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This is a good caption. Adam's on the left, Andrew's on the right, and Mickey is in between.
Once upon a time:
In early November, 2001, Two friends who attend school at Georgia Tech, Andrew Santelli and Adam Plondke decided to take a trip to Walt Disney World at the end of the semester to celebrate the end of finals.
"Andrew Santelli, you've just completed your last final exam, what are you going to do?"
"I'm going to Disney World!!!!"
However, disaster stuck in the form of a soccer game. Andrew was the captain (and Adam a member) of the Westminster Christian Fellowship Westminster Wallabies (aka "The Sexy Llamas") intramural soccer team. On the Sunday before Thanksgiving, during the Wallabies' final game of the season versus the Baptist Student Union, Adam, while playing on cheap astroturf, managed to dislocate his knee, break his kneecap, partially tear his MCL, and avulsed (a newly invented word that is the verb form of avulsion) a chip of bone off the end of his femur. The Wallabies did manage to win the game eighteen million to two.
The two then decided that even though it could be possible for them to still travel to Disney, it wouldn't be as fun with Adam stuck in a wheel chair. The still wanted to go to Disney, so they agreed they'd keep an eye out for any good deals that would come up.
Cut to: Early February, 2002
Adam, on the Co-op program at Georgia Tech and therefore is on his work semester, receives a phone call from Andrew that went something like this:
Andrew: We need to go to Disney.
Adam: OK.
Andrew: How about Spring Break?
Adam: OK
Note: Phone conversation simplified somewhat
And so it was decided. Adam would drive up to Atlanta after work on the afternoon of Friday, March 1, pick up Andrew from Tech, and drive to Adam's parent's house in Valdosta, GA, spend the night (3 hours of sleep) and drive the remaining 3.2 hours to Walt Disney World on Saturday.
And that brings us to the pictures, taken with a Sony DSC-P5 digital camera, borrowed from Adam's older brother Erich "Plondke" Plondke (get it.. the older brother is "Plondke" so the little brother is "Plinky"??)
Day 1: Saturday, March 2, 2002
Day 2: Sunday, March 3, 2002
Day 3: Monday, March 4, 2002
Day 4: Tuesday, March 5, 2002
Later that same year, Andrew was selected to work for Disney as a part of the Walt Disney World College Program. Adam, along with Katie and Mary Anne took a day trip to Disney to visit Andrew and take advantage of his FREE TICKETS gained from being a Cast Member.
The pictures from that crazy day are in the November gallery, including "The Most Fun Disney Meal Ever!"
November 23
This was not the end of the fun for these Disney Freaks, however. A year after the originally planned trip, Adam (who managed to not avulse anything) led a voyage of Tech friends and other assorted Freaks to WDW, to stay at the beautiful Old Key West resort (gotta love Andrew's Cast Member discounts). Much fun ensued, as these galleries indicate.
December 18
December 19
December 20
December 21
There is much more to come on this page, as there will certainly be more voyages to Disney World for the Freaks. Keep on the lookout for updates, including bios of the Disney Freaks.
DisneyFreaks.wreck.org will also be hosting a gallery of pictures (hopefully) when Andrew, along with Norm and J.K. make a journey westward to Disneyland!!