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cinderella-princess

10-27-2009, 07:20 PM

Yay!! Only 1 month and 6 days to go (according to my ticker)!!

I can't wait for our annual Christmas Disneyland trip. Something about the holidays makes Disneyland even more magical. I had to include my two favorite things in Disneyland during the holidays.

The outside of It's a Small World
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And the castle of course!
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I also love Main Street with all of the garland and wreaths shaped like Mickey heads.

The only thing I'm worried about this trip is the hotel. We had to do a budget trip since, like most people, the economy has us tightening our purse strings. So the room was only $77 a night and I'm a little worried about the quality, particularly the highway noise. I plan on getting a sound machine to bring down with us to try to help drown out any highway (or other room) noise. Has anyone stayed at this hotel before?

blabbermouth

10-28-2009, 12:45 AM

cinderella-princess

10-28-2009, 11:45 AM

*Phew* Glad I found this. :lmao:

Have not stayed at that hotel, but hope it turns out ok for you guys! Is it refundable? Maybe you'll find a decent deal on a better hotel before then. Yikes, I can't believe it's nearly November.

Wishing I could be planning a Christmas trip, but instead, subscribing.

Yay!! You are here and are our first subscriber! I have some news about where we are staying coming up...

I can't believe it's almost November either!! The fall is flying by so quickly. After Halloween it's all a blur.

Don't worry - you can live vicariously through us! :rotfl:

cinderella-princess

10-28-2009, 12:01 PM

So yesterday, while looking for our confirmation email for our hotel, I happened to get back to the Quality Inn and Suites page on Priceline (where I made the reservation). Well, there were some recent reviews from September and October where two people had found cockroaches in the bathroom!! :scared1: Plus, there were 3 or 4 reviews about how gross the bathrooms were and stating that they would never stay there again. So...Jason and I talked about it and decided to look for somewhere else to stay. We are a little more stable financially since we booked the room back in August so paying $100 to $150 more for a hotel seemed doable and worth it.

After talking to Linda and Jaime we decided to cancel our reservation at the Quality Inn, they decided to cancel their reservation at the Best Western and we are going to split a Deluxe Family Suite at the Anaheim Camelot Inn and Suites!! :cool1:

https://gc.synxis.com/3129e655e04b405482d42cfdce93995f.media

There are two rooms; one with a king bed and a pull out sofa bed that Jason and I will take, and a second room with two queen beds that Linda and Jaime will share. It will be SO nice to all be staying not only at the same hotel, but in the same room! We had such a great time sharing a room with Linda on our last trip, I'm sure it will be even more fun with Jaime there. Plus, we all have our own space if we want to chill out.

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We all love this hotel and are even more excited for this trip after changing our plans! :goodvibes

Docter419

10-28-2009, 04:39 PM

I am so happy we worked this out. This is going to make the trip so much more enjoyable, All 4 us in one suite is going to be perfect! especially it being our favorite place to stay. we have not stayed in one room since may of 05! Are we there yet!

cinderella-princess

11-01-2009, 10:15 PM

Happy Belated Halloween Everyone!!!

On Saturday we went down to Napa where Jason's dad has a golf store . Napa has a very cute parade for all the kids and then they Trick-or-Treat at all the stores in the area. Here are some cute pictures.

Me decorating and Jason "supervising" :rotfl:
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The parade
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We were swamped! Can you see us back there??
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The aftermath
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We also carved pumpkins
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Beware of hitchhiking ghosts! (Mickey's Halloween Treat is playing on the TV)
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Our pumpkins; mine was vampire Mickey and Jason's was Frankenstein Goofy
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The decorations outside of Jason's parents house
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I this was kind of a cool shot.
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In other news...Only 1 month and two days until our trip!!!

blabbermouth

11-06-2009, 10:33 PM

cinderella-princess

11-10-2009, 05:08 PM

Yay, glad you upgraded your hotel room.

No COSTUMES though?! Disappointed. Heehee. I really liked the pic of the parade with the Gingy costume though! How cute.

Add that as another thing my Jason likes: golf. (I assume you like it too if your Dad owns a golf store!)

It'll be here before you know it.

I am too - It will be so much more enjoyable without cockroaches! :rotfl:

I know, we are super lame. Maybe next year we'll dress up. The gingerbread boy was adorable and there was one kid dressed as Big Ben! He actually chimed the time when he came up for candy! So cool! And apparently Snow White was the most popular princess this year because we must have seen 20 of them.

Jason does like golf, he played on his high school and junior college golf teams. He's a bit less in love with it now, I think he got tired of playing golf every day! :lmao:

Only 3 weeks and two days to go!! :goodvibes

prncssmel

11-10-2009, 06:01 PM

[COLOR="fuchsia"][B][SIZE="3"]So yesterday, while looking for our confirmation email for our hotel, I happened to get back to the Quality Inn and Suites page on Priceline (where I made the reservation). Well, there were some recent reviews from September and October where two people had found cockroaches in the bathroom!! :scared1: Plus, there were 3 or 4 reviews about how gross the bathrooms were and stating that they would never stay there again. So...Jason and I talked about it and decided to look for somewhere else to stay. We are a little more stable financially since we booked the room back in August so paying $100 to $150 more for a hotel seemed doable and worth it.

Okay, now I am worried. That is where we are booked for December (the one on Manchester, right?). All the recent reviews on tripadvisor have been really good, and on another Disney forum, I heard a lot of good reviews. Hmmm, now I need to look for a backup option.

prettyprincessbelle

11-11-2009, 03:12 PM

I'm in!! :)

I just read your other two TRs and I loved them! So count me in for this one.

We'll be at DLR around the same time you guys are. We'll be there the 2nd and are coming home the 5th!!

cinderella-princess

11-13-2009, 02:41 PM

Okay, now I am worried. That is where we are booked for December (the one on Manchester, right?). All the recent reviews on tripadvisor have been really good, and on another Disney forum, I heard a lot of good reviews. Hmmm, now I need to look for a backup option.

Yep - that's the one! The reviews with the cockroaches were posted on priceline in September and October. You may be just fine. From what I gathered, it seemed like some of the rooms have been redone and some haven't. We've had some bad experiences at hotels before (crying babies, and I mean like blood curling, the baby was about to die crying, poor customer service, no air conditioning) and it has made our trips almost unbearable. So for us, it was worth another $100 to stay where we knew we would have a clean and quite room. I'm sure you can find a deal somewhere else as it gets closer. :)

I'm in!! :)

I just read your other two TRs and I loved them! So count me in for this one.

We'll be at DLR around the same time you guys are. We'll be there the 2nd and are coming home the 5th!!

Thanks, I'm glad you liked them! We may see you around then. I'll be sure to say hi if I spot you. :goodvibes

Docter419

11-19-2009, 10:35 AM

We are officially two weeks away! All we have to do is enjoy a wonderful thanksgiving and then pack for our favorite place! Also I've been youtubing some stuff in preparation for disneyland, here is my favorite!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82elCfl3BSk

Enjoy! And thanks for reading!

cinderella-princess

11-20-2009, 02:45 PM

Good choice on the video babe!! :goodvibes

I also love this video. It's the cheesiest song, but I still love it! :p

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxfPFwFfvY0

This has to be the most beautiful, the most peaceful place...SO CHEESY!! :lmao:

Enjoy!

cinderella-princess

11-24-2009, 12:57 PM

So I have some awesome news regarding our trip. My parents will be joining us!!! My mom really wanted to go but didn't know if she was going to be too busy at work to come. She runs a Cardiac Care Unit and the hospital has just finished building a new ICU tower. She is SO busy with planning for the move from the old unit to the new one that she didn't think she'd be able to come. Well, the move date for the tower has been pushed back and she's made reservations for her and my dad to stay at the Fairfield Inn Anaheim. :goodvibes

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It's pretty much right next door to where we are staying which will be very nice.

Here is a picture of my mom and I from our trip to DL last Christmas
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The three of us in front of IASW
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My dad has never been to DL during the Christmas season so I'm really excited for him to see how even more magical it is.

Here is a picture of my mom and dad at the Ahwahnee in Yosemite
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I had to throw one in from the wedding - we all look so good!
The guy on the right is my brother and he's not coming. :(
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So, that was my very exciting news! Only one week and 2 days to go!

cinderella-princess

12-01-2009, 12:42 PM

This weekend Jason and I got our Christmas tree! We drove up to Apple Hill (a little place full of apple and Christmas tree farms in the Sierra Nevada foothills). It's been a tradition to go there and get a tree for about 3 years now. Here are some pictures:

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Linda's tree is on the left and ours is on the right. It was so weird that we found trees next to each other! :lmao:

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Our tree!

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Putting the tree on the top of the car

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Jason making a fresh cut

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The lights are on!

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Putting on the ornaments (for some reason my pictures are blurry - oops!)

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Putting the angel on!

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Hanging up our stockings

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I made these little decorations out of the branches we trimmed off and some red bows I had from last year!

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The outside of our apartment

And in other news...2 DAYS!!!! :cool1: :santa:

cinderella-princess

12-02-2009, 05:52 PM

1 Day!!! party:

At 4:30 I'll be on my way to Fairfield to meet up with the rest of "the usual suspects". We have packing and Disney watching to do! I saw a post on facebook today about a special on ABC Family; they are airing 20 of the Pixar shorts tonight at 7 so I think we'll watch those. They are always so sweet and funny!

Docter419

12-09-2009, 02:41 AM

Got back on sunday, and wishing we were back already! Had a wonderful time and a great trip report is forthcoming. But as always, I'm have a little PDD. (post disney depression)

roxy72

12-09-2009, 12:14 PM

Yay- I am looking forward to reading your trip report. The two of you are such a cute couple!!

hurleysweety

12-14-2009, 12:21 AM

Can't wait to read your report! Disneyland is so magical this time of year.

And I'm suffering a little PPD too! We just got back about 3 hours ago!

cinderella-princess

12-14-2009, 07:19 PM

Yay- I am looking forward to reading your trip report. The two of you are such a cute couple!!

Thank you! A trip report beginning will start tomorrow (hopefully!).

Can't wait to read your report! Disneyland is so magical this time of year.

And I'm suffering a little PPD too! We just got back about 3 hours ago!

It really was magical. Sadly, both Jason and I got sick and are just now FINALLY feeling better. That is why the trip report hasn't come sooner - we were sick in bed all of last week! :sick:

cinderella-princess

12-17-2009, 06:23 PM

On December 3rd we woke up bright and early at 3 am! :scared1: We got dressed and ready (which meant all three girls did their hair :lmao:) and left the house promptly at 4am. Being the master packer that I am, I was in charge of getting all of our luggage squeezed into the back of the Highlander. Poor Jason couldn't see out the back but I did get it all in!

We all slept on and off on the way down and shockingly only stopped twice! That is a record low for us. :lmao: When we hit the Grapevine we were greeted with this view:

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Upon which I commented "look at the fog!" and everyone else in the car said "that's smog you dummy!". I still like to think of it as fog if only because it's less gross.

We got to the Anaheim Camelot Inn and Suites right around 11. We were set to arrive at 10:30 but there was a wreck in LA and we got stuck in traffic, boo!! After checking in we headed over to the park and Jaime bought her 3 hopper pass. We headed into the park and were immediately awed by the beautiful Christmas decorations. I love the huge Christmas tree and all of the garland that crosses Main Street. The characters were out and we saw Mickey and Goofy dressed in their Christmas sweaters:

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Of course we had to keep with tradition and fastpass Indy and then get on POTC. There was hardly any line for Indy so we got on that right after POTC. I believe after that we headed over to Critter Country to ride Whinnie the Pooh. On the way we ran into the Showboat Jubilee

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I love these costumes!

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Louis!

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Princess Tiana

After we hit Whinnie the Pooh we all decided it was time for some lunch. Of course we headed over to ESPN Zone and we changed up what we ordered a little bit. Jason and I split a bbq chicken pizza (delicious!) and Linda and Jaime split the pulled pork sliders which they loved. We also got an order of cheesy fries. Yum!

Jason on the monorail
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Jaime decided we needed a shot (great - I swear her love of shot taking is why I got sick! Every time I stick to beer in Disneyland I don't get sick and every time I drink any hard liquor I get sick. That's my theory). Anyways...we headed over to the Rainforest Cafe to get a Lemon Drop shot.

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I'll leave you hanging there - work is calling. What do you think we did when we got back to the park?

tksbaskets

12-19-2009, 10:10 AM

Indy?? Fun report :goodvibes

blabbermouth

12-27-2009, 03:05 PM

Haha, you guys are so awesome... lunch time shots? Why didn't we think of that! Love the crocodile on the boat, hee hee.

Hope you'll come back and finish your report. Hope you had a great holiday season!

cinderella-princess

01-04-2010, 05:16 PM

Indy?? Fun report :goodvibes

Nope, but that was a good guess considering how much we love Indy! I'm glad you like our TR :goodvibes

Haha, you guys are so awesome... lunch time shots? Why didn't we think of that! Love the crocodile on the boat, hee hee.

Hope you'll come back and finish your report. Hope you had a great holiday season!

Thanks! We had a great Christmas and New Year. Things have been a little crazy (I'm sure everyone can relate) but now I promise to get back to the TR and actually finish it. :lmao:

We had to take a shot to get ready to do what's next.....

Splash Mountain!!!

The last time we went to DL we did Splash in the evening around 10 pm. We found out that the drop is a lot less scary and the ride a lot funnier when you are buzzed! haha :rotfl: So we headed to Splash.

Here is a picture of our picture

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After this I am sad to say that I didn't really take any more pictures besides these two of the Haunted Mansion

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I believe we did HM, Big Thunder, and the Matterhorn and were getting a little hungry by then.

Jason and I chose to go back to the room to rest a little bit and have some snacks. Linda and Jaime chose to stay in the park for a little while longer.

My parents drove down later in the morning and ended up arriving at their hotel around 6. They ate at Tortilla Joes and we all met up at UVA and had a couple of drinks together. Around 10:30 we all headed back to our rooms to rest up for a day of fun in the parks together the next day!

Docter419

03-19-2010, 12:15 AM

omg we have been freaking slacking! We just forgot about our TR because we have been through another upheaval. Long story short, I lost my job again so we've just been surviving and moving along. Fear not however, I will complete this TR so I can start our next PTR, did I mention we have a trip planned for the end of May? :thumbsup2

More to follow!

merrrydeath

03-19-2010, 12:20 AM

There you are!!!

I'm so sorry about you losing your job. I wish you the best of luck, but look forward to more trip report goodies.

Docter419

03-19-2010, 12:25 AM

So we got up early the next morning to experience some Disney magic. We decided that this morning was going to be all about fantasyland. But before we heading into fantasyland we decided the light was perfect for a pic in front of Mickey so we did just that!

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After that we went into fantasy land. We did all the dark rides and then realized something... We have never been on the carousel! So we went on the kiddest kid ride there is.

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After the Fantasyland goodness, we headed over to the matterhorn to get a few thrills.

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More is coming! I promise!

cinderella-princess

04-01-2010, 12:42 PM

After Fantasy Land we headed over to Space Mountain to get some fast passes. On the way we saw the only menorah in the park

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We also took a group shot in front of the castle

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There was only a 10 minute wait for Space Mountain so we decided what the heck, lets just ride it now! Here is a picture of our picture:

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My dad's friend from high school, Danny joined us this day. I love how both my dad and Danny are just calmly sitting in the front seat as if Space wasn't anything, and the rest of us are screaming our heads off!

I believe we went over to New Orleans Square to ride Pirates and Haunted Mansion. We also shopped around in all of the little shops back there. We saw them filming a Christmas commercial right in front of the soup place!

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Minnie is so cute!

After NOS we headed over to the Monorail to head to DTD for some lunch at ESPN Zone. Here we are waiting for the monorail

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After lunch we went over to DCA. We went on a Bugs Life; here is our mandatory goofy glasses picture

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Random DCA pictures

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Dad and Danny went on ToT

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Jason and I decided to have a date night. Being with all of your family 24/7 can be a little much so we headed over to Naples for some pizza and alone time. We took some pictures in front of the candy cane DCA sign.

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Eating at Naples

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I don't know where this one was taken...maybe UVA bar? Do you remember Jason?

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I know this is really blurry, but I just love all the lights in Downtown Disney!

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We headed back into the park to meet up with everyone besides Linda and Jaime. They had reservations for Club 33. We took a picture in front of Mickey.

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After meeting up we went to ride Indy - my Dads new favorite ride! Here are our line pics

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My parents and Danny

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We then went on the Jungle Cruise. It's pretty cool at night!

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We fit more fun into the evening but I'll wait to update you all about what we did until later :rolleyes1

blabbermouth

04-01-2010, 10:13 PM

Hey there strangers! Sorry to hear about you losing your job :headache:

You seem to have a pretty good memory, or just a good timeline of photos to go by.

Glad to see you guys have another trip planned. We might go somewhere later in the fall, but we'll have wait and see. This weekend we're going down to Seattle for some shopping/eating/drinking and relaxation! The weather's supposed to be crappy though.

I really like your plaid shirt and your blue coat in that last pic!

cinderella-princess

04-02-2010, 11:25 PM

There you are!!!

I'm so sorry about you losing your job. I wish you the best of luck, but look forward to more trip report goodies.

They are on their way!

Hey there strangers! Sorry to hear about you losing your job :headache:

You seem to have a pretty good memory, or just a good timeline of photos to go by.

Glad to see you guys have another trip planned. We might go somewhere later in the fall, but we'll have wait and see. This weekend we're going down to Seattle for some shopping/eating/drinking and relaxation! The weather's supposed to be crappy though.

I really like your plaid shirt and your blue coat in that last pic!

We just have a good timeline of photos! Seattle should be fun but I'm sorry about the weather being crappy. We were going to ski this weekend but the high at lake level was going to be 29...not exactly spring skiing!

Thanks! I'm glad you like my fashion sense :goodvibes

Thanks to you both for the thoughts about Jason losing his job. It's been rough but as long as we tough it out together it'll be ok. :)

cinderella-princess

04-02-2010, 11:34 PM

So the last we left off we were on the Jungle Cruise at night. We decided we wanted to see the Christmas parade and made our way over to the hub. We found a free bench near the Carnation Inn (by the sign where the ride times are posted) and I went to get mom and I hot chocolate. Well, the line was SUPER long and 30 minutes later we got hot chocolate. The only reason it was worth waiting for was because we brought some peppermint schnapps and we make a very awesome drink with hot coco and schnapps. So mom and I merrily drank our "snugglers" and we all watched the parade. Here are some pics:

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Small World at night

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The castle

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Pluto!

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Santa!

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Jaime and Linda had very late reservations for Club 33 because they wanted to watch Fantasmic from the balcony. We ran into them in NOS after the parade.

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NOS at night:
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After some NOS sightseeing we claimed a spot for the second Fantasmic show. It was the first time my dad had seen it and he loved it! He was such a trooper. He had a cold the whole time we were there but he pushed through it and stayed until 10 to watch. I think he was glad he did.

Coming up...what adventures will our 3rd day bring? Will the Cove Bar make an appearance?

blabbermouth

04-04-2010, 10:21 PM

Coming up...what adventures will our 3rd day bring? Will the Cove Bar make an appearance?

I'm gonna say...... YES! I love all the Christmas decorations, so pretty!

Seattle was fun, except for the extra long ferry ride from the island due to the stormy weather and a 2.5 hour wait at the border! We like to ski/snowboard too, should have done that this weekend instead. Just a three hour drive to over 20 feet of snow. Except that I'm kind of ready for spring now. And all it did was make us want a longer vacation! We're thinking Disneyland in early October.

cinderella-princess

04-04-2010, 11:26 PM

I'm gonna say...... YES! I love all the Christmas decorations, so pretty!

That's why we love going in December! The Christmas decorations make it all the more magical. As for the Cove bar...how did you know!? haha We Covey's love our bars :lmao:

Seattle was fun, except for the extra long ferry ride from the island due to the stormy weather and a 2.5 hour wait at the border! We like to ski/snowboard too, should have done that this weekend instead. Just a three hour drive to over 20 feet of snow. Except that I'm kind of ready for spring now. And all it did was make us want a longer vacation! We're thinking Disneyland in early October.

I'm sorry to hear about the long wait and the stormy ride! I know what you mean about being ready for spring. We got a taste of summer weather last week and now it's rainy and cold again. There's actually a winter storm warning here right now! We ended up not going skiing because it was going to be so cold and windy. If I ski in April its going to be spring skiing in a t-shirt! :rotfl:

More TR coming up...

cinderella-princess

04-04-2010, 11:52 PM

So we all got up bright and early to hit Fantasyland! Well, everyone besides my parents. My mom always loves to sleep in and my dad was still a little sick with his cold so they joined us later in the morning. So Jason, I, Linda and Jaime headed into the park to get on some Fantasyland rides. We rode Storybook Land:

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I think this is Alice's house

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Oh no! Giant ducks are attacking London Park! :rotfl:

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Priceless comment of the trip, "Why doesn't Agrabaha have any Christmas decorations?!...oh yeah..." :lmao:

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I love the Christmas decorations they add to all the houses and villages

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There's where I want to live someday! haha

After Storybook Land we headed over to It's a Small World. Now, Jason can handle this ride a good...ONE time per trip. I think we'd already used up his quota because this is the look I got when we were on the boat in:

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He gave a smile for this picture though

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Old Man Winter

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Mele Kalikimaka is the thing to say, on a bright Hawaiian Christmas day...

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There goes Santa!

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After IASW we headed to Toon Town. We don't really spend much time there. We usually just hit up Rodger Rabbit's Cartoon Spin and then leave.

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And the one ride we go on in TT is broken! Oh well :sad2:

From my pictures it looks like we headed back over to Frontierland and saw the reindeer at Santa's Roundup

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They were feeding this huge goose (the one that gets pardoned) and for some reason the quacking/squawking sounds it was making panicked the reindeer! They got all agitated and stayed as far away from the goose as possible. It was hilarious!

We then met up with my parents and rode the Matterhorn

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Mom loves the Matterhorn!

Then we rode Indy

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The Columbia from NOS

cinderella-princess

04-05-2010, 12:03 AM

Then we headed over to Pirates! Yyyaaarrr!!! pirate:

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We want the redhead!

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You can do that all day long, the dog is never going to move...

I believe it was about now that we decided Disneyland was getting a little too crowded and we needed to head to DCA. So off we go!

Some construction pictures

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A Christmas tree near Neptunes Palace

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Merry Christmas!

We then headed over to Toy Story Mania

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These guys came marching by

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Time for goofy glasses pictures!

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Dad wins! haha

Then we went to our favorite place in DCA.....the COVE BAR!!! hahaha

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Because sometimes you just need an Irish coffee to get that Disney magic :rotfl:

Close ups from the construction
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I can't wait for the world of color. It looks so awesome! :cheer2:

As we were leaving we saw the little princess lunch they do. There were teaching these little girls how to dance! Now I can't wait to have a daughter. Sorry Jason! :p

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Random DCA shot

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I liked this sign

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We all needed a break so we went back to our room and took a much needed nap.

Coming up...how did we spend our last night in Disneyland!?!?

Docter419

04-06-2010, 01:19 PM

Thanks babe for doing some updating, we've been meaning to get this done so we can start a PTR for your birthday trip in may!

cinderella-princess

04-11-2010, 11:27 PM

So after we took a nice nap and a rest at the hotel we headed out to get some dinner. I think that Jaime and Linda had never taken a break so Jason, I, and my parents all met up with them at UVA bar. Jason and dad split a pizza and mom and I both had French onion soup. Delicious! It was kind of a cold damp evening and some soup was just what the doctor ordered. :goodvibes

I believe we went over to ride POTC one last time and then explored the secret staircase in NOS. It's where Princess Tiana was doing character greets all day.

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We headed over to ride Big Thunder again and got some pictures in front of the castle

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We then went over to claim a spot for the second showing of Fantasmic. We caught the end of the fireworks from NOS and they make it snow there too!

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I then proceeded to take very blurry pictures of Disneyland...it looked a lot better in person! :rotfl:

Note to self...get a better camera soon...

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A Peter Pan moon!

Then we took silly pictures of each other...can you tell we were bored!? :lmao:

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Blue Steel

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Goofball!

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Playing with the sepia tone...

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Smooch! :hug:

We saw Fantasmic one last time (it was awesome per usual) and then called it a night. All in all, we had a great trip and I was so glad that my parents, especially my dad, were able to see Disneyland at Christmas time. Seeing Disneyland with all of the beautiful Christmas decorations was so special but we both can't wait to see Disneyland back to normal in May. Stay tuned for a PTR shortly! I promise we'll finish this one much sooner then this December one! :lmao: