I was trying to figure out a way to get my crew to leave so I could grab her by the feet and toss her over the rail. Probably would have CM's all over me, tossing me out of the park and I didn't want to risk that.
Brother calmly got up, looked over the rail and said "Hey! I know where I saw that pin! Isn't it in the gift-shop over at RnR? I'm pretty sure that’s the only place that sells it."
Toss her in! Toss her in Brother!
Brother had a plan. Brother HAD better have had a plan I was thinking to myself.
"Okay,we're out of here! She has got to have that pin." Brother said.
COME ON! Please toss her in! Just grab her feet and flip! PLEASE!
"But there's one right there for free!" Brothers wife started whining, pointing into the fountain.
Commando Nikki got as far as opening her mouth and putting her finger in the air before Scuba Steve sunburn slapped her.
Scuba Steve instantly went into the slow motion karate moves, keeping eye contact with Commando Nikki shaking his head NO. Don't do it kid, you don't know how FAST this can get really UGLY.
Commando Nikki had missed the performance at Discovery Cove. Scuba Steve knew what could happen. He had seen the rage first hand. I think Scuba Steve saved Commando Nikki’s neck that day.
He was my hero.
Brother explained to his wife that there was no way to get that pin, give it up. He convinced her to get into the wheelchair so they could go buy it and started walking in the direction of RnR while his wife continued to whine about that stupid pin.
I was trying to find my happy place, must find happy place . I had listened to nothing but negativity all day, I was in Disney, this was not the place for that.
That is what a JOB is for, not a vacation.
So we all start over to RnR and I was walking just behind Brother. 'Get ready' he mouthed to me.
I was getting giddy. He was going to do something and I was more than ready. Our crew was all over the place, some behind, some ahead.
'Get them behind me'. Brother mouthed.
YES SIR!
So I had everyone stop for a picture on the street with the TOT right behind them. As soon as I took the picture I looked at the back of my camera and started laughing really loud "Oh look at Em, she's so funny!" as Brother wheeled his wife away.
In doing this I knew Beatlebum and Commando Nikki would come running over to see what was so funny and Brothers wife would be less than interested. I whispered to them to stay behind Brother and his wife. I told them to help me get the rest of the crew behind them.
They understood their simple instructions and Commando Nikki went for Scuba Steve pinching him like a mad woman in the back of the arms where it really hurts and Beatlebum was sunburn slapping the heck out of Waldo. This was an unprovoked attack and stopped both of them in their tracks. Em got mixed up in the middle of everyone. This gave Commando Nikki a chance to fill in Scuba Steve that there was a 'plan'.
There, the crew was in their place.
We caught back up with Brother who was making small talk with me as we rounded the corner of RnR. As we started heading for the exit where the gift shop was, Brother looked back at Scuba Steve.
Brother motioned his head toward the entrance. Scuba Steve and the rest of our crew almost blew it.
Okay, I almost blew it, but it was their fault.
They all put up their arms in a limp-wristed position and took those long tippy-toe steps. They were putting their fingers on their lips saying 'shhhhh' and keeping an eye on Brothers wife.
It was Em that made me laugh out loud. She was having trouble with the long tippy-toe steps and opted for bunny hops instead.
Darn it! I laughed!
Now I only had a split-second to think of what to do to keep Brothers wife from turning her head and seeing the crew tippy-toeing like that and Em bunny-hopping. We were going to get busted.
So, I tripped over my feet falling forward, swinging my arms trying to catch my balance for about 5 feet. I nearly took out a family of four who were exiting the gift shop.
"Grasshopper in the pathway sis?" Brother asked.
Brother, his wife and I walked up the ramp into the gift shop of RnR. As we went into the
entrance, with his wife still complaining, Brother mouthed 'Stay here'.
Yes sir!
Brother and his wife disappeared around the corner with her continuing her power- complaining. I was jumpy from excitement. I knew what he was doing...
He was escaping!
Brother came back around the corner alone, walking very fast, looking behind him and punched me in the arm. "It will 20 minutes before she notices we are gone! Run!"
We did, we ran out of the gift shop like the place was on fire. We got yelled at by a CM when we were running for the entrance.
Just like when we were kids!
Brother stopped and thanked the CM for yelling at us. Brother understood that controlling people traffic was a thankless job and told the CM that.
We did a stiff arm and stiff leg really fast walk, not really running so we didn't get yelled at again, around the corner and up the ramp to the door of RnR.
When we walked in the door my crew and Waldo jumped up and let out a round of applause and whistles, Brother did some deep waist bows. The rest of the people standing there waiting for the doors to open must have thought two celebrities just walked in. We joined the crew and they all gathered around Brother to find out what he did.
"Inside the gift shop there is a place to line up between bars to buy the ride photos. I wedged her in there sideways like sis did to Em in Norway with the stroller. Jammed her in there tight." Brother proudly told them.
HE DID NOT! HE JUST PARKED HER IN FRONT OF SOMETHING SHINY AND EXPENSIVE THEN RAN!
Scuba Steve stood there with his mouth wide open in shock staring at Brother. He KNEW because of my history of ride photo purchasing that WE would end up in that line.
"Can you almost HEAR the dial tone coming out his mouth, sis?" Brother asked me while looking at Scuba Steve.
Brother came to play, Brother came to play!
We went into the Steven Tyler room so he could arrange for our limo. In here Brother & I saw a lady that looked like our 77 year old mom. Scuba Steve did a double-take.
"You do know this isn't the line for the bathroom, right?" Brother asked her "Or does your family often make attempts on your life?"
The lady giggled, but we could tell she was very nervous. "They don't know it yet, but I have cut them all out of the will." She informed us.
Scuba Steve warned her that there was a crazy lady trapped in the ride photo purchasing line that we didn't know but SHE was scarier than the ride. "Beware the photo purchasing line!" He told her making his best scary faces and putting his fingers in his mouth like he was chewing his fingernails, knocking his knees together.
I really, really wished brother had trapped her somewhere, but he didn't.
The kids were pinch-fighting over who was going to sit with Brother. I wasn't involved because I have had past experiences on rides with Brother and he tries to throw you OUT of the ride.
Remember waaayy back when two people sat on top of each other in the car in Space Moutain? I sure do. I'm SURE we are the reason its one person to a car now.
They needed to add to the 'simple instructions' of keeping your arms and legs inside the ride to include FAMILY members.
Brother wanted to ride with me. He asked Scuba Steve if my life-insurance was up-to-date.
HA! Showed him, I don't HAVE life insurance. But even so, it did make me nervous to sit next to him in a fast ride.
Brother has a very bizarre sense of humor.
Beatlebum, Waldo and Commado Nikki shared one car. Brother, myself, Scuba Steve and Em were in another. I stepped in behind brother successfully without tripping.
Yeah, then I put the shoulder harness down.
I grabbed that shoulder harness and pulled it down as hard as I could. This was a very dumb thing to do because I couldn't breath.
When those harnesses lock, they aren't moving.
No matter what.
The CM came over to check the bar and I was bugged-eyed. "A little tight?" He asked.
No, no, not at all, my eyes always stick out this far.
No, the harness isn't too tight, Scuba Steve’s man-panties just took a twist for the worst.
The Cm looked over at the other CM and did some sort of CM sign-language. The other CM acknowledged this secret signal and did something that I couldn't see because I was busy being squashed firmly in my seat.
Everyone else’s shoulder harness went up but mine.
Terrific, I broke the RnR.
Yet another fun and creative way to have people pay attention to you.
The CM tried the secret sign-language again. It still didn't work.
Don't EVER pull that shoulder harness down too hard. The only way they seamed to be able to unlock it is to push down harder on it.
"Are you almost finished creating a scene, sis?" Brother asked. Yup, just about.
We took off with Brother & I not singing, but SCREAMING 'Love in an elevator'. Brother didn't try to throw me out, but this was his first ride on RnR and I think he was busy with his 'pucker-factor.'
His wife was sitting right there at the exit when we stopped.