When you drive, what's stopping you?

[Montyboy]

The last time I drove, I stopped to sleep in the car, and to find out what South of the Border was.

Is there anywhere you have to stop because of tradition, or just because it caught your eye?

And maybe someone can tell me what Cafe Risque is.

 

[tigsmom]

I honestly don't know what to say to that place... wow... just... wow....

Thank you for the link it was very educational.

It has to be experienced to be truly appreciated! :lol:

 

[Master Yoda]

Thanks . I'm glad you enjoy them.

I don't know if you remember last year when we found the ants tracing the shape of a pizza box,

but this year, Ryan wants to get some sugar packets and see if we can make a "hidden mickey" out of ants.:lol:

:lookaroun

It should not be that hard. I'll play the scientist role for a second.... Ants have eyes but are essentially blind. They communicate by leaving chemical markers, kind of like pheromones, that they can smell. When an ant finds something like a pizza box he will go back to the colony and let them know. The other ants will follow his chemical trail back to whatever the first ant found. When the pizza box was removed the chemical trail still remained which is why the trail of ants still followed the outline of the pizza box. To replicate this I would cut a hidden Mickey shape out of a piece of thick cardboard (like an old pizza box) and put something around the perimeter like maple syrup. Let the ants have a field day for an evening and then remove the cardboard and you should have your ant hidden mickey. If you just use a sugar trail chances are you will get little trails of ants inside the Mickey which will cost you points in the upcoming game show "What shapes can you make out of ants?". Please check your TV guide for show times and dates.

 

[garyhoov]

It should not be that hard. I'll play the scientist role for a second.... Ants have eyes but are essentially blind. They communicate by leaving chemical markers, kind of like pheromones, that they can smell. When an ant finds something like a pizza box he will go back to the colony and let them know. The other ants will follow his chemical trail back to whatever the first ant found. When the pizza box was removed the chemical trail still remained which is why the trail of ants still followed the outline of the pizza box. To replicate this I would cut a hidden Mickey shape out of a piece of thick cardboard (like an old pizza box) and put something around the perimeter like maple syrup. Let the ants have a field day for an evening and then remove the cardboard and you should have your ant hidden mickey. If you just use a sugar trail chances are you will get little trails of ants inside the Mickey which will cost you points in the upcoming game show "What shapes can you make out of ants?". Please check your TV guide for show times and dates.

:ROFLOL:

Honestly I hadn't put that much thought into it.

I was just planning on sprinkling some sugar. I may have to take "supplies" now.:lookaroun

 

[MissM]

We always look for the billboards! :ROFLOL:

There are fewer now than there were just 5 years ago though. We have to stop and get something little, its tradition.

And 2 years a go I bought a booklet (they sell them) of all the billboards thru the years.

That's awesome. It used to be the best part of the trip. (In the ancient days before PSP, cellphones, laptops and dvd players in your car there wasn't much to keep your interest on such a long drive!) If I ever get that way again, I need to get one of those books. They were so campy and groan-worthy puns but man, they were fun.


It's so funny to me that everyone loves Cracker Barrel and makes a point to stop at it. There's one literally less than half a mile from my home. It's right in the Publix (supermarket) shopping center. We used to eat there so much, we burnt ourselves out on it!! :lol:
-m

 

[Kriszee1]

We've been to Pedroland before...I boughta BUNCH of really tacky souveniers (on purpose of course) and we enjoyed some of the Rainbow Ice Cream ( it's white, pink, and blue...vanilla flavored). Lots of fireworks which I told my husband he could not get them...:fork: ( I do not trust him near explosives). I'm glad I did it once, but I don't think we'll stop again. Although, the honeymoon suite looks inviting.....:ROFLOL:

 

[tigsmom]

We've been to Pedroland before...I boughta BUNCH of really tacky souveniers (on purpose of course) and we enjoyed some of the Rainbow Ice Cream ( it's white, pink, and blue...vanilla flavored). Lots of fireworks which I told my husband he could not get them...:fork: ( I do not trust him near explosives). I'm glad I did it once, but I don't think we'll stop again. Although, the honeymoon suite looks inviting.....:ROFLOL:

They have a special wedding package!

A dozen weddings are performed here every summer weekend. One package for $99 gets you married, a night in an "heir-conditioned" honeymoon suite (complete with champagne and waterbed), and a free breakfast the next morning!

 

[fizzle75]

My wife and I love Cracker Barrel. We have alot of sentimental attachment to it because we went there on our first date(I kept the receipt and put it in a photo album...*cue the awwwwws*). We ate there last Thursday. Thursday is my favorite time to go to Cracker Barrel because the special is Turkey and Dressing(I loooove that cranberry relish). When we went last week we started talking about how the staff at Cracker Barrel remind us alot of the CMs at WDW. They are usually always very outgoing,friendly and eager to help(at least in our experience), you really feel "at home" at Cracker Barrel. We were talking about how neat it would be if Disney partnered with Cracker Barrel and had a Disney themed Cracker Barrel at the Magic Kingdom or maybe even Fort Wilderness. We noticed they sell Disney DVDs in the gift shop and that is what got us started talking about it. Yeah, I know it will never happen but it sure would be neat.

 

[Montyboy]

Oh, one more thing...we always notice the billboards in the South for... pecan logs, goo goo clusters, oranges and outlet malls!! It's southern economy at it's best. ha. We don't have billboards for those things up here in Indiana.

Yes, and boiled peanuts "Good enough to make you smack your Grandma!"

 

[WDW Monorail]

South of the Border was just a hole on the side of the road (a rather big hole). I was expecting something great after looking at the signs for 90 or so miles. The only good things about it were the firework stores; two of the biggest I've seen.

The funniest thing there is the water tower, for those of you who know what I mean.


Cracker Barrell is great. My family tends to stop there a lot while we are on vacation at WDW or not.

 

[Montyboy]

Hey everyone, thanks for posting. This turned out to be a fun thread.

It also portrays The South as being filled with tourist traps, strip clubs, and Cracker Barrels... but I'm not sure that's a bad thing.

 

[Disney MDACK]

Nothing must get to WDW...:ROFLOL: Fast

 

[KaliSplash]

I'm impressed with the number of you who stop to see Pedro!
Leaving from Columbia, of course, I don't pass Pedro on the way to WDW.
We do always, under Article 7 of the U.S. Constitution, stop at the Florida Welcome Center and get a tiny cup of free orange juice. Also the latest Disney brochures to entertain us for the last 2 and a half hours.

Cracker Barrell also a traditional stop for us, also.

P.S. May be seeing more of Pedro. Oldest son now in college in Virginia.

 

[tigsmom]

Hey everyone, thanks for posting. This turned out to be a fun thread.

It also portrays The South as being filled with tourist traps, strip clubs, and Cracker Barrels... but I'm not sure that's a bad thing.

Eh, who would want to visit a historical site when you can go to South of the Border and then have lunch at Cracker Barrel? :lol:

 

[CBOMB]

The Isle of Capri Casino in Biloxi Mississippi. I'm a firm believer in supporting the tax base of our good neighbors to the east.

 

[DisneyGigi]

DH does not stop, we drive straight through the whole way stopping just for bathroom breaks and to eat at lightning speed. Not so great for a person who hates to ride like me. :brick:I can handle it for WDW though and there are Cracker Barrels everywhere here. I only go there at Christmas to buy ornaments.:ROFLOL:

 

[sbkline]

We do always, under Article 7 of the U.S. Constitution, stop at the Florida Welcome Center and get a tiny cup of free orange juice.

Article VII

The ratification of the conventions of nine states, shall be sufficient for the establishment of this Constitution between the states so ratifying the same.

What does free orange juice have to do with the amount of states required to ratify our constitution? :shrug:

 

[EPCOT.nut]

Hey everyone, thanks for posting. This turned out to be a fun thread.

It also portrays The South as being filled with tourist traps, strip clubs, and Cracker Barrels... but I'm not sure that's a bad thing.

SO TRUE!

1) I live 10 minutes from a Florida Welcome Station complete with the same 13 foot gator signs.

2) I applied for a job at Cafe Risque when I was 17. (Don't ask...:lookaroun )

3) Everyone I know would go to Cracker Barrel at the drop of a hat. Sometimes we will just go there to shop.

Being a redneck is so totally great! :lol:

 

[sbkline]

SO TRUE!

2) I applied for a job at Cafe Risque when I was 17. (Don't ask...:lookaroun )

Too late. You can't possibly think you're gonna admit to something like that and not have people ask you to elaborate. :lol:

So...spill the beans.

 

[EPCOT.nut]

Too late. You can't possibly think you're gonna admit to something like that and not have people ask you to elaborate. :lol:

So...spill the beans.

OH Holy Carp! :ROFLOL:

OK, kids, stay in school. I ran away from home and quit school.

It's a college town and there are no good jobs for drop-outs.

Sonny's, Cracker Barrel and Grandy's were not hiring.

The ad in the paper said DANCERS WANTED. $600- $1200 per week.

So I applied. The application went like this:
NAME
PHONE
HEIGHT
WEIGHT
AGE
EYES
HAIR
BUST
WAIST
HIPS

:lol:

I won't tell you what the interview was like. :lookaroun :hurl:

 

[KaliSplash]

Article VII

The ratification of the conventions of nine states, shall be sufficient for the establishment of this Constitution between the states so ratifying the same.

What does free orange juice have to do with the amount of states required to ratify our constitution? :shrug:

It was a joke.

I may have gotten the wrong Article!