Two moms get away to act like teenagers...or do they? The End! (Feb 18-21, 2011)

We stumbled out of the restaurant and looked around...what do we do, now? We focused on the foliage. Not sure if there just wasn't enough action going on that appealed to us, or if we decided to become moonlight gardeners...

I had to get this shot of Mickey & Minnie:

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Then, while we admired Lady and the Tramp, a kind CM offered to take our picture...

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What else should we drink, we wondered. There were many choices available to us, but I remembered hearing that the tequila bar had some of the best tequila (obviously), and we decided to go more hard-core than the little white wines we had sipped in Biergarden.

On our way back, we saw these:

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They seemed kind of shapeless, to me. Like clouds that just happen to look like pandas.

Somewhere along our path back to Mexico, we had to go bathroom. How do I remember this?

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Not a particularly fond memory, but you have to remember that I was slightly buzzed, and it occurred to me that I should capture the memory of what I was always looking at. Now, what was in this particular bag? Where did it come from? You'll have remembered it from the Lady & the Tramp pic. I remembered that there was a t-shirt my daughter wanted from the Japanese store, so we popped in there and I called her up to ask her what it looked like. It was a plain looking shirt that had the name of a Ramen store on it, taken from a Japanese cartoon called Naruto. She was so excited about it.

So...yes. A picture of a bag, hanging in the bathroom stall at Disney World. So many people see it during their trip, yet few have chosen to immortalize it.

We make our way to the Tequila bar in the Mexican pyramid, and the name of the place escapes me. So, at the time, did the courage I thought I had to do tequila shots. I looked at Melissa...did she have the courage to do tequila shots? Would my courage be bolstered by hers?

...:confused3

Yeah, right. We both hmmm'd and hawwed at the menu, and the waiters quickly realized our insignificant selves would not be ordering a lush amount of alcohol from their shelves, and they forgot about us standing there. For some reason, we both decided to have some form of strange margaritas that they were selling. None of them sounded good to us.

We should have taken the hint at the fact that none of them sounded good.

We ordered what we thought sounded palatable, hoping that if we didn't like our own, we could trade.

We sat down at a table, which we were surprised to have gotten one, this late. Our drinks arrived.

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Here's my view from the table, looking at the bar behind Melissa.

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We both regretted our drinks, I think. We tried each others. Not much better...look at the look on Melissa's face.

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Well, it WAS alcohol. It DID have some effect on us. Ridiculously, we both decided that the guacamole and chips that people were eating sounded good.

:eek: Can you imagine how many calories we consumed that night???

No, please don't try to tell me. It's monstrous.

That guacamole was the bomb. We ate it like it was Christmas.

Meanwhile, the little waiter that was flitting here and there was flirting with the little girls over at the table across from us. We were miffed that he didn't flirt with us, too. :lmao:

Eventually, we decided we'd had enough for the night, and called it a night.

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I have no idea why I took this picture, but it was the last of the night:

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I didn't have to put my foot down on the floor that night, but I don't remember much of the "going to bed" process... :confused:

I will say...we had a great time!!

 
Love, love, love the Biergarten! It is one of my favorites, so I would definitely be knocking people over on my way there. I think it's just everything together, the food, the fun, the beer (for me). Oh the massive beer......:drinking1

I do hate the stairs thought. Although Vickie, it's never my knee bothering me.....it's just the fact that I'm normally drunk......:rotfl:

I like a heavy, dark beer, and I think I would have liked to have ordered a mug of beer...but I KNOW I couldn't have finished it, and I didn't want to waste. :( White wine isn't my favorite, especially sweet wine.

:) That's the great thing about staying at the World -- all the little tipsy people can stagger around, and get a ride home.
 
I have Biergarten on my next trip list. DH loves the Greman beer so I figure that is a plus!! I got people staring at us through the window while we were eating at Crystal Palace. I guess there could be worse things!! :lmao: I could just imagine that lady's face if you had "forked her where the sun don't shine"! :lmao::lmao:

I love WS. The pictures from China were great. Love those topiaries!

Don't ya hate those lurkers when trying to eat. Makes you want to chew with your mouth open and look right back at them. :lmao:
 

Here is my pic taken by the CM



And Vickie, don't you find it funny that we both end up in Japan looking at merchandise for our kids. :confused3

I can't believe you took that pic in the bathroom. :lmao:

Here is my Panda Bear pic


And I know the name of the bar, how do I know...I took a pic


It was so funny about the Tequila, I have never done shots before, and I have never been sick so I didn't want to get that way, so I did chicken out. Thought I would at least experiment with a different Margarita, but man those were bad. And I never eat Guacamole, but I really wanted the chips and then started in on the Guacamole and couldn't stop.

And Vickie, you ordered your drink and the bartender already had one made. Seriously, as soon as the words came out of her mouth, she had the drink in front of her. We weren't sure if we should drink it or not at first.

My one shot of the drink


Why didn't I take pics of the chips and dip, they were soooooo good.

That was it for me this night. I don't remember going to bed that night either.

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Oh, you got the passion fruit margarita. That one is definitely not so good. My favorites are the hibiscus and the blue one (I can't remember the name exactly, but blue is in it).
 
We had to stop here for a moment...I don't remember what Melissa was doing, but I waited here in Norway and snapped this pic.

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Some kid walked by and said, "What is that?" to me. Here was my opportunity to prove that age meant worldliness -- that you should know about other countries and their culture, stories and ideals. I paused emphatically and said,

"I don't know."

He walked away with a look of "then why in the world are you taking a picture of it?", and I turned away and hung my head in shame.

I didn't tell Melissa about this encounter when she returned, but again returned to busying myself with taking unexciting pictures.


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I was a bit behind on your updates.

Both of you got terrific photos of the topiaries. They are amazing! I love the "Year of the ..." retrospective from China.

Fun update from Biergarten. Never been there but everyone always says how fun it is!

Bummer about the passionfruit margarita. Passionfruit is one of my all-time favorite flavors.


Melissa, I hope all is going well with the move and that everything goes as smoothly as possible.
 
The bathroom picture was hysterical!! I could just hear my family's comments if I had taken that one! They make fun of the odd things I photograph!

I am the same way when it comes to ordering new/different drinks. I stare at the menu and then because I am so unsure I just order something similar to teh "same old thing"!
 
I just finished reading everything you two have up so far, ya'll are so funny!!! The spotlight throne, hilarious!!! Knocking over the dessert is something I would totally do!!! Telling that kid you did not know who the little troll guy was is something else I would probably do!!The bathroom pic was too much!! Other things I can't remember right now!!! Can't wait to read more!!!! I don't think I have enough exclamation points up yet!!!:rotfl2:
 
Oh, you got the passion fruit margarita. That one is definitely not so good. My favorites are the hibiscus and the blue one (I can't remember the name exactly, but blue is in it).

Yes, I think both of those margaritas sounded like someone wandered around in a garden and picked some weird stuff to put in a drink...should have known those would be the good ones!! :lmao:

I was a bit behind on your updates.

Both of you got terrific photos of the topiaries. They are amazing! I love the "Year of the ..." retrospective from China.

Thanks! :)

Fun update from Biergarten. Never been there but everyone always says how fun it is!

Bummer about the passionfruit margarita. Passionfruit is one of my all-time favorite flavors.

I thought that one looked the best, too!

The bathroom picture was hysterical!! I could just hear my family's comments if I had taken that one! They make fun of the odd things I photograph!

I am the same way when it comes to ordering new/different drinks. I stare at the menu and then because I am so unsure I just order something similar to teh "same old thing"!

:laughing: After I took that picture, it occurred to me what someone else in the restroom would probably think, hearing that picture snap!! :rotfl:

I think Melissa and I were so comfortable with each other, there was no one there to "dare" us to try something outrageous to drink! I guess that can be good, too. ;)

I just finished reading everything you two have up so far, ya'll are so funny!!! The spotlight throne, hilarious!!! Knocking over the dessert is something I would totally do!!! Telling that kid you did not know who the little troll guy was is something else I would probably do!!The bathroom pic was too much!! Other things I can't remember right now!!! Can't wait to read more!!!! I don't think I have enough exclamation points up yet!!!:rotfl2:

:thumbsup2 Thanks for the compliment, and for tagging along! We really are hilarious to each other -- good to know our humor is catching!

As a matter of fact, my DD told me the other night: You and Melissa have the same sense of humor -- Melissa, when did that happen? :lmao:
 

Here is my pic taken by the CM



And Vickie, don't you find it funny that we both end up in Japan looking at merchandise for our kids. :confused3
I can't believe you took that pic in the bathroom. :lmao:

Our kids are both hapless progeny of nerdy parents. Of course we would end up in Japan, shopping for them! ;)
I felt pretty stupid when the flash went off and snap sounded -- in the stall. :lmao:


Here is my Panda Bear pic

And I know the name of the bar, how do I know...I took a pic


It was so funny about the Tequila, I have never done shots before, and I have never been sick so I didn't want to get that way, so I did chicken out. Thought I would at least experiment with a different Margarita, but man those were bad. And I never eat Guacamole, but I really wanted the chips and then started in on the Guacamole and couldn't stop.

Did you TELL me you didn't eat guacamole?? I would have never known it, the way we both went at it!! :rotfl2:


And Vickie, you ordered your drink and the bartender already had one made. Seriously, as soon as the words came out of her mouth, she had the drink in front of her. We weren't sure if we should drink it or not at first.

OMGosh, I completely forgot about that. !!:rolleyes:


Why didn't I take pics of the chips and dip, they were soooooo good.

That was it for me this night. I don't remember going to bed that night either.
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That was the most HUMONGOUS bowl of guacamole I've ever had. I remember complaining about how much cilantro they put in it, but that didn't stop the chip-to-guacamole-to-mouth repetition ... wait a minute. Doesn't everything taste good when you're drunk? :lmao:

Ahh, me...when can we do this again?
 
oompa band :lmao:

your epcot evening sounds like so much fun. i dont drink much, but getting drunk at Epcot with my best friend is now on my bucket list!
 
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your epcot evening sounds like so much fun. i dont drink much, but getting drunk at Epcot with my best friend is now on my bucket list!

Aw, we were just silly and had a great time, laughing and wandering around! I'm so blessed that we were able to do that before my surgery. :goodvibes
 
The next day, we were headed to DHS! We traipsed over to the Contemporary to get some coffee, after splitting some pastries in the room. Melissa did really good with those pastries. :cloud9:

The day was bright and warm...which seems ironic to be nice, seeing as it's been so blasted hot in the U.S. these days... whew.

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Seems like we had to wait quite a while for the bus, that day. But, arrive we did. It was after opening...

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Our first stop, was of course, Toy Story Mania! Our goal was to ride twice, so first priority was the Fast Pass. Melissa, being resident expert, can work those FP lines like nobody's business. I went to the line, giving her my park pass. This is how we always work it.

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We were in a fine mood, that morning! I was so excited to be riding this with her -- we always rode with our family members, before!

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Tomorrowland at Disneyland was an interesting choice for this Viewmaster slide. (Weren't those cool? As close as the movies as you could get, back in the day.)

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The line filled up quickly.

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When I saw this, I freaked!! I actually used to play with these very cards with my then best friend, in elementary school!

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We LOVED playing Old Maid. :thumbsup2

About this time, a plan started forming in my caffeine-riddled brain. I had heard that there was something you could do in this line that you couldn't do anywhere else.

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I told Melissa -- "I want to talk to Mr. Potato-Head!" She was interested in this gameplan.

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We began watching and listening to him. It was difficult to hear him, sometimes, but we could see that he was responding to what was going on around him. People would take pictures, standing in front of him, and he was pose in some ridiculous pose behind them! He would talk to people, and they would ignore him. He would tell a joke, and wait for people to laugh or applaud.

We applauded. He thanked us. But we weren't THERE, yet. In front of him. I wanted SPECIAL attention. Was that too much to ask?

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When we finally got up there to him, he just ignored us. I was so mad. We talked to him, and he just shut up. I was SO frustrated!:mad:

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Ah, well...we still had the ride.

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Speaking of the ride, Melissa beat me, of course. :rolleyes: But the interesting thing was that at the introductory screen, I will swear to you that I hit Woody in the crotch. And,

he reacted.

I know I didn't imagine this -- it was hilarious! It was quick -- he didn't make a big deal out of it, but it still happened.

So, if nothing else, if Potato Talk didn't work out, at least I got Woody in the crotch.

 
Well, now the next time I go on TSM, I'm going to have to try to hit Woody in the crotch! :lmao:

What a bummer that Mr. Potato Head didn't talk to you. Stupid spud. :laughing:
 
TSM is Keith's favorite ride. I definitely try the FP/stand-by routine! I love Toy Story in general and just love being surrounded by Woody, Mr. Potato Head and the gang! And I had those Old Maid cards too! I must look for them next trip!!
 
Speaking of the ride, Melissa beat me, of course. :rolleyes: But the interesting thing was that at the introductory screen, I will swear to you that I hit Woody in the crotch. And,

he reacted.

I know I didn't imagine this -- it was hilarious! It was quick -- he didn't make a big deal out of it, but it still happened.

So, if nothing else, if Potato Talk didn't work out, at least I got Woody in the crotch.

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What a riot! But now that suggestion is out of the bag (into the bag?), poor Woody and Bo Peep will have no hope of having children. :sad1:
 
oompa band :lmao:

your epcot evening sounds like so much fun. i dont drink much, but getting drunk at Epcot with my best friend is now on my bucket list!

I really don't drink that much, but every now and then it is fun to let loose when you don't have children to worry about. Just being at the parks with the BFF was a high all its own!

Well, now the next time I go on TSM, I'm going to have to try to hit Woody in the crotch! :lmao:

What a bummer that Mr. Potato Head didn't talk to you. Stupid spud. :laughing:

Now I had forgotten about Mr. Potato not talking to us. Maybe he knew we were trouble.;)

And now every time I ride TSMM, I try to get someone in the crotch. Don't think I have done it yet.

TSM is Keith's favorite ride. I definitely try the FP/stand-by routine! I love Toy Story in general and just love being surrounded by Woody, Mr. Potato Head and the gang! And I had those Old Maid cards too! I must look for them next trip!!

I know most skip the standby line to use FP's, but this is one of those you have to stand in line at least once. TSMM is one of my favorites also.

What a riot! But now that suggestion is out of the bag (into the bag?), poor Woody and Bo Peep will have no hope of having children. :sad1:

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Well, now the next time I go on TSM, I'm going to have to try to hit Woody in the crotch! :lmao:
What a bummer that Mr. Potato Head didn't talk to you. Stupid spud. :laughing:

I wonder how often they change stuff in that program, and if those little things are easy to program (Woody's reaction) -- I would love to see and know all the little things that can happen, based on what you hit! (wonder if someone has written up a guide to that effect?)

I'm still mad at Mr. PH. :snooty:

TSM is Keith's favorite ride. I definitely try the FP/stand-by routine! I love Toy Story in general and just love being surrounded by Woody, Mr. Potato Head and the gang! And I had those Old Maid cards too! I must look for them next trip!!

Isn't it a HIGH, when you first start to play? I don't know how anyone could get enough of that ride. :)

What a riot! But now that suggestion is out of the bag (into the bag?), poor Woody and Bo Peep will have no hope of having children. :sad1:

Oy... :eek: no little Woody Peeps? :rotfl2:
 












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