Giant granny-panty animal parade.

I'm on a vacation for a wedding with the whole family. But I was running late before we left town, so Monika (my sister) decided to take it upon herself to pack for me. I was pretty upset about it because I felt that she had used it as an excuse to rummage through my drawers.

Time moves forward and we've arrived at the hotel. I get my suitcase out of the back of Monika's Suburban. I never go to my room, instead I hit the cafeteria. The menu is confusing and I end with a really expensive spinach sandwich, which I didn't really want. I take my tray into an annex filled with tables and meet my sister Gina. Three walls are floor to ceiling windows over looking desolate city to the north, a dry river bed to the east and the ocean to the south.

I decide it's time to find out what Monika has packed for me. So I head to my room, but I don't have a key. I walk down the hall (the bedroom hallway of my childhood home) and hear and see pounding coming from inside my bedroom. I knock and Josh (Elizabeth's husband) opens the door. Ethan (Elizabeth's 3-yr-old) is refusing to take a nap and railing against the door in protest. "Can I have a key to my room?" "Sure." So I get the key from Josh, retrieve my bag, and head back to the cafeteria.

I open the suitcase and rifle through, getting more and more angry. "Two pairs of khakis, granny panties, and a tank top?!?! THIS is what she packs?!?!? What am I supposed to wear to the wedding?!?" I was near tears. Gina tries to calm me down by telling me that we can go shopping. I decide to change my clothes right there in the cafeteria. I put on the giant granny panties and I'm trying to tie on a bikini top when a crowd moves into the annex from the other room. The parade has started.

Looking out of the windows you can just start to see the beginnings of Disney's Giant Animatronic Animal Parade coming down the dry river bed. There are huge robot sharks repeatedly catching big fish along with a menagerie of other robot animals. This parade happens every day. Just like at the magic kingdom.