The I must be totaly carzy solo 2009 trip report, Walt Disney section now in progress

[EastYorkDisneyFan]

Sorry about the title but I can't think of anything else. I have never started a PTR this early before nor have I ever completed one before so I am going to attempt to do this.

First of all let me introduce myself. I am a 29 year old male from Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and this will be my 4th trip to WDW in the last 4 years. I have made a few trips before. The first two were family trips to the MK in 1985 and 1989. Then in 1998 we made our first week long trip to the World. We stayed in the tree house villas at the Disney Institute (me and my family that is Mum, Dad, and three younger brothers.) In February of 2006 I made my first solo trip to the world and had a great time. After that trip I ended up planning a second trip in the summer of 2006 that included my first cruise 4 nights on the Disney Wonder. 2007 was my second cruise ever and at the time would be my longest I was on the westbound Transatlantic cruise on the Disney Magic, after that I spent about 5 days at Disney World, which was way to short. 2008 saw my first trip to Disneyland when I went over to California to bring the Disney Magic "home" again for a second time. Unfortunately I didn't get to WDW for this trip but there is always 2009 right?

http://i675.photobucket.com/albums/vv118/eastyorkdisneyfan/my%20pictures/DisneylandDay4012.jpg

This is a self portrait of me on the Lilly Belle in Disneyland from 2008.

[EastYorkDisneyFan]

So now we get to the details for my upcoming trip.


April 30th to May 5th 2009 - Disneyland Hotel for WestFest 2009

Pages 7- 11 (sorry no links between posts)

August 29 2009 to September 5th 2009 - Pop Century with free Dinning

Pages 12 -

[EastYorkDisneyFan]

Just moving this up. Also can anyone tell me how to link to this in my signiture?

[tiggerbell]

OK - Thomas - we will be overlapping by 1 daay at Pop Century - my group arrived on the 4th of September!!!

I WANT TO SEE YOU THIS TRIP!!!

Ooh, that sounded scary didn't it?

[EastYorkDisneyFan]

Strangely that doesn't sound scary. Considering how over the last two summers I have met people from another. Some of wich I know by name others by screen name only.

[EastYorkDisneyFan]

OK - Thomas - we will be overlapping by 1 daay at Pop Century - my group arrived on the 4th of September!!!

I WANT TO SEE YOU THIS TRIP!!!

Ooh, that sounded scary didn't it?

maybe we should have an iluminations meet?

[tiggerbell]

maybe we should have an iluminations meet?

Well, if I'm reading this right - we are arriving the 4th and you are leaving the 5th... We plan to spend Friday afternoon at the pool at Pop and then we'll go to the MNSSHP that night (I'm assuming the schedule won't change for next year, of course.)

[EastYorkDisneyFan]

Who knows maybe they will have MNSSHP in august of 2009. Maybe i should meet you for that.

[Kymie]

My birthday is the 5th!! Just thought I'd mention that whilst subbin:goodvibes

[EastYorkDisneyFan]

My birthday is the 5th!! Just thought I'd mention that whilst subbin:goodvibes

That's cool welcome to this thread.

[DisneyFreak06]

This looks like an awesome trip, so I'm jumping in to read along!

[EastYorkDisneyFan]

This looks like an awesome trip, so I'm jumping in to read along!

Welcome.

[EastYorkDisneyFan]

Ok nothing new to report. Execpet I did get a phone call the last week from a 407 number, they hung up or I lost the signal before I got an answer and didn't get a call back. I looked up the number on 411.com and found ou it dosnt exist. I wonder if it was DCL or WDW?:confused3

[EastYorkDisneyFan]

This is just a quick message to wish everyone a happy topsy turvey day (if you want more info on it watch the hunchbac of nortre dame)

[Mommarella]

Just wanted to let you know that I followed the link in your signature from Jaime's PTR, and I'm here !!! Sounds like you have a pretty good trip planned !!

[EastYorkDisneyFan]

Just wanted to let you know that I followed the link in your signature from Jaime's PTR, and I'm here !!! Sounds like you have a pretty good trip planned !!

welcome to the thread

[EastYorkDisneyFan]

ok rember the title of this one right. I am now thinking of making a trip at the beging of may for the DPN's Westfeast. First off what is Westfeast it's a gathering of the podcasters and bord members of the Disney Podcast network smilar to Mousefeast but held on the weast coast. The dates for this year are from April 30th to May 4th.

Right now i have nothing booked yet.

[tiggerbell]

ok rember the title of this one right. I am now thinking of making a trip at the beging of may for the DPN's Westfeast. First off what is Westfeast it's a gathering of the podcasters and bord members of the Disney Podcast network smilar to Mousefeast but held on the weast coast. The dates for this year are from April 30th to May 4th.

Right now i have nothing booked yet.


Is that held at Disneyland?

[EastYorkDisneyFan]

I just booked my Hotel stay for the Disneyland Hotel for $1,134.50 for 5 nights!!!!:cool1:

[EastYorkDisneyFan]

Is that held at Disneyland?

Yup Westfeast is held at Disneyland.

[tiggerbell]

Yup Westfeast is held at Disneyland.

So - I will be at Paradise Pier until May 1st and arrive at Pop Century September 4th... are you stalking me or am I stalking you? :lmao:

[EastYorkDisneyFan]

So - I will be at Paradise Pier until May 1st and arrive at Pop Century September 4th... are you stalking me or am I stalking you? :lmao:

Maybe a bit of both. So do you want to meet somewhere on the 30th?

[EastYorkDisneyFan]

So lets see i finalized my Disnyland plans today as I made a little goof up with the park tickets I only got 4 days insded of 5 days.

So my plans are this fly into LAX on the 30th of April and depart on the 5th of May.

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

Wow what a vacation you have planned, how lucky!

I am also going on the Tortola cruise but in May, can't wait!

[EastYorkDisneyFan]

Wow what a vacation you have planned, how lucky!

I am also going on the Tortola cruise but in May, can't wait!

Hopefully you will have a complete TR by the time I leave so i can pick up some info on Tortola

[MyMuse]

I'm also going on my first solo Disney trip, in POFQ, but in March. :p

I've never stayed on-site before and never everything Disney, all the time. I'm jealous of all your time there.

I did a PTR, but there's nothing much more to tell. :rotfl:

[EastYorkDisneyFan]

I'm also going on my first solo Disney trip, in POFQ, but in March. :p

I've never stayed on-site before and never everything Disney, all the time. I'm jealous of all your time there.

I did a PTR, but there's nothing much more to tell. :rotfl:

Do you have a link to it?

[EastYorkDisneyFan]

OK So here are my plans for when and where I will be staying well at Disneyland
Arvie April 30th Toronto to Calgary and Calgary to La via WestJet.
Check into Disneyland Hotel sometime around 1:30 depending on traffic from LAX as my flight lands at 12:57pm.
Oh yeah I have meet someone somewhere of my choice.

From May 1st to 3rd is the festivites of the DPN'S Westfest for more info see the link below.

http://dpnwestfest.com/

On the 4th I have no plans.
On the 5th I fly home via a direct flight on Air Canada.

[MyMuse]

Do you have a link to it?

Yup, it's now in my signature.

My next biggest hurdle is to decide which rides I can and cannot go on. :scared:

[EastYorkDisneyFan]

lets see to add to this i have booed my airfare. I will be ariving from Toronto via Calagary on WestJet on the 30th of april and leaving on Air Canada with a direct fligt to Toronto.

[tiggerbell]

I had a hard time booking airfare to someplace other than Orlando... I wasn't sure what was a good deal... I spent 6 weeks checking prices every day and it never changed. I got scared and booked what I thought was a good price and booked it, the next day it went up $110!!! I was so glad I listened to my inner voice!

[septbaby]

East York, where did you stay post cruise in 2007. If it is CBR I think we met in line waiting for our resort bus one night! I was with my mother and 5yo nephew, his first trip to WDW.

[EastYorkDisneyFan]

East York, where did you stay post cruise in 2007. If it is CBR I think we met in line waiting for our resort bus one night! I was with my mother and 5yo nephew, his first trip to WDW.

Yes I did stay there in 2007. If you remeber the day it was I might actuly remember meeting you.

[EastYorkDisneyFan]

I had a hard time booking airfare to someplace other than Orlando... I wasn't sure what was a good deal... I spent 6 weeks checking prices every day and it never changed. I got scared and booked what I thought was a good price and booked it, the next day it went up $110!!! I was so glad I listened to my inner voice!

I had the same problems too. The only reason i am not flying home with westjet is I would have a 8 hour layover in Calgary.

[septbaby]

It may have been Aug 30th, 31st. I think you had returned from the cruise that day and had to see the castle? I think it was the night there was pretty long line for CBR, but about 6 buses arrived at once and cleared us right out...lol

[EastYorkDisneyFan]

It may have been Aug 30th, 31st. I think you had returned from the cruise that day and had to see the castle? I think it was the night there was pretty long line for CBR, but about 6 buses arrived at once and cleared us right out...lol

I think that may have been the first of sept. If it was the day I got of the cruise then I got drowned by a rainstorm in DAK, got changed at the hotel room before heading to EPCOT for dinner at Le Celliar, after that I walked out the international gateway and headed to the yacht and beach club to get a bus to the MK so I could catch a showing of spectromagic as that woud be the only time it was showing well I was there.

[septbaby]

I think that may have been the first of sept. If it was the day I got of the cruise then I got drowned by a rainstorm in DAK, got changed at the hotel room before heading to EPCOT for dinner at Le Celliar, after that I walked out the international gateway and headed to the yacht and beach club to get a bus to the MK so I could catch a showing of spectromagic as that woud be the only time it was showing well I was there.

Bingo! Nice to "see" you again and glad your are still cruising and enjoying Disney. I'm heading to WDW for a very short solo trip this weekend. Just need to get away from the snow.

[EastYorkDisneyFan]

I got my reservation for the Blue Byou today for April 30th at 2:10 Pm

[MyMuse]

I got my reservation for the Blue Byou today for April 30th at 2:10 Pm


Congrats!! :cheer2:

[EastYorkDisneyFan]

I have another update to add I got a reservation for Storytellers at the Grand Californian for May 4th.

[EastYorkDisneyFan]

http://i675.photobucket.com/albums/vv118/eastyorkdisneyfan/my%20pictures/DisneylandDay4003.jpg

Ok this is just a test to see how to post a picture and also so you can see what I look like too.

[EastYorkDisneyFan]

http://i675.photobucket.com/albums/vv118/eastyorkdisneyfan/my%20pictures/DisneylandDay4012.jpg

Take a guess where i am in this one.

[EastYorkDisneyFan]

Ok nothing big to add as far as trips go but I have made some Disney purchases the first one is I decided to be come 23 (D23 that is) and second I bought a bag from Disney shopping. http://disneyshopping.go.com/disney/store/Product_10002_10051_1235704_-1_11831__Accessories-Create-Your-Own-Disney-Crossover-Sling-Bag I added a Donald Duck logo to it and had EYDF put on it.

[tiggerbell]

I have been looking at that sling bag for months now - like I need another bag! - so I can't wait to hear how you like it... popcorn::

[DisneyFreak06]

Ok nothing big to add as far as trips go but I have made some Disney purchases the first one is I decided to be come 23 (D23 that is) and second I bought a bag from Disney shopping. http://disneyshopping.go.com/disney/store/Product_10002_10051_1235704_-1_11831__Accessories-Create-Your-Own-Disney-Crossover-Sling-Bag I added a Donald Dick logo to it and had EYDF put on it.

Nice bag! I think I've decided not to go with D23, (Don't I sound so sure?) it's just so much to ship here to Canada, same with buying from Disney.com. It's one of my pet peeves that they consider Canada international! There should not be that much added on to ship to Canada. Glad you ordered what you want though!

[EastYorkDisneyFan]

Nice bag! I think I've decided not to go with D23, (Don't I sound so sure?) it's just so much to ship here to Canada, same with buying from Disney.com. It's one of my pet peeves that they consider Canada international! There should not be that much added on to ship to Canada. Glad you ordered what you want though!

The shaping cost to Canada is mainly for the gift and not the magazines themselves. Also when I added the bag to my shopping bag the shipping cost did not increase at all.

[EastYorkDisneyFan]

I have been looking at that sling bag for months now - like I need another bag! - so I can't wait to hear how you like it... popcorn::

I will probably have it with me in DL when I meet you there in about 34 days.

[MyMuse]

Ok nothing big to add as far as trips go but I have made some Disney purchases the first one is I decided to be come 23 (D23 that is) and second I bought a bag from Disney shopping. http://disneyshopping.go.com/disney/store/Product_10002_10051_1235704_-1_11831__Accessories-Create-Your-Own-Disney-Crossover-Sling-Bag I added a Donald Dick logo to it and had EYDF put on it.

Ooooohh, and it's water-proof!

Does anyone else have this? The pictures on the site are really tiny.

[DisneyFreak06]

The shaping cost to Canada is mainly for the gift and not the magazines themselves. Also when I added the bag to my shopping bag the shipping cost did not increase at all.

OOOHHH!! That makes it sound so much more interesting... so if I find something else to buy and order D23, then it's a better deal! I'll have to do some thinking/shopping on the weekend! Thanks. ;)

[EastYorkDisneyFan]

Just an update I got an e-mail from Disney shopping and my bag is being shipped by UPS.

[EastYorkDisneyFan]

I got the bag yesterday, unfortunately I also have some sad news. First off I am not canceling any trips so that's not it. I want to ask you all to keep my family in your thoughts and prayers as my Grandmother passed away yesterday evening.

[Kymie]

Sorry to hear your news. Thoughts, prayers and hugs sent your way :hug::grouphug::hug:

[tiggerbell]

I'm so sorry... :hug:

[DisneyFreak06]

:hug: So sorry for your loss! You and yours are in my thoughts and prayers.

[EastYorkDisneyFan]

Thanks for the kind words all of you.

[EastYorkDisneyFan]

Ok big news I have free dining for the pop centrery section of my WDW trip.



Oh yeah and 29 day till I go to Disneyland!!!!!!:cool1::cool1:

[EastYorkDisneyFan]

Ok lets see I'm now under 30 days till I depart for the West coast and I guess i need to think about packing now.

[MyMuse]

I got the bag yesterday, unfortunately I also have some sad news. First off I am not canceling any trips so that's not it. I want to ask you all to keep my family in your thoughts and prayers as my Grandmother passed away yesterday evening.

I'm sorry to hear about your Grandmother....it's never easy.

[EastYorkDisneyFan]

ok I've now added the transfers from DCL for the veracious resorts as well as trip insurance and booked my airfare. So now all i need to do is pay off the cruises and book my reservations for Palo and shore excursions.

[MyMuse]

Hey - how is the water-proof sling bag thingie?

[EastYorkDisneyFan]

Hey - how is the water-proof sling bag thingie?

I haven't used it yet but I plan on making a trip to the Toronto Zoo sometime next week, with it.

[EastYorkDisneyFan]

Oh yeah one more thing I got my package from Disneyland with my park tickets and vouchers for various things etc.

[EastYorkDisneyFan]

15 days till Disneyland!!!

[MyMuse]

15 days till Disneyland!!!

Whoo-hooo! :woohoo:

[EastYorkDisneyFan]

13 days.:dance3::banana::banana::dance3:

[DisneyFreak06]

13 days.:dance3::banana::banana::dance3:

:cheer2::cheer2:

[EastYorkDisneyFan]

For those of you flowing this thread I have decided to do a seperate report on the Disneyland boards. The link can be found Here (http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?p=31418522#post31418522)

[Haunted Man-Shane]

For those of you flowing this thread I have decided to do a seperate report on the Disneyland broads. The link can be found Here (http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?p=31418522#post31418522)

Who are these "Disneyland broads" and where can I meet them? :laughing: Just kidding. Enjoy your trip!!!! Hoping to squeeze in a few days in June if possible.

[EastYorkDisneyFan]

sorry that was my bad spelling.

[EastYorkDisneyFan]

I just realized that I had not posted that I have free dinning for the Pop Century portion of my trip.

[EastYorkDisneyFan]

Its been one week since you looked at me
Cocked your head to the side and said Im angry.
Five days since you laughed at me
Saying get that together come back and see me.
Three days since the living room
I realized its all my fault, but couldnt tell you
Yesterday youd forgiven me
But itll still be two days till I say Im sorry

Hold it now and watch the hoodwink
As I make you stop, think
Youll think youre looking at aquaman
I summon fish to the dish, although I like the chalet swiss
I like the sushi cause its never touched a frying pan
Hot like wasabe when I bust rhymes
Big like leann rimes
Because Im all about value
Bert kaempferts got the mad hits
You try to match wits
You try to hold me but I bust through
Gonna make a break and take a fake
Id like a stinkin achin shake
I like vanilla, its the finest of the flavours
Gotta see the show, cause then youll know
The vertigo is gonna grow
Cause its so dangerous, youll have to sign a waiver

How can I help it if I think youre funny when youre mad
Trying hard not to smile though I feel bad
Im the kind of guy who laughs at a funeral
Cant understand what I mean?
Well, you soon will
I have a tendency to wear my mind on my sleeve
I have a history of taking off my shirt

Its been one week since you looked at me
Threw your arms in the air and said youre crazy
Five days since you tackled me
Ive still got the rug burns on both my knees
Its been three days since the afternoon
You realized its not my fault not a moment too soon
Yesterday youd forgiven me
And now I sit back and wait till you say youre sorry

Chickity china the chinese chicken
You have a drumstick and your brain stops tickin
Watchin x-files with no lights on, were dans la maison
I hope the smoking mans in this one
Like harrison ford Im getting frantic
Like sting Im tantric
Like snickers, guaranteed to satisfy
Like kurasawa I make mad films
Okay I dont make films
But if I did theyd have a samurai
Gonna get a set of better clubs
Gonna find the kind with tiny nubs just so my
Irons arent always flying off the back-swing
Gotta get in tune with sailor moon
Cause that cartoon has got the boom anime babes
That make me think the wrong thing

How can I help it if I think youre funny when youre mad
Trying hard not to smile though I feel bad
Im the kind of guy who laughs at a funeral
Cant understand what I mean? you soon will
I have a tendency to wear my mind on my sleeve
I have a history of losing my shirt

Its been one week since you looked at me
Dropped your arms to your sides and said Im sorry
Five days since I laughed at you
And said you just did just what I thought you were gonna do
Three days since the living room
We realized were both to blame, but what could we do?
Yesterday you just smiled at me
Cause itll still be two days till we say were sorry
Itll still be two days till we say were sorry
Itll still be two days till we say were sorry
Birchmount stadium, home of the robbie

[EastYorkDisneyFan]

wow only 6 days left!:dance3::banana::banana::banana::banana::bana na::banana::banana::banana:

[DisneyFreak06]

:banana:

[tiggerbell]

We leave in the morning, so I'll see you Thursday!!! :wave:

[EastYorkDisneyFan]

OK nothing new to add. Just saying I leave in about 3 days time. On Thursday I have to head to the airport around 5:00 Am for my 7:15 flight to Calgary. Then after about a layover to collect my bag and recheck it, clear US customs it's back on to another plane to LAX this time. So that means I will be in 3 different time zones in one day, I leave EDST (Eastern Daylight savings time), then I will be Mountain time flowed by Pacific time.

[blue_river]

I'm sorry about your grandmother :hug:


You're so lucky to be going to DL!!!! :yay:

I've been trying to convince DH to take a trip to CA instead of WDW but haven't had much luck.

[EastYorkDisneyFan]

I'm leaving tomorrow morning at about 7:15 Am. :cool1::banana::dance3::scared1::jumping2:

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

I'm leaving tomorrow morning at about 7:15 Am. :cool1::banana::dance3::scared1::jumping2:

:woohoo:

[MyMuse]

I'm leaving tomorrow morning at about 7:15 Am. :cool1::banana::dance3::scared1::jumping2:


Have a great time! :dance3:

[DisneyFreak06]

Have a wonderful, magical time! Don't forget to take lots of pictures to share with us when you come back!

[blue_river]

I'm leaving tomorrow morning at about 7:15 Am. :cool1::banana::dance3::scared1::jumping2:


Enjoy your trip!!

:wizard::banana::wizard:

[tiggerbell]

I can report that Thomas made it to Disney just fine - we had lunch and ran into each other a couple times yesterday...

[EastYorkDisneyFan]

I think I may have gotten a little too crazy with my plans for this summer and I have been doing the math for quite some time and have decided that I just can't swing doing two cruises this year.:sad2: However I am still going to go to WDW at the end of August.:cool1:

[caitlinsdad]

All the best, we are going miss you on the Aug 15th Tortola Treasure seekers cruise

[DisneyFreak06]

Money (or lackthereof) really gets in the way of having fun, doesn't it? I'm a little concerned about my own trips, but I figure the first is not for me, I'm taking my OLDER sister for her first flight EVER to go shopping for 2 days. I will not spend much, and then August is my trip! :banana:

At least you're still going on one cruise and going to WDW and got to go to DL too! :dance3:

[EastYorkDisneyFan]

Money (or lackthereof) really gets in the way of having fun, doesn't it? I'm a little concerned about my own trips, but I figure the first is not for me, I'm taking my OLDER sister for her first flight EVER to go shopping for 2 days. I will not spend much, and then August is my trip! :banana:

At least you're still going on one cruise and going to WDW and got to go to DL too! :dance3:

actually I drooped both cruises, however I did apply the money that I paid to Disney for them to a 5 day cruise on the Disney Wonder in 2010.

[DisneyFreak06]

Oops! Sorry. Guess I didn't quite read properly.... And me a teacher at that! :lmao: At least you now have a deposit made for your 2010 cruise! I keep telling myself that this will be my last trip for a while, I need to save my money/pay off debts and try to buy a home. But Disney is so much more fun! ;) Who knows what will happen.

[EastYorkDisneyFan]

I am going to be at the world for free dinning and need some help for a restaurant choice I have given my TA a list of restaurants to book at my 90 day mark but I am still one short and would like some suggestions for someone travailing on their own.
My current list as follows:
Le Celiar
Kona (breakfast)
Boma (Breakfast)
Boma (dinner)
Tusker House (Breakfast)
Tusker House (Lunch or Dinner)

[EastYorkDisneyFan]

I guess I need to post a trip report for my Disneyland trip right. I am still thinking about how I am going to write it as a lot of it may involve some stuff that you may not get unless you are familiar with the craziness that is the DPN.

[DisneyFreak06]

I guess I need to post a trip report for my Disneyland trip right. I am still thinking about how I am going to write it as a lot of it may involve some stuff that you may not get unless you are familiar with the craziness that is the DPN.

You may need to explain things... I'm looking at your comment and thinking "What's DPN?" :confused3 :rotfl:

[EastYorkDisneyFan]

The DPN is a online forum for the podcasts and fans of the DPN (Disney Podcast Network).

[DisneyFreak06]

The DPN is a online forum for the podcasts and fans of the DPN (Disney Podcast Network).

Oooh! Thanks!

[EastYorkDisneyFan]

OK so my trip began with me getting up at 4 am on the 29th of April. I finished my packing with the last minute items that I still needed for that day, like my razor. The last thing I packed was my laptop. My Dad drove me to the airport on his way to the airport. After checking in for my flight to Calgary and clearing airport security I was bound for the west coast. http://i675.photobucket.com/albums/vv118/eastyorkdisneyfan/Westfest09/DisneylandDay1001.jpg

[EastYorkDisneyFan]

Once in Calgary I had to walk through the terminal and pick up my bag before preceding though US customs. I had a little bit of a wait at the baggage carousel, but was soon on my way. After clearing US customs I rechecked my bag for my flight to LA. The whether in Calgary was not very good for what I wearing that day but I didn't care as I was headed to Disneyland. Some pictures of my plane and the snowy peaks of the Rockies. http://i675.photobucket.com/albums/vv118/eastyorkdisneyfan/Westfest09/DisneylandDay1002.jpg

http://i675.photobucket.com/albums/vv118/eastyorkdisneyfan/Westfest09/DisneylandDay1003.jpg

[DisneyFreak06]

Yay! It's started! When I started reading, I forgot which report I was reading and I wondered why you had to go to Calgary on your way to MCO! :lmao: I guess I missed the title! :rotfl: Silly me.

[EastYorkDisneyFan]

http://i675.photobucket.com/albums/vv118/eastyorkdisneyfan/Westfest09/DisneylandDay1004-1.jpg

Eventually I end up flying over LA, when I arrived at LAX i headed to baggage claim to pick up my bag and then headed out to get the Disneyland Express bus. After what seamed like forever I finally made it to the Disneyland hotel. When I checked in my room wasn't ready, plus I was running a little late for a lunch reservation.

[EastYorkDisneyFan]

My first stop was to drop off my bags with bell services which is outside of the hotel. Then I headed out the back door of the hotel as that is the most direct route to the Disney parks from the Disneyland hotel. On my way I took a couple of pictures. http://i675.photobucket.com/albums/vv118/eastyorkdisneyfan/Westfest09/DisneylandDay1005-1.jpg

http://i675.photobucket.com/albums/vv118/eastyorkdisneyfan/Westfest09/DisneylandDay1006-1.jpg

[EastYorkDisneyFan]

I also took a picture of the entrance to DCA as it may not look the same when I see it next.
http://i675.photobucket.com/albums/vv118/eastyorkdisneyfan/Westfest09/DisneylandDay1007.jpg

[EastYorkDisneyFan]

To anyone still reading this don't worry I have not abandon this TR and it will be completed.

[EastYorkDisneyFan]

Ok just a little update on WDW I have dinning reservations which are as follows:


8/29-Boma's at Animal Kingdom Lodge-7:10 pm
8/30-Kona Café at Polynesian-8:40 am
8/31-Tusker House at Animal Kingdom-5:10 pm
9/1-LeCellier's at Epcot-5:3 pm
9/2-Tusker House at Animal Kingdom-9:05 am
9/3-Boma's at Animal Kingdom Lodge-9:20 am
9/4 - 1900 parkfare breakfast at Grand Floridian - 9:10am

[EastYorkDisneyFan]

Once I entered Disneyland park I headed up Main Street USA.
http://i675.photobucket.com/albums/vv118/eastyorkdisneyfan/Westfest09/DisneylandDay1008.jpg

Then I proceed to the entrance of Pirates of the Caribbean to see if I could find Jamie and Ronda waiting for me, I couldn't find them there so I went to the Blue Bayou to see of they had checked in. They had, the hostess was nice enough to let me look around to see if I could find them.

[tiggerbell]

He stops - just when it's about to get really good! popcorn:: :lmao:

[EastYorkDisneyFan]

He stops - just when it's about to get really good! popcorn:: :lmao:

What I'm not allowed to have cliffhangers?

[EastYorkDisneyFan]

I eventually did find them, although they were half way through there meal. Once I sat down and joined them the waiter came over and handed me a menu, but I just told him that all I wanted was a Monte Cristo sandwich and a Coke.

[tiggerbell]

No cliffhangers when it involves ME. :lmao:

Do you want me to post the food pics I took?

[EastYorkDisneyFan]

No cliffhangers when it involves ME. :lmao:

Do you want me to post the food pics I took?

Let me guess only if they are in your TRs right?

For the food pics you can post them here as I don't have any.

[EastYorkDisneyFan]

Sorry there haven't been any new updates on this TR.

[EastYorkDisneyFan]

After Lunch I headed over to the land of construction walls that is know as Disney's California Adventure, with Jaime and Ronda. Once there we met up with there two travailing companions who complained about how long they were. After deciding not to ride California Screamn' we headed over to Grizzly River Run (GRR). On the way I got a picture of the mural on the golden dreams theater as it will be gone in the near future as it makes way for the little mermaid attraction.http://i675.photobucket.com/albums/vv118/eastyorkdisneyfan/Westfest09/DisneylandDay1010.jpg

After getting wet on GRR we headed to the Grand Californian entrance to DCA where we parted ways, they headed to their room well I headed over to the Disneyland hotel to find out where my room was.

[EastYorkDisneyFan]

OK here's something wired I just did to make my final payment a little more manageable I went from a 7 day hopper ticket to a one day ticket. Now I need to get a six day hopper any one know of somewhere I can get one for a good price?

[tiggerbell]

Here's the food from our Blue Bayou lunch!

We have a lunch date at 1:50 with EastYorkDisneyFan, Thomas. Thomas and I met back in 2006 when a bunch of us went in together on a Wishes Cruise. The problem with one of those cruises is the noise from the boat – conversation is not easy. Thomas and I have managed to miss each by 1 day on at least 1 trip a year ever since! 2009 puts us in Disneyland and Disneyworld on the same day. 2 Possible Thomas meetings!

Thomas is flying in today. And he’s late for lunch. I’m hoping it isn’t that his flights are delayed. I don’t have a cell phone. I let the check in desk know we were short a person and wanted to wait a little while.

Rhonda and I sat and waited and considered our options. We’re not super hungry (stupid soup bowls!) but I don’t want to miss the chance to eat at the Blue Bayou…

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Lanterns hanging in tree -

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About 2:20, we just checked in. I made sure to let everyone know that our third might still show up. Rhonda and I decided maybe to split something. We ended up splitting the crab cake entrée - Succulent pan-seared Crab Cakes, topped with her-citrus beurre bland and mango slaw. With Blue Bayou potatoes and seasonal vegetables. $30.99

Here’s my half of the salad

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And the whole crab cake entrée.

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As we’re eating, I hear, "Jaime?" from behind me. Yea, Thomas made it!

The waiter goes to hand him the menu, but good Dis’ser that he is, Thomas just gives him his order.

Le Special de Monte Cristo - Turkey, ham, and Swiss cheese in a battered egg bread, lightly fried to a golden brown. With Blue Bayou potatoes and seasonal vegetables. $21.99

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We chat and it was traffic from LAX that threw Thomas’ schedule out of whack. I’m just so glad that #1 he made it and #2 I knew his last name so I could get the table before he got there.

For dessert, Rhonda and I again split - The Flying Dutchman Cookie Boat - Warm chocolate chip cookie boat, served with Dreyer's vanilla-bean ice cream, caramel and chocolate sauce $8.99

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And Thomas ordered the Tortuga Trio of Cremé Brulee - Chocolate, passion fruit and vanilla-bean custards, caramelized and served with Brittany cookies $7.99

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However, I believe he got 2 vanilla and 1 chocolate – that’s the way the waiter said it came.

$8,000 later, we head over to DCA – we are late to meet back up with the girls!

[EastYorkDisneyFan]

Thanks for posting that. By the way did you know that just as we didn't in 2006 we have no photos of each other. Unless you want to count the pictures you have of my hands.

[EastYorkDisneyFan]

Guess what I'm paid in full!!!:cool1::banana::dance3:

Now I just need to add my park tickets back.

[EastYorkDisneyFan]

So lets see on with report.
When I returned to the hotel my room was ready. This time I was in the magic tower. On my previous trip back in August of 2008 I had booked a standerd view room but got upgraded to one of the corner rooms facing the park on the top floor of the Dreams Tower. Like I said this time I was in the Magic tower this time I had a view of the city, but if I looked to my right I had a different view.
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[EastYorkDisneyFan]

Some pictures of my room.
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[tiggerbell]

OK, I want to stay there just for the shampoo bottles!

[EastYorkDisneyFan]

After getting my bags brought up by bell services, I headed back to the elevator to head back over to the parks again. I actually ended up on the elevator with the bell services person who brought up my luggage, I had a somewhat odd experience with him in the elevator, he pulled out a his tips and was counting it in front of me, now just so you know I was going to tip him but I forgot tip do it in the room, so I reached in to my wallet and handed him a five. He was actually kind of talkative and asked me what brought me to Disneyland so I told him that I was here for a Disney Fan gathering. When I stepped out of the elevator I turned to go out the back door where I saw Jamie in the gift shop with her crew, we had a bit of a laugh about weather or not this was staking. After parting ways with her I headed into Disneyland again to ride some things that i had missed when I was there last August. I started off with Peter Pan, which is much different then the WDW version, and it doesn't have fastpass to mess up the line. Then I headed over to Small World which was closed for a refeb when I was there last. I get there and who do I encounter again but Jamie. After a brief chat with her I headed in to the line for Small World well I was in the line I saw the clock on the front of small world do it's thing.

Link to the video I took (http://s675.photobucket.com/albums/vv118/eastyorkdisneyfan/Westfest09/?action=view&current=DisneylandDay1023.flv)

After ridding small world (I was actully in the same boat as John Stamos, Uncle Jsessie from Full House, sorry no picture I decided to respect his privacy) I went to go and find the entrance to Frontierland. Once I found it I took a ride on Big Thunder Mountain, then I headed back to Fantasyland where I got in line for Alice in Wonderland, well I was in line I saw parts of the new parade in Disneyland (if you can call it a parade, it was more of a rolling show that would stop a perform for about 20 minutes before going on to the next stop). After that It was time to leave the park for the first meet of WestFest, Podfest West at the lost bar in the grounds of the Disneyland Hotel. Unfortunately Main Street USA was a mess, because of the parade so to help out with traffic they had opened up one of the gates on the right side of main street facing the train station to allow those that were trying to exit the park (The store on Main Street aren't linked together like they are in the Magic Kingdom), any way this path took us right beside the storage spur for the Jungle cruise so you could just see a couple of boats sitting out in the open, I came back onto Main street where the horse drawn trolleys enter. Once back on ain Street I head out of the park and back to the Disneyland Hotel.

[EastYorkDisneyFan]

Once I got to the Lost Bar I saw people that I knew by voice or from picture that I had seen of them online. How do you introduce yourself to people like that became my problem which on lasted maybe about 20 minutes or so. After that I decided to just go for it and start introducing myself to some of the smaller groups first, Gradually I ended up meeting more people like Josh and Keegen (the Teenage Disney Geek from the Adventure's of the Teenage Disney Geek Podcast). After a while the group moved to the outside of the bar where more people had shown up. We had some fun tossing around a stuffed monkey that had ended up in someone's paints the previous year (it was washed and microwaved several times). At one point it ended up in the gutter on the roof of the bar, lucky the Teenage Disney Geek was there to rescue him. If you think this is sounding wired, just wait until I post about the Island meet. :rotfl2:

I ended up- leaving there at 1:00 Am LA time which would have been 4:00 Am in Toronto, so at this point I had been up for about 24 hours at this point. As soon as I got back to my hotel room as I was going to get up early for Rope Drop at Disneyland.

[EastYorkDisneyFan]

So I got up and after showering I headed over to Disneyland where the crowds were gathering to be let on to Main Street before rope drop. I looked around to see if I could see anyone from that I had meet last night from The DPN (http://www.thedpn.com/). I didn't see anyone there so I just got into the shortest line I saw. Once the gates where open I headed to the bakery on Main Street where I got a Cafe Mocha and one of the Cinnamon Rolls. Next I headed out on to Main Street where I saw the first of many DPN people standing on the other side of the street. After a little bit a few more members showed up and hung out with us well we waited for them to drop the rope. Once they opened the rest of the park a group of us headed in to Fantasyland where we headed on to Peter Pan, one of the people I was with joked about how one time he showed them a FastPass for Peter Pan in WDW the cast members where shocked that it uses FastPass there. After that we headed over to Snow white and stopped at the Sword in the stone for some odd pictures (if you are on Face Book you can check out the picture of me from there on my page here (http://www.facebook.com/editaccount.php?networks#/thomas.mccarthy?ref=profile).) After that we headed over to its a small world again. This time I was in the front with Josh, the two of us decided to try and drum along with the song to keep us from going nuts.

[EastYorkDisneyFan]

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[EastYorkDisneyFan]

What happens next, you'll have to wait for my next post.

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

Very cool that you rode in the same boat as Uncle Jessie and that you respected his privacy.

I know not on the same scale but if you watched the first season of Survivor you would be familiar with Rudy (the old tough retired Navy Seal). Well he lived in the same neighbourhood as us and we saw him around all the time and people were constantly hounding him and bothering him when he went out in public for pictures and autographs. I am sure they always appreciate it when they are left in piece as it happens so rarely. :thumbsup2

[EastYorkDisneyFan]

Very cool that you rode in the same boat as Uncle Jessie and that you respected his privacy.

I know not on the same scale but if you watched the first season of Survivor you would be familiar with Rudy (the old tough retired Navy Seal). Well he lived in the same neighbourhood as us and we saw him around all the time and people were constantly hounding him and bothering him when he went out in public for pictures and autographs. I am sure they always appreciate it when they are left in piece as it happens so rarely. :thumbsup2

I really only did it because he was with friends/ family that I relay didn't recognise.

[EastYorkDisneyFan]

After Small World some of the group decided to head over to DCA for a little bit. Those of us who stayed end up meeting up with some other DPN members like Joel (Coconut Wireless on the DPN) who does the video for the Meandering Mouse podcast, Keegan (Teenage Disney Geek) and a few others. We then headed over to Toon Town to witness Keegan's first step into Toon town ( Listen to episode 57 of the adventures of a Teenage Disney Geek for the audio of this event). We first headed for roger Rabat's cartoon spin one of the greatest dark rides that Disney has ever built. During this ride we were also joined by "Earl" and the "Bleepn' wife" from the Trapped on vacation podcast. ("Earl" is a WDW cast member that host the podcast under the stage name of Earl just in case he may get in trouble). Well in the queue there was a back and forth discussion about Disneyland's Toon Town (which was done right) and WDW's Toon Town Country Fair (which is just sad compared to Disneyland's). After a great ride we headed back out into the park to tour the rest of Toon town.
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Note the bad planing by the planning commission on the front of the building.

Sorry for the lack of photo's in my updates I didn't actually take a lot of them.

[EastYorkDisneyFan]

Next up was a tour of Mickey's House.
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Notice how a certain dog has escaped thought the gate on the stairs.

The next stop was the Mad Hatter where the first of two sets of DF Ears were bought. OK this is the first thing that requires a lot of explaining so the rest of this chapter will be mostly about a hat.:rotfl2: First off DF is a term from the Micecast podcast which at times is not always family friendly, any way on one of their shows they came up with the acronym of DF which stands for Disney Fundamentalist which is their term for the people who go nuts over any little change that is made in the parks and say oh Walt wouldn't have done that or everything should be kept the same as when Walt was still alive. During WestFest there is a game played with the DF ears, which you get as a penalty for knowing too much about Disney, either by shearing information that people already know or if someone who is not a Disney Cast Member behaves like one, for example using the two finger point. The next rule is that the person who has it can not give it to some else, only someone who does not have the DF Ears can give the Ears to another person (if more then one set of Ears are present one DF can give the set they are not wearing to someone else).

After the DF Ears got bought we (Me, Josh, "Earl" and the Bleep'n Wife) head over to ride Mr Toad. Well we were in the queue a discussion about the rule of the DF Ears got started, regarding if it included Disney owned properties such as ABC counted. "Earl" got annoyed with Josh for this and gave him the Ears. He had them for the next couple of hours. :rotfl2:

Next up was a ride on Pinocchio daring journey, followed by Snow Whites' Scary Adventures. By now it was getting to be lunch time and we headed over to Rancho del Zocalo in Frontierland. While we were there we met up with some of the DPN members from earlier. We also meet up with the manager of the restaurant who wanted to know what we were all celebrating and she instead on getting us "I'm Celebrating" buttons. Since Josh still had the DF Ears we told her that he was our leader and so he got stuck with a bag of 50 "I'm Celebrating" buttons. We ended up writing on them DPN WestFest which lead to some fun later on. Also we got her to reserve some tables for us for the next Day's lunch meet.



Ok Just so you guys know this isn't even the first official day of WestFest yet this is only the day before, if you think it's crazy now wait till the next day.

[EastYorkDisneyFan]

Wow that was a long post. If anyone is reading this please feel free to ask any questions you have about something that I mention and I will try to answer it to the best of my ability.

[EastYorkDisneyFan]

So after lunch we headed over to pirates and it had a huge line. Well we were in it I told one of the Disneyland locals that was with us about how the chains that make up the sometimes used outdoor queue for WDW are made from large anchor chains and how I literally saw a Cast Member dragging them into place. Once we got inside we got loaded into our boat, now this is where I need to point out that not all of the people in this boat where the lightest people in the DPN. Also we are not sure if the Cast Member loading the boat realised when she told us what rows to get into. So we start making our way through the Blue Bayou section of the ride, then we come to the first drop our boat gets stuck at the top of it. The CM in the control tower for the ride tells us to try doing "The pirate shuffle", rocking the boat from side to side to get it unstuck. That didn't work. At this point we have now herd the skull and crossbones spiel about 5 times, then they announce that a CM by the name of Aubry will be along to help us get over the drop, she come over and manages to get us over the first drop. At splash down we had a wave worthy of splash mountain come over the boat. Now in Disneyland there are two drops, guess what we got stuck on the second one. This time we manged to get the boat moving again by rocking it forward. We then proceeded through the ride very slowly, we suspected that we might be dragging on the bottom. We get through the ride and then comes the lift hill at the end and we start to wonder if we will get stuck on that one too. We get up and have a good laugh as another wave is created in the flume as we come over the top. By this point we see a large group of people in the line that look like they may have been there for a while. After exiting the boat we all waved to Aubry up in the control room.

For the full audio of this download episode 5 of the Mouse Droppings podcast.

[EastYorkDisneyFan]

After leaving pirates we headed out into New Orleans square and past by the train station as a train left. I commented jokingly that there should be a fry cart near by as the trains run on Bio Diesel made from used french fry oil. Before I had realised what I had just said "Earl" took the DF Ears from Josh and put them on my head. This was to be the first of 13 times it happened to me. Yup you read that right 13 times over 3 days. Next we headed into the Hunted Mansion. After the Hunted Mansion we headed over to the Jungle cruise where I took a picture of myself with the DF Ears on.
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This skipper wasn't too memorable as far as Jungle Cruise skippers go. So here are some picture of the Jungle Cruise.
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[EastYorkDisneyFan]

After the Jungle cruise we took the train to Tomorrowland to try and go on Space Mountain. Well we were in the queue it went 101 and the cast members told us that they didn't know when it would reopen. After we left the queue a second set of DF Ears got purchased. It was now approaching the time for an unofical meet at the Celebration Bar B Que. It's in an area of Frontierland just behind Big Thunder Mountain. Once we got there we started meeting up with other members of the DPN. With in about 15 minutes of getting there I got relived of the DF Ears by Pat (you may have herd him call into the Dis unplugged voice mail line or send them an e-mail, he's the one that is working on the Disney Family Museum), he asked me how I got the Eras and then he mentioned something about how they were having problems with the Bio- fuel eating through the fuel tanks in the park and they were having top replace them. This met was a lot of fun as we got to see Chip and Dale attack one of the people in our party, he may have proved them I'. not exactly sure. Also during this we saw Jessie the Yodeling Cow Girl break one of the lanterns at the front of the stage, we also had the servers and the sinning cowboy really confused by us as when they asked what we were celebrating and we said things like friendship, meat, and the number 42. When they saw our buttons and asked what WestFest was we told them it was just to hard to explain.

After this meet was over it was time to head over to DCA for Queen Lo’s Island Palindrome Party at the Redwood Challenge Trail! and also for Micecast’s & Aussie John’s 2nd Annual Rabble Rouser Meet. But those will be the subject of my next update.

[Kymie]

Great report so far - Im glad I wasnt on Pirates lol!

[EastYorkDisneyFan]

Great report so far - Im glad I wasnt on Pirates lol!

Actually it was a lot of fun, especially since we were all Disney fans on it.

[EastYorkDisneyFan]

After finishing up with the bills, everyone paid separately. We all headed over to DCA a group of about 30 of us. Once we got to DCA the first order of business was to get FastPasses for Shorin' over California. Next we made our way over to the Red Wood Creek Changeable Trail for what would probably be one of the craziest, wildest, and most fun meets at WestFest 2009, it was time for Queen Lo’s Island Palindrome Party at the Redwood Challenge Trail!

OK time for a little back story. On the DPN forums there is a section called Just for Fun and at the top is a thread titled The DPN Desert Island Party! The Fantasy Isle de Lorien! It is a virtual island with monkeys that cook, clean, and serve us drinks, also it is almost 555 pages long and still going. Also Palindromes are very important especially when we have a page that is one, we have a huge party where we bring out the Martin Tram (read it backwards :rotfl2:).


So let me set this up for you picture a group of adults with one or two teenagers ruining around a playground designed for children.

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In the middle of this picture in the light blue shirt is Lorien who is refereed to as Auntie Lo, or Queen Lo. We had an amazing time running and jumping in the cargo nets that make up this playground. Several times people almost got lunched into the air from people bouncing in the nest. One of the funniest parts was when we found a radio for kids to play around with and Brian Sommer having a conversation with a kid over the radio that involved everything from star wars references to giving him instructions to watch for fires, holding his mother for ransom and also insurrections to wait for paramedics.:rotfl2::rotfl2: For audio of this event download the Adventures of a Teenage Disney Geek podcast episode 55.

After this it was time to head over to the bear wagon on the wharf for Micecast’s & Aussie John’s 2nd Annual Rabble Rouser Meet. After some more meet and greets with even more DPN people a few drinks of bear for all those of age it was time to head over to Soarin' Over California. We ended up with 13 people who didn't have a FastPass but the cast member at the front of the line let them in with an attraction re ride slip as we had such a large group over 70 at this point. After that there was a change in DF Ears "Earl" got one set for acting like superman during the ride and I got the other for pointing out Micheal Eisner n the film and also a few other things.

Then i a group of us ran across the park to get on Toy Story Midway Mania, most of us got in the line before they closed it off for the night. While we were in line we could see off in the distance the fireworks in Disneyland. After the ride was over I sundered the DF Ears yet again this time to someone for getting the highest score on Toy Story Midway Mania.


What happens next tune in for my next part.

[EastYorkDisneyFan]

After riding Toy Story Midway Mania a bunch of us headed back over t Disneyland. Well walking through both parks the DF Ears changed heads once again this time Brian Sommer got them for something I can't really remember. Then I got the for saying suppercalifralisticexpialidouicous backwards. The first thing up that night was a ride on the subs. Flowed by a ride on Buzz Lightyears Astro Blasters Keegan end up getting the DF Eras for reciting the Spanish safety spiel. After that we headed our separate ways for the night. We would be meting again the next morning for the first official Day of WestFest.

[EastYorkDisneyFan]

Ok at this point I have 26 days to finish off the last three days of WestFest I think I have some work ahead.

[EastYorkDisneyFan]

As you can see from the title toady was the first official day of WestFest. My day began with a trip into the park via the monorail.
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After getting off at the Tomorowland station I made my way to the Plaza Gardens near the hub in Disneyland. Once I got there I was reminded that I needed a FastPass for Indy for later in the day, so I was off to Adventureland to get one. After that the kickoff meet was held, strangely this was one of the least attended events of the day. After hanging around for a little while it was time to get a FastPass for Big Thunder Mountain. The it was time to head over to the Tea Cups for the Single Rider’s Teacups Spin-O-Ramma (the single rider is a podcast hosted by Chris who also does the Big D and the Big D in HD video podcasts). After that a group of 12 of us went on Alice in Wonderland, followed by an incredibly funny walk through of the dioramas in Sleeping Beauty Castle. (audio of this can be found in episode 58 of the Adventures of a Teenage Disney Geek) The walk through consisted of Brian Summer giving Keegan (The teenage Disney Geek) suggestions for different voices to read the various books telling the story of Sleeping Beauty. After that we headed over to Critter Country to grab FastPasses for Splash Mountain. Then it was time to head over to Indy for the first part of The Travelears “Traveling like Indy” Meet & Munch. Well we were waiting a couple of us decided to climb Tarzan's tree house. Well at the top of the tree house well I was taking some pictures of the view I jokingly said that Big Thunder was in the wrong place and should be beside Splash Mountain and the hunted mansion should be where Big Thunder is. (I was standing next to one of the Disneyland locals at the time)

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[EastYorkDisneyFan]

Next up was a group ride on Indy, I think we filed at least ten ride vehicles. After that it was time to head over to El Rancho Del Zocolo for lunch. Now I had mentioned earlier in the report about our conversation with the manager, she had gotten tables reserved for our group. After Lunch it was time to head over to Big Thunder Mountain for the Trapped on Vacation’s Goat, Goat, Goat, Meet. A little bit of back ground on this one on Big Thunder there are anamtronic goats stationed at various places on the ride mainly some of the wilder turns and it's a DPN tradition to yell goat as you pass by them. OK back to the report picture this about 70 or so people all entering the FastPass line for Big Thunder Mountain Rail Road chanting "Goat!, Goat!, Goat!,...". We took up about 4 full trains and then had one person in the front of a 5th train.

After that it was time for The Adventures of a Teenage Disney Geek’s “Wet & Wild Ride Splash Mountain Meet”. Before this meet got started we had a bit of a problem as there were some people that did not have FastPasses fr the ride so after a little bit of negotiations with the CM at the front of the line we got told that as long as we had a FastPass for Splash Mountain they would let us on.

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Sorry about the shaky picture but I'm the one in the red shirt with the mickey Ears on (They were the DF ears, which I got for quoting something from the Unofficial guide to Disneyland).

[NotSoEvilStepmother]

Hey, just found the report after going back to read Jaime's. And, you know what, I recognized the name EastYorkDisneyFan all of a sudden.

This is NYCDreamer from the DPN, just so you know.

What a coincidence! :rotfl:

I'm waiting to hear more about the spectacular WF, and hoping to get out to California for WF 2010.

[EastYorkDisneyFan]

Thanks for reading this. Do you think it would be a bad idea if I put a link to this in my sig on the DPN?

[EastYorkDisneyFan]

So after our ride on Splash Mountain , a group of us headed over to Fantasyland to take a ride on Cassy Junior. After that it was time for the Done in the Dark’s “The Great Pooh Hunt!”. This meet was hosted by Paul Berrie from A window to the Magic fame. The name of the meet comes from the name of the Country Bear's website he ran before Window to the Magic. This meet consisted of a ride on the Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh while taking pictures of every Pooh in the attraction. I didn't come close but here are some of my pictures from that ride through.

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I also got a picture of some of the buildings former residence.

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[EastYorkDisneyFan]

After that it was time for the DPN Castle Photopass meet for a group photo of everyone that was there at the time.

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After that a number of people decided to go to In and Out burger. Those of us that stayed in Disneyland hung around in the hub for a little bit until it was time to head over to Toon Town for Tidbits’ Toon Town Spin, this meet was hosted by Terry Rich who is Paul Berrie's girlfriend and the host of the Disney Tidbits podcast. This was another ride through of Roger Rabbit's cartoon spin well we did a quick questioner on things to do with Roger Rabbit. This was once again a gathering of the DPN where DF Hats should have been present but weren't. Both had left the parks with the people who had them at the time.

After that ride through it was time for the DPN Dinner meet at the Plaza Inn, only some us actually ate there as some of the group had gone to in and out burger. After dinner it was soon time to gatherer for the fireworks show, Remember Dreams Come True. We were supposed to meet by the cigar store Indian outside the music store but we ended up heading towards the hub to watch it. The audio of this even can be heard on The Adventures of a Teenage Disney Geek episode 59.

Once that was over a group of us headed over to the Storybook land Canal boats as at the previous WestFest (2008) "Earl" from Trapped on Vacation had a really creepy guide on it and wanted to see if we could get one this time too. Unfortunately we got a boat with a bad audio system a so so Cast Member. Up Next was Imagineering My Way’s Midnight Cruise down the “Rivers of Adventure” at the Jungle Cruise. It was planed to be a ride on the last boat of the night, but it didn't actually end up that way. Before the ride on the Jungle Cruise Greg McNaughten the host of it had a few copies of Walt Disney World: The Full Report. I got one of them for at the time having the DF Hat a total of 9 times at that point.

After that it was time for the ride in the Jungle Cruise, I unfortunately didn't get the Skippers name but he was one of the best skippers I have heard and he was only a trainee. When we stopped by Trader Sam the head salesman of the Jungle cruise over there. I joked that I liked "Chief Name" (pronounced Nam a) better, and he asked about that and so we told him about how the skippers on the WDW version got to rename him and decided to call him Nam A or Name.

After that a group of about 10 of us deiced to take a last ride on Indy. During the ride we got stuck a couple of times and then at the end of it I tripped getting out of the ride vehicle and banged my arm on the control console for the ride. I was fine and I didn't break the ride. After that it was time to head back to our hotels for the night or home for the locals that weren't staying in one.

Up next the the final day of WestFest.

[NotSoEvilStepmother]

Thanks for reading this. Do you think it would be a bad idea if I put a link to this in my sig on the DPN?

I don't think so because 1) it's Disney and all the DF's will eat it up and B) cuz it's about WestFest. You never know, it might get more DPNers on the DIS.

[EastYorkDisneyFan]

OK I'm at 18 days until I go, My documents came to my TA last week and she has mailed them to me, however I still haven't gotten them. I hate the mail sometimes.

[EastYorkDisneyFan]

Guess What I got my Disney Mail today!!!! :cool1: :yay: :dance3:

[EastYorkDisneyFan]

Today began with me sleeping in a bit as DCA doesn't open until 10. The first meet of the day was Disney Geeks to the Rescue hosted by the Teenage Disney Geek (This was his first ride on Monster Inc: Mike and Sulley to the Rescue). After this meet it was time to grab fast passes for Tower of Terror later in the day. By now it was time for the DPN Meet and Greet / Lunch @ the Pacific Wharf this was just as it sounds a meet to have lunch. During lunch a group of us decided to head over to the Hyperion theater to see the Aladdin show. Before that we made a side trip to Disney Animation we toured threw it and stopped at a place where you could insert your voice in to a scene from a Disney Movie. Josh and I did a scene from Aladdin with Iago and Jafar. I attempted a some what good impersonation of Iago. After that we went up the Hollywood Pictures Backlot street. This street is a lot like Hollywood boulevard in DHS, except you have Muppet Vision 3d, Monsters Inc: Mike and Sulley to the Rescue, Disney Animation, and the Hyperion Theater, also the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror is there too. After Aladdin it was time for The Magic Never Ends’ Toy Story Mania Smackdown hosted by the Magic Never ends crew. Again another group ride threw. Once that was it was almost time for The Big D’s Cali Screamin’ Meet to begin a few of us decided not to go on it so we just hung around and waited. During this time a dew of us decided to go back to Disney Animation to try our hads at drawing a Disney charater. We ended up drawing Doppey, my drawing of him ended up looking like the crepy psesed drawf that they kewep locked in the basment that no one ever saw. Sorry no picture of it as it would have broken my camra :rotfl2: or have been censered by this comunity.

[EastYorkDisneyFan]

12 days to go until I head back to Walt Disney World!!!!
:dance3::dance3:

Also I am thinking of attempting something crazy on my first full Day, I want to attempt the Ultimate Magic Kingdom touring plan from Touring Plans.com.

[EastYorkDisneyFan]

I now have 11 days and I added back my park tickets. :dance3:

[nu2wdisneyw]

Hey there!
I love the pictures from DL. I was thinking of taking my boy there for Spring Break next year! Thought it would be fun to spend some time on the west coast! I plane tickets are going to be the kicker though!

Maybe I will see you in 10 days!! I am thinking of taking the boys to MNSSHP on the 4th as well. However we may not get the tickets until we get there!

[EastYorkDisneyFan]

Guess what I'm at 10 days and did the online check in and it worked great.

[EastYorkDisneyFan]

Hey there!
I love the pictures from DL. I was thinking of taking my boy there for Spring Break next year! Thought it would be fun to spend some time on the west coast! I plane tickets are going to be the kicker though!

Maybe I will see you in 10 days!! I am thinking of taking the boys to MNSSHP on the 4th as well. However we may not get the tickets until we get there!

Plane tickets can defenitly be the worst for going out there but you can find deals sometimes. Disneyland is a lot of fun but beware there are a lot of dead end paths that you think would lead somewhere but don't, and also attractions aren't where they are supposed to be.:rotfl2:

[EastYorkDisneyFan]

I am now at 9 days and I still haven't started packing nor have I thought about what I need to pack. :scared1:

[EastYorkDisneyFan]

8 days!! :dance3::dance3::dance3::dance3:

[EastYorkDisneyFan]

Somewhere in there I and group of others end up in a bugs life. Just a word of caution in the part where the hornets "sting" you don't lean forward a sit back hard just after that.

Next up was a group ride on the Tower of Terror, with the Disney Park Hoppin' Party Podcast. This was also my first ride on Tower of Terror, which may have been a mistake admitting it to people. We entered into the attraction and head in to the pre-show area, and then headed to the boiler room. Well we were geting ready to load I looked over at the sating map next too the elevator and relized that I was in the Front Row :scared1::scared1:.

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[EastYorkDisneyFan]

Please keep my Grandfather in your thoughts and prayers as he is not well.

[EastYorkDisneyFan]

Thanks for any thoughts and prayers for my grandfather, he woke up this morning and apologized for ruining everyone's weekend.

[Kymie]

So glad he is doing well!

[EastYorkDisneyFan]

Ok 4 days to go and I need to finish this section of my report before I leave.

So after Tower of Terror I decided to head out with a group of people who were going back to Disneyland for the day as I was getting a little tired of DCA. We headed over to Disneyland where I learned that there was a group heading to the Blue Bayou for dinner, I figured if they told me to go somewhere else I would, I never got told that and had a great time with about 30 people at one table in the Blue Bayou. For dinner I had the New Orleans style Gumbo, and the Five-Pepper Roast New York. After dinner a group of us rode the Many adventurees of winniw the pooh, some people left either to go home or go to one of the last meets of WestFest. Well the rest of us satyed and took the train to Tomorowland to get in a few more rides. The trian soon arived and we were told by the conductor that the train would be going out of service when it got to toon town, so when we got there we waited for the next train. Then we rode Space Mountian using a couple of passes obtained when California Scremin went 101 earlier that day. The we heded to Star Tours where a person in the row in front of us had seen it way to many times and was providing his own comentary. Up next was another ride on buzz light year and then back to the train to go through the grand Canyon Diarama. We got off at main streert for a bity of shopping and then headed over to Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room for dole whips and to see the show. Inside ther3e was agroup of about 10 of us on one side of the room and a group of 2 that came in shortly after us. The host needed someone to help her wake up Jose so we all voluntired Keegan (The teenage Disney Geek) to do it, I think he was probobly the most excited teenager to ever do it. After sininging along with the birdies and the Tikis, it was time to go. I said my goodbyes to some people as they would be leaving for there homes I on the other hand had another day to spend in the parks.

[EastYorkDisneyFan]

Ok so I have one day left until I'm in Disney World again.

[EastYorkDisneyFan]

Today began with a Segway tour of DCA. It was very interesting doing this amongst the construction walls. At the end of it we stopped for pictures.


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After that I went back to my room to grab something that I had lefty behind. When I returned to DCA I decided to head to Muppet Vision 3d.

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The 3d film Vault in the Queue


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The ship from Pigs in space.


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The Great Gonzo's plan

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The doors in the queue

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[EastYorkDisneyFan]

Some of the boxes in the pre show area.

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[EastYorkDisneyFan]

After that I explored more of DCA and saw that Mickey's Fun Wheel was working and taking passengers. So I went and took a ride in one of the non - swinging cars. While I was getting on I saw Joel from the DPN (he does the video for the meandering mouse podcast) getting on to one of the swinging cars. After that we headed to Pizza Oom Mow Mow. After lunch we headed over to the Tower of Terror and then to playhouse Disney as Joel wanted to tape it for the meandering mouse podcast. After that we headed over to the Redwood Creek Challenge Trail to view the Brother Bear Totem ceremony after the show they had a meet and greet with the stars of brother bear. Joel was nice enough to take my pictur with them and later send them to me.

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[EastYorkDisneyFan]

After that we met up with Pat (POD, he's the one working on the Disney Family Museum) and we headed to Toy Story Midway Mania. Well we were in the queue I got a voice mail from Disneyland Reservations saying that my reservation for Story Tellers had been candled due to a problem in the reasturant. Up next we viewed the Pixar Play parade, a couple of times we had to run to avoid the water that they isist on sparying at you during it. After that we begain to head out as DCA was closing soon, on the way out we stopped and rode Soarng over California. Then we headed over to Disneyland. Once there we rode the matterhorn, Spacemoutian and then I went on the Tomorrowland Autopia, which has a really long line and for some reason it has FasstPass. After cruising the freeways of Tomorowland (we so needd this version in WDW) I headed over to Tomorrowland Terrace to get some dinner then I goty on the monorail and took it back to my hotel to pack up as I would be leaving the next morning.

[DisBride2009]

Great photos. I always wanted to go to Disneyland. I love your in room pics...that was a nice view. :)

****KEEP ON POSTING DISER :)****
~Melissa

[EastYorkDisneyFan]

So lets see I need to fisish my last day at disneyland before going on to WDW. Why do I get the felling this one will take a while.

[EastYorkDisneyFan]

So when I last left off I was getting ready to leave.

That morning I woke up and had room service deliver breakfast to my room, of Banana's foster mickey waffles. After breakfast I heeded over to Downtown Disney for a bit as my flight didn't leave until 3:00 and the Disneyland express wasn't picking me up until 12:00. After exploring downtown Disney for I headed back to the hotel to explore the grounds.

Here are some pictures of the waterfall by the wonder tower.

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[EastYorkDisneyFan]

I also got some pictures of the mini Jungle cruise lagoon.

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Next I took some pictures around the iside of the main building of some of the displays.

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[EastYorkDisneyFan]

Then it was time to go. I headed out the front door of the hotel and over to the waiting area for the Disneyland express. Once on the bus I was on my way to LAX with thoughts of meeting great new friends (some of which I have mentioned in this report), new memories and hopes of coming back again to WestFest 2010.

[EastYorkDisneyFan]

And now with Disneyland down it's time for a Walt Disney World trip report.

[EastYorkDisneyFan]

Just a note to say that the second post on page one has been edited to show the page numbers for each of the trips.

[EastYorkDisneyFan]

My trip began at about 7 in the morning with my last minute packing of my tolitries and my computer. I took a picture of my bags just in case Magical Express grabbed both of them as I only had on luguge tag but the airline I was flying on allowed me to check two bags for free, yes there are airlines other then Southwest that still do this.

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After landing in Orlando for the first time since 2006, as on my last two Disney trips I only flew out of it (in 2007 I flew to Barcelona first and then arrived in WDW Via the Disney Magic on the Trans Atlantic cruise, in 2008 I arrived back in Florida after flying in to LAX via the Disney Magic again this time though the Panama Canal), any way back to this trip report. First I headed over to baggage claim to pick up the bag that did not have the Magical Express tag on it. After that I had to go back upstairs and across to the other side of the airport to get to the DME counter. Once there I found they have there own version of "FastPass", if you have all of your paperwork that they send you with you then you can bypass the counter entirely. First you show your information to someone at a check in desk and then they scan your ticket and ask you how many bags you have then they direct you to the lines for the individual resorts.

Once I got to Pop Century I had a bout a 5 minute wait to check in I was off to my room on the back side of the 50's building room number 3334.

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[EastYorkDisneyFan]

Oh yeah and by the way the fridge you see siting there was really nasty inside and sat their for about two days.

[EastYorkDisneyFan]

Up next was a trip to my favorite of all the Disney Parks.
Incidentally the list is a flows:

1.) Epcot
2.) Disneyland
3.) Magic Kingdom
4.) Disney's Animal Kingdom
5.) Disney's Hollywood Studios
6.) Disney's California Adventure

So I was headed to Epcot.

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[EastYorkDisneyFan]

Before heading to Epcot I stopped at Everything Pop for some lunch as it was almost 3 and I hadn't eaten since this morning back at home, I had the Chicken Penne and a carrot cake for desert, and I garbed my refillable mug then too.

[EastYorkDisneyFan]

Here's some of my photo pass pic from the front of Epcot

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[EastYorkDisneyFan]

After garbing some pictures in front of Spaceship Earth, I headed over to it to take a ride on the new version, but what's this it has a line and a 20 minute wait. So I decided to skip it for now, and head over to the Land pavilion and see what the wait/ FastPass return time was for Soar'n. It was about 50 minutes if I remember correctly, I garbed a FastPass for later and decided to see how bad the line was, I didn't want to spend an hour in the line so I decided to head over to World Showcase via Journey into Imagination, all I can say about that is I like Figment. After that I was back to World Showcase and I saw this passing overhead.

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Up next a few pictures of the with the Illuminations barges in place.

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After that I walked around World Showcase, I stopped in France to see the chair balancing act, I didn't get any pictures as the sun was in my eyes. I continued my stool around the lagoon and then stopped in Norway as the wait for Maelstrom was only about 5 minutes. After seeking the spirit of Norway I decided to wait for the film.

Up next was a ride in Mexico with the Three Caballeros. Then I went to see what the wait for Test Track was, it was way to long for me as I had a dinner reservation for Boma at 7 and I wanted to have time to go back to Pop and change. Up next I took my first ride on the new Spaceship Earth, it's OK. Then I headed back to Pop where I changed my shirt before heading to Boma.

[EastYorkDisneyFan]

I think I need to get my butt in gear and update the TR.

[EastYorkDisneyFan]

I forgot that I also encountered a photopass photographer in Japan well I was walking around world showcase. When I handed him my photopass card he joked that it was fake and wanted to know where I had gotten it from him, I told him that someone in the front of the park dressed like him had given it to me.
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