DLR Pirate's Lair

Yesterday Shane, Kellie, Sandy & I went to DLR to check out the new Pirate's Lair attraction. John-George & Devon met us for half the day. We turned in our last VMK Quests (as DLR VMK Central closes for good today), and got to see the new Subs ("Resurfacing June 11") in action as Cast Members sneak a peak. The Pirate's Lair had neat effects and was lots of fun. They have integrated the Pirate's the Caribbean mythos with Tom Sawyer's Island and given Jack Sparrow a new home in Disneyland.

After the island, Shane and I ride the Davy Crockett's Explorer Canoes. This was his first time ever on the boats. The evening closes with a Monorail trip out to Downtown Disney's ESPN Sport Zone for dinner to watch the Ducks in a Stanely Cup game. Not only was the restaurant busy for the game, but there was a prom going on. In fact, we only got seated "so quickly" (waited an hour) because someone left and gave us their buzzer. The name was Soap. Heh. Shane, Kellie, Sandy & I had a great time eating and chatting. It was good to shoot the bull with friends.

This Week In Bob - Episode IV

On Saturday 06/03/06 I saw X-Men: The Last Stand (IMDb) with Sandy, Amy, and Dad. It was good. I didn't like it as much as the first two, there was just something lacking in the story and too many inconsistencies between certain scenes that bugged me, but over all I enjoyed it. I was happy to have seen it on the Big Screen and would pay to see it again. It's like those certain comic issues where not much happens to move along the plot, but there sure is a lot of action.

I would love for them to continue the series, but I doubt they will. Maybe we'll get a "New Mutants" type thing with Ice Man, Kitty, Colossus and the other "kids" from the school. And of course there's much buzz about a Wolverine movie. I sure hope it becomes a reality. I've always liked the Wolverine character and I think Hugh does a fantastic job at it.

Disneyland was the destination for Sunday 06/04/06. Mom, Dad, Amy, Sandy and I went up to the Happiest Place on Earth so the first three could be Born in the Park.

The New Borns completed all In Park Quests (with some help, hehe) and Sandy and I completed the High School Musical Quest. We got to ride many of the rides as it wasn't too busy. We tried to make up poses for the pictures. Here we are doing Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil, and See No Evil on Space Mountain.

Another fun thing to do at Disneyland is posing with the characters. Here's a shot of myself with one of the rarely seen Face Characters, the Evil Queen from Snow White.

Early in the evening our party was joined by my Riversidian friends Shane and Kellie (yes, I know Kellie doesn't actually live in Riverside - HA). And we all got our picture taken with the Mouse Himself.

Not much else happened the rest of the week. Sandy and I had dinner at her parent's house on Wednesday. I played a ton of VMK throughout the week and on Friday I won a Space Mountain Guest Room in one of the Arcade Games. I was very happy about that. I was also a trading maniac and got lots of nifty stuff that way. I'm thrilled to see that the Newsletter is showing pictures of a Pirate Piano (Organ?) and Jack Sparrow costume. Oh, I can't wait! You can't either? Check out Disney's Pirates page.

I really need to make the time to do this on Mondays or Tuesdays, instead of telling about the previous weekend three or four days later on Thursday or Friday. Heh. This up coming Sunday the plan is to hit the San Diego County Fair which opens this weekend. Mmm Yummy food! HA! Until then, thanks for tuning in, and I'll catch ya next time. Happy Journeys!

General Blog Entry

The gang was supposed to go to Disneyland tomorrow, but that got cancelled. SoCal is in the midst of a big storm. And we San Diegians can't handle this strange wet stuff that falls from the sky. Maybe we'll go next weekend.

I've recently been in a creative mode and have been tinkering with my webpage. I've been trying to come up with a new color scheme. So far, no luck, but don't be surprised if you see some changes. Or not...

I've done some updates to Jeff's Page and finally bought him a domain name, jeffclemins.com.

Sandy, Amy, and Mom & Dad have also recently been set up with domain names (charleyd2.com, aeris75.com, and danandpat.com respectively). I also finally bought fjiejo.com. I'm not sure what I'm going to do with it, but I'm sure I'll Spread the Word and Keep it Sacred. Heh. I'm hoping one other domain becomes available. It's currently in a "RedeptionPeriod." Maybe the previous owners will let it die?

I hope... I hope...

This year's river trips are planned and I'm quite excited about that. I'll be going on a two day trip with the Riversidians at the end of June, and a one day trip at the end of July with Sandy, Amy, Dad, Nol, and Chris. I can't wait!

Last weekend Sandy & I cruised on up to Riverside for an Oscar party Shane was hoasting complete with BBQ, fruit, cookies, chips, dips, whips... The usual. We had a great time and it was good to see my Northern Friends Shane, Kellie, Ron, and Jay, and to meet some new ones. Sandy won the "Who's Going To Win" Contest, beating out Shane on the final award for Best Picture. Good times. Good times.