Erik Johnson Posted June 3, 2007 Share Posted June 3, 2007 Well, this weekend is Soren's final weekend in Orlando. It is time for him to return to Germany. We figured it would be a good idea to go visit him and hang out for a while at some Disney park. Anyways, onto some pictures: After an hour in the park, it was time to go. Funny antics in the parking lot as always. Petting the Dolphin. They were out in full force today. Morning is the best time to go pet the Dolphins. Sure, why not. Oh, that is why. Why are these show times so late in the day? This is the complete version of Journey, unlike that new one. The water snake was taking a nap this morning. If you visit Orlando, please go ride Kraken. It is really good. Look at all of those happy people on the train. Kraken is still my favorite floorless. We basically had our own ERT for Kraken today. Why is the Loch Ness Monster painted here? I think they got Euroburg and Sea World confused. Kraken, Kraken, Kraken, Kraken. Might as well ride. The Flamingoes were denied a ride on Journey today. How many credits do you see in this picture? Big Bird and friends have taken over the park. These new ticket gate machines are really cool. So we figured we should head over to Sea World for an hour or so. Barry created a bunch of "media drama" all morning long. We woke up the next day to find out we were going to get a lot of rain and wind today. This thing was totally awesome. Played with annoying party favors. We had lightsaber fights. Leanne and I went to an award show in Orlando Friday night, for her mom. There are a ton of new billboards for the new ride at Kennedy Space Center. Food for the Gods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erik Johnson Posted June 3, 2007 Author Share Posted June 3, 2007 Ok, its time to go pick up Soren. It is a nice relaxing boat ride. With some nice scenery. You only can see this bit of theming by boat. How many trains can you count in this picture? The train is coming out of its first lifthill. How many people notice this really cool element of theming? You sail right past Big Thunder. Soren tried to block out the Mansion. Only 7 more days until the extensive referb begins. The paddlewheel is in motion. Its been a long time since we rode the Liberty Belle. Soren looked like a little kid about to ride his first roller coaster. We had to ride Big Thunder. The Waterjets of Doom were on today. Notice anything missing? It might be the worst attraction in the park. Dumbo is even more exciting. This was much worse than expected. Please bring back the original version. Wow, the preshow was really bad. Where did the talking tikis go? We have never done the "new" version of the Tiki Room yet. Dole Whips are really good for you. The Dole Whip line seemed a bit more "festive" today. First things first. Even the balloons can not block out the MK's castle. While its the "Bad" Pirates. They still have a cool poster for it. Just in case you have no idea what park we were at. I can see "Good" Mountain in the distance. Monorail......Monorail......Monorail! The parking lot tram is fun. Where did we park again? These are the new Disney Cruise Line buses. It pretty much looked like this most of the day. We saw very little rain. Again, stupid "media drama." Soren broke his old camera at Legoland last March, but he found a new one today. Driving down the road. Notice the lack of those tropical storm rain and wind. Stupid media. Who had the un-sweet tea again? We went to Denny's for Breakfast. This is our sorta lame shout out for you California readers. This was the first time we drove in this area. It was time to go pick up Soren. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erik Johnson Posted June 3, 2007 Author Share Posted June 3, 2007 More photos. Have a good night Soren, we hope to see you soon. And rodents. Lot of lights. This is its name. Time for a parade. Ahhhhhh...... Soren on Space Mountain. All ready for some quick moments of airtime? We love Fast Passes. Lets go ride Space Mountain. Peoplemover POV Relaxing on the ride. "Let's ride the Peoplemover!" Virtual Reality and laserdiscs seems to be popular in the future. Walt's favorite attraction, and its only at MK. Is it still beautiful? Beautiful Tommorrow. Its been many years since I have seen this. You go to jail if you score less than 200,000 points. Must score lot of points on Buzz Lightyear. Even the ducks walk right past the Stitch attraction. Awwwww....I still miss Toad. I see someone I know. We skipped this today. Soren spots some Germans. Soren loves Small World. Hooray for "Good" Small World. Well, its still better than Disneyland's one. Awwww....they buried the best Fantasyland dark ride in the Pet Cemetery. Soren loves his Doombuggie. We might as well ride it, since it won't reopen until September. The wait time was actually less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeemerBoy Posted June 3, 2007 Share Posted June 3, 2007 Monorail......Monorail......Monorail!This trip report has been officially approved by me. Great job, Erik. I looked for Soren when I visited a couple weeks ago, but he had the day off, and the credit once again eluded me. I'm sure Epcot will miss you, Soren! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cfc Posted June 3, 2007 Share Posted June 3, 2007 Glad you enjoyed your time in the U.S., Soren--y'all come back now, hear? Â Nice job, Erik. I'm glad to hear that the Haunted Mansion is fianlly getting the refurb it so desperately needs. I preferred it slightly to the West Coast version until I saw (well, mostly heard) what a state it had fallen to last October. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazydaveh Posted June 3, 2007 Share Posted June 3, 2007 Looks like a great time. I was over at MGM, where it too was very festive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WillMontu Posted June 3, 2007 Share Posted June 3, 2007 ...And I was over at EPCOT looking for you. I ended up getting sidetracked by the Donkey over by the German section, Gary Sinise, and the Double Decker bars in the UK section. I will probably be spending some time with Good Tower today and maybe the original Vekoma Box Coaster. Photos coming soon Spaceship Earth...THROUGH THE TREES! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Posted June 3, 2007 Share Posted June 3, 2007 ^Whoa Will, that shot made Spaceship Earth look cool again (thank you branch covering the big ugly EPCOT wand). Â Great TR Erik and to Soren, hope you get back to Germany safe and sound. I'm sorry I never made it to EPCOT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arrowfanman Posted June 3, 2007 Share Posted June 3, 2007 Walt's favorite attraction, and its only at MK. Â Having been familiar with the 1964 script and then taking time out a few hours at MK to ride that, I can honestly say that it was painfully horrible. In their "tribute" version, they gutted the ride of anything that made the attraction great in the first place. They ditched a universal theme of "progress" and replaced it with moronic increments of technology. Â Â Â Â Â Â Anyway, great PTR Erik! That's really twisted-humor placeing Mr. Toad in the pet cemetary. Soren--best of luck on all of your future endevors! Â -Jahan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrissie Posted June 3, 2007 Share Posted June 3, 2007 *Sob* MY HOOOOMMMEEEE!!!!! A year ago I was there!!! Â Great TR tho. Hope you have a safe journey home Soren. Life after Disney really does suck!! Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarryH Posted June 3, 2007 Share Posted June 3, 2007 Great PTR! Â How were the crowds at MK with the tropical storm? Crowds didn't look too bad from your photos. Â As for the Tiki Room at MK, I saw it once many years ago and I vowed never to return! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thefitness Posted June 4, 2007 Share Posted June 4, 2007 Cool TR! I really need to get over to Sea World and ride Kraken. Â Soren,Hope you get back home safe! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pianojohn Posted June 4, 2007 Share Posted June 4, 2007 Missed you guys again! I was at MK on Saturday for the "extra festive" days! Â Soren, best of luck back in Germany! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erik Johnson Posted June 4, 2007 Author Share Posted June 4, 2007 Missed you guys again! I was at MK on Saturday for the "extra festive" days! Soren, best of luck back in Germany!  Damn it, we really should have called you. I can be so thoughtless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missingmusician Posted June 4, 2007 Share Posted June 4, 2007 Did you guys go to MK on Gay Days Saturday on purpose, or just on accident? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarryH Posted June 4, 2007 Share Posted June 4, 2007 ^If it was Gay Days, you could hardly tell! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mxman005 Posted June 4, 2007 Share Posted June 4, 2007 It was great talking with you guys yesterday outside of Splash. Hope you all enjoyed the rest of your day. Â Turned out to be a semi-alright day. Thanks gay days, and tropical storm Barry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twister II Posted June 4, 2007 Share Posted June 4, 2007 ^If it was Gay Days, you could hardly tell! "Ware red and be seen". Just look at that picture of the Belle and Dole Whip crowd. Â A good story: http://www.connexion.org/newsstory.cfm?id=9929 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erik Johnson Posted June 4, 2007 Author Share Posted June 4, 2007 Did you guys go to MK on Gay Days Saturday on purpose, or just on accident? Â Quite honestly it does not matter to us that we visit the park during Gay Days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erik Johnson Posted June 4, 2007 Author Share Posted June 4, 2007 It was great talking with you guys yesterday outside of Splash. Hope you all enjoyed the rest of your day. Â Turned out to be a semi-alright day. Thanks gay days, and tropical storm Barry. Â Yeah, it was a great day as always, its always cool to run into other TPR members while we are in the parks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost007jas Posted June 4, 2007 Share Posted June 4, 2007 Funny, my camera died at Legoland as well...hmm. Â Great PTR, I never get tired of WDW pictures Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WillMontu Posted June 5, 2007 Share Posted June 5, 2007 I'm still in the area, and nearly all the parks have been packed over the last few days. So packed that even MILF had a 20 minute wait. I may hit Animal Kingdom, and maybe EPCOT again in the next few days. There are still people around with red shirts, but fortunately I haven't seen anyone making out in the bathrooms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaptorBoyASU Posted June 5, 2007 Share Posted June 5, 2007 Good space mountain? Oh, I forgot, you rode our Space Mountain with the lights on. Â I can't wait to ride "good thunder mountain" in September. It's my favorite MK ride. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easytoremember Posted June 5, 2007 Share Posted June 5, 2007 Barry created a bunch of "media drama" all morning long. Â Haha when we were in charleston this weekend watching the Golf tournament we laughed how Barry wasn't even considered a storm, just a depression, then 2 minutes later a chair from our deck flew about 5 feet and hit our window, almost breaking it. We didn't make fun of Barry anymore. Â Also, Great photos, I always love seeing Disney world pictures, especially good thunder mountain. Glad Soren had a good time here in the US. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missingmusician Posted June 5, 2007 Share Posted June 5, 2007 Did you guys go to MK on Gay Days Saturday on purpose, or just on accident? Â Quite honestly it does not matter to us that we visit the park during Gay Days. That's awesome. More people should be open minded about that. I went last year and all I heard was regular guest bitching about all us gays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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