Great story, MickeyLumbo!
I haven't been sharing in this thread because I'm waiting to explode in front of the microphone... very very soon.
Wonderful memories... great people. It was unquestionably the people here that made the weekend so wonderful for Heather and me. Thanks for being so darn swanky!

Moonie! You made me cry again!

There are few occasions in my life that equal the joy I was feeling right there.

Does this pending explosion owe anything to all the cupcakes your lovely wife scored?;)

I can't wait for your next one, Mousepod. Oh, and someone tried to trade me a pin for your Mousepod pin- of course, I declined.

*Feeding the Koi and watching them seeth :cool:

*Finding out American George Hincape won a stage of the Tour while waiting for Fireworks.

* ...at the kick-off party, watching drunk Ally's even-drunker lothario eating bits of chocolate cake on crackers and exclaiming "this is delicious caviar!"

* Getting the gold Casey train and the gold Storybook boat consecutively
* Best ride on Space Mountain Ever
* Seeing an ilicit Space Moutain photo before it was lost in space forever

An illicit Space Mountain photo? I am intrigued.....I am also intrigued by the AllyBeau caviar experience- any photos?:D

Ha! I knew it, you and your crazy Baloons and Crackers. I'm sure it gave that extra 'launch'. (Just watch out for that Vitamin B-12 interference, folic acid anyone?). ;)

Anyway, I had a great time with all. It was a fun expreience, and the 50th will be one of my all time best DL experiences. From the Quest, to the Late Nite Rides, a fun time was had by all. The Carrousel takeover was a hoot, and I can't wait to see if we hit CastTV. You all left a lasting memory for many, and it will be interesting to see what happens to all these photos. ;)

* Art Linkletter's Speech
* Frighteningly magical timing: We split off from the group to ride Pirates while they rode Indy. We get off Pirates between the final 2 Fantasmic! showings and walked towards Indy to meet them. I pick up my phone to call Steve on the off chance they were already off the ride. As I began to dial, we reached the Indy exit...and there was the group, exiting right then. That was followed at the end of the night by Steve's group of friends emerging from the castle at the perfect time to join him (and us) in their 25 year old closing-the-park tradition.
* Bubbles!!!!!!