Welcome to another exceptionally
exciting and interesting trip report!
Yay!
That's right, due to popular demand
(i.e. flagging readership levels...
it's called bribery.
And it works.
Maybe.)
Funny, I found people responded less when I ran a contest.
I'll tell you how many, so you're
not searching fruitlessly for
something that isn't there.
Although, that'd be pretty funny.
Been there, done that. Not. Funny.
Indeed, answers blurted out
will result in negative points
being awarded.
Answers blurted out!
Answers blurted out!
Answers blurted out!
Does that get me negative points?
ETA: And I just noted that Mark actually did blurt the answers out!
Sorry if that bugs you,
but I can't talk about Disney,
if I don't get to Disney.
Ewww. Bugs.
I want you to have a good
idea on where the title
of this TR comes from,
and that will help
set the stage.
I don't know how you function in normal life.
Then it was time for the
always popular
"Will the cab come on time
or will I miss my flight" game.
I don't get to play the cab part of that game. We wouldn't fit in a regular cab. We need to order those giant vans to travel.
I get to the airport a little
after three o'clock in the
morning and join the other
semi-zombies lurching about
and stabbing futilely at the
check in screens while mumbling
"planes... planes.... planes..."
I've never experienced this phenomenon. Zombies yes, but never a check in screen.
That is... I get one free checked bag...
unless it's seven pounds overweight,
in which case it costs an extra $105.
You need one of these. $10 can save you $105. It has saved my butt on multiple occasions.
The agent pulled out two items.
A very sharp and stab-able pair
of scissors... length about three inches.
And a very dull, tiny (also about
three inches) screwdriver, that I'd
forgotten was even in there.
Guess which one was deemed
"okay" and which was tossed.
They really don't want you
screwing with their airplanes.
I've got a *fun* story like this reserved to the bitter end of my TR.
I have never heard of or seen this, and I frequent Starbucks a lot! Sounds delicious!
There were a f... hecking lot
of books with similar titles!
What the f... heck is up with that?
I don't know, but something like this would never fly in the US!
I sat in
the front row.
And not only the front row,
but the aisle, closest to
the exit, so I could be the
first person off the plane.
I could never sit there because I need to have my carry on accessible under the seat in front of me.
My next flight wasn't leaving until
9:45am so I had over an hour
to catch it.
For Fran and I, that's cutting it close just for domestic US flights. I would want 2-3 hours minimum if customs was involved.
You have to wait until your bag
is processed by USA TSA.
You can't move on to the next
phase until you see your initials
show up on the screen.
Yikes! And the TSA searches all my bags. Every. One. Of. Them. And they never relock them afterwards. I think the next time I fly, I'm going to make a sign with 100+ font size that reads "TSA when you are done with this bag, please lock them. That's why I have TSA approved locks" or some thing equally polite but snooty.
In the next room, you wait in line
to approach a kiosk that takes
your photo and asks you questions
like: "Do you really think you'll
make your connection? LOL."
Not "Are you constipated?"
My flight was scheduled
to depart at 9:45am.
I made it through
customs with time to spare!
At 9:37am.
By that time they are already pulling back the jetway...but then you know that now.
That Boeing was Going
without me.
You're a poet and don't know it.
Not that it mattered...
I wasn't taking that one.
I had a four hour wait
for my flight.
Did they even give you a choice?
I logged onto
MDE and
tried to cancel my lunch ADR,
but because it was for the
same day, I had to phone instead.
Long distance.
And roaming charges.
It turned out to be just
slightly less expensive
than incurring the ten dollar
no-show fee.
I was kind of wondering about this....
The flight itself was uneventful
and after not very long,
at approximately 4:30pm,
we landed in...
New York City.
They couldn't get you a direct flight?????? What gives?????
On the bright side,
my next flight out wasn't
for two and a quarter hours,
and without customs or
security to fight through,
there was a better than
50/50 chance I'd make it!
Geez. We look for layover times like that, but probably not after having already waited four hours at a previous airport.
Thank you for flying with us from Winnipeg, CA
You started in California? I didnt know we had a Winnipeg here!
I didn't eat anything.
(It was early in the morning
and wasn't hungry.)
This is the response I got:
These people are nuts!
I couldn't believe it.
I was stunned, frankly.
I'm ticked because of
the lousy scheduling
and they apologize
for not having food?
And that I should have
brought my own???
Well maybe that would have allowed you to get through customs faster. I mean they love when you bring fresh produce across the border!
As I sat waiting for the plane
to finish loading... I noted
one passenger who had
come... prepared.
This dude had brought
an entire pizza onboard!
I was in awe.
Did he eat it all or was there enough to share with everyone?
The good news?
She discovered that Delta had
indeed, at some point, been in
possession of my bag.
The bad news?
Disney's bag service was closed
for the night and she couldn't
find out if they'd recovered it or not.
Ugh. I've never gotten in
that late, but have waited forever for my bags.
In my slightly befuddled state,
I began to wonder how long
I could go with only one pair
of underwear.
And Steppesister wasn't
around to ask for advice.
I've got a fun one related to that subject. So many great stories from this last trip!
(Well, technically she was.
Except I was at ASMu while
she and her family were in the
more rarified realms of the GF.
They don't let riff-raff like me
into places like that. They barely
tolerate me in the Values!)
I thought she was at Coronado. Theb GF was in May, or did you just spill a secret of hers?
I have no idea how this contest will be run yet.
I'll figure that out as we go.
But to start you off
I'll give you some warm up questions.
Those are
warm up questions? I hate to see what the hard ones will be! PM coming whenever I can steal some time to get to it!
to the TR! 
