Leshaface
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- Dec 14, 2008
It wouldn't be any fun without you! I'll see you again in what? 5 months?
Just for that lip, i'm sticking around
Most of the time. 3:30 am when he is screaming is a different story though...
Preachin' to the choir, my friend.
But you're going in January. Not July. Lower crowds and more reasonable temperatures. You'll be fine.
Man I hope so. You're right about the temps for sure. No one in this family does good with heat, so at least we got that on our side.
I can see this. I mean it is a good show. I love the projections and the fireworks and how it all ties together with the music. But it just didn't wow me in a way that it needed to. I've got that connection to Wishes and it just didn't appeal in that same way.
I know... I'm not judging, if that's your choice, fine. But it feels like we're busy enough just getting the kids bathed and in bed at night, re-packing the park bag with diapers, etc, getting everybody up and ready... I just don't want to add more work to the equation.
100%!
I enjoy the park, but honestly, exploring WS in the heat didn’t appeal too much to me.
Nope! When we went for F&W in October 2013, it was barely bearable, couldn't imagine July, ick.
The posted wait was 80 minutes.
I seriously can't believe you did it.
I briefly considered how expensive this ride was going to be.
Yep, never leave the women to themselves in Mouse Gears.
Haha nice!
After I got a drink for myself and DS, she got mad and decided she did want her own.
Andy. I don't feel bad for you. You KNOW that girls change their minds faster than the Reds losing during the 2012 playoffs against SF......
(Ahh that felt good. Welcome back, Alicia. Welcome back.)
Next was the most important thing there is to do in Mexico. Visit La Cava del Tequila! I usually get the San Angel Inn Margarita. Nothing fancy, just the standard. And I love it, so why change, right?
That's my mom's fav as well!
Well this time, I did decide to change it up. I chose a Blood Orange Margarita. I thought it was OK, but wished I had stuck with my standard choice. DW ordered a Cucumber Margarita, took one drink and didn’t want any more. She didn’t like it and said she just wanted a frozen margarita from the stand outside, so BiL offered to take the Cucumber Margarita and buy her one from the stand. He actually liked it.
I think i've had several now, and while the cucumber can be refreshing, it can be overwhelming at times too, making it too much.
The problem with drinks from la Cava is that they just aren’t big enough
Ugh yes.
I’m sure people who saw margaritas in the kids’ cupholders thought we were awesome parents.
But the cupholders are for us, yes? Don't the kids have their own in the tray? No??? Oops, been using them wrong for 5 years now.
Quick question: Does anybody else say the Maelstrom spiel on the lift hill in a really crappy Norwegian accent?
“You are not the first to pass this way, nor shall you be the last.”
Just me?
Yes. Just you, yes.
However, I wouldn't mind hearing you say this in a crappy Norwegian accent! Vi-de-o! Vi-de-o! Vi-de-o!
Anyway, I thought the ride was very well done. I always enjoyed Maelstrom. I can’t say that I was terribly upset that it went away though. I think this is a very nice replacement and something much needed in EPCOT. The park really needs more to interest kids and while I get the traditional concerns about not wanting to see EPCOT overrun by characters, it just makes sense. I don’t want to see the countries lose their feel and identity, but if we can fit in an IP here and there to add to the experience, why not?
Glad to hear this. Our FP windown is coming up in a few weeks and wasn't really considering this but will now!
The reason for the cropping is… well, you remember when we stopped at the baby care center and LG didn’t want to nurse? Well, DW might have used a few of the dark rides to accomplish that task. She didn’t realize there is a camera on this ride now.
I wondered! I saw little baby feet poking out. Gotta love the dark rides for that very reason with babies.
It is physically impossible for us to walk past that shop without stopping.
Goodness yes. That place is ridiculous.
Yep… where’s Mom?
Our service for the meal was fantastic. We had drinks in no time and they took our orders. DW and I got a pepperoni pizza to share, but everyone else chose to order pasta dishes.
I almost forgot to mention this... a couple came in and were seated at a table next to us. They ordered a pizza and a couple of drinks. They each ate 1 slice of a large pizza and then left. We were joking about it being such a waste and when they came to bus the table, BiL asked if he could have the rest of their pizza.
Did he really eat the pizza?!? This seriously sounds like my brother. When I was a Senior in HS and my brother was a sophomore, he would ALWAYS, hit up my friends for the rest of their pizza or sandwiches during lunch because he didn't want to have to spend his money so he could save it. No one told me about it till years later when several different friends over time would say, "Yeah, your brother would ask me once every few weeks for my lunch, so i'd give him money instead." But I could seriously see him asking for leftover pizza at a restaurant like that too.
She threw an absolutely huge, ugly tantrum as we were leaving EPCOT.
Oh no, that sucks. I feel like i'll be experiencing this in January. Q throws the most dramatic tantrums i've ever seen. Hmm, i'll definitely be showing video of that, it's quite entertaining.
Gertie’s Ice Cream of Extinction
Peevy’s Polar Pipeline
Oh geez, are these new? Never heard of them!
Eventually the fireworks, music and projections began.
And we were all impressed.
Really? Another one I was going to pass up. I'll have to take a look at our schedule again and see if we can make it to this.
All the kids were asleep by the time we boarded a bus. Sis2 again helped us with DD and I think everyone holding a kid was at least able to get a seat. This night soured me on the bus service as a whole. I understand having to wait on a bus. Maybe I come off as sounding privileged, but they call AKL a deluxe resort. If I’m paying a deluxe price, I feel like I should expect my bus service to be something better than that???? I don’t know, but when you’re waiting 45 minutes to leave a park, and all you see is the very same bus show up twice for your stop while the values are cranking a bus past you every 5 minutes… it just doesn’t sit very well.
....while 10 Pop buses blow on through right?
It's always hit or miss at DHS with the Deluxe buses I feel, but I agree with you.