Comments on: disney pants part 1: “i was terrified of that yeti”

By: weenston

weenston — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 01:13:08 +0000

sweet pictures. definitely jealous. i just starting watching mad men and it is fantastic. i first heard about it through you, so thanks…now i’m stuck watching several hundred hours of television.

By: Henri

Henri — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 23:39:04 +0000

There is NO MGM STUDIOS. Although half of the Disney employees still call it that anyway. But it’s HOLLYWOOD STUDIOS now. Which means it’s exactly the same, but now they have Pixar stuff and don’t have the same deal with MGM worked out.

As for the differences between the two – I thought about the Matterhorn a lot on Everest, too. And I missed the Indiana Jones ride, which doesn’t exist at all in Florida. They do have the Indiana Jones stunt spectacular, but it was raining while that was on, so we stayed in the Prime Time Cafe where it was fun.

Also, I hate the Rocky thing. It’s true. If I’m going to look like Sylvester Stallone at all, I want it to be Deathrace 2000 Sly. Time for a new look!

By: Mandy

Mandy — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 22:19:56 +0000

Dude, AWESOME pictures! I haven’t been back to Disney World in maybe five years, and I am totally wanting to go now! Disney MGM Studios is my fave, particularly Star Tours. I’m a sucker for anything Star Wars. My fave place to eat is there, too. The Sci-Fi Diner. The tables are all made to be like you’re eating in a 1950s car, watching old sci-fi movies on a screen, and the waitstaff all wear rollerskates!
Erin, my favorite is when M’elle admonishes your table manners. “Psst… Mom! Elbows!”, and then shakes her little head.

By: juliana

juliana — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 22:02:36 +0000

sarah, dear, you make waiting around for a baby quite pleasant.

did you notice that the aerosmith ride was sponsored by hanes?!? this kind of disturbs me. steven tyler & undies… not something i like to think of together.

it is fun to see the similarities to disneyland (and its newish neighbor, calif adventure). for instance – one of the oldest disneyland rides is the matterhorn – after a mtn in switzerland (?) – and it has a yeti. i don’t really like that ride though, because you are on these tobaggan deals with nested seating that are made for people with shorter legs than mine (not that mine are long, but, you know), and so the whole time my knees kept on smashing into the front of the car everytime we went around a bend. this obviously never happened to me as a kid.

re: the insane cost of disney — yeah, it is weird. but at the same time, they do create this fanatasy world that isn’t that hard to buy into if you choose to let yourself – and it is fun and happy, even though it is also fake. so i think that the occasional disney trip is justifiable, so long as you know that it is an illusion, and so long as you are willing to not be utterly sucked in my the marketing madness of it. it also helps to go at the least-desired times of year, so that you don’t have to be there as long to go on as many rides as you please.

i await the rest of the story with great expectation.

By: John

John — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 19:15:58 +0000

Sarah, now that I rely on Matt for Internet stuff I e-mail him with things like this all the time too!!!

By: Michelle

Michelle — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 18:54:50 +0000

Note about the wine thing: The next time this happens, state that it was Texas rootstocks that saved the French industry (after Texas and southeast grapes almost ruined the industry with a soil louse).

Then proceed to tell him to be quiet because you are in a Italian restaurant and you wanna drink Italian wine and not French wine and what-the-hell-does-this-have-to-do-with-ordering-your-wine?!

By: Sarah

Sarah — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 18:11:02 +0000

ok i fixed it! yay!

By: Sarah

Sarah — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 16:52:11 +0000

erin, i obvs need to spend more time with m’elle. also? henri gets that rocky thing a LOT. no seriously. and i can actually see it, esp. now that he has a leather jacket, which he always wears with a hoodie.

guys, i don’t know WHAT is up with those pictures. they worked before?!! so i did what i always do: i emailed matt about it. i think the problem might be that those pics are from henri’s picasa album…

By: John

John — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 16:47:01 +0000

I never thought I’d say this, but… I really really want to go to Disneyworld now!

Fast Pass also sounds like my own personal bit of heaven.

Also, I’m with you Meredith, the Internet hates me too, the photos aren’t coming out. Boo.

By: Meredith

Meredith — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 16:39:38 +0000

Erin, you totally would have that conversation with M’elle. That girl wins every argument. But you forgot the easiest way to distract her–promises of bacon. “M’elle, if you come with me right now, you can have an all-bacon dinner.” “Very well, Mom, I acquiesce.”

Henri WISHES he looked like Rocky. No really, he does. Have you ever seen Montage Barrage?

Erica, you are the awesomest for taking Sarah and Henri to Disney World. Don’t let Sarah’s Bibbidi Bobbidi disapproval shame you into apologizing for your Disney love!

The second half of these pictures didn’t load for me on either my work computer OR home computer (ALL INTERNET HATES ME RIGHT NOW, WHEREVER I AM), so I am checking captions against flickr pics, trying to guess what goes with what. It’s fun!