RGirl
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- Joined
- Jan 7, 2010
The Contest: First person to provide the movie title from which the chapter heading comes gets a point; two points if the character who utters the line is also identified. If the first person doesn’t name the character, the first poster to do so will get a point.
Current Standing:
Courtney (courtneybelle): 14 points
Jill (jedijill): 22 points
pkondz: 10 points
Megan (MonsterWDWmom): 2 points
Shannon (shan23877): 8 points
Lori (STLMickeyMom): 4 points
petals: 1 point
Rob (DisneyKid4Life): 2 points
Dugette: 6 points
Day 11F - Monday, 4 August 2014 - Disneyland Resort
When I last left off, we had ditched the parks for a nap!
And it was a much-needed nap, I think. Willow actually slept for almost 2 hours! We both showered and got ready to head out again after that. At 3:30, we were headed back to DCA.
Before we headed out, however, I realized that Willow was missing her Minnie ears that she had just purchased that morning.
We figured she had probably left them at Disney Junior or the shop where she had bought her Frozen shirt. So we were on a mission!
Quickly, we made it through Bag Check.
To the Gates!
Oops - had to stop to take a picture with a neat car.
(I believe that Oswald meets right around here now - how bummed was I to learn that he started meeting there shortly after we got home????)
First, we went to Guest Relations to see if they might be in a lost-and-found place there.
Well, it turns out that lost-and-found is outside the park, but the CM there suggested that we try Disney Jr. because they likely would not have been turned in yet. So we hoofed it over there and found a CM out front handling the queue. We talked to her, and she was the only CM there and seemed a bit frazzled (understandably). She did call back and try to see if she could find someone who could check, but eventually she suggested that we take our receipt back to the shop where Willow had purchased the ears. I didn't want to do that yet because it really didn't have anything to do with the shop - Willow had lost them. So we decided to try the last possibility - the shop where Willow had purchased her Frozen t-shirt. Maybe she had left them on the counter there.
So we hoofed it back over to that shop (okay - it was across the street and down about a block). There was a CM in the doorway, so we asked her if they had any kind of lost-and-found or somewhere they kept things that were left behind before they delivered to the bigger lost-and-found, explaining what had happened. She told us to come with her and walked over to a display of ears. She asked Willow which type she had lost and then took down a pair, walked them over to the cash register, and charged them to Mickey.
Willow couldn't believe her luck and was VERY grateful. We headed out, sporting ears, of course, and headed off to try something we had never done before.
Of course, we had to stop first for a picture with Walt.
We saw this musical crew heading down the street.
But we were headed here!
We were finally going to try the Animation Academy!!! (At DCA, this building also houses Turtle Talk and some other things.)
When we arrived, there was still a bit of time before the next class, so we went in to one of the other rooms and checked out the Toy Story zoetrope, which was amazing! What’s a zoetrope? I’m glad you asked! It is a device that flashes a series of still images to produce an illusion of motion; however this version does not use one-dimensional drawings but instead three dimensional figures. Large disks with the figures whirl around while a strobe light flashes, and it looks like the toy Story characters come to life. It is VERY cool!!!
A picture cannot do this justice, so I got a little video clip for you. (And then spent an inordinate amount of time trying to figure out how to get that clip from my phone, onto my Mac and then onto PhotoBucket. You ARE WELCOME!)
Okay, admittedly, that was not a great video clip. I tried!
We headed back here a little before 3:45.
And soon we were ready to draw!
Up Next: Day 11F (cont.)
Current Standing:
Courtney (courtneybelle): 14 points
Jill (jedijill): 22 points
pkondz: 10 points
Megan (MonsterWDWmom): 2 points
Shannon (shan23877): 8 points
Lori (STLMickeyMom): 4 points
petals: 1 point
Rob (DisneyKid4Life): 2 points
Dugette: 6 points
"I'll add a few new paintings to my gallery."
Day 11F - Monday, 4 August 2014 - Disneyland Resort
When I last left off, we had ditched the parks for a nap!
And it was a much-needed nap, I think. Willow actually slept for almost 2 hours! We both showered and got ready to head out again after that. At 3:30, we were headed back to DCA. 
Before we headed out, however, I realized that Willow was missing her Minnie ears that she had just purchased that morning.
We figured she had probably left them at Disney Junior or the shop where she had bought her Frozen shirt. So we were on a mission!Quickly, we made it through Bag Check.
To the Gates!
Oops - had to stop to take a picture with a neat car.
(I believe that Oswald meets right around here now - how bummed was I to learn that he started meeting there shortly after we got home????)
First, we went to Guest Relations to see if they might be in a lost-and-found place there.
Well, it turns out that lost-and-found is outside the park, but the CM there suggested that we try Disney Jr. because they likely would not have been turned in yet. So we hoofed it over there and found a CM out front handling the queue. We talked to her, and she was the only CM there and seemed a bit frazzled (understandably). She did call back and try to see if she could find someone who could check, but eventually she suggested that we take our receipt back to the shop where Willow had purchased the ears. I didn't want to do that yet because it really didn't have anything to do with the shop - Willow had lost them. So we decided to try the last possibility - the shop where Willow had purchased her Frozen t-shirt. Maybe she had left them on the counter there.
So we hoofed it back over to that shop (okay - it was across the street and down about a block). There was a CM in the doorway, so we asked her if they had any kind of lost-and-found or somewhere they kept things that were left behind before they delivered to the bigger lost-and-found, explaining what had happened. She told us to come with her and walked over to a display of ears. She asked Willow which type she had lost and then took down a pair, walked them over to the cash register, and charged them to Mickey.
Willow couldn't believe her luck and was VERY grateful. We headed out, sporting ears, of course, and headed off to try something we had never done before.
Of course, we had to stop first for a picture with Walt.
We saw this musical crew heading down the street.
But we were headed here!
We were finally going to try the Animation Academy!!! (At DCA, this building also houses Turtle Talk and some other things.)
When we arrived, there was still a bit of time before the next class, so we went in to one of the other rooms and checked out the Toy Story zoetrope, which was amazing! What’s a zoetrope? I’m glad you asked! It is a device that flashes a series of still images to produce an illusion of motion; however this version does not use one-dimensional drawings but instead three dimensional figures. Large disks with the figures whirl around while a strobe light flashes, and it looks like the toy Story characters come to life. It is VERY cool!!!
A picture cannot do this justice, so I got a little video clip for you. (And then spent an inordinate amount of time trying to figure out how to get that clip from my phone, onto my Mac and then onto PhotoBucket. You ARE WELCOME!)
Okay, admittedly, that was not a great video clip. I tried!
We headed back here a little before 3:45.
And soon we were ready to draw!
Up Next: Day 11F (cont.)
No. But if you're going to just give 'em away, then, sure!
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And yeah, what, just over 5 months until our BIG SUMMER EXTRAVAGANZA???? 
