NoRegrets…BucketListTour

:bump1: its been a little while…ya think? where the hell I been? side trip... he's back…. okay….back to the trip report in a while…..

life keeps on coming…and so will Day 2 at MK….EMH….what happened? Did Grandpa make it till 3am? only the pictures will tell…. ….taking care of life for a day or so…. thanks for all the kind words….glad you are enjoying….me enjoying….recording my bucket filling trip...

so, I cruised around all morning on my scooter…went by the pool…and the big Trading Post… checked out the Canoes…we will come back to the Canoes later in the trip….and fishing poles… what would a Grandpa story be without a boat and fishing pole? so…I came back to site 109 and woke them up!…they told me it was the strategy….that EMH was 3 am later that day! so we strategized and prepared for a full day at MK again….starting around 4pm or so… I knew I wasn't going to be able to keep up with this crew… so….next up…..day two at MK…. and all Alexis is talking about is Thunder Mountain Railroad….aft

look…I found a Mickey Lamp Post…waving at me…HI Mickey! interesting flag pole… look…its a FIEND! its not any FIEND! its….Bibbidi…Boddidi…Boo…Tri - B… there aren't home….oh well, pass back later….

okay…lets try that again…. so, I left the kids sleeping…and I went looping! but, first I went to try out the shopping…since we are in the 100 loop, its just a few feet to the Trading Post… what? no FW merchandise? What's Up With That? Disney….are you reading this? after all these years of wanting to come to FW and no doo dads to buy?….no Musket Mickey anything? no spare tire cover? no train to ride? oh well….mounted up on the scooter and rode out the few feet to the lake….sorry no pictures…it was just too overwhelming…YES! I rode over to the Trails End to see about getting a cup of coffee t

okay…now I am MAD…4 nights without electricty…its midnite thirty…I am charging up my laptop and posting a bunch of pictures and I get thrown out of McDonalds and lose my post!… how can one get mad…posting this stuff?….hang on…we'll try again…..

so…where were we? Fort Wilderness…day two….rise and shine…. okay…maybe not everyone rise and shine… okay…maybe only me rise and shine…. okay…maybe rise and not too shiny…. okay….maybe crawl and really dull….

I love the views…TN does have some beautiful spots… I might have a chair that needs a covering…..

much…much more to come of this trip report…..that was just the first day! I just spent two nights without electricity….Knoxville got hit hard a couple of nights ago…. there is a power pole down a few houses down the street….no one has done anything with it yet…. enjoying? a little McDonalds wifi right now….between charging the iphone in my truck…. Seymour is spitting distance! Walker Scooters….actually don't won't to think about that one….after the scooter….comes the walker….

so…that railroad train ride is fast Grandpa…. not long after that Grandpa decided to head back to the Fort…. tip for you if you find yourself in the MK at parade or fireworks time…. CM's keep a path open so that you can pass through the stores on both sides of Main Street….who knows…you might buy something too… so, Grandpa….went through the stores and hopped a boat back to the Fort….and climbed into his bed and shut the door on a really nice day…. a really nice day….like a bucket filling day….. so back at MK…. young Jedi not much into POOH! don't know which ride this is…but looks like it was

alright….so we climbed a big tree… we rode a boat in a jungle… we rode another boat and saw a bunch of pirates… when are we going to have some fun Grandpa? patience Grasshopper….let's go ride this old slow train while we are thinking about it…. Grandpa….when are we going to ride something fast? Grandpa…..this is getting a little better….what do you think? Jake? Now….this is what I have been talking about!

so…let's go do something Grandpa… wait…I want Pluto to sign my book…. I wonder what ride we go on first? I wonder how many people go to this same ride as the first ride of a trip? wait a minute…I saw those same lions back in 1961 in Disneyland! just think about the difference in what a 5 year old and 30 year old see…looking at the same thing…. pre excitement looks…. in a few hours…will be total excitement…. in a few days….will be total burnout….maybe….for kids…..nah…...

so…back at the Fort… I was being visited by a Magic Bus! but….I wasn't there…. when we returned from the MK….there was a strange business card on my camper door…one like I had never seen before…. kinda FIENDISH…. ignore that date and time….we are trying to tell a story here….

don't know if this will help…but here goes…. I was there in May…had a MMW ticket for six days….with no hopping…. I went to MK 3 days and Epcot once….so used 4 days…. I thought about upgrading to an AP before leaving…..but didn't…. I thought about it just before the 14 days were up to upgrade…. of course by then I was six hundred miles away from the park…. I called and told them my story….(I have a terminal illness)… at first I was told I had to go to a park ticket window and do it in person…. I was persistantly nice…and told them how much this means to me… eventually….I was asked for my MMW ca

so….now…. Let the Memories Begin…..