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TrpltJanie
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Posted 01-16-03 12:26 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 4-December 3nd***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 Kingdom of dreams--
Woke up with a hangover which is a much hated side effect of taking Lortabs so I'm pretty much big on stiff upper lip when things get tough for me. Staggered to the bathroom, took a look in the mirror and SCREAMED!
Sarah wanted to spend the night with Jasmyne at the other cabin so my mother stayed with us. So, when she heard me screaming, she rolled out of Murphy bed and hobbled to where I was see what was wrong and freaked out also. She got Brad up---he's a dang heavy sleeper and SNORES! I never knew he snored until I got my implant and the first time I heard it, I got scared and woke him up to tell him about that weird noise when I stayed up late one night and told him that the noise stopped when he woke up. Took me three days to figure out where the noise was coming from!---and he took one look at my eyes and fell over laughing.
Both of my eyes were puffy and I looked like I went several rounds with Tyson and I knew that my version of "Snow White's very scary adventure" on the walk home had something to do with an allergic reaction in my eyes. Brad managed to say this: "Honey....you look like Marty Feldman. You know the guy that found 'Abby Normal' for Gene Wilder's Frankenstein?"
"Aw---go play with the alligators!"
Took Benedryl, splashed my face with cold water, and ended up with a "Marty Feldman meets Rudolph" look. Gee---Good thing that sunglasses are nifty in hiding that kind of problem BUT I should have brought my Groucho glasses to cover that red nose. I don't think anybody would notice a mom wearing them glasses with her right shoulder up to her ear. In fact, I could have blended rather nicely in the crowd. Yeah..I would be a very good spy.
We took the boat from Ft. Wilderness to Magic Kingdom. Michael and Richard wanted to take the van because they thought it would be tricky in getting home after the park closed for the night and I disagreed with them by saying "Well....(they chimed in at the same time in scarcastic voices)..I know what I'm going 'cause I went to WDW five times." No...I never told them that I got lost on the way back to the cabin because they'll be one step ahead in the game and will never let me live this down so don't you dare to tell them.
The boat ride was lovely but long. We took a look at Wilderness Lodge when we stopped to pick up more people and decided that next time we came back, we'll stay at Wilderness Lodge but we'll be in different vans and different rooms!
I was actually shaking with excitement when we got off of the boat. I plunked the stroller on the wooden dock, got Rachel in her stroller, and I took a few steps as I pushed the stroller before I stopped. WHOA! This noise was neat--just like that feeling of running the landmower over a pile of gravel. I backed up--there it was! So I took off like a manic with Brad yelling. "Oh GREAT! Thar she blows!" Poor Rachel bounced around in the stroller as I heard a rapid "machine-like" noise as I pushed the stroller over those little bumps (I think it was to prevent any slip and fall accidents that can happen on smooth wooden floors). Brad yelled at me to come back so no problem for me so I ran back with another round. Hehehehehe....
Got in, rented an locker for our coats, and told the rest of the family that we'll meet them in the front of Buzz Lightyear ride because we had to head over to the City Hall to cash a very special check that Sarah got from Santa last year. Sarah wanted a certain Harry Potter Lego set and the stores were completely sold out so I came up with a plan to subsitute that toy for something better so I went to a scrapbooking store and got supplies to make a magical check for Sarah. The check was white with scalloped edges and used my talent for calligraphy to write the check out. It said:
S. Claus
Christmastown
North Pole
Miss Sarah S.
100 Magical Snowflakes
Christmastown Bank
It took me two days to write a beautiful and sparkling note to Sarah explaining why Santa was unable to fulfill her request and hoped that a check would make her feel better about it. He also told her that the City Hall was very good on cashing his checks when the children visited MK.
I took the kids over to the candy shop so they could pick out a treat that they can have later on while Brad scampered over to the City Hall--he had "Gotta go to the restroom" excuse---, quickly explained the situation to a very nice CM and gave CM $100 to hold. I waited for Brad's signal indicting that everything was all set and it took about 10 minutes before he waved at me. I got the treats and told Sarah to go and get her daddy so they could cash the check.
Sarah hurried to where Brad was and he took her to the same CM who was in the game and handed her Santa check over. The CM looked at it and said. "Oh my! Another check from Mr. Claus to cash! " He did a very good job of pretending to process the check with all the bells and whistles such as stamped the bank's logo on the back of the check, got Sarah to write her name on the back, and did some major click-clacking on the computer before he returned with 100 Disney Dollars. He handed the money to Sarah and shook her hand with a "If you get another check from Santa, do feel free to stop here and we'll be more than happy to accomodate you." What a nice start to our Magic Kingdom adventure.
I was so happy to see Cinderella's Castle back to normal because the last time I saw the Castle, it was during the 25th birthday celebration and it looked it was invaded by deranged Mary Kay representives and I even expected to see Mary Kay driving up to the castle in her infamous pink cadillic. I walked in the middle of the road on Main Street---I followed the trolley tracks---because I wanted to hear things from both sides of the street. Brad was slightly annoyed that I was doing it because I was plowing through the crowds--a few had to jump out of the way so if anybody read this and realize it was me, I apologize for that steamroller tactics--- with a silly smile on my face.
Got to Buzz Lightyear ride and my family was nowhere to be seen so we called them on our two way radio and discovered that they went to Starlight Cafe for lunch so we trotted over there. The minute we stepped in the cafe, I was startled to hear some pretty unusual music so I took a quick look around and saw Cosmic Ray playing. I was so charmed by this cute little guy playing the music that I even tried to see if they sell beanie versions of Cosmic Ray but to my surprise they DON'T!! Nothing...no little action toy thing, pins, nor t-shirts. I think it would be awesome if they sold Cosmic Ray beanies that played music.
I found my family sitting way back. I wanted to move up a little closer to the stage so I could listen and cheer for Cosmic Ray even though I knew that he was another ordinary computer animated robot but he was a cutie! Found two tables with trash on top. Guess someone didn't want to clean up after themselves so I quickly cleaned it off and pulled them together. We all got bite sized corn dogs and I got a large cup of Diet Coke to ease my headache---doc made it very clear that if I got a headache, I was supposed to take off of my processor and simply go without it for the rest of the day. It happens when my brain gets too simulated in trying to process all of the sounds and talking with other implantees, it takes 2 to 5 years to move past the "headaches" roadblock. All I can say is Thank heavens for motrin! You know---I just can't bear the thought of just going without it for a day especially when it comes to exploring Magic Kingdom.
My oldest daughter and my husband ate their lunches quickly because they wanted to go with my brothers and their kids to Space Mountain. My mother and I stayed with my triplets so we could take them to Buzz Lightyear's ride and meet them by Mickey's house in Toon Town. Before they left, I told Brad that I did NOT want Sarah to go to Alien Encounter no matter what.
Got the triplets to eat most of their lunches. While I was cleaning up the mess, I noticed that a family with two boys get up and leave without bothering to throw their trash away so I cleaned that up. :-) Used a wet wipe to clean the tabletops much to my mother's amusement and made sure that the floor under the tables were clean because my triplets have an tendency to drop fries covered with catsup hence making the floor rather sticky. My family teased me for being a neat freak but I thought that I'll help a bit in picking up the trash on the grounds, tables, and etc in WDW. I don't know if it helped but I heard people complain about how dirty WDW was when they visited the parks. It was a good thing that I had a box of wet wipes and a bottle of hand santinizer I didn't want anybody come down with norwalk virus and end up with a vacation in Hell so I used it after being Garbage Gal.
Went on Buzz ride and Oh, the noises from the ionic cannons were....how do I put it that way...."Mars Attack"ish? It sounded somewhat similar to Tim Burton's campy "Mars Attack" and it had that "Booooop!" noise. I don't know how you guys describe it but it was neat. Got 500,734 points because I aimed for the dot inside the arm of a huge robot. Got off of the ride and went back on it two more times again because there was NO LINES! Didn't score much and my triplets loved it---especially Jonathan screaming "Bad Zurg! Bad Zurg!" Bought two Buzz Lightyear Ride sweatshirts for the boys.
I loved the animated trash can but my kids weren't too sure about it and Samuel screamed his lungs out when he saw the garbage can come towards him and went behind me. Some of the other guests saw that little scene and laughed. I had a hard time keeping my face straight.
Headed over to Toon Town and watched them have a blast at Mickey's house. I was a little disappointed when I saw Mickey's Christmas tree. I thought it would be more prettier and unusual and I didn't see any christmas lights on the tree. I adored MInnie's answering machine and had a hoot trying to figure out the voices on the machine.
Went over to Donald's boat and was a little disappointed to discover that the water fountain playground in front of Donald was turned off. Maybe it was too chilly for the kids to play or wasn't working but I would have loved my triplets reactions to the water shooting out. There is always next time so I better watch the specials on WDW resorts.
Took my kids over Judge's tent to meet the characters and gave them three choices: Mickey, Princesses, and Pooh. At the same time, they yelled "Pooh bear!" much to my relief because there was a LONG time waiting for Princesses while there wasn't a line for Pooh characters. The first thing they did when they came into the character meet and greet room, they all made a beeline for Eeyore even though Rachel adores Piglet. Later on, I asked Rachel why she went to Eeyore first and her response was that "Eeyore looked so sad and I gave him a hug so he could feel better."
As soon as we stepped out of the building, my mother's two-way radio crackled to life and we heard this urgent "Mom...Janie....where are you guys? We got a problem with Sarah." My mother could hear Sarah crying in the background--I couldn't pick it up because of static on the radio so I left my triplets with my mother at Minnie's house because Rachel wanted to check out the answering machine again and I jogged over to Buzz Lightyear ride where they were and found Sarah in hysterics. My brothers and my husband had sheepish looks on their faces and they didn't explain why Sarah was flipping out so I asked her what happened and she pointed at the Alien Encounter sign and I instantly knew. I was FURIOUS! I told them in a low and angry voice to go over to Minnie's house and to wait with my mother. Took me several minutes to calm her down (that night, she ended up sleeping in the double bed while Brad took the upper bunk) by telling her that it was totally bogus just like Peter Pan ride or Splash Mountain. I got her a smoothie from Auntie Gravity's Goodies. While we walked over to Toon Town, I made her laugh by being scared of everything: Benches, tables, trees, flowers, and I even attacked my own hand.
Met them at Judge's tent waiting in the Mickey Mouse line. I pulled Brad aside and asked him what the hell was he thinking when he took Sarah to see the alien crap and he said that he didn't think it would be that scary and that Sarah started freaking out when Devon bawled his head off, Sarah plus SHE wanted to see it not him. "Oh...." I asked him "Who's parent? Who's the parent?" I told my brothers off and they simply apologized for that. Grrr.....
I want that Alien Encounter ripped out. There is NO reason for it to be in Magic Kingdom in the first place and I bet Walt's spinning in his grave because of that. SHEESH!
Went over to Fantasyland. I love the music because it had that cute pixie-like sound. Oh gee...I'm not very good at describing sounds but it had that light hearted quality to it. The first ride?
It's a Small World ride!!
Again--no lines so Sarah, Rachel, Jasmyne, and I raced each other down the ramp while the rest of my family took their time and we pretended to crash into each other on the platform much to the chargrin of a CM at the turnstile and told me not to do that stuff again. I quickly apologized for that. My family took FOREVER to get to the platform and they did it on purpose! I even ran up to them, went behind my mother, and gave her a gentle push to get her moving a little faster.
She laughed and said, "Honey--I'm not so spry anymore."
Me: "I know that! Just move a little faster..."
My mom: "If you want me to move faster, then you'll have to carry me."
(several guests walked past and I got nervous)
Me: "Come on! People are getting in front of us!"
Michael: (coughs) "Oh...I need a nicotine fix." (pulls out a package of cigarettes) Richard, smoking break?"
Me: (freaking out as more people passes us) "NO! wait until after the ride!"
Brad: (snickering) Honey, we could always go after they huff and puff."
Me: "Shut up!"
They knew that I was looking forward to the ride because I talked nonstop for weeks before we flew out.
Me: (snarling) Fine! I'll take the girls and go on it right now!"
I ran back to the platform when once again, the same CM warned me not to run and Michael heard her and called out (he was still walking sloooooow). "Ya gonna kick her out of the park?" I yelled again. "Shut up!" and got into the boat's front seat with the girls. I heard running steps behind me, turned to look, and saw my family piling into the seats behind us. Guess they didn't want to be left behind.
I was so excited and made the boat rock a little as I bounced up and down. I even barked at the boat. "Move it!" because it moved tooooo sloooooowww! My family made paddling motions at me and Brad dared me to get out and push the boat.
The minute we hit the first scene of the ride, I went wild! "I can hear them singing! I can hear them singing! Oh YEEEEAAAAAAAH!" Richard leaned over to where I was and said. "Sis, you're not in a Clariol Herbal Essences shampoo commercial." Oh, SHUT UP!
The music started out simple--a few voices singing and yes, the tune was very catchy and fun to listen to. Oh...I don't know--it was more of a "jaw to the floor" thingy because I couldn't believe the intensity of the music and I noticed that the words sounded different when we hit the European countries scene---I've been planning to ask my family to see if some of the words were sung in different language but got distracted by Samuel dipping his hand into the water and I didn't think to ask them the question until I started writing the Magic Kingdom report. I could call them up but I'm too dang tired to do that and figure that if I post my TR on the board, I'll get my answers. :-)
When we hit the last part of the ride where the dolls dressed in white danced and a hundred more kids joined in the singing. Whoa! What a way to end the ride. It started out simple then toward the end, several more hundred more voices joins in creating a climax then faded away as we went past those Goodbyes signs. I was a tad disappointed that I didn't get that famed music repeating loop in my head so I asked the CM if I could stay in the boat and go around it again and he said no so I got out of the boat, ran through the exit, around the building, and into the entrance for the ride. My family groaned but they did follow me back on the boat. Still no repeating loops for me. Unfortunately, I can't say the same for Michael and Brad. Hehehehehe....
Backtracked to Winnie the Pooh ride. I stood in front of the building and bowed my head for several seconds.
My mom: (nudges me) "Honey...what are you doing?"
Me: "Paying my respect to Mr. Toad's wild ride."
Micahel: (hears me and walks over to us) "What ya mean? Mr. Toad's ride is over there."
Me: (shaking my head) No, it used to be where (points at Winnie ride) Winnie the Pooh ride is now."
Michael: (freaks out) What?!? They took the ride out?"
Richard: (coughing because he was smoking and was shocked to hear the news) They took the Toady ride out?"
Michael: "I don't believe you!" (walks over to a CM standing by the Fastpass booths and talks to her for a minute.)
Brad: "I can't believe they took it out.......how could they do this?"
Me: "Money is the answer."
Michael came back to where we were and bowed his head and said. "It is true. They fired Mr. Toad so let's have a moment to reflect."
If you see a family with bowed heads in front of the Winnie ride, that was us!
I like Winnie but the ride was.....well......gee......um......a sweet tooth nightmare but the younger kids LOVED it. Devon had a hoot telling everybody that he sat inside a hunny pot and that it went up and down when Tigger showed up.
Did the Tea cups ride. Flew on Dumbo. Went on Cinderella's Carousel. Snow White's very scary Adventures. Again---NO LINES! WHOO HOO! I loved the tinkle on Peter Pan's ride and the tick-tock of the clock was delightful and it made me laugh.
Scampered over to Haunted Mansion. I even jumped a little when I heard that loud ghostly cackle as we waited at the door and when we were escorted to the elevator, the batteries in my processor died and I freaked out big time because I didn't want to miss the sounds as the pictures in the elevators grew. Since there was a ziplock bag of fresh batteries were in Brad's fanny pack, he dug around a bit for a few seconds and then told me that he couldn't find them. I got frantic and I grabbed his fannypack and dug rather vigorously through stuff to find motherlode while he was WEARING it! You know, I'll just leave it to your imagination because I'm not gonna describe that little scene. The room got dark so I freaked out even more and quickly unhooked the fanny pack and dumped the contents RIGHT on the floor. I was panicking big time and even screeched. "Don't start anything! Don't start anything!" I was STILL on the floor when another door opened and I was whimpering as I slid a fresh battery into my processor. "Hey....I told you guys WAIT so I can hear that dang sounds in that dang elevator and you didn't dang wait! It is not DANG fair that all of you get to have a DANG time without me." True story. I know it sounds SURREAL but it truly did happen. The batteries don't last very long. Around 3 to 4 hours is a pretty good run so I had a bag of 6 recharged batteries with me all times and it is a pain when the processor shuts off in the middle of my fun.
I sulked during the entire ride. After the ride, the conversation went like this:
Brad: "So Janie--what did you think of the sounds?"
Me: "Nothing."
Brad: "Uh? Nothing? Did the batteries work?"
Me: "Oh...it worked just fine. I didn't wear it."
Michael: "Why not?"
Me: "Because I want to hear it from the beginning to the end--not in the middle. You guys didn't tell the CMs to wait for me!"
Michael: "Oh sheesh!"
My mom: "So, you want to go back?"
Me: "Yeah....don't you look at me like that!"
Michael: "We can go back another time after we go on a couple of other rides and I could explain the sounds for you to help you to be better prepared for the second time around."
Richarld: "Hey--that is a good idea! We can do that after we ride Splash mountain and etc."
Me: "Hell no!"
My mom: "JANIE! No cussing!"
Me: "Phhhhhfffttt!"
Michael: "I'm just trying to help"
Me: "Yeah riiiiiiight! Remember when we were little, you two "tried" to help me to understand and connect the sounds to things and you led me to believe that birds mooed, dogs went ribbit-ribbit, pigs barked------don't laugh! It wasn't funny when I told the neighbor kids that I knew that dogs said ribbit-ribbit and they fell to the ground laughing! So, you'll probably tell me another big fat lie!
Richard: "Hey that was funny when we did that to you but this time, we'll be honest with you.......sound-wise I mean."
Me: "Bush cow!"
My mom: "Janie! No cussing!"
Me: "it is not cussing!"
Michael: "Come on---let me describe the sounds for you..."
Me: NO! Because you'll do this: (I bent my knees and jerked my thumb as if I was one of the ghostly hitchhikers) 'The ghosts said 'Hey..baaaaabeeeeeeee Hey babeeeeeeeee!' or that floating head thingy saying 'I sent my body in for plastic surgery. Mahahahahaha!' What would people think if I told them that? They'll probably fall down laughing..."
Everybody was laughing so I took with a yell "I'm going on it again!" Brad left our kids with them and ran after me while my brothers took a smoke break. In the elevator, Brad leaned over to me and whispered. "I'm wearing the fanny pack...ya know." I hit him with my elbow to get him to stop.
I'm so glad that I heard the sounds right from the beginning. What an amazing voice that the narrator had! It was one of a kind and a very memorable voice. Sounds of wailing, thunder, organ music, trumpet, bodyless head chanting something, and more. My favorite was the bride with that "thump-thump" heart. I loved that mournful voice of the woman in white.
Skipped over to where my family was waiting and Richard promptly said. "Ah---the queen is now happy!"
Trotted over to Splash Mountain. I even snickered when my youngest daughter yelled at the top of her lungs as we walked through the maze in Splash Mountain and her voice bounced back. Neato so started yelling also and I set a very baaaad example for my kids but there was no lines so I felt I had the right to act goofy. You know---I loved the music especially that banjo part. I thought it was a electric guitar and my mother explained the differences between different string instruments. It got me bouncing to the tune while everybody else just sat there looking really tired. I was tired but it was more of a fire....actually some sort of "sound" hunger for me. The best part was when we went through the beehives and saw those bees spinning around. Heard Brer Rabbit beg for mercy before the plunge.
What really shocked me was the noise going down! Man,what a RUSH! Lemme explain, I thought it would be smooth and quiet-like because it felt like that before I got my implant. The high pitched squealing, water splashing against the log, high pitched screams from my kids---Waaay cool! Normally I can't stand their screaming and have been trying to get them to stop screaming because before the implant, their screaming didn't faze me and now, it causes me to clutch my head and fall to the ground.---and that soft little 'thud' when we got to the bottom. I was worried that my processor had gotten wet because I wasn't hearing anything at all so and I fiddled with it until I heard this blast of music welcoming Brer Rabbit and realized that the silence at the bottom of the falls was part of the ride. Love that music!
Floated over to Thunder Mountain Railroad and got another dose of foot stompin', knee slappin', and fanny dancin' music. These kind of music for these two rides really add a whole new dimenson of the rides.
Arrrrgu! Reported for duty at the Pirates of the Caribbean ride. Oh....how can I explain it? I snickered when the Skull and Bones sign cackled at us just before plunging down to the beach where the pirates lobbed cannonballs at the fort. I loved the pirate captain's weird voice as he screamed. "FIRE!" BOOM! "FIRE!" BOOM! "FIRE!" BOOM! I couldn't stop laughing because it sounded so funny to me and my laughing got my family laughing hard too. There was a boat of total strangers behind us and they could not figure out why we were laughing so hard. When I heard the music as I saw ladies chasing the pirates, I laughed harder. I don't know but to me, the sounds made the scenes very very comical to me especially when I saw three drunk pirates standing and singing while the village burned to the ground. Oh my...I screamed my head off at that.
Scrambled out of the boat and we realized that it was almost time for the fireworks to start. My family didn't think we would make it to the front of the castle in time so I took off running, leaving my family behind as I pushed Rachel in the stroller because I didn't want to miss it. I planned this for 9 years when I went back to CBR in tears because I watched Brad interact with Sarah as they watched the fireworks and listened to the music in 1997. I wanted to be part of that kind of moments so when we got home from '97 trip, I did kicking, screaming, pounding fists on table, writing letters, groveling, doing research, and hired a lawyer to get the insurance to pay for the implant. They do NOT come in cheap. Mine went for $55,000 and I had to sell some of my stocks to pay 10% of the cost and the insurance paid the rest. It took me five looooong years to get them to stamp "approved" on my implant request.
Back to Cinderella's Castle, I made it in time to see the first mortar and was very pleased to discover that the music was loud enough for me to hear over the hustle and bustle of the crowd. The crowd settled down as the fireworks progressed. I held Rachel and she squealed with delight and pointed at the castle. "There's Tinkerbell!" We went "Ohhh" and "Awwww" at everything and It was a wonderful experience: The castle changed colors as the fireworks went off and the music flowed along with the show. I loved the narrator saying " Boys and girls of all ages..." I managed to understand some not all of the story but it was wonderful hear him talking in such a elegant voice and it matched with the magical qualities of Magic Kingdom.
Best of all: I finally got my moment.
My family managed to find me standing right front of the castle with my jaw to the ground as the people went around me. Brad tapped me on the shoulder and asked. "Ready for the Christmas party?"
I said. "You bet your bloomers!"
Jingle bell! Jingle bells!
Janie
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Mary
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Posted 01-16-03 11:29 AM
Thank you Janie for another entertaining installment of your 'Brain Salad' report!
BTW, why not write to Dis about a Sonny Eclipse (from Cosmic Ray's) beanie. You never know. Last May, I commented to a CM working the Buzz booths outside Buzz Lightyear that it was a shame that there were no Buzz or Toy Story postcards. When I came back in November, there was one. I'll take the credit, thank you very much.
[Edited by Mary]
Mary
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Ajax
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Posted 01-16-03 12:34 PM
Great report, Janie, especially this part-
quote:
I want that Alien Encounter ripped out.
I feel the same way about 'It's a Small World'. I'd rather climb into a lifeboat off the Titanic than jump into one of those scows on its' way to singing dolls hell. But I do it once a trip anyhow to display my courage to my family.
Did you see me at EPCOT on New Years Eve? I was wearing a yellow poncho...
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mickeybar
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Posted 01-16-03 04:22 PM
Oh my gosh, Janie! You and your family are such a blast to read about. I bet I'd be laughing hysterically if you did a TR of a trip to Walmart with them!
What a wonderful time, I can feel the excitement of your "sound hunger" through your words! I never thought before how not being able to hear Disney could change the experience. Bravo on another excellent chapter.
And, uh, may I have some more Brain Salad, please?
Priscilla
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Dsorcerer
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Posted 01-18-03 08:52 AM
Janie,
Your TR actually brought me to tears. To realize what a discovery to what most of us take for granted you had....WOW! I am very into music and sounds and you brought me back to understanding just how much that alters the experence at Disney. I am SO HAPPY you got to enjoy that!...God Bless!
Ed
"After all is said and done, usually more is said than done"
"You can put a computer to sleep, but you can't kill it"
"Computers are better than Ex-wives because after you give it a hard boot, it has forgotten the last bad thing you did to it"
"Pull this finger, and I make a sound"
"some people see the glass as half empty, some as half full, I see a glass that is just too darn big for the beverage"
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Coastalwader
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Posted 01-18-03 09:52 AM
Janie, thanks
for sharing this with us. It has been a remarkable
read!
King Unca Bubba Lord DisneyTex
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Robey
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Posted 01-19-03 05:48 PM
Thank You so much, Janie!
I always wondered why somebody didn't do something about that. Then I realized I was somebody. --Lily Tomlin
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Crank
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Posted 01-20-03 07:46 PM
Thanks, Janie. Got a little misty when you had your moment with your daughter.
A wonderful story!
I like persons better than principles, and I like persons with no principles better than anything else in the world.
Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, 1891
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Ajax
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Posted 01-20-03 08:40 PM
Yeah Crank, that got to me too. I remembered when I had mine with Lauren in front of the Castle, a long, long time ago. We take too many things for granted in this life, and if you don't stop and savor the 'moments' when they're offered up, you're a fool. Those memories are what keeps you shoveling through the rest of life.
Did you see me at EPCOT on New Years Eve? I was wearing a yellow poncho...
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Posted 01-20-03 09:16 PM
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Ajax wrote:
Yeah Crank, that got to me too. I remembered when I had mine with Lauren in front of the Castle, a long, long time ago. We take too many things for granted in this life, and if you don't stop and savor the 'moments' when they're offered up, you're a fool. Those memories are what keeps you shoveling through the rest of life.
I remember about ten-fifteen years ago my wife to be and I had a front row seat for the Electric Light Parade at Disneyland.
I was ready with my camera and my wife was ready with the camcorder and people were about eight deep like usual when all the Mainstreet lights went out.
I noticed out of the corner of my eye a white coneshape and looked closer to see what it was.
As it turned out it was a young girl (round sixish)and her mother franticly trying to look through the monster crowd to get a glimpse of what was going on. The girl had worn her "princess" costume in hopes of attracting the attention of Snow White.
Well, I figured, this certainly won't do! I got the mother's attention (she was several rows back) and mentioned there was plenty of room in front of us for them.
The little girl never uttered a word throughout the whole parade! She just stood there openmouthed. I did grab a quick shot of her that night with the expression of awe on her face and the reflection of the parade in her thick eyeglasses.
The mom, for some reason, refused to step in front of us to watch and silently stood off to the side and in back of us (didn't want to be any trouble I suppose).
It didn't dawn on me until I stole a few glances at mom that she wasn't there to see the parade. She never - ever took her eyes off her little princess!
When the parade was over and the lights came on I noticed the mom had been silently crying while watching her daughter watch the parade. She smiled through tears and thanked us and they were off to some new adventure.
Oh, the little one got her own special wave from Show White!
It was pretty cool.
I like persons better than principles, and I like persons with no principles better than anything else in the world.
Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, 1891
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mickeybar
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Posted 01-21-03 12:28 PM
Crank, that gave me goosebumps! Thank you for sharing that moment.
Priscilla
Ship's Navigator and Keeper of the Broken Compass
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TrpltJanie
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Registered: Aug 2002
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Posted 01-21-03 01:26 PM
Waaaay to go, Crank and thank you for sharing that with us.
Let's keep up the magic so do stop and smell the Dole whip, shake your fanny in Adventureland, scream for Sonny Eclipse, jump up and down for the fireworks,
and......
make room for the little princesses who want to see Snow White.
Janie
The Curb Kicker
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