Some randomness and observations:
- Brazilians are the most annoying, obnoxious tourists on planet Earth. I can overlook the matching t-shirts, but the traveling in a mob, the loud singing and clapping, the pushing in line, the leaders waving huge flags, and the one idiot in each group walking backwards to film it all?
It's almost as if they were saying, "HEY LOOK AT US! WE'RE FROM BRAZIL! AREN'T WE SPECIAL?". Made me wish that I could speak Portugese just so I could tell them all to piss off. - My best friend Kelly was stuck in Birmingham, Alabama for the week after her van suffered complete engine failure on the trip down. Her husband Mark and their two children (my godchildren Elizabeth and Nathaniel) had to fly from Birmingham to Orlando early Monday morning (the 22nd) while she stayed behind and waited for her dad and brother to make the trip down south.
- The daily temperatures were so unbearably hot that Disney World could have doubled for Hell. The worst day was Monday when we went to the Hollywood Studios. With the heat index factored in, the temp was 120°! I made the mistake of wearing make up the first day we went park hopping, and I'm not exaggerating when I say that my face melted in the time that it took for me to walk from my room to the bus stop.
- I had an emotional break down Saturday evening. Kelly had called me, sobbing hysterically over the van dying (see #2 above), as we were exiting I-4 into Lake Buena Vista, so I was busy trying to console her and come up with a solution when my brother, Bart, started vying for my attention because he was looking for our hotel. He made some smart ass remark about me being on the phone, I snapped back...and then the tears started. Once we were stopped in the hotel parking lot, he apologized for his rudeness and gave me a hug, but I just coudn't pull it together. The sweet Italian girl who checked us into our rooms saw that I had been crying and tried to make me feel better by giving me a "Happily Ever After" button, but her concern made my tears start all over again. *sigh* The next morning, Mother Nature gave me an unwanted "gift" a week early, so now I know why I got so worked up. Damn hormones.
- We never did see any TruckNutz. Even in Alabama.
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Doesn't sound like a positive experience :(
Julie, before I comment on your post, please allow me to wish you a very happy Independence Day! I hope you have some enjoyable plans in store!
I'm so sorry to hear about your friend Kelly's circumstances. What a way to spoil the vacation for her. I hope she is able to take a raincheck, so to speak, and have the chance to go to Disney in the near future. I'm also sorry to hear you had that emotional moment. Hopefully it didn't last too long and you were able to enjoy the rest of your day (and the vacation as a whole). Crazy hormones - - guess we guys have it a little easier in that department, eh?
So...wanna take a trip to Brazil with us? lol....I look forward to hearing about part 2 of your trip, WT! I hope things got better for you, and that the temperatures cooled off a bit! Cheers!