P.O.T.C. On Stranger Rides! The Missing Chapter,,Final Thoughts,, Preview Thoughts.

[GrandBob]

Yay! The new and continuing adventures of Nebo and Smidgy

I am so in.

-Bob

 

[mboekhoff]

subbing

 

[Bee]

Here I was just strolling around the Dis... and what to my wondering eyes appears.......

A report from my favorite couple!!!!

I am so happy to see you my friend! Seems like forever. I am becoming a better person everyday.. thinner.. lol I have lost almost 100lbs since May.. yeah my own pounds.. lol I love reading about your trips. I am planning on a trip when my youngest is 21.. that will be the year I turn 50.. I think we will go in 2017.. a goal to look forward to.. (only 12 years after my last trip, now that sounds sad.. ) Maybe my and my girls will see you then.. we can always wish!!!!

I love ya my friend.

Write on my friend, write on!

Bee

 

[Backstage_Gal]

Bee, I found the pounds you lost At least a few of them. The create your own pasta bar at work is doing me in! Fettucine Alfredo with shrimp, YUM! And it's good for 2 meals (and about 7,500 calories)

Congrats on your weight loss, awesome achievement.

Nice to see so many familiar faces (names) here. I'm looking forward to all the stories.

 

[nebo]

Wow! Outstanding!
Lots of people checking in already, thank you, thank you.

Let's see, Dobby is correct, I did leave something out of my first intro only because it completely slipped my mind. (picture a lot of banana peels scattered around inside my head).

On explaining why this will be a diffferent "ride", I left
out the part of us quitting smoking. I have no idea what I'm going to do in the car for 2500 miles!

Plus, she now has one less chore; every time we stopped for gas it was her job to empty the ashtray.
This will really be strange, not running to our favorite smoking spots in the parks, or getting up from the lounger by the pool and looking for the DSA.

Yes, we are taking the Santa Fe again, this will be number 12 to Disney for the truckster.
And one time to Niagara Falls. (how did that get in here?)

Which now brings us to why I don't like doing pre trip reports.
I'e got two weeks to kill sitting here trying to keep your attention,,,, what do I write about?

I've got a feeling it's going to be two weeks of us staring at each other:

"Hi"



"How are ya?"

"Anything new?"

Ok, let's see,,,,
This trip was born in Disney, during a really crappy trip last December. Crap, born,,,,,,see? Origin of the Feces!

sorry

We went from doing battle in July with the Brazilian Tour Groups to freezing our buns off in early December.
It was near the end of the Dec. trip we started planning this one. Then, on New Years Eve my left eye decided it didn't want to play anymore, which started an ongoing battle with my retinal specialist.
On January 25th, we both quit smoking, me from almost 3 packs a day since I was 15 years old.

Our figuring said by September we will have deserved the trip, in part from all the money we saved from not smoking.
(right, that money went right to the retinal specialist)

Back to the planning:

Friends of ours have lots of DVC points and if we could we were going for BLT and AKL.
As we are planning this, what comes in the mail but a letter from Disney for 35% off whatever we want!

I hated to pass up the PIN code, but the point rentals for BLT and AKV were still cheaper than a mod with the PIN code, believe it or not.

So, one day in Kissimmee at a Knight's Inn or whatnot, followed by 6 nights at BLT and 6 nights at AKLV turned into one night at Music and then the DVC's.

But we really wanted 2 nights at Music to make it a package and hopefully get the free quick service dining, since we needed to buy new mugs anyway.

Then the weird code came out but you had to buy the photo pass thing for 99 bucks,,,, I tried to get it without the photopass but no luck.

However, since we now have the manager on the line, she could change us to our first choice, Movies, for two nights, and we did.

This lasted for a whole month, until we decided to move things up a day, so I called to see if we could add a day to Movies.
We could.

Now, I have had on my dresser a popcorn can from a past Christmas,,,,this is where my extra pocket change goes when I think of it,,,,,,,for over 10 years now,
and I cashed it in.

A bit more in there than I thiought,,,,,,,521,,,,the bank took 5 to run it through their counter.

I hadn't even gotten the 4 blocks home before I was already wondering if they would let us upgrade to CBR still using the 35% off code that has now long since expired.

We talked about it, I called and they did.
We requested Jamaica, second floor.

We love CBR, yes, it's too big, but it's the cheeriest resort on property.

And that's how crap starts.

I guess that's about it for now, coming up we'll have the always exciting itinerary of where we plan to eat! MAMA, HOLD ME DOWN!

 

[Echo queen]

In Wdw now look forward to catching up on your report.

 

[jcc0621]

Yay! I'm here Can't wait to read more. I'm espceially excited becasue if you notice, my ticker our trip has moved up a whole year and we are staying at CBR. We are going with the pirate room. With an 8 year old it is must

 

[pkondz]

Well Hi there! Shall we begin?

Diane: It's fine, for once we don't have to pretend to be nocturnal, so where's the bag?

me: What bag?

she who must not be disturbed: DON"T MESS WITH ME,
WHERE IS IT?

nebo: Ok, ok, it's downstairs.

I think.

her: SHOW ME, better yet, let's both of us walk it out to the '
car right now!

Have you seen "Take the Money and Run" yet? at the beginning of the show a briefcase is handcuffed to a contestant's hand and the key is given to the other. I saw this and immediately thought, "Hey, that's what Smidgy should do with Nebo and his magical bathroom bag." Now all Smidgy needs is a set of handcuffs and ... what? Don't go there? Okay, moving on...

me: Really, it's ok, I won't forget it ag....

Godzilla: What part of "Now" didn't you understand?

Oh, boy. Ohhhh, boy. You just called her what? You are so going to be in trouble.

"Ok, now, walk in front of me and place it behind the seat where the bag usually goes."

"Don't you mean, "Where the sun doesn't shine", I cleverly responded.

When you bend over to place said bag in car, please follow these helpful instructions.
1. Hold bag in right hand.
2. Open car door with left hand.
3. Release car door.
4. Bend over to place bag in desired location with right hand while simultaneously covering critical body area with left hand.
5. Be glad that it was your hand that was just kicked and not aforementioned critical body area.

"MOVE"! "One, two threee four. There she was, just a walkin down the street singin Do wah Diddy Diddy dum DIddy do."

She looked good (looked good), she looked fine (looked fine)
She looked good, she looked fine and I nearly lost my mind

See if you had just kept going, you might have survived the "Godzilla" comment, but noooooo.....

It's my fault:

Quick! Smidgy! Get a copy of this before he edits it out!

…we pulled back into the driveway with me still shaking and unable to wipe that bit of drool still clinging to my chin.

I have soooo many things I could say here… but I’ll restrain myself…


This time.

Sep. 6,7,8,,,,,,,,,,Caribbean Beach Resort with no park days scheduled, just a lot of hangin by the pool, maybe dinner at DD, and hopefully some karaoke at the Swan.

That’s it! I am outta…

Wait, wait, come back! Ok, we'll leave out the karaoke part.

Smart move.

Then, 9,10, 11, 12, 13, and 14th at Bay Lake Towers, it looks like it will be with a Lake View.

And finally, the 15th thru the 20th at AKL, Jambo House, standard room.

All kidding aside, that sounds like one mighty fine vacation!

No, that's not Pirates of the Caribbean, it's P.O.T.C......I think the better acronym would be Paying off the Cards,,,as in Credit!

I feel your pain.

This will be my 15th time driving this 2500 mile round trip… Before you ask, yes, Diane does most of the driving around town and such, but she's not a highway driver and it's best to leave it that way. Besides, I have always loved the drive down, I just might have to pay a bit more attentiion this time.

And besides, you get to terrify her too, right? "Hey Diane! Guess which eye I'm driving with now!"

Luckily, we know this route like the back of our hands. (wait a minute, where did all these dark spots come from?)

Well there ya go. Just put the Santa Fe on cruise and let it take care of the drive. It must know the way by now!

I think I can guarantee there will be some blood on this trip, some pain, also, always is,,,,,,,but we can always count on a bunch of laughs, that's got to be a "Given" here or I'm not playin'.

Yup! To all the above!

And yes, she will laugh when later on she reads that part where I referred to her as Godzilla, right? RIGHT?

Good luck, sir.

ok, you left out the most important change, but I guess you are leaving that for later, so I will not ruin it for you. some of you already know this monumentous difference in this trip, but let's let nebo tel it in his own way.

Ah! A cliffhanger! And the adventure hasn’t even started yet.

I think you;ll agree (and I do so grudgingly), he does have a way with words.

so, with no further ado,let me get this out of the way as soon as possible:... ouch! that hurt!

Oh my gosh, Diane! Are you okay!?!?

godzilla (I liked Dobby better) wants to know why you posted that really cute picture of me, than posted a "fat" picture. you should know better. Oh! I know why.. because YOU look good in that shot.

Nope, gotta disagree with you on this one. You both look great, in both pics.

(and the battle begins, my friends.....)

And looking forward to it!

Ok I'm here.. let's get this party started.
I did miss a lot of you!

Me too! Can’t wait for all the fun!

 

[Backstage_Gal]

Ponzi, great to see you here

 

[JKMJ441724]

 

[pkondz]

Let's see, Dobby is correct, I did leave something out of my first intro only because it completely slipped my mind. (picture a lot of banana peels scattered around inside my head).

Hunh. Funny, that's pretty much exactly the way I pictured it. Go figure!

On explaining why this will be a diffferent "ride", I left
out the part of us quitting smoking. I have no idea what I'm going to do in the car for 2500 miles!

I thought that's what it might be. Congrats to you guys for sticking with it!

Plus, she now has one less chore; every time we stopped for gas it was her job to empty the ashtray.

I just had this vision of Smidgy standing, ashtray in hand, in front of the garbage can, with a confused 'what do I do now' expression on her face!

This will really be strange, not running to our favorite smoking spots in the parks, or getting up from the lounger by the pool and looking for the DSA.

Oh, man! You mean you'll actually have to relax? That's horrible!

Yes, we are taking the Santa Fe again, this will be number 12 to Disney for the truckster.
And one time to Niagara Falls. (how did that get in here?)

18,000 years ago southern Ontario was covered by ice sheets 2-3 kilometers (that's about 720 miles) thick. As they advanced southward the ice sheets gouged out the basins of the Great Lakes. Then as they melted northward for the last time they released vast quantities of meltwater into these basins.

The Niagara Peninsula became free of the ice about 12,500 years ago. As the ice retreated northward, its meltwaters began to flow down to the sea. There were originally 5 spillways from Lake Erie to Lake Ontario. Eventually these were reduced to one, the original Niagara Falls, at Queenston-Lewiston. From here the Falls began its steady erosion through the bedrock.

However, about 10,500 years ago this process was interrupted. The glacial meltwaters were rerouted through northern Ontario, bypassing the southern route. For the next 5,000 years the Niagara River was reduced to about 10% of its current flow, and a much-reduced Falls stalled in the area of the Niagara Glen.

About 5,500 years ago the meltwaters were once again routed through southern Ontario, restoring the river and Falls to their full power. Then the Falls reached the Whirlpool.

It was a brief and violent encounter, lasting only weeks, maybe even only days. In this moment the Falls of the youthful Niagara River intersected an old riverbed, one that had been buried and sealed during the last Ice Age. The Falls turned into this buried gorge, tore out the glacial debris that filled it, and scoured the old river bottom clean.

The Falls then re-established at about the area of the Whirlpool Rapids Bridge, and resumed carving its way through solid rock to its present location.

Well... you asked. Oh! You wanted to know how that trip got there... Nevermind.

Which now brings us to why I don't like doing pre trip reports.
I'e got two weeks to kill sitting here trying to keep your attention,,,, what do I write about?

I've got a feeling it's going to be two weeks of us staring at each other:

"Hi"

“Hey”

"How are ya?"

“Good. You?”

"Anything new?"

“Nope. How ‘bout you?”

This trip was born in Disney, during a really crappy trip last December. Crap, born,,,,,,see? Origin of the Feces!

Now we just have to wait and see how long into your trip before it hits the fan!

Friends of ours have lots of DVC points and if we could we were going for BLT and AKL…So, one day in Kissimmee at a Knight's Inn or whatnot, followed by 6 nights at BLT and 6 nights at AKLV turned into one night at Music and then the DVC's… change us to our first choice, Movies, for two nights, and we did…so I called to see if we could add a day to Movies… I was already wondering if they would let us upgrade to CBR

Isn’t that the way it always is? We’ll just spend $5 and watch a Disney DVD. Well since we’re already spending $5 we might as well make it $7… which is pretty much $10… At some point you wind up with a three week stay at the Grand Floridian in a two bedroom suite overlooking the Magic Kingdom wondering how your kids will pay for college now… Actually, that’s not a bad idea…

Now, I have had on my dresser a popcorn can from a past Christmas,,,,this is where my extra pocket change goes when I think of it,,,,,,,for over 10 years now,
and I cashed it in.

10 YEARS! I’m lucky if I can do that for 10 days!

A bit more in there than I thiought,,,,,,,521,,,,the bank took 5 to run it through their counter.

Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! Are you telling me that a bank made you pay $5 to do a normal everyday banking transaction? You were charged a fee? No! Say it isn’t so!

I guess that's about it for now, coming up we'll have the always exciting itinerary of where we plan to eat! MAMA, HOLD ME DOWN!

Ooohhh, the suspense is killing me.

 

[pkondz]

Ponzi, great to see you here

Hi Marita!
Thanks for the heads up but Nebo beat you to it. Betcha he's regretting that now!

 

[Angelrose]

YAYYYYYY!!! Another Nebo report. Can't wait.

 

[ddstratton]

Oh, another Nebo report!! I love reading your reports.

 

[tiggerwannabe]

Yay! You'll be there the same time as mini-me!

Our girl child and her boy toy are headed to POFQ on 9/11, flying down the night before and staying at my Mom's place in Kissimmee. I havent booked it yet but am planning to splurge on her and send her and the boy to Uni for the second half of that week.

You will know her if you happen to see her, it's all in the face <3

 

[Rozz]

nebo and smidgy! Lookin' good, lookin' good!! So, let's get this show on the road!

 

[fsmith2845]

Welcome back into the fold Nebo and Smidgy.. I'm sooo in. have missed reading about your adventures in the world.

We too are still recovering from freezing our butts, and other parts off last December.. We finally thawed out (of course the 100+ deg days here in Virginia def. helped that). But being the gluttons for punishment that we seem to be, we're going again in December.. this time the week before Christmas.. yep and coming home Christmas day.. (Sure hope Santa finds us). Oh and we're staying at OKW this time!!


I really look forward to hearing the stories from your upcoming trip.. Wish we could be there...

Oh and the really best part of this trip.. it's a surprise for DD9.. (well so far anyway)..

 

[pkondz]

Lookin' good, lookin' good!!

My Blue Heaven, 1990, Steve Martin, Rick Moranis, Joan Cusack. Great movie.

 

[mmeb144]

You're alive!

So glad to see you're back writing trippies. AND 7.5 months without smoking.

 

[TigerTown]

Hello again my friend...looking forward to the many adventures of Nebo!


BTW...you can have Maggs back now. I think were done with him