Wishy*s "Anyone smell a skunk?" Disneyland Dreams trip report!

**WishUponAStar** · 06-25-2008

I don't even know where to start.

But watch this space, 'cause once I figure out how to explain the start of this trip I'll be back!

smee57 · 06-25-2008

A skunk???? Oh my. This is going to be interesting.

Voldemort · 06-25-2008

Skunk?

What, were there a bunch of lawyers running around?

**WishUponAStar** · 06-25-2008

OK, here we go...

Cast of characters:

Jessica aka: Wishy (age 29)
Daniel (DH, age 27)

* noteworthy mentions of one amazingly untimely skunk, some really AWESOME Disneyland Cast Members, a lady who almost ended up on the receiving side of my physical wrath of anger, many WONDERFUL Disney characters, 1 lovely Dream Team member, one National Geographic free lance photographer who asked to take my photo, and a Samoan who was TOTALLY impressed that I knew a Samoan celebrity.

If you think just the ABOVE is odd, keep readin' cause it only gets more off from here!

Saturday, June 21st: 3:15 am

I wake up groggy-eyed to the sound of my cell phone alarm playing "When You Wish Upon A Star" and realize "YAY, i's finally here, WE'RE GOING TO DISNEYLAND!" Daniel rolled out of bed too & I headed to the bathroom to get ready first.

Daniel's first instinct was to take the dogs out while I was getting ready. About 5 minutes later (yup, that would make it 3:20 am) I hear screaming outside, followed by my Scottish Terrier racing into the house, and shortly after smelling an EXTREMELY pungent odor following behind.

Daniel raced into the house SCREAMING, "OH MY GOD JESS, Emma just got sprayed by a SKUNK!"

"WHAT?", I ask, thinking I MUST be imagining this during some 3:20am post-dream nightmare. "JESSICA, EMMA GOT SPRAYED BY A SKUNK... HURRY!"

Sure enough, there is Emma making a weird motion with her mouth like she just swallowed something nasty, Cody our Boston Terrier hiding under the bed (something he loves to know when he knows trouble abounds), and the house is starting to REEK of nasty skunk.

My first instint was the throw her into the washroom sink and start scrubbing her. Daniel took the sprayer while I completely SOAKED her with tomato juice and vinegar. I have never had a run in with a skunk before but I could have SWORN I saw something on television about tomato sauce & vinegar.

It was now 3:30am and we MUST be out of the house at 4:15am to make it to the airport on time at 5am. After soaking poor Emma for about 10 minutes we dried her off & hoped the incident would have been diverted.

WRONG! It started to become evident that the smell had permiated into our clothes and especially our luggage that was waiting to go by the front door where the skunk so graciously decided it would be a good idea to spray my lovely baby at 3:15am.

In a MAD DASH (and I mean CRAZY, MAD, PANICKED 3:30 am dash) Daniel and I were FORCED to grab everything in our bags that remotely smelled of skunk and leave it behind, along with the actual bags themselves. THANK GOD I have similar sized luggage in a storage room & we LITERALLY had to grab any clothes out of the closet that we deemed appropriate for our trip.

I had a few clean skirts left, some tees, extra underwear, and whatever else I could possibly grab.

It was now 3:50am and after making a mad dash to replace our luggage & it's stinky contents we had to scrub OURSELVES down real fast in the shower so not to offend any passengers sitting close to us on a 6 hour plane flight.

We went into that adrenaline rush & were able to get everything replaced, repacked, and ourselves scrubbed within 15 minutes. My Dad felt SO terrible about this incident he urged us to throw everything "skunky" into a garbage bag and he would take care of it for us so we could get out of the house ASAP.

Emma seemed to be fine after the bath & extreme scrubbing, thank goodness.

It was now 4:15 am and we were RATTLED to the core, high on crazed adreneline, and headed to the airport.

dznylvr · 06-25-2008

OH MAN!!!
That is quite a way to start a vacation!!
Bless your heart, it makes for a fantastic story, but I am sure it was horrible at the time.
I can't wait to hear more!!

**WishUponAStar** · 06-25-2008

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Originally Posted by dznylvr

OH MAN!!!
That is quite a way to start a vacation!!
Bless your heart, it makes for a fantastic story, but I am sure it was horrible at the time.
I can't wait to hear more!!

Yeah, I know, we both laughed about it through the whole trip & spent a great deal of time trying to find a stuffed "Flower" (the skunk from Bambi) in Disneyland to bring home to Emma.

No such luck, but she did get a Disneyland toy anyway.

It is definately humorous in hindsight but at 3:15am on the morning of your trip, yeah... not too funny!

mickeysgirlz · 06-25-2008

Oh man! Oh man! Oh man! I am SPEECHLESS . . . I couldn't even IMAGINE???

Our dog got sprayed once on a camping trip and OMG the smell! JEESH!!

You poor thing . . . who needs a cuppa coffee when you got that RUSH! WOWEE!!

I'm glad your Dad helped you out and GOOD for you that you made it to the plane on time . . . and with something to wear . . . I think I would have

!!

**DisneyTeacher** · 06-25-2008

OMG, I think would have had a total meltdown trying to deal with all of that. I'm glad you managed to repack add get ready so quickly, good job.

Schultzie · 06-25-2008

Yikes! What a surprise at 3:15 am!!!!! But, it allows for a good laugh.

**WishUponAStar** · 06-25-2008

CONTINUED... Sat. June 21st

We arrived at the airport, cleared security with ease, found our gate, tried desperately to relax.... until we realized... there was still a lingering smell of SKUNK!

OH... MY... GOSH, why wasn't this going away!!?!?! It was faint, but annoying enough. We realized the smell was sticking to our FINGER NAILS of all things & Daniel collected some lemons from the airport bars and we scrubbed our fingernails with lemons & hand-sanitizer I had in my purse.

It actually worked pretty well and after about 20 minutes of intense hand scrubbing I think we were 100% skunk free!

The flight went smoothly, we arrived at LAX on-time, and proceeded to the pick up location for "Super Shuttle." Our big blue van arrived within 10 minutes, we picked up 2 more passengers and we were off to Disneyland!!

It was IMMEDIATELY evident how BLAZING hot it was outside, and WHY you ask did it become only evident at that point? Well, because we were sitting in the back of the van where no windows opened and Mr. Driver REFUSED to turn on the air conditioning. I was SWEATING bullets & when we asked the driver if he'd roll his windows down all the way he didn't even answer us and cranked them down about 1/2 inch more. It was a HOT HOT 30 minute drive & the driver really was totally rude. When he opened the back doors to retreive our luggage he NEARLY threw Daniel's bag on top of my laptop and never looked us in the eye once. OK, whatever, we were there!

It was 11am and it was a VERY welcome sight to see that WONDERFUL "Disneyland Hotel" sign welcoming us!

We checked in, our room was THANKFULLY ready, and we proceeded to floor 9 to enter room 2437.

In our room was a note sitting on the table telling us our "Sprinkles cupcake delivery was waiting in the Bell Hop refridgerator and to please call when we wished for them to be sent up!" At this point ANYTHING bad that happened that morning was INSTANTLY forgotten!

I was DYING to get my hands on a red velvet and they were JUST as amazing as I expected. PURE HEAVEN!

We called Bell Services who apologetically told us they were REALLY busy and it would be about 30 minutes. I threw on my shoes and retrieved my God-sent cupcakes myself.

We ate a few, showered & changed our clothes real fast, and were walking through the gates of Disney's California Adventure by 11:40am!

Here are a few photos from Saturday morning, POST-SKUNK!

I'll be back tomorrow to do the bulk of day 1 in the park & a STRANGE occurance with Goofy's Kitchen that evening (which was SUPPOSE to be my birthday dinner).

**WishUponAStar** · 06-25-2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by mickeysgirlz

Oh man! Oh man! Oh man! I am SPEECHLESS . . . I couldn't even IMAGINE???

Our dog got sprayed once on a camping trip and OMG the smell! JEESH!!

You poor thing . . . who needs a cuppa coffee when you got that RUSH! WOWEE!!

I'm glad your Dad helped you out and GOOD for you that you made it to the plane on time . . . and with something to wear . . . I think I would have

!!

YES, but the WORST part of the whole thing Jen was that my precious & AWESOME 'Disneyland Sandwich Celebration' shirt had to be left behind. IT REEKED of skunk.

I was literally in tears.

**roxie** · 06-25-2008

I'm so glad you could laugh about it

....cause it is funny!!

only because it was not me! I would have cried. Really.

I'm so sorry your trip started off stinky.

Poor Emma

**DisneyTeacher** · 06-25-2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by WishUponAStar

YES, but the WORST part of the whole thing Jen was that my precious & AWESOME 'Disneyland Sandwich Celebration' shirt had to be left behind. IT REEKED of skunk.

I was literally in tears.

That's so sad!

I'm so happy you won a dream, you earned it!

**WishUponAStar** · 06-25-2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by DisneyTeacher

That's so sad!

I'm so happy you won a dream, you earned it!

Yeah, seriously. Daniel kept saying "Jess, we wouldn't have won this dream if it wasn't for the skunk incident... Disney is trying to make things better."

Thankfully it happened pretty fast, on the morning of Day 2, but it wasn't anything huge.. trust me, I WISH with all my heart it would have been a dream suite but no such luck.

Alas, it was a great dream that I TOTALLY loved and appreciated!

dznylvr · 06-25-2008

I am so sad to hear you had to leave your shirt behind!! I was looking forward to seeing it!!

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WishUponAStar cupcake eating beatboxer Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Red, white, & Jersey 'til I die! Posts: 9,216	*Wishys "Anyone smell a skunk?" Disneyland Dreams trip report! I don't even know where to start. But watch this space, 'cause once I figure out how to explain the start of this trip I'll be back! __________________ Disneyland & College Program Moderator My Disney Countdown Counting down to:** BOO w/ Mickey's Crew 39 days 8 hours 21 minutes Last edited by WishUponAStar; 06-26-2008 at 07:21 AM.

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WishUponAStar cupcake eating beatboxer Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Red, white, & Jersey 'til I die! Posts: 9,216	*Re: Wishys "Anyone smell a skunk?" Disneyland Dreams trip report!** OK, here we go... Cast of characters: Jessica aka: Wishy (age 29) Daniel (DH, age 27) * noteworthy mentions of one amazingly untimely skunk, some really AWESOME Disneyland Cast Members, a lady who almost ended up on the receiving side of my physical wrath of anger, many WONDERFUL Disney characters, 1 lovely Dream Team member, one National Geographic free lance photographer who asked to take my photo, and a Samoan who was TOTALLY impressed that I knew a Samoan celebrity. If you think just the ABOVE is odd, keep readin' cause it only gets more off from here! Saturday, June 21st: 3:15 am I wake up groggy-eyed to the sound of my cell phone alarm playing "When You Wish Upon A Star" and realize "YAY, i's finally here, WE'RE GOING TO DISNEYLAND!" Daniel rolled out of bed too & I headed to the bathroom to get ready first. Daniel's first instinct was to take the dogs out while I was getting ready. About 5 minutes later (yup, that would make it 3:20 am) I hear screaming outside, followed by my Scottish Terrier racing into the house, and shortly after smelling an EXTREMELY pungent odor following behind. Daniel raced into the house SCREAMING, "OH MY GOD JESS, Emma just got sprayed by a SKUNK!" "WHAT?", I ask, thinking I MUST be imagining this during some 3:20am post-dream nightmare. "JESSICA, EMMA GOT SPRAYED BY A SKUNK... HURRY!" Sure enough, there is Emma making a weird motion with her mouth like she just swallowed something nasty, Cody our Boston Terrier hiding under the bed (something he loves to know when he knows trouble abounds), and the house is starting to REEK of nasty skunk. My first instint was the throw her into the washroom sink and start scrubbing her. Daniel took the sprayer while I completely SOAKED her with tomato juice and vinegar. I have never had a run in with a skunk before but I could have SWORN I saw something on television about tomato sauce & vinegar. It was now 3:30am and we MUST be out of the house at 4:15am to make it to the airport on time at 5am. After soaking poor Emma for about 10 minutes we dried her off & hoped the incident would have been diverted. WRONG! It started to become evident that the smell had permiated into our clothes and especially our luggage that was waiting to go by the front door where the skunk so graciously decided it would be a good idea to spray my lovely baby at 3:15am. In a MAD DASH (and I mean CRAZY, MAD, PANICKED 3:30 am dash) Daniel and I were FORCED to grab everything in our bags that remotely smelled of skunk and leave it behind, along with the actual bags themselves. THANK GOD I have similar sized luggage in a storage room & we LITERALLY had to grab any clothes out of the closet that we deemed appropriate for our trip. I had a few clean skirts left, some tees, extra underwear, and whatever else I could possibly grab. It was now 3:50am and after making a mad dash to replace our luggage & it's stinky contents we had to scrub OURSELVES down real fast in the shower so not to offend any passengers sitting close to us on a 6 hour plane flight. We went into that adrenaline rush & were able to get everything replaced, repacked, and ourselves scrubbed within 15 minutes. My Dad felt SO terrible about this incident he urged us to throw everything "skunky" into a garbage bag and he would take care of it for us so we could get out of the house ASAP. Emma seemed to be fine after the bath & extreme scrubbing, thank goodness. It was now 4:15 am and we were RATTLED to the core, high on crazed adreneline, and headed to the airport. __________________ Disneyland & College Program Moderator My Disney Countdown Counting down to: BOO w/ Mickey's Crew 39 days 8 hours 21 minutes Last edited by WishUponAStar; 06-25-2008 at 09:16 PM.

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mickeysgirlz Crazy 4 Disney! Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: 2.5 hours South of WDW! Posts: 3,213	*Re: Wishys "Anyone smell a skunk?" Disneyland Dreams trip report! Oh man! Oh man! Oh man! I am SPEECHLESS . . . I couldn't even IMAGINE??? Our dog got sprayed once on a camping trip and OMG the smell! JEESH!! You poor thing . . . who needs a cuppa coffee when you got that RUSH! WOWEE!! I'm glad your Dad helped you out and GOOD for you that you made it to the plane on time . . . and with something to wear . . . I think I would have !! __________________ -JEN 23 trips to the Happiest Place on Earth! 10/24-10/27 MNSSHP Trip 2008 CHRISTMAS TRIP-CSR 12/21-12/25 "All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them." —Walt Disney My Disney Countdown Counting down to:** RATS!! Had to cancel the back to school trip, no room at the inn . . . but going back for MNSSHP in 55 days 8 hours 21 minutes

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DisneyTeacher Moderator/WL Tour Guide Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: WDW in my dreams Posts: 15,848	*Re: Wishys "Anyone smell a skunk?" Disneyland Dreams trip report!** OMG, I think would have had a total meltdown trying to deal with all of that. I'm glad you managed to repack add get ready so quickly, good job. __________________ ~Stephanie~ 1993 Caribbean Beach Resort ~ 1996 Caribbean Beach resort ~1997 Caribbean Beach Resort ~2003 Wilderness Lodge ~2004 Beach Club Resort/Shades of Green/Pop Century~ 2005 Wilderness Lodge Resort/Beach Club Villas ~ 2006 Saratoga Springs Resort~2007 Port Orleans French Quarter/Beach Club Villas/Boardwalk Villas ~ 2007 Port Orleans Riverside~ 2008 Wilderness Lodge/Beach Club Villas~2008 Beach Club Villas My Disney Countdown Counting down to: We don't know yet either BCV or HHI 275 days 8 hours 21 minutes

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Schultzie Mouseketeer Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: STL Posts: 62	*Re: Wishys "Anyone smell a skunk?" Disneyland Dreams trip report!** Yikes! What a surprise at 3:15 am!!!!! But, it allows for a good laugh. __________________ Melissa "Keep moving forward..." MBer bwm8184 is my favorite DBF!

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WishUponAStar cupcake eating beatboxer Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Red, white, & Jersey 'til I die! Posts: 9,216	*Re: Wishys "Anyone smell a skunk?" Disneyland Dreams trip report! CONTINUED... Sat. June 21st We arrived at the airport, cleared security with ease, found our gate, tried desperately to relax.... until we realized... there was still a lingering smell of SKUNK! OH... MY... GOSH, why wasn't this going away!!?!?! It was faint, but annoying enough. We realized the smell was sticking to our FINGER NAILS of all things & Daniel collected some lemons from the airport bars and we scrubbed our fingernails with lemons & hand-sanitizer I had in my purse. It actually worked pretty well and after about 20 minutes of intense hand scrubbing I think we were 100% skunk free! The flight went smoothly, we arrived at LAX on-time, and proceeded to the pick up location for "Super Shuttle." Our big blue van arrived within 10 minutes, we picked up 2 more passengers and we were off to Disneyland!! It was IMMEDIATELY evident how BLAZING hot it was outside, and WHY you ask did it become only evident at that point? Well, because we were sitting in the back of the van where no windows opened and Mr. Driver REFUSED to turn on the air conditioning. I was SWEATING bullets & when we asked the driver if he'd roll his windows down all the way he didn't even answer us and cranked them down about 1/2 inch more. It was a HOT HOT 30 minute drive & the driver really was totally rude. When he opened the back doors to retreive our luggage he NEARLY threw Daniel's bag on top of my laptop and never looked us in the eye once. OK, whatever, we were there! It was 11am and it was a VERY welcome sight to see that WONDERFUL "Disneyland Hotel" sign welcoming us! We checked in, our room was THANKFULLY ready, and we proceeded to floor 9 to enter room 2437. In our room was a note sitting on the table telling us our "Sprinkles cupcake delivery was waiting in the Bell Hop refridgerator and to please call when we wished for them to be sent up!" At this point ANYTHING bad that happened that morning was INSTANTLY forgotten! I was DYING to get my hands on a red velvet and they were JUST as amazing as I expected. PURE HEAVEN! We called Bell Services who apologetically told us they were REALLY busy and it would be about 30 minutes. I threw on my shoes and retrieved my God-sent cupcakes myself. We ate a few, showered & changed our clothes real fast, and were walking through the gates of Disney's California Adventure by 11:40am! Here are a few photos from Saturday morning, POST-SKUNK! I'll be back tomorrow to do the bulk of day 1 in the park & a STRANGE occurance with Goofy's Kitchen that evening (which was SUPPOSE to be my birthday dinner). __________________ Disneyland & College Program Moderator My Disney Countdown Counting down to:** BOO w/ Mickey's Crew 39 days 8 hours 21 minutes Last edited by WishUponAStar; 06-25-2008 at 09:45 PM.

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roxie Invisible Woman Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 2,403	*Re: Wishys "Anyone smell a skunk?" Disneyland Dreams trip report!** I'm so glad you could laugh about it ....cause it is funny!! only because it was not me! I would have cried. Really. I'm so sorry your trip started off stinky. Poor Emma

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dznylvr Mouse Meister Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Where I'm at. Posts: 1,155	*Re: Wishys "Anyone smell a skunk?" Disneyland Dreams trip report! I am so sad to hear you had to leave your shirt behind!! I was looking forward to seeing it!! __________________ "I am the powerful, the pleasurable, the indestructible MuShu!" My Disney Countdown Counting down to:** Our next Disney trip 26 days 18 hours 6 minutes

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