After we have watched the 9:30pm Disneyland Forever fireworks, DAW went back to the hotel while I stayed with my cousin and her BF. I could have went back to the hotel that night and call it since I was tired from that day from the flight to Orange County and spending a few hours in the park. But it was nice to be able to spend it with my cousin and her BF since they were here on Friday the 29th to the 30th which they are driving back to Sacramento on the 31st.
When we were walking up on MS, I wanted to get some pictures of SB Castle at night with the lens that I rented. They had no problem with it as well since they wanted to get some picture of them together in front of the castle. But before we head on over to the castle, one of my cousin friends that was hanging out with her and her BF was still in the park that night and asked us if we wanted to join her that night.
She had one of those readmission FPs since they got stuck on a ride that afternoon and had one extra to use. They told me that they got stuck on BTMRR that afternoon and got one of those pass. So she asked what ride to go on that night and they decided to go on Space Mountain that night.
We head on over to Space Mountain and they used the readmission pass. I decided not to ride since I had my tripod on my backpack. I brought the big one where it was used to carry the blanket and more stuff. So I waited for them and I needed to rest after sitting on the ground for most of the night for the parade.
When they got out of Space Mountain where they only had to wait about 10 minutes through the queue which was fast. So my cousin friend decided it was time for her to leave the park and go back home since she is a local.
We parted ways and the three of us headed on over to SB Castle to get as many pictures of it as well as group pictures.
I used the telezoom lens along with my other lenses from all different sorts of angles of the castle that night.
We also went on over towards the New Fantasyland Faire.
While I was taking pictures while my cousin and her BF are getting pictures from the PhotoPass CM’s, the 11:10pm Paint the Night parade was going on.
I also did some testing of long exposure when the parade was passing by when we were by SB Castle that night. I didn’t go too well but i still have a lot of learning to do especially with long exposure shots.
I got plenty of pictures that night and I was getting tired. They were the same thing and it was time to head on out of the parks and go back to the hotel. Before we did that, I had to get my favorite dessert.
I always have to get a Dole Whip Float from the Tiki Juice Bar at Adventureland during the trip and what better place to finish a night is to have a Dole Whip Float.
We were walking on out of DL but before we did that, we stopped at some of the stores in DL that night since my cousin was looking something to buy that night. Since I have the Premium AP and save some money, I helped them out where they were able to purchase some 60th Diamond Celebration merchandise that night.
When we were right by the Emporium, one of the new Enchanted Windows by the Emporium was open on display and it was neat to see it. It was the Peter Pan window and it was exciting and fun to see. I didn’t took any pictures during the day since the glare from the daytime would mess up the picture so what other better way is to get it that night.
After shopping and looking at the new Enchanted Window, we headed on out of the park that night. My cousin and her BF went on over towards DTD since they parked their car in the parking structure while I head on back to BWPPI that night. It was great to see my cousin and her BF at DL that day and spent some time with them which was fun.
We parted ways and I headed on back to BWPPI that night. I got back around midnight which DL closed that night. I was lucky to get back before midnight where I was able to get a lot of great shots that day.
It was fun and exciting that day where we got to the DLR that afternoon and to be able to see the new nighttime shows again in just a few days which is crazy even though I am not a local. But it did felt like I was a local after being there for a few days and going back to Sac and coming back down by flying this time over driving.
Even though we waited for four hours to see Paint the Night parade that night, we had a fun time hanging out with my cousin and her BF that night. It was a long night to wait that long but we did quite a lot. Even though I didn’t go on any rides with them that night, it was fun to hang out with them.
DAW and I were able to go on some rides that afternoon which she was impressed with the Haunted Mansion and the new Hatbox Ghost. She also enjoyed the ride from the Mark Twain which she hasn’t done in a very long time. So it was a blast to do all those things that day and we are looking forward to our next day which we are planning on seeing World of Color – Celebrate.
That is it for this post and stay tune for the next day during the Diamond Celebration.
