Take a Right Turn at the Tea Cups

Disneyworld.
My notes from a trip taken during the October-November week of 2012.

Describing Disney:
Manufactured.
Manicured.
Enjoyable.
Relaxing.
Clean.
The land of 24/7 smiles.
List prices.
For families.

Notables:
The hotel was within walking distance from the Magic Kingdom.
The monorail was in an adjacent hotel.

Vacationed with Holly, Andy, Kylie, Grayson, and Rosie.
Vacationed during Halloween week.

Saw costumed families fill the park.
Saw costumed children ‘trick or treating’ at hotel help desks and sales counters.
Saw fireworks every night right out of our hotel windows.

Lucked out during a week of lower attendance.
Lucked out as storm Sandy had already slid by up the eastern coast.

The weather made for sunny skies and cool temps.
The weather made for layered clothes to shed as temps moved about.


Words remembered from stores, loudspeakers, tour guides, joking waiters, joking bar tenders, stage performers, and street shows:

We hope you enjoy your stay at Disney World.  Your trip to the park should take about 30 minutes.

 Passengers remaining on the car, please move to right to make way for those entering the car.

Going up.  Going down.

Need help with directions?  Take a right turn at the tea cups.

The PeopleMover is the transportation of the future.  The People Mover.....

Fast Pass Line.  Wait Time.  Park Hopper Pass.

How many in your party?  Move to 8.  You’re at 7.  Left to gate 4.

Welcome to Disneyworld, where the entire place is overrun with unemployed children!

Aaaaaaaah! Eeeeeeeee! Eeeeeee-yaaaaaah!

Stop.  Now look behind you.  See where you are to the back of the stage.  I want you to know where you’re standing before we begin.  No one likes to see a clumsy Jedi!

Take one step away from the bee!  Take one giant step away from the bee!

You Tutu.  She Tutu Kane’.  I give you Lei.

No, you don’t have to sit at the bar.  Sit anywhere you like.  But we’re not going to serve you!

Where’re you folks from?

How you both still doing?  Need another refill?  Your food should be here in about 2 hours!

Gratuity: 18%.  Suggested gratuity: 20%.

Rodgers!  Discount Double Check!

You may think that’s water blowing out of the elephant’s nose.  But it’s snot!

That frontier yonder is a dangerous place.  I’d turn back if I were you, Pilgrim.

Do you know why we’re here?  We entered a contest.  And we lost!

17 days and I have nothing.  Every day another change arrives from a different state.
Patience, Mr. Jefferson.  It’s difficult to keep 13 clocks in rhythm all at the same time.

Mine! Mine!
Mine! Mine! Mine!
Mine! Mine!
Mine! Mine! Mine!

Found on a retail store slip:
Disney Parks.
Let the Memories Begin.
PREP H. CREAM $11.95

Found on an otherwise all German language Pluto refrigerator magnet:
Guten Appetit!
Made in Canada.

Found on a Japanese toy named “Lucky Owl”:
Warning: Choking hazard.

We hope you enjoyed your stay at Disney World.  Your trip to the Orlando airport should take about 30 minutes.

Disneyworld.
Sure, reward yourself as we did.  Stay with family- on the grounds.  Plan more than a few days.  Spend for food and entertaiment.  But try to window shop the stores.