~ The Man Report ~~~~~~~~~ Bonus Material Included ~~~~~~

[ncseric]

Oh no, you have it all wrong... Pop-Tarts and Diet Coke/Diet Dr. Pepper. The Diet in the drink cancels out the Pop-Tarts.

 

[Montana Disney Fan]

LOL over all the breakfast and beer talk!!!

Hey! It's vacation!! If I want a beer at 11 a.m., then shouldn't I be allowed one?

Besides, this is a far cry from my "All Beer For A Day" diet I wanted to do. I'm still mad as that was a GREAT idea!!

ncseric was absolutely correct. The Diet pop negated my peanut M&M's!!

Once again, waiting on Pooh-head's rebuttle then I can post our Rabid Duck adventure.

 

[KathyRN137]

LOL over all the breakfast and beer talk!!!

Hey! It's vacation!! If I want a beer at 11 a.m., then shouldn't I be allowed one?

Besides, this is a far cry from my "All Beer For A Day" diet I wanted to do. I'm still mad as that was a GREAT idea!!

ncseric was absolutely correct. The Diet pop negated my peanut M&M's!!

Once again, waiting on Pooh-head's rebuttle then I can post our Rabid Duck adventure.

You're such a gentleman, Buzz! Ladies first....

(Hurry up, Linnie!)

Kathy

 

[Goofster57]

Wow, I take a few days off over the weekend to do the Bob Villa thing and I am three pages behind.


Epcot is also our favorite park for different reasons.
It’s too bad it was broken your first day

It’s been 5 months since our last WDW park visit, & once again, we are ROOKS. That’s right, those people in front of you, walking slowly, reading a park map. These are the people you kick in the “GAT” for, right?!?! If you don’t have a GAT, you simply bark an obscenity at them. Either strategy works.

Sometimes, these people aren’t even walking. They’re 7 across, in a circle, blocking everyone from moving in either direction. They are ALL looking at park maps, then looking around for significant landmarks, then back to the park maps. This is when a couple of good WAR CRIES come in handy. UNGOWA!!!!!

I think your family war cry is the perfect response to this situation, with your permission I think I will start using it out at Disneyland when I get trapped behind these groups. (Unless it’s blue_river and family of course)

By the time I stall our way to the front gate, stall our way thru security, then thru the longest line at the turnstiles and finally buy our 7 days worth of stroller passes we wander up past Spaceship Earth to the fountain area just as the rope is about to drop.

Nice job


Ok, after reading all of this

1). Beer
2). Wine
3). Brats (as in German sausage, not delinquent children)
4). More Beer

We first dine at Germany’s counter service restaurant mom and dad have a brat w/ sauerkraut & a Lowenbrau.

Next is the counter restaurant in England which has fish and chips! That’s the real lunch. They also have Bass Ale

I am rethinking who’s fault this was?

I was sort of leaning towards Loud Girl’s middle seat watching her DVD player with her when I started to smell something nasty. Apparently, my little girl had gas. I was worried about the young lady sitting next to her at the window seat smelling it and thinking it was me. I started to adjust the air above our heads to help direct the stench my way when Loud Girl, with headphones on, yells; “Ooooh, yucky. Daddy Farted!”.

Keep up the great postings, really enjoying your report.

 

[Linnie The Pooh]

Ok, I thought I already posted my rebuttal. Sorry for the delay.

First of all, Buzz and I agree that we need to get to the parks ASAP, however, he likes to leave waaaaay too early. I hate to be rushed, but as long as Trey has his meds, we're doing ok. However, we ended up with too much time on our hands before opening and Trey does not do well with that. We pulled into Epcot’s lot and I looked at Buzz, I’ll admit it was not a friendly look, and I mentioned we were nearly 30 mins too early. Not to worry he assured me, we’d be fine. Well, now my stomach is in knots and those of you who read our last TR, I do not do well in the stomach department. I am now on meds to help control my issues. I take them as needed and on this trip, I put the whole bottle in my fanny pack, just in case….I took one as we exited the car…. Nerves aggravate my condition...Bracing my gut for the worst...

We found ourselves with our stroller heading to the opening with jillions of other people. To kill time, I guess is the reason, the Epcot garbage people are out in front with little “custodial” games to amuse the kids. My kids do not like this-in fact it angers Trey so I, again, am boring daggers into the side of Buzz’s face with the big mole and muttering, “Do not make eye contact,” as we pass them. One side bit of info here, Loud Girl noticed the mole on the side of Buzz’s face. It’s one of those kind that are puffy-not flat on the skin-and she asked him if a worm is going to come out of it! Yup, that’s his girl all right. She was sure to say it real loud so everyone around us could hear it!!

Back to the Epcot saga…
I, too, was surprised that Test Track wasn’t working. NOT. It seems that ride is always broken down. I waited for Trey to break down next when he realized it, but he held it together extremely well and only said, “Test Track is broken” about 3 times. We left for Soarin’ only to find it wasn’t broken down, but we entered through the FP line and were seated right away-odd. No Pre-show, which was fine with me, but I do like Patrick.

As I said in my earlier post, I get a little choked up when I see the hot air balloons and this was no exception. I’d actually forgotten that that happens to me so I was a little surprised. After a few seconds I was fine and had gotten it out my system for the rest of the day.

We do Nemo, it’s goofy too, lots of black screens with nothing on them, no big deal. We stroll around and wait for World Showcase to open. We ride the Norway boat. Yawn… And are the first customers of the day to get the brat and beer at Germany. It’s a little early in the day for me and I’m not a big beer fan. I like the brat, but to be honest, I don’t enjoy it as much as I used to. It’s hard to eat with plastic utensils, the bread is a little hard for me and the sauerkraut is a little bland, but it’s the fact that I’m in Epcot with my family and the ambiance is great so I scarf it down.

We leisurely stroll to watch the trains at Germany-my kids like those. Guess what-it’s broken too. Blue River-your kids would’ve loved it –one year at the trains, there was a lizard sunning himself on one of the little houses in the train area. It was really cute-he found himself a good spot. Anyway, no lizards this time and no trains so we kept on walking until we got to merry ol’ England.

Buzz is the King of the Gat, I do have to say and I try my hardest to employ some Gats, but mine usually pale in comparison. He is the Gat Master. We get closer to the take out window at England and Buzz sees there’s only one table in the sitting area. He hands me off the stroller and tells me to stake a claim to it. A family of about 10 are just getting their food. Lucky for me, they pause, take a moment to look around and that’s when they see the table. Meanwhile, I make a bee line for it and grab it. LA heads off toward the edge of the fence to see the water. Trey is mad for some reason and pouting in the stroller. He refuses to eat anything. Buzz comes back and I tell him proudly how I snagged the table. He seems unimpressed. We eat our food.

Again, I like the fish & chips, but they’re insanely hot and very greasy. I’m already a little oily myself from sweating and there’s something about eating really greasy foods in very hot weather that unnerves me. But, again, it’s Epcot and I manage to wolf them anyway. We continue our stroll towards Canada. Now I see why he was unimpressed. There were plenty of open tables on the other side of England. We could’ve sat over there if we didn’t get that table.

We shag on out of Epcot and head back to the pool to do some swimming!! I gotta get the grease off me.

Stick around for the duck story-it's a pretty good one!!

 

[Linnie The Pooh]

Ok, after reading all of this I am rethinking who’s fault this was?

I read that wrong-I thought you said, I am rethinking whose fart this was?!!!!

 

[Montana Disney Fan]

I think your family war cry is the perfect response to this situation, with your permission I think I will start using it out at Disneyland when I get trapped behind these groups. (Unless it’s blue_river and family of course)

It's best to keep some live lizards, snakes and wolverines in your backpack just in case you should happen upon blue's family. What you do is just is toss the snake over to the side, tap one of them on the shoulder and point to the wildlife. They'll be all over it like a pack of dogs on a three-legged cat and you can then move on down the pathway.

 

[Linnie The Pooh]

Linnie - I don't think you're going to live down the bathroom visits

As you know JoJo and Goofy received the postcards on Thursday and I too wanted to thank you both for sending them out. The girls were tickled pink and Goofy has been showing it to everyone who stops by.

I'm glad they got them. LeeAndra and I had a lot of fun picking them out! We were worried they might not make it, so I'm relieved that they did!

I will NEVER live the bathroom thing down-thing is-it was worse on this trip!! Eek!

Oh and I can't find the post, but for those wondering-Buzz's stretchy shorts are regular nylon athletic shorts that are loose fitting, but have an elastic waist. That's why he calls them stretchy-they stretch around his waist. They are NOT the skin tight, biking, Lance Armstrong kind-that's probably Buzz's next year's experiment...

 

[Goofster57]

I read that wrong-I thought you said, I am rethinking whose fart this was?!!!!

Well you could put it that way, I was trying to be a little politically correct.

With the people on this board I should have know that I didn't need to worry about it.

I've got to say I love these boards

 

[Goofster57]

It's best to keep some live lizards, snakes and wolverines in your backpack just in case you should happen upon blue's family. What you do is just is toss the snake over to the side, tap one of them on the shoulder and point to the wildlife. They'll be all over it like a pack of dogs on a three-legged cat and you can then move on down the pathway.

I'll remember that

Security Guard at bag check
"Excuse me sir is that a Wolverine in your backback or are you expecting to run into blue_river and her family"

 

[Linnie The Pooh]

I've got to say I love these boards

Me Too!!

 

[nolacindy]

Oh and I can't find the post, but for those wondering-Buzz's stretchy shorts are regular nylon athletic shorts that are loose fitting, but have an elastic waist. That's why he calls them stretchy-they stretch around his waist. They are NOT the skin tight, biking, Lance Armstrong kind-that's probably Buzz's next year's experiment...

First off I love your reports! What is it with men and these stretchy waist shorts????? My DH tried this last year with a pair of old blue hawaiian print swim trunks, and he's not a little man, He insisted that he would wear them every day with what ever shirt he grabbed first.... green, red, orange.... All I could think is "someone from the DIS board is going to see us and his picture will be posted all over the board"

 

[blue_river]

I think your family war cry is the perfect response to this situation, with your permission I think I will start using it out at Disneyland when I get trapped behind these groups. (Unless it’s blue_river and family of course)

It's best to keep some live lizards, snakes and wolverines in your backpack just in case you should happen upon blue's family. What you do is just is toss the snake over to the side, tap one of them on the shoulder and point to the wildlife. They'll be all over it like a pack of dogs on a three-legged cat and you can then move on down the pathway.

Security Guard at bag check
"Excuse me sir is that a Wolverine in your backback or are you expecting to run into blue_river and her family"

I'll be back later to comment on Linnie's post

 

[pixie dust 112]

First off I love your reports! What is it with men and these stretchy waist shorts????? My DH tried this last year with a pair of old blue hawaiian print swim trunks, and he's not a little man, He insisted that he would wear them every day with what ever shirt he grabbed first.... green, red, orange.... All I could think is "someone from the DIS board is going to see us and his picture will be posted all over the board"

I'm going back to look at my pics to see if he's in the background!

 

[blue_river]

Ok, I thought I already posted my rebuttal. Sorry for the delay.

I know why.....it's because you are too busy doing this:

and this

and this

and this

One side bit of info here, Loud Girl noticed the mole on the side of Buzz’s face. It’s one of those kind that are puffy-not flat on the skin-and she asked him if a worm is going to come out of it! Yup, that’s his girl all right. She was sure to say it real loud so everyone around us could hear it!!

You know, Loud Girl seems to have the same sense of humour as her father. What goes around...comes around

We leisurely stroll to watch the trains at Germany-my kids like those. Guess what-it’s broken too. Blue River-your kids would’ve loved it –one year at the trains, there was a lizard sunning himself on one of the little houses in the train area. It was really cute-he found himself a good spot. Anyway, no lizards this time and no trains so we kept on walking until we got to merry ol’ England.

We didn't see the trains at Germany but it was dark when we were there (haven't come to that part in my TR yet).

I did see some pictures of them in Goofsters trippie and it is definately on the list for our next trip.

Stick around for the duck story-it's a pretty good one!!

I'm already stuck here and btw, all your stories are good ones!

 

[stinkerbelle's mom]

Sad to say I have to stop 1/2 thru my reading because its late!

I am very happy to have discovered a new TR from you!!!

Two quick things before I go:

1) Buzz might be getting somewhere with the only packing 1 outfit-- it works for Trading Spaces, BUT and I do mean a BIG BUT, I don't want to be anywhere near someone that's wearing clothes for that many days straight!!!

2) I can't wait for your October trip either cuz that means that there's another great tr to look forward too. In fact I think you should do another spontaneous trip before then!

 

[ncseric]

For some reason, I thought the model trains in Germany were only there during Christmas time. Are they there all year?

 

[Montana Disney Fan]

For some reason, I thought the model trains in Germany were only there during Christmas time. Are they there all year?

They are there all year. This time they were weren't working

Two quick things before I go:

1) Buzz might be getting somewhere with the only packing 1 outfit-- it works for Trading Spaces, BUT and I do mean a BIG BUT, I don't want to be anywhere near someone that's wearing clothes for that many days straight!!!

2) I can't wait for your October trip either cuz that means that there's another great tr to look forward too. In fact I think you should do another spontaneous trip before then!

A). My "One Outfit Experiment" almost worked.
2). I could always wash my clothes in the kitchen sink.
C). I started planning the October 2007 trip prior to the Mar 2007 trip

You know, Loud Girl seems to have the same sense of humour as her father. What goes around...comes around

You got it sister. That Loud Girl is MDF all over again. NOt sure the world is ready for that!

I'm going back to look at my pics to see if he's in the background!

I'm easy to find. Look for the "Strapping" young man with a beer in his hand, a cocky smirk, and a crazy looking family around him.

What is it with men and these stretchy waist shorts????? My DH tried this last year with a pair of old blue hawaiian print swim trunks, and he's not a little man, He insisted that he would wear them every day with what ever shirt he grabbed first.... green, red, orange.... All I could think is "someone from the DIS board is going to see us and his picture will be posted all over the board"

I actually have a picture of your husband signing autographs next to Stitch near Toon Town. "Kudos" to his drunken Pirate impersonation.

"Excuse me sir is that a Wolverine in your backback or are you expecting to run into blue_river and her family"

LOL that's funny. I find that making fun of blue is very funny for me. Am I the only one?

 

[blue_river]

LOL that's funny. I find that making fun of blue is very funny for me. Am I the only one?

AHEM!!!

Yes, you are the ONLY one

I guess you haven't seen my latest post

 

[Disney owl]

thanks for sharing