What Happens at the Beach Club... Travels with Teens, Take Two, (PTR) 4/6 p. 29

[HockeyMomR]

Dee - glad to hear your Dad is on the mend!

Good update. Nice getting pictures of yourself!

Ninja - thank goodness Janet was around to direct you in proper form and Lazy River etiquette . Enjoy your upcoming trip! Be careful around peering in at SAB, you never know who is watching!!!!

Rebecca

 

[tarak]

MAYBE we will just have to take advantage of that MAGICAL offer for our next VACATION when we TRAVEL to Orlando and try again...

In other news I have been busy getting ready for my next trip down to the world on Oct 15th. I am meeting up with friends but we are staying all over. Some of us are at Pop and others have DVC so they are at the Beach Club Villas. I will just have to peep through the bushes and watch them when they go in Stormalong Bay. Perhaps I will drag a palm tree back and decorate the pool at Pop in a feeble attempt to transform that concrete wasteland into a lush oasis like it is at the Beach Club. Maybe I'll even get one of those blow up alligator rafts and scare the bejesus out of the Pop life guards! The possibilities are endless...

~NM

I saw what you did. I'm sooo close to pulling the trigger on an August 2015 trip. Maybe I could just take the sullen tween, who declared the 95 degree heat "awesome." Not much gets that designation.

Dee - that's the same salad I like to get. There's a reason we kept bumping into one another. I love your pictures, too. You photograph things I've never noticed.

Things 2 and 3 also love Spaceship Earth. Our last night at Epcot, they were so, so wanting to go on it one last time. My mom is so completely hapless when it comes to directions. We were in Norway and there was no way she'd find her way back to the YC from there. Amara, who fully realized we'd have to make a mad dash to SE and back before the park closed, offered to walk her back to the hotel. So we rode one last time.

 

[natebenma]

MEANIE!

~NM

I don't remember being offered any pretzel bread from Canada when I saw you later that night. Did you share it with your new training partner Janetmom?

I'm glad you went to the Character Spot for pictures with Mickey, Goofy and Minnie (and great pictures too). We've done this the last two or three trips with a five minute wait!

Not so sure about that; I don't care for lobster, but LOVE crab.

You tell him Dee!

Fun update with great pics!

I had fun with the characters. I wouldn't wait a long time for it, especially solo, but the FP was perfect!

I also enjoyed watching the little ones who were having their pictures taken before it was my turn. So cute!

I love lobster and crab. Most seafood, really.

I did tease him with the salad, he got me back, but the Test Track taunt stayed in my head. That would have just been cruel!

I saw what you did. I'm sooo close to pulling the trigger on an August 2015 trip. Maybe I could just take the sullen tween, who declared the 95 degree heat "awesome." Not much gets that designation.

Dee - that's the same salad I like to get. There's a reason we kept bumping into one another. I love your pictures, too. You photograph things I've never noticed.

Things 2 and 3 also love Spaceship Earth. Our last night at Epcot, they were so, so wanting to go on it one last time. My mom is so completely hapless when it comes to directions. We were in Norway and there was no way she'd find her way back to the YC from there. Amara, who fully realized we'd have to make a mad dash to SE and back before the park closed, offered to walk her back to the hotel. So we rode one last time.

Keep us posted if you bend to temptation...

That is such a great salad! It really can't be beet. I love the whole menu of choices at Sunshine Seasons, but I never stray from the salad.

That was so nice of your daughter to act as a guide back to the YC so her siblings could ride.

Dee - glad to hear your Dad is on the mend!

Good update. Nice getting pictures of yourself!

Ninja - thank goodness Janet was around to direct you in proper form and Lazy River etiquette . Enjoy your upcoming trip! Be careful around peering in at SAB, you never know who is watching!!!!

Rebecca

Last week was a bit more drama than I bargained for. I'm so thankful my dad's injuries were minor.

My manager at the farm insisted that I get a picture of me with Mickey. I was glad to oblige!

Janet may have been a better teammate, but I kept Ninja afloat during our time together, so that's something...

 

[teekathepony]

I love your character pics! Especially with Minnie, so adorable. YUM Sunshine Seasons, my favourite too! (But not Johnny's I'm afraid.) although he loves beets, and he loves salad, his really loves pecans, and he does like goat cheese... I'll need to get him to try your salad. That way I get to try it too, and I just might make a fan out of him.

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[Wood Nymph]

We never made it to Sunshine Seasons this last trip, but usually we always eat there. I know that the red things are beets, but are the yellow things beets, too?

 

[DisneyKid4Life]

Dee, I love that you did the characters solo. Not a lot of people will do that, so good on you!!!!

Um, just for the record as far as meals go.... you won. Your's was in Disney which trumps all.

 

[ddluvsdisney]

Your salad looks yummy!! I know you love Sunshine seasons

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[JanetMom]

I don't remember being offered any pretzel bread from Canada when I saw you later that night. Did you share it with your new training partner Janetmom?



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Last week was a bit more drama than I bargained for. I'm so thankful my dad's injuries were minor.

My manager at the farm insisted that I get a picture of me with Mickey. I was glad to oblige!

Janet may have been a better teammate, but I kept Ninja afloat during our time together, so that's something...

As for the pretzel bread... She did not share the Canadian bread with me as I suspect she knew that being from Canada, I would find it the same old thing we Canadians eat with every meal. We saved our pretzel bread sharing for later in the week when we visited a different country and had a full garbage bag to share.


And as for swimming... I may be a "better" teammate, but only if better means boring. You were a far more entertaining teammate.


And most importantly... I'm glad your dad is fine!

 

[pas130]

Great character pics Dee!! If you pushed Goofy's ear back it would've looked like you had black hair

We had Sunshine Seasons this trip...so yummy delicious, I was pleasantly surprised!!

And very happy to hear Dad is healing up

 

[natebenma]

I love your character pics! Especially with Minnie, so adorable. YUM Sunshine Seasons, my favourite too! (But not Johnny's I'm afraid.) although he loves beets, and he loves salad, his really loves pecans, and he does like goat cheese... I'll need to get him to try your salad. That way I get to try it too, and I just might make a fan out of him.

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Thanks! I like the character pictures, too. Can't wait to see how the photopass pictures came out.

Sunshine Seasons is soooooooooooo good!!! I am going to try to lure the teens there in June. Ben is totally in.

Well, based on Johnny's tastes, the salad really would be up his alley. They make it to order, so if there were parts he didn't like they can leave it off.

And so convenient to the Beach Club! Just sayin'

We never made it to Sunshine Seasons this last trip, but usually we always eat there. I know that the red things are beets, but are the yellow things beets, too?

Yes, the yellow things are golden beets.

MMMMmmmmmmmmm!!!!

Dee, I love that you did the characters solo. Not a lot of people will do that, so good on you!!!!

Um, just for the record as far as meals go.... you won. Your's was in Disney which trumps all.

It's funny because when I am with my family we never visit characters. The only time we have met them have been at character meals. All the characters made me feel welcome.



Well, yeah, I definitely won in the location war.

Your salad looks yummy!! I know you love Sunshine seasons

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I can't believe a salad makes it into the top 5 things I love to eat at Disney. But it does.

As for the pretzel bread... She did not share the Canadian bread with me as I suspect she knew that being from Canada, I would find it the same old thing we Canadians eat with every meal. We saved our pretzel bread sharing for later in the week when we visited a different country and had a full garbage bag to share.


And as for swimming... I may be a "better" teammate, but only if better means boring. You were a far more entertaining teammate.


And most importantly... I'm glad your dad is fine!

Well, at least you didn't go without. And I can't remember, did some of it somehow make it home, too?

I'm sure if the alligators had come during your watch, you would have fought them off too.

Thanks- it is a big relief that my dad is recovering well.

Great character pics Dee!! If you pushed Goofy's ear back it would've looked like you had black hair

We had Sunshine Seasons this trip...so yummy delicious, I was pleasantly surprised!!

And very happy to hear Dad is healing up

You are right- just a little more and I would have had a new hairdo.

Wow, either Goofy is really tall or I am really short (I think it is a combination of both)

Dad is not quite ready for his next 5K, but he is doing ok!

 

[IheartDDuck]

I'm always one of the biggest kids in line to meet the characters! I love that.

Sunshine Seasons is a go to meal for us in Epcot too.

That salad looks great! I'll have to remember that.

 

[luvpoohandcompany]

Life is crazy busy atm but I'm just popping in to say I love that you met some characters and Yum on the food as always
Glad your dad is on the mend

 

[natebenma]

I'm always one of the biggest kids in line to meet the characters! I love that.

Sunshine Seasons is a go to meal for us in Epcot too.

That salad looks great! I'll have to remember that.

The characters are really great with solo guests and couples. They probably appreciate a little change of pace from the kids and know that any visitors there without children must be real fans.

Sunshine Seasons- they have so many different selections, some unique stuff as well as standard options.

I highly recommend that salad! I get it at least once per trip, sometimes more!

Life is crazy busy atm but I'm just popping in to say I love that you met some characters and Yum on the food as always
Glad your dad is on the mend

Thanks for stopping by.

I had fun with the characters- I like the pictures and now I have lots of profile picture choices!

Loved lunch!

And thanks for the kind word about my dad. He seems to be doing well.

 

[natebenma]

My second Fast Pass of the afternoon was for Test Track.



We had the opportunity to try out the recently refurbished Test Track a couple of times during our July 2013 trip. I actually really like the psychedelic fluorescent lighting in the ride. I didn’t get a chance to design a vehicle then because Mark and I left that for the boys to do.

This time, since I was solo and had a FP, I got to skip the “Showroom of the Future” standby queue and go directly to the design phase.





Here is the car I ended up with:







I don’t think guests were instructed about saving their designs to their magic bands/park tickets because most of the people around me ended up with the default vehicle design.


Here’s a couple of really poor pictures from inside the ride:







Let’s hit the track!













And a red-neck documentation of the ride:




It was time to shift gears, so-to-speak, to get to my next Fast Pass in the World Showcase


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[mickeystoontown]

That salad looks delicious! I love salads and could eat one every single day...especially Disney salads.

**Edited, you and I were posting at the same time so I missed the Test Track post. You designed a very cool car. I love Test Track. Nothing like zooming above Epcot in a car going nearly 65 miles per hour.

 

[clambert1273]

lol wish I knew you guys!! Totally sounds like something I would participate in with even more antics!!

 

[KatMark]

Mark and I did Test Track because we ended up with an extra fast pass. I'm still not enthralled with the ride, but Mark enjoyed designing his car. And, now that you mention it, they made no announcements while we were there either about scanning your band (luckily I knew).

Nice design, Dee.

 

[teekathepony]

They didn't make an announce,don't when we were there either. I thought I knew what to do, and scanned my band, but we ended up with the wrong car anyway.
I do love the car you designed! Especially the colour.

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[DisneyKid4Life]

Kinda like you car Dee. Let me know when it goes on sale please.

Still not an absolute must do for me, but I am liking new TT a bit more each time.

 

[eandesmom]

A few months ago, I received a private message from one of my first DISfriends, HockeyMomR (Rebecca). And I quote


“I know you don't know me, but if you are interested and would be comfortable you could stay with me and my mom. Hope you don't think I am crazy for asking you. Would be great to meet you.”


Wow! What a thoughtful and generous offer! I am so glad I accepted. We had a blast together! I also loved telling people I was going to Disney (alone) and staying with a woman from the internet that I have never met.

I did that once! And since then, we've done it again and again!

Who is Taunting Me in the ME line?
With friends like these...


Let's go back to the Magical Express line at MCO for a moment, shall we…


About a week before my solo trip, I was practicing taking selfies with my camera. I am not used to taking selfies. For one, I am about 3-4 decades past the prime selfie demographic. The camera on my phone is also really, really bad! So I knew I wouldn’t be taking many with that.

I work part-time as a museum teacher at a 300 year old manor house and farm. I decided I would take some practice selfies with some of my favorite co-workers- Schooner, Big Dave and Roger the Donkey. I posted these on Facebook.









I would end up regretting my selfie practice!

I texted my friend NinjaMom, who had arrived earlier that day, to let her know that I was at the Beach Club.


“I’m home!!!! Hanging in room for about 20 min to charge phone then heading out”

“Did you notice anything in the Magical Express line?

“No”

“Enlarge to see the pix better”





"Ha! Ha! Dee- We beat you to the Beach Club!!! Love, NinjaMom and JanetMom"


My “friend” had posted two of these in the Magical Express line. One on the first rope line sign and one on the wall by the monitor.

I didn’t see these displays, but apparently JanetMom came along just a little while after Ninja, and was LOL-ing.

I don’t know if they are still posted there in line, but if you happen to see these “Not Wanted Posters”, please take them down and feel free to keep them as a souvenir!

Although I couldn’t wait to meet Ninjamom (anxious might be a better description), our encounter would come earlier than either of us expected.

That's hysterical! Bummer that you just missed Teena

We asked Tom the Bartender “Can you make a Sunken Treasure?”

“Of course!” He replied.





We texted Ninja Mom to see if she wanted to join us, but she complained that her arms were sore from hanging up Wanted Posters earlier that day or something.

I guess our first face-to-face meeting would be the next morning at breakfast (or so we thought)


Next thing I remember is being awakened by Rebecca and her mom. There was a screeching fire alarm in the room and an announcement over loudspeakers to evacuate the building.

It was around midnight.

I had the foresight to grab my phone on the way out, although surprisingly I left behind my camera. That is a first!

We made our way to the stairs and no sooner had I joked that I thought Ninja Mom must be behind this is some way, we saw her in the stairwell.

This would be our first face-to-face meeting and it couldn’t have been executed any better if we had planned it ourselves.

Funny, when we were safely outside, in the back of the building near the lake, Ninja’s family had no problem with her abandoning them and spending time hanging out with Rebecca, Carol and me. Especially once she started calling out to try to find JanetMom, who would have been a welcome addition to our late night pajama party. No matter where you may live, if you listened closely that night you could hear the ear-shattering bellows of Ninja Mom as she howled "JanetMom!!! JANETMOM!!!"

I do have a picture of our encounter and I am posting it against my better judgment as it looks like I am not quite awake and perhaps drugged up (which was the case given that I had pharmaceutical assistance prior to the 45 minutes of sleep I managed to achieve before being rudely interrupted)





I have to point out that Ninja Mom was wearing her AK Park "Fix Me!!" Disco Yeti T-shirt, and she was loudly telling all within earshot that she wasn't wearing any underwear. Upon further review, there may have been tequila in the bottle she is holding. Just sayin’.

YAY for a Sunken Treasure, boo for the firedrill but oh my, that may be the best DISmeet picture and story ever.

Not 100% but made a dent in getting caught up