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Monday, April 7, 2008

The Band Returneth

Ah, what a refreshing 4 days of bus rides, theme parks, rain, more bus rides, and wet-socks. I can safely say that my senior year's band trip will be memorable. Although...going on 2 hours of bus-sleep...I don't remember much of it right now...or much of my personal information, but that's all right. Being on the "Loading Crew," I had certain perquisites:
  1. I got to get off the bus 3 minutes before everyone else.
  2. I got to return any...favors given to me in the form of how I treated or where I placed certain people's bags.
  3. I got to sit underneath the bus for half an hour in chilly weather waiting for late folk to drag their bags to me.
  4. I got the pleasure of deciding which individuals got to dig for their bags in the sea of luggage spread across the parking lot.
Anyways, Bucsh Gardens was probably the best because of the lack of lines...except that it rained for 3 hours until we finally decided to leave a bit early. Islands of Adventure had excellent scenery and roller coasters, but the lines were 45-60 minutes long...not so great for riding multiple times (although I rode Dueling Dragons 3 times). Universal Studios became quite the wet experience; however, I would recommend "The Mummy" to anyone who thinks that Studios is only a park for shows and gift shops. My new pastime for theme parks is to find the camera that takes your picture at the most frightening points in a roller coaster, and pose for the picture. It's quite humorous to see the picture when you get off the ride and you see your friends all with terror-stricken faces...and there's you pushing your nose up and sticking your tongue out.

Also included in the stereotypical bus ride (which this was) were the movies shown. Ah, it was Disney out the wazoo. Although, I had been wanting to see "Meet the Robinsons," so it wasn't all bad. The performance on CityWalk in Universal was quite interesting; I had forgotten my music back at school...but I could recall most of it from memory, so it turned out all right (except for the one kid who forgot his mouthpiece and couldn't play). All in all, I'd say it was a complete success. The most picturesque moment was after everyone got onto the bus from Bucsh Gardens. A bunch of freezing, soaked, sugar-filled teenagers on a bus is quite the scene...it made for a miserable time trying to sleep though...public seating is not meant for people over 6ft tall. Oh well, it's good to be back, and I hope y'all had fun without me.

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