7 minutes. Grabbed the tainted glasses with a towel and wrapped them about 12 times in paper towels and stuck them in my back pack. Eeeeewwwww!!!!!!!!!

I lol when I read this part. I am glad you were able to force yourself to snatch them. I would have done th esame thing. To funny.

 

[blue_river]

Frickles......our family missed that parade so thank you for sharing some of your pics. A little pixie dust right there for ya with the bigwig sharing the curb eh? Even if he was obnoxious and all that.

I can just picture the expression on your face as the sunglasses plopped into the toilet. LOL...okay I know it isn't funny ...but it is ... because it didn't happen to me

Do you think teens would enjoy Prime Time?

 

[Yzma and Kronk]

We had fun shopping until he let me know he was dying to go poo. He’s a ’last minute let you know he has got to go’ kind of guy. We ran to the nearest bathroom, found an empty stall and I began to do my job as the official toilet seat liner. I grabbed the seat cover and bent over the potty to get it just right. Splash. There went my sunglasses.

That was too funny. Not that funny for you. But funny to read.

Eeewwww!!!

Another great read....thanks Frick!

 

[Grammyof2]

Frick - This was full on funny.

I am sooo glad the big wig on the phone was fighting with Sheryl, which couldn't be me, cause I spell it with a C. How embarassing would that have been. Me fighting with my secret something and you listening

And the toilet story

 

[DisneyObsession]

There are times in life we have to choose to do something disgusting in order to save something valuable....this was one of those times! (Been there, done that!) Luckily it was before DS "did the deed!"

Did you thoroughly disinfect the glasses when you got back to the room? I probably would have had them in boiling hot water for awhile!

I'm glad you had fun at Prime-Time...we had a Blast when we went! Our "cousin" was from somewhere over seas and with a heavy accent, which made it even funnier. My DH says I would be the perfect "Mama" for that place! (I think this is a compliment!?!)

Can't wait for the rest!

 

[LaLa]

My happy thoughts were soon distracted when a big tall guy in nice street clothes parked it beside me. He was having a fight with someone on his cell phone. It was a very loud and very tense fight. No curse words were thrown.

So not only did you get to meet Horsey, but you got to meet ZZUB too? That's so cool, Frick.

But you know, I would have thought he'd have those rage issues worked out by now though. They've been plaguing him for a pretty long time now. I'm starting to feel some concern. You should really work on that, ZZUB. It's not good for you to have that much rage going on for so long.

Anyway, I loved reading about your meeting with Horsey. How cool is that. I love all the pictures. That's one sweet shot of Lightning McQueen you got there. We got one similar to it but ours doesn't look nearly that good.

You're a pretty good photographer, my Frick.

Keep it comin and thanks for taking the time to crank it out for us. It's great!

 

[Minnie_Moo]

What a sweet Jasmine story, Frickles.

Great family pics, too!

 

[MomPlanner22]

Sorry your sunglasses went swimmin' but it was pretty darn funny to read about!

 

[All Morganic]

I haven't been able to get back to your TR for a few days so I just finished it tonight in 1 sitting. It's like a yummy dessert - once you start you just can't stop!

I have to tell ya, I almost wet myself reading about the sunglasses But not like reading about the lady (?) in the terry cloth shorts where I actually did wet myself!
Party on Wayne!

 

[horsegirl]

We love Lightning MCQ too! Loved this installment and the pixies! Awww what a nice tale of the Jasmine mom....

Bye spacey!

 

[NAB]

I am so loving your report. You are so funny , well not you but your story telling.

Ewwww to the glasses thing but I would have done the same thing. You wouldn't have really flushed them would you.I think that would have flooded the place then they would have to put a sign up saying don't flush sunglasses down toliets.

We are not parade people either but maybe I should start watching.

 

[sheridac]

Frick!!!

Gross potty story. Thanks. I might just zzub. Now.

Also. WHERE WAS YOUR PURELL???

 

[Frickles]

Lil Frick, my nasty sunglasses and I went back to the Star Tours dump shot. We found Mr. Frick and Big Frickles shopping. Apparently Big Frick wanted to buy a gift for his best friend, our new neighbor who is his same age and a Star Wars fan. I thought it was so sweet that my boy was thinking of others. We spent what felt like a lifetime in that store because he wanted the perfect gift. Now I know how Mr Frick feels when he is waiting on me to shop for something that he isn’t interested in. I bought some Astronaut Ice-Cream for the boys to take back to school and share with their class. I remember the first time I ate it when I was little. I was fascinated with the stuff.

We finally left the gift shop with a happy boy who had finally found the perfect gift for his friend. The Muppets 3-D movie can now be crossed off my ‘to-do’ list because we caught the show and really liked it. My boys wouldn’t even get near the place last time. I guess they were scared of it or something. I don’t know. I am a huge fan of the Muppets! I was bummed we didn’t see it last time. The Swedish Chef and Beaker are my favorite characters ever! I do a pretty mean impression of the Swedish Chef.

It was 7:20 by the time we made our way over to the Fantasmic show. It started at 8:00 and I knew that since I had canceled our dining package that we needed to get there early. Now remember, we have never seen Fantasmic. For those of you who have, you’ll probably cringe at what I am about to tell. Big Frick and I were also really pumped to ride the ‘Rock N Roller Coaster’. We have never ridden it. He had talked about it all day. At first, he didn’t think he wanted to ride because we knew it went upside down, but after he conquered EE, it was on for RnR! The CM at the Fantasmic entrance said there was plenty of seating. I asked him if I had time to squeeze in a ride at RnR before going in or if I should wait until after the show to ride it. He told me that RnR closed for the night at 8:00. I knew I had to get Big Frick on that baby so I very stupidly told Mr. Frick, “You and Lil Frick get the Mickey bar he is dying to have, go on in to the show and grab our seat and we’ll find you after we ride RnR.” The CM told me that if I was going to ride RnR first, that I should probably go in to Fantasmic to the next CM and grab a return pass to get back in. I parted ways with Mr and Lil Frick, and Big Frick and I ran to get our return ticket and then ran to RnR. It was a 20 minute wait. By this time is was 7:30ish.

I was torn about what to do. I was feeling uneasy about leaving Mr Frick for some reason. I realized he had my backpack with my cell phone. Since it was Saturday, he didn’t have his phone with him. I started to get more and more nervous and wierded out. I talked to Big Frick about going back but he really, really wanted to tackle this coaster. It was important to him. I focused on that & made the decision to hop in line.

The line couldn’t move fast enough for me. It took forever it seemed to get to the final waiting dock. I was about to kind of crawl out of my skin because bad feelings about not being able to find Mr Frick were hitting me. I kept asking others what time it was. I didn’t want to miss the start of the show for sure. I was panicky. I got to watch the Limo shoot off into a black hole and that made me even more nervous. What if Big Frick’s neck snapped in two? JoMomma’s voice was ringing in my ears. Time was ticking. I was feeling all icky because I probably should have gone back to Mr. Frick, but I was handing my child the gift of riding a ride he was dying to do. It was also going to earn him some bragging rights at school because he was riding a coaster that goes ’upside down’. He was soooo excited, so I had to think I made the right decision to wait this out.

We got strapped in to our limo. The girl behind us leaned up and said, “I just want to warn you it takes off super fast.” Well duh. Thanks for stating the obvious and making me even more nervous. I told Big Frick to glue his head to the back of that seat and to hold on. Oh waiting to shoot off was torture. Finally we took off and I spent the first half of the ride having fun, yet worrying about Big Frick. I would ask him if he was o.k but I couldn’t hear him because it was so loud. I certainly couldn’t see him to know if he was alright either. Ahhh, gone are the days of being on a coaster and not caring about anything other than catching your breath when it is stolen away from you. When we finally stopped, I saw that Big Frick had a super big grin on his face. Bless him. He loved it! What a brave boy I have because I would have never stepped foot on that thing when I was seven. I finally relaxed and realized that it really was an excellent ride. I told Big Frick that as soon as we got unbuckled that we would have to run as fast as we could to get to Daddy. By this time, he was used to running whenever he was left alone with me. Poor thing.

We ran faster than ever back to the Fantasmic side entrance where we were told we could re-enter. Thankfully, I could see lights ahead & people buying snacks and realized the show hadn’t started. We ran until we got in to the venue and then my heart stopped.

Fantasmic is freaking HUGE. Beyond huge. Huger than I had ever thought it would be. It was GINORMOUS! Panic set in. I would never in a million years find Mr Frick. I knew if the lights went out, we were certainly doomed. I found a CM quickly and told her my situation. She looked at me like I was an idiot for separating from my party like that. I didn’t blame her. She asked me what time he came in and I told her 7:25. She pointed me in the general direction of the 3,784 seats he could be sitting in. I asked her where the nearest phone was so I could call him. She shook her head no and looked at me with concerned eyes. The sweet girl told me she could get in big trouble for having a phone with her, but if I took her cell phone from her secretly, I could call him. Pixie dust.

I dialed the number knowing that time was against me. They were making announcements about the lights going out soon. I flashed back to all the nightmares I have when I am trying desperately to make an emergency phone call and I can’t dial the numbers right. I punched the digits in correctly and scanned the crowds while the phone rang. And rang. And rang. My voicemail picked up. My only option was to tell him I couldn’t find him and try to think of a place to meet afterwards. Right as I began to talk, I spotted him. He was standing up looking for us about 2,491 seats away from where I was. This was more than pixie dust, it was an act of God that I found him. I thanked the CM and told her I had found him as we ran off to meet him.

Mr. Frick was kind of stressed out himself when we got there and I could tell he was not happy with my decision to seperate. I thanked God with a quick prayer for letting me find Mr Frick. I was so very grateful to have found him. Phew. I could breathe again. Thirty minutes of being panicky wasn’t much fun. One minute after we sat down, the place went black. I was so glad that I was going to be able to enjoy the show with my entire family. Actually, I wouldn’t have been able to enjoy the show at all if we had not found Mr. Frick. I am that type of person. Situations like this stress me out so I shouldn’t have put myself in it.

Take my advice, don’t split up from your family at Fantasmic until you KNOW where they are going to be sitting!!!

Fantasmic was great and we all loved it! I guess we have officially become ’show people’ as well! Except I now have a few more gray hairs from it.

Up next: A Dis-Meet girls night out gone awry and hopefully, THE ANSWER!!!!

Ch 12 is here on pg 11. Scroll on down!

 

[NAB]

My goodness what a stressful day you had. Yes the show place is huge. Even if you knew where he was chances are you still would have been disoriented. That is what happend to me. Went down the wrong isle coming back for the restroom.

Can't wait to hear your mini meet.

 

[nicolemarie]

Splash. There went my sunglasses.

What to do, what to do. I quickly assessed which pair of shades had just leaped from the top of my head in to the disgusting Disney toilet. Shoot. It was the good ones. I had brought two pairs that were less than $20 and I also brought my Nike sport shades that were a pretty penny. Unfortunately I was wearing my Nikes. I wear them all the time when I am exercising outdoors or playing sports. If it had been one of the other pairs, I would have flushed them down and wished them a happy life floating in the Disney sewer. I flung my hand in the potty and jerked them out and ran to the sink trying not to gag or worse, lose Daddy’s Sundae. Lil Frick was like ’what is your problem, I’ve got to go poop and you are playing in the toilet. Get my seat covered NOW woman!’ He didn’t actually say that, but the look on his face did. I got him all situated and then began the disinfection process on my hands. I washed ten times. Wiped a poopy bottom. Washed three more times. Let water run over the glasses for 7 minutes. Grabbed the tainted glasses with a towel and wrapped them about 12 times in paper towels and stuck them in my back pack. Eeeeewwwww!!!!!!!!!

My sweet Frick. You are banned from the Official Association of Germaphobes. There is not enough antibacterial cleaner on God's green earth to take care of shades that fell in a Disney toilet.

I'll spot you the cash for a new pair. Seriously. I don't care how much they cost. Just don't wear the Nikes again.

Girl, you are crankin' it out, aren't you? I loved these last two installments. And I was panicky with you about losing Mr. Frick.

I've been to Fantasmic before, and I was still in awe of how huge it is this last time we went. Kinda reminds you of Sanford Stadium, doesn't it?

I love your TR.

NM

 

[UtahMama]

OK you ROCK! That's it. I am so enjoying your TR, Girlfriend! (if I may be so bold!)

I'm so sorry about your e-coli Nike sunglasses from last chapter, by the way.

I'm so glad you and your son got to ride Rock 'n'Rollercoaster. I FREAKED my then 16 year old son last year by sceaming that my safety harness came un-done!!!! (I was paying him back from a practical joke he had played on ME) which I dont recommend.

Also, lovely to hear of yet more pixie dust when the sweet CM shared her cell phone with you at perilous risk.