PrincessInOz
Thanks for my avatar, Mary Jo!
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- Feb 8, 2010
Nice PTR! Sounds like another great trip and round of pictures coming up. I'll be here....living vicariously through your TR again.
Nice PTR! Sounds like another great trip and round of pictures coming up. I'll be here....living vicariously through your TR again.
HI Bret,
A new lens - that will be fun to play with on your upcoming trip! I think your DB and GF may want to have extra time at DCA. I can't imagine one day would be enough time to take in all the new attractions let alone see the theming on BVS. I bet they end up joining you another day.
We liked eating at WCT when we were at DCA a few years ago. Since they have the new eateries back by TSMM and the great Warf selections we haven't eaten there recently. I'll be looking forward to your reviews.
TK
OK, finally all caught up. I'll be going there on Wednesday, so you'll have something to get you excited for when you see my TR.
Bret - Those pics are gorgeous. Are you happy with the new lens and filter?
Thank you PiO. I was satisfy with the lens and filter that I bought last week. I just can't wait to use them on my upcoming trip in a few weeks.
So glad you are enjoying your new lens! It will be fun to see what it can do on your upcoming trip.
The birds are so cute!
I love the Alice in Wonderland art - that's something that would be fun to own.
Great job on the flower pictures, Bret!
While I am here, I am about to say that I will be at WDW during the Halloween season on October 26th to November 2nd this year. It was a last minute trip with my relatives that they want to go to Florida and enjoy WDW. They asked me after my last few trips to WDW during the Holiday season. They wanted to go to WDW so they can go to the EPCOT Food & Wine Festival. I was so excited to hear that they wanted to go and I will be there as a guide for them since I have some experience at WDW. This will also be a good opportunity to see the Halloween decorations and compare them to DL during the Halloween season. I will have more details later on after I get back from my DL trip in a couple of weeks.
While I am here, I am about to say that I will be at WDW during the Halloween season on October 26th to November 2nd this year. It was a last minute trip with my relatives that they want to go to Florida and enjoy WDW. They asked me after my last few trips to WDW during the Holiday season. They wanted to go to WDW so they can go to the EPCOT Food & Wine Festival. I was so excited to hear that they wanted to go and I will be there as a guide for them since I have some experience at WDW. This will also be a good opportunity to see the Halloween decorations and compare them to DL during the Halloween season. I will have more details later on after I get back from my DL trip in a couple of weeks.
Thank you Sherry.
The birds were very nice which there were a lot of different types.
The AiW art was great and a lot of work was put into it.
The flowers turned out well with the lens.
While I am here, I am about to say that I will be at WDW during the Halloween season on October 26th to November 2nd this year. It was a last minute trip with my relatives that they want to go to Florida and enjoy WDW. They asked me after my last few trips to WDW during the Holiday season. They wanted to go to WDW so they can go to the EPCOT Food & Wine Festival. I was so excited to hear that they wanted to go and I will be there as a guide for them since I have some experience at WDW. This will also be a good opportunity to see the Halloween decorations and compare them to DL during the Halloween season. I will have more details later on after I get back from my DL trip in a couple of weeks.
How cool is that? You get to go to WDW for F&W and Halloween!
How great is this??? My sister and a co-worker asked me to join them at WDW in August and act as tour but I was unable to work it out with work. They were both wanting me to go as they said the last visit they would have enjoyed it so much more if I was with them. I'm hoping not just because I know my way around. I did make all of their dining reservations and planned out their viewings of the fireworks at WDW and Illuminations at EPCOT.
I've enjoyed the F&WF at EPCOT. Such fun! Go hungry.
TK
Hi Bret...I haven't popped in here for a while since I was trying to avoid Cars Land pics, but the flower pics must have been calling my name. Ver pretty!
I see you will be returning to the DLR again soon! I look forward to hearing about your trip.
WOW! What a great update to read about.
Congratulations. I'm so excited for you.
But......where will you write the PTR/TR??? Here, or on the WDW boards?
Bret --
I meant to comment earlier about the golden Lego bear in your photo - it's so interesting the way it's made that it almost looks like it was drawn or painted into your picture rather than being an actual structure made of Lego's. Know what I mean?
By the way, I don't know if you saw my post in our Halloween Superthread earlier today, but I'm starting the Theme Week Countdown to Halloween Time in 2 days (August 3), with a new theme every Friday until September 7, and then a different mini-theme each day between 9/7 and 9/14.
The Christmas Superthread's holiday season Theme Week countdown will begin on Monday, August 27th, with a new theme every Monday and then a daily mini-theme between 11/5 and 11/12. We'll use the same themes that were used in last year's countdown, of course, but I'll mix up the order of them this time - they won't be in the exact same sequence that they were last year.
I wanted to give you advance notice because I know you like to have your photos ready to post, and your contributions are always so great! So if you want to participate in the Halloween and Christmas countdowns again this year, those are the dates to do it!
I think that is soooo wonderful that you get to go to WDW for the Halloween season! What a delightful surprise! They don't call their season "Halloween Time" at WDW, do they? Isn't that a DLR-specific label? Do they just call it "Halloween at the WDW Resort"? Or what is it called?
I will look forward to your comparisons of the decorations between WDW and DLR. I've heard that the actual park decorations in DL are much better and more thorough than what's at WDW, but some people feel that the MNSSHP at WDW is better than the MHP at DLR.
Since the WDW TR will have to go on the WDW side of the board, be sure to remind me of where to find it when it gets going. I don't typically go over to that side unless someone I know from this side of the board is doing a report there. I will subscribe to your thread - I'm still subscribed to your last WDW holiday TR thread! - but I will have to be reminded to go over there to "the other side" of the DIS!
Yes, the Halloween Time countdown begins tomorrow in the Superthread, with a new theme every Friday, and the Holiday season countdown begins on Monday, August 27, with a new theme every Monday. Can you believe it's already almost been a full year since we started the last Holiday season countdown? Time flies! Where does the time go?
It should be fun to start counting down yet again!
Again, I'm so glad for you that you get to experience the Halloween season (whatever it is called) at WDW! Even if they don't have as many Halloween decorations in the MK as DL has (I've seen their large Mickey pumpkin, but I really think our Mickey pumpkin at DL is better!), I wonder if they have anything Halloween-ish in the other parks, or in any of the hotels? What WDW may lack as far as in-park decorations, maybe it makes up for in other spots?
Anyway, you didn't ask my opinion on a TR title for your Halloween WDW trip, but I have to admit that these ideas popped into my head as I was reading your last replies and you were saying you'd need PiO to give you a title. So I will throw it out there, even though you may not like it. As I said, they just popped into my head as I was reading, so I figured I may as well share them.
If you drink alcohol at the F&W Festival, you could call it "Boo to You...and a Drink or Two!"
Or "Boo to You...and a Cocktail Too!"
If you don't drink, you could just call it, "Boo to You...and Food & Wine Too!"
Just tossing around what's floating in my head!
In any case, the important thing to remember with any clever title you use - no matter who selects it for you - is to be sure it fits you. Don't stray too far from you and what you would normally say, or too far from your own sense of humor.
Your TR's have an established formula that has worked wonders for you so far - with no extra-clever titles needed...just straightforward titles and extensive photos/info pertaining to your trip. There are probably a lot of folks out there (although many of them might be silently lurking) who greatly prefer your kind of straightforward TR over others. You've gotten lots and lots and lots of views using what is tried and true. So in a way, I kind of almost think...if it ain't broke, don't fix it, as the saying goes.
Either way, whatever you call your Trip Reports...you know that you have TK, Deej, Kim, Allison, PrincessInOz and me following along with you, enjoying all of your lovely pictures and fun adventures! I'm sure there are many others out there too (the lurkers) who are big fans of your TR's! And you also know I greatly appreciate your contributions to the two Superthreads, both in photos and in giving feedback/advice about the fireworks, the tour, etc.
Yes, the Halloween Time countdown begins tomorrow in the Superthread, with a new theme every Friday, and the Holiday season countdown begins on Monday, August 27, with a new theme every Monday. Can you believe it's already almost been a full year since we started the last Holiday season countdown? Time flies! Where does the time go?
It should be fun to start counting down yet again!
Again, I'm so glad for you that you get to experience the Halloween season (whatever it is called) at WDW! Even if they don't have as many Halloween decorations in the MK as DL has (I've seen their large Mickey pumpkin, but I really think our Mickey pumpkin at DL is better!), I wonder if they have anything Halloween-ish in the other parks, or in any of the hotels? What WDW may lack as far as in-park decorations, maybe it makes up for in other spots?
Anyway, you didn't ask my opinion on a TR title for your Halloween WDW trip, but I have to admit that these ideas popped into my head as I was reading your last replies and you were saying you'd need PiO to give you a title. So I will throw it out there, even though you may not like it. As I said, they just popped into my head as I was reading, so I figured I may as well share them.
If you drink alcohol at the F&W Festival, you could call it "Boo to You...and a Drink or Two!"
Or "Boo to You...and a Cocktail Too!"
If you don't drink, you could just call it, "Boo to You...and Food & Wine Too!"
Just tossing around what's floating in my head!
In any case, the important thing to remember with any clever title you use - no matter who selects it for you - is to be sure it fits you. Don't stray too far from you and what you would normally say, or too far from your own sense of humor.
Your TR's have an established formula that has worked wonders for you so far - with no extra-clever titles needed...just straightforward titles and extensive photos/info pertaining to your trip. There are probably a lot of folks out there (although many of them might be silently lurking) who greatly prefer your kind of straightforward TR over others. You've gotten lots and lots and lots of views using what is tried and true. So in a way, I kind of almost think...if it ain't broke, don't fix it, as the saying goes.
Either way, whatever you call your Trip Reports...you know that you have TK, Deej, Kim, Allison, PrincessInOz and me following along with you, enjoying all of your lovely pictures and fun adventures! I'm sure there are many others out there too (the lurkers) who are big fans of your TR's! And you also know I greatly appreciate your contributions to the two Superthreads, both in photos and in giving feedback/advice about the fireworks, the tour, etc.
Well said, Sherry!
Bret - I'm always happy to help and offer suggestions. But until very recently, I was one of those lurkers that loved wandering into your TR and reading your straight-forward, honest and humourous viewpoint of Disneyland. I also loved your pictures for their clarity and perspective.
And if you're keeping track of your TR views, you will note that your TR is one of the most viewed TRs on the Disneyland forum.
From this ex-lurker's perspective, I came in to read your TRs because I love seeing Disneyland from your viewpoint and your perspective.
I was really honoured when you asked for and took one of my recommendations for the TR title the last time. And I'm sure if you expanded the request through to all your followers, there would be heaps of excellent recommendations.
As Sherry said - pick one that represents your voice and your viewpoint. Because that's what I'm in here to read.