Editing Arthur's Family Vacation (episode)

The introduction begins with a fantasy showing Arthur and Buster riding a canoe and being stepped on by a giant D.W. In real life, D.W. tells Arthur, that he can’t go to camp this year because the whole family is going on vacation to the beach.

Buster suggests that Arthur should tell his parents that they need a vacation without the kids to relax.  

Arthur tries, but his Dad asks what to do with D.W. and Kate. Arthur has a fantasy of the little girls having a tea party in his canoe. Arthur wants to go back to Camp Meadowcroak with Buster for the summer and tries arguing that he is old enough to choose his own vacation and that the beach is dangerous, but to no avail. However, after his dad mentions that he wants to take them all out for lobster dinner, Arthur decides that maybe the beach will be fun after all.  

The next morning the family leaves in their car with D.W.’s huge inflatable shark “Sharky” tied to the roof. They see Buster in the bus bound for camp.

 

Mr. Read sees an inflatable shark on a cattle truck and realizes he has not tied up Sharky properly. When D.W. finds this out, she throws a tantrum and screams. Mr. Read chases the truck to a gas station, where he gets Sharky back.

The parents tell the kids about the hotel pool and the lobster dinner and everyone has beautiful fantasies.  

At the “Ocean View Hotel” they learn that have lost their hotel reservation and their room has been given to another family, because the journey took so long. They get a shabby small room instead, the ocean is hidden behind buildings, and the pool is the size of a bathtub.

They go out for lobsters, but D.W. is scared and freaked out by the lobster, which she thinks that it is a “giant bug”. Arthur, D.W. and Mrs. Read are disgusted by the lobster. D.W. tries to throw a tantrum and proceeds to defiantly demand that she wants a hot dog (and no claws). Mrs. Read gets angry at D.W. and tells her to sit down and stop complaining, and then tells her that she can have a hot dog tomorrow when they are at the beach in a harsh voice of explanation.  

There is a thunderstorm at night and the roof leaks. It also rains the next day. Arthur wishes he was at camp with Buster. However, matters eventually start to get better when Arthur gets an idea from looking in a rolled-up newspaper (which he had originally planned to go after D.W. with, as she had accidentally hit him on the head while trying to smack a fly). The Reads visit a cow festival, go on a safari, take a tour of Flo's Fudge Factory, and go to see a movie.

 

Back home Buster tells how the camp was hit by a hurricane and lightning and the lake was contaminated.

*[[Waiter (Lobster Shack)]] (debut)

*[[Bill (dog)]]

*Police officer

*[[Mr. Sipple]]

 

*This is the only episode written by Thomas LaPierre.

*A hurricane actually hit [[Elwood City]] in "[[Shelter from the Storm]]."

*This is one of a few episodes to feature an extremely rare music track. It can be heard after the traffic jams up. The other episodes are "[[Brain's Shocking Secret]]" and "[[Mr. Alwaysright]]" from Season 11. 

*The movie shown in the theater is a reference to the 1975 film ''Jaws''.

*Arthur previously went to [[Camp Meadowcroak]] in "[[Arthur Goes to Camp (episode)|Arthur Goes to Camp]]."

*[[D.W. Read|D.W.]] takes too many fudge samples to what [[Buster Baxter|Buster]] as well does in [[Buster's Amish Mismatch]].

*This story takes place shortly after the events of "Arthur Goes to Camp," which also takes place before Arthur starts third grade. In the book, the story starts out on Arthur's last day of school in third grade.

*In the book, Buster says that camp was great and that he missed Arthur, while in the episode, Buster says camp was okay until they got hit by a hurricane.

*In the book, Kate cries when D.W. announces that the family can't go to the beach because of the rain. In the episode, Kate doesn't cry.

 

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