Tiaras and Tantrums 08-- The Farewell. . . Will YOU join us next year?

Thanks.:lmao:

Turner Drugs is the BEST aren't they??!! I forgot my prescription allergy medicine last year and was desperate. I can substitute Claritin but of course they don't sell that at WDW. I called Turner and they delivered the non prescription med within a few hours. At that point I didn't care about the cost but I thought that it was reasonable considering how desperate I was.

And to anyone reading--we are NOT an exclusive group! If you think you would fit in with this crazy group then plan to join us next year!!! We haven't set a date yet. No husbands, no kids. just start practicing now. .



NOT MINE!

Yeah, if they let me in....they will let ANYONE in!

ETA: DH and I had to go with my Mother to help her purchase a lap top today. At one point I fell into our chant of Not Mine, Not Mine, Not Mine. Then it dawned on me! DARN THEY ARE MINE!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
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A few things:

A) I am so sad I wasn't there.
B) Why do I keep getting a 'belly fat' ad reading this report?:confused3
 

Great report. Sounds like tons of fun... Would you accept a non-drinking designated driver. I can learn the ropes of driving an electric scooter and or I may be swayed to try a few of those orange looking drinks;) ;). Okay I am waiting for the next installment.
 
Great report. Sounds like tons of fun... Would you accept a non-drinking designated driver. I can learn the ropes of driving an electric scooter and or I may be swayed to try a few of those orange looking drinks;) ;). Okay I am waiting for the next installment.


Absolutely. Truth be told I am the designated driver so it is nice to have another one. When you meet me you will understand--people think I am drunk when I have only had water! :teeth: But an occasional strawberry daiquiri or glass of wine does happen sometimes.

I am trying to get up the energy for the next installment.
 
Great report. Sounds like tons of fun... Would you accept a non-drinking designated driver. I can learn the ropes of driving an electric scooter and or I may be swayed to try a few of those orange looking drinks;) ;). Okay I am waiting for the next installment.

We SO accept non drinkers. They are the only ones who remember what us drunks do. Scrappy will tell you....she isn't much of a drinker. The orange drinks were GREAT! Both in China and France. Of course I have a fondness for the French People. They are dear to my heart. :rotfl:
 
We SO accept non drinkers. They are the only ones who remember what us drunks do. Scrappy will tell you....she isn't much of a drinker. The orange drinks were GREAT! Both in China and France. Of course I have a fondness for the French People. They are dear to my heart. :rotfl:

Like I remember! I barely remember what we all did while everyone was sober! But it is really fun to take the photos of the drunks. . .


HELLO FRENCH PEOPLE!
 
Like I remember! I barely remember what we all did while everyone was sober! But it is really fun to take the photos of the drunks. . .


HELLO FRENCH PEOPLE!


You do know I wasn't drunk drunk. Just drunk. :rotfl2:

HeeellOOO Stupid Drunk American!!!!
 
Full from the Yakking Yeti it seemed like a good idea to go on a ride that would bounce us around as much as possible. I never said we were really bright! So time to ride Kilimanjaro Safaris. Last year we really enjoyed taking photos of the backside of elephants so I was hoping for some good hippo or rhino butt's this year, for a change. The problem with a great ride like the Safari is that after you have ridden in numerous time over the last few years the "magic" wears off and the snark creeps in. The people in front of us were the only ones that had never been on the ride before. I hope they took my advice and rode again, cause I don't think they enjoyed my running commentary. :teeth:

We did see some cool things. They have a new baby elephant that was really cute. He/she? was running around when we passed and we all just wanted to stay there and watch. So adorable and best of all?









NOT MINE!


We also got to see a Hippo out of the water, FACING us, and eating. In all my *over 21* years I don't know that I have ever seen a hippo out of the water. I have been to lots of zoos and aquariums so that was neat to see. At the end of the ride the driver asked if we had any questions. I was just dying to ask mine.

"What is the gestational period of ostrich eggs? Cause those same eggs have been sitting there not hatching for at least the last 5 years."

Yeah, the family in front of us was surprised. Hey, they will ride again and need to realize that it is Disney! The animals may not be animatronic, but there is a reason the termite mounds are "as hard as concrete". I don't want them to be as shocked as I was when they come back in a year and those same eggs have still not hatched.

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A surprising sight in Florida!
Crocogators!

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But here was the scariest part of the ride. Wilson came on over the radio and told us they had found a baby elephant but not the mom and he feared poachers were in the area. We agreed to keep our eyes out for them. Later Wilson came back and asked us to head one way to help him head them off. But he NEVER came back on the radio!! Simba One tried and tried her best to reach him but it was just dead air. We found his trucks with the baby elephant but NO SIGN of Wilson! We all knew this meant only one thing-- THE POACHERS GOT WILSON!! :scared1: The driver tried to blame it on a radio malfunction but we knew better. AND then when we got off the truck we asked another CM about what happened to Wilson and were told we had just missed him and he was leaving on vacation. I smell a cover up! In fact I think some of those CM's are working with the poachers.

I tried to blame Flat Shuggie for that whole ostrich egg question but I don't think the driver bought it. She did pose for a picture with the queen. (she is hiding her beady poacher eyes under those sunglasses!)

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I did hear a rumor later that Wilson may have entered the Witness Protection Program and gone into hiding.

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But really we were not sure the rest of the trip and remained very worried about Wilson.

We didn't want to alert anyone to our investigation into the Wilson situation so we decided to carry on like typical WDW tourists. So that meant a stop in the bathroom. I had to again be amazed at the level that Disney goes to in keeping the Mickey magic alive. I entered the stall and found that in addition to that cloud technology I have heard about, they have found a way to make sure that the water splashing from the sink does so in a precise mannner:
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Some more wild animal photos from AK:
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Wonder if these were Wicked Dry also?


We were stopped by the Jammin Jungle Parade so were forced to watch it for a bit. I have to admit that is is my least favorite parade at WDW. It seems to be little more than an opportunity to get as many park guests as possible on a funky contraption to ride around and wave. And they must not be very picky about them since they even let RickinNYC be in it once.;)

:teeth: LYMI Rick!

We were watching a couple take photos on this rock nearby and one of the group (I won't even try to guess who at this point since I keep being wrong) suggested their photo would be much better if they got the sign next to the rock in the picture! And for good measure we got a picture of Queen Shuggie on the rock also, with the same sign:

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Wouldn't you know it, she got caught! But when we explained she was royalty and could do anything she wanted the nice officer decided to let her off with a warning and a photo op. Yep, her first picture with Security!

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. . . . wouldn't be her last.. . .
 
Now for my favorite part, time for some shOOOOOOOOOping! But Shuggie wanted to meet some characters again, so we compromised. I let her get her picture taken with Mickey:

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And Eeyore:

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And then we found the perfect nightgown for her. It was a little big so we didn't buy it. We just had her try it on.

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It was getting close to closing time and Phors, Shuggie and I wanted to see It's Tough to Be a Bug so we were heading that way when we saw what had to be the greatest thing EVER witnessed at WDW. Let's call this poetic justice

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:lmao: :rotfl2: :lmao: :rotfl2: Is that great or what??? Mom said the girls didn't want to ride, and she wanted to read the guidebook so hey, it all worked out! We chatted for a bit and found out she was looking for a casual place for dinner out of the parks. DISers to the rescue! We suggested PepperMarket and they said they would head there. Wonder if they took our suggestion or wrote us off as nutcakes? I would say the odds are pretty much 50/50.

We made it to the last show of ITTBAB and Shuggie was looking fly in her 3D glasses:

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On our way out we stopped in Rainforest Cafe to see if Kip might be working. The manager said that he had been there earlier that day but went home sick. We figure that happened right after David called him and told him a group of princesses carrying around a paper doll on a stick were looking for him.

OR



The poachers got him too!!!:eek:
 
And a story I forgot from our first night at Prime Time.

Princess Laurie had walked by and said to me "I will be right back with another drink for you Princess #3"

Phors immediately said "Hey, if you are Princess #3 then that means Kimmi is Princess 1, Mike is 2 and I have to be Four. How come I have to be Four?"



yeah, wait for it. . .








wait for it. . . .











:idea: "Oh, I AM Phors! "



:lmao: :rotfl2: :lmao: :rotfl2:
 
And a story I forgot from our first night at Prime Time.

Princess Laurie had walked by and said to me "I will be right back with another drink for you Princess #3"

Phors immediately said "Hey, if you are Princess #3 then that means Kimmi is Princess 1, Mike is 2 and I have to be Four. How come I have to be Four?"



yeah, wait for it. . .








wait for it. . . .











:idea: "Oh, I AM Phors! "



:lmao: :rotfl2: :lmao: :rotfl2:

Lordy Scrappy, I had forgotten about that and now just almost wet my pants laughing. Ah the memories.
 
Please don't tell my family but I wish I went with you and not with mine...

OH yeah I don't think I ever figured out the Ostrich Egg/Termite thing before, just call me clueless!:rotfl2:
 
Animal Kingdom was now closed so we were off to Magic Kingdom. Spectromagic and Wishes!:woohoo: Taz had to get back home so we said our good-byes.

We were early enough to get great seats for the parade.

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Shuggie loved the parade!


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I was trying to get a picture of her with the ultimate Princess but it didn't turn out great, sorry.

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After Spectromagic we moved around the hub to get a great view of Wishes and Tinkerbell. As soon as the music started I called the REAL Queen Shuggie.

No answer, went to voicemail.:mad:



Called right back and she answered! :cool1: I yelled into the phone "LISTEN TO THIS!" and held the phone up on speaker. She HUNG UP ON ME!:mad:


I am nothing if not persistent so I called back again! She answered and was not happy! I said "Don't hang up, just listen!" Then she figured it out and we all watched Wishes together.:grouphug: Then the phone was passed around so everyone could talk. I did have to finally kick Phors off because I have pay as you go and that woman could talk all my minutes away! ;)

LYMI Phors!



After Wishes we mowed down, I mean worked our way across-- the crowd exiting in mass and made it to Tomorrowland. We had to see Monsters Laugh Factory. Shuggie was really enjoying the show until I got busted for taking photos! :blush:

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Now this will in no way work with just words, but during one of the audience participation segments they selected a girl in her late teens. This girl was MORTIFIED. She was with her boyfriend and if looks could have killed not only would he have been vaporized but the entire CM team responsible for putting her up on that huge screen. She refused to answer the questions. With some prompting and pulling of teeth she finally did give her name and answer a few things but then they asked her to quack like a duck and that was the end of it. We couldn't tell if she was going to throw up, run out, or beat the tar out of her boyfriend and the CM with the microphone. They did finally switch to the boyfriend and he quacked.



But I have to tell you, it really was a wicked dry quack.:sad2:


So that wonderfully uncomfortable experience over we headed to Buzz Lightyear. We had about 20 seconds before park closing but they let us in.

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When we came to the end we realized we were the last 2 cars in there. They had shut the doors right after we came in. The CM's were ready to shut everything down, turn off the lights and go home. But the Evil Emperor Zurg had other ideas! He tried to grab us and force us into his cell with him.

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The CM's were able to wrestle us out of Zurg's grasp and sent us on our way.


Potty break! I got into a bit of a tiff with a maintenance CM that tried to tell me that I couldn't take my scooter into the bathroom we were at. I had to bust a wee and I was using that bathroom no matter what. I paid a lot of money for this vacation and I was going to use the closest bathroom, darn it! And my scooter is pretty small and moves well so I had no problems at all getting it into the hc stall and back out again.


But she apparently called upon the Bathroom Gods to send some Karma to me. Me, who's feet only touch the ground probably a total of 15 minutes a day picked up a souvenir.

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That will teach me to defy the bathroom CM ever again!

Now it was time for dinner. We wanted Casey's but forgot that Spectro was playing again at 11pm that night. We didn't need to watch it again, but we enjoyed the music. The girls were dancing.

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and so was this fun CM

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We stood there at the rope unable to get across to Caseys. But the second the parade ended we took off across the street in order to get across before the crowd got to bad, and before they closed. YUMMY. No photos, you all know what a hot dog looks like.
 




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