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Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight
~6:30PM: GD & CP arrive, rally at the hub until at least 7
7 (crosses fingers)-8ish: ride something. Preferably somethings.
8-whenever: dinner at Catal
whenever -whenever: Whirlwind attraction hopping
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Hahahahahahahahahahahahah....[deep breath]...hahahahahahahahahahahahahah!!
Okay then. Where to start. We left our place a few minutes after six, were off the freeway at about 6:10...and in the park at 6:45. Boy aren't we all glad we have the convenience of the parking structure? Ran into Nirvanaman in the structure as we parked within 20 feet of each other. Babette was close behind, she'd meet up in the park.
The park where, oh yeah, the parade was going down Main Street. Did I forget to cross reference the schedule before planning this? Of course I did. And, as if a parade that just stops and blocks the street for 5-10 minutes wasn't bad enough, LoT eye witnesses report a breakdown requiring a tow of one of the floats further delaying things.
So we didn't leave the hub until, oh 7:15 (we being us, €, Szczerbiacsamaklkd, NM, Babette, Katiesue...am I missing any from that group?). We DID get a ride in. And no matter what the attraction board said, it was Big Thunder. Damn I love that ride.
Dinner was fantastic. I'm so sorry about the reservation confusion. I knew that if we didn't say anything about the possibility that we were short on seats, we'd have too many people and that would suck. But equally predictable was that posting would cause the opposite to happen. And indeed, they had plenty of room, we had even fewer people than our initial numbers. Oh well. The Commodore's got a tale of woe as he tried and failed to join us.
But those that were there (same group as above, minus NM and babette, plus Kevy, GusGus, NA, and bluerica) made tremendous company. And the food was delicious. Moment of the evening was someone suggesting Lisa order carrot cake for dessert...having had braised rabbit as her entree.
The company and food was so delightful, in fact, that dinner lasted nearly 3 hours!! It was almost 11 by the time we got back in the park. So the "whirlwind attraction hopping" became, "ride Buzz, ride Space Mountain, meet up with NM and Babette and ride Space Mountain again." Which was a fine way to end a perfectly good evening.
So thanks again to everyone who made it, thanks to those who wanted to make it but couldn't, and generally thanks to all the friends that continue to embiggen our lives. Y'all rule.