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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.

Posted by Matt on 07/04/2006. E-mail me!



Discussion Thread: 168 comments

Cameron T: A common and admittedly logical misconception. But one that haunted Philip C. Harmon, founder of the original New York Orchestra, to his dying day.

Chestnuts roasted by Jedoc @ 07/05/2006 9:06 PM

See, that’s even funnier than the post from Titus.

Chestnuts roasted by Matt @ 07/05/2006 9:08 PM

Yeah… language barriers are awesome!!!

Chestnuts roasted by Old E @ 07/05/2006 9:36 PM

GREAT ARTICLES!!!!!!!!!

I can’t wait to go to Disney myself one day…i’m definitley going before me and my husband have kids! That way i ain’t gonna be the parent of that devil spawn in the sci fi diner!

Chestnuts roasted by mandy_reeves @ 07/05/2006 10:02 PM

Jedoc

I assume you’re joking, but here’s the dictionary.com link anyway: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/philharmonic

:)

Chestnuts roasted by Cameron T. @ 07/05/2006 10:52 PM

I had to blink a couple of times when I read "Eirene" up there. I’ve been reading Rome recaps lately to kill time and thought I was on the wrong site for a second. Trying to figure out when season 2 is coming, I see the http://www.hbo.com/corpinfo/faq/romefaq.shtml">official answer is "set for 2007", and the unsubstantiated unverified http://boards.hbo.com/thread.jspa?threadID=800001508&messageID=800093917#800093917">answer seems to be January
(hopefully along with Sopranos???). Still can’t find any info about when Extras season 2 airs, but I know filming has started so that’s encouraging.
After 5 carries everything cool and booze related, so I checked and http://www.after5catalog.com/product/03LICUBE.aspx">sure enough they have the light-up cubes. They appear to be the exact same brand, though of course it’s not the same without the mouse-shaped swizzle stick.

Chestnuts roasted by squee4242 @ 07/05/2006 11:37 PM

Holy crap, those cubes are five bucks apiece? My Dad’s a research chemist working on the next level of LED lighting, he’s always saying LED products cost too much and run out too fast. I guess I agree with him.

All my lighting effects come from the dollar store in the form of glow tubes. Five bracelets for a dollar? Take that, The Man!

Chestnuts roasted by Welsh Rabbit @ 07/06/2006 12:10 PM

Thanks for the feedback, guys!

For Disney fans curious as to why certain things were left out, here’s a few bits:

1) Pirates of the Caribbean was closed for renovations to reflect the new movie. The gift shop remained open and almost made the list. I really did buy a rubber skull there.

2) Didn’t go on Mission:Space. It was the only ride the woman wasn’t having. Kind of had alcohol-skewed tunnel vision whenever in Epcot anyway, so I didn’t mind so much.

3) We did go on Soarin’, but I honestly wasn’t impressed.

4) We didn’t hit Pop Century; if we had, I’d be writing about Disney for another six months.

5) We skipped Spaceship Earth, for no real reason. It just worked out that way.

6) Epcot’s Illuminations show was mentioned, but it really should’ve been a Hot Disney Thing. Closest you’ll get to a tear in Disney without watching an old lady break her hip in Toontown.

Those are the main things. Trust what I said in Part 1 and do not stay at the Grand Floridian — it’s just boring and the individual hotel room buildings feel like they’re out of The Shining. The Polynesian could’ve sufficed as a good vacation even without the parks, but it’s a little pricey if you’re only half into that kind of stuff. When and if we ever go back, I want to stay at the Wilderness Lodge. That plays looks awesome.

Chestnuts roasted by Matt @ 07/06/2006 1:04 AM

Matt, we stayed at Wilderness Lodge the first time my family went to Disney, and it was pretty cool. Go for it, if you get the chance.

Chestnuts roasted by Cameron T. @ 07/06/2006 1:12 AM

Alright, children. The way I see it, if there’s any message board on this great big Internet where this message can gain plenty of attention, this is it. John Kricfalusi, best known as creator of The Ren & Stimpy Show, is trying to impress potential sponsors for a new show and the best way you can help prove that there would be an audience for that sort of thing is to comment on his latest blog. You don’t even need to write anything particularly insightful; just prove that there could be an audience for a new cartoon. Tell your friends to get onboard. This show needs as many supporters as possible, and it needs ‘em fast.

I feel like a PBS telethon.

http://johnkstuff.blogspot.com/

Chestnuts roasted by Tougi @ 07/06/2006 3:37 AM

You lucky American bastards get to blow shit up in mid-summer?

Chestnuts roasted by dudefromfinland @ 07/06/2006 4:48 AM

am i still the only one that cannot access this article?

Chestnuts roasted by jessica @ 07/06/2006 8:18 AM

Happy… 6th of July! Been lovin’ the Disney World articles. The "NO I LOVE SPICE!" line has become a household joke in various forms. Thanks for the reading material.

Lou

Chestnuts roasted by Lou Cane @ 07/06/2006 8:44 AM

Just saw Pirates of the Carribean Dead Man’s Chest last night. It was awesome. Well worth more than the hype and wait.

Chestnuts roasted by Fox @ 07/06/2006 9:15 AM

Jessica, try this:

Open up notepad. (start > run > notepad > ok)

File > Open, and go to C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts

In there, paste this after everything else you see:
127.0.0.1 server-us.imrworldwide.com
127.0.0.1 mediamgr.ugo.com
127.0.0.1 nht-2.extreme-dm.com
127.0.0.1 pagead2.googlesyndication.com

(each pair should go on one line… ex, 127.0.0.1 mediamgr.ugo.com)

Save… then try again.

Chestnuts roasted by kiwi @ 07/06/2006 10:03 AM

Matt,

GREAT! I loved your Disney Adventure tales! I absolutely detest Disney, but this just may compel me to check out the unabashed spectacle of it all for myself. Check for spelling errors in parts 1 and 2, my only suggestion :-) Hi-ho!

Chestnuts roasted by Laddman @ 07/06/2006 12:02 PM

I swear to god you and I were seperated at birth. Not only do we do the same exact things in the same state, and run around like giddy fools collecting the same addictive products, but when I took my gf to Disney at the exact same time last year we did the same stuff you did. Yea I know everyone does in DISNEY, but I made reservation at the Sci-fi dine in and looks like I sat at the same car in there that you did. And yes I paid the extra $$$ for the blinking ice cubes and picked blue also. I can’t even get into all the eerie similarities like the Wildwood stuff and so on….Coming to this site is like being in my bathroom in front of the mirror.

Chestnuts roasted by KJ in NJ @ 07/06/2006 12:18 PM

Five bucks each for those cubes? Yikes!!!

Damn, I picked up a 4-pack of them at a garage sale for a quarter! Twenty five cents!

So… Yeah, I ain’t gonna be buyin any of those over expensive drinks next time I his D-Land/World.

Chestnuts roasted by Erich @ 07/06/2006 12:38 PM

Matt, I was just reading an old review you did for the movie "Creature," where you wonder whether or not it played in theaters. Well, here’s your answer.

Chestnuts roasted by Monte @ 07/06/2006 3:15 PM

HEY DUDES/DUDE-ETTES and most importantly matt, i was thinking, if you want it, id send you the DVD of jackhammer massacre, ive watched it, thats all i want, but maybe you could do a review or something, id pay the shipping and of course it would be free of chargee, i really wanna see you do a review though!!!

Chestnuts roasted by JoshC @ 07/06/2006 5:07 PM

Hey, I forgot to say "click on my name for my emal Address, if you want the dvd send me your shipping info.
and hey, add me to MSN or aim if you wanna! itd be great to chat with some of you fine folk!!
MSN- Maptosleepwalking@hotmail.com
AIMscreenname- JoshEnemy666

hope you all had an amazing 4th, mine was absolut hell….
my cat got knocked down by some punk, he stopped, but when i ran down to check on Dante’(my baby) she was convulsing so he jumped on her skull, needless to say i grabbed him and screamed while bawling my eyes out, so he hopped in his car and said" fuck you and your fucking cat, I Put her out of her misery for having to live with a fag like you!!!!"
God Im Crushed….
but i dont mean to bring you don, i feel closer to some of the reg’s i (occasionally) talk to on this even more than my family..

i hope you all had a great day, and thanks for the updat matt, it made me laugh soooo fuckin much!!
god i must stop swearing so much!!

take care everyone….

JoshC
AKA: El-Josh-O
AKA: Jim Fetus

Chestnuts roasted by JoshC AGAIN!! @ 07/06/2006 5:16 PM

Sorry to hear that Josh. Did I miss a blog entry? It’s been a long time since I’ve seen a five hour gap in posts, even on a Thursday night!

Chestnuts roasted by Bludge @ 07/06/2006 10:25 PM

Tougi- Billy West says John Kricfalusi got himself fired from Ren & Stimpy for breaking deadlines, then insisted Billy should quit. Sounds like kind of a jerk, I don’t know if I want to support a guy like that.

Chestnuts roasted by Welsh Rabbit @ 07/06/2006 11:16 PM

KJ… I know how you feel man. I am thinking maybe Matt’s an Aquarius… you know like Matt Groening or Ashton Kutcher :-D

Chestnuts roasted by Delvius @ 07/07/2006 12:08 PM

Weird, I was thinking of Ashton Kutcher today at work. I was going to rent some of his films and play a drinking game. But I need everybodys help. When should we take a drink in an Ashton movie. We should get drunk, but be able to put in at least the second video.

Chestnuts roasted by Mrjayberry @ 07/07/2006 12:34 PM

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