dandaman

Actually, that was taken after Wishes... I was at the back of the park right between the Speedway and the Toontown sign, on my stomach, trying to set up my tripod to take some decent shots of the pyro off the train flatcar. Currently working on MK...

"How soon hath Time, the subtle thief of youth, Stolen on his wing my eighteenth year!" Well, it's time for another WDW photo TR, straight from my twisted mind to your desktop. Brace yourselves for all of the joygasms that are sure to be experienced by all Disney fans, and also purveyors of shameless puns and that's-what-she-said jokes. For 18 years I've made it a point to let my parents know that I'm the only family member who hasn't celebrated their birthday at Disney; February just wasn't a convenient time for me to pop out of a vagina, apparently. So, as calculated and intentional corporate luck would have it, Disney decided to give me a free pass for my 18th birthday this year. Besides my awesome day at the Magic Kingdom on the 12th, I was at Epcot for Valentine's Day, and in between I took a campus tour at (my official new place of residence as of August) Florida Tech, which is like more awesome than Vader driving in a Delorean playing "Don't Stop Me Now" with a nuclear explosion in the background. Let's see you figure THAT one out, Einstein. So, without further delay and slightly more entertaining blocks of text, I present my Floridian travels. ...Oh, fine. Preview picture. Presenting my Pin of Ultimate Power which would be responsible for 62 b-day greetings the following day. I hate to cut off here, seeing as how there's no actual park action yet... and I know how you hate it as well... but bear with me for a day and you won't regret it. The Birthday Bash Stunt Spectacular starts in just 24 hours! I found a Blatant Mickey! ...And the nephews are playing a decidedly different sport. Thought this was funny... Donald's waiting for the serve... America's "super-sizing" craze is getting freaking ridiculous. "That's no moon... that's a long fly ball to left field!" "Colour! Number! Random saying! HIKE!" I stayed at the "Star Spor" for the next couple of nights... Since my sister wouldn't see me on my actual birthday, she made me an awesome card... and I'm sure only Disney/coaster enthusiasts would understand the acronym. Our bitchin' ride for the week. Silver Mazda 5. Pretty decent if the air conditioning worked. 30 seconds earlier: "JOCK! START THE PLANE! START IT!" Sorry, even if you DO pet this, I have no Bag 'O Crap to send you. 1. I finally escaped 15-below weather. 2. It's actually really freakin' windy up there. 3. I asked for raspberry lemonade but instead they gave me raspberry iced tea, which wasn't that bad anyway. 4. That photo looks nothing like me. Canadian pirates unite! "And it's a heave-ho, hi-ho, comin' down the plains, Stealin' wheat 'n barley 'n all the other grains! And it's a ho-hey, hi-hey, farmers bar yer doors, When ya see the Jolly Roger on Regina's mighty shores!" No one ever travels to see the Leaning Tower of St. Pete... Good. It's good to know I've arrived. Thought I was having an out-of-body experience. (13 minutes early, too.) "Welcome to Tampa, where the local time is... DAMN you, Dali!" For all those Tampa Airport POV enthusiasts of which I'm certain exist out there... The shot that no other traveller has. Tunes all set. All you Losties out there can imagine how wary I was of my seat number... ...And yes, in case you were wondering, I share my birthday with Mr. Stovepipe up there. My 18th was his 200th. (I was also born in Lincoln Hospital in Lincoln, Ontario. Seriously. Surprised I wasn't named Abe.) We're gonna start this out right... getting RCITR II for a present was great enough, but those random guidemaps from all corners of the globe (globes have corners?) were icing on the ice-cream cake.

Could be worse... could've used terms like "groovy" and "far out" to appeal to the kids of today, minus 30 years.

A great spontaneous b-day present, for sure. The crowds weren't unbearable, at least to me... though they were a lot bigger than I'd have expected for early/mid-February. Longest line I saw that day was Splash Mountain at 40 minutes... I've seen a lot worse! P.S. Every TPR member should try out for Idol... using a song from Dave's CD.

...Holy crap, was EVERYONE (including Scott) at the Magic Kingdom on Thursday?!

I was literally a golf course away from SeaWorld at my hotel a few days ago... and probably even the day y'all were there. ...&!@%^$(_)*!@^% Dan "I saw Scott at MK on Thursday, though!" Smith

Damn right Alan Silvestri gets some credit!

40% of Broadway musicals.

I'm looking forward to the Rapture... think of all the annoying and undeserving celebutards who we won't be leaving future, if any, generations!

10 days 'till Ohana MEAT-ON-A-STICK GOODNESS! Also caramel pineapple bread.

^ I'm sure those 90% would beat out 99% of night shots by other people. Great stuff!

I can't believe I haven't rediscovered this thread since Page 2. Ass-spankingly awesome.

U.S. residents only... LAAAAAAAAME. Dan "Only watches the Bowl for the commercials... and seeing as how Canadian TV takes over with its crap commercials, screw this game!" Smith

OK, I'll be the first to ask... what kinda camera took those frickin' awesome shots?

There sure is... my 6'2" frame taking a front-seat ride won't let me forget it. Dan "Single most painful ride I've ever had... and I've ridden Minebuster!" Smith

So I was just watching one of the Season 4 DVD's and noticed that, when the 3-second ABC Studios thing comes up after every show (and when you load the disc I believe), the clapperboard reads 04-08-15-16...

...Twelve-hole mini golf?

So Dan can wake up to 100 e-mails about a random subject he knows nothing about until he reads the latest TPR update!

Adults get to call themselves in sick, even when they're not. Dan "Knows most of the teachers pray for snow days along with the students" Smith

^It's actually a giant corn maze, only instead of the exit, you have to find and kill John Connor.

^^No, no, as smart. Not smart-er. To reach Tyler's level of intelligence you must perform crude puppet shows when no one expects it and have an eternal fear of mayonnaise burned into your soul. And drink more Red Bull than is either healthy or worthwhile. (Like one, for example.) ^It's because she watches Yo Gabba Gabba! I can't find a screencap of that wall clock in the "Sun/Widmore" airport room anywhere...

An Intamin drop tower is something I should do before I die. And from the looks of it, it'd be about 3 seconds before I'd die.

I own a Delorean. In my head.

One of the best pop culture reference captions yet.

Orphan Rocker @ Scenic World, Australia