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[wannago2disney]

Sorry to hear you are all sick....but on a happier note, it didn't take me long to get all caught up again ...seriously tho, hope you are all feeling better real soon.

 

[FauntleroyFAN07]

I gotta know. the green or the red one.

Red nyquil, and the mint double stuffed oreos.

 

[blue_river]

I'm sorry to hear you guys are all sick.

Hope you're feeling better now.

BTW - it's FRIDAY - just sayin'

 

[Disneyolic]

I'm sorry to hear you guys are all sick.

Hope you're feeling better now.

BTW - it's FRIDAY - just sayin'

Does that mean a drunken ninja posting fest tonite? I'm not sure if I can make it with how crappy I feel.

 

[stinkerbelle's mom]

Both of us sick. Got flu. Not gud.

Hope ya'll feel better soon!

 

[AmyBWV99]

The flu and winter - isn't that what spurred last year's unplanned March trip? Maybe another unplanned trip is just what you need!

 

[dismorgh]

Aww thanks Faunt.

I'm a busy man this week. I've got 600 customers in town for a "Dealer Meeting". It's chaotic at best.

I'll be back to normal, ninja-posting like a mad dog, by Friday afternoon.

In the meantime, I'm just trying to keep up with all the subbed trippies. It aint easy.

OK, so I know you were so there is a bit of sympathy there, but after all... it is Friday afternoon, ya know! Where are ya?

 

[GeminiAngel]

I hope you all get well soon.
As I stated earlier, I was sick as a dog for Thanksgiving with 11 guests.
I wore a face mask and non-latex gloves in the kitchen. Thankfully the family pitched in to help. they teased the heck out of me, I looked like a surgeon.

Of course, I'm fine this week.

 

[Montana Disney Fan]

~ The Man Report ~ ~ Beautiful Dreams & Cast Member Bribes ~


My loving family wakes me up with a wondrous Mickey carol sung in perfect harmony. Although I’m not first up to clean my mess, I find my loving wife has done so without complaint. All participants are ready and waiting for me to take them to the Magic Kingdom.

They graciously wait on me hand and foot. Feeding me grapes as I peruse the morning’s paper. After my long hot shower, they clip my toenails, shave my scraggy face, and dress me in the day’s outfit.

In the kitchen a full breakfast awaits. Coffee, tea, OJ, eggs, bacon and ham steak. They await in silence as I finish the sports section and nibble slowly on my delicious breakfast.



Then I wake up.

“Dad!. Mom says to get your butt out of bed and clean up your mess in the kitchen.”.

Hooboy.

After cleaning both kitchen & living room, we’re ready to hit MK. LtP is giving me “the look” as we climb into the rental car.

“I know, I know. I had a little late night snack”. I justify. “It’s vacation”!

“Uh huh”, was her only response.

It’s our second full day at Disney and I’m a little melancholy. We have to drive to MK instead of taking the bus since we’re staying off-site. However, it’s the only day we’ll have to drive to MK as we move to OKW on Friday.

Any of you who have driven to MK know about the hassles involved. Park in the lot, jump on the tram, exit the tram, walk 100 yards to the Monorail, wait in line, board the monorail, elbow your way to a seat, then ride it to MK. It’s a 45-minute adventure, fraught with peril & not fun.

Once Walt keeled over, Disney Imagineers were allowed to be more practical and put parking areas NEXT to theme parks… a novel idea. If Walt was around for the unveiling of Epcot, parking might have been located somewhere in the Downtown Disney area.

Today is Tuesday, October 9th, and according to my Unofficial Guide (UoG), MK crowd level should be a 5. Perfect. What is NOT perfect is the state of my condition after the “45 minutes of debauchery” from the previous evening. Could be trouble.

You don’t get Disney’s Unofficial Guide?!? For shame!! That’s like showing up for a gunfight armed with a toenail clipper. You gotta think people!!

Today will be boilerplate Mills Family touring. We’ve done it a hundred times and there’s no plans to stray from our proven formula. Adventurous tour planning will commence on a later MK trip.

Obviously, we make the rope-drop. Only Canadians and those who don’t purchase the UoG show up after 9 am. We watch the pre-show, enjoy all the “hoopla” then go into our routine. We split into two groups. Group #1: Me. Group #2: Everyone else.

I race through the throng, alone & unfettered, and am FIRST to receive my stroller. I know the tricks and am able to GAT by a couple hundred Ip-Dips who haven’t done enough studying (and aren’t aware of the UoG).

I’m out the other end of stroller rental in mere minutes where my experienced clan awaits their chariot of the day. They load up and we bolt for Adventureland where yet another rope drop awaits. We mill around, take a few meaningless pictures, then charge off in the direction of Splash Mountain using the Adventureland/Bathroom tunnel as our quickest route.

Arriving through the bathroom tunnel that connects Adventurland to Frontierland, we encounter our third rope-drop. I sidle up to the smiling female CM holding one end of the rope, give her a glorious smile (that won me the woman of my dreams) and offer her a bribe.

“I’ll give you this “Skippy” doll if you give us a head start”.

She laughed out loud and so did another female CM standing close by.

“I’m actually considering that”, she says, “those Skippy dolls are rare!”

We banter back and forth a little until it’s time to move slowly towards Splash Mountain. Hopefully, it’s open. Seems like hundreds of times in the past we’ve found it closed upon park opening. Today we know one of our kid’s favorites is under refurbishment; BTMR.

Splash is open and we’re among the first 15 to ride it. In fact, we rode it twice. I’m not sure I even like this attraction any more. The song is as annoying as Small World’s and there’s really only a 7 second thrill during the entire 9-minute ride. With the advent of 3D shows, it’s hard for me to get worked up over the 60-year-old technology that Disney calls, animatronics.

Without beer to stimulate my brain, I’m in for a long day. Oh, how I miss Epcot.

After an hour of traveling, fighting crowds, plus two consecutive trips around Splash Mountain, I’m ready for the commode facility and a little alone time. Buzz likes his alone time.

Next Up: My Heavy Investment In the Newly Founded Vietnamese Stock Exchange.

”Dad, we’re not doing anything. Why are we just sitting here?” - Waiting for the Adventureland Rope Drop

Put the camera down Mills. I still ain’t happy about the Carb Feast.

LG loves Stitch so MB gets “stuck” with the strangely cute, Skippy.

Working over the little Splash play area. Hurry up guys, dad’s gotta poop!

Either mom got wet on Splash or she’s lactating again.

 

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

My loving family wakes me up with a wondrous Mickey carol sung in perfect harmony. Although I’m not first up to clean my mess, I find my loving wife has done so without complaint. All participants are ready and waiting for me to take them to the Magic Kingdom.

They graciously wait on me hand and foot. Feeding me grapes as I peruse the morning’s paper. After my long hot shower, they clip my toenails, shave my scraggy face, and dress me in the day’s outfit.

In the kitchen a full breakfast awaits. Coffee, tea, OJ, eggs, bacon and ham steak. They await in silence as I finish the sports section and nibble slowly on my delicious breakfast.

I knew that this could only ever be a dream.

Obviously, we make the rope-drop. Only Canadians and those who don’t purchase the UoG show up after 9 am.

Hey! This is one Canadian who recognizes the advantage of the rope drop and I also have the UoG.

“I’ll give you this “Skippy” doll if you give us a head start”.

She laughed out loud and so did another female CM standing close by.

“I’m actually considering that”, she say, “those Skippy dolls are rare!”

I totally would have taken that bribe!

 

[Linnie The Pooh]

First!! Yeah!!

Doh!!! I'm not first!!!

 

[Montana Disney Fan]

First!! Yeah!!

Doh!!! I'm not first!!!

Ip-Dip!

 

[Hedy]

Loud Girl looks totally thrilled at you taking pictures.....

 

[Montana Disney Fan]

Loud Girl looks totally thrilled at you taking pictures.....

She usually LOVES having her picture taken.

 

[Disneyolic]

FIRST

... to notice that I'm not first ...

It was funnier when I thought that out in my head. I need a glass of wine.

 

[Montana Disney Fan]

FIRST

... to notice that I'm not first ...

It was funnier when I thought that out in my head. I need a glass of wine.

Church First... then wine... precious, precious wine....

 

[camelotcats]

So, I'm wondering what Linnie had to say when it was YOU needing the potty this trip.

I woulda taken the bribe.

 

[Disneyolic]

Church First... then wine... precious, precious wine....

What time is church? I just got back from the liquor store with 3 bottles of wine ...

 

[Disneyolic]

Then I wake up.

“Dad!. Mom says to get your butt out of bed and clean up your mess in the kitchen.”.

Hooboy.

Totally saw this coming. We all know your family by now!

Any of you who have driven to MK know about the hassles involved. Park in the lot, jump on the tram, exit the tram, walk 100 yards to the Monorail, wait in line, board the monorail, elbow your way to a seat, then ride it to MK. It’s a 45-minute adventure, fraught with peril & not fun.

Only did this 3 times and we can't stand this. Especially when the tram on the way back passes your row and keeps going and going and going ...

You don’t get Disney’s Unofficial Guide?!? For shame!! That’s like showing up for a gunfight armed with a toenail clipper. You gotta think people!!

I get the UoG. I even have helped out one of the contributers to it with a video once - Len Testa! I'm practically celebrity.

Obviously, we make the rope-drop. Only Canadians and those who don’t purchase the UoG show up after 9 am.

Most of the time we're there at rope drop but not always. Maybe it's because we live so close to Canada ...

I race through the throng, alone & unfettered, and am FIRST to receive my stroller. I know the tricks and am able to GAT by a couple hundred Ip-Dips who haven’t done enough studying (and aren’t aware of the UoG).

I must admit that I am pretty quick with the stroller deal too. Do you rent for multiple days to get a discount and also bypass the lines?

Without beer to stimulate my brain, I’m in for a long day. Oh, how I miss Epcot.

What do you mean no beer? I thought you had your stash?

Put the camera down Mills. I still ain’t happy about the Carb Feast.

Cute Linnie. I am totally pissed at Photobucket now. I can't load any of my add-ons to pics. I had a cute one of MB and this one of Linnie.

Either mom got wet on Splash or she’s lactating again.

Guarantee she's not lactating. I don't think she wants a 4th kid ...

 

[jcc0621]

They graciously wait on me hand and foot. Feeding me grapes as I peruse the morning’s paper. After my long hot shower, they clip my toenails, shave my scraggy face, and dress me in the day’s outfit.

In the kitchen a full breakfast awaits. Coffee, tea, OJ, eggs, bacon and ham steak. They await in silence as I finish the sports section and nibble slowly on my delicious breakfast.[/I]

THose must have been some darn good hallucinigens you were taking

“Dad!. Mom says to get your butt out of bed and clean up your mess in the kitchen.”.

Guarantee she's not lactating. I don't think she wants a 4th kid ...