Pirates Meet, before the changes!

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Wow. Wow wow wow!

This was truly a meet for the ages. I was delighted to see so many people show up! After a slight snafu at the French Market (I thought we should grab tables, others thought we'd meet out front, sorry!) I was so happy to see so many swankers make it, especially those from out of town. We haven't had a meet this big in a long time.

I may have started the thread but it's those that showed up that really made the day special. Big thanks to EVERYONE! You are the coolest people on earth. People came and went and it was amazing seeing everyone.

Right click and save as HERE for a movie of the French Market meet. Once you download it, you have to change it from .htm to .mov in order for it to work.

Right click and save as HERE for a quick movie of the boat sinking. Once you download it, you have to change it from .htm to .mov in order for it to work.

We didn't take a ton of pictures (there were so many cameras that I'm sure it was covered). I did document us in line for Pirates, and got everyone to say "Arrr" instead of "cheese". The results had me in hysterics. If you want to take bad pictures, just get people to say "Arrr".

Check out my early pictures here. Our camera never made it out at night, for some reason.

No one's mentioned this yet, but my main objective of this meet was to get everyone to sing the Pirates song. I printed up copies of the lyrics for everyone. Since it's so dark in the ride we sang it while in line, outside. I was so happy that my dream came true! Thank you!

Then when we sank the boat, they turned the lights on, and we sang it again! I offered Kyle a copy and he said "no, this is enough for me."

I think the best part of our third-time's-the-charm ride was that each time we floated past the Blue Bayou, iSm pulled out the full size pirate flag and flashlight while we yelled piratey things. First time around, the BB patrons clapped and waved. Second and third times seemed to puzzle them. iSm yelled "they're giving these flags out to everyone who rides!" Too funny.

After our hour-long Pirates of the Caribbean sillyness (I'm glad others got pics!) We went to the Treehouse and reclaimed it for the Swiss Family Robinson. Next we commandeered the Columbia. Perfect. At this point my cold caught up with me and my throat was giving way, so iSm shone as our true Pirate cap'n. Who could deny him, with the flag and attitude to match?

I believe we hit Jungle Cruise next. In true pirate fashion we demanded to have Christina as our skipper. We'd had her the night before and she was a rather good one. Yeah, take that sentence out of context. NA, as always, made a great CM wrangler, and we got what we wanted. You'd best fear the Pirate APers!

After that it was time for weary pirates to visit the rum runners at the AP Lounge. A sit and sip and I was rarin' to go again. We hit Zocolo right on time. An ambient dinner later (I love that patio) and we were off to rape and pillage again. Didn't get stuck this time, but flew the flag again and took in this amazing attraction one last time before the changes.

Fireworks by Small World, then Space Mountain, and then I felt like a skeletal pirate looking for an ornate bed...so off we went.

Love this group and love what we do.