Y2 D255

I had the most incredible day yesterday. Went from 6am until 1am. I did it. I gave my little girl the best damn birthday in the world. I had a little stress in the morning -- my payroll was screwed up by about $900 which threw me off. But within twenty minutes of sending a message to my finance guy, I had a reply back saying he knew he blew it and it would be there no later than Monday morning. Okay, crisis averted. We got to the park around 9:45 and I went over to client services where the tickets were waiting. There was a little confusion on the name on the tickets. Even though my name was on it, I needed my name to be primary to get them transfered over to me. Took about a half hour but once that was done we held in our hands three Club 33 Complimentary park hopper tickets. Sweet. None of us had ever done CA Adventure so we decided we would spend a few hours in Disney then head to DCA. When we got to the door with our tickets they saw the Club 33 notice and along with the regular map and junk we also got 'Club 33 Quick Tips'. These covered dress code, how much you should expect to spend, etc. Very cool. I guess if you are not from an area where $75 per head is acceptable at a fancy restaurant, the menu might give you sticker shock. We will get to that in a minute.

We bounced around the rides, had some lunch, met up with my friend and headed over to DCA. My buddy has a lanyard with all the pins and he was trading with cast members all day. I got the kid started on that too. She now has about 15 pins. We picked a couple of ones we are going to collect but otherwise it's random.

DCA was a blast. We all had an incredible time on Tower of Terror. Again, none of us except my friend had ever been there so here for once was something new. We rode all the main rides, then headed back to Disney. Around 8 we got dressed and headed to Club 33. I will NEVER do Disney again btw unless it's as a 33 member. From the discounts I got in the park to the extra little bit of attention and kindess we got from cast members. It's the ONLY way to do the park.

The best part? Waiting for them to escort us upstairs and the whispers from people who knew why we were all dressed up standing in front of an unmarked door. Felt DAMN good. See X2? Thought I would never eat at 33?? Thought I would never do France?? HA. Bitch.

Dinner was incredible. Nothing I hadn't had before, but it was the principle of doing it at Disney. Nice bottle of wine, good dessert, little thank you gifts for the table, etc. I got everyone a 33 keychain on the way out. I also picked up my buddy's dinner as a thank you for the tickets and making the kid's birthday incredible.

By the time our 2 hour dinner was over, we were all exhausted, but we did some shopping on the way out. Kid got a new nice jacket, and I got a Tron hoodie. I love it.

I also learned that my 15 year old Mickey watch is worth a hell of lot more than I ever thought. It seems it is a major collectible because of the brand (Baum and Mercier) and that they no longer partner with them as they were too expensive for the average guest when they did have a partnership. Nice.

We finally got back home around 1 and passed out. We will be on the road in about an hour. Man this is going to be a long day. I have a show tonight on top of driving the kid home. Oy.