Let's finish this day off, shall we?
We shall!
three
out of four DISmeets in the bag.
The best is yet to come.
At least for me, it was the best.
I already said we shall.
Everyone ready?
Off we go!
Ummm...pretty sure it's supposed to be "Here we goooooo!"
I tried to figure out what
she was talking about.
I think it's a pretty clear statement.
"You almost stepped right
on a squirrel.
And she even had to repeat for the hard of hearing old guy.
A squirrel ran
out into the middle of the
walkway, right under your foot
and you just about squished it.
See? Pretty clear!
They have friends in high places.
While birds of prey are high up, I didn't realized they were the squirrel's friends.
We arrived a short time later
and I spied Doc (@docsoliday1 )
and PR, his daughter, waiting for us.
I tried to hide.
BTW: Since she's now 18 and I no longer have to be concerned about her safety/privacy like I was, it's okay if you use her real name...Penny.
Because if it was the other way
around, he would've taken steps
to avoid us.
I tried.
Okay, totally not true...I asked him to make sure with Elle it would be okay to join them on splash. If she hadn't been okay with it, we would have had a dismeet, yes, but no ride together.
I had met Doc previously,
and I had no worries about
whether we'd get along.
None here either.
If you meet him, just don't ask
him about his pool playing.
It's okay, they can ask me...that particular night, I sucked! Not even trying to sugar coat it.
Okay. Yeah. Now you want to.
Seeing him cry would be pretty funny...
I've cried about some things (recently), but that wouldn't do it.
Within seconds, PR and Elle were
chatting away and completely
ignoring the two old dudes
who were paying for everything.
And this is different from normal how?
Doc handed me Su-Lynn's gift.
At least... I think he did.
It's possible that she gave
him something else.
Nope. She gave me a dinglehopper made of real gold, but you didn't know that. Muwaaahhaaa
I figured we'd recruit Doc and PR
into the fun.
And was glad to. I know I told her, but tell Elle I'm happy for and/or proud of her again, please.
we all headed
to the front of the park
so I could get Doc's springform
pan (from the cheesecake)
out of the locker and also
retrieve a couple items.
Funny thing...I didn't care the least about the springform pan. I thought I'd told you this already, but thanks.
What he's not telling you, dear readers (because he's humble and doesn't want to talk about what he does for others) is he brought me a bottle of maple syrup -- remember the glass item he almost lost at bag check?
He also brought me some kindereggs. Now, for those of you who don't know, they're illegal to bring into the US (IN THEIR ORIGINAL FORM). Since they have small parts inside of the chocolate, the US decided to ban them because of parents who choose to sue someone else vs. taking responsibilty for their own choices (non-parenting) or not properly supervising their children and wanted to blame the manufacturer. Don't mention EVERY other country in the world can get them without trying to blame someone else. Okay, I'll get off my soapbox.
So, what he did to make them legal to bring was to separate the chocolate shell from the yellow capsule within. No longer small parts contained in chocolate. This is way past the call of duty and even more so the call of friendship!!!! Lastly, I had asked if he could have Elle knit me a "dwarf" hat. I have a purple (my favorite color) dwarf shift with Doc on the back and wanted a matching hat. I wanted to pay her, but she would not allow me. So, like father, like daughter...generous. Canadians are renowned for politeness.....@pkondz and Elle are, in my mind, renowned for generosity. Please tell her again thank you.
Sure was nice re-meeting you
and meeting PR, Doc!
I'll see you again in about six weeks!
Absolutely agreed on both counts.
We glanced back as they
walked away and noticed
the little boy holding
his dad's hand in his hook.
Worth it.
Not at all unexpected of both of you.
We ducked into Memento Mori
where Elle got this little beauty:
I've never been there, but I like it.
My eldest ghoul then tried to
drag me onto IASW, but
the wait time was thirty minutes.
Ruh roh
We decided to skip it.
My heart leapt with joy.
YAY!!!
arty:
And then was dashed as she
reasoned that we could
try again later.
Ruh roh
You'd think by now he'd figure
out how to use that hat.
You'd think
I suggested a spin on the
WEDway People Mover
and Elle enthusiastically agreed.
Yay!
It must be done.
If you ride it, a foot photo
is an absolute requirement.
Of course. it's the background image of my phone. It's kinda funny how many of these I have on my phone.
I'm not sure which is more scary...
Elle has hairy legs
or
yours are shaved.
Took this shot of the Tron
construction site.
I wonder how much closer
it will be to being finished when
I see it again four months later.
I take pictures each time I ride WEDway. If I'd remembered to take the same spot each time, it would have been cool to do time lapse. I could post progress, but I'm sure you'd rather see it in person.
We still had half an hour
before our ADR. Elle wanted
a photo of her in front of the
castle, sooo...
Pretty girl you got there....inside and out!
Did I mention it was hot?
Nope. Given it was May, I figure it was hot.
See?
I leaned in for a kiss and...
well... I guess the reality
of the situation was a bit
much for Elle and she
screamed "NO!!!" and pushed
us apart.
Did she thank Elle for saving her?
The duck had just laid some eggs!
I think this because when I mentioned
it to Elle, she spotted an egg about
six inches away from the others.
And when I looked again, later,
momma had moved it over to join
the other eggs.
Would seem to mean that at least
that egg had just been laid?
Okay, all joking and teasing aside...that's a really cool picture and thing to see!
The show was fun to watch,
as always, but I still feel a little
nostalgic for Wishes.
HEA is fine, but it doesn't
get you in the feels like
Wishes used to do.
Agreed. HEA is okay, but never as good as Wishes from both a storyline and feeling standpoint. I know some folks have grown to like HEA, but to me it's just a bunch of disjointed movie clips projected on the castle and no STORY.
And this time, shockingly,
it was a walk on.
Oh no!!! $%#@#$
I was quite content with
Aerosmith and ACDC blaring
in my ears, drowning out the
horrid ear-worm that one
normally hears in IASW.
Whew!!
And my sanity (what little, if any
I still had) was still intact
when we disembarked.
Not sure you ever had any....you like me.
I may have been a little bit
more deaf, however.
Worth it.
Totally!!!
We rode a couple more rides.
HM was a 5-minute wait,
while PP (with a FP) was
a walk on.
Fantastic on both counts!
And...
Did you see it in this chapter?
Yep. Was he observing or just needing the potty?
To the TR!
