May 9th DAY 6: Tikki Takki, Tikki Takki! Oy! Oy! Oy!
Whooooo doggies! Was it hard to get up this morning? Yes it was! Heat plus walking around for miles plus more fun than it should be legal to have all add up to equal exhaustion! But who cares about a little exhaustion when you’re at WDW? Not us! Will we let it slow us down? Never! Alright then… on with the show! You know the drill… shower, get beautiful and 50spf sunscreen. Except… today I decided NO SUNSCREEN! Because I was still just as white as I was before. I thought we’d at least get a little color. But no… here we were at day 6 in our vacation and I still looked like Snow White. And dad and Debbie hadn’t worn sunscreen once and they were just fine. So we skipped to the giant star to meet up with the Double D’s (dad and Debbie) with skin sans screen and primed for frying.
Breakfast was regular pancakes for Mark and chocolate pancakes for me… of course! Again with Dad and Debbie there, we had perfect bus timing as the Epcot bus was ‘rounding the corner as we stepped out the door. We headed next to All-Star Music (ASM just isn’t as funny…) to pick up some more people. As the bus pulled up, a lady had been kneeling on the ground at the bus stop. She was getting up and used one of the black temporary “poles” that make up part of the bus queue to support herself. You know the kind I’m talking about, they use them a lot at movie theaters and airports too. Anyway… she used that to balance herself only it wasn’t bolted down and she fell back onto her knee. She scraped it up a little but it was nothing major. BUT when her and her family got on board… were they ever loud! I have noticed on this trip that SOME (not to generalize too much) east coasters never learned to use their “indoor voices”. This lady and members of her family were split up on the bus so she was shouting to them across the whole bus and everyone in the bus “I CAN’T BELIEVE I DID THAT! WHY DID I GRAB ONTO THAT? IT WASN’T CEMENTED DOWN. THAT WAS STUPID OF ME! CAN YOU BELIEVE I DID THAT? I CAN’T!!” Aaaaaaaallllll the way to Epcot. LOL! But I did get to give her some antiseptic ointment that we’d been carrying around in a little First Aid kit I made in the backpack so I was pretty excited to get to use it.
Dad and Debbie at Epcot
We finally arrived at Epcot and ran away from Loud Lady and family. Unfortunately we could not take Dad and Debbie on Spaceship Earth because it was closed for the 3 days they were there. So we took them to ride the Nemo and Friends ride. Fun! Afterwards we took time to look at the cool sea life. I especially enjoyed looking at the dolphins and sea turtles. It was a very hot day out today so I suggested we stop at Club Cool or whatever its called now. I made sure to have the camera ready for the "Beverly Reaction". Heehee!
These pictures are PRICELESS!
We hit up Test Track next and then dad really wanted to do Mission: Space. This ride worries me. I don’t like it all that much in the first place because its too small inside plus now I get to add into it the fear that if you have some unknown condition this ride may cause death. Not a fun thought as I’m already freaking out because I think I can’t breathe. But for dad, Mark and I decided to do it. Debbie sat it out and tried to get some more color on her legs. The rest of us did Team Orange (or whatever the MORE intense of the two is). And we all survived. Mark and I felt it was way more tame than last time we were on it even though we chose the more intense mission. And dad enjoyed it so I’d say the mission was a success.
The fun part of Test Track... doing the Test Dummy Dance.
Hmmm... Hippie Mickey. I wonder what he's got growing in his garden?
We walked through the Butterfly Garden and then headed to the World Showcase. First we hit up the Mexico Pavilion and rode the Gran Fiesta Tour. We all really like this ride. And of course… the Three Caballeros’ song was again stuck in our heads. We headed to Germany and dad got a craving for red kraut. So he decided to see if Biergarten could get us in. And they could! We’d never been there before and it was so much fun! We loved everyone’s accents and the food was really good. The Oom-pah-pah band (which probably has a more culturally accurate name that I don’t know) was very fun and lively. Hearing them play the bells and the “Ricola” horns was a blast. I wish lederhosen would become fashionable here in the US because they’re just awesome. LOL! Lunch was great and Mark and I decided we’d for sure eat there again.
Mark gets into things with the German version of "cheers!". Tikki takki, tikki takki! Oy! Oy! Oy!
In Japan I saw the Kaki Gori place open. Its Japanese shaved ice. I decided I wanted some and everyone else thought it sounded good too. Yes, I KNOW we just ate a huge meal at a buffet but it was hot out and Kaki Gori is just frozen water so it doesn’t count (just like calories don’t count on vacation. It’s a fact, people). It was really good! It was almost as good as the shaved ice I had in Hawaii. And as we walked past one of the other food carts the Japanese girls gave us the thumbs up. I guess they approved! We also stopped to watch the candy lady make a panda bear in 3.2 seconds. It was pretty impressive.
The photopass guy made us do this...
American Adventure was next on our list. Mark and I sat on the nice cool marble ground to listen to the Voices of Liberty and then met back up with dad and Debbie to join the herd entering the theater. Moooooooo! The show was good. Last year when we saw it Mark fell asleep. This time he managed to stay awake and really enjoyed but all the excitement on Mark Twain and Ben Franklin put dad to sleep. At least he didn’t snore. LOL!
Poor Debbie's little feeties were hurting her at this time. I got to bust out my first aid kit again. Woo! Twice in one day!! We got her feet all taken care of and then we walked past a stand selling Crocs. Those crazy plastic shoes that everyone seems to be wearing at Disney World. I told her I heard they were really comfortable. She said my brother's girlfriend had a pair and she loved them. So she tried on a pair and proclaimed that they were indeed the worlds most comfortable shoe and bought a pair. Ok... I officially want to try on a pair now. I'm so intrigued.
We amuse ourselves while Debbie saves her feet in a pair of Crocs.
Oh la la! After dad’s Nappy Time Adventure we headed to France. Dad loves France so he was really looking forward to going here. He wanted a Kir. He talked about it all week leading up to the trip so I was hoping they’d have them there. A kir (in case you are in the dark on this one) is a aperitif. It’s made with Crème de Cassis and white wine. As we wandered through gay Paris we found a PhotoPass person who took some great pictures of us all.
Ahhhh... young love in Paris!
On the way out of France we found a little stand that served… Kir! Hooray!! The trip would be a success and even if it wasn’t… Dad wouldn’t remember because he’d of drank too much Kir. LOL! Dad ordered one for him and one for me. It was actually a Kir Royal as it used champagne. REAL champagne from France… thank you very much. It was very good and I shared mine with Mark.
Dad and I sip our Kir Royal.
He looks so Frenchy. He just needs a little jaunty scarf around his neck.
I feel so posh!
Off to Canada, eh? Land of moose, hockey and beer. And maple! Mmmm… that’s what I got in Canada. Maple sugar candy. If you’ve never had this before, then you have no idea how good this is. Its like kissing an angel. An angel with sugary lips. The CM who helped me purchase them told me I had to share them with 5 strangers. Psh! She’s crazy! I’m not sharing my maple-y, sugary goodness with Joe Shmo off the street?! But I did share them with my posse.
All sugared up we headed towards Ellen’s Energy Adventure to see Stupid Judy and to learn about Stupid Energy. While we were boarding our moving theater vehicles a family decided at the very last minute they didn’t want to sit for so long even though Granny Cast Member working the ride told us a million times to make sure we didn’t have to pee or have ADD before we rode because it was long. Anyway… the family starts to meander slooooooowly from the front car walking sloooooowly back taking their time to smell the roses. I thought Granny Cast Member was going to have a heart attack! “Hurry up! Hurry up! Your going to make the ride shut down! Hurry!” As they finally stepped out the door, and the lights dimmed and the movie started, Granny Cast Member said over the speaker “That was close… they almost shut down the whole ride.” LOL! It was exciting. Stupid Family.
No rest time for us today (besides… dad already got his nap in at American Adventure) because it was their last day and we had stuff to do. It was time for Extra Magic Hours at Animal Kingdom. Ooooh! Magical! Dad and Debbie wanted to get in another ride on Everest and it sounded like a great idea to us. Mark had to use the restroom so he sent us on ahead. The line was just about non existent and we were on and off in no time. Mark met up with is and we all rode again. Wheeee! Such a fun ride. We got dinner at Flame Tree which Mark had been wanting to try since before our last trip. It was pretty good but nothing amazing (Mark may feel differently). Mostly I liked the view we had of Everest from our seating area which was pretty amazing!
Our picture by Everest.
Photopass people like to make you do weird things... LOL! But that's ok because we like to do them
We were going to go to Down Town Disney to try the Ghirardelli place but there is no bus from Animal Kingdom to DTD. Who knew?! Probably lots of people but we didn’t know. Once we got back to the hotel we didn’t feel like leaving again. It was late and we were tired. But it was the last day for dad and Debbie and we were not ready to say good-bye yet. So dad bought us all drinks at the pool side bar and we sat at a table and drank and chatted. After a while Debbie did some last minute gift shopping and we tried to stay outside but out of nowhere it started to pour. So we ran inside to “help” Debbie shop. After they finished we said our good-byes and gave our hugs. It was so great having them come! Then I walked a slightly buzzed Mark back to the room. Long Island Iced Tea… does it every time. Oh and P.S. Not even a tiny sunburn for the whole day! YEAH! Take that 50spf!!!
Breakfast was regular pancakes for Mark and chocolate pancakes for me… of course! Again with Dad and Debbie there, we had perfect bus timing as the Epcot bus was ‘rounding the corner as we stepped out the door. We headed next to All-Star Music (ASM just isn’t as funny…) to pick up some more people. As the bus pulled up, a lady had been kneeling on the ground at the bus stop. She was getting up and used one of the black temporary “poles” that make up part of the bus queue to support herself. You know the kind I’m talking about, they use them a lot at movie theaters and airports too. Anyway… she used that to balance herself only it wasn’t bolted down and she fell back onto her knee. She scraped it up a little but it was nothing major. BUT when her and her family got on board… were they ever loud! I have noticed on this trip that SOME (not to generalize too much) east coasters never learned to use their “indoor voices”. This lady and members of her family were split up on the bus so she was shouting to them across the whole bus and everyone in the bus “I CAN’T BELIEVE I DID THAT! WHY DID I GRAB ONTO THAT? IT WASN’T CEMENTED DOWN. THAT WAS STUPID OF ME! CAN YOU BELIEVE I DID THAT? I CAN’T!!” Aaaaaaaallllll the way to Epcot. LOL! But I did get to give her some antiseptic ointment that we’d been carrying around in a little First Aid kit I made in the backpack so I was pretty excited to get to use it.
Dad and Debbie at EpcotWe finally arrived at Epcot and ran away from Loud Lady and family. Unfortunately we could not take Dad and Debbie on Spaceship Earth because it was closed for the 3 days they were there. So we took them to ride the Nemo and Friends ride. Fun! Afterwards we took time to look at the cool sea life. I especially enjoyed looking at the dolphins and sea turtles. It was a very hot day out today so I suggested we stop at Club Cool or whatever its called now. I made sure to have the camera ready for the "Beverly Reaction". Heehee!
These pictures are PRICELESS!We hit up Test Track next and then dad really wanted to do Mission: Space. This ride worries me. I don’t like it all that much in the first place because its too small inside plus now I get to add into it the fear that if you have some unknown condition this ride may cause death. Not a fun thought as I’m already freaking out because I think I can’t breathe. But for dad, Mark and I decided to do it. Debbie sat it out and tried to get some more color on her legs. The rest of us did Team Orange (or whatever the MORE intense of the two is). And we all survived. Mark and I felt it was way more tame than last time we were on it even though we chose the more intense mission. And dad enjoyed it so I’d say the mission was a success.
The fun part of Test Track... doing the Test Dummy Dance.
Hmmm... Hippie Mickey. I wonder what he's got growing in his garden?We walked through the Butterfly Garden and then headed to the World Showcase. First we hit up the Mexico Pavilion and rode the Gran Fiesta Tour. We all really like this ride. And of course… the Three Caballeros’ song was again stuck in our heads. We headed to Germany and dad got a craving for red kraut. So he decided to see if Biergarten could get us in. And they could! We’d never been there before and it was so much fun! We loved everyone’s accents and the food was really good. The Oom-pah-pah band (which probably has a more culturally accurate name that I don’t know) was very fun and lively. Hearing them play the bells and the “Ricola” horns was a blast. I wish lederhosen would become fashionable here in the US because they’re just awesome. LOL! Lunch was great and Mark and I decided we’d for sure eat there again.
Mark gets into things with the German version of "cheers!". Tikki takki, tikki takki! Oy! Oy! Oy!In Japan I saw the Kaki Gori place open. Its Japanese shaved ice. I decided I wanted some and everyone else thought it sounded good too. Yes, I KNOW we just ate a huge meal at a buffet but it was hot out and Kaki Gori is just frozen water so it doesn’t count (just like calories don’t count on vacation. It’s a fact, people). It was really good! It was almost as good as the shaved ice I had in Hawaii. And as we walked past one of the other food carts the Japanese girls gave us the thumbs up. I guess they approved! We also stopped to watch the candy lady make a panda bear in 3.2 seconds. It was pretty impressive.
The photopass guy made us do this...American Adventure was next on our list. Mark and I sat on the nice cool marble ground to listen to the Voices of Liberty and then met back up with dad and Debbie to join the herd entering the theater. Moooooooo! The show was good. Last year when we saw it Mark fell asleep. This time he managed to stay awake and really enjoyed but all the excitement on Mark Twain and Ben Franklin put dad to sleep. At least he didn’t snore. LOL!
Poor Debbie's little feeties were hurting her at this time. I got to bust out my first aid kit again. Woo! Twice in one day!! We got her feet all taken care of and then we walked past a stand selling Crocs. Those crazy plastic shoes that everyone seems to be wearing at Disney World. I told her I heard they were really comfortable. She said my brother's girlfriend had a pair and she loved them. So she tried on a pair and proclaimed that they were indeed the worlds most comfortable shoe and bought a pair. Ok... I officially want to try on a pair now. I'm so intrigued.
We amuse ourselves while Debbie saves her feet in a pair of Crocs.Oh la la! After dad’s Nappy Time Adventure we headed to France. Dad loves France so he was really looking forward to going here. He wanted a Kir. He talked about it all week leading up to the trip so I was hoping they’d have them there. A kir (in case you are in the dark on this one) is a aperitif. It’s made with Crème de Cassis and white wine. As we wandered through gay Paris we found a PhotoPass person who took some great pictures of us all.
Ahhhh... young love in Paris!On the way out of France we found a little stand that served… Kir! Hooray!! The trip would be a success and even if it wasn’t… Dad wouldn’t remember because he’d of drank too much Kir. LOL! Dad ordered one for him and one for me. It was actually a Kir Royal as it used champagne. REAL champagne from France… thank you very much. It was very good and I shared mine with Mark.
Dad and I sip our Kir Royal.
He looks so Frenchy. He just needs a little jaunty scarf around his neck.
I feel so posh!Off to Canada, eh? Land of moose, hockey and beer. And maple! Mmmm… that’s what I got in Canada. Maple sugar candy. If you’ve never had this before, then you have no idea how good this is. Its like kissing an angel. An angel with sugary lips. The CM who helped me purchase them told me I had to share them with 5 strangers. Psh! She’s crazy! I’m not sharing my maple-y, sugary goodness with Joe Shmo off the street?! But I did share them with my posse.
All sugared up we headed towards Ellen’s Energy Adventure to see Stupid Judy and to learn about Stupid Energy. While we were boarding our moving theater vehicles a family decided at the very last minute they didn’t want to sit for so long even though Granny Cast Member working the ride told us a million times to make sure we didn’t have to pee or have ADD before we rode because it was long. Anyway… the family starts to meander slooooooowly from the front car walking sloooooowly back taking their time to smell the roses. I thought Granny Cast Member was going to have a heart attack! “Hurry up! Hurry up! Your going to make the ride shut down! Hurry!” As they finally stepped out the door, and the lights dimmed and the movie started, Granny Cast Member said over the speaker “That was close… they almost shut down the whole ride.” LOL! It was exciting. Stupid Family.
No rest time for us today (besides… dad already got his nap in at American Adventure) because it was their last day and we had stuff to do. It was time for Extra Magic Hours at Animal Kingdom. Ooooh! Magical! Dad and Debbie wanted to get in another ride on Everest and it sounded like a great idea to us. Mark had to use the restroom so he sent us on ahead. The line was just about non existent and we were on and off in no time. Mark met up with is and we all rode again. Wheeee! Such a fun ride. We got dinner at Flame Tree which Mark had been wanting to try since before our last trip. It was pretty good but nothing amazing (Mark may feel differently). Mostly I liked the view we had of Everest from our seating area which was pretty amazing!
Our picture by Everest. Photopass people like to make you do weird things... LOL! But that's ok because we like to do themWe were going to go to Down Town Disney to try the Ghirardelli place but there is no bus from Animal Kingdom to DTD. Who knew?! Probably lots of people but we didn’t know. Once we got back to the hotel we didn’t feel like leaving again. It was late and we were tired. But it was the last day for dad and Debbie and we were not ready to say good-bye yet. So dad bought us all drinks at the pool side bar and we sat at a table and drank and chatted. After a while Debbie did some last minute gift shopping and we tried to stay outside but out of nowhere it started to pour. So we ran inside to “help” Debbie shop. After they finished we said our good-byes and gave our hugs. It was so great having them come! Then I walked a slightly buzzed Mark back to the room. Long Island Iced Tea… does it every time. Oh and P.S. Not even a tiny sunburn for the whole day! YEAH! Take that 50spf!!!
2 comments:
I have a theory that the Ozone over Florida is still in tact and thats why we didn't get burnt to a crisp.
That was the best day ever! To have red cabbage and kir in the same day!! Wooohooo! We didn't even have to take Euro Star between Germany and France! I was so excited. Thanks for taking us all over. We love you guys!!!
Dad
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