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From: Rudeney on 9 Aug 2010 15:10
On 8/6/2010 3:42 PM, Keane wrote:
> On Thu, 5 Aug 2010 17:21:36 -0700 (PDT), Caren<drizzt(a)sgi.net> wrote:
>
>> At the bus stop we encountered a lady with two little boys who was non-
>> stop complaining about Disney--how she spent a ton of money and could
>> only get a pretzel to eat in Epcot because she didn't have
>> reservations and how she spent all her time traveling places and
>> waiting in line and how they saw hardly any attractions and how she
>> was sure the only ones who could manage to adequately plan a Disney
>> vacation belonged to a secret society of hyper-organized suburban
>> housewives.
>
> I don't have to wear pantyhose, do I?

Not unless you want to join the danceline.

>> We stopped at the custom T-shirt store to order shirts for Isaac and
>> some other kidlet relatives. The complainer was there telling us how
>> she read the book and watched the video and they never warned her she
>> needed reservations and she couldn't even get anything to eat at
>> Animal Kingdom Lodge where she was staying and when she ordered
>> something at the pool bar they wanted to know where to deliver the
>> order and how was she to know where to deliver the order, so they
>> didn't eat anything.
>
> Do you normally attract these people to you?

Sometimes I think all one has to do to attract these type of people is
breathe (although she does have a point about meals requiring
reservations and not being able to get more than a pretzel in Epcot).

>> Then we went for a browse through Once Upon a Toy and then it was time
>> for THE LEGO STORE, Isaac's prime goal of the day. His uncle and
>> grandmother suddenly needed to go find a drink, so I got to go to Lego
>> hell with him.
>
> So, you don't like the Lego Store?

Hey, Legos aren't for everyone! As much as I like them, deciding
between "visiting the Lego store" and "getting a drink" would be a
no-brainer (yes, it would be the latter).


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From: MitchB on 9 Aug 2010 15:29
"Caren" <drizzt(a)sgi.net> wrote in message
news:6cf211ae-3ef1-43ab-ade7-9d83cda630fd(a)m1g2000yqo.googlegroups.com...
> Wednesday, as promised, we slept in and had a leisurely breakfast--
> Mickey-shaped banana pancakes are getting to be a standard here. We
> followed this by a game of pinochle and eventually headed out to
> downtown Disney with the idea of a bit of shopping, a stop at the Earl
> of Sandwich, and Cirque du Soleil.
>
> At the bus stop we encountered a lady with two little boys who was non-
> stop complaining about Disney--how she spent a ton of money and could
> only get a pretzel to eat in Epcot because she didn't have
> reservations and how she spent all her time traveling places and
> waiting in line and how they saw hardly any attractions and how she
> was sure the only ones who could manage to adequately plan a Disney
> vacation belonged to a secret society of hyper-organized suburban
> housewives.

Yes, we have formed a secret organization. And we're going to take over the
world in an organized manner!

> then the complainer turned up and told me how there wasn't even an air
> conditioned place to cool off in Epcot. When I mentioned the many
> pavilions, she looked at me incredulously and said but she didn't have
> reservations. Eventually Isaac decided on a Star Wars set and we
> backtracked to the Earl of Sandwich to meet the other adults who had
> conveniently needed to pick up the T-shirts after drinks and were
> unable to join us in Lego hell.

Sounds like you've got a stalker!

> The only thing I have to say about Cirque, is that if you haven't seen
> it, you must.

Hope to!

> The key to a happy Disney vacation, I've decided, is to plan no more
> than one major activity a day.

But, but, but, that's against the secret society of hyper-organized suburban
housewives code of ethics!!

Michelle



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