You Seem Taller In Your Trip Reports. A Baby at WDW - *HOLY COW! AN UPDATE!* 4/17 p26

[petals]

Gosh it seems like last year since you updated your trip report

 

[afwdwfan]

Gosh it seems like last year since you updated your trip report

Yes. Yes it does.

 

[KatMark]

I think my computer is broke and I can't see the update.

 

[FreezinRafiki]

Did I really never comment on this chapter? What's wrong with me?

Well, for one...

Don't answer that.

Ah, you're no fun. I had my copy of the DSM-IV open and ready for a good read. Luckily, DSM-V comes out in May, so there could be a whole slew of new things wrong with you!

I read through this whole paragraph and my only reaction was, "They really made a movie called Splash Too??"

I was pretty shocked to see that myself.

Ever see that Bobby Knight interview where he tried to figure out what a game face looked like?

No, but Evan is getting pretty good at throwing chairs across a basketball floor.

Impressive. She beat my score, and I wasn't holding a baby.

Sounds like you need a few more trips for practice.

Looks like Ryder thought so, too.

One of these days we'll even let him have some.

It did seem like they could cut that wait a bit.

At least by a couple of parsecs.

Wow! I've always wanted to learn Australian, myself.

"Throw another shrimp on the barbie!" Wait...or is that Austrian?

I just wanted to say a belated thank you for not giving him a lightsaber while we were in Chicago.

Luckily he was trying to actually push you in front of that bus instead of Force pushing.

Double the awesomeness!

Doublemint gum?

I could definitely see Madison walking around the park holding Vader's hand as she guides him through the dance steps during the parade.

That sounds about right! And it might take her a little while, but she's had Paplatine eating a Mickey bar and singing "its a small world after all" before our vacation was done.

Gosh it seems like last year since you updated your trip report

It only seems like that since because of the the time difference between here and Ireland. Yeah, that sounds like a good excuse.

Yes. Yes it does.

I know Indiana has messed up time zones. Half the state does Daylight Saving Time, half doesn't. Nobody knows what time it is there.

I think my computer is broke and I can't see the update.

I wrote it in a white font on a white background. Just like James Bond would do. Just call me "Double Oh Zero." Or "oooooo" for short.

 

[petals]

It only seems like that since because of the the time difference between here and Ireland. Yeah, that sounds like a good excuse.

Luv it

 

[afwdwfan]

I know Indiana has messed up time zones. Half the state does Daylight Saving Time, half doesn't. Nobody knows what time it is there.

You really are slow...

That changed about 6 or 7 years ago. The whole state has Daylight savings time now.

But most of the state is Eastern Time except for the NW and SW corners.

 

[that's nice]

I think my computer is broke and I can't see the update.

Me either... he was probably too busy avoiding me in MK so he didn't have to buy me a Dole Whip.

 

[FreezinRafiki]

Luv it

Thanks. I pride myself on the amount of BS I can generate.

You really are slow...

That changed about 6 or 7 years ago. The whole state has Daylight savings time now.

I've been avoiding Indiana all this time and NOW you tell me it's fixed? I'll pack my bags now!

But most of the state is Eastern Time except for the NW and SW corners.

Not sure that's helping your case, but it's still better than Tennessee. I think I entered Eastern Time twice while driving through that state.

Me either... he was probably too busy avoiding me in MK so he didn't have to buy me a Dole Whip.

You knew I was there. You chose to spend your time elsewhere.

 

[FreezinRafiki]

Based on the number of "where's the update?" posts, I'll assume it's time to write another update.

After successfully vanquishing the Dark Lord, we ...wait. Not that Dark Lord, I'm talking about Vader here. I think you have to go over to that other park to vanquish the other Dark Lord.

Either way, it was time for a late lunch. We started walking over to Hollywood & Vine, but got stopped by Shelby Mayor and Paige Turner - two of the Citizens of Hollywood. Shelby started talking to Madison and telling her that he could make her a star! (pfffft. Clearly he's never seen her work. She's already there!)

So he asked her to hold out her hand like a princess. She sticks her hand out, palm facing up. "No, no, no," he says as he turns her hand over, palm facing down. "That's how an ex-wife holds out her hand. A princess does it it this." He put a couple of gaudy costume jewelry rings (right up Madison's alley) on her fingers and have her his business card.

We bid them goodbye and found ourselves waiting outside Hollywood and Vine in the beautiful Florida afternoon sunshine. It took a few minutes, but eventually we got called to our table.

By that time the sunshine started pouring down in liquid form, so I had to run out and pull out the ponchos to cover the stroller and all of our gear.

Meanwhile, Ryder was doing...well, whatever this is.

Now the food here is decent - at least by Disney buffet standards. But we had booked this ADR for one reason. Evan is a huge Jake and the Neverland Priates fan, and Jake himself is one of the characters here for lunch. We didn't tell the kids this beforehand, instead we decided to see their reaction as we got there. As expected, they were thrilled!

(Well, Madison and Evan were. Ryder was probably more "bewildered", but that's pretty much his natural state anyway.)

Every half hour or so they start up the music and the characters put on a little dance party. Guess who was front and center when the first chords were struck?

Although, now that I look at it...Madison appears to be more in line with the characters and less "on the dance floor." Clearly, she doesn't even need a stage to be on stage.

After lunch the rain had slowed from the steady sheets of water to normal, soak everything rain, so we headed over to Star Tours to save the galaxy...again. Why can't it just stay saved?

After Star Tours, we had some Rockin Roller Coaster FPs burning a hole in my pocket, so we headed that way. The kids were really excited for this one - it would be their first time on the ride and they had been talking about it for weeks.

The only thing we were unsure of was the weather. While the ride is indoors, we didn't know what Disney's policy was on shutting this ride down for lightening. Do they have to shut it down too? Looking at the radar on my phone, there was heavy stuff bearing down on Disney World and it would certainly contain lightening. We decided to chance it and head over. We made through the queue, into the preshow ("better make it a super stretch!") and into the underground parking garage. We were sorted into our stalls to wait for a limo...but none came. We waited....and waited. I had no signal in there to get weather updates, and there was a manager-looking person over next to the control booth on the phone. This wasn't looking good. He disappeared into a back room for a bit, then got back on the phone. Uh oh. No announcement had been made, but Bambi and I were giving each other the "crap. how long do we wait this out?" look. Then....

A limo came! Excellent! We jumped in, buckled up and...waited some more. Crud. The manager dude was on the phone again. It was just a brief wait and we were cruising the streets of LA on our way to the concert! The kids absolutely loved the ride!

We decided to call it a day at DHS and headed to the boat launch to catch a ride back to the Boardwalk. But first, the kids had to show off their Mickey and Minnie ponchos.

Boat Ride!

We settled back into our ground floor room at the Boardwalk to wait out the rain, when we saw a few friends decided to wander onto our covered patio to do the same thing.

Assuming they were perfectly harmless Disney friends, and not any kind of venomous duck, we decided to invite them in.

We opened the door and tossed a few cookie crumbs out on the patio and on the carpet. A few brave ducks wandered up to the threshold and reached in to eat the cookie, but none stepped over and into the room. Ha! Let's see you that with a giraffe at Animal Kingdom Lodge!

Eventually we got a break in the weather and headed down to pool. As you can see, the break might not last too long, so we made the most of it.

The pool at the Boardwalk is nick-named the "scary clown pool", and for good reason. A nice gentle ride on the water slide ends in you being vomited from a clown's mouth. Good luck sleeping after knowing that...

It's very important to test out the buoyancy of the provided life jackets. You can never be too cautious. Or relaxed.

After a good amount of swimming we were all getting a bit hungry. We wandered the boardwalk a bit and decided on the pizza window outside of Kouzzina. For one quick service credit, you got a slice of pizza, a drink and a dessert. Or for two quick serve credits, you got an entire pizza, 2 drinks and 2 desserts. Kind of a no-brainer there. (And trust me, I specialize in no-brainer decisions. I'm actually over qualified.)

As we were sitting at a nice water-side table waiting for our buzzer to go off, a nice lady stopped by and asked if we had dinner yet. We said we ordered a pizza and were just waiting for it. She said we looked hungry and asked if we wanted another. Turns out she was leaving in the morning and had 10 quick service credits that we wanted to burn. So she went to the window and ordered us a few more pizzas to take back to our room for late night snacks or breakfast the next morning. Pixie Dust Pizza rules!


Everyone was excited for the pizza to arrive!

Well, everyone with teeth, that is.

Up Next:
Animal Kingdom, More of the Scary Clown Pool, and Practice.

 

[that's nice]

Based on the number of "where's the update?" posts, I'll assume it's time to write another update.

Yes. You are over due.

Shelby started talking to Madison and telling her that he could make her a star! (pfffft. Clearly he's never seen her work. She's already there!)

I've seen her work and it is marvelous!

Now the food here is decent - at least by Disney buffet standards.

You think? We have done breakfast there and I thought it was good but Melody stated she would never step in that place again.

Every half hour or so they start up the music and the characters put on a little dance party. Guess who was front and center when the first chords were struck?

I'm shocked it was your kids.

The only thing we were unsure of was the weather. While the ride is indoors, we didn't know what Disney's policy was on shutting this ride down for lightening. Do they have to shut it down too?

My guess would be yes. You don't want people stuck upsidedown if the power goes out.

A limo came! Excellent! We jumped in, buckled up and...waited some more. Crud. The manager dude was on the phone again. It was just a brief wait and we were cruising the streets of LA on our way to the concert! The kids absolutely loved the ride!

NICE!

We decided to call it a day at DHS and headed to the boat launch to catch a ride back to the Boardwalk. But first, the kids had to show off their Mickey and Minnie ponchos.

So, how many hundreds did those ponchos run ya?

The pool at the Boardwalk is nick-named the "scary clown pool", and for good reason. A nice gentle ride on the water slide ends in you being vomited from a clown's mouth. Good luck sleeping after knowing that...

Thanks a lot... now I'm gonna have nightmares for weeks. I see Evan made it past the tonsils and is about to hit the soft palate.

After a good amount of swimming we were all getting a bit hungry. We wandered the boardwalk a bit and decided on the pizza window outside of Kouzzina. For one quick service credit, you got a slice of pizza, a drink and a dessert. Or for two quick serve credits, you got an entire pizza, 2 drinks and 2 desserts. Kind of a no-brainer there. (And trust me, I specialize in no-brainer decisions. I'm actually over qualified.)

You are smarter than the average bear.

As we were sitting at a nice water-side table waiting for our buzzer to go off, a nice lady stopped by and asked if we had dinner yet. We said we ordered a pizza and were just waiting for it. She said we looked hungry and asked if we wanted another. Turns out she was leaving in the morning and had 10 quick service credits that we wanted to burn. So she went to the window and ordered us a few more pizzas to take back to our room for late night snacks or breakfast the next morning. Pixie Dust Pizza rules!

Why do I feel like I've heard this story before????

Everyone was excited for the pizza to arrive!

Of course they were! It's pizza!

Well, everyone with teeth, that is.

Awww, the downside of being a baby.

Up Next:
Animal Kingdom, More of the Scary Clown Pool, and Practice.

Not a game. Practice.

 

[afwdwfan]

Based on the number of "where's the update?" posts, I'll assume it's time to write another update.

You assumed correctly.

Shelby started talking to Madison and telling her that he could make her a star! (pfffft. Clearly he's never seen her work. She's already there!)

I thought maybe she'd inform him she's already in good graces with one of Hollywood's top directors... und genius.

Now the food here is decent - at least by Disney buffet standards.

I'm kind of with Tim... or I guess Melody on this one. My only meal there was awful. DW refuses to ever go back.

But we had booked this ADR for one reason. Evan is a huge Jake and the Neverland Priates fan, and Jake himself is one of the characters here for lunch.

But this is the one thing that might make us reconsider. DS loves Jake. His birthday is this weekend and he wanted a Jake party.

After lunch the rain had slowed from the steady sheets of water to normal, soak everything rain, so we headed over to Star Tours to save the galaxy...again. Why can't it just stay saved?

Well, that would make the next ride a bit of a letdown...

The kids absolutely loved the ride!

Awesome!!!

We opened the door and tossed a few cookie crumbs out on the patio and on the carpet. A few brave ducks wandered up to the threshold and reached in to eat the cookie, but none stepped over and into the room. Ha! Let's see you that with a giraffe at Animal Kingdom Lodge!

Good point!

The pool at the Boardwalk is nick-named the "scary clown pool", and for good reason. A nice gentle ride on the water slide ends in you being vomited from a clown's mouth. Good luck sleeping after knowing that...

The thing might be a little less creepy if it didn't have stars for eyes...

(And trust me, I specialize in no-brainer decisions. I'm actually over qualified.)

Um, Bambi... any comments?

As we were sitting at a nice water-side table waiting for our buzzer to go off, a nice lady stopped by and asked if we had dinner yet. We said we ordered a pizza and were just waiting for it. She said we looked hungry and asked if we wanted another. Turns out she was leaving in the morning and had 10 quick service credits that we wanted to burn. So she went to the window and ordered us a few more pizzas to take back to our room for late night snacks or breakfast the next morning. Pixie Dust Pizza rules!

That is awesome!!!!!
Very generous of her, and yes, leftover pizza is a great meal or snack no matter what time the clock says it is.

Well, everyone with teeth, that is.

Hey, he could still enjoy the taste of it! I know DD loves it when DS lets her taste his fruit snacks...

 

[Captain_Oblivious]

After successfully vanquishing the Dark Lord, we ...wait. Not that Dark Lord, I'm talking about Vader here. I think you have to go over to that other park to vanquish the other Dark Lord.

And what about Zurg? He bears a striking resemblance to the Dark Lord too.

"That's how an ex-wife holds out her hand. A princess does it it this."

Meanwhile, Ryder was doing...well, whatever this is.

You could start a whole "Ryder is not impressed" meme with this.

(Well, Madison and Evan were. Ryder was probably more "bewildered", but that's pretty much his natural state anyway.)

See? Ryder was not impressed.

Every half hour or so they start up the music and the characters put on a little dance party. Guess who was front and center when the first chords were struck?

You need to warn me to sit down before you spring surprises on me like that!

After lunch the rain had slowed from the steady sheets of water to normal, soak everything rain, so we headed over to Star Tours to save the galaxy...again. Why can't it just stay saved?

Didn't Mr. Incredible ask that? "Can you just stay saved...for 10 minutes?!"

A limo came! Excellent! We jumped in, buckled up and...waited some more. Crud. The manager dude was on the phone again. It was just a brief wait and we were cruising the streets of LA on our way to the concert! The kids absolutely loved the ride!

Excellent! Glad you were able to get the ride in.

Ryder is not impressed.

We opened the door and tossed a few cookie crumbs out on the patio and on the carpet. A few brave ducks wandered up to the threshold and reached in to eat the cookie, but none stepped over and into the room. Ha! Let's see you that with a giraffe at Animal Kingdom Lodge!

Thanks to the hidden electric fence, I'll never try that...again.

The pool at the Boardwalk is nick-named the "scary clown pool", and for good reason. A nice gentle ride on the water slide ends in you being vomited from a clown's mouth. Good luck sleeping after knowing that...

Well, Poltergeist made clowns creepy a while ago. This just confirms it.

And now, Deep Thoughts with Jack Handey:
"To me, clowns aren't funny. I guess it goes back to the time when I went to the circus, and a clown killed my dad."

Kind of a no-brainer there. (And trust me, I specialize in no-brainer decisions. I'm actually over qualified.)

I can vouch for that.

As we were sitting at a nice water-side table waiting for our buzzer to go off, a nice lady stopped by and asked if we had dinner yet. We said we ordered a pizza and were just waiting for it. She said we looked hungry and asked if we wanted another. Turns out she was leaving in the morning and had 10 quick service credits that we wanted to burn. So she went to the window and ordered us a few more pizzas to take back to our room for late night snacks or breakfast the next morning. Pixie Dust Pizza rules!

Everyone was excited for the pizza to arrive!

Well, everyone with teeth, that is.

Ryder is not impressed.

Up Next:
Animal Kingdom, More of the Scary Clown Pool, and Practice.

Not a game. Practice.

We're talkin' 'bout...practice?

 

[Poolrat]

Ryder is getting to be the same way. It's amazing how wide of a wingspan he has when there is food (or anything messy) remotely close.

Oh yes and the amount of nonedibles that went into that boys mouth....

They give the kids crayons at resturants, he thought it was the appetizer
You give kids pencils in school to write - he thought the top was the snack. For years we had no erasers on pencils.
That thing hanging in the bathroom - tear off snacks - tastes like toilet paper. Tissues too ..... Had to foce cotton candy in his mouth because he would not try it... Really...
Grass, sand, rocks,

Fastest hands in the east though when something that might contain food was put down. Trained a waitress ot twleve.






On to the update- Have done Hollywood and Vine, meh.... not horrible not great. From what I remember the boy actually couldn't find something to eat... Now looking at the above, that is pretty funny. I remember he was in a mood and the girl was always picky so I am sure that had as much to do with the lackluster review than anything else.

So glad RnR was just delayed, probably just traffic on the freeway.

I need to be caught in a lengthy downpour so I can get a Minnie poncho.

 

[amandaw]

Looks like y'all were having so much fun at DHS! That's great that the kids liked RNRC!

We did H&V for the first time this past October. It wasn't my favorite meal but it definitely wasn't terrible. And it is fun for the kids.

That was really nice of the lady to get extra pizzas for y'all!!

 

[GoofyIsAsGoofyDoes]

Based on the number of "where's the update?" posts, I'll assume it's time to write another update.

Life interferes with my TR time on a regular bases.
I’ll not be throwing stones.

After successfully vanquishing the Dark Lord, we ...wait. Not that Dark Lord, I'm talking about Vader here.

I sense a conflict in the force.

So he asked her to hold out her hand like a princess. She sticks her hand out, palm facing up. "No, no, no," he says as he turns her hand over, palm facing down. "That's how an ex-wife holds out her hand.

He put a couple of gaudy costume jewelry rings (right up Madison's alley) on her fingers and have her his business card.

Cool bit of extra magic.
Hold on to those little trinkets.

By that time the sunshine started pouring down in liquid form

Liquid sunshine...
I can see the marketing campaign now.

Meanwhile, Ryder was doing...well, whatever this is.

It’s called creating a diversion.
It’s designed to take our minds of your writing.
Works pretty well too…

Now the food here is decent - at least by Disney buffet standards. But we had booked this ADR for one reason. Evan is a huge Jake and the Neverland Priates fan, and Jake himself is one of the characters here for lunch. We didn't tell the kids this beforehand, instead we decided to see their reaction as we got there. As expected, they were thrilled!

Ahhhhh…
That s’plains it.

Taking one for the kids

so we headed over to Star Tours to save the galaxy...again. Why can't it just stay saved?

Due to the vast number of parsecs separating Star Tours and Pixar Place.

we had some Rockin Roller Coaster FPs burning a hole in my pocket, so we headed that way. The kids were really excited for this one - it would be their first time…

…The kids absolutely loved the ride!

Get ‘em acclimated early.

Assuming they were perfectly harmless Disney friends, and not any kind of venomous duck, we decided to invite them in.

You’re were worrying about the wrong end there.

Considering how quick food travels through a duck…
This decision seem a might short sighted?

Let's see you that with a giraffe at Animal Kingdom Lodge!

Your gonn’a need a bigger pooper-scooper

The pool at the Boardwalk is nick-named the "scary clown pool", and for good reason. A nice gentle ride on the water slide ends in you being vomited from a clown's mouth. Good luck sleeping after knowing that...

Yah, they need to work on that one.
The slide should be far more aggressive so as to achieve more of a projectile vomiting effect when disgorging the guest if they really want to capitalize on the whole nightmare/phobia motif.

As we were sitting at a nice water-side table waiting for our buzzer to go off, a nice lady stopped by and asked if we had dinner yet. We said we ordered a pizza and were just waiting for it. She said we looked hungry and asked if we wanted another. Turns out she was leaving in the morning and had 10 quick service credits that we wanted to burn. So she went to the window and ordered us a few more pizzas to take back to our room for late night snacks or breakfast the next morning. Pixie Dust Pizza rules!

And not even from a CM but it was courtesy of another guest.
Almost reaffirms my faith in other people.

Everyone was excited for the pizza to arrive!
Well, everyone with teeth, that is.

“So… are you going to run my slice through a blender or what?”

 

[FreezinRafiki]

Yes. You are over due.

Ha! You think that was a long wait - just see what its going to be before the next update!

I've seen her work and it is marvelous!

I think I need to get her an agent.

You think? We have done breakfast there and I thought it was good but Melody stated she would never step in that place again.

I've never done breakfast there, but lunch was a least edible. Can't say I'm sitting here at my desk at work craving ...whatever it was they had there...but it wasn't horrid.

I'm shocked it was your kids.

You were? Wow, I mean, you've met th....wait, was that sarcasm?

My guess would be yes. You don't want people stuck upsidedown if the power goes out.

Or halfway down a hill.

So, how many hundreds did those ponchos run ya?

Not a single red cent. Grandma & grandpa bought them. Bambi and I have matching adult versions.

Thanks a lot... now I'm gonna have nightmares for weeks.

Then my job is done!

You are smarter than the average bear.

Did you know that when I go camping, bears hide their food from me? True Story.

Why do I feel like I've heard this story before????

Because this is my 7th trip report and I'm running out of original stuff to say?

Of course they were! It's pizza!

It wasn't Chicago style, but it was good anyway.

Awww, the downside of being a baby.

But the tradeoff is that you never had to go looking for a bathroom.

Not a game. Practice.

I smell a little AI coming on....

You assumed correctly.

My spidey sense was tingling.

I thought maybe she'd inform him she's already in good graces with one of Hollywood's top directors... und genius.

I'm kind of with Tim... or I guess Melody on this one. My only meal there was awful. DW refuses to ever go back.

Breakfast or lunch?

But this is the one thing that might make us reconsider. DS loves Jake. His birthday is this weekend and he wanted a Jake party.

I was shocked when I watched Peter Pan again after having seen eleventy billion episodes of Jake. In Jake, Captain Hook is just a bumbling nin-com-poop. In Peter Pan, he's a real blood thirsty SoB!

Well, that would make the next ride a bit of a letdown...

Yeah, but I'm not on the next ride. I'm on this one!

The thing might be a little less creepy if it didn't have stars for eyes...

Or bloody fangs. Wait, never mind. That was the version in my dream last night.

Um, Bambi... any comments?

She probably stopped reading by now. I know I would have.

That is awesome!!!!!
Very generous of her, and yes, leftover pizza is a great meal or snack no matter what time the clock says it is.

Cold Pizza. Warm Beer. The Breakfast of Champions.

Hey, he could still enjoy the taste of it! I know DD loves it when DS lets her taste his fruit snacks...

Good idea. We'll just break off a piece slightly larger than this throat.

 

[FreezinRafiki]

And what about Zurg? He bears a striking resemblance to the Dark Lord too.

If Voldemort carried around a foam ball launcher instead of a wand, the series probably would have stopped at book one.

You could start a whole "Ryder is not impressed" meme with this.

That would never catch on.

See? Ryder was not impressed.

I stand corrected. I'll contact the Internet meme people right away.

You need to warn me to sit down before you spring surprises on me like that!

Sorry about that. Oh, tomorrow morning, just before sunrise, look to the east. You're in for a shock!

Didn't Mr. Incredible ask that? "Can you just stay saved...for 10 minutes?!"

+1 Yes, that's exactly where I ripped it off from. So far in this TR I have linked Star Wars with both Pirates of the Caribbean and The Incredibles. That's worth the price of admission right there.

Excellent! Glad you were able to get the ride in.

Me too! (They're not the only ones that enjoy the ride. )

Ryder is not impressed.

Wow, that's really catching on, huh?

Thanks to the hidden electric fence, I'll never try that...again.

Still get a little twitch every time Julie turns on the microwave, huh Mark?

Well, Poltergeist made clowns creepy a while ago. This just confirms it.

And now, Deep Thoughts with Jack Handey:
"To me, clowns aren't funny. I guess it goes back to the time when I went to the circus, and a clown killed my dad."

I can vouch for that.

I'd ask what you were referring to, but then I realized that I would just be asking you to narrow down the list. And I decided I really didn't want that right now.

Ryder is not impressed.

Seriosusly, are you getting a commission on these? Can I get some of that action?

We're talkin' 'bout...practice?

There he is. I knew he'd be around eventually.

Oh yes and the amount of nonedibles that went into that boys mouth....

They give the kids crayons at resturants, he thought it was the appetizer
You give kids pencils in school to write - he thought the top was the snack. For years we had no erasers on pencils.
That thing hanging in the bathroom - tear off snacks - tastes like toilet paper. Tissues too ..... Had to foce cotton candy in his mouth because he would not try it... Really...
Grass, sand, rocks,

Fastest hands in the east though when something that might contain food was put down. Trained a waitress ot twleve.

<gives the standard "I'm a parent and I completely sympathize" nod to everything you just said>

So glad RnR was just delayed, probably just traffic on the freeway.

I need to be caught in a lengthy downpour so I can get a Minnie poncho.

I'm not even sure if they're available anymore. We got them about a year ago and I don't recall seeing them since.

 

[FreezinRafiki]

Looks like y'all were having so much fun at DHS! That's great that the kids liked RNRC!

They've been asking to ride it pretty much daily since!

We did H&V for the first time this past October. It wasn't my favorite meal but it definitely wasn't terrible. And it is fun for the kids.

You're certainly paying for the experience there. Unfortunately, they still charge the adults full price to hang out with Special Agent Oso and June from the Little Einsteins. (Handy Manny is cool, though)

That was really nice of the lady to get extra pizzas for y'all!!

Mmm hmmm...

Sorry. I had a mouthful of free pizza. I said "Yes, it was."

Life interferes with my TR time on a regular bases.
I’ll not be throwing stones.

Excellent. Because they hurt. Even the little ones.

I sense a conflict in the force.

Nice!

Cool bit of extra magic.
Hold on to those little trinkets.

Great idea. I have no idea where they are.

Liquid sunshine...
I can see the marketing campaign now.

Pretty soon Disney will be bottling it and selling it.

It’s called creating a diversion.
It’s designed to take our minds of your writing.
Works pretty well too…

You've caught onto my plans. Nice work.

Ahhhhh…
That s’plains it.

Taking one for the kids

Because that's what we do. And in the end, we're rewarded with rides on Rock n roller coaster.

Due to the vast number of parsecs separating Star Tours and Pixar Place.

Wait, parsecs the distance or parsecs the time? Because as far as I know, there is no black hole between Star Tours and Pixar Place. Unless you count the Backlot Tour.

You’re were worrying about the wrong end there.

Considering how quick food travels through a duck…
This decision seem a might short sighted?

But they were sooooo cute!

Your gonn’a need a bigger pooper-scooper

That's why they have vacuums in the closets of the DVC rooms. For giraffe poop.

Yah, they need to work on that one.
The slide should be far more aggressive so as to achieve more of a projectile vomiting effect when disgorging the guest if they really want to capitalize on the whole nightmare/phobia motif.

And hit you with a blast of green slime on the way down!

And not even from a CM but it was courtesy of another guest.
Almost reaffirms my faith in other people.

Most people are good. It's the bad ones that really catch your attention.

“So… are you going to run my slice through a blender or what?”

Nope. But how about some strained peas?

 

[MEK]

Meanwhile, Ryder was doing...well, whatever this is.

I'm not sure exactly what Ryder is doing, but he is sure cute doing it!

Funny, when I stayed at the BWV's last June I was on the bottom floor and I was thinking how great it would be with kids.

Glad everyone enjoyed the clown pool.

Do they stop RnR during lightning? I had no idea!

 

[afwdwfan]

Even though my quotes were mostly attributed to Tim, I'll still reply...

Breakfast or lunch?

Dinner.

I was shocked when I watched Peter Pan again after having seen eleventy billion episodes of Jake. In Jake, Captain Hook is just a bumbling nin-com-poop. In Peter Pan, he's a real blood thirsty SoB!

I know!!! And could you believe he smoked a cigarette in a Disney cartoon????? And so did the Indians and the kids. Everybody smoked!!!

I half expected to see some product placement from the Kentucky chamber of commerce or something!

She probably stopped reading by now. I know I would have.

Apparently so. Or maybe she just expected you to have this one done by now and is looking for the TR from the last trip.

Cold Pizza. Warm Beer. The Breakfast of Champions.

Man Law!