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In flight wifi is offered on very few flights and is quite expensive! But Delta wants in on 330 flights on the end of the year. Right now its just on JFK, Logan, and Reagan flights.

Yep that was Space Mountain! I stayed on it after the cast member stopped the ride and made me get under just the one lap bar. The only coaster I was too tall for was Raging Sprits in Tokyo Disney. They didn't let me on the first time but I came back later and tried a second time and got on!

OH great! thanks big mike for the warning!!!! Anyway here are the rest of the pictures! It was a long day at both Disney parks, we were there from open to close!!!!! I used to live in SoCal and could hear the fireworks every night when I was at home, so it was a great feeling to be back! i will end this TP with a pic of our cat...he has nothing to do with our trip...he is just really cool!! Bonus points to you if you know what kind of cat he is???????? Any guesses???? Thanks for checking out our report!!!!!!! Jeffrey, April, and Parker We have to take this pic every time we visit a Disney park, let me explain why. When I started dating my wife, she had NEVER been on a vacation before and she was 35 years old! She said she wanted to go to SoCal so I planned the trip and went to Disney one day. She didnt want to go at first because she thought is was all kid stuff. Well, she fell in love with it the moment we walked in! She had watched Disney movies all the time as a kid when they were on TV as a way to escape the horrible childhood she was experiencing. Then, to get to ride all these rides erased all the bad memories and replaced them with good ones! She was crying so hard as we walked down Main street to leave at midnight!!! Since then we have been to 9 different disney parks and have taken this same picture as often as we can!!!! We also got engage at WDW at Rose and the Crown right before the fireworks went off! So Disney has a very special place in our hearts:) We made a sop to visit some friends on the way to the airport. I sucked at this shooting ride also. This is what the top of Splash looks likes, but really blurry. This was my first time on the ride since this was added. This is my favorite scene in Pirates! Dead men tell no tales I love this ride...but I hate its cousin,dinosaur, in Florida! They had to stop the ride for me because I was not in the lap bars properly. I had one leg under each bar...when you are 6'3" that is much more comfy....but I guess not as safe I hate this ride...always have. I always shut my eyes the entire time so I dont throw up. I know Parker needs a haircut...but he does look cool in this pic! We are the dorks in the back. OK. Please help us settle a bet. Look at the person in the queue with the UFC sweatshirt on. Is it a man or a woman?????? He/she had shaved legs and gold earrings, but also a UFS sweatshirt and a fedora hat on!! Help us decide! And he/she had 2 boys...one had a mullet and the other had a rat tail...my luck they were probably from my home town!!! Cast you vote! MAN....WOMAN???? My family looks like they are in that tunnel at Universal that makes you think you are leaning but you are really going straight. Parker weighs much more now than he did when he was 4 and we did this all the time! The last TOT we rode was in Tokyo...at least I could understand the story this time!!! I am not sure what I am looking at in this pic If you have been on TOT you know what this is. TOT queue Monsters was a cool dark ride!!! This ride was awesome!!!! but I suck at shooting games and Parker kicked my butt!!!! Also it has closed captions, and as an interpreter I think is awesome! I am sure my wife loves this pic also! I usually dont like launched coasters, but this was really good!!!! This was much better than I expected!!! When Parker found out we were going to California, his first thought was he was going to visit Alcatraz....well this is as close as we came to SF. The tram ride in. I had to go back to the car later and ride the tram by myself. Then on the way back in I helped this old woman change her flat tire on her mini van and was dirty the rest of the day!

OK here is my guess.... Tempo is an air france product and they offer a package where you can transit thru Thailand(my favorite country) and the country code for Thailand is 66(hence the picture of route 66). The only thing that is throwing me is that Air France doesnt operate out of termianl 2 of LAX, but their partner airline KLM does..... anyway thats my guess!

Hello everyone! Our trial just broke for lunch and I just wanted to say thanks for all the wonderful comments! We are very blessed to have jobs where we are able to do a trip like this, and for a son that is grateful he got to go! Yes, I am an ASL interpreter, so is my wife. We own an interpreting company called Hands to Hear and work mostly in the hospitals, courts, and jails. I got my secret service clearance many years ago and have been able to interpret for the last three presidents that's my favorite part about the job! My comment about Disney being busy was totally tongue in cheek the talking heads on the news say everyday how bad of a situation we are in, but people are still coming to Disney which is great! The OCC comment was totally right and I didn't even think of it that way Sometimes trends take awhile to hit the midwest, so next year at this time I guess people will be wearing their ed hardy stuff here! I have to say thanks to all the TPR members who post here. I have learned so much about how to plan out the days at the park and the things to make sure not to miss! Our trip would not of benn near as good if it was not for you all! THANKS! Jeffrey

I have to interpret an arson trial early in the morning, so I will post the rest of the pics tomorrow. Thanks for looking! Post a reply if you want!

Here is the rest of Sunday at Medieval Times. The entrance After dinner we went and got some ice cream. My wife said our knight was the best looking one there. Whatever. they should of had some hot princesses or something! This was my sons favorite part, where they beat the crap out of each other and huge sparks flew into the stands! I think this was the king guy. Their knight SUCKED! We sat in the blue knight section. He kicked butt! The menu This is us trying to look as UNdorky as possible with the hats on! We got upgraded and they gave us this cool stuff! And use cool weapons! Your get to wear cool hats!

Last summer Big Mike stayed at our place while he was here in Kansas City going to Worlds of Fun. Ever since then our son Parker has been asking to go on a coaster trip. My wife and I started planning several months ago for this trip. We told him nothing at all about it!!!! I used some of our FF miles and SPG points so the flights and hotel were free!!!! Then last friday we picked him up from school and told him we had to go run an errand. I pulled into the long term parking lot at the airport while he was busy with his Ipod. My wife and I got into he back seat with him and said HAPPY BIRTHDAY and gave him his boarding pass!!!!! He stared screaming and running out of the car he was so excited!!!! Here is a quick breakdown of our trip. Friday night fly to LAX Saturday SFMM Sunday surf lessons and dinner at Medieval Times Monday California Adventure and Disneyland Tuesday fly home I will let the pictures tell most of the story, but If wanted to first just share some opinions about the trip in no particular order: *Many people at SFMM were wearing Ed Hardy shirts, while having no tattoos at all. This was weird to me....why pay $70 for a t shirt about a legendary tattoo artist while you have no work done yourself?? * There were several people that had really nice looking tattoo work done and NO ed hardy shirt * if you are a white guy with no rhythm, please do not try to dance to the music in the queue for Riddlers Revenge. Nobody wants to see that, I promise! * There was a ton of PDA going on at SFMM. Maybe its because I am from Missouri and we really dont do that here, but I really dont want to see you grinding on your girlfriend in the queue for Log Jammer! *The hordes of people at Disneyland didnt get the memo that the economy sucks! *Besides the space shuttle, X2 has to be one of the most complicated machines ever made. It broke down several times while we were there, and after we stood in line for a hour and forty minutes it quit running for the entire day. * in n out is a much better burger joint than anyplace we have here in MO *If you go to Medieval Times, dont get really drunk and start cussing at the green night while flipping him off. Nobody wants their kids to see that. * the best quote of the trip came from my son " Disneyland is WAY better than Worlds of Fun!" Thanks for checking out our trip....here are the pics! beach football was awesome! Parker and the surfing pro Jason. This is after the surfing lesson. For you ACER's out there who are not quite sure what surfing is. It involves lots of physical exertion and you cant eat while you are doing it. This was our surf shop place. Our pro surfer guy Jason was great! The water was freezing!!!!!! Sunday was the beach day! I am sure my wife will love that I posted this one! We had to try on the silly hats. I really liked this ride. It caused some chaffing, but it was still fun! The wife and kid rode this...Dad is a wuss and didnt! She was successful! My wife was trying to get us wet. This is where it was stuck for the rest of the day. The line for X2 Our first stop. The exit for SFMM is all screwed up! It took 40 minutes to get to the park once we were off the highway! Our rental car was a convertible! At the airport ready to GO!!!!

^ if it is a wet, we dont mind going at all!!! I just really hope they dont shut down the whole park!!! can anyone give me some alternate things to do in case it is closed??? Does universal stay open in the rain??? Thanks again.

I have a question since everyone has been talking about the weather at SFMM. We will be there saturday the 28th and right now, a week away, the weather channel is saying showers for that day. I have no idea what "showers" means for SoCal????? Where I live in the Midwest, a shower is really nothing at all, we do get really bad thunderstorms, but when it says showers its more like a light sprinkle.....is it the same for SoCal? I also know that it is a week away and the forecast can change a lot in that week! Thanks in advance, Jeffrey

I knew I had a pic of that fastpass line. For everyone who has not been there before, the actual fastpass machine is way to the left of this picture, and the end of the line is on that bridge on the upper right!

Were you there right at the opening and see all the people run for the TOT fastpass line???? That was totally insane! We have traveled a lot around Asia and have found the Japanese to be very calm and polite......but when that rope dropped all that went out the window!!!! I think I still have a pic of how crazy long the line was. But, it was fun to have the Japanese people take my picture with them and the characters.....they thought it was funny I was taller than all them with costumes on. These two girls walked around the park with us for awhile.

I am even having a hard time trying to explain it to you lol 1. Hit profile on top of the screen under FAQ. 2. Then hit profile again, but not the same profile button you hit the last time, this one is midscreen. 3. Then hit signature. 4. add the code I gave everyone in the original post to the empty field. (I cant put the code here now or it just shows the banner) That should be it, any problems, let me know! Peace, Big Mike thats exactly what I did!!!! Maybe i need to ride the short bus to SoCal in a few weeks instead on flying in the plane! I will keep working at it

Hey big mike! Parker will be so excited to ride your favorite coaster! Glad you are still meeting hot ladies!!!!!! I hope my new signature works!

Hey Rob, i emailed you back about the payment for the second hoodie we got. My pay pal shows it went thru. But, the first one my wife bought took a long time to get to us so I assume you didnt get the payment right away from that one to! Anyway, check your email, and thanks for letting me know whats going on! Jeffrey

Done!

Well I was so excited about my new hoodie, then I put it on and realized that my wife bought me a Large! at 6'3" and 200 lbs a larger isnt going to work! So now it became my wife's and rob is getting another $20 to send me the right size!

Mine came in the mail today!!!!! I had no idea my wife bought me one! She is awesome!

Thanks for the advice! Totally forgot about toy story! We will hit that also! Thanks for telling me about the soarin fastpass on the way! We will probably do screamin, toy story, tower, then use fastpass for soarin then head to DL....that sound like it would work? Thanks again! Jeffrey

We are taking our son to california for his birthday at the end of February. We are going to SFMM on a Saturday, then plan on going to Disneyland on Monday March 2nd. I was thinking about getting the one day hopper passes for us. At DCA we would probably only go on Tower, Screaming, and Soaring, then spend the rest of the day at DL. Since Dl closes at 8pm, would we be able to do those 3 rides at DCA, then still have enough time left over to enjoy DL( the wife and I have been to DL maybe 5 times and our son once)??????? Thanks in advance for your help, Jeffrey BTW, I am using our disney reward dollars so the tickets really are costing me nothing our of pocket.

I LOVE the plastic mold machine too!!! We had one at the zoo here in KC and I remember getting something from it every time we went! I can still remember the smell!!!!

Thanks everyone....I will keep checking back!

I hope this sint too far off topic....... I am taking my son to sfmm the last weekend of feb. We are flying in from Kansas City just to go to the park. He has no idea we are going, just going to pick him up from school that day and drive to the airport Anyway, can anybody tell me what the crowd levels are like at the end of feb usually? My son is 8 and really wants to ride X2 so as long as that is open that will make his trip! Anything else important I should know about the park before we head out? Thanks in advance, Jeffrey

ok....so we bought this yesterday and are having a blast with it! Here is our info Friend Code 3910 1381 6901 Town PAJville Name Jeffrey I am not sure at all how to play!!!!!!! I input several different peoples info from here but I cant invite you over or send you a letter!!!!! How does this work? Do we BOTH have to have each others info plugged in, then it will work??? Also, we have wii speak....have not used that function yet either, so any help would be appreciated!!!!! Jeffrey

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