Here is a place for Jud to post his experiences at WDW. He met the beloved Bubble Ladies and has more tales to tell us! Be sure to share any encounters with stupid guests if you ran into any.... :twisted:
Waiting for the stories, Jud!!!!! :)
Jud's WDW report
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Hi Princess Susi,
"Here is a place for Jud to post his experiences at WDW."
Thank you Princess!
"He met the beloved Bubble Ladies and has more tales to tell us!"
Yes! But alas, not quite ready yet, but stand by!
"Be sure to share any encounters with stupid guests if you ran into any..."
OOOooo... I tend to try to stay to the positive stuff... heheheheee...
"Waiting for the stories, Jud!!!!!"
Okay! Love tellin stories! But for the moment, a brief outline of this latest visit.
I forced myself on this one- have been pretty much bed-ridden since mid-December and the idea was to get a change of environment and proximity to ah, an interesting place to see if I could get going! So checking weather and attendance projections, and best park/avoid park, I headed down Tuesday for a planned three day run. Arrived about 2 and due to only one ferry running and a monorail problem, got to Main Street about 3. Lasted till about 5 then discovered the interior of the first aid station and laid down for an hour- nice enough place. Lasted about another hour after that, stayed to watch the fireworks, watched from behind a rock on the path that skirts the border of Tomorrow Land heading into the restaurant and then to Main Street. Headed back to the motel.
Wednesday, Epcot, arrived noon, left at 3. Slept, back up at 7:45, headed back for Illuminations! Fantastic as always! Love that show! Best thing in the World! After, waited for everyone to leave and headed the wrong way around World Showcase while the music from Parade of Nations played- wonderful! Talked to a CM from my home state, Mass. He gave me a pin.
Thursday, planned for AK, then Epcot, but really wasn't feeling it, but then got the idea to re-shoot my EE movie from the FRONT row so that got me going a bit and I headed over. Lot looked crowded, and inside it was, but heck with ten people AK looks crowded! LOL! Headed to EE, single rider, no front row- got in regular line, 40 minutes, shot movie. Shot other views from veiwing points and then caught Primeval Whirl, shot that, then back to Nemo- which I found much better than last time I saw it. It is long, and drags a bit in the middle, but actually is pretty good. Or maybe I have lost my GREAT resntment at seeing THIS in my Tarzan Rocks theater!
Tried to keep going, rested, ate, did Tough to be a Bug, but that was it, so headed out and home. Oh! Funny thing! In TTBAB, girl next to me, maybe 20's, typical good looking soemwhat stylish type- when the cockroaches headed out, she literally leaped to her feet and looked down at the seat in horror! LOLOL!!!!
So, will be expanding considerably on that, but that gives me a rough outline to build on!
:)
Jud
"Here is a place for Jud to post his experiences at WDW."
Thank you Princess!
"He met the beloved Bubble Ladies and has more tales to tell us!"
Yes! But alas, not quite ready yet, but stand by!
"Be sure to share any encounters with stupid guests if you ran into any..."
OOOooo... I tend to try to stay to the positive stuff... heheheheee...
"Waiting for the stories, Jud!!!!!"
Okay! Love tellin stories! But for the moment, a brief outline of this latest visit.
I forced myself on this one- have been pretty much bed-ridden since mid-December and the idea was to get a change of environment and proximity to ah, an interesting place to see if I could get going! So checking weather and attendance projections, and best park/avoid park, I headed down Tuesday for a planned three day run. Arrived about 2 and due to only one ferry running and a monorail problem, got to Main Street about 3. Lasted till about 5 then discovered the interior of the first aid station and laid down for an hour- nice enough place. Lasted about another hour after that, stayed to watch the fireworks, watched from behind a rock on the path that skirts the border of Tomorrow Land heading into the restaurant and then to Main Street. Headed back to the motel.
Wednesday, Epcot, arrived noon, left at 3. Slept, back up at 7:45, headed back for Illuminations! Fantastic as always! Love that show! Best thing in the World! After, waited for everyone to leave and headed the wrong way around World Showcase while the music from Parade of Nations played- wonderful! Talked to a CM from my home state, Mass. He gave me a pin.
Thursday, planned for AK, then Epcot, but really wasn't feeling it, but then got the idea to re-shoot my EE movie from the FRONT row so that got me going a bit and I headed over. Lot looked crowded, and inside it was, but heck with ten people AK looks crowded! LOL! Headed to EE, single rider, no front row- got in regular line, 40 minutes, shot movie. Shot other views from veiwing points and then caught Primeval Whirl, shot that, then back to Nemo- which I found much better than last time I saw it. It is long, and drags a bit in the middle, but actually is pretty good. Or maybe I have lost my GREAT resntment at seeing THIS in my Tarzan Rocks theater!
Tried to keep going, rested, ate, did Tough to be a Bug, but that was it, so headed out and home. Oh! Funny thing! In TTBAB, girl next to me, maybe 20's, typical good looking soemwhat stylish type- when the cockroaches headed out, she literally leaped to her feet and looked down at the seat in horror! LOLOL!!!!
So, will be expanding considerably on that, but that gives me a rough outline to build on!
:)
Jud
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Re: Jud's WDW report
Jud, could you please use the "Quote" feature? The way you quote people make it hard for me (and probably others) to tell the quotes from the responses and when you quote multiple people who the quote is from.ejud wrote:"Waiting for the stories, Jud!!!!!"
Okay! Love tellin stories! But for the moment, a brief outline of this latest visit.
I forced myself on this one- have been pretty much bed-ridden since mid-December and the idea was to get a change of environment and proximity to ah, an interesting place to see if I could get going! So checking weather and attendance projections, and best park/avoid park, I headed down Tuesday for a planned three day run. Arrived about 2 and due to only one ferry running and a monorail problem, got to Main Street about 3. Lasted till about 5 then discovered the interior of the first aid station and laid down for an hour- nice enough place. Lasted about another hour after that, stayed to watch the fireworks, watched from behind a rock on the path that skirts the border of Tomorrow Land heading into the restaurant and then to Main Street. Headed back to the motel.
Wednesday, Epcot, arrived noon, left at 3. Slept, back up at 7:45, headed back for Illuminations! Fantastic as always! Love that show! Best thing in the World! After, waited for everyone to leave and headed the wrong way around World Showcase while the music from Parade of Nations played- wonderful! Talked to a CM from my home state, Mass. He gave me a pin.
Thursday, planned for AK, then Epcot, but really wasn't feeling it, but then got the idea to re-shoot my EE movie from the FRONT row so that got me going a bit and I headed over. Lot looked crowded, and inside it was, but heck with ten people AK looks crowded! LOL! Headed to EE, single rider, no front row- got in regular line, 40 minutes, shot movie. Shot other views from veiwing points and then caught Primeval Whirl, shot that, then back to Nemo- which I found much better than last time I saw it. It is long, and drags a bit in the middle, but actually is pretty good. Or maybe I have lost my GREAT resntment at seeing THIS in my Tarzan Rocks theater!
Tried to keep going, rested, ate, did Tough to be a Bug, but that was it, so headed out and home. Oh! Funny thing! In TTBAB, girl next to me, maybe 20's, typical good looking soemwhat stylish type- when the cockroaches headed out, she literally leaped to her feet and looked down at the seat in horror! LOLOL!!!!
So, will be expanding considerably on that, but that gives me a rough outline to build on!
:)
Jud
To quote one post simply click the button labeled "Quote" in the bottom right corner of the post. To quote multiple people click the button next to the "Quote" button (Multiquote) in the posts you want to quote and click either the "Quote" button in the last post you're quoting or the reply button at the bottom.
Looking forward to your report.
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Keep moving forward
We keep moving forward, opening up new doors and doing new things, because we're curious…
and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.
-Walt Disney
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Keep moving forward
Re: Jud's WDW Bubble Ladies report
Hi!
I was going to replace my previous outline with this, but don't have an edit button. If anyone can and would delete that post, I would appreciate it!
Headed down to Walt Disney World last Tuesday (2008 03 04) for a planned three day visit.
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Back on my scooter, rode out, stopped to check out my picture on the TV preview, grabbed a shot of it, and headed over to Big Thunder Mountain Rail Road. Asked for the back row, the best experience on this wonderful ride. BTMRR is like three coaster runs in one: none too wild, but good enough for most folks.
As we did the third section, it started raining again, lightly, and by the time I hit the exit it was quite noticeable. I headed to the nearby smoking area, and as the area under the small roofed section was full- and with several very young children (I hate it when people bring children into the smoking area!) I stayed in the empty uncovered area and smoked under my official Mickey Mouse Poncho (Thanks Stef!)
After a while, I moved over and I was able to get my scooter just in under the roof. It was still full, and thus I was more or less face to face with another guest, as were most people there. I was struck by her decorative ensemble, and after a bit, I openly stared. Her outfit was quite colorful and diverse, and in particular her T-shirt, at first glance a vintage Disneyland shirt, but something looked a bit off.
She noticed me staring after a bit, so I told her I was trying to read her T-shirt (always a challenging situation with a female) and she pulled aside her various lanyards and buttons and things and I saw that it was clearly intended to appear to be a Disneyland T-Shirt, though it actually read... Deadheadland!
As soon as I realized what it said, I said, ah ha! You were around for the 60's!
She replied, thrilled that I had noticed, "For the end of it."
To which I replied, "That is why you remember it!" (Old joke, you young’uns!)
She exclaimed happily to the woman beside her that I was the first person to notice her shirt! She said I had to see the other side and turned around to show me: it portrayed what looked like a line drawing of a park map, but it was the shape of the classic Dead Head skull- and the "Lands" were not exactly Disney-named.
I told her I had to get a shot of this, and she agreed, and I shot both sides. She then introduced herself and her twin sister, and I me, and we started chatting. I noticed that though they appeared to be Disney-vets, that Elena was wearing a "First Visit" button. I inquired. They told me they were vets of DisneyLAND where they had become known as the Bubble Ladies, because back at their home park, in their frequent visits, they had wanted to spread some magic themselves, so started making little bottles of bubble soap and wands to hand out to people who needed a touch of magic! The ladies had lived in LA their whole lives, near LAX, and as do some locals in Florida, moi, visited their Disney park frequently enough to assume the self-appointed role of Disney Ambassadors for other less frequent guests and cast members.
The internet group they frequented, StupidGuestTricks.com, had decided that they needed to expand beyond DL and put together a fund to send them both to DisneyWorld!
Elena then told Elyse to show me, and they jointly dug into a big bag and pulled out a small bottle and presented it to me, a bottle of bubbles!
I then inquired as to their rather unique and wonderful Mickey Ears- if they had made them themselves, and yes they did- the basic shape was of twisted wire with some sort of shiny metallic material captured within the twists to create the classic outline- very decorative and striking. As was all their get-up! They both had nails with extreme paint jobs, including teeny Mickey silhouettes, and sparkles. Other various garb: buttons, hangings, decorations that delighted.
Noting here that I also was wearing something pretty special- my newly gifted Beatles cap sent to me by my British friend, Bren, directly from the Beatles Museum in Liverpool! Throughout this visit, I received many delighted comments about it- more so than any hat since my original Goofy Hat!
We chatted on for a while- one of those talks where you keep promising this is the last sentence but then go on anyway- but finally they had to go to meet someone on schedule. I did tell them that if I spent another hour with them I would have to do a book. They were going to Animal Kingdom the next day and I tried mightily to get convince them to do Expedition Everest. I think I failed, but who knows! All in all, this was a delightful meeting with a couple of unique and splendid ladies and was the highlight of this visit! And funny thing: I was there because a friend in California had bought me a new Annual Pass... whole circle of life thing happening here!
For the rest of the trip, see iJud.blogspot.com
For all the pictures, see webshots.com/user/eJud2001
:)
Jud
I was going to replace my previous outline with this, but don't have an edit button. If anyone can and would delete that post, I would appreciate it!
Headed down to Walt Disney World last Tuesday (2008 03 04) for a planned three day visit.
...
Back on my scooter, rode out, stopped to check out my picture on the TV preview, grabbed a shot of it, and headed over to Big Thunder Mountain Rail Road. Asked for the back row, the best experience on this wonderful ride. BTMRR is like three coaster runs in one: none too wild, but good enough for most folks.
As we did the third section, it started raining again, lightly, and by the time I hit the exit it was quite noticeable. I headed to the nearby smoking area, and as the area under the small roofed section was full- and with several very young children (I hate it when people bring children into the smoking area!) I stayed in the empty uncovered area and smoked under my official Mickey Mouse Poncho (Thanks Stef!)
After a while, I moved over and I was able to get my scooter just in under the roof. It was still full, and thus I was more or less face to face with another guest, as were most people there. I was struck by her decorative ensemble, and after a bit, I openly stared. Her outfit was quite colorful and diverse, and in particular her T-shirt, at first glance a vintage Disneyland shirt, but something looked a bit off.
She noticed me staring after a bit, so I told her I was trying to read her T-shirt (always a challenging situation with a female) and she pulled aside her various lanyards and buttons and things and I saw that it was clearly intended to appear to be a Disneyland T-Shirt, though it actually read... Deadheadland!
As soon as I realized what it said, I said, ah ha! You were around for the 60's!
She replied, thrilled that I had noticed, "For the end of it."
To which I replied, "That is why you remember it!" (Old joke, you young’uns!)
She exclaimed happily to the woman beside her that I was the first person to notice her shirt! She said I had to see the other side and turned around to show me: it portrayed what looked like a line drawing of a park map, but it was the shape of the classic Dead Head skull- and the "Lands" were not exactly Disney-named.
I told her I had to get a shot of this, and she agreed, and I shot both sides. She then introduced herself and her twin sister, and I me, and we started chatting. I noticed that though they appeared to be Disney-vets, that Elena was wearing a "First Visit" button. I inquired. They told me they were vets of DisneyLAND where they had become known as the Bubble Ladies, because back at their home park, in their frequent visits, they had wanted to spread some magic themselves, so started making little bottles of bubble soap and wands to hand out to people who needed a touch of magic! The ladies had lived in LA their whole lives, near LAX, and as do some locals in Florida, moi, visited their Disney park frequently enough to assume the self-appointed role of Disney Ambassadors for other less frequent guests and cast members.
The internet group they frequented, StupidGuestTricks.com, had decided that they needed to expand beyond DL and put together a fund to send them both to DisneyWorld!
Elena then told Elyse to show me, and they jointly dug into a big bag and pulled out a small bottle and presented it to me, a bottle of bubbles!
I then inquired as to their rather unique and wonderful Mickey Ears- if they had made them themselves, and yes they did- the basic shape was of twisted wire with some sort of shiny metallic material captured within the twists to create the classic outline- very decorative and striking. As was all their get-up! They both had nails with extreme paint jobs, including teeny Mickey silhouettes, and sparkles. Other various garb: buttons, hangings, decorations that delighted.
Noting here that I also was wearing something pretty special- my newly gifted Beatles cap sent to me by my British friend, Bren, directly from the Beatles Museum in Liverpool! Throughout this visit, I received many delighted comments about it- more so than any hat since my original Goofy Hat!
We chatted on for a while- one of those talks where you keep promising this is the last sentence but then go on anyway- but finally they had to go to meet someone on schedule. I did tell them that if I spent another hour with them I would have to do a book. They were going to Animal Kingdom the next day and I tried mightily to get convince them to do Expedition Everest. I think I failed, but who knows! All in all, this was a delightful meeting with a couple of unique and splendid ladies and was the highlight of this visit! And funny thing: I was there because a friend in California had bought me a new Annual Pass... whole circle of life thing happening here!
For the rest of the trip, see iJud.blogspot.com
For all the pictures, see webshots.com/user/eJud2001
:)
Jud
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Re: Jud's WDW report
What a great BL sighting report!
Very fun, now I want to meet them more than ever! :)
you too Jud if you ever come to DL!
Very fun, now I want to meet them more than ever! :)
you too Jud if you ever come to DL!
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We have one of the Deadheadland shirts! They are VERY cool. That Deadheadland is QUITE a park, I tell you! ;) Exists only in the mind.....
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Re: Jud's WDW report
Awesome report, Jud!!! I wish I could be there for the BL's trip!!!
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Re: Jud's WDW report
Ack, sorry I missed you. That would be one of the days they were there and I could not come along.
Glad you got to meet Elena and Elyse.
Glad you got to meet Elena and Elyse.
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Re: Jud's WDW report
Hi Big Wallaby,
Do you drive at Kilamanjaro? The ladies mentioned such a person... and did you go read the rest of my report? Was at AK Thursday. In fact, for note to everyone, I just this minute added a video to my photo album- didn't know I could do that. It is EE from the front right seat.
webshots.com/user/ejud2001
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Jud
Do you drive at Kilamanjaro? The ladies mentioned such a person... and did you go read the rest of my report? Was at AK Thursday. In fact, for note to everyone, I just this minute added a video to my photo album- didn't know I could do that. It is EE from the front right seat.
webshots.com/user/ejud2001
:)
Jud
Re: Jud's WDW report
Hi!
Just uploaded a video to my current webshots album-
didn't know I could do that! It was shot from the
right front seat of Expedition Everest. The net
version is a bit pixelated, but still good... parts
are black, but so is the ride- sit it out!
http://webshots.com/user/ejud2001
:)
Jud
Just uploaded a video to my current webshots album-
didn't know I could do that! It was shot from the
right front seat of Expedition Everest. The net
version is a bit pixelated, but still good... parts
are black, but so is the ride- sit it out!
http://webshots.com/user/ejud2001
:)
Jud