Nice Work, Pal!

Ah, the magical wonderment that is Disneyland. There is nothing like it. I don't think I can put my thoughts together in any kind of smooth prose. Instead this will have to be written yearbook style...

"Co-Captain Steve" riding on the top of the storyland boat next to the driver. Be sure to duck before going through Monstro's mouth! "We are accepting of all here in Disneyland..." Good eyes spotting the old time aviator dudes - hey, nice work pal!! What about us with the perfect timing - avoiding the long lines, catching a lot of the electrical parade, the fireworks, the tail end of merlin show, and the garbage can drummers. Walking right onto Pirates and the teacups and several others. Several new things for me this time around: Pinnochio, Indiana Jones, the sun wheel, the bug's life show, snow white show, the old-time carousel, riding the double decker bus. Oohh, and the delicous bread bowls in Monterey. I am most like Belle, and Andrew is most like Captain Hook, but that is only because he would rather eat nice people for lunch than have a nice lunch with people. Doing the dialogue for the Beauty and the Beast scene and then trying to keep up while singing the un-birthday song! Screaming to make the kids cry in the haunted mansion elevator and the first time to succeed in making a kid leave. "How do they do that, how do they do that?!" The great Halloweentown decorations and of course the song got stuck in everyone's heads! Three times on the cars and Mickey helped Marissa out of hers on the second time around. Steve's over the shoulder photos - wonder if any will turn out? More bad jokes on the river cruise. The damn kid in front of me on the canoe couldn't handle his paddle. Andrew was the Disneyland Nazi. Saturday breakfast at Mimi's, despite plenty of alcohol the night before. Andrew beating everyone to the escalator to quickly bring the car around. What was with the creepy guy who got on and off the tram, not once but twice! A twangy good time with Billy Hill and the Hillbillies, and the guy who looked like Lazlo from Real Genius. Sarah's bad luck with the crying/squirming kids and the oblivious parents. What's that you say - They don't have any characters any more? Well how about Tom and Huck, everyone from Alice in Wonderland, chip and dale, Belle, Mulan... we lost count. The new version of Abe Lincoln, with the headsets and the dude "whispering" in our ears. "Mark it down - 11:50 Sunday night and I turn my ankle!" Everyone wearing a Robin Hood hat - it's not Robin Hood, dammit, it's Peter Pan! Grumpy's Tavern - no happy hour. Hot dogs for breakfast in Hollywoodland... "if one more person scrapes their chair, I swear I will--" I think Sarah still hasn't seen Tomorrowland in the daylight. Damn all these strollers! Be sure you younger aviators put the seatbelt through the strap. Nice work, pal!


Ah, the magical wonderment of a 4-day weekend. But then the stark reality sets in: It's October 12th and I still have no idea what I am going to be for Halloween!