IluvKingLouis
02-12-2009, 02:55 PM
It's cold today. In the 30's this morning with gusts and humidity. The crowds were also insane.
We arrived at MK and decided to do the Race Cars. I waited on a bench while Glen and Linnea went on this ride. People watching was interesting. I watched while a couple allowed their three year old to stomp through the flowers in an elevated planter. Also listened to a couple complain about another adult family member on the trip. Wow.
It was so crazy we decided we needed a break at Tom Sawyers Island. This was fun. We must have gone on the barrel bridge 5 times. Linnea was a little spooked by the cave but she was a trooper.
After we left the Island, we went on Pirates, and that was pretty much it. The crowds were making us crazy, so we decided to take the Monorail to the Poly for lunch at Kona.
While boarding the monorail to the TTC, a man in his 40's (there with his elderly parents) through a hissy fit. Apparently he was walking with a cane and had wanted to board one of the handicap compartments. A CM had told him he could board a regular compartment as they reserved handicap ones for those with wheel chairs and EMV's (and there was no problem getting a seat this time of day). Anyway he made huge stink and demanded to see a manager. So another CM arranged for a manager (gave him the managers name) to meet him at the TTC.
It was apparent to Glen and I that this guy was a total jerk. His parents (in there 70's) were totally enabling him; "Yes son, it's horrible the way you were treated. No one should be treated like that." He was also loaded down with shopping bags including some largely wrapped framed artwork with "art" and "fragile" stamped allover the packaging. He struck me as a spoiled little brat still living with his folks.
When we arrived at the TTC, his parents nudged him, and he said "I shouldn't have to hunt him down, he will need to find me." When Glen and I exited we noticed a manager eagerly glancing up and down to find the disgruntled guest. We told him which compartment he was in. I added, "He said he wasn't going to hunt you down, that you would have to find him." The managers demeanor changed and he replied, "Oh, so he said that, did he?" :) I just wanted him to know that he wasn't dealing with a normal guest, but a real jerk. Oh, and he was saying the whole time over that he was going to demand that the CM who wouldn't let him ride in the handicap car get fired.
We arrived at Kona Cafe at 1, and only 6 tables were occupied! We were seated right away and had a great meal. I had a chicken and vegetable stir fry, with white rice. It also came with macaroni salad (which I can't stand) and they were very nice about substituting that for some lovely broccoli.
We went back to the room to relax. It was nasty cold out. Glen and Linnea decided to go to Epcot but I just didn't have warm enough clothes to join them. Plus I was pooped. That evening Linnea went on Test Track along with all the other Future World Favorites. (Which is everything except Mission:Space, and Ellen's ---since it was closed). They went on the new and improved Spaceship Earth, and made funny faces.
We arrived at MK and decided to do the Race Cars. I waited on a bench while Glen and Linnea went on this ride. People watching was interesting. I watched while a couple allowed their three year old to stomp through the flowers in an elevated planter. Also listened to a couple complain about another adult family member on the trip. Wow.
It was so crazy we decided we needed a break at Tom Sawyers Island. This was fun. We must have gone on the barrel bridge 5 times. Linnea was a little spooked by the cave but she was a trooper.
After we left the Island, we went on Pirates, and that was pretty much it. The crowds were making us crazy, so we decided to take the Monorail to the Poly for lunch at Kona.
While boarding the monorail to the TTC, a man in his 40's (there with his elderly parents) through a hissy fit. Apparently he was walking with a cane and had wanted to board one of the handicap compartments. A CM had told him he could board a regular compartment as they reserved handicap ones for those with wheel chairs and EMV's (and there was no problem getting a seat this time of day). Anyway he made huge stink and demanded to see a manager. So another CM arranged for a manager (gave him the managers name) to meet him at the TTC.
It was apparent to Glen and I that this guy was a total jerk. His parents (in there 70's) were totally enabling him; "Yes son, it's horrible the way you were treated. No one should be treated like that." He was also loaded down with shopping bags including some largely wrapped framed artwork with "art" and "fragile" stamped allover the packaging. He struck me as a spoiled little brat still living with his folks.
When we arrived at the TTC, his parents nudged him, and he said "I shouldn't have to hunt him down, he will need to find me." When Glen and I exited we noticed a manager eagerly glancing up and down to find the disgruntled guest. We told him which compartment he was in. I added, "He said he wasn't going to hunt you down, that you would have to find him." The managers demeanor changed and he replied, "Oh, so he said that, did he?" :) I just wanted him to know that he wasn't dealing with a normal guest, but a real jerk. Oh, and he was saying the whole time over that he was going to demand that the CM who wouldn't let him ride in the handicap car get fired.
We arrived at Kona Cafe at 1, and only 6 tables were occupied! We were seated right away and had a great meal. I had a chicken and vegetable stir fry, with white rice. It also came with macaroni salad (which I can't stand) and they were very nice about substituting that for some lovely broccoli.
We went back to the room to relax. It was nasty cold out. Glen and Linnea decided to go to Epcot but I just didn't have warm enough clothes to join them. Plus I was pooped. That evening Linnea went on Test Track along with all the other Future World Favorites. (Which is everything except Mission:Space, and Ellen's ---since it was closed). They went on the new and improved Spaceship Earth, and made funny faces.