I thought for sure I had commented on your last update already. Maybe the Mods thought I was a phantom poster and deleted it! Woefully behind on everyone's threads right now, so don't take it as a personal slight. You know I would tell you if it was.....
Apparently since Expedition Everest had been out of operation for a while, everyone who had been holding fastpasses for the last couple of hours had descended upon it at the same time. It was kind of funny to watch people arrive at the entrance door, and then to follow their eyes tracing the line in search of the end. They all had a look of disbelief (as Im sure we did) when they realized what the situation was.
Well, we didnt think that this was what fastpass was all about, so we sure didnt want to wait in that huge line. I think one of the kids suggested that we try the Single Rider line again since it worked so well in the morning, so we got out of line and went to the Single Rider entrance.
I'm sure if you had lots more time you wouldn't have made that rookie mistake of trying to use your FPs right after the ride had been down a while! Nice move on the jump to light spe....uh, single rider!!!
I guess I wasnt able to get a shot with Marlene in the picture, being turned around on a speeding rollercoaster and all. Ill have to work on that.
Man, you are just crushing that high esteem I normally hold you in. And right here at Christmas!!!
We reached the top and I took yet another picture of the broken tracks. I don't have enough of these in my stockpile of photos.
You can NEVER have too many of those!!!
I looked around and thought to myself, What havent I taken a picture of up here yet? Then I saw these yeti footprints in the snow.
Nice!!! I think I have noticed those before but I will definitely have to focus on them this trip!
Those footprints have to be a little scary to young riders who might be wondering if the yeti could be real. Good job imagineers!
Nah, they are like the rest of us......too busy freaking out about those broken tracks ahead.....
Lets see if Ive gotten any better at taking pictures while riding a speeding rollercoaster in the last couple of minutes.
Nope, guess I havent improved.
One of your better terrible efforts!!!
Lauren.
Marlene (2nd row, left side).
Love the way Lauren and Marlene both have that semi-raised "not quite sure if I want my hands too far away from being able to grab on" position!
I didn't notice it while we were there, but now looking at these pictures, it looks like I captured "The Amazing, Headless Monkey". Hmmm, didn't I take a picture of an Okapi with too many legs earlier in the day? Does anyone know if Disney is on nuclear power?
I once had a cartoon that came out not long after TMI where these two women were chatting, with the nuclear plant in the background, and one was holding her young son by the hand. The one lady says to the other "I see Billy has grown a foot since I saw him last." Billy had the lower part of a leg, ankle and foot included, growing out of the top of his head.
I like the way you checked all possibilities for locating that head. I've worked with some people where that would have been the proper search angle.....
We still had 2 extra fastpasses, so I told James to look for a group of 2 people in the standby line. He found 2 girls who were very happy to accept the fastpasses and they scooted under the rope to speed down the fastpass lane behind us.
Not surprised when my DSs opt to be generous with girls in line! Kudos to James for learning so young!!! I would say "A chip off the old block" but that might damage what little cred I have around here!!!
We trudged our way back through the fastpass lane and went back to the fountain, which is under cover, to wait the storm out with hopes that it would be one of those Florida 10-minute showers.
That would have been my guess too!!!
I remembered that I still had our original Expedition Everest fastpasses that wed gotten early that morning and thought that maybe I could provide someone with a little pixie dust by offering them. I told the kids to look for people entering the park who looked like they might be candidates for a thrill ride. We actually had trouble finding someone, since most people were leaving the park. As we got to Discovery Island I passed a guy going the opposite direction and I said, Hey, would you like some fastpasses for Expedition Everest? His immediate reply was, How much?
Funny how we try to be good DISers and spread Pixie Dust and people always seem to question the motives. Had the same type problem before too!
Once under cover, I thought Id take a picture to give you a feel for the moment. Has anyone else experienced this at Disney? Yeah, I thought so.
Nope, Never!!!
A little bit later I got a text from Cherie (BlueyedGirl on the DIS) that she and her family were in Community Hall, so Judy and I went down to meet them.
For a blueyed girl, she sho do have some red eyes!!!
Cherie, her husband and son are a wonderful family and we really enjoyed talking with them.
DISmeets are almost always great, aren't they!!?!!
Up next: Boma
need I say more?
Well yes you do, and SOON! Might be my last chance to score some Where's Judy-do points for a while.....
Do you think you can come up with a way to scam the system that Marv hasn't already tried? Oh silly, silly Captain.
So does this mean I can add "
Supreme Where's Judy Contest Point Scammer of the Universe by glennbo123" to my siggie???
Like you said, I think they're just trying to quickly get their post count up. I had another one on here about a week ago, and Marv had one a couple of days before that. I don't know what their intentions are after they get their post count up.
Right after my experience I think somebody said they get enough privileges that they can spam whatever they are trying to promote, or just plain wreak havoc!
As a DVC member, the rental is free. We got a movie in 2009 for the kids when Judy and I went on a date night, but they ended up just watching TV instead. In 2010, they told us not to bother, they'd just watch TV.
That, or like mine, spend the whole time in Community Hall!!!
Yep, I didn't want to look like too much of a stalker, but took a few pictures.
Good to see you're trying to turn over a new leaf since your trip the year before!!!
Here are the 2 group pics....
Those are good too. Thanks for posting them!
Two Judy's! (In your thread, in a new post, not counted by anyone else before!!!)
We had a system, though because I'm a nervous mom!! I went down first, then DS and then DH came down behind him.
Who's idea was that?
