...And Star Tours is Awesome!

The Wife: Disney is truly the happiest place on earth. Sure it's hot and the parks can get crowded (with lots of people who do not understand the concept of a line...le sigh), but it doesn't matter. To sound uber cheesy it really is a magical place here! Winning!

Today we began our adventure with some wild fun at Animal Kingdom. Battled a Yeti on Expedition Everest (one of my top fav rides in all of Disney) and had some fun in an African Safari. Got some great animal pics (except for when my camera once again decided to be hateful when I tried to get an elephant pic...don't worry I got a cute baby elephant pic despite my cameras random rage quits) that we will post later. We also saw Nemo the Musical! Just keep swimming! Just keep swimming!

And the best part of today was our dinner at Epcot. We ate at the Garden Grill Restaurant and along with the amazingly good food, we were joined by Pluto (who seriously loved me and came by to see me like 10 times), Chip, Dale and the man of honor himself, MICKEY! I was as excited as the four year olds in the restaurant. You can be a kid again at Disney, which is great considering the stressed out adult lives we lead!

We closed today with Mickey ice cream and the Fantasmic Show at Hollywood Studios. Also rode some rides thanks to the winning power of extra magic hours.

And a Star Tours is awesome!

Hobo Dan: When large crowds get together, they love to rejoice in their shared stupidity by doing the wave. An internationally recognized sign that we are all idiots. Why would Aliens in search of other intelligent life come here. I'm pretty sure if Aliens are real, they are more like Independence Day.

Pluto the dog really liked my wife. He kissed her and hugged her and even copped a feel. Then he crapped on the floor of the restaurant and I got to rub his nose in it; so he got what was coming.

I guess the USA is the only country in the world with lines. That is the only explanation as to why foreigners have no idea what to do or how to act when in them. They believe the best way to get to the destination is to mass around it and crowd in until everyone else just gets out of the way. I guess it's just because their afraid it won't be there if they don't hurry? Fear not foreigners, this is America, we've got our shit together when it comes to entertaining distractions from important matters; haven't you played Angry Birds?

And Star Tours is Awesome!

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You're A Wizard Harry

The Wife: Epic. Amazing. Breathtaking. Totally winning! All words to describe the sheer awesomeness that is The Wizarding World of Harry Potter, located at Universal Studios Islands of Adventure. Matching Gryffindor shirts and all (I also had a Gryffindor tie!), Daniel and I were ready for a nerd fest day o' fun at Harry Potter land! The Hogwarts castle was just like the movie and how I always imagined it! Hogsmead and all the shops were amazing! Butterbeer was awesome as was Pumpkin Juice...oh! We also had an amazingly delicious lunch in The Three Broomsticks (place from books and movies). And I even found a chocolate frog! *nerdgasim*.

The Harry Potter and The Forbidden Journey Ride is one of the most amazing rides I have ever been on. I screamed, casted my patronus spell when the Dementors attacked and basically was in fangirl heaven. Spiders attack at one point and I did Ron's "can we panic now?" Quote from HP and The Chamber of Secrets! For once in our marriage, today I was the nerdiest Roush! Before Flight of the Hippogriff (rollercoaster) I even bowed at Buckbeak and the Universal employees told me good job. I am the coolest!

Basically the HP Park was a dream come true. Even the bathrooms were awesome thanks to Moaning Myrtle. If you love HP, you must come here! Experience of a lifetime! Sooo sorry if this post wasn't the funniest, but I had to fangirl blog. (Along with HP I also got my pic taken with CYCLOPS from X-Men!) I am sure the hubs has some funny musings below!

Hobo Dan: Crotch fondling Mexican kid please stop. I understand adjustments are needed on occasion but you're putting on a tease show in the middle of the lobby with Mickey watching and everything. Chill kid you can't be too rough with that equipment.

Did you guys hear we went to the Harry Potter park today? I'm sorry the Wife under sold it so much. It really was pretty cool. Question: does something called butterbeer sound like a good idea when it is 95 outside and the suns beating down on you? Butterbeer was a bad choice. Yeah it was good, but after 30 minutes it started curling in my stomach; it was a fun time. It was also pretty funny to see my wife shouting HP spells at the creatures on the ride. She can never make fun of me for light saber fighting again.

Attention fat people on scooters: drive into the ocean. If you have a real excuse to use that thing (fat shouldn't count) then at least learn how to drive it. Also avoid the super narrow aisles in all the stores, you're going to get stuck and I'm not pulling your ass out. That about sums it all up.
Stay tuned for more coverage tomorrow! Visiting Disney parks!

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We Love Disney Sandwiches

Hobo Dan: Hey everyone, sorry this is so late, but I'm on vacation and I'll do what I want. Anyways here is a picture of the greatest sandwich EVAR! Drool noobs. So now that I've had this sandwich the trip is complete; time to head home. Writing this from a bus heading back to the hotel. At least this trip I don't have two small South American kids dry humping each other in my face. I'll fill you in later.

The Wife: We are finally at Disney, my favorite place in the whole world and of course "The Happiest Place on Earth!" We arrived at our Disney Resort this evening and it has already been awesome. I seriously love being told to "have a magical day" constantly. And our hotel, which is kind of southwest/mexican themed is beautiful! To top it off it even comes with our very own hilariously entertaining Guatemalan soccer team. See above post for details!

Also, as Daniel mentioned...the sandwiches. Earl of Sandwich at downtown Disney is almost worth the trip here all by itself. Disney even makes food taste better!

The trip here was pretty smooth even with my intense fear of flying. The children behind me didn't help my nerves by shouting "we are gonna fly to space...or crash!" Thanks kid. The same kids also felt the need to kick my seat multiple times. It didn't matter though cause I was on my way to Disney!

Tomorrow we will venture to The Wizarding World of Harry Potter! Be ready for an uber nerdfest!
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2011 Dump Family Vacation

You’re reading the title right, they are letting us out for a week to go on vacation. Hallelujah, holy shit, where's the Tylenol? The Wife and I are heading down to Florida to visit Walt Disney World and also The Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal. Pause for a moment and listen; yes that is the blood curdling scream of my wife's anticipation (she does that every time I mention the Harry Potter Park.) See there it was again! But we aren’t going to leave you fine folks out in the cold for a week. Matching Gryffindor t-shirts and all we will be venturing into the parks with our phones ready to update you at first sight of furries.

Our goal is to post a mini blog once at day starting on Saturday (probably in the evening time). These mini blogs will be bigger than a tweet, but smaller than our normal posts. If you don't know what a tweet is or how long one usually is then go find out for yourself. Gosh, you expect me to tell you everything? We hope to include pictures as well, assuming we can get the technology to work with us. Also be sure to follow each of us on twitter for little ninja comments. I may or may not be taking random, bizarre, gross, disturbing, misleading and hilarious pictures and tweeting them, so follow us to find out. @Dumptheblog for me and @lilrunner for the Wife! Seriously people, get with the times and pick up a twitter account.

Fear not, we will return the week after with a vengeance. On Monday, July 18 we will drop our thoughts about Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 (did you hear that scream again) and the week after on the 25th we will be getting down to the tune of Captain America! Also on Thursday, July 21 we will be giving a full recap of our vacation adventure. After that, it's August and summer is almost over *sad clown face*. August does bring rumblings of my 2011 Fall Movie Preview and small on the horizon, the 2011 Mothman Festival in September! The Wife and I put on a 5k race for it and everything! It's going to be an exciting end to the summer and I'll be blogging my heart out all along the way. If you're keeping track this is seven solid months of posting from me and no sight of slowing down.

Comment below if you have any requests or suggestions of things we should see or do and report back on while in Orlando. If anyone knows where I can find large signs or objects that are easily taken out of context I'll be very grateful.

Fourth of July

You shouldn’t be reading this. I mean come on, it’s the Fourth of July, go outside and grill something or throw lit Roman Candles into the air and try to dodge them. If you’re from another country… um… Happy Monday? Anyways, the Wife and I thought it would be fun to share our favorite Fourth of July movies with you. They don’t necessarily have to be about the holiday itself, just something we like to watch during this festive time. We want to feature movies that portray the true meaning of being American and the spirit of freedom; all that happy horse manure and we were too lazy to watch a Best Picture this week. If we don’t mention something you like to watch, or if you have any thoughts on the subject in general, please comment below the post. We always love to hear from you.

Hobo Dan: I always think of the original Star Wars films when I think about holiday movies. Yeah, it may sound strange, but do you remember the days before the movies were out on video? They always showed them on TV on holiday weekends (I guess maybe they still do). This was my first introduction to them at all as a child. I still laugh every time I watch the trilogy now on DVD and see scenes that were edited out of the TV version for time. Scenes I didn’t even know existed before 1997 (when they re-released them in theaters). Now days I just wish they’d just edit out all the special edition crap or the prequel trilogy. But hey, they shot off fire works at the end of Return of the Jedi after blowing up Death Star 2; maybe that was on the Fourth of July in a galaxy far far away...

The Wife: My Fourth of July pick is a bit more "traditionally patriotic." I choose INDEPENDENCE DAY! The movie is the epitome of a 90's classic and offers some great action, characters and a pretty cool plot. Sure it has that cheesy vibe, but that's what makes it so great. This is a must watch every Fourth of July...I mean the name is "Independence Day." America saves aliens from attacking the planet and causing the human race to be extinct! The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and Jeff Goldblum make quite the duo as well. Oh! And COUSIN EDDY (Randy Quaid) is in this! Winning! This film also is humorous, but still maintains some degree of emotional depth, which unfortunately is lost in many new action/funny movies today. I enjoy the Love Actually type set-up as well...meaning I like how there are separate character stories, but everything comes together in the end. Independence Day has become so permanently stamped into my Fourth of July tradition that we had to purchase a copy on Blu-Ray over the weekend. The movie just makes me happy!

So there you have it. Along with a family cook-out, our Fourth of July weekend has consisted of a Star Wars marathon and MULTIPLE viewings of Independence Day. We will leave you with this patriotic, pump you up, heroic, epic, WINNING speech: