Canadian Buffoon's Semi-EPIC Vacation - 10/29 - Link to new TR!

[pkondz]

Not sure if that's a double, triple or quadruple negative.

Double. Gotta stay positive.

I kept trying to point you in the right direction, but as normal, you didn't listen.

Sorry, what?
Were you talking?

And what female kids have perfected the art of

At least my female kids

Are you sure she saw seaweed? I don't see it.
Did she sell seaweed by the seashore?

She surely smoked seaweed by the seashore

Since she's over 18, at least here, it's no longer child abuse...more like young adult abuse.

Oh! Right!
I'm in the clear.

Yep. Doubled the recipe and made two.

Good.
I would've hated to have you
go through all the trouble of
making two separate batches.

 

[pkondz]

Seriously?

Absolutely.
All those exploding helicopters
happened.

Actually... I do always tell the truth...
And when I'm fibbing/having fun,
it's really obvious.

Shade is golden during parades.

We were in full sun... for about
ten seconds.
Then moved.

And post the picture.

Yes, ma'am.

Was it the Caramel popcorn? That's what I got.

No, it was birthday popcorn.
She loves that kind of stuff.

Except this.
She didn't like it. Oh, well.

ESP?

Extra Stunted Powers.
That's me.

Good to hear cause I need to borrow it in December since you won't be there.

I rent it out for a fee.

 

[pkondz]

Nope, it wasn't, but loved the "tales by Ponzy" of the parade!

Thanks!
It was fun writing it.

Welcome to the world of everyone who is NOT you!

Correct.
I am one of a kind.

It takes my breath away when I first round that corner

Me too!

Oh I bet I know what one of them is!

I still have yet to see it. I was going to try in May, but just never made it.

Oh, too bad.
It's really very good!
And I don't like parades!

Are you cheating on Ariel?

We're just good friends.

I'm going to tell her about your cheating!

Go ahead.
My redhead trusts me implicitly
and knows we're just friends.

She is constipated and needs to perform her own enema?

This is the only reason I REALLY want to see this parade.

It shouldn't be the only reason.
But it is the best reason!

My neice passed out on me at Cedar Point. I got her to ride Valraven for the first time. When we were dangling over the edge for the few seconds, she yells I hate you Aunt Jeffiner (this is what she called me when she was little and it stuck) and next thing I see is her head bobbing forward. I still don't let her live it down, nor the fact that she said she hated me!

Great story!
I wouldn't let her live it
down either!

Not this time! No constipation for you. Maybe Tink was infected with your constipation?

Better her than me!

Wait... Thought you said you forgot to get your VIP pass. Which is it? Are you fibbing?

No. I forgot to activate it.

I actually was wondering that. My daughter wanted to go there and I talked her into Mama Melrose instead because Tony's = yuck in my experience.

Funny thing is...
when I first came to the boards,
the worst restaurant in Disney
was easily Mama Melrose.
Not anymore. (not sure what is.)
Tony's is nowhere near as good...
But it's simple and you can't beat
the location.

When I started reading this, I about jumped out of my chair and was thinking "OH N. Please tell me he looked at it before he tossed it." I am so glad you checked it before you just tossed it in the trash.

No kidding!!

OH YES IT IS! YUMMO

 

[pkondz]

OK so...still getting used to this new DIS.

I get that.
There are a few things that
annoy the heck out of me.

But then again, there are
a few things that I like better.

I had a bunch of comments and tried to post and they vanished...so...just know I'm still here and trying to follow along lol

I get that too.
Happened to me today, too.

 

[docsoliday1]

Oh I bet I know what one of them is!

So...was it what you thought?

Are you cheating on Ariel?

Gotta watch out for Ponzie...he acts like a mild mannered [trip] reporter, but it's just a cover for his real identity

She is constipated and needs to perform her own enema?

Okay, Jenn, now that's just scary...talking about wands, that never even remotely crossed my mind. Now I can't unsee (or un-think) it.

This is the only reason I REALLY want to see this parade.

I was able to see it from the train station platform after we did the behind the trains tour. Being almost level with the head when it was breathing fire was surreal.

My neice passed out on me at Cedar Point. I got her to ride Valraven for the first time. When we were dangling over the edge for the few seconds, she yells I hate you Aunt Jeffiner (this is what she called me when she was little and it stuck) and next thing I see is her head bobbing forward. I still don't let her live it down, nor the fact that she said she hated me!

So...should I call you Jeff instead of Jenn?
Cute. It's normal for a kid to say they hate their parents, but when it's their aunt, now that's special!

When I started reading this, I about jumped out of my chair and was thinking "OH N. Please tell me he looked at it before he tossed it." I am so glad you checked it before you just tossed it in the trash.

Me too.

OH YES IT IS! YUMMO

Thanks

 

[docsoliday1]

Sorry, what?
Were you talking?

I bore myself so often, I forget.

She surely smoked seaweed by the seashore

She did not and don't call her Shirley.

Good.
I would've hated to have you
go through all the trouble of
making two separate batches.

Full disclosure:

I enjoy making them and knowing or watching folks enjoy them. Yes, it would have been a little more work to do it twice, but I knew the timing was close enough, the one for the ladies would be just fine sitting in the fridge for a day or two extra, especially since I often make them 2 or 3 days in advance when we have a church event. If I haven't mentioned it, when we have an event at church the folks tell me (nicely) I'm bringing cheesecake...they don't ask, it's expected Doc will bring his cheesecake.

The cheesecake you and Elle got was somewhere between 3/4 and 7/8 of a recipe and the one for the ladies was the remainder. I knew there were going to be a lot of ladies and figured I'd have to do very thin slices. As it turns out, quite a few had their sights set on the bread pudding and a few didn't want cheesecake for other various reasons. We even had a little left over I gave to the allergy chef that grilled me up a special plate of veggies without peppers. He came back out and said the folks in the back were raving about it.

I noticed the top of yours didn't quite look right and that may be because it wasn't a full recipe...cracking is normal when it bakes, but the top layer usually fills in the gaps and makes it "look" nice. I saw in your picture where there's like a small ravine going across and when I saw that, I was like Homer....DOH!

Now, to quote Paul Harvey..."Now you know the rest of the story"

 

[vamassey1]

Actually... I do always tell the truth...
And when I'm fibbing/having fun,
it's really obvious.

No, it was birthday popcorn.
She loves that kind of stuff.

Except this.
She didn't like it. Oh, well.

Oh noooo! At least you tried.

Extra Stunted Powers.
That's me.

I was able to see it from the train station platform after we did the behind the trains tour. Being almost level with the head when it was breathing fire was surreal.

The first time we saw it was from the train station. I really enjoyed the view point.

 

[docsoliday1]

Extra Stunted Powers.
That's me.

Glad you explained and identified yourself...

I thought you were talking about me again. Extra Stupid Person.

 

[pkondz]

Gotta watch out for Ponzie...he acts like a mild mannered [trip] reporter, but it's just a cover for his real identity

Me:

I bore myself so often, I forget.

She did not and don't call her Shirley.

I expected you to jump on that.
I almost posted this:

then realized it wasn't necessary.

I enjoy making them and knowing or watching folks enjoy them. Yes, it would have been a little more work to do it twice, but I knew the timing was close enough, the one for the ladies would be just fine sitting in the fridge for a day or two extra

You served them rotten
cheesecake?!?!?!?!?!?

when we have an event at church the folks tell me (nicely) I'm bringing cheesecake...they don't ask, it's expected Doc will bring his cheesecake.

Been there,
been told that.

The cheesecake you and Elle got was somewhere between 3/4 and 7/8 of a recipe and the one for the ladies was the remainder. I knew there were going to be a lot of ladies and figured I'd have to do very thin slices. As it turns out, quite a few had their sights set on the bread pudding and a few didn't want cheesecake for other various reasons. We even had a little left over I gave to the allergy chef that grilled me up a special plate of veggies without peppers. He came back out and said the folks in the back were raving about it.

Nice!

I noticed the top of yours didn't quite look right and that may be because it wasn't a full recipe...cracking is normal when it bakes, but the top layer usually fills in the gaps and makes it "look" nice. I saw in your picture where there's like a small ravine going across and when I saw that, I was like Homer....DOH!

Meh. I'm so used to seeing
cracks in cheesecakes that
I didn't even notice.
(I really didn't.)

Glad you explained and identified yourself...

I thought you were talking about me again. Extra Stupid Person.

Also you:
(although the "S" stands for something else apparently.)

 

[pkondz]

Oh noooo! At least you tried.

Ah well.
I'll try again in September.

The first time we saw it was from the train station. I really enjoyed the view point.

Hmmm...
Maybe I should be up there
for taking photos.

 

[Kiotzu]

You know... that could
very well be!

Don't feel bad, when I was 11 and I was taking a new bus I stood at the stop for an hour and forty-five minutes in the pouring rain waiting for it. I was so upset, crying and all this. I watched the other bus go past 3 times but my bus wasn't here yet. This girl probably 5 or 6 years older saw me and asked what was wrong and I told her....turns out the bus that kept turning left at the intersection instead of turning right and going to this stop was my bus and the route had changed and they never took down the stop.

He went above and beyond!

It's good to know fantastic people still exist.

I forgot about the stupid photo, though.

Forgot to not post it even!

Getting any funny looks?

This guy told me to "Shut the @!)*$% up" quite loudly.

 

[pkondz]

Don't feel bad, when I was 11 and I was taking a new bus I stood at the stop for an hour and forty-five minutes in the pouring rain waiting for it. I was so upset, crying and all this. I watched the other bus go past 3 times but my bus wasn't here yet. This girl probably 5 or 6 years older saw me and asked what was wrong and I told her....turns out the bus that kept turning left at the intersection instead of turning right and going to this stop was my bus and the route had changed and they never took down the stop.

I have a similar story!
My sister and I would take
the bus to school.
We were waiting for the bus
and on at least 3 occasions,
a car stopped and asked if
we wanted a ride.
Of course we said no.
After waiting well beyond
our scheduled pick-up time,
we walked back home and
phoned our mom, who was
a teacher.
She told us the busses had
been cancelled due to the cold
(It was around -40 or so.)
We were thrilled to get a day off!
Until our mom (teacher, remember)
told us to get some money out
of her jewelry box and take a cab.

Rotten trick.

It's good to know fantastic people still exist.

Forgot to not post it even!

This guy told me to "Shut the @!)*$% up" quite loudly.

For real??????

 

[Kiotzu]

I have a similar story!
My sister and I would take
the bus to school.
We were waiting for the bus
and on at least 3 occasions,
a car stopped and asked if
we wanted a ride.
Of course we said no.
After waiting well beyond
our scheduled pick-up time,
we walked back home and
phoned our mom, who was
a teacher.
She told us the busses had
been cancelled due to the cold
(It was around -40 or so.)
We were thrilled to get a day off!
Until our mom (teacher, remember)
told us to get some money out
of her jewelry box and take a cab.

Rotten trick.

ooooh that's a rough one. I lived in the country for a couple of years and I remember those -40 days waiting for the bus. Not fun.

For real??????

Yea, he didn't even look back at me. Just shouted. I laughed a little more to spite him.

 

[pkondz]

ooooh that's a rough one. I lived in the country for a couple of years and I remember those -40 days waiting for the bus. Not fun.

Nope.
Now with the internet and
everyone having a cell phone,
kids generally know ahead of time
if the busses are canceled.

Yea, he didn't even look back at me. Just shouted. I laughed a little more to spite him.

 

[docsoliday1]

Me:

You're a legend in your own mind.

I expected you to jump on that.
I almost posted this:

then realized it wasn't necessary.

Dang, I'm becoming....
predictable

You served them rotten
cheesecake?!?!?!?!?!?

Well, nobody complained, so it couldn't have been too rotten.

Meh. I'm so used to seeing
cracks in cheesecakes that
I didn't even notice.
(I really didn't.)

As I said, normally the top layer fills in and makes it look nice...tastes pretty good too, but yeah the taste is more important.

Also you:
(although the "S" stands for something else apparently.)

Well, I respectfully disagree, but thank you. (man style of course)

 

[docsoliday1]

Don't feel bad, when I was 11 and I was taking a new bus I stood at the stop for an hour and forty-five minutes in the pouring rain waiting for it. I was so upset, crying and all this. I watched the other bus go past 3 times but my bus wasn't here yet. This girl probably 5 or 6 years older saw me and asked what was wrong and I told her....turns out the bus that kept turning left at the intersection instead of turning right and going to this stop was my bus and the route had changed and they never took down the stop.

Oh, that stinks. Must've been tough at 11. Glad the girl looked out for/helped you!

It's good to know fantastic people still exist.

I'm not even sure how to reply to that except, I'm not, but thank you anyway.

This guy told me to "Shut the @!)*$% up" quite loudly.

And proof some horrible people still exist also.

 

[docsoliday1]

Yea, he didn't even look back at me. Just shouted. I laughed a little more to spite him.

Good for you!!!

 

[pkondz]

You're a legend in your own mind.

I'm a legend to others, too.

"Avoid pkondz at any cost. Trust me.
His dullness is legendary."

Dang, I'm becoming....
predictable

Aren't we all!

Well, nobody complained, so it couldn't have been too rotten.

Did they say anything about the next day????

As I said, normally the top layer fills in and makes it look nice...tastes pretty good too, but yeah the taste is more important.

Well, I respectfully disagree, but thank you. (man style of course)

"How about those bears!"

 

[suse66]

Susan! Hi!
to the TR!

Ha! Yes it does.

You do!
You should've said something,
we could've said "Hi".


I love the Plus seats.
I get 'em whenever I can.

Oh? How so?

No harm done.
Camera was fine,
and who cares about
a little cranial trauma?

It was all good,
but the winner was
the chowder.

Hi! Happy to be here and reading along with your semi Epic adventures! I'll be back in the 'Peg Thanksgiving weekend for my cousin's wedding so we might have a chance to meet up then. My airport comment was that as bad as flying direct through Pearson can be, your experience of connecting through Pearson looks infinitely worse! Must put Olivias on my ever growing list of restaurants to try!

Eventually, we wandered back to the
bus stop and at almost exactly 3pm,
we found ourselves...

Here:

The best place to start a trip!

He wanted to know if we'd gotten
checked in.
Nice of him to make sure we got
settled and everything.
I told him we were in MK,
and that our room would be
ready when we got back.
He then texted that he was
at the front desk and was
leaving a few things for them
to put in our room. Surprise!

I was very shocked and flattered.
He texted that there were:
"3 things I wanted to do the
first time we met
1 for Elle
1 because of a movie we both like."

I had no idea. And told him so.

That is so thoughtful and considerate!

Even though I didn't get it
until later, I already had a
sneaking suspicion that I'd
be getting an AP.
So what do AP-ers do?
PP!
And get their photos taken, too!

APs are the latest must have for Disney fan(atic)s.....especially when we live thousands of miles away.

We set out in the general direction
and were passing Storybook Circus
when she said she wanted to see it.

Sure!
Besides... I'd been looking for
Big Top Treats and hadn't noticed
it the last time I'd (hurriedly) been
through here.

And lo and behold. There it was.

Big Top treats is the better option over Main Street Confectionary. It's far less crowded and I think they have a wider selection.

I'd been told that they did
glass-blowing there and wanted
to see for myself.

And we were in luck!
Elena Taylor has been working
in glass for a little over five years.
She was creating a vase
for some guests.

I need to get there this July. A handblown glass piece would be an awesome trip souvenir.

Hidden Mickey spaghetti!
Now, I'm going to blow your
collective little minds here...

Elle mixed the two sauces together...
and not only did she love it...
but today I asked her:
"What was your favourite meal
at Disneyworld?"

Her answer?
"Tony's!"

Another positive Tony's review! Sounds like they are stepping up their game.

We had a great skipper.
She even made me the captain!
Nope. Not kidding.
Then she told me that if the
boat sinks, the skipper skips out
and the captain goes down
with the ship.

Haha!

We arrived at the resort at 10:15pm.
We got off at the first stop,
which was only a minute walk
from the main building,
which in turn was only a minute
walk to our own building.
We were in building 64, room 6433.

The room looks great.....so spacious for a studio.

And I don't have a photo of it,
but he bought a mug for Elle.
He'd asked what her favourite
movie was and I'd told him
that it was Lady and the Tramp.
(Which also explains why we
ate at Tony's now, doesn't it?)
So Doc got her one of those mugs
that are all black but when exposed
to heat, reveals a picture.
It was a very well done, intricate
scene of the village where the
movie takes place.
We boiled some water and
watched it appear.
Elle loved it!
As a matter of fact,
we had spaghetti for dinner
tonight and she used it.

I don't remember why now,
maybe I just wanted to see
if it was running or not,
but I opened the fridge and...

Gross!!

Someone had left their leftovers
in there!
I could see a tinfoil wrapped object.
I was glad that at least it didn't stink,
but who knew how long it had been
in there?
I hoped that it was only from earlier
that day when the previous guests
would've moved out.
I picked up the offending package
and...
Well, if it doesn't stink, I can just toss
it in the trash, but if it does, I'm going
to have to find another trash, outside.

I unwrapped it and...

Oh. My. God.


Doc had baked us a cheesecake
and had given me some of what
he described as "the best bacon
you'll ever eat."

The perfect ending to an awesome day. That Doc is a seriously nice guy!

 

[fallonkendra]

I finally have a day off to make it over here, and of course I'm already 10 pages behind

A quick note about the title.
Several ladies, of whom I know
a few, were all meeting up in
Disney on an EPIC Ladies Trip.
And several are writing EPIC
trip reports as a result.
While I was asked to join
in on the festivities, I didn't
feel it was my place to
intrude.
That and Elle isn't very big
on meeting people she
doesn't know, sealed the deal.

Next Epic trip, you'll have to plan to actually hang out with us all!

I did however manage to meet
a few of them over the course
of our own trip.

I'm sad we never managed to meet up!

Elle is involved in a little
fender bender.
No one was hurt except
the bumper of her car.
To avoid insurance penalties,
she decides to pay the cost
as opposed to putting in
an insurance claim.

I'm glad everyone was ok!

April 29th.
It snowed this morning.
There is nothing else I
can add about this day.

Ugh, yes. I feel your pain! I drove to work in a snowstorm the morning of the 30th

We were flying with WestJet.
I have a WestJet credit card.
I and my travel party get one
free checked bag each.
Except... it was telling me
that Elle's bag was going
to cost $30.

I love my WestJet Mastercard! The savings on baggage fees alone cover the cost of the card per year!

We were waved forward and
Elle placed her bag on the scale.
33lbs. Well under the 50lb limit.
I put mine on next... fairly sure
that it was going to be over.


Yep.
55lbs.

We bought a luggage scale from Amazon, and it has saved our butts so many times! I tend to have overweight suitcases... (it's just one of those tiny little ones, you loop it around the handle of your suitcase and lift it straight up, and it tells you how much it weighs)

You didn't want to change your flight to WS571 instead? Or AC8513? Or Flair325?

But... you're in the James Armstrong Richardson airport, yet I do not see anything from Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory in your daughter's hands?!

As a little treat for Elle,
(and because I had my
own reasons)
I had upgraded our seats
to "Plus" seats.
Some of the advantages
to Plus seats are more leg
room, no middle passenger,
priority boarding and free snacks.

I love WestJet's Plus seats!

Hmm, when did WestJet rebrand their planes?

De-icing! On April 30th!

We also left April 30th and had to de-ice That Florida heat and sunshine definitely felt nice !

The attendant made this
announcement:
"Welcome to the centre of
the Universe."
(Canadian inside joke)

The flight attendant must have been from Toronto.

There were monitors on the wall
showing the status of your flight
as well as the initials of those
allowed to proceed through customs.

I'd never seen that before.
I hope to never see it again.

This is a stressful room! I don't like it!

WestJet's "Frozen" plane.

I wonder if it always needs de-icing?

Our resort for our stay
was at...

Old Key West!

Again, I can't believe we didn't realize this and make plans to meet up!

I asked the CM to point out
where our room was located.

She grabbed a map and
explained it thusly:
"We're here (circles Hospitality House)
and to get to your room, you just hop
on a resort shuttle and take it along
this road, past the pool, around the
bend, past Typhoon Lagoon, get on I-4,
follow that past Celebration, keep going
until you reach Tampa, get on a boat,
take the boat to a bigger boat, cruise
past St. Petersburg, transfer to an
even bigger ship, cruise out into
the Gulf of Mexico, past Havana,
cruise down past Central America,
go through the Panama Canal,
dock at Panama City, take a cab
out into the rainforest, get on a
burro and ride it into the mountains.
Stop there."

"That's where our room is?" I asked.

"No." She answered. "That's just the
resting point. The long part of the trip
is for the next day."


Okay...
Maybe I'm exaggerating just a touch.
But...
OKW is big and sprawling.
And where our room was...
Was in the farthest building away.

Were they trying to put you in the South Point Road section (or whatever it's called - building 49/50 I think it is) ? We always stay in building 35 in the Old Turtle Pond area. It looks really far away on the map, but it's actually only a 7-8 minute walk to the main building!

We popped over to Olivia's which was
pretty much empty at that time of day.

Right away, we liked the
way it looked.
Very inviting with the décor,
tin ceiling and fans.

Olivia's is such a hidden gem! And I don't even eat seafood!