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Uh oh... I feel like a need to fess-up. As much as I'd like to be a coveted Enthusiast, I'm afraid I was among the Party Poopers. (I admit it... I need more sleep than my eight-year-old!) I was so tired after our PP meet that I snuck back to the hotel, as we were getting up at 4 a.m. for the WOD Annual Passholder sale. But gee, I sure am grateful to be ranked among the elite... if only for a fleeting moment!!!
Great update, as usual, Joanie! Come back with more soon!
What *was* I doing in the American Adventure -- maybe I was just scolding someone (as I'm want to do) or maybe I had a wedgie.
As for being an enthusiast or a weanie... as much as I used to be a weanie, I was totally up for Soarin' with the gang, but I didn't want to do the stumble-in-the-dark wake-up-my-roomies thing -- they were bushed. Plus, I would've missed when Sharon called Larry "Bob" and that was a stinkin' riot!
Not the most efficient, but it was free and we weren’t driving..
That should be the tag line for Disney transportation! Perfect!
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She gets a prize for the most optimism towards warm Florida weather. I am usually the last one to put on shoes, but I was now in socks AND shoes and a jacket and scarf and gloves. Bravo Lesley.
I knew that if she made it that night, we would never see shoes on her for this trip!
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My first photo I tried to get all the group from behind me, as it was Eileeeeen and myself in the front. Only I got just Sharon. So, I apologize Sharon, when I announced, it was “just Sharon”. Not that I didn’t want your lovely face in the photo, I was trying to get the group. It was not “I got a rock” moment.
Sharon, you'll never be a rock. A rock star maybe . . . but never a rock.
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Our group finished up finally after ALL the boats were cleaned of trash with those trash pick up sticks. One.Piece.At.A.Time. Per.Boat. Finally.
That's. Exactly. What. It. Felt. Like.
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Okay, group adventure #2. Let’s go ride Soarin. This is where we separate the Enthusiasts from the Party Poopers.
Uh oh.
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This looks like an Enthusiast to you, doesn’t it???? NOT! She’s a Party Pooper! Jill’s Mary Devall puts her to shame!
Mary Devall would have gone with you guys and told me that she would see me in the morning.
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We had the top row and it was a fabulous last ride.
The Godiva had chocolate liqueurs and the Austrian one had “Mozart Liqueurs”, and I’d been saving them for a special occasion. So, this was a special occasion, we were cold in Florida! So, we each chose a “warmer” for our coffees. I think I got milk chocolate, and I don’t know what the others chose, but it was very tasty with the Skinny Vanilla latte. Kind of chocolate and vanilla. Two, two treats in one! And these shall be called HAB's. For Hot Adult Beverages!
Now that was a FAB-ulous idea!
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Louise is a former teacher. Can you hear her teacher voice?
She's saying "That's really funny, little boy. Now face forward and get ready to SCREAM!!!"
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She’ll have to do her own TR to let you know who they were. Someone interviewed her for their podcast and I thought she was going to faint. I’m sure she’s downloaded it to her iPod, never to be removed.
Who knew that Louise was a podcaster groupie!
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The elephants were exceptionally active, running, jumping and leaping, playing elephant games.
Okay, I lost it here. Are those similar to reindeer games?
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We were stalking the exit area, when out of the corner of my eye I spy, Eileeeeen! And Sharon! And Lesley! And Jill! And Bob and Larry!
Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!
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Okay, now if that didn’t frighten my sister, I don’t know what would. We were all huggin and introducin and huggin some more. And there may have been some tiara envy too, I'm just sayin.
Could you tell?
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So, we decided we needed something FUN to drink. I know you all saw Eileen’s photos of her as Nepali Girl.
I am loving this picture!
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And heard Jill’s SOUTHERN accent. She says she’s surprised by how tall I am. I’m surprised by her accent. But not anymore. Now I know how she sounds. And don't you just love our trashcan tables??? So interchangeable!
I'm so glad that you posted a picture of my trash can table -- I miss it so. Now you are taller than me (and I still love you despite that fact), but do you really think that I have a southern accent? To myself, I sound like a midwesterner.
Mary Jean kept asking if these were safe rides. I kept assuring her that she was fine. Don’t read the small print. We didn’t mention any previous fatalities on any of the rides.
Oh my gosh! You are killing me! And the real kicker is that I can hear you saying all of this - - I even have the "pauses" inserted at the appropriate times. Of course, the fact that I'm sipping a glass of wine doesn't hurt.
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We all loved the themeing, and the fact that dusting is as good as done at my house.
Mary Devall is the official duster at my house now - - just give her a call if you need help. All she requires is a fun and festive Swiffer duster.
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We had earlier discussed Eileen’s encounter on ToT when she got groped by a stranger. We all got the back row. Mary Jean was in between me and Louise. At one point, Mary Jean is gripping Louise’s thigh, “just to make sure she was okay”, while screaming like a sissy girl. I achieved some air on the ride, loved it. We made several drops.
I only clung on to Eileen's arm on the first ride, but I got a piece of thigh on my second ride with her (and from Lesley too). Maybe I should ride beside Mary Jean and we could hug each other like sissy girls.
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We got into our car quite quickly, and again, Mary Jean asked if she was going to have a heart attack. No way, as as I pull a harnass over my head. A harnass, because you go fast and sideways and round and round. No heart attack for you!
Joanie says NO heart attack, so there will be no heart attacks.
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But we got dinner and a show, because the grandma in the front seat of this car was the victim of her grandson, who kept putting stuff on her head and in her hair during the movies. Straws, straw wrappers, napkins. I guess she had enough hairspray on that she never felt it.
OMG! I would have been mesmerized!
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Now at this point, you all are probably thinking, they are deficient in their FAB count! I think I may have made that statement after Star Tours, so we walked around the corner to Sci-Fi and we all made a selection from the lovely attendant at the cart in front. My FAB choice was NOG! Nothing says Merry Christmas to Me like a nice cuppa Frosty Adult Egg Nog! Mary Jean got the Snowball
and Louise got the Winter Wonderland.
All very good choices. My Nog did not come with the glow cube, however, Mary Jean and Louise got it in theirs. All very tasty and we were feeling all “holiday-ish”.
Eileen, Sharon, Heather, Lesley, Bob and Larry!!! This is the FAB bar that we were looking for across from Sci Fi that night! Those bums shut it down early that night on us! I would have loved a nog that night! Next year we get our FAB before entering the lights! Joan, you're leading the way!
I'm all caught up with your marvelous TR and in need of more.
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Eileen, Sharon, Heather, Lesley, Bob and Larry!!! This is the FAB bar that we were looking for across from Sci Fi that night! Those bums shut it down early that night on us!
Yeah... right.... we believed you, Jill. Honestly... we did.
Eileen
PS - emergency meeting of the ELC required... and somebody bring the ballots.
do you really think that I have a southern accent? To myself, I sound like a midwesterner.
I forgot that Joan had mentioned this, but agreed...to me, you definitely do not sound like a midwesterner. I talk to a lot of Southerners in my job, and you sound just like one of 'em!
I admit it. I was a party pooper! My dogs were barking loud enough to be heard over Illuminations. I did enjoy walking the ladies back to the BC and I was so tired it took me a minute to register that I had been called "Bob".
The plan was for me to “jump” up out of bed, quickly shower, and head over to HS to ride ToT with the CLQ-1, Bob and Larry, and my new friends from the night before. Oh I had such big plans to join them. We even PM’d back and forth before we left Maryland. I could get up early and out of there! Why, I get up every morning at 5:45 to drive my girls to high school before I go to work!
Okay, what really happened is that I could not get my big butt out of bed. Mentally and physically. I waved the white flag. I surrender now that I am not in my 20’s. Or 30’s. And am finishing up those 40’s. I can’t run with the Big Dogs anymore. Or Mary Devall from the sound of Jill’s TR’s.
I lifted my very tired head off the pillow at 8:45 am, the longest I’ve slept in for a while. And then when I went to swing my feet over the edge of the bed, my feet screamed at me to never.ever.walk.on.them.again. I looked over at Mary Jean, and she was snoring to beat the band. OMG, when she’s tired, she does more than snore. She snorgggghhhhhhs. Louise, who has been freezing the entire time we’ve been there, is sleeping in almost all of her clothes, and a sweatshirt. And a shawl she found in the closet that was Mary Jean’s. We even got her extra blankets from the resort staff. Oh yeah, we’re just a bunch of wild women. We snore, our feet ache and we are cold like my 85-year-old aunt!
I saw that I had received a text from Sharon checking to see if I was going to meet them for the ToT group ride. My feet hurt so badly, I couldn’t read anything till a ate some Advil. Mary Jean got up and crawled to the bathroom. OMG what have we done to our feet????? Mary Jean offered to get the coffees while I crawled to the shower. Perhaps scalding hot water on them might make the pain go away.
Once everyone was showered and layered for the day, we put on Band-Aids and moleskins in appropriate places. Coffees were turned into HAB’s, for medicinal purposes, naturally. We are ready ladies! Our speed out the door is more turtles like instead of the commando way of previous mornings.
First up, we monorailed it over to Epcot. We have many places to be today, and many FABs to partake. We entered the looooong turnstiles and Louise had a friend sighting. Not actually a friend, but someone she audited at work. And he’s cute. And not in a suit. And Louise is, well, in a tiara and ponytail. And a coat. She’s like, great. He sees “Disney Nerd” all over me! They talk and we find out he’s brought his parents! How sweet!
But we have things to do and move on! First up, we get Soarin FP’s for 3:30ish. Handled, we head over to World Showcase, cause we heard about these mmmmmahvelous FABs in France.
It’s about 10:45 am. Is that too early for a FAB? Well, apparently it is, because the kiosk does not open till 11:00 am.
So we went into the Patisserie. OMG. We have to have something if we are getting those FABs soon.
So I got the veggie quiche, because I’m feeling vegetable deficient. I have really been eating total carbs this trip and need something of substance. And cheese. Cause who doesn’t like cheese?
And then, the most beloved kiosk in all of Epcot opened. Que in the Hallelujah Chorus here.
My selection is
The Grey Goose Lemonade Slushy. OMG. Frozen Loveliness. Fantastic presentation. The most alcohol we’ve noticed so far in our quest.
Mary Jean and Louise opted for some Vitamin C, in the form of the Grand Marnier Slushy. Equally fabulous.
We now are going to make our way over to the Beach Club to find Passporter Love.
Only, we are having a hard time walking and drinking ladylike with big frozen drinks. Mary Jean accidentally snorts hers, while laughing and talking and walking at the same time. Her nose got redder as we walked along. We got many comments about our tiaras And FABs. I do believe there was combination tiara/FAB envy.
Up Next: Louise stalks the Pod People, Passporter Love, and Louise Takes Off A Layer.
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I talk to a lot of Southerners in my job, and you sound just like one of 'em! 
Okay, what really happened is that I could not get my big butt out of bed. Mentally and physically. I waved the white flag. I surrender now that I am not in my 20’s. Or 30’s. And am finishing up those 40’s. I can’t run with the Big Dogs anymore. Or Mary Devall from the sound of Jill’s TR’s. 
I looked over at Mary Jean, and she was snoring to beat the band. OMG, when she’s tired, she does more than snore. She snorgggghhhhhhs. Louise, who has been freezing the entire time we’ve been there, is sleeping in almost all of her clothes, and a sweatshirt. And a shawl she found in the closet that was Mary Jean’s. We even got her extra blankets from the resort staff. Oh yeah, we’re just a bunch of wild women. We snore, our feet ache and we are cold like my 85-year-old aunt! 
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