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I know what you mean. I'm about 2 months away from entering my 20's, but I'd gladly spend all day watching old Nickelodeon shows. Last summer, my friends and I were obsessed with re-watching Legends of the Hidden Temple...aka the greatest game show to ever exist. It's just tragic that it went off the air before I could be on it. It was always my dream to be a Red Jaguar... It's not weird at all. I went through a phase in middle school when I wouldn't eat sandwiches. I also went through a phase where I refused to wear jeans. I was a weird kid. Heck, I'm still a pretty weird adult (even though I hardly consider myself an adult).
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Day 1, Part 3 In Which We Finally Get TO DISNEY WORLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Uh... Almost
Hm.. Where did we leave off? Ah yes. My mom and I were sitting at our gate enjoying(ish) a rousing breakfast that included Diet Coke and airplane pretzels.
Ah, vacation.
We boarded our second and FINAL plane at 8:50 AM. But didnt take off until about a week later.
This whole thing was kind of scary. My moms eyes got pretty big. And she kept saying to me What the *#(*@! is going on?
Like I knew.
My mom freaks out in this scenarios kind of easily. She is a bit of a worrier. In these situations we kind of switch roles in a way. I act like there is absolutely no problem and that I am not worried at all because I dont want to freak her out. When really my mind wanders and Im thinking, Yeah, this plane is going to crash. But I didnt SAY that. To keep my moms sanity.
Basically what was happening was we were hearing a LOT of really strange noises. Bang. Clang. CRASH. Smash. Things like that. And during all this clang-smash action, there was a REALLY LOUD sound of something blowing. Like a huge gust of constant wind. Or something.
Someone came over the loudspeaker and told us that one of the people who has a Really Important Job and was supposed to be on this plane didnt show up, and they are waiting for their replacement to come in.
Well okay. Odd, but it happens. People dont show up for work sometimes. Thats life. But they called this person something really official (that I of course cant remember) like First Officer or something. The whole thing was iffy.
Mom assumed the worst pretty quickly.
Oh my God, theyre lying. Everyones here. Thats just a story so people dont get scared and leave. Something is wrong with this plane. Something is wrong with this plane!!!
Youre crazy, I told her. They cant lie about things like that. Im pretty sure its against the law. Do you really think theyd risk a plane going down? No. They arent going to put us in the air unless they are sure everything will be fine.
I was lying ish. Because I was actually thinking the exact same thing. Because usually when Im waiting for a plane to take off I hear ZERO clanging and crashing noises. However, there were quite a lot happening on this particular morning on this particular plane.
I really was close to getting the eff off that tin can coffin.
I thought of telling everyone there was something wrong with the planes left phalange so we all could get off. I told you every scenario in life can relate back to Friends.
I refrained. From THAT. And just waited. My breathing got a bit heavy. My moms eyes got even BIGGER. I read about diet tips in my O Magazine.
And then just like that. The noise stopped. Whatever person was supposed to come on the plane to replace the other guy had arrived. Apparently. Great! Lets get GOING!! When (if) this sucker lands, Ill be at DISNEY WORLD!!! My home! So lets GO!!!!
We took off. It was again, uneventful. Thank God. Nothing happened. No more bangcrashclanging went on. My moms eyes returned to their normal size. My breathing regulated. It was all good. In the hood.
THE HOOD BEING ORLANDO, NERDS! CAUSE WE WERE FINALLY THERE!!!!!!!!!!!!
So.. We flew US Airways. I thought the planes were a bit shabby(ish) looking. I added the ish, because who am I to say the planes looked shabby? Honestly. We landed, right? Im alive? Someone at the airport asked how my flight was, and I replied, Any flight that lands is a good flight. He replied, Amen! So really Im not complaining about US Airways. I could have done without the bangcrashbanging though. Bigtime.
I think my favorite air carrier is Delta. They have colorful leather seats in coach and a wide selection of movies. Of course they cost $9.99 each but they have free music which is cool. I like Continental too but they pick the movie. Its free, but what if it sucks? You cant just cancel and throw another $10 out the window. Like I said, none of this matters REALLY. I just want to land. Thanks.
Land we did. At last.
Ohhhhhhhhhhh, the Orlando Airport. I LOVE MCO. I would have taken pictures but I was too busy skipping to the Disneyish monorail and then RUNNING to baggage claim whilst singing a little song. A couple of forest animals came out of nowhere to sing with me. Oh, it was just too fun.
Then I recall some waiting. My mom went outside to call/text people who love us and tell them we were alive. The bags took FOREVER to come out and it made me wish I had booked Magical Express. Until I saw the longLONGLGONGIGNIGNKDNKDNGLONG longest line I HAVE EVER SEEN. For anything. It was almost comical, this line. If I didnt feel so horrible for all the families having a not-so-magical time, I would have laughed.
We finally got our bags with no problemo. Headed past the Line From Hades, and to Hertz Rent-A-Car.
As Beyonce would say, this was a disastuh.
We always use Hertz when we travel because we know someone at Hertz. We get an amazing deal every single time.
I checked the Hertz rates online before we left just for the heck of it, so I could see how much we were saving by using our discount. For our whole trip, if we had booked just like everyone else, it would have been about $220. I checked other companies like Budget (got a discount code from the DIS), Alamo, etc. All of the rates were around $220-$250.
My mom went up to the counter while I sat on my suitcase, hummed a merry tune, and played with the squirrels, groundhogs, doves, chipmunks, and bunnies that had gathered. I was on another planet at this point. Being at Disney World, for me, is like entering a parallel universe of magic. Literally. I have enough of an imagination that I can let go of everything and let Disney take over. And we was almost there. SO CLOSE!
I overheard my moms convo with the Hertz lady. Hertz Lady was super super nice and complimented my mom on basically every article of clothing and accessory she had on. Told her about people she knew from New Jersey. Asked if we were going to Disney. That sort of thing.
My mom asked her to enter the reservation number that our friend at Hertz had written on his business card. Hertz Lady told her all she needed was her name. Ok then.
I heard my mom say no, no, NO, NO and Noooooooo. A million times. When Hertz Lady offered all that extra stuff they offer that costs a fortune.
You really should get this. Everyone gets this. Its not that much more, really. Its important. You should get it, everyone gets it.
No thank you, my mom said.
You should think about upgrading--
No thank you, my mom said. Just the standard will be fine.
Yes, but you two girls are out to have FUN! I can tell. Two girls drivin around Florida in a convertible, carefree! What do you think? Its really not that much more.
No thank you, my mom said. Again.
This took awhile. I appreciate all of your offers, my mom said, but we do not want anything extra. Thanks.
I get it. I know that if you dont sell a certain amount of crap your boss is annoyed with you. But she was kind of going overboard. I wondered how many people were worn down from travel enough to just say OK fine!! Add the convertible! so they could get out of there.
She finally came up with the total for our standard car with NO extra features, NO convertible, NO pre-paid gas, NO cleaning service, NO butler, NO magician in the back performing tricks, and WHOA. What?
$330. Was the total, she siad.
In my head I was all RUH-ROH. Scooby Doo/Liz Lemon style. Cause I KNEW that ish wasnt accurate. The quote on the website was $220. And we are supposed to get a BIG discount. We always do. I'm not saying I feel entitled to get a better price than the general public AKA people who do not know anyone who works for Hertz. But it should NOT be over a hundred dollars more than the regular rate I got on the site. This lady was trying to play us. Big time. I was so not having that. You are not going to take money away from us that could be spent on Mickey rice-krispie treats and Dole Whips.
Also, she said she was going to charge $530 in total to my mom's credit card just as a deposit. And when we returned the car, the balance would be returned. Uh, what? Is that normal? How much do people usually pay for this?
My mom said, I think theres been a mistake here. I'm going to just call my husband quickly and get this sorted out.
Hertz Lady said, It's actually a REALLY reasonable rate. In a tone I did not care for.
You do not mess with my Momma. Hertz Lady. Excuse ME.
So I went up to the desk. Told her, very sweetly, to puhlease enter THE NUMBER ON THE BACK OF THE CARD. Because I knew that as soon as my mom reached my dad he was going to say, Well, did she enter the number on the back of the card? Hertz Lady said, again, in a tone I did not care for , that she already did. I said I know that you didn'tt. I have been right over there the whole time. And just because I was singing classic Disney tunes with a bunch of forest animals does not mean that I was not paying attention. You entered our name. Not the reservation number. Please enter the number on the back of this card.
She literally refused to enter that number. Because why would she? It's only her job and all. She INSISTED. That the number would pull up the EXACT SAME reservation she had with our name on it.
I said, sweet as pie, Maybe that's true. Can you just show me that? Can you just type in the number and show me the exact same reservation, then?
Apparently not. And apparently there was no manager. On hand. That we could speak to.
My mom got off the phone with my dad. Whaddaya know? He said that the woman has to enter the reservation number. On the back of the card.
I was too happy to turn this into an ordeal. I wasnt going to start a huge thing with Hertz Lady and demand to see other Hertz Ladies or even Hertz Men or Hertz Bosses. Like I care. I was 20 miles from Disney Heaven. I didnt want to get into the whole thing with these people. I didnt want to go over all the costs that made up the $330 and find out what the Hertz Lady was charging us that we didnt ask for.
We just wanted to see this:
So we went outside and got a cab. Where, again we ran into a mishap. Something happened to my mom. That was stressful at the time but also HILARIOUS. She laughs about it now.
Thanks for reading this ridiculousness everyone!!
Day 1, Part 3 In Which We Finally Get TO DISNEY WORLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Uh... Almost
Hm.. Where did we leave off? Ah yes. My mom and I were sitting at our gate enjoying(ish) a rousing breakfast that included Diet Coke and airplane pretzels.
Ah, vacation.
We boarded our second and FINAL plane at 8:50 AM. But didnt take off until about a week later.
This whole thing was kind of scary. My moms eyes got pretty big. And she kept saying to me What the *#(*@! is going on?
Like I knew.
My mom freaks out in this scenarios kind of easily. She is a bit of a worrier. In these situations we kind of switch roles in a way. I act like there is absolutely no problem and that I am not worried at all because I dont want to freak her out. When really my mind wanders and Im thinking, Yeah, this plane is going to crash. But I didnt SAY that. To keep my moms sanity.
Basically what was happening was we were hearing a LOT of really strange noises. Bang. Clang. CRASH. Smash. Things like that. And during all this clang-smash action, there was a REALLY LOUD sound of something blowing. Like a huge gust of constant wind. Or something.
Someone came over the loudspeaker and told us that one of the people who has a Really Important Job and was supposed to be on this plane didnt show up, and they are waiting for their replacement to come in.
Well okay. Odd, but it happens. People dont show up for work sometimes. Thats life. But they called this person something really official (that I of course cant remember) like First Officer or something. The whole thing was iffy.
Mom assumed the worst pretty quickly.
Oh my God, theyre lying. Everyones here. Thats just a story so people dont get scared and leave. Something is wrong with this plane. Something is wrong with this plane!!!
Youre crazy, I told her. They cant lie about things like that. Im pretty sure its against the law. Do you really think theyd risk a plane going down? No. They arent going to put us in the air unless they are sure everything will be fine.
I was lying ish. Because I was actually thinking the exact same thing. Because usually when Im waiting for a plane to take off I hear ZERO clanging and crashing noises. However, there were quite a lot happening on this particular morning on this particular plane.
I really was close to getting the eff off that tin can coffin.
I thought of telling everyone there was something wrong with the planes left phalange so we all could get off. I told you every scenario in life can relate back to Friends.
I refrained. From THAT. And just waited. My breathing got a bit heavy. My moms eyes got even BIGGER. I read about diet tips in my O Magazine.
And then just like that. The noise stopped. Whatever person was supposed to come on the plane to replace the other guy had arrived. Apparently. Great! Lets get GOING!! When (if) this sucker lands, Ill be at DISNEY WORLD!!! My home! So lets GO!!!!
We took off. It was again, uneventful. Thank God. Nothing happened. No more bangcrashclanging went on. My moms eyes returned to their normal size. My breathing regulated. It was all good. In the hood.
THE HOOD BEING ORLANDO, NERDS! CAUSE WE WERE FINALLY THERE!!!!!!!!!!!!
So.. We flew US Airways. I thought the planes were a bit shabby(ish) looking. I added the ish, because who am I to say the planes looked shabby? Honestly. We landed, right? Im alive? Someone at the airport asked how my flight was, and I replied, Any flight that lands is a good flight. He replied, Amen! So really Im not complaining about US Airways. I could have done without the bangcrashbanging though. Bigtime.
I think my favorite air carrier is Delta. They have colorful leather seats in coach and a wide selection of movies. Of course they cost $9.99 each but they have free music which is cool. I like Continental too but they pick the movie. Its free, but what if it sucks? You cant just cancel and throw another $10 out the window. Like I said, none of this matters REALLY. I just want to land. Thanks.
Land we did. At last.
Ohhhhhhhhhhh, the Orlando Airport. I LOVE MCO. I would have taken pictures but I was too busy skipping to the Disneyish monorail and then RUNNING to baggage claim whilst singing a little song. A couple of forest animals came out of nowhere to sing with me. Oh, it was just too fun.
Then I recall some waiting. My mom went outside to call/text people who love us and tell them we were alive. The bags took FOREVER to come out and it made me wish I had booked Magical Express. Until I saw the longLONGLGONGIGNIGNKDNKDNGLONG longest line I HAVE EVER SEEN. For anything. It was almost comical, this line. If I didnt feel so horrible for all the families having a not-so-magical time, I would have laughed.
We finally got our bags with no problemo. Headed past the Line From Hades, and to Hertz Rent-A-Car.
As Beyonce would say, this was a disastuh.
We always use Hertz when we travel because we know someone at Hertz. We get an amazing deal every single time.
I checked the Hertz rates online before we left just for the heck of it, so I could see how much we were saving by using our discount. For our whole trip, if we had booked just like everyone else, it would have been about $220. I checked other companies like Budget (got a discount code from the DIS), Alamo, etc. All of the rates were around $220-$250.
My mom went up to the counter while I sat on my suitcase, hummed a merry tune, and played with the squirrels, groundhogs, doves, chipmunks, and bunnies that had gathered. I was on another planet at this point. Being at Disney World, for me, is like entering a parallel universe of magic. Literally. I have enough of an imagination that I can let go of everything and let Disney take over. And we was almost there. SO CLOSE!
I overheard my moms convo with the Hertz lady. Hertz Lady was super super nice and complimented my mom on basically every article of clothing and accessory she had on. Told her about people she knew from New Jersey. Asked if we were going to Disney. That sort of thing.
My mom asked her to enter the reservation number that our friend at Hertz had written on his business card. Hertz Lady told her all she needed was her name. Ok then.
I heard my mom say no, no, NO, NO and Noooooooo. A million times. When Hertz Lady offered all that extra stuff they offer that costs a fortune.
You really should get this. Everyone gets this. Its not that much more, really. Its important. You should get it, everyone gets it.
No thank you, my mom said.
You should think about upgrading--
No thank you, my mom said. Just the standard will be fine.
Yes, but you two girls are out to have FUN! I can tell. Two girls drivin around Florida in a convertible, carefree! What do you think? Its really not that much more.
No thank you, my mom said. Again.
This took awhile. I appreciate all of your offers, my mom said, but we do not want anything extra. Thanks.
I get it. I know that if you dont sell a certain amount of crap your boss is annoyed with you. But she was kind of going overboard. I wondered how many people were worn down from travel enough to just say OK fine!! Add the convertible! so they could get out of there.
She finally came up with the total for our standard car with NO extra features, NO convertible, NO pre-paid gas, NO cleaning service, NO butler, NO magician in the back performing tricks, and WHOA. What?
$330. Was the total, she siad.
In my head I was all RUH-ROH. Scooby Doo/Liz Lemon style. Cause I KNEW that ish wasnt accurate. The quote on the website was $220. And we are supposed to get a BIG discount. We always do. I'm not saying I feel entitled to get a better price than the general public AKA people who do not know anyone who works for Hertz. But it should NOT be over a hundred dollars more than the regular rate I got on the site. This lady was trying to play us. Big time. I was so not having that. You are not going to take money away from us that could be spent on Mickey rice-krispie treats and Dole Whips.
Also, she said she was going to charge $530 in total to my mom's credit card just as a deposit. And when we returned the car, the balance would be returned. Uh, what? Is that normal? How much do people usually pay for this?
My mom said, I think theres been a mistake here. I'm going to just call my husband quickly and get this sorted out.
Hertz Lady said, It's actually a REALLY reasonable rate. In a tone I did not care for.
You do not mess with my Momma. Hertz Lady. Excuse ME.
So I went up to the desk. Told her, very sweetly, to puhlease enter THE NUMBER ON THE BACK OF THE CARD. Because I knew that as soon as my mom reached my dad he was going to say, Well, did she enter the number on the back of the card? Hertz Lady said, again, in a tone I did not care for , that she already did. I said I know that you didn'tt. I have been right over there the whole time. And just because I was singing classic Disney tunes with a bunch of forest animals does not mean that I was not paying attention. You entered our name. Not the reservation number. Please enter the number on the back of this card.
She literally refused to enter that number. Because why would she? It's only her job and all. She INSISTED. That the number would pull up the EXACT SAME reservation she had with our name on it.
I said, sweet as pie, Maybe that's true. Can you just show me that? Can you just type in the number and show me the exact same reservation, then?
Apparently not. And apparently there was no manager. On hand. That we could speak to.
My mom got off the phone with my dad. Whaddaya know? He said that the woman has to enter the reservation number. On the back of the card.
I was too happy to turn this into an ordeal. I wasnt going to start a huge thing with Hertz Lady and demand to see other Hertz Ladies or even Hertz Men or Hertz Bosses. Like I care. I was 20 miles from Disney Heaven. I didnt want to get into the whole thing with these people. I didnt want to go over all the costs that made up the $330 and find out what the Hertz Lady was charging us that we didnt ask for.
We just wanted to see this:
So we went outside and got a cab. Where, again we ran into a mishap. Something happened to my mom. That was stressful at the time but also HILARIOUS. She laughs about it now.
Thanks for reading this ridiculousness everyone!!
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__disneygirl
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OMGGGGGGGGGG. Are you me? I miss that show a LOT. I wanted to be on it SO BAD. Oh man. That and every other old school Nick show.
PS: I don't feel like an adult either. I feel about 12. Though I know i'm more mature than most people my own age. It's weird. So yeah... i'm weird too. We should start a club!
littlelovebug
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Oh nooooooo! I hope I don't encounter that "LONGLGONGIGNIGNKDNKDNGLONG" Magical Express line! 
Hopefully I'll get to read another update before I leave...although I know we're nowhere near the page (chapter, subsection, etc.) where you actually ARRIVE at WDW...
Hopefully I'll get to read another update before I leave...although I know we're nowhere near the page (chapter, subsection, etc.) where you actually ARRIVE at WDW...
__disneygirl
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Oh nooooooo! I hope I don't encounter that "LONGLGONGIGNIGNKDNKDNGLONG" Magical Express line!
I will probably update before you leave, but ahhh!! You're getting SO close! I'm so excited for you guys!
As for Magical Express, I've done it before where there was virtually no line. You never know. You just have to hope luck is on your side.
tinkgurl
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Seriously, I would've been off that plane the first time I heard that not-so-normal racket going on! I would've said to whoever was traveling with me, "You can stay here or go with me. If you stay here, see ya..wouldn't want to be ya!" Because I would've been bound and determined that that plane was going to crash.
But, obviously yours did not. And I'm glad.
Doesn't the "Disney-ish monorail" at the Orlando airport just get you so pumped up for the real thing?!
Ugh, that lady sounds like she was sssshhhhady! And there wasn't a manager or anyone to talk to?!
Okay, what's with the cliffhanger?! What happened to your mom?!
But, obviously yours did not. And I'm glad.
Doesn't the "Disney-ish monorail" at the Orlando airport just get you so pumped up for the real thing?!
Ugh, that lady sounds like she was sssshhhhady! And there wasn't a manager or anyone to talk to?!
Okay, what's with the cliffhanger?! What happened to your mom?!
YoungChuck72
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hey there
love reading your trip report
just wanted to say that i'm exactly the way you are
when i heard that you associate real life life with movies
i do the exact same thing and my mom always tells me i'm crazy lol
o and also FRIENDS IS MY ALL TIME FAVORITE SHOW ALSO
and i knew exactly what you were talking about with monica and chandler before reading on lol i know all the episodes too
anyways looking foward to reading the rest of it !!
love reading your trip report
just wanted to say that i'm exactly the way you are
when i heard that you associate real life life with movies
i do the exact same thing and my mom always tells me i'm crazy lol
o and also FRIENDS IS MY ALL TIME FAVORITE SHOW ALSO
and i knew exactly what you were talking about with monica and chandler before reading on lol i know all the episodes too
anyways looking foward to reading the rest of it !!
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I think I'm gonna start a campaign to get Nick to create a channel that airs the old school shows 24/7. It would be the greatest thing ever. Though I probably wouldn't get off of the couch ever again.
And yes, I'm pretty sure we are the same person. If there was a high five smiley I would have used it here. So just use your imagination and pretend that this waving smiley is just winding up into a high five.
Onto your trip...I would have been off of that plane the second I started hearing weird noises. So scary. And don't you just love how moms always choose the worst times to worry? I always wanna be like, "No Mommy, you're supposed to be comforting ME right now." But I suck it up and act brave because there is nothing worse than seeing your mother worry.
Hertz Lady sounds like a real piece of work. Don't ya just love when people act all nice and friendly, just so that when they pull the rug out from under you you're more inclined to trust them? Then when you see right through their BS, they get all snappy with you. So annoying. I'm sorry that your trip had to start out that way.
Getting a cab was a good call. But what happened to your mom? I hope she didn't get hurt or anything.
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Seriously, I would've been off that plane the first time I heard that not-so-normal racket going on! I would've said to whoever was traveling with me, "You can stay here or go with me. If you stay here, see ya..wouldn't want to be ya!" Because I would've been bound and determined that that plane was going to crash.
But, obviously yours did not. And I'm glad.
Doesn't the "Disney-ish monorail" at the Orlando airport just get you so pumped up for the real thing?!
Ugh, that lady sounds like she was sssshhhhady! And there wasn't a manager or anyone to talk to?!
Okay, what's with the cliffhanger?! What happened to your mom?!
YES THE DISNEYISH MONORAIL EVEN SMELLS SORT OF THE SAME. But not exactly. But I loooooove it.
My mom was fine LOL. It was just something silly but at the time it was uncomfortable and after a long morning of travel it was stressful. She laughs about it now.
You will find out soon!OMG I am so glad another obsessed Friends fan is reading this report b/c I am sure there will be MANY Friends references that no one will get. My friend is in town right now, and she is staying at the Hotel Chandler. I was like OH MY GOD... CHANDLER BING!!!!! Aka: Ms. Chanandaler Bong. hahahahaha
Thanks for reading!!!
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I think I'm gonna start a campaign to get Nick to create a channel that airs the old school shows 24/7. It would be the greatest thing ever. Though I probably wouldn't get off of the couch ever again.
And yes, I'm pretty sure we are the same person. If there was a high five smiley I would have used it here. So just use your imagination and pretend that this waving smiley is just winding up into a high five.
Onto your trip...I would have been off of that plane the second I started hearing weird noises. So scary. And don't you just love how moms always choose the worst times to worry? I always wanna be like, "No Mommy, you're supposed to be comforting ME right now." But I suck it up and act brave because there is nothing worse than seeing your mother worry.
Hertz Lady sounds like a real piece of work. Don't ya just love when people act all nice and friendly, just so that when they pull the rug out from under you you're more inclined to trust them? Then when you see right through their BS, they get all snappy with you. So annoying. I'm sorry that your trip had to start out that way.
Getting a cab was a good call. But what happened to your mom? I hope she didn't get hurt or anything.
YESSS *virtual high five* the old school Nick network would take over my LIFE. I don't know if you have heard about this website: alluc.org but they have a LOT of old school Nick on there. It's legal cause they don't host the videos on the actual site, just link to them!! Genius!!
Hertz Lady really made me a bit P.O.ed and if I had not been 20 miles from the mouse I would have brought out the Jersey in me and no one wants to see that. Really.
And my mom did not get hurt but I love how I am getting worried comments haha
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Tardy but present!
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Hey there! I just caught up on your PTR and now your TR and I am LOVING it so far. You have such an amazing writing style, and you make even the littlest things interesting or funny. I'm excited to read more 
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Subscribing. You are hilarious, and I can't wait to see what you guys did once you were in WDW!
__disneygirl
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HI EVERYONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WHEW.
It has been quite a week. Barely had a second to breathe but I am BACK!!!!!!
Where did I even leave off on this thing? I remember that even though I have posted several times, we still have not arrived at Disney. Whoops.
Before I get into the next chapter... I have to report something. About the trip. Cause this is a TRIP REPORT! Anyway... if you read my PTR you know that my mom loves Disney and gets the magic and notices the details but isn't an overly obsessed over planning fanatic freak like myself. Well, I think she is crossing over into my territory because since we got back she has been making little comments to me here and there, like saying she had the SpectroMagic song stuck in her head. Naturally I started performing it when she told me that, and she joined in and we had a grand ol' time.
Then, she said something which cracked me up so hard I was almost in tears. She was putting a straw into her drink and looked at it with disdain. She then said, "I miss the Disney paper straws that are safe for animals from Animal Kingdom
" LOL!!!!!!!!!! I mean, you have to be pretty obsessed to come out with a line like that. About an hour ago we were on the phone (around 12:30 AM) and she said, "I wonder what Epcot is like right now."
I have created a monster! And I couldn't be happier about it.
New chapter coming tomorrow! Well, technically today as it is almost 2am. WHERE does the time go?
Thank you SO much for reading!! All of you!!!!!!!!
WHEW.
It has been quite a week. Barely had a second to breathe but I am BACK!!!!!!
Where did I even leave off on this thing? I remember that even though I have posted several times, we still have not arrived at Disney. Whoops.
Before I get into the next chapter... I have to report something. About the trip. Cause this is a TRIP REPORT! Anyway... if you read my PTR you know that my mom loves Disney and gets the magic and notices the details but isn't an overly obsessed over planning fanatic freak like myself. Well, I think she is crossing over into my territory because since we got back she has been making little comments to me here and there, like saying she had the SpectroMagic song stuck in her head. Naturally I started performing it when she told me that, and she joined in and we had a grand ol' time.
Then, she said something which cracked me up so hard I was almost in tears. She was putting a straw into her drink and looked at it with disdain. She then said, "I miss the Disney paper straws that are safe for animals from Animal Kingdom
" LOL!!!!!!!!!! I mean, you have to be pretty obsessed to come out with a line like that. About an hour ago we were on the phone (around 12:30 AM) and she said, "I wonder what Epcot is like right now."I have created a monster! And I couldn't be happier about it.
New chapter coming tomorrow! Well, technically today as it is almost 2am. WHERE does the time go?
Thank you SO much for reading!! All of you!!!!!!!!
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well, all that's left now is the happy ending.
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Tardy but present!
WIGD!!!!!!!!!!!! So happy you're here. I LOVE your TR. Welcome!!!
Hey there! I just caught up on your PTR and now your TR and I am LOVING it so far. You have such an amazing writing style, and you make even the littlest things interesting or funny. I'm excited to read more
Thank you SO MUCH!!!!!! I appreciate it. Welcome to the ridiculousness!!
Subscribing. You are hilarious, and I can't wait to see what you guys did once you were in WDW!
Thank you and WELCOME!!! Once we actually GET to Disney this whole thing gets WAYYYY better. We sure did a lot. I am tired just thinking about it. Or maybe that's because it's 2am? Anyway.. thanks for reading!!!
MousekaMaddi
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i am here.........and im waiting,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
__disneygirl
well, all that's left now is the happy ending.
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i am here.........and im waiting,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Well YAY! Welcome and thanks!!!
Aw...it sounds like your mom had a really good time on your trip!
I think random things like that too..always wondering what's happening at WDW right this second.
She really did. She always does but is usually satisfied by the time we are leaving, unlike me who has to start planning the next trip to avoid death. But this time she caught the bug!
I do the same thing. Around 9:00 i'm always like "PEOPLE ARE WATCHING ILLUMINATIONS RIGHT NOW AND I AM NOT, I HATE MY LIFE!"
MarieTheCat24
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I'm laughing so hard at your mom missing the Animal Kingdom paper straws. I hate those things. Trying to drink a slushie through one of them was like torture. The straw got all weird and closed off. It was awful. It was so hot that day and all I wanted to do was drink the thing, but no. The stupid straw had to get in the way. Ok. That's enough boring you with my trials and tribulations of paper straws.
And it's definitely a good thing that you've created a monster.
And it's definitely a good thing that you've created a monster.
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