The Trippie Who Hath No Name, or, the trippie that'll be completed when I get..

[dgbg100106]

Kimmar, please keep up the good work... You can do it.....

 

[kimmar067]

Day 6 - "....HOO-ray for HOLLYWOOD, That screwy, ballyhooey HOLLYWOOD; Where any office boy or YOUNG mechanic, can be a panic, with just a goodlooking pan....where any barmaid can be a STAR maid - If she dances WITH or without a FA-A-A-AN...HOO-ray for HOLLYWOOD!...."

....for those of you who've already read my previous adventures to WDW, you'd already know how crazy about DHS I am......well, either that, or, the title probably gave it away too. It's Thursday morning and I'm soooo ready to be on my way to my favorite park at WDW - I long to get that 'kid-in-a-candy-store' feeling, so I'm subtly reminding everyone to be ready at the helm, so that we can be on our way....["...get UP, you lazy b*ttheads; we're gonna be late for MGM!!!" - okay, so YOUR definition of 'subtle' may differ from mine...and, in my own defense, I hadn't had my first cup of coffee yet, so back off...]. And, I'm sure that by now, you've already guessed that Jean [and co.] are still dreaming lazily in bed, which means (no surprise here) that we will be heading to yet ANOTHER park sans our friends. At this point I'm resigned to the fact that they truly just are not morning people....of course, I'd be remiss in divulging the tiny tidbit of information that, quite apparently, Jean and Maureen had sampled a wee bit too much of the 'nectar of the gods' the night before, and now they were feeling some of its repercussions....

....after the obligatory cup of coffee, and the last vestiges of my BIG JUNKY APPLE, we were well on our way to MY personal Xanadu:

...com'n Kim, keep it together now, deep breaths, repeat that mantra: "I'm as kewl as a cucumber, I'm as kewl as a cucumber, I'm as kewl..."- am I breaking out into a slow, beaded sweat? Oh wait, that's just the hot Florida climate...silly me.....we are well aquainted with the drill by now:

[..follow the car in front...]

[...lock it up and scurry to the next tram car...]

[...make a beeline towards DHS in giddy anticipation of what's ahead...]

....wait for it....wait for it.....

ToT!!!

....I can die a happy camper now....well, almost - I have to RIDE the darned thing first....

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[kimmar067]

Wow! Four updates this month! I'm impressed! Keep this up and you'll be pole free soon, or not depending on the Tag Fairy's mood.

Looking forward to your next update.

...dontcha mean FIVE?


....oh, and BTW, look forward, look forward!

 

[t_daniels]

Yay, more trippie! Love HS.

 

[usnuzuloose]

Type Kim, Type! I am impressed! But will the TF?

 

[kimmar067]

Type Kim, Type! I am impressed! But will the TF?

...doubt it....

 

[YoYoAurora]

...dontcha mean FIVE?


....oh, and BTW, look forward, look forward!

Woohoo! Five and counting! Congrats!

 

[dgbg100106]

Lets keep it up.... you can do it! just a few more days...

 

[kimmar067]

.... I sense a pattern here - NO ONE seems to be commenting on my astute anecdotes, carefree commentaries, and fantasmic foibles, but everyone has a WHOLE LOT to say about whether I may or may not bring this bay-bee to a close....

 

[t_daniels]

Well, I like how you were wanting to wake everyone up. That was me on our MK day and on Ohana/ Stitch day!

 

[jetskigrl]

.... I sense a pattern here - NO ONE seems to be commenting on my astute anecdotes, carefree commentaries, and fantasmic foibles, but everyone has a WHOLE LOT to say about whether I may or may not bring this bay-bee to a close....

LOVE the astute anecdotes and carefree commentaries but I have no idea what a foible is

Mostly I'm just hanging on for the next update to see which park you end up in(since we were at WDW at the same time)

 

[miprender]

Kim... I must say this TR is the most astute anecdotes, carefree commentaries, and fantasmic foibles I have ever read.

 

[kimmar067]

Well, I like how you were wanting to wake everyone up. That was me on our MK day and on Ohana/ Stitch day!

.....so then - you can relate....well, why didn't ya SAY so in the first place?

 

[kimmar067]

LOVE the astute anecdotes and carefree commentaries but I have no idea what a foible is ...

foible - [foi-buhl] n. 1. shortcomings, follies 2. quirks, eccentricities, peculiarities.


....I take it that no one is more peculiar than I....

 

[kimmar067]

Kim... I must say this TR is the most astute anecdotes, carefree commentaries, and fantasmic foibles I have ever read...

...isn't it though?

 

[t_daniels]

.....so then - you can relate....well, why didn't ya SAY so in the first place?

Good question. I always feel awkward just jumping.in with commentary on TRs! Dunno why. I'll be more chatty....you'll probably be begging me to shut it....

 

[kimmar067]

"...lights, camera, action....ROLL 'em..no, we can't stop NOW..."

This is the park where the phrase 'creature of habit' comes to mind, and today is no exception. After tackling the turnstiles and the perfunctory baggage inspection, we are already aware of what must be done next. Walk down Hollywood Blvd. Check. Hang a right at the Tips and Showtimes board and Information Booth. Check. Brisk-walk down Sunset Blvd. Check. Do NOT stop at Toluca Turkey Legs for a mid-morning snack. Check. Split up party so that some of us can score some RnRC Fastpasses while the rest of us high-tail it to the end of the ToT line. Check.

....okay, so far so good - we are fast approaching The Beverly Sunset store at the corner [one of these trips I'm just going to HAVE to stop in and purchase a Mickey waffle maker!] and, in a few moments we will be making that right turn...wait a sec! What's THIS on the left?

....we're STOPPING? For a street show??!??! Hey, we're losing time here, and it's already 9:45AM! Besides, we have a date with destiny....or a runaway elevator. Well-l-l-l-l, we're here, but I have a feeling that this is going to come back to bite us in the b*tt.....yes, we ARE here front-and-center, so we may as well enjoy the lighthearted Disney antics...


....well, after all the zany fun and the corny fake German Directorial accent, we FINALLY left the immediate area and made our way to ToT:

[...it's SO beautiful, I could cry... ]

...passing up a chance to grab a couple of RnRC Fastpasses (Ron, seriously? SERIOUSLY? ), eventually finding the end of the ToT queue line. In all the times that I've ridden ToT, I have never encountered the line so far back in the 'garden', but I figured that it was shady, and it also provided for some great photo ops [BTW ~ OUCH! Those teeth were sharp! DARN you, DHS street show! That's fifteen minutes of my ife that I'll never get back! ]:

...we snaked along the 'people-corralling ropes' [...this is where I keep looking back at the poor unfortunates behind me, playing mind games with myself, reassuring my mind that I'm that much closer than they are; since the line circles around and around, they have no idea of the wait they have before them - I'm pretty sure there was a wise-acre kid that was doing the same thing to me, so I guess it all evens out...] until we finally were in the 'home stretch' - that part of the line that is a straight path to the defunct fountain and the hotel itself:

....now on the veranda and around the bend and we finally found ourselves on the interior part of the famed resort, also known as the hotel lobby:

[...what a shame; they've really let the place go...]

....past the 'regular' guest elevators, enduring yet another 'library schpiel' and its thunder-and-lightning clap with the temporary black-out, and out the other library door, we found ourselves in the bowels of this infamous haunt. Safely seated inside the 'elevator of doom', of course, in the front row, up we went, closer and closer to that undeniable adrenalin rush, and finally, back down to reality, where we were greeted by, none other than 'famous-creepy-bellhop-dude'!

...that guy totally ROCKS!....

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[PrincessInOz]

.... I sense a pattern here - NO ONE seems to be commenting on my astute anecdotes, carefree commentaries, and fantasmic foibles, but everyone has a WHOLE LOT to say about whether I may or may not bring this bay-bee to a close....

So....was that one update or two today (or was that yesterday???)?


And as to commenting on your astute anecdotes, carefree commentaries, and fantasmic foibles....well, I think your use of adjectives is wonderful.







scratchin Is that a whole new game???)

 

[PrincessInOz]

BTW - Love the pictures in ToT (and particularly that one of the bellhop ). Sounds like you'll be forever chasing those lost 15 minutes now.

I'm in total admiration. I can't do ToT at all.

 

[t_daniels]

I always mean to catch a street show. Never have.

LOVE TOT queue.
Wish there WAS a Hollywood tower resort. Or a room like the castle suite in it!