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TrpltJanie
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Posted 01-02-03 01:45 AM
Trip report--November 30th-December 14th
Main characters:
Me-mid 30's with a frazzled look permamently etched on my "nun-like" face
Brad-my husband the straight man in our "Burns and Allen" marriage
The Chorus:
Sarah- 8 years, batty over Digimon and Dinosaurs
My 4 year old triplets:
Jonathan-adores Buzz Lightyear
Rachel-carries her much loved "Dot" beanie everywhere she goes
Samuel-loves cars and always has a pocket full of toy cars
My mother-semi-retired school teacher
Richard-my oldest brother with his 11 year old daughter
Michael-my youngest brother with Devon, his 5 year old son
Day 3-December 2nd***excuse my misspellings, grammar mistakes, and etc. I was typing as fast as I could to keep up with my 90 miles an hour train of thought.
THE EPCOT ADVENTURE
"My brother got my attention and said..."
Whoops! You don't want to hear about that part since you're more interested in hearing about my experience in the parks so I'll fast-forward it. (picks up the remote and punches the FF button)
Whirrrrrrrrrrr.......click!
Okay...let's see where we are......
"I screeched, 'WHAT?! Figment is.....'"
Uh oh, I went too far ahead so lemme re-wind this a bit.
Whirrrrrrrrr......click!
Before I start, do anybody ever feel this need to "rewind" their trip when they realize it is time to go home? I do.
(pushes the 'play' button)
"Janie! Janie! Where are you going?"
I heard them--even though it was noisy and I was at least 50 feet ahead of them--but I kept on going, pushing my youngest daughter in the umbrella stroller and my family who were already asking each other this question: "Did we create a demon? If Janie does something against the park rules, can they kick US out when they kick Janie out?"
The minute we went through the turnstiles at Epcot, I immediately told my DH that I was going to take Rachel a brisk walk around Futureworld and will meet them at the entrance of Spaceship Earth and took off before he could say anything. I had to do it because I didn't want to walk slow and check out each place. I had prepared for the WDW trip for a whole year and RobinH can assest to that! She told me what to expect and what things to check out sound-wise. I even listened to Christmas music and Disney music for four months before we came to WDW. I wanted to be a seasoned and *hearing* traveler that walked around with a bored look. I even practiced in front of a mirror in my bedroom doing this routine: "Oh, that music...still the same music. Oh my...dancing waters...still the same...Oh my--IllumiNations...still the same."
During the whirlwind tour of Futureworld, I could NOT stop gawking at everything and my carefully honed "seasoned traveler appearance" went down the drain. I was startled by some of the sounds:
Little smack sounds as a CM bounced that balloon ball thingy. You know, the balloon in a cloth ball? I could not believe that I could pick that sound out with all that background noises and knew that intense therapy in sorting out the sounds with background interference actually paid off. I came home from a grueling round of 2 hour testing at the hospital in tears and told Brad that I would NEVER be able to do that and for me to be standing there and listening to the ball bounce proved me wrong.
Music---marvahlous music EVERYWHERE! I even tried to find a blind spot where no music played and never found one. I loved it because it seemed to welcome you.
The drums! I followed the sounds of drums--I've had the implant for almost 18 months and never had to follow a sound until now. The drummers were by those huge white arches at the entrance of World Showcase and they were so energetic (we came to the park around 1 p.m. because we planned to stay late to see Illuminations). My chest resonanted with the beats while my implant pulsated with the sounds. Oh my--I loved that funny looking drum behind all those regular-like drums and I meant to stop a CM and ask what kind of drum it was but never got the chance because I knew my family was gonna be ornery by the time I got back so I took off again with my youngest daughter squealing in delight.
Guests chatting, music, CM saying hello to me as I whizzed by, my feet hitting the pavement, stroller wheels spinning and squeaking every now and then, kids chatting as they danced around their parents and grandparents, and the best one of all? Hitting the crowd as they were coming out of "Honey, I shrunk the Audience" show and hearing the kids doing sounds from that show whetted my appetite!
Screeched to a stop in front of Spaceship Earth and faced my annoyed family. I pasted a fake smile on my face and lied. "Ooops, I thought you guys were behind me and when I realized you didn't, I came right back." They didn't respond so I said " Hey, let's go on Spaceship Earth ride."
"We already did.....twice." Brad told me. "We'll go on it again with you so let's go."
Let me make this clear: on EVERY ride--there were NO wait times and the crowds were very light at the time but it got busy around 6 pm.
The ride was....well.....let me put this in a nice way: I could handle the ride if I didn't have the implant. It was NOISY! I could not understand the speaker because I kept hearing this: "Rattle... clunk...bang...'the printer became'...rattle...clunk...bang..." I was in tears because I thought my victory over background noises was a hollow win because I could not sort them out. However, I managed to catch some of the majestic music when we viewed earth spinning right above that bright exit sign. I don't remember that being there in '97 but then again, I was flaking out at that time and my oldest daughter wasn't too impressed with it either because it distracted her. My kids especially Samuel, my youngest triplet, loved the ride because they bounced around everytime the car hit a small bump.
I was pretty upset when we left Spaceship Earth and I told my mother on how disappointed I was in not being able to pick up what the speaker was talking about and she said "Honey--that was my third ride and I still could not understand because of the noise and..." She patted her fanny. "It was hard on me poor bones!" Everybody else agreed with my mother. Samuel jumped up and down yelling "Let's go on it again so I can bounce!" I do believe that ride needed to be overhauled so is there a possibility of one in the near future?
Headed over to The Land and got on the boat tour. It was interesting to hear the CM talk about various things as we went through several greenhouses. My oldest daughter managed to spot hidden Mickeys in the cabbages and I found two in the lab so better look for them because they are tricky to spot among all those test tubes clutter. There was nothing notable in the sound department. Jonathan and Devon kept dipping their fingers in the water and we told them to stop and they refused so I took Jonathan's fingers and held them sandwich style for the rest of the ride while Michael switched places with Devon. Jonathan wasn't too impressed by the ride and kept saying "I'm bored! I'm bored!"
Went over to Living Seas and the elevator ride to the "bottom of the sea" was interesting to say at the least. I loved the elevators' grinding and bubbling sounds as the speaker talked about the station and different things we could check out. My favorite? The mantees. They were so quiet and so gentle. I expected to hear them swim noisily like those splashing and honking lion seals at a local zoo in my hometown but no, they were serene and quiet when we took a look on observation desk. The kids even talked softly when they saw the mantees. When we come back to WDW, the first thing I'm gonna go is to Living Seas to check on the mantees.
I had a go with the deep sea diving suit where I had to turn various knobs in front of me before the time ran out. Loved the sound of those claw-like hands as I reached for the knobs and hearing that click when I turned the knob in the right way. I even fiddled around with the buttons on the computer screen that prompted my mother to tell me this: "Janie! You're worse than the kids! Quit pushing all those buttons even though I know they make cool sounds!"
"Party pooper!" I told her.
Went over to Universe of Energy and waited a few minutes before the show started. I was startled to hear the echos bouncing off of the huge waiting room so did a few yells of my own to see if I could hear the echos. There weren't very many people---probably around 50 so I figured that 50 people probably won't give a crap about me yelling so I did a few words such as "Epcot!" "WDW rocks!" and "I'm insane!" Richard hit me on the back of my head so I hit his daughter who in turn hit him. HA! The Three Stooges lives on.
I understood Ellen and Bill very well because if I didn't, I was going to come back for one of their interpreted shows but didn't have to. I even interacted with Ellen when she pointed at something and said "Hey, you--the one with a funny hat..." I yelled back with a "Hey! I'm mom of four kids so don't go dissing my hat!" Jasmyne (niece) and Sarah (daughter) fell over laughing. Bill Nye sounded so hyper in that film. I thought no one could ever act so hyper until I heard Bill Nye. Michael told me that if I wanted to hear a hyper guy, I had to check out Peewee Herman. I told him that I saw Peewee being a secretary on "Murphy Brown" show and he shook his head with a "No..you need to see that strange movie!"
We took our seats on the ride. Before C.I. (cochlear implant) I felt the Big Bang and nothing else--I did feel the low roar of some of the dinosaurs and the bump-bump of the ride but not much. This time, I heard the buildup to the Big Bang---the one with Ellen trying to land a plane before Bill Nye yanked her through door---it was that rumbly roar then POW! Niiiiiiiice! I was that little dinosaur baby that screamed "Again! Again!"
The ride was memorable --well for me--again, my seasoned traveler appearance went zippo as I slid back and forth with my DH and our kids--we were the only ones in the seats and I wanted to see if things sounded different from one side to another and it didn't. The rest of my family sat behind us. Michael saw me sliding back and forth so he started doing that with his little boy and Jasmyne joined in. I don't know what the CMs thought when they saw a bunch of people laughing hysterically as they slid back and forth. My mother even joined in but Richard just sat there and rolled his eyes at us. Hehehehehe....
The dino noises were LOUD to say at the least. I almost fell out of my seat when I first hear the deep roar. The cars made that click-click noise but it wasn't too bad. I heard Ellen screeching for help at the end of the ride and I chanted "Eat Ellen! Eat Ellen! Eat Ellen!" twice before my family joined in. Several guests gave us stern looks and one of the mom scolded one of her boys for sliding around and I felt bad but it is WDW for heaven's sake. I was sooo disappointed by some of the parents' actions to their kids especially when a dad screamed at his daughter to move so he could videotape a living statue in front of France. Gee, his daughter just wanted to take a closer look at the statue. My kids did act up but I simply sat them down for their timeouts and they learned quickly that timeouts weren't fun when there were tons of things to do so they did make the effort to get along with each other and I was the one that acted up the most!
We were starving so we decided to head for United Kingdom and get fish and chips for lunch (it was around 2:30 PM) and got the chance to hear the drums once again. I wanted to stay and listen but my kids were whiny so I told myself that I had to come back and ask someone about the funny drum in the back.
While my mother took the kids to get their hands washed, I found two tables that was by the lagoon next to the United Kingdom Fish and Chips kiosk and our hunter-gatherer boys got a couple orders of fish and chips. I even told Brad to make sure that he got tons of brown vinegar for my fish because I hated tartar sauce..no...I looooaaaathed tartar sauce especially that Big Mac's special sauce. Yeech! Phooney! When everybody got seated and eating their lunch, I took off to use the restroom and to wash my hands.
The minute I stepped into the bathroom in United Kingdom, I was startled to hear how loud the music was in the restroom and looked around to make sure that someone didn't leave their CD player at full blast by accident. When I scrubbed my hands, something dawned on me so I did "Carpe Deim" act. I ran out of the restroom without stopping to dry my hands--just did the wet nail polish hand shaking thing and took off for Canada.
Ran into Canada restroom to check. Yup! Different music than U.K. Backtracked past U.K. to France and had to ask a CM where the restroom was and checked that one. Yup! Different music! I went wild. Ran over to Morocco and zipped past Morocco restaurant and checked the restroom. BINGO! Different music! Wanted to check all of the restrooms but decided not push my family's patience with me so I quickly jogged back to where they were. My DH saw me gasping for breath (I gotta get back in shape. I'm done with the treatments so hopefully things will look better for me) and asked "Honey--the restroom is just around the corner. You didn't go to Futureworld to use the restroom there, did you?"
I lied."Yeah, I did because the restroom there was easier to use."
"Easier to use?" My mother asked. "What is that supposed to mean?"
Michael chimed in. "Mom...don't ask. It scares me when she talks like that."
Ha! Veddy funny! I crammed the cold fish in my mouth and grabbed my plate of chips and finished them off as I followed my family back to Futureworld to see "Honey, I shrunk the Audience" show but I persuaded them to check out Figment first because I wanted to see if Figment made the ride more platable. When we got there, a CM told us that the ride was closed but was going to reopen in the following week prompting me to screech. "You can't say it is closed! I wanted to take my cochlear implant for a spin on that ride." The poor guy stepped back and said. "Cochlear implant? What is that? Some kind of a recording device? If it is, then we do not allow that on the ride." Brad and Michael started laughing and my mother gave him the Cliff notes on the implant.
After that conversation, the CM told us that we were more than welcome to check out the Figment activities so we did. My kids behaved beautifully and had a good time trying out the fun stuff but for me, let's say that Rachel timed me out when I nudged her off of the fireworks sound mat. Hey! She was taking her sweet time on that mat and I wanted a turn! Pretty cool to bounce up and down on different mats making different noises. Jonathan and I had a hoot flapping our arms making Figment play all kinds of instruments. I had to stop when I heard Samuel yell at the top of his lungs: "Mommy, I gotta pee!" I told him to go find his daddy and he'll take him to the bathroom and he screamed right back "No, I want you to help me go pee-pee!" Geez......my face turned red right there. My mother fell over laughing so hard.
After Samuel emptied his tiny bladder, we headed for "Honey, I shrunk the Audience" show. Rachel ended up sitting in my lap before the movie started because she overheard a boy talking about rats hiding under the seats. It was amazing to say at the least when the movie started but it got BETTER when the audience including me got shrunk! The sounds switched from normal to surreal and it gave me an impression of being in a very large room. The mom's high heeled shoes' "clomp-clomp", the loud "THUD" when she fainted after realized what her husband had done, voices resonated, and the snake forked tongue's "thwap-thwap" as it inspected us. Oooohhh, I wish I could park my fanny in the seat and just watch the show again and again just for one day but alas lackey, we must follow the cement road for more adventures. However, there is one thing that bugged me and my family were no help on this problem. Just before the rats poured off of the stage, I heard a very distinct flapping noise the second before I felt the tails of those rats. It was very quick and my family had no idea what I was talking about--they were too busy laughing their heads off while our kids screamed their lungs out. Rachel didn't scream. She was pertified tho'--- so hopefully, you guys do.
Went over to Test Track but I didn't go on the ride because my right ear had started to ache and it was getting dark and there was a cold breeze going so it just made me a tad unhappy because I didn't fully recover from the Takeoff Torture. I did check out the earmuffs at a gift store by innovations but they were too pricey--in my opinion-- and I had a good pair of earmuffs back home so I decided to tough it out. Brad took our oldest daughter and the boys with the rest of the family to go on Test Track while I hung out with Rachel at Wonders of Life.
Rachel and I had a hoot pedaling the bikes as we "traveled" through WDW, laughed ourselves silly in the big and small house, checked out optical illusions, and touched the coils. We didn't wait very long when my family showed up. They said the wait line was very short and had no problems. Sarah told me she liked the ride and that Samuel refused to get out of the car when the ride ended and bawled his head off when Brad finally pulled him out.
Cranium Command was wonderful. I fell off of the bench laughing when romantic music played as the picture of the girl of his dreams came on and I FINALLY understood why Brad laughed everytime he saw that blip. He did try to explain the joke to me on the previous trips but told me that I had to hear it to appreciate the joke. I never thought that I'll be able to "hear" the joke. :-) What a delight! The food fight noises was a hoot. The downside was that it seemed rather dated to me even though I adore the show and I like Dana Carvey (Church Lady) a lot but the show can use an updated storyline and new actors in order to give Cranium Command a fresh start.
Body Wars was surreal to say at the least. I never thought a heart sounded that way when we travelled through the bloodstream to look for the missing doctor: "Lub-dub...whoosh!" Ya know, I think I better get some time and trot over to my sister-in-law's house, borrow her stethscope and listen to my heart just for the heck of it. The ride seemed to be more jerkier than usual but it might be due to my old bones protesting the abuse. My kids loved it and walking out of the ride, Rachel asked me if we really had frisbees in our bodies and it got us confused for a bit until my mother said "Oh..I think she's talking about blood cells." Too cute and my mother told Rachel. "Yes, we do have tiny frisbees in our body and it helps us to stay healthy and strong."
Took a look at the time and was shocked to see that it was 7:15. Time flies when everybody is having fun. We decided to have dinner at one of the countries so I voted for Morocco while Richard and Michael voted for Mexico. I protested about their choice because there were plenty Mexican restuarants back home and I certainly didn't want to do that. My mother and Brad voted for Morocco as well so I went "Ah HA! You're outvoted and you're the weakest link! Nyah! Nyah! We're going to Morocco!" I got Rachel sit in her stroller and I took off. Michael chased me down and rammed my legs with WDW double stroller that he rented for his five year old boy with a "Whoops! Sowwy--I was trying to knock that bug off of your leg." I just stuck my tongue out at him and said. "Don't go to sleeeeeep toniiiight! Hehehehehe!" We went over to the boat dock that would take us across the lake and to Morocco because my mom was getting tired from all that walking. However, I wanted to walk to Morocco so we decided to leave my kids with my mother and my two brothers so they can take the boat while Brad and I took a stroll in the World Showcase. I managed to cram a strip of toliet paper in my right ear, put my ear against my shoulder to keep it warm and kept walking. Yeah...people gave me weird looks when I walked past them but I wasn't willing to let a chilly breeze stop me from having fun.
I managed to catch the last two songs of the Candlelight Processional and let me tell you: the voices harmonized beautifully and it was touching and very reverent. It surprised me because I didn't hear those normal park noises that one would hear while watching a performance. I told Brad that the next time we come back, we have to get the Candlelight Processional dinner package.
Got to Morroco and found my family waiting for us. They told us that we had a 20 minute wait which wasn't too bad. We sat down on the benches outside of the restaurant and guess who showed up? Genie, Aladdin, and Jasmine! Since we were the only ones waiting to be seated, the kids had a wonderful time interacting with Genie while Aladdin and Jasmine watched. My oldest daughter told me that it was waaaay better than CRT. We went to CRT breakfast in '97 and it wasn't that great because the characters hurried through the banquet hall and only spent a few seconds with us. I was planning to take her to CRT at 8:05 next day because she wanted to (just the two of us) but she changed her mind and said. "Naaaah, I don't want to get up early in the morning and Genie is so fun to play with!"
We picked Royal Feast from the menu and the food kept coming and coming. I had coucous coming out of my ears but the food was so good and unusual. Jonathan didn't care much for the food because he told me that it was "too hot" for his mouth--meaning spicy--so I got bread, butter, and some fruits for him so he wouldn't go hungry. Rachel watched the belly dancer work through the restaurant, stood on her chair to get a better look, and asked me in her loud, bossy voice. "Mommy! How does she make her tummy move like that?" and promptly pulled up her shirt, exposed her stomach, and added. "I can't even make my tummy move like that!" I couldn't stop laughing and my mother was in hysterics over that and she almost choked on a piece of chicken. Michael, my evil, low down yellow bellied, good for nothing, rascal, dork boy, nitwit brother told Rachel that before each performance, the dancer would eat bowls and bowls of jello and then, all she had to do was shake her hips and the jello would the rest. Thank you veddy much, Dork Boy because a couple of days later, Rachel ate a bowl of chocolate pudding and did this weird dance that would have made Mad TV's Stuart jealous. Don't worry, I got even with my brother via his little boy. Hehehehe!
After dinner, my right ear started to ache again and Rachel's fever came back but my family wanted to stay and watch IlluNations so I decided to take Rachel and head on home. Since we came in the van, my mother told me to take the van home and they'll take the bus back to Ft. Wilderness and I told them no and that I wanted to take the bus home so I can watch and interact with other guests on the bus. I just wanted to see if I could figure out where they're from just by talking to them. Brad had some reservations about me going home alone with Rachel and I told him "Honey---they wouldn't dare to mess with me in WDW!" and he came back with a "Oh, I'm not worried about you. I'm worried that you might scare the guests!" Did a scarcastic laugh, said goodbye and took off running with Rachel giggling a little in her stroller.
Stopped at the dancing water fountain and walked around it several times.(I did the same thing later in the week and missed dinner with my family who had now gotten used me being AWOL) What a wonderful invention! The water jets were so in tune with the music and the lights changed colors constantly. I kept checking it out to see if I could catch one errant water jet being out of sync with the music and didn't find a single one. I loved with the quick dance of the water when the music hit a low note and went right up to the high note without missing a beat. How about the water jets shooting off at the same time? WOW!
Rachel started whimpering and the pain in my right ear got worse...well, actually it was already worse but I could not get enough of the fountain and ignored it. I took off my processer and hurried to the bus--it was already there when I went through the turnstile so I called out to the guests that were getting on the bus to let the driver to know that I was coming. Ran my legs off to the waiting bus and the driver was very nice even when I was trying to fold the stroller up--actually I was attacking it--- so I could get on the bus before I realized that it wasn't my old stroller. A big, fat OOPS!! (nervous laugh)
We were the only ones that got off in front of the horse stables but I wasn't worried because I went to WDW five times and knew my way around. Hehehehehe....yeah....got lost. Don't laugh. No laughing please. Here I was: walking like Quasimondo on a bad back day, Rachel bawling her head off, and me limping because I had to take one of my shoes off because one of my socks had a hole in it and was strangling my index toe. I won't tell you where I ended up but I had to take shortcuts through the woods to get to my cabin and while I was doing it, I kept praying that I wouldn't step on a poisonous snake or stumble into a poison ivy bush. It was DARK and SPOOKY! I even put my processor back on so I could listen for weird sounds and wished I didn't! I mean every time I stepped on a twig, I jumped at least 50 feet in the air--so it went like this: SNAP! AAAUUGHH! THUD---hitting a tree when I jumped back--- (muttering to myself) "It was a stupid twig"......SNAP! AAAUUGGHH! THUD! (muttering) "Twig again!" SNAP! AAAUUGGHH! THUD! (muttering)---- and walking on dry pine needles was too freaky! I haven't had the chance to take my processor "camping" so my imagination ran wild! Lions, Tigers, and Bears! OH MY!
Got to the cabin. I never felt so happy in seeing this wonderful cabin. Got Rachel to take a bath while I gave her some Advil to reduce the fever, got her jammies on, and put her to bed. I took some Lortabs, took a shower, and went to bed and did some reading before I fell asleep.
Snnnnoooooooooreeeee..........(a little drool on my chin)
Janie
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Robin
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Posted 01-02-03 05:08 AM
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TrpltJanie wrote:
I had prepared for the WDW trip for a whole year and RobinH can assest to that!
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I do believe that ride needed to be overhauled so is there a possibility of one in the near future?
Even with the rattles and bumps it's one of the last of the originals, so it's one of my favorites rides. There's talk about it being replaced. 'sniff' I love the part when you get to the top and when they take you back down backwards. I think I can usually hear most of the recording, I'll have to pay attention on my next trip. I forgot where the speaker is, maybe where you sit makes a difference.
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Just before the rats poured off of the stage, I heard a very distinct flapping noise the second before I felt the tails of those rats. It was very quick and my family had no idea what I was talking about--they were too busy laughing their heads off while our kids screamed their lungs out. Rachel didn't scream. She was pertified tho'--- so hopefully, you guys do.
I wonder if this was the mechanism under the seats that makes the mouse effect.
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Body Wars was surreal to say at the least. I never thought a heart sounded that way when we travelled through the bloodstream to look for the missing doctor: "Lub-dub...whoosh!" Ya know, I think I better get some time and trot over to my sister-in-law's house, borrow her stethscope and listen to my heart just for the heck of it. The ride seemed to be more jerkier than usual but it might be due to my old bones protesting the abuse.
Body Wars is pretty jerky. I wonder if feels different
with and without sound. Maybe we'll have you try that
test on your next trip. 
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I managed to cram a strip of toliet paper in my right ear, put my ear against my shoulder to keep it warm and kept walking. Yeah...people gave me weird looks when I walked past them but I wasn't willing to let a chilly breeze stop me from having fun.
Janie, the toliet paper was suppose to be on your shoe...not in your ear. LOL
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We picked Royal Feast from the menu and the food kept coming and coming. I had coucous coming out of my ears but the food was so good and unusual.
'told ya
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Stopped at the dancing water fountain and walked around it several times.(I did the same thing later in the week and missed dinner with my family who had now gotten used me being AWOL) What a wonderful invention! The water jets were so in tune with the music and the lights changed colors constantly. I kept checking it out to see if I could catch one errant water jet being out of sync with the music and didn't find a single one. I loved with the quick dance of the water when the music hit a low note and went right up to the high note without missing a beat. How about the water jets shooting off at the same time? WOW!
I love the fountains too.
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I even put my processor back on so I could listen for weird sounds and wished I didn't! I mean every time I stepped on a twig, I jumped at least 50 feet in the air--so it went like this: SNAP! AAAUUGHH! THUD---hitting a tree when I jumped back--- (muttering to myself) "It was a stupid twig"......SNAP! AAAUUGGHH! THUD! (muttering) "Twig again!" SNAP! AAAUUGGHH! THUD! (muttering)---- and walking on dry pine needles was too freaky! I haven't had the chance to take my processor "camping" so my imagination ran wild! Lions, Tigers, and Bears! OH MY!
One year at the CBR I heard an owl in the woods across from the bus stop.
Great trip report Janie....keep 'em coming.
[Edited by Robin]
I toss my cookies for Disney.
I wonder what inspired this new Disney T-shirt? "I'm right. You're wrong. Any Questions?"
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annie
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Posted 01-02-03 09:54 AM
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TrpltJanie wrote:
I even put my processor back on so I could listen for weird sounds and wished I didn't! I mean every time I stepped on a twig, I jumped at least 50 feet in the air--so it went like this: SNAP! AAAUUGHH! THUD---hitting a tree when I jumped back--- (muttering to myself) "It was a stupid twig"......SNAP! AAAUUGGHH! THUD! (muttering) "Twig again!" SNAP! AAAUUGGHH! THUD! (muttering)---- and walking on dry pine needles was too freaky! I haven't had the chance to take my processor "camping" so my imagination ran wild! Lions, Tigers, and Bears! OH MY!
Did you hear those boinging frogs I told you about at Ft. Wilderness? My favorite sound from our June trip.
Janie, if you don't have a literary agent, please consider finding one. Seriously!
annie
"Are the fires of Hell a-glowing? Is the grisly reaper mowing? Who can provide the world with the answer to these pressing questions?"
"The candy man can," Rumsfeld added grimly.
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TrpltJanie
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Posted 01-03-03 01:45 AM
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annie wrote:
Did you hear those boinging frogs I told you about at Ft. Wilderness? My favorite sound from our June trip.
Janie, if you don't have a literary agent, please consider finding one. Seriously!
annie
Didn't hear any boinging frogs but then again, I was
crashing through the trees in pure terror. (blushing
bright red) Thank you for the literary agent compliment.
Made my day.
Janie
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mickeybar
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Posted 01-04-03 06:21 PM
Wow, Janie!
What a TR! You're family sounds like they are a great fun bunch! I gotta get DH to read your TR, then he won't think I'm so weird. 
Looking forward to more...hint, hint...
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Priscilla
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Posted 01-04-03 07:31 PM
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Robin wrote:
Even with the rattles and bumps it's one of the last of the originals, so it's one of my favorites rides. There's talk about it being replaced. 'sniff' I love the part when you get to the top and when they take you back down backwards. I think I can usually hear most of the recording, I'll have to pay attention on my next trip. I forgot where the speaker is, maybe where you sit makes a difference.
Robin, I'm with you - Spaceship Earth is my all time favorite, next to Carousel of Progress. And the speakers are in the headrest. I've never had a problem hearing the ride.
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I wonder if this was the mechanism under the seats that makes the mouse effect.
I think I know the answer to this. I think it has something to do with blasts of compressed air.
Tink *~*~*
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Dsorcerer
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Posted 01-19-03 07:45 AM
Janie,
I love your reports...They are helping the magic return to me. Thanks!
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Crank
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Posted 01-19-03 04:14 PM
Janie, your family puts the "DIS" in disfunctional!
Thanks for the laughs and I'm glad you enjoyed yourself!
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