Canadian Buffoon's Exhausted Vacation - Update 09/01 - New TR link!

[pkondz]

I guess not much. Will you by her a Dole Whip when you get one?

I heard she hasn't had one in a while.
Think that'll make her melt?

You get to play with toys like that?

Oh, sure! All the time!
Frequently!

Occasionally.


Infrequently.



No.

My bike. For inside play? My Sunshine Family Van. Coloring books and crayons.

Is this it? Never heard of that...

Call Barbie.

Good plan. Will she come running?

Never ridden it. Doubt I ever will.

You're not missing out.
I did it for the sake of completion.

Sounds like my ride on Monster's Inc at DLR.

Noted.

It's all fun and games until someone needs an emesis bag.

You nurses have...
an interesting sense of humour!

Those were my kid's favorite toys. (the blocks)

Not the toilets. Okay, then.

Play to win, or don't play.

Competitive at all?

And this... even before Prime Time. LOL.

<sigh> Yeah...

Yes, you definitely should have.

I know... I know...

Oh dear, that poor girl. I bet mom regretted that the rest of the day and beyond.

Good luck riding... anything
after that!

I heard that line too. Always funny!

Well, that certainly escalated quickly. Did you tell Barbie?

I was wondering if anyone
would pick up on that.
It's in my Avatar, for Pete's sakes!

I did too!

And?
Or will you save that for your TR?

I think I'll just copy and paste this for my own TR.

Feel free.

Aw, cute picture.

You can say that because Kari
is in it.
Otherwise you'd be feeling ill
right about now.

Nice of you to let her eat off your plate then!

How could I say no?
She grabbed before I could
pull it out of her reach.

I got that too and it was super good, but not at Prime Time.

Oh?

I've hung out with you both multiple times. You are equally sweet and likeable.

They are all very, very good- far better than mine of ToT I took a few years ago. Well done! Hard to choose a favorite.

Thanks...
Although I do remember yours
and they were very good.

Welcome to the AP mentality/SOP.

I don't think anyone else got that.

... about that beep, no trouble.

I'm all about that beep, 'bout that beep, no trouble.

WE all did.

Funny how Disney can do that...

Gross.

Yep...

Grosser.

Got me thinking... which was the worst?
Tough call.
I think this one was more... inedible.

But all entertainting. Thanks for the good read!

Thanks!

Again sorry for the hiatus. I'm behind everywhere, and not sure when I'll ever catch up.

And yet... judging from the number
of unread threads I have right now
with your name beside them...
I suspect you did just that.
You must've gotten some free
time finally!

You paid how much to spend your time arguing on the phone with someone?

You're overthinking this.

No...

Because I was enjoying the ride
quite a bit when suddenly...
It jerked my brain right out of
the immersion.
Disconcerting.

I did. But sadly, I'm out of the running now for your contest. Good questions though!

Nah. Still a chance.

 

[pkondz]

Nice!!! Glad you could do that. Sounds like you had a great time and saw a lot! (and learned a lot!)

It was a very good day.

of course you did.

I know they are "backwards" on military uniforms as well. Maybe it was a hattip to the services?

No. It's dependent on direction.
The flag always has to look like
it's flying from a flag pole as the
person (or thing) moves forward.
So if it's on the right arm,
it's "backwards" but if it's on
the left arm, it's forward.
But if it's pointing straight up,
it can be in any direction, can't it?

I guess I hadn't thought about that!

Makes it just that much more impressive!

Super cool; I had no idea!

Interesting story!! Thanks for sharing it!

You're welcome!
Glad you liked it.

Nice that you can order just half!

High praise! The Edison's were pretty tasty too.

Bacon makes everything better.

I'd like to get there someday. Not sure when but hopefully someday.

Put it on your list.

Aw, nice of you.

Just the right thing to do.
They moved because of
what I said.

 

[pkondz]

Looks like you had a fabulous day!

Great day with great company!

I rarely set foot outside the bubble when I am in Disney but your day looks like so much fun, I might have to try it!

I can highly recommend
a day at KSC.
So much coolness to see!

Yum and yum! I have a brunch reservation there in two weeks and now I am seriously thinking of whether I can ask for a side of mac'n'cheese with my fried green tomatoes.

It'd be worth a shot!

 

[pkondz]

Nah there's nothing exhausting in Disney

I stand corrected.

I agree. Unless I am at home, pretending I am still at Disney.

Courtney needs to vacuum.
She taps her MB against
the doorknob before opening
the closet door.

Are you sure you left Disney?

Trust me...
Disney doesn't have a monopoly
on trying to separate you from
your money.

Have not

Watch it! It's really good!

Wow. That is pretty cool!

I've heard that joke before. I hope someone uses it again soon so I can use this info.

Forewarned is for-armed.

It does look like that at first!

Agreed. It was delicious!!

Good! So it's not just me!

 

[dolewhipdreams]

Too many days with too little
sleep, I suppose will do that.

I'm sleepy just reading that.

You'll see.

I must know NOW!

Up here, the store closest to my
home has 16 different flavours.

Whaaatt??

I didn't notice it right away,
but it's made out of Lego.

Little known fact, the actual Mars Rover is just glued together Legos.

And has to be re-graded each time.

Well that's annoying.

Each stripe on the US flag
is as wide as a standard bus.

Holy building batman, that's huge!

Outside the building is an
historically interesting garden:

Wow so neat.

...minus the people.

I wonder if they could borrow the cool lady with the yellow tights from Spaceship Earth.

So if anyone every tells you
that "joke", you now have the
information to go and set 'em straight.

Yes, more opportunities to be right!!

so I wandered a bit,
taking a few snaps as the
mood struck me.

Love these, the lighting is really cool.

I'd heard that the mac n cheese
was sub-par here.
I don't know if they heard the
complaints or not, but I can only
assume they changed the recipe.

I don't know who has been spreading such lies but the mac and cheese is magical.

TARTMAITP*

(*There are too many acronyms in that paragraph.)

Welcome to the Dis.

Fun day at KSC! I went as a teenager but I don't think I fully appreciated it. I would love to go back, and I would probably geek out over the same stuff as you.

 

[pkondz]

When I was a little kid it was this:

I recognize that!
I've even played with it.
I think one of my cousins had one.

However, once I got older, I didn't really have time for toys. Too busy swimming and such, but I did play this early computer game where you dialed in on a modem. It was called Adventure, very primitive, but still very fun!

I remember that too...
But I only played it once.

I knew that much st least.

Totally got blindsided on that one!

I think everyone did.

Now see that's just bad parenting. For all their jokes about winning the parent of the year award, @Captain_Oblivious and his wife got it right with Drew, they waited until they knew he would meet the height requirements so that they didn't have to have those meltdowns.

I never thought of it that way.
I do know that a lot of parents
go to Disney with zero preparation.
Maybe she was one of those?

It's the same ride concept as Mader's Junkyard Jamboree, which makes me I'll, so I don't ride it.

Good reason to skip it.
And... you're not missing much.

Dang! I've never seen it shorter than 75 minutes!

Go an hour or two before opening.

I can see that. You also need another person to unlock most of the bonus features too.

Not that I know what those are...
But I am aware of that.

I see that your bus pass extends to ride lines as well.

pkondz does not do long lines.
(usually)

Oh my god!!!! My ride pic is funny cause it's a guy who was old enough to choose to ride it by his own choice. That poor little kid, you're right. He will be scarred for life.

Therapy bills on their way!

Did one of you play the handicapped card to get the seats? Fran usually does that for us cause she can't stand for the 45 minutes.

I think they just took one
look at me and assumed
I was mentally handicapped.

Does it not warn you on the menu that it numbs your lips or did I read about that on some Disney Blog? I went in knowing it would do that and thought it was kinda fun.

It just says:
"buzzz" foam

I bet her boyfriend was even more mortified!

Nah. He saw my photo
and was immediately put at ease.

Also Truth. Is that a kid's plate? There's only Drumsticks.

No. I asked for that because
I didn't want to eat too much.

Yet another truth.

I definitely would not have thought of that one.

Surprise!

I get that, but I would have gone on the ride anyways.

I know.
And yet... I had a smile on my face
and didn't need the ride to make
it broader.


The smile... not my face.

Well I'm glad you finally reached that point. I think it's so much more fun not trying to rush here and there. So much so that on our next trip in 10 nights we only have 3 ADRs.

Nice.
I know at least one person has
mentioned that he'd/she'd like to
do a trip using only quick service.
Not a bad idea.

Huh. Not wanting to fork over that much cash, I've never paid much attention to that part of the Droid shop.

I don't regret doing it...
but never will again.
I don't need two.

Ah!
That's makes two people
who caught that.

Another reason I don't need to build a Droid.

Ka-ching!

Thanks for the unreccomendation. I don't really care for White Chocolate. I did try a Key Lime pie first time from Costco in Kansas City, MO and then from a freezer last week. I really need to go to Key West and try one.

I can recommend a place...
Heck. Just read the last chapter
of my last TR.

Unlike the YUMMY Apple Crisp Pie that I had for breakfast this morning. I was too full last night for both Boysenberry and Apple Crisp.

mmmm… sounds good!
Want!

That usually works for me too when I'm tired in the afternoon.

Yikes! I take a bath because I can't fall asleep! Be careful!

After that second one,
I thought "I need to get out."

That was very good!

Oooh another good one! But I don't remember it being spicy.

Very mildly spiced.
Not "tears to your eyes" spicy.

La la la la la....not sure I really understood any of that....I think Disney is counting on that.

It just jerked me right
out of the ride experience.
I was there... riding in space...
and suddenly I'm just on a
Disney ride.

Not sure if that explains it...

Another good one!

I was surprised by that one.

Nope. Not enough room in my tummy or calories worth fake meat.

Wanted to see the difference.
There is one... but nowhere near
as good as a beef burger.

I'm surprised you lasted that long.

Disney adrenaline.

 

[pkondz]

So old, in fact, that I don't know how to properly post a GIF

To post a gif, save it to your computer/phone/whatever
then upload it using "Attach files" below the reply box.

 

[pkondz]

Battery almost dead!
Back later for rest of
the shout-outs.

 

[Steppesister]

I was thinking more... Chicago during Elliot Ness's days.
Or... ever see The Godfather?

Had to Google that one. I mean, I know who he in in theory/story, but had forgotten the name. Thanks for the history refresher!

And no, I haven't.

(I should get points for that. )

Still counts.
And I get it. Life gets
in the way.

If it helps it has been all good things. Visiting people I love, making money so I can do the things I love, etc....

No. And yet... I'll probably do it again.

Sigh... we all will. Beats standing in long lines all day long with folks who aren't willing.

I really don't know what they'd do
if someone (elderly? child?) fell.

Employ the army of Disney lawyers and...


not pay out as much as they should. Even though they'd possibly be culpible for negligent homicide.

Thank you!
I used several techniques
on that one.

Someday I might find an inking of (more) free time to learn PS. But, flying lessons are still out there for me as well as getting my BSN or other certs, etc... I hate that there isn't unlimited hours in a day and that we didn't need sleep.

Just ask the love of my life.

Dialing 1-800-MAT-TELL

Thanks again!
Had fun with that one.

I'm sure you did! So pleased you got to take a little photo tour. I can never ever even come a tiny bit close to your mad photog skilz but I always have fun when I put my creative efforts to a test with my gear.

He's difficult to please...

And yet he has a soft spot. He told us we sucked at our mission but still hooked us up with some swag for our efforts.

I saw that. I found it a very
interesting convo.

It was pretty animated in a good way IRL.

Never got to try.
Had to run from the First Order.

I found myself doing a fair amount of that as well.

I wasn't worried, they miss just as fair amount.

 

[Steppesister]

I heard she hasn't had one in a while.
Think that'll make her melt?

Well, yeah!!

Oh, sure! All the time!
Frequently!

Occasionally.


Infrequently.



No.

They're sure fun to look at though... yes?

Aww, my '70s Hippie Family Van....

Good plan. Will she come running?

Of course!! Although she may bend in the middle without a waist to support her.

You're not missing out.
I did it for the sake of completion.

Hmmm, that is always a good reason for doing stuff.

You nurses have...
an interesting sense of humour!

It can be sick sometimes.

Like our patients.

Not the toilets. Okay, then.

Oh, there was plenty of that too.

Competitive at all?

Less so nowadays. My skill has been slipping anyways.

Good luck riding... anything
after that!

I think her trust probably took a hard hit.

I was wondering if anyone
would pick up on that.
It's in my Avatar, for Pete's sakes!

I know. So dreams DO come true...

And?
Or will you save that for your TR?

Yep!

You can say that because Kari
is in it.
Otherwise you'd be feeling ill
right about now.

Oh shush.

How could I say no?
She grabbed before I could
pull it out of her reach.

That's what forks are for....

Oh?

Yep, I'm sneaky like that. You'll see....

Thanks...
Although I do remember yours
and they were very good.

I enjoyed my time focusing on photography as well; I think it just lends itself to that.

I don't think anyone else got that.

BONUS POINTS !!

Got me thinking... which was the worst?
Tough call.
I think this one was more... inedible.

Everyone one of them would have ended up in the garbage by me as well. Now I know where I can save some $$.

And yet... judging from the number
of unread threads I have right now
with your name beside them...
I suspect you did just that.
You must've gotten some free
time finally!

I did, and feel a bit more caught up and happy I had a few days off to reign in some delinquent things I needed to do.

No...

Because I was enjoying the ride
quite a bit when suddenly...
It jerked my brain right out of
the immersion.
Disconcerting.

Well, now I have to ride it to see for myself.

 

[Steppesister]

Me finally learning (thanks to your help up there ^) how to successfully post a gif.





I'd always tried to just copy and paste from the gif preview or inserting as a URL link. They post as a still instead of animated, so THANKS!!

 

[Steppesister]

No. It's dependent on direction.
The flag always has to look like
it's flying from a flag pole as the
person (or thing) moves forward.
So if it's on the right arm,
it's "backwards" but if it's on
the left arm, it's forward.
But if it's pointing straight up,
it can be in any direction, can't it?

Well, let's hope in the case of this one, it's not because the craft is spinning wildly out of control with no direction at all.

Makes it just that much more impressive!

It sure does!

Put it on your list.

OH it has been for a couple of trips now.

 

[docsoliday1]

Too many days with too little
sleep, I suppose will do that.

Ya think?

but when I'm not on Disney
property, I don't like to wear my MB.

I've forgotten it a couple times and found myself at work with it on. On the other hand, there have been several times I went to Disney right after work, so that was a good thing.

A shuttle was waiting for me
near the lobby and I got in.

It wasn't Atlantis, was it?

The irony of that statement
didn't occur to me until later.

Moments later I was on my way.

So, it's the VIP rental car pass?

Up here, the store closest to my
home has 16 different flavours.

I don't think I've ever seen that many, but you have also mentioned you're the slurpie capitol of the world.

I was meeting Doc (@docsoliday1 )
and his lovely wife Coni over
at Kennedy Space Center.

He'd met me before, but he still agreed to meet again. Obviously not the best judgement.

Since they live nearby, they'd
decided to get KSC APs.

I figured you might not be the only person we'd want to go to KSC with and the APs were not Disney prices. We get a special tour and a lunch with an astronaut with the AP we got. Might be heading back there this week.

You can imagine that a rocket
might weigh a little bit.
This road is what the rocket is
transported on.

If you look at the pictures I shared with you, there's several pictures of the transport vehicle, which is also necessarily massive.

And don't tell me it's about the flag code.

Well it is about the flag code, so sorry, have to tell you. I mentioned this in PM, but when on a wall, the union must be on the left.

...minus the people.

You can't have everything.

If it were Disney, it would be anamatronics, but, in a certain sense, I'm kinda glad there's not...it allows me to focus on the film and then see the consoles without something in the way.

The next stop was the one
I'd been really waiting for:
The Saturn V display.

It's one of the best things there.

The Saturn V rocket was lying
on its side

Times have changed.
The Saturn rocket is huge.

It was NOT in the pool.

The engines are immense as
you would expect for a vehicle
that took men to the moon.

I got a picture with someone walking directly underneath one and it's amazing...each nozzle is about 8 ft across, so a person could stand in each one and have plenty of head room.

It's hard to believe that
all that power and hardware
is used but only the Command
Module makes the return to Earth.
Well... in one piece, anyways.

And ideally the astronauts also.
it is amazing the amount of power necessary to send that small capsule (and SM and LM) to the moon.

it was found just this past June,
almost exactly 50 years after
it was lost.
How cool is that?

I'd say that's VERY cool!

Secondly... Have you heard of Apollo 1?
Nasa did a full run up of Apollo 1,

Yep. Heard of it. Very sad/horrible/tragic.

I wasn't expecting to see it
suspended like that.
It's a very effective way of
displaying the orbiter, though.

I'd been there before, so I was careful not to say anything. I wanted you to experience.

Holy crap.
You don't really get
a sense of just how
massive this thing is
until you look at the
underside!

Even more massive when you're on the ground floor and look up at it.

As we were about to leave the
building, we stumbled on a tribute
to the crews of the shuttles
Columbia and Challenger.

It was good, but also saddening.

A very sobering and thought
provoking display.

Yeah, that!

and fighting with traffic.
I'll spare you the details.

Boxing? Judo? Karate? Sumo wrestling? MMA?

I mean... P P gallery?

Better than poo P gallery, but just barely.

I asked for a different table
and was brought to a less...
high traffic location.

Good.

These were really good!
Possibly the best I've had.

Wow, that's saying a lot.

The bacon helped.

Truth!
Bacon always makes it better.

One of the better ones I've eaten.

I had not heard either way, so good to know...DW loves mac & cheese.

It was nice of them to provide a nearly
empty bus for me.

I really need to sponsor you for a VISA just so you can be my DTA (Disney Transportation Attache).

 

[docsoliday1]

but I did play this early computer game where you dialed in on a modem. It was called Adventure, very primitive, but still very fun!

Oh wow! That's pretty cool. Me too. You're in a maze of twisty little passages, all alike.

I can see that. You also need another person to unlock most of the bonus features too.

Yeah, some of the high point items needs two people for sure.

I did try a Key Lime pie first time from Costco in Kansas City, MO and then from a freezer last week. I really need to go to Key West and try one.

Next time y'all are in town, give me a shout. I can make you a cheesecake (which you may have already heard about), but I can also make you an authentic key lime pie. No need to go all the way to the keys (unless of course you want to).

 

[docsoliday1]

I must know NOW!

As the man in black said to Inigo...

"Get used to disappointment"

 

[tundra1]

Hi Doc and Connie! I would love to meet you one day!

I totally missed this one!



And how cool is this!!!!! Thanks for a great installment!

 

[docsoliday1]

Hi Doc and Connie! I would love to meet you one day!

I'm sure that's an option. As I told pkondz, I like dismeets. Some (ahem, cough) are even crazy enough to meet up with me more than once.

I'll confess, I was quite shocked, even bordering on wierded out, when he said you even named us. i didn't see how that was possible since we've not met, but he mentioned you probably saw us meet up some other folks on other TRs.

 

[natebenma]

Boys and Their Toys- Hollywood Studios

What was your favourite toy
when you were a kid?

I encountered this very question when I was on a family tour. My answer then, and now is the same as dolewhipdreams: books

Very cool picture.

Glad you experienced Oga's and 50's with Kari. Definitely good to have a partner in crime at those two spots.

The legs are fixed, with no knee joints.
(So no large knees and no wee knee.)

I don't even want to know how much Disney charges so you can make your R2 unit anatomically correct.

Great reaction from that kid at RNR. Yikes!

The pictures you took in the ToT queue are simply amazing! Totally worth the effort and the Fast Pass.




Boys and Their Toys- EPCOT

After your disappointing snacks at HS, great idea to seek redemption at Food & Wine. Sounds like most of the choices were decent.

What the heck?
I got picked for Engineer... again????
What is it with me and Engineering today??

And... I was very bothered by the
use of the impossible trajectory.
The craft is supposed to orbit,
but it makes a 90 degree turn....
Sorry. Ballistics says that's not
possible.
Not at that speed.
Not unless you've got an
inertialess drive system... and that's
not even theoretically possible.

^^^ It's comments like this that get you the engineer assignment!

First stop... the surprise of the night.
Coastal Eats' Shrimp Scampi.

I had this on my last visit. Agree- it is excellent!

 

[franandaj]

I never thought of it that way.
I do know that a lot of parents
go to Disney with zero preparation.
Maybe she was one of those?

That's possible. And maybe this is the first ride that they hit. But still to go to Disbey with zero preparation denotes an epic fail to me.

Not that I know what those are...
But I am aware of that.

If you rode with me I would tell you the ones that I know....

I think they just took one
look at me and assumed
I was mentally handicapped.

But that doesn't mean you can't stand for 45 minutes, so you're saying random able bodied persons also get selected for the seats. That would appear to coincide with what we found in FL. Not everyone at our table seemed to have a disability.

Nice.
I know at least one person has
mentioned that he'd/she'd like to
do a trip using only quick service.
Not a bad idea.

Well I didn't say that we planned to do all quick service. But our friends Scott and Vinny who we have dinner with in an impending update on my TR, have shown me that you can look at the app for what's available that night and make a spur of the moment reservation. Like at 3 or 5PM, make a 7PM reservation somewhere that is still available. I've checked over the last few months and there are lots of good choices still available if you're willing to travel. And there are a bunch of QS places at DTD near SSR plus some ADR type places. So we're gonna take our chances.

Ah!
That's makes two people
who caught that.

Who was the other? I didnt have time to read the chatter?

 

[lvcourtneyy]

Courtney needs to vacuum.
She taps her MB against
the doorknob before opening
the closet door.

Accurate.

(except i don't vacuum )

Trust me...
Disney doesn't have a monopoly
on trying to separate you from
your money.

Good point! We were at Six Flags last night. They try just as hard and deliver much less.

Watch it! It's really good!

It's on my list!