Your nature and beach pictures are all amazing and your splash mountain pics look like something that you'd find on a photopass cd they're so good!
Thanks Petals! You are very sweet.
It's funny though, as I was riding through Splash, I was making mental notes on how I wanted to improve my camera settings for our next ride...... then it dawned on me that we were in the MK on a level 9 crowd day (with FP+) and there likely would not be a next ride. Bummer!
Beautiful shots as usual! I especially was impressed with our BOG shots. I am seriously getting camera envy! I love my 60d, but the jump to FF is starting to really pull me. Is the camera very heavy? I have used my friend's 5d mk II and mk III before, and I just find it heavy, and to carry that weight at WDW just doesn't interest me! LOL Sometimes I find my camera now too much to carry around.
I'm glad you enjoyed the parade, I love it too! That spot looks beautiful. I may hunt out one near there too, although I do have a FP+ for it as well.
Thanks Tina!
The camera is a little larger and heavier than the T2i I carried for a long time. Here's the comparison:
T2i: 525 grams
6D: 770 grams
5Dii: 810 grams
5Diii: 860 grams
Maybe you want to consider one of the mirrorless cameras as your next option? It's pretty tempting. But then I look at what the 6D puts out and I'm not tempted any more.
I forget..... are you using the kit lens or did I convert you to the 17-55 f/2.8 lens?
It really did love that spot for the parade. If you're visiting when it's still hot out, I wouldn't recommend FP for this parade. That area has no shade and is at the end of the parade route, so you have to stand in the sun for a while before it even starts.
POR is the first on-site resort we ever stayed in at WDW. I always have a soft spot for it. The rooms look great!
Fantastic shots all round! I have to admit my faves of this set were the ones on Splash. Wonderful picture coming down the chute.
What great shots of Katie with Marie. Both now....and in the past.
Thanks PiO! It really is a gorgeous resort. I could absolutely see us staying there again. The royal room might have spoiled us though. Not sure I can go back to a regular old room now.
It was a great ride through Splash. There have been a number of trips we had to skip Splash because of cold weather, so we really cherish every ride! Nothing better on a hot summer day. If we all had to rate rides at Disney, Splash would probably come up as our group favorite.
I still remember that very first visit with Marie in the World Showcase. She was a long time favorite already then. So fun to find her again. She doesn't appear at DLR. When I told Katie just recently that she has appeared with her brothers Toulouse and Berliz at DLR in Paris, she decided we all need to get passports.
Hard to believe you guys hadn't been to WDW in that long!
The Royal Rooms look SO gorgeous! Need to stay there one day.
Love Katie's photos with Marie, and the pic of the 3 of you too
Great photos on Splash and BTMRR!
Your parade photos came out amazing (but I expected nothing less
), I'm glad you enjoyed it!
I know! I couldn't believe it had been that long either. It was nice to get back again.
Honestly, if we did nothing else all day but see that parade, I would have gone home happy. It really did not disappoint.
Thanks for the kind words on the photos.
Sure, I'll let you know, Janet. However, I do not spend a lot of time reserving a place ahead of time for any parade. In the past, when I have done that, people come later and just move into my space, so not worth get there early.
It really can be a zoo waiting for parades and fireworks. And from what I've been reading it's been even worse than before since the new 60th stuff rolled out. I'm really hoping it settles down a little before we get there (a girl can dream, right?
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Can you do me one more favor while you're there? If you think of it when you're in the shops, can you see if they have any 60th anniversary scrapbooks (either 12x12 or 8x8)? I always buy an album on our trips, but am starting to think they're cutting back as the hobby dies even more. They used to sell albums on the Disneystore.com site but there haven't been any there all year. Very disappointing.
I would love to pick one up when we go, but am curious if I even have that to look forward to.
And if you don't think of it, don't worry. I'll see when we get there.
My DD16 bought those same Mouse ears as Katie on our Disneyland visit six weeks ago. Must be a teen thing.
We stayed at POFQ last time DH and I were at WDW and really liked it overall. We only went to POR once on a bus loop.
We got lucky to peek inside BOG last fall in the morning, a month or two before they started serving breakfast there. I thought it was pretty but didn't love the menu enough to fight for an ADR when we planned the trip at 70ish days out.
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I really need to check out POFQ one day. But I'd like to do more than just see it riding the bus!
I'd definitely consider that for our next stay now that I have marked "stay in a royal room" off of my Disney "to do" list.
Now that they are doing breakfast and lunch as a counter service with reservations, hopefully there will be more chances for people to eat there. Maybe it will be easier to get an ADR? I know CRT used to be crazy hard to get into, but when they finally added lunch and dinner for the character meal, it finally eased up some. While not easy to get into now, it's not nearly as hard as it used to be.
I hear there are sniper sites now that will message you when ADR openings come up. I'd definitely use one of those next time we plan a trip (especially since it seems harder and harder these days to play very far out).