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Day 4 - Tuesday, October 5, 2004
Me, 28 - Not so much a Market Analyst as a Professional Time Waster and VP of Work Avoidance. I've got a book coming out - "So Many Message Boards, So Little Time: An Insider's Guide to Slacking off Without Getting Caught".
And don't forget she rounds to the nearest 47!
FI, 28 - Not so much an Asst Golf Course Superintendent as a Bank Branch Manager (he got a new job!). Plus he's got a new book coming out too - "She's Yours Now: Accepting the Fact You're Marrying a Crazy".
And don't forget he drinks beer!
Want to give super fly props to all my homies who have stuck around while I took my sweet time writing this. I'm doing it all for you! But as a big thank you, I'm giving away a Brand! New! Car! to one lucky person who posts to my trip report threads!
It might be true. Ya neverrrr knooooooow!
So let's recap. There's been a fair amount of sleepin', goofin', grubbin' and boozin'. We got to see 47 parks (ok, two) and 47 characters (ok, just the two heifers. I mean princesses). But we have whole lots more to do. Where will this fine Tuesday lead them?
A good bet is a beer stand. Come on people, you should know this by now!
"We're glad you're heeeeere! Huh Haa!"
Oh, this isn't even funny anymore. Let's face it...Vacation + Kory = No Mickey wake-up for Ally. Ever.
I wonder if I still remember my Vacation Algebra. Subtract the Kory (negative) from the left side and add it to the right. Now, if you add a negative to the negative on the right, it makes a positive. So really its...
Vacation = Mickey Wake-up for Ally!
Oh I can come up with some BS when I want to.
Actually, we get up fairly early today. 8 a.m. I think. Watch out! We are heading to MGM today where we will hit some thrill rides that Kory has been itching to do.
I forgot to mention that yesterday Mickey and Minnie stopped by and brought Kory another pair of shorts. Today they brought him the "Willie Nelson and Friends CD". He's a huge Willie fan, so M&M did well.
So we showered, deoderized and prettified in no time and grabbed some fairly random breakfast downstairs. Tomorrow is Cape May for Kory's birthday breakfast...we can't wait!
So we take the boat over to MGM. Once there, we head to the FP of RnR and grab one. Or two. Whatever. Then off to ToT. Line wasn't long, but we have to cross vomit just outside the lobby.
Now sing this like the Folgers commercial...The best part of waking up, is vomit on the street!
I haven't ridden ToT since '01. But I do remember one thing. The Seat. You know, the one seat in the back that only has a seatbelt and no bar. I'm dealthy afraid of not having a bar, so I told Kory he had to switch with me if I got it.
So we get into the boiler room and when the doors open to the elevator, I gasp!
No! This can't be! They got rid of the bars that hold you down! Every seat has a seatbelt!
Suddenly I'm feeling a bit ill.
I turn to Kory and say, "You know honey, there was this.....uh.....show. With.......er....people. In it. Outside. Just........out there. You know.......there. Where the sun is. Over by where.......people who chicken out.......where they sit. Not that that's me. No sir-ee. The show.......um. Yeah. There's a show. It's now. I'm.......going. Yeah."
Although completely believable, my ramble doesn't work and he pulls me into the elevator. I close my eyes and grab onto his sleeve with nails digging in.
"La, la, la, la, la....happy place, happy place".
I'm transported to a garden on a warm spring day. There's a blonde in skimpy, white lingerie and an old lady is drinking ice tea...
Wait a damn minute. This isn't my happy place! It's Happy Gilmore's! What a gip.
47 hours later, the ride stops and I flicker my eyes open. Kory is excited and tells me how awesome the ride was. Gosh hon, glad you didn't let my full blown panic attack interfere with your good time.
On the way out, we look at our picture, but it's a definite pass. I'm still waiting on a picture Disney takes that I'm wanting to buy, not burn.
Off for some shopping at the Villain's store. I used to be a huge shopper, but this trip it just doesn't interest me as much.
Just between you and me, I think Kory whispers subliminal messages in my ear at night. "You have a dislike for shopping. You hate it. You'd rather cook Kory dinner and wash his clothing. He is your master." I don't know, call me crazy.
Ok, Crazy. Miss Crazy McCrazerson. Miss ImaReallycrazy.
Enough of that. Time for RnR and some more attractions. RnR is awesome as always. Who doesn't like that takeoff?
After RnR, we make it in time for the Indy show, but we get pretty crappy seats. All the way to the front on the far right side. The sun is peaking through right where we are and there is little to no breeze. To top it off, there is a lady to my left that has some horrific dandruff that I'm hoping doesn't land on me when she laughs. It's contagious, you know.
Don't believe me? Just go touch someone's crusty scalp and see if you don't have a physical reaction.
So we're watching this show and this lady behind us is nice enough to offer up some commentary.
"Oh, he's running along the scaffolding"
"Look, he's on his motorcycle"
"The ninjas have come out. He's beating them up"
I wanted to add my own commentary.
"Look, the lady who talked too much is in the plane! But she can't get out. Looks like someone locked her in with ducktape. Forty-seven rolls of it! Oh no, it blew up with her in it. So what attraction next?"
I'm mean, I know. But you like me anyway.
So, Indy and his pretty sidekick save the day. Didn't think it would happen this time, but it did.
We happily leave the hot box and grab two fast passes for ST. This will be my first time on the ride and I'm looking forward to it. Til then, we grab some food at Pizza Planet.
Eating the vomit at the ToT would have been tastier. And free!
I did get me a Toy Story mug, so all is not lost. Muppet 3-D is right there, so we head inside for a show. Once inside the turnstiles I show Kory the "Out to lunch, key under mat" sign. Then show him the key. I expect a laugh out of him, but he just looks at me.
Maybe the magic hasn't quite set in yet.
Show was great, as always. We see that rain is coming and we are getting tired at this point. We stop in front of ST and give our FPs to a couple who was standing out front. That's always fun to do. Our good deed for the day.
Grab the boat back to the resort and decide to relax with a nap. While Kory is resting, I change our evening dinner plans. I had gotten a great 8:10 seating at Cali Grill, but decided I'd rather eat at Le Cellier. Everyone always recommends it, and it was a place neither of us had eaten. Most later seatings were booked, so I took a 7:15 seating.
I was hoping that 7:15 would run us past the Illuminations time. I did not want Kory to see Illuminations because the next day was his birthday and I had a secret Illuminations Cruise booked. I had to avoid Illuminations tonight at all costs.
So later on after our rests, we get ready for our evening out. Our first stop in the WS is a beer stand at England.
Epcot's newest attraction, Floating Heads over WS.
After our beer (his beer), we then head over to FW where we got a FP for MS. We walk back up to Mouse Gears and do some shopping. We buy the dog a necklace (collar), Kory a Disney hat (I know! He's coming around.) and his niece a Mr Potato Head box o' goodies.
What a deal that thing is. You fill up the box with as much crap as you can and it's a set price of like $17. We really hooked this girl up. She'll love Uncle Kory and Aunt Allison forever.
So we had our stuff shipped to our room and make our way over to MS. I'm sooo nervous because certain rides make me sick. The Tea Cups, I can't do. The Gravitron, I'm all over it.
Without going into too much detail, we loved this ride. It's absolutely amazing. Even if you get motion sick on turning rides, you shouldn't discount this ride. You don't feel like you are turning. Just keep your eyes open and straight ahead and you'll be fine.
Plus there are barf bags in the capsule. Right on!
Great ride and I'm so glad we waited til I was feeling better. After MS we have a little adrenaline high going on. We agree we need to keep that going with beer and wine.
Back into the WS, we start on the Mexico side. As we walk around the lake, I close my eyes and take a deep breath. The weather is perfect, the air smells gloriously, the sounds of people and WS just comfort me. I just have to smile. Now that's the Disney magic!
Or the two glasses of wine. Whatever.
But I have to say that a friend of mine (shout out to WDWDen...what what!) mentioned something that I have noticed as well. WS always has perfect weather. Of all my visits to WS (100 easily), I've experienced rain twice. Isn't that weird?
Here's one of us that some lady (obviously NOT Ansel Adams) took. Hmmm, this picture is so familiar looking...
Anyhoo, when we get to China, I notice those acrobat kids are about to come out. So we grab some alcohol and concrete and make ourselves buzzingly uncomfortable.
Awesome show - we smiled and clapped like two fools. Although let's be honest here...there is nothing more depressing than watching 6 year olds who have done more with their life than you have in 30 years. Watching the show made me want to join the gym. The next day I realized that was the alcohol talking. Join the gym...that's a good one.
Finally it's time for our Le Cellier PS so we wander that way and actually have to wait about 30 minutes before we are seated. We didn't care much though - we sat on the nearby bridge and talked. Before long, we were talking pretty serious stuff. What goals we had for our life together, when we should have kids, where was our next drink coming from...
Our buzzer goes off and we get a table in the main room by the far wall. Great seat and we have a great server. Can't remember her name, so we'll call her O'niceonefromcanadaEh?.
So O'niceonefromcanadaEh? recommended some great dishes and drinks. I still had my wine from outside so I didn't even look at the wine list, but Kory ordered some beer. We asked for the cheddar cheese soup as an appetizer, which she brought out with some bread.
This alone is reason enough to eat here.
Yum, yum, yum. That's all I can say.
We ordered our entrees. Kory ordered the NY Strip with veal demi glace which came with roasted potatos. I ordered the BBQ Filet with creamed cheese mashed potatos. I know you already read this in the restaurant review, but I wanted to mention it again because I like reliving the moment.
Mmmmm, Filet Mignon with creamed cheese mashed potatos. Mmmmmm...
Anyway, the food was to die for. I can't think of a better meal I've had in a long time.
Earlier, our host had asked if we were celebrating anything tonight when he sat us. I said it was Kory's birthday the next day. Well I guess that got back to the server (nice work) because she brought out an amazing piece of layered chocolate cake.
Now that's good stuff.
Fortunately it tastes the same in that position too.
As we are paying up I notice Ice Wine on the wine menu. Damnit! I'd been wanting to try Ice Wine for years and there was my one chance!
D'oh!
We leave full and happy and say our goodbyes to O'niceonefromcanadaEh? I realized then that it was 8:50. How was I going to distract Kory from Illuminations? I figured I'll just put my arm around him and quietly steer him directly to the beer stand. If he's face down in a lager, he won't notice a thing.
Once outside, Kory turns to me happily and says, "Oh, we're gonna make Illuminations!"
D'oh!
Now you wait a gosh darn minute! How do you even know about Illuminations? What crap have you been reading? Who have you been talking to? Tell me your source!
But I smile and say, "Great!"
I secretly pray that it'll be too late for a good view and he'll want to give it up for another day.
So we go over to the Canada kiosk to grab a final cocktail. Well slap me twice and call me Sally...they have some Ice Wine. The guy pouring the wine must have liked me because I got at least 3 ounces, 2 more than you're supposed to get. I ain't complaining.
Illuminations is starting as we leave the line. And whadayaknow. Right across the way is best viewing ever.
D'oh.
I put on a happy face, but I'm secretly bummed his first Illuminations won't be on the cruise. Which he still doesn't know about.
"Hey look, Allison. Glad I'm not over there by the bridge where those boats are. That's where all the smoke is going."
D'oh.
But after Illuminations, Kory says,
"They sure know how to put on a show!"
<---- that was me.
<---- and that was him.
<----- and this is you because you love me so much.
Two parks + one bad lunch + one great dinner = Two parks with one bad lunch and one great dinner
I don't know. You guys expect too much from me.
Up next...Day 5: How to do a birthday Disney style! Mmmmm, Zooberrys!
Me, 28 - Not so much a Market Analyst as a Professional Time Waster and VP of Work Avoidance. I've got a book coming out - "So Many Message Boards, So Little Time: An Insider's Guide to Slacking off Without Getting Caught".
And don't forget she rounds to the nearest 47!
FI, 28 - Not so much an Asst Golf Course Superintendent as a Bank Branch Manager (he got a new job!). Plus he's got a new book coming out too - "She's Yours Now: Accepting the Fact You're Marrying a Crazy".
And don't forget he drinks beer!
Want to give super fly props to all my homies who have stuck around while I took my sweet time writing this. I'm doing it all for you! But as a big thank you, I'm giving away a Brand! New! Car! to one lucky person who posts to my trip report threads!
It might be true. Ya neverrrr knooooooow!
So let's recap. There's been a fair amount of sleepin', goofin', grubbin' and boozin'. We got to see 47 parks (ok, two) and 47 characters (ok, just the two heifers. I mean princesses). But we have whole lots more to do. Where will this fine Tuesday lead them?
A good bet is a beer stand. Come on people, you should know this by now!
"We're glad you're heeeeere! Huh Haa!"
Oh, this isn't even funny anymore. Let's face it...Vacation + Kory = No Mickey wake-up for Ally. Ever.
I wonder if I still remember my Vacation Algebra. Subtract the Kory (negative) from the left side and add it to the right. Now, if you add a negative to the negative on the right, it makes a positive. So really its...
Vacation = Mickey Wake-up for Ally!
Oh I can come up with some BS when I want to.
Actually, we get up fairly early today. 8 a.m. I think. Watch out! We are heading to MGM today where we will hit some thrill rides that Kory has been itching to do.
I forgot to mention that yesterday Mickey and Minnie stopped by and brought Kory another pair of shorts. Today they brought him the "Willie Nelson and Friends CD". He's a huge Willie fan, so M&M did well.
So we showered, deoderized and prettified in no time and grabbed some fairly random breakfast downstairs. Tomorrow is Cape May for Kory's birthday breakfast...we can't wait!
So we take the boat over to MGM. Once there, we head to the FP of RnR and grab one. Or two. Whatever. Then off to ToT. Line wasn't long, but we have to cross vomit just outside the lobby.
Now sing this like the Folgers commercial...The best part of waking up, is vomit on the street!
I haven't ridden ToT since '01. But I do remember one thing. The Seat. You know, the one seat in the back that only has a seatbelt and no bar. I'm dealthy afraid of not having a bar, so I told Kory he had to switch with me if I got it.
So we get into the boiler room and when the doors open to the elevator, I gasp!
No! This can't be! They got rid of the bars that hold you down! Every seat has a seatbelt!
Suddenly I'm feeling a bit ill.
I turn to Kory and say, "You know honey, there was this.....uh.....show. With.......er....people. In it. Outside. Just........out there. You know.......there. Where the sun is. Over by where.......people who chicken out.......where they sit. Not that that's me. No sir-ee. The show.......um. Yeah. There's a show. It's now. I'm.......going. Yeah."
Although completely believable, my ramble doesn't work and he pulls me into the elevator. I close my eyes and grab onto his sleeve with nails digging in.
"La, la, la, la, la....happy place, happy place".
I'm transported to a garden on a warm spring day. There's a blonde in skimpy, white lingerie and an old lady is drinking ice tea...
Wait a damn minute. This isn't my happy place! It's Happy Gilmore's! What a gip.
47 hours later, the ride stops and I flicker my eyes open. Kory is excited and tells me how awesome the ride was. Gosh hon, glad you didn't let my full blown panic attack interfere with your good time.
On the way out, we look at our picture, but it's a definite pass. I'm still waiting on a picture Disney takes that I'm wanting to buy, not burn.
Off for some shopping at the Villain's store. I used to be a huge shopper, but this trip it just doesn't interest me as much.
Just between you and me, I think Kory whispers subliminal messages in my ear at night. "You have a dislike for shopping. You hate it. You'd rather cook Kory dinner and wash his clothing. He is your master." I don't know, call me crazy.
Ok, Crazy. Miss Crazy McCrazerson. Miss ImaReallycrazy.
Enough of that. Time for RnR and some more attractions. RnR is awesome as always. Who doesn't like that takeoff?
After RnR, we make it in time for the Indy show, but we get pretty crappy seats. All the way to the front on the far right side. The sun is peaking through right where we are and there is little to no breeze. To top it off, there is a lady to my left that has some horrific dandruff that I'm hoping doesn't land on me when she laughs. It's contagious, you know.
Don't believe me? Just go touch someone's crusty scalp and see if you don't have a physical reaction.
So we're watching this show and this lady behind us is nice enough to offer up some commentary.
"Oh, he's running along the scaffolding"
"Look, he's on his motorcycle"
"The ninjas have come out. He's beating them up"
I wanted to add my own commentary.
"Look, the lady who talked too much is in the plane! But she can't get out. Looks like someone locked her in with ducktape. Forty-seven rolls of it! Oh no, it blew up with her in it. So what attraction next?"
I'm mean, I know. But you like me anyway.
So, Indy and his pretty sidekick save the day. Didn't think it would happen this time, but it did.
We happily leave the hot box and grab two fast passes for ST. This will be my first time on the ride and I'm looking forward to it. Til then, we grab some food at Pizza Planet.
Eating the vomit
at the ToT would have been tastier. And free! I did get me a Toy Story mug, so all is not lost. Muppet 3-D is right there, so we head inside for a show. Once inside the turnstiles I show Kory the "Out to lunch, key under mat" sign. Then show him the key. I expect a laugh out of him, but he just looks at me.
Maybe the magic hasn't quite set in yet.
Show was great, as always. We see that rain is coming and we are getting tired at this point. We stop in front of ST and give our FPs to a couple who was standing out front. That's always fun to do. Our good deed for the day.
Grab the boat back to the resort and decide to relax with a nap. While Kory is resting, I change our evening dinner plans. I had gotten a great 8:10 seating at Cali Grill, but decided I'd rather eat at Le Cellier. Everyone always recommends it, and it was a place neither of us had eaten. Most later seatings were booked, so I took a 7:15 seating.
I was hoping that 7:15 would run us past the Illuminations time. I did not want Kory to see Illuminations because the next day was his birthday and I had a secret Illuminations Cruise booked. I had to avoid Illuminations tonight at all costs.
So later on after our rests, we get ready for our evening out. Our first stop in the WS is a beer stand at England.
Epcot's newest attraction, Floating Heads over WS.
After our beer (his beer), we then head over to FW where we got a FP for MS. We walk back up to Mouse Gears and do some shopping. We buy the dog a necklace (collar), Kory a Disney hat (I know! He's coming around.) and his niece a Mr Potato Head box o' goodies.
What a deal that thing is. You fill up the box with as much crap as you can and it's a set price of like $17. We really hooked this girl up. She'll love Uncle Kory and Aunt Allison forever.
So we had our stuff shipped to our room and make our way over to MS. I'm sooo nervous because certain rides make me sick. The Tea Cups, I can't do. The Gravitron, I'm all over it.
Without going into too much detail, we loved this ride. It's absolutely amazing. Even if you get motion sick on turning rides, you shouldn't discount this ride. You don't feel like you are turning. Just keep your eyes open and straight ahead and you'll be fine.
Plus there are barf bags in the capsule. Right on!
Great ride and I'm so glad we waited til I was feeling better. After MS we have a little adrenaline high going on. We agree we need to keep that going with beer and wine.
Back into the WS, we start on the Mexico side. As we walk around the lake, I close my eyes and take a deep breath. The weather is perfect, the air smells gloriously, the sounds of people and WS just comfort me. I just have to smile. Now that's the Disney magic!
Or the two glasses of wine. Whatever.
But I have to say that a friend of mine (shout out to WDWDen...what what!) mentioned something that I have noticed as well. WS always has perfect weather. Of all my visits to WS (100 easily), I've experienced rain twice. Isn't that weird?
Here's one of us that some lady (obviously NOT Ansel Adams) took. Hmmm, this picture is so familiar looking...
Anyhoo, when we get to China, I notice those acrobat kids are about to come out. So we grab some alcohol and concrete and make ourselves buzzingly uncomfortable.
Awesome show - we smiled and clapped like two fools. Although let's be honest here...there is nothing more depressing than watching 6 year olds who have done more with their life than you have in 30 years. Watching the show made me want to join the gym. The next day I realized that was the alcohol talking. Join the gym...that's a good one.
Finally it's time for our Le Cellier PS so we wander that way and actually have to wait about 30 minutes before we are seated. We didn't care much though - we sat on the nearby bridge and talked. Before long, we were talking pretty serious stuff. What goals we had for our life together, when we should have kids, where was our next drink coming from...
Our buzzer goes off and we get a table in the main room by the far wall. Great seat and we have a great server. Can't remember her name, so we'll call her O'niceonefromcanadaEh?.
So O'niceonefromcanadaEh? recommended some great dishes and drinks. I still had my wine from outside so I didn't even look at the wine list, but Kory ordered some beer. We asked for the cheddar cheese soup as an appetizer, which she brought out with some bread.
This alone is reason enough to eat here.
Yum, yum, yum. That's all I can say.
We ordered our entrees. Kory ordered the NY Strip with veal demi glace which came with roasted potatos. I ordered the BBQ Filet with creamed cheese mashed potatos. I know you already read this in the restaurant review, but I wanted to mention it again because I like reliving the moment.
Mmmmm, Filet Mignon with creamed cheese mashed potatos. Mmmmmm...
Anyway, the food was to die for. I can't think of a better meal I've had in a long time.
Earlier, our host had asked if we were celebrating anything tonight when he sat us. I said it was Kory's birthday the next day. Well I guess that got back to the server (nice work) because she brought out an amazing piece of layered chocolate cake.
Now that's good stuff.
Fortunately it tastes the same in that position too.
As we are paying up I notice Ice Wine on the wine menu. Damnit! I'd been wanting to try Ice Wine for years and there was my one chance!
D'oh!
We leave full and happy and say our goodbyes to O'niceonefromcanadaEh? I realized then that it was 8:50. How was I going to distract Kory from Illuminations? I figured I'll just put my arm around him and quietly steer him directly to the beer stand. If he's face down in a lager, he won't notice a thing.
Once outside, Kory turns to me happily and says, "Oh, we're gonna make Illuminations!"
D'oh!
Now you wait a gosh darn minute! How do you even know about Illuminations? What crap have you been reading? Who have you been talking to? Tell me your source!
But I smile and say, "Great!"
I secretly pray that it'll be too late for a good view and he'll want to give it up for another day.
So we go over to the Canada kiosk to grab a final cocktail. Well slap me twice and call me Sally...they have some Ice Wine. The guy pouring the wine must have liked me because I got at least 3 ounces, 2 more than you're supposed to get. I ain't complaining.
Illuminations is starting as we leave the line. And whadayaknow. Right across the way is best viewing ever.
D'oh.
I put on a happy face, but I'm secretly bummed his first Illuminations won't be on the cruise. Which he still doesn't know about.
"Hey look, Allison. Glad I'm not over there by the bridge where those boats are. That's where all the smoke is going."
D'oh.
But after Illuminations, Kory says,
"They sure know how to put on a show!"
<---- that was me. <---- and that was him. <----- and this is you because you love me so much.Two parks + one bad lunch + one great dinner = Two parks with one bad lunch and one great dinner
I don't know. You guys expect too much from me.
Up next...Day 5: How to do a birthday Disney style! Mmmmm, Zooberrys!
I think I seriously need to get a life as I've been checking every hour since your last report for the next one. You are just too damn funny.
