Erik Johnson Posted April 30, 2006 Share Posted April 30, 2006 Hey, Leanne and I were invited to hang out with Derek and Greg today as they visited 3 Walt Disney World Parks (AK, MGM, and Epcot) in one day. We did have a nice time, but we decided to never visit WDW the last weekend in April ever again. It was very, very crowded today. So if you have the urge to visit WDW that last weekend in April please be wise and go to Knoebels instead. Anyways, here are the pictures from Animal Kingdom: Yes, there are EE coaster patches for sale. Time to use our Fastpasses for a 2nd ride. Little Yeti wanted to say, "Hello!" Greg earned his EE credit today. We noticed that Tom's mark was still a part of the Sad and Pathetic line. Check out the new range. Check out the new AK guide map. Look Derek, its steam! This is how AK looked for most of our visit today. This is a picture of someone taking another picture. Other picture posted soon. The Yeti stole Derek's beer. Well that was the end of our jungle trek. No Derek! We still have Everest to ride. Oh no, its the Clive Barker Torture Room. Into the lair of the birds. I could not figure out why he rather take a picture of a wall instead of the sleeping tiger. Should we see the bats? The answer will be revealed in one of Derek's pictures. Let us go on a jungle trek, Derek will be our guide. We actually only got a little wet today. Cool, it is the "Slash & Burn Water Raft Ride." Let us play, "Where is Derek?" Another picture of "Derek vs the ball of dung." They already rode the Whirl and Dark Dark Dinosaur, so we decided to go see a movie. Hello Greg, Derek, and Leanne. Yeah, lots of people going into AK! The new paint job on Expedition Everest does help hide the warehouse section of the attraction. 9:00 AM in front of Animal Kingdom's parking booth. It is going to be crowded today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erik Johnson Posted April 30, 2006 Author Share Posted April 30, 2006 Ok here is the first video chapter of The Chronicles of Derek and Greg: Chapter 1: Expedition Everest. DerekvsYeti.zip Derek versus the Yeti! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erik Johnson Posted April 30, 2006 Author Share Posted April 30, 2006 Ok onto MGM. MGM turned out to be even more crowded than AK!!!! While Tower of Terror was awesome like always, I had probably one of my worst Disney experiences ever involving Rock n Rollercoaster. Since the fastpass time was already up to 4:00 we decide to wait for the ride so Greg could get the credit. The wait time said 50 minutes, which is a while but we did have the time to burn until our Tower of Terror fastpass time. Anways, after waiting for about 70 minutes we still had a little ways to get into the ride building when the ride decided to break down. They ended up clearing the entire queue in the process. It was just handled very poorly, which is very unusual for Disney. At least Epcot cheered us up. Greg is planning on going back tomorrow morning to MGM so he can try again for the credit. Anyways onto pictures: It is time for, "Expedition Soren" We ran into Stefan today, he mentioned that Soren was also working today. Where is Starship? I want Starship!! Yeah we are at Epcot! Time for Beer and Test Track! See, all better now! Lucky for us two rodents sensed that we were down, so they came over and cheered us up. MGM just sucked all the fun out of the day by this point. I like how they said that the recording sessions were, "taking longer than expected." Themed disappointment sucks! Speaking of crap, The Rock N Rollercoaster queue attraction. No way we could eat at Mama Melrose's today, so we all settled for crap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erik Johnson Posted April 30, 2006 Author Share Posted April 30, 2006 Chronicles of Derek and Greg Continue. Chapter 2: Expedition Soren Expedition_Soren.zip Expedition Soren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SharkTums Posted April 30, 2006 Share Posted April 30, 2006 ^GO TO BED!!!! Or you can keep posting...yeah, forget it, keep posting these hilarious reports! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disneyfan1313 Posted April 30, 2006 Share Posted April 30, 2006 Hey! Where is the Frontierland love?!?! No one stops by.. no one writes... cry... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLUSHIE Posted April 30, 2006 Share Posted April 30, 2006 It would have been really awsome if Soren was in a bush. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louise Posted April 30, 2006 Share Posted April 30, 2006 So I'm guessing Erik DID go to bed...?? Great photos, and really, you gotta love a video of Derek shouting "gimme back my beer" at an animatronic. Downloading the Expedition Soren video as we speak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erik Johnson Posted April 30, 2006 Author Share Posted April 30, 2006 Hey! Where is the Frontierland love?!?! No one stops by.. no one writes... cry... Oh, Derek and Greg are going to the Magic Kingdom today! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erik Johnson Posted April 30, 2006 Author Share Posted April 30, 2006 Ok, we found Soren! Anyways, more pictures from Epcot. Yes Derek, the sign does explain a lot. The beer stein for light drinkers. Yes, we did find Soren. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erik Johnson Posted April 30, 2006 Author Share Posted April 30, 2006 The Chronicles of Derek and Greg. Chapter 3: Test Track DerekversusTT.zip Derek versus Test Track Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcjaco Posted April 30, 2006 Share Posted April 30, 2006 Awesome videos! I hate it when Yeti steal my beer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erik Johnson Posted April 30, 2006 Author Share Posted April 30, 2006 The Chronicles of Derek and Gary Chapter 4: Mission: Gary Sinise DerekvsGary.zip Derek versus Gary. Mission: Gary Sinise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoshiFan Posted April 30, 2006 Share Posted April 30, 2006 I can't believe how packed Animal Kingdom looks. Even on days when it doesn't seem that crowded it still seems congested but those crowds looked horrible. I guess that last weekend in April crowdedness is a recent thing because on my class trip 6 years ago I was there for the last weekend in April and first 2 days in May and other than a few exceptions, the crowds were very reasonable (30 minute standby for Splash, 15 minute standby for Peter Pan are the 2 I remember). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erik Johnson Posted April 30, 2006 Author Share Posted April 30, 2006 Ok, you may have seen the link which featured the video postcard we sent to Robb. Here is a video which features the "Behind the scenes" footage of all the work that went into making that Mission: Space video postcard. There is also some randomness as well. The Chronicles of Derek and Greg Chapter 5: Post Mission Space Randomness Spacerandomness.zip Mission Space Randomness Mission Space gift shop rocks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erik Johnson Posted April 30, 2006 Author Share Posted April 30, 2006 Here is the link to the Mission Space postcard. http://www.themeparkreview.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=24670 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luxo Posted April 30, 2006 Share Posted April 30, 2006 ...Nope, Derek's dancing still isn't any better behind the scenes. Lol, great videos! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erik Johnson Posted April 30, 2006 Author Share Posted April 30, 2006 Onto Club Cool. You know what to do there, right? The Chronicles of Derek and Greg Chapter 6: Beverly Beverly.zip Beverly video They were out of a lot of flavors today, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrissie Posted April 30, 2006 Share Posted April 30, 2006 Thanks for that Awesome PTR guys! Hehe! Derek, Ur really funny! - Loved Expedition Soren! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erik Johnson Posted April 30, 2006 Author Share Posted April 30, 2006 Ok, onto the final bunch of photos. So maybe the rumors are true that a Harry Potter ride is coming to Epcot. Each one of these things had a H.P. sticker in them. The green tea was very hot, so Derek used his ice to cool it down. The guy on the left was a total moron/jerk/etc. This guy had a lot of skill. As always, you get a free volcano with your meal. Yeah, back to the Japan place! Derek tries to act like somebody we all know. Russell Crowe was our captain as we sailed all around the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheStig Posted April 30, 2006 Share Posted April 30, 2006 Haha those videos are hillarious! I dont think I've ever had THAT much fun at a park as you guys did. Next time your there let me know, Ill drive up and meet you.... Colin C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niiicolaaah Posted April 30, 2006 Share Posted April 30, 2006 I really have absolutely no idea how to react to all this. So I'll just say... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoasterCrazy Posted April 30, 2006 Share Posted April 30, 2006 Great Photo/Video TR!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Cheat Posted April 30, 2006 Share Posted April 30, 2006 Dear Animal Kingdom, Please give us back all of our Harold souvieniers, people arent that stupid that they wont realize theyre different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerekRx Posted April 30, 2006 Share Posted April 30, 2006 I can't see the pictures on mobileTPR, but I'm kinda worried when I get home. It was great hanging out with you and Leann, Erik. Today we had a good day at Magic Kingdom, rode everything we wanted to before leaving for Magical Express back to the airport. Its true though that the magic is over once you leave Disney. As of 12:50 my flight on Southwest to Philly was on time, or so the text we received from them said. At 1:50 it was suddenly delayed by 2 hours. (but they still tell you to get there at the regularly scheduled departure time, just in case). Well, now its 5:30, my flight is now 2.5 hours late, was supposed to leave 40 minutes ago, they're still telling us to be at the gate just in case. :rolls eyes: I could have spent that extra time at Disney instead of at a gate with nothing to do. In short, Disney is wonderful, Southwest is a joke and may possibly be sponsoring Rock'n' Roller Coaster, explaining its flup ups yesterday. I'm done with Southwest, I'll fork out the extra $40 for a reserved seat and a plane that isn't already delayed 4 hours before its departure. I'll be sure to post my photos from the weekend on in this thread either tomorrow, Tuesday, Friday, or October, whenever Southwest finally gets me home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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