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07/04/2006: X-E’s Disney World Adventure – Part 3!

Happy 4th of July, all. I’ve barely heard any fireworks today. Guess everyone blew their stock over the course of the weekend. Krauts. I’m down to a smoke bomb and a sparkler, and I just totally remembered right now that this is one of those rare days of the year where several channels run marathons of shows that are only good in marathon form. I’ll make this quick.

A month, nine pages and 56,000 words bring X-E’s Disney World Adventure to its conclusion. Part 3 has been posted, covering luaus, blinking drinks, roller coasters and giant bees. Hope you’ve enjoyed the series; I’m definitely ready to get back to doing some more “normal” X-E articles, starting next weekend.

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Great job with the Disney articles!

You know, this may be the best advertising Disney could ever get. I was debating about doing a Disney trip on the cheap this fall for just a couple days… but after reading this, I think I now wait a year, save up some more cash, and just go nuts. I need to check out that damn Magical Disney bus that takes you from the airport to the hotel. I was sold when you mentioned that UNCLE SCROOGE was on the video they play.

Anyway, keep up the great work on X-E. I am hooked on this website for life.

Ghosted by Jon @ 07/07/2006 1:46 AM EDT

Heh heh…You are absolutely right, Welsh Rabbit. Very well informed. Nice work.

JohnK, is, without a doubt, a jerk, but I love him just the same. He missed deadlines, caused all sorts of trouble, and, quite honestly, deserved to get fired, but Ren & Stimpy was a phenomenal show and there are not many people who know as much about what makes a great cartoon as he.

John’s a huge jerk, but we’re talkin’ show biz! It’s a whole industy made of crooks and vermin! If you decide not to support the work of jerks, you may as well sever all ties to media. Billy West is a total jerk, but he’s also one of the most talented voice-actors ever. I can take this further – look at high culture. I can’t think of any specific examples of crazy/angry artists, but you know they’ve existed. (I spent, like, ten minutes looking around Wikipedia for one, but I got distracted by all the pretty pictures and links and unsubstatiated claims. Wikipedia has some neat stuff. Regardless, I wasn’t going to spend more than ten minutes doing research for a message board post. I’ve spent more than enough time writing this as it is.)

If you’re going to choose not to support the work of jerks, I’ll back you. I think that’s a way-cool goal. Don’t botcott one jerk based on the word of another, though. I guess that means don’t listen to me, ’cause I’m as jerky as the rest of ‘em.

Bottom-line: If you care click the the link and look at his ideas.

Ghosted by Tougi @ 07/07/2006 2:07 AM EDT

JoshC AGAIN!,
I’d have kicked his fucking ass and then I’d have kicked his fucking ass again. In fact I feel like jumping on a plane and coming to help you find the punk so we could both kick his fucking ass. People like that make me mad.

Ghosted by Scott @ 07/07/2006 3:23 AM EDT

Oh, I posted a pretty one-sided arguement up there. The other side, albiet from the mouth of JohnK’s fans:

"…after continuous battles over script content and control, he was fired from his own show in 1992."

It is my understanding that both this and you point are true, Welsh Rabbit.

Ghosted by Tougi @ 07/07/2006 4:28 AM EDT

SCOTT:
Thanks Man, I just wish i wasnt in such a state, i probably wouldve remember’d to write down his licence plate number, alli know is that he’llget his in the end. but its a sad and unfortunate end to a good furry friend.

ona lighter note, i was perusing your site, and i must ask,in the mince pies article you mention hot cross spice, what is it?????
im really digging your site too, WOOO now i have two rad sites to waste time with(no i swear honey, i am working!!)

Cheers
El-Josh-O

Ghosted by JoshC @ 07/07/2006 9:52 AM EDT

Jerk or genius I haven’t decided yet, but I have been enjoying John K.’s blog, especially the celebrity caricatures.
That’s really horrible, JoshC! Sorry to hear about it.
Just got back from Dead Man’s Chest. I agree that it easily lives up to the hype; possibly even better than the first one. Saw it at the El Capitan, so they had all the cool costumes and props (the jars of dirt AND eyeballs! olde timey guns! assorted melons!) and there were a couple of news crews and way more people dressed as pirates than I anticipated. I don’t want to spoil too much, since I know not everybody took the damn day off to go see it, but it is a perfect follow-up to what they did with the first one. The CGI on Davy Jones and crew is amazing, and way more impressive onscreen than the commercials led me to expect. It has a lot of slapstick (but so did the first) but the script is clever too (and doesn’t drag anywhere, perhaps unlike the first one). I’m already ready to see it again…Just heard on the news that the Capitan is sold out through Sunday already.
Topic? In line I encountered a couple of dudes sporting Disney pins, so I asked them how the POTC ride revamp was and got the impression that overall it’s pretty good. Actually, my suspicion is that the revamp is super good, and these dudes were just putting on too-cool-for-school airs.

Ghosted by squee4242 @ 07/07/2006 11:19 AM EDT

A question for everyone:

Remember how at the end of (maybe the Flintstones) there would be this bring in the milk, put out the cat, then the cat would jump back in through a window? Wasn’t there some 80’s show that did that too? Was it Dinosaurs? Am I going crazy? Is that Bubbletape? Can I have some?

Ghosted by Fox @ 07/07/2006 11:20 AM EDT

Great job on the Disney stuff. For anyone going to Disney World don’t miss The Adventurers Club at Pleasure Island it’s this crazy interactive bar/club/show set in some 1920’s club, they have different shows in each room over the evening and all are a hoot, when we went the place was packed with hot chicks who work at Disney as Snow White, Mulan and others. Also the two Universal Parks and Sea World can be an awsome vacation without making a visit to Disney.

Ghosted by ltp74 @ 07/07/2006 12:24 PM EDT

I was renting movies the other day, and they actually had an episode of Dinosaurs on VHS!

Ghosted by Deuce @ 07/07/2006 12:41 PM EDT

Sorry about your feline buddy, JoshC. I like cats, they like me, and we just like to chill most of the day. I’m sure there’s a special Hell for anyone that wantonly harms any small animal. Not to mention wings for specific species. "Welcome to Cat’s Revenge. My name is Bast, the Egyptian Cat Goddess, and I’ll be todays special guest punisher."

Ghosted by kingklash @ 07/07/2006 1:12 PM EDT

Yeah, Wal-Mart has season 1 of Dinosaurs for like $22.00. Dinosaurs is a show I actually loved, but completely forgot about! When I saw it at Wal-Mart I screamed "DINOSAURS! NO WAY!" …and then people stared at me, so I fled.

Plus, Wal-Mart now has the entire SERIES of "Firefly" (which the movie ‘Serenity’ was based on) for only $25!!! I couldn’t believe it, especially since I had already purchased it for 50 frigging dollars at HMV…..damn, I was mad! But, at least this might make more people check out Joss Whedon’s incredible show. Go on people- buy it!

Ghosted by Muppet Baby @ 07/07/2006 1:18 PM EDT

Speaking of Pirates of the Caribbean, my brother in law and are going to the mall tomorrow to enter a contest for the best dressed pirate. My Bro has some real tri-corner hats and a real sword to bring! I’m really excited to get dressed up and make an idiot out of myself. Tonight were going to Value Village to look for some clothes. I hope we friggin win!

Ghosted by IHAQ @ 07/07/2006 1:24 PM EDT

Hey I agree with you guys, john k is a jerkhole. BUT ren and stimpy was(and still is) the shit so he gets a pass from me. Only complaint I have is I can’t find the dvds after season 3 and some of four

Ghosted by PRSense @ 07/07/2006 1:28 PM EDT

that chick stacey hosting disney commercials is hot. i remember seeing her on tv while down at the park in march.

i think she made my girlfriend jealous because i found myself watching her every possible moment while at the hotel.

good times

Ghosted by donkeyjaws @ 07/07/2006 2:08 PM EDT

"Have you ever considered piracy? You would make an excellent Dread Pirate Roberts."

Ghosted by kingklash @ 07/07/2006 2:24 PM EDT

Well that’s just great; Mom is late on my birthday presents and I just told her the cheapest price for that set was $32.99 at Target. She just left. Without her cell phone.

Why do I care if it’s her money? Because it means less presents for ME….

Ghosted by Mars @ 07/07/2006 2:44 PM EDT

JoshC

Hot Cross Spices are just some stuff that’s added to food around Easter in England. Usually it’ll be a mix of nutmeg or cinammon. Kind of like the spices you’d put in Pumpkin pie I think. Thanks for the props.

Karma will get that guy.

Ghosted by Scott @ 07/07/2006 4:23 PM EDT

"Plus, Wal-Mart now has the entire SERIES of "Firefly" (which the movie ‘Serenity’ was based on) for only $25!!! I couldn’t believe it, especially since I had already purchased it for 50 frigging dollars at HMV…..damn, I was mad! But, at least this might make more people check out Joss Whedon’s incredible show. Go on people- buy it!" – Muppet Baby

My husband and I went to one of those special Serenity showings the other week for that charity Joss Whedon loves, and he won two raffle prizes – one was the copy of Variety with the browncoats’ advertisement of love, and the other was a Buffy basket with a Sunnydale High sweatshirt and copy of the submission tape of "Once More, With Feeling." He was pissed he didn’t get the Spike bobble-head. But what I wanted to say was that Serenity is 10,000 times better in the theater.

Ghosted by Jessica Marie @ 07/07/2006 4:33 PM EDT

So still no idea what show that end gag is from? Nobody?

I’m going to go check on Balki!

Ghosted by Fox @ 07/07/2006 4:49 PM EDT

Much Thanks To Everyone for the emotional support, god i miss the lil’ bugger!
You Guys All Tock, Finally A place where i can converse with people who actually getg me,
and hey fox, i believe it was just on the simpsons, but dont quote me !!
cheers
El-Josh-O

Ghosted by JoshC @ 07/07/2006 5:29 PM EDT

I’m superjealous of everyone seeing Pirates this weekend… I’m saving for my trip to Ireland so NO fun stuff until I get paid next week. And my Entertainment Weekly is taunting me with its fancy POTC cover!

Ghosted by Welsh Rabbit @ 07/07/2006 7:15 PM EDT

AHHHHHHHHHHH!

Ghosted by The Boston Pirate @ 07/07/2006 7:25 PM EDT

AYYYYYYYYYYY!

Ghosted by The Fonz @ 07/07/2006 9:25 PM EDT

Matt,awesome conclusion. Heck you even got THE Star Speeder,wow. I am thinking of going to WDW solo(Is it a good idea?),and you showed one tiny problem:how kids annoy the hell outta you. But great job trying to stay cool at the drive-inn.

Right now I want to say this: I can’t wait to get there.

Ghosted by Felix @ 07/07/2006 9:44 PM EDT

I have to work everyday until next friday. That’ll be 9 days (including yesterday) in a row of working….must be patient and remain sane until my vacation…..

Ghosted by phunqsauce @ 07/07/2006 10:32 PM EDT

The Batsuit has nipples.

Ghosted by Ragnarok @ 07/08/2006 1:45 AM EDT

IHAQ – did I catch that correctly? Your brother is going to the mall carrying a real sword?

To everyone else: Have you noticed the Jerry Bruckhiemer logo on all the Pirates of the Carribean advertisements? If you missed it, that’s alright, because they flash his name all around the screen and read it for you. Anyway, that’s the advertisers’ way of telling you that a movie or show will be a horrid, mind-numbing travesty. Seriously, I can’t believe I sat through the first one. Will someone please tell me how ANYONE could screw up a movie that features both pirates and the living dead? It’s incomprehensible.

All my ranting has left me with an extra thought: If the Haunted Mansion movie from just a few years back had been as successful as the Pirates franchise, would Disney have desecrated their ride with Eddie Murphy updates?

Ghosted by Tougi @ 07/08/2006 3:26 AM EDT

Tougi: So fast.

Ghosted by Jedoc @ 07/08/2006 7:37 AM EDT

Tougi

What are you talking about? The first Pirates movie was amazing. Sure, it had a few pacing problems, but it was still a kick-ass awesome movie..

Ghosted by Cameron T. @ 07/08/2006 11:23 AM EDT

Yeah, it was excellent. I plan on seeing it again; mainly because I was feeling a bit blue while seeing it (very long story), and it did move kinda fast, so I’d like to go over some of the parts I missed.

If there any Lovecraft (or Futurama) fans hereabouts who haven’t yet seen it, you may recognize a certain face onscreen. (Those who have seen the movie probably know what I’m talking about.)

Ghosted by Andrew @ 07/08/2006 11:54 AM EDT

I am a total playa hata when it comes to the Bruckmeister; I wouldn’t sit through the likes of Top Gun or CSI without the promise of financial renumeration. Pirates is one of the exceptions to the Bruckheimer banality. You can pick it apart and hate on it, but I think you’ll find most people are willing to embrace the silliness and fun.
I thought they were giving away the milk with how much they show Davy Jones in the promos (I saw him on a puzzle/poster many weeks ago), but once I saw what they had up their sleeves with the crew/Kracken it made sense.

Ghosted by squee4242 @ 07/08/2006 12:42 PM EDT

Tougi: Yeah my Brother in law is crazy about battles and wars, he even works at a Fort, so he has lots of things like swords, muskets, and he even has odd clothes like a pith helmet. He’s an odd fellow, but at least I know I’ll always have someone willing to dress up and look a little different with me!

Ghosted by IHAQ @ 07/08/2006 1:21 PM EDT

Jessica Marie- I am really jealous of that event you got to go to! Man, I wish I lived near a larger city so I could go to comic book conventions, and other equally cool things.

Man, I have been hearing nothing but BAD reviews for Pirates 2…even my crappy local paper trashed it this morning as I was drinking my coffee, and since it’s the ONLY movie playing in town, that really bummed me out. Still, I cannot believe they could screw it up so badly….pirates, Johnny Depp, cool CGI, HOW can this be bad? Although, the review DID say that it was insanely long…

Was Jerry Bruckhiemer responsible for "Armageddon"? If so, the man is evil. That movie was a piece of shit.

Ghosted by Muppet Baby @ 07/08/2006 1:37 PM EDT

Ol’ Brucky my be a lot of things, but at least he’s no SCHUMACHER! (thunderclap, horse whinnies)

As per the Elder God, look back a few months to my link to the Cthulhu/Chick Tract page. It was during our discussion about outlawing Hallowe’en.

Ghosted by kingklash @ 07/08/2006 3:50 PM EDT

Not sure why everything I type is underlined, but whatever. Matt – I know you can’t possibly read all these, but can we get an article of a tour of your apartment and all its cool crap? That would rule. Your pal, Terror Claws Cole.

Ghosted by TerrorClawsCole @ 07/08/2006 4:16 PM EDT

Pirates 2 was awesome. End of discussion. I don’t know how anyone can not enjoy that movie. It has everything anyone could want from a film. Except maybe explosions and car chases, but it does have explosions and pirate ship chases, so there. Also, the movie is worth seeing for the coolest bad guys I have seen in a movie in a long long time.

In closing, it made me feel like a little kid again. And (SPOILER, MAYBE)………………………………………………………………….. yes, I’ll say it, reminded me a little of the Empire Strikes Back, at the end anyway.

Ghosted by Fox @ 07/08/2006 4:50 PM EDT

One thing I realli disliked about PotC 2 was the voice for Davy Jones…it was just far from what I was expecting.

Ghosted by Ragnarok @ 07/08/2006 6:08 PM EDT

I haven’t seen the movie yet, of course, but isn’t the voice of Davy Jones also the actor playing him, Bill Nighy? Bill Nighy is extra-awesome.

And I was disappointed that the reviewer in Entertainment Weekly said she HATED Pirates 2, but then she mentioned that she also hated the original. So I feel free ignoring all that, because that bitch must be cray-zay.

Ghosted by Welsh Rabbit @ 07/08/2006 10:15 PM EDT

Cameron T.: No, it wasn’t. In fact, I’ll go so far as to say that your opinion is wrong. That’s right, people who disagree with me! You can end all this pointless arguing now, because I am the only one with a valid opinion and the rest of you are wrong.

Muppet Baby: Bruckhiemer was the producer on Armageddon. I won’t speak out against this movie too much, because I haven’t seen it. Still, I can’t think of any reason to see it, because it was not only produced by Jer-Jer B, but directed by Michael Bay. They’ve worked together quite a few times, judging by the generally reliable IMDB, but never managed to make anything good, which is particularly upsetting because Jerry has co-production duty on an upcoming Prince of Persia movie. (Not that video game movies have the highest expectations anyway. It’s too bad, because I thought the Super Mario Bros. movie was one of the most bizarre and entertaining pieces in cinematic history. Which, I’m sure destroys plenty of my credibility as a critic.) Even worse, Bay is directing the new Transformers. At the same time, Spielberg is executive producer. That will have some wild results.

Now for me to mock myself: I accidentally refered to Disney as they. Disney is a collective noun. Disney is it. I triedto point this out yesterday, but the X-E comment system said I’d posted something too recently and said I might be a spammer.

I’ve taken up more space on the board than I deserve. Sorry ’bout that. I’m done until the next topic. See you kids when Matt finishes the next article.

Ghosted by Tougi @ 07/09/2006 3:58 AM EDT

If you were able to stand the gut-wrenchingly annoying Stacy, then you really missed out by not getting to see the previous host, Crissa. She was MUCH more entertaining, much LESS punch-in-the-faceable, and much MORE attractive. Exhibit A.

Ghosted by Robb @ 07/09/2006 3:25 PM EDT

Squee: That’s why I didn’t even watch the TV promos whenever they came on; I would just look away. I did once catch the part with Jack on the cannibals’ spit.

The one thing I wish was that Keith Richards had been able to play Will’s dad in this movie (really; look it up!) I hadn’t done any pre-research on this movie before I saw it (except to find showtimes online), so yeah, I enjoyed it all without already knowing what to expect.

Movie records seem to be broken a lot more easily these days; Pirates 2 beat Revenge of the Sith to the most successful opening day release!

Ghosted by Andrew @ 07/09/2006 7:41 PM EDT

Great! Hot Disney #46….Jellyrolls!

Ghosted by twotoohappy @ 07/09/2006 8:37 PM EDT

good article buddy!

Ghosted by crusty @ 07/09/2006 11:09 PM EDT

As a fellow Jersey Boy… I tell you that you must go the Islands of Adventure and Universal Studios…. The Spiderman ride at Islands blows the 3d stuff away on the Donald Duck ride….

How could you not write about the Haunted Mansion… or the lame Huckleberry Finn thingy???

Great stuff though!!!

Ghosted by BLOOD @ 07/11/2006 7:38 PM EDT

We were just at the Disney Parks the week after you, it’s scary how we made almost the very same observations you did. From the *mandatory* close captioned TV in the Lodge (which I finally outwitted by actually selecting cc) to the dining reservations in advance cramping our schedule.

Expedition Everest did rock, it was down the first day we tried to get on, but going in early on a Magic Hour day we managed several rides on it while the lines were short.

Reading your articles was like a travelogue written by me, only better!

Ghosted by Mike D. @ 07/14/2006 5:53 PM EDT

I just wanted to thank you for one of the best Disney vacation reads I have ever had…and I read A LOT of them. Thank you Thank you Thank you

Ghosted by Shawn @ 07/15/2006 12:22 PM EDT

Dear god, Matt!?? What the hell is that post-card potato thing?!!!

Ghosted by RedLightBulbs @ 07/16/2006 3:49 AM EDT

Did you know that the gertie the dinosaur ice crean place was based on the 1916 cartoon the was called that same thing.

Ghosted by FLIPPY FAN @ 07/17/2006 2:00 PM EDT

I don’t remember guards being posted by the disney characters back in the 80’s. What’s up with it now?!

Ghosted by Alyssa @ 07/19/2006 3:12 PM EDT

Great article

Ghosted by joe @ 07/22/2006 2:35 PM EDT

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