Sharing the Disney Magic with Family & Friends-DL Diamond Anniversary-DCA F&W Fest Kiosks & The End!
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franandaj
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I ended up deciding on the Sigma 1.4 35mm lens.
I think I just saw you are adding a surprise trip this weekend.
Yes the steakhouse is really close to the LBCC, I'm pretty sure they have seafood and I know we brought a vegetarian friend and she ate spinach, mashed potatoes and something else like asparagus. Not that exciting, but I think they do have seafood on the menu as well.
That's a lot of money.
Well the park needs to open before we schedule a trip!
I know, We come back on the 23rd, and I don't see us being able to get out there soon, but will you have a wireless connection? You never know what could happen!
We are actually really starting to look into France, not only DLP but Paris and I really want to visit the Loire Valley.
I would say see Aladdin, eat at Big Thunder Ranch, and make sure to see Fantasmic! We plan on doing a "date night" with all three once we get back from the cruise. All of them will be gone come January.
I'll meet you guys in Shanghai Disney! Let's start planning!!!
Well as I said to Jill, the park needs to open first! They are behind schedule so no planning until it actually opens. I don't want my heels getting stuck in the asphalt!
I hope you enjoy it as much as I have this past summer, I did get a little over immersed, but I think I may have seen it more than 5 time, that might have been the count prior to this trip.
It is really cool. I'm glad we went just for one day. I also would have hated to have NOT been to all of them after having been to all the previous ones.
Looking forward to seeing you next week!
Definitely looking forward to seeing you again next week! We're cleaning the house like crazy!
You have been swamped at work and home! I completely understand! I hope that you found some folks to help you clean out the FIL's house!
There are so many things that sound cool at Shanghai Disney. I think you need to put aside some funds from your father in law's place and you and Julie should just splurge and check it out. You deserve it! And actually fly, not the slow boat to China!
I always thought it was a slow boat to China.
But there's always the long detour via Australia to get there.
I think they each deserve their own trips. I'm hoping to put ours to Australia on the books soon!
franandaj
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After we viewed the Shanghai pavilion, we headed out into the Vendor area, which was HUGE this year. They had three separate sections in each of the Halls.
Fran really hit this booth hard at the last Expo, but didn’t find much this time.
We had barely begun browsing when I ran across something that I HAD to have. It turns out that the booth we found was the jewelry booth, and the dresses they had on display were clear across the convention center, like we were in Hall C and they were in Hall A. Anyone who has been to the Anaheim Convention Center will know that this is quite a trek!
Fran wanted to continue looking at the booths where she was so Bret and I hightailed it over there. We saw these along the way. Many people were climbing inside for photo ops, but I didn’t want to take the time.
I had dresses to buy!
It turns out that they didn’t have dresses large enough to fit me. I was able to zip the dresses up to the waist, but I guess I’m just a lucky girl in that respect, so I went with the light saber skirt. I plan on wearing it to Palo for dinner on my cruise. Instead I also picked up an Iron Man (girl) dress, and an Agent Carter T-shirt. All in all, not a bad haul!
Bret and I found Fran and we said our goodbyes to him. He had been in line since almost 5AM, and had done what he wanted. It was time for lunch, I think it was almost 3PM by that time and we had breakfast around 10AM. There was a food stand which was a knock off of a catering truck that I have always wanted to try. The Grilled Cheese Truck. They were all out of the sandwich that Fran wanted so instead she just ordered a plain grilled cheese.
I got mine with bacon.
We went back into the Expo (the lunch was in a courtyard outside) and headed over towards the Archives exhibit. You definitely see a lot of cool costumes at the Expo. I didn’t really take pictures of many of them this year, but this was plain out odd.
Just a few random shots as we made our way over to the archives.
Once we got to the Archives, we got in line, because that’s what you do at the Expo.
It took me several passes through the line to realize that this costume was worn by one gal. I would see Bert and then I would go the other way, in the queue and see Mary. I thought that there were two people until I looked really close.
After about half an hour we were let into the display.
I took a lot more pictures than I’m posting here. Many just didn’t come out as I expected or are rather boring to show you. This display of Walt’s nametag was pretty cool. As you can see he was employee #1.
The entire exhibit was dedicated to Disneyland, so there were costumes from history, and prototypes for various rides and other such props. They had this display of some of the extra designs for Pirates of the Caribbean.
And these from Alice and Wonderland’s refurb in 1982 and then in 2015.
Many of you may have heard of the “secret” restaurant at Disneyland called Club 33, lately it has become a cash cow and obviously is no longer a secret.
This was from back when the cars were comfy and I thought the ride was fun.
I used to love this ride!
This parade has begun to grow on me, now that I’m interested in taking night pictures again.
I took a few more costume pics before we exited the exhibit.
After we left the Archives, we got in line for the Disney store. I saw this picture of Yoda that they were creating at the Jelly Belly booth. He’s only half done, but they are recreating Yoda with Jelly Bellys!
We waited about half an hour in line to get into the store. Just as we reached the front of the line quite a few people we knew came by and we sat there talking to a bunch of friends, including Magdalene and Michael (who will be making an appearance later, sort of).
We were let into the store and I was getting really tired by this point. I only took these two pictures of the displays inside.
And then we got into the line to purchase our goods. I’m not sure how long we waited, but I was starting to get ancy at this point. We had checked our purchases from the Dream store at the package check in the front of the Convention Center. The Expo closed at 7PM and they told us to come back before then otherwise there would be (yet another) line to get our stuff. We had an 8PM dinner reservation at the DL Hotel, and it was around 6PM and we were still at the back of the checkout line. When we finally got to the front, there was something about Fran’s order that she had asked for the Disney Visa Card discount, but some of her items were not eligible, so they had to re ring her up. By this time it was 6:30, so we worked it out that she would pay for the remaining things, and I would go get the rest of the stuff from package check. By about quarter to 7 we were on our way back to the cars. I wish we had taken pictures because we were quite the sight! Two gals on scooters with more packages than we could hold, a large picture in a box, and bags spilling off everywhere! But we made it, got the car all loaded up, and were even on time for our reservation!
Fran really hit this booth hard at the last Expo, but didn’t find much this time.
We had barely begun browsing when I ran across something that I HAD to have. It turns out that the booth we found was the jewelry booth, and the dresses they had on display were clear across the convention center, like we were in Hall C and they were in Hall A. Anyone who has been to the Anaheim Convention Center will know that this is quite a trek!
Fran wanted to continue looking at the booths where she was so Bret and I hightailed it over there. We saw these along the way. Many people were climbing inside for photo ops, but I didn’t want to take the time.
I had dresses to buy!
It turns out that they didn’t have dresses large enough to fit me. I was able to zip the dresses up to the waist, but I guess I’m just a lucky girl in that respect, so I went with the light saber skirt. I plan on wearing it to Palo for dinner on my cruise. Instead I also picked up an Iron Man (girl) dress, and an Agent Carter T-shirt. All in all, not a bad haul!
Bret and I found Fran and we said our goodbyes to him. He had been in line since almost 5AM, and had done what he wanted. It was time for lunch, I think it was almost 3PM by that time and we had breakfast around 10AM. There was a food stand which was a knock off of a catering truck that I have always wanted to try. The Grilled Cheese Truck. They were all out of the sandwich that Fran wanted so instead she just ordered a plain grilled cheese.
I got mine with bacon.
We went back into the Expo (the lunch was in a courtyard outside) and headed over towards the Archives exhibit. You definitely see a lot of cool costumes at the Expo. I didn’t really take pictures of many of them this year, but this was plain out odd.
Just a few random shots as we made our way over to the archives.
Once we got to the Archives, we got in line, because that’s what you do at the Expo.
It took me several passes through the line to realize that this costume was worn by one gal. I would see Bert and then I would go the other way, in the queue and see Mary. I thought that there were two people until I looked really close.
After about half an hour we were let into the display.
I took a lot more pictures than I’m posting here. Many just didn’t come out as I expected or are rather boring to show you. This display of Walt’s nametag was pretty cool. As you can see he was employee #1.
The entire exhibit was dedicated to Disneyland, so there were costumes from history, and prototypes for various rides and other such props. They had this display of some of the extra designs for Pirates of the Caribbean.
And these from Alice and Wonderland’s refurb in 1982 and then in 2015.
Many of you may have heard of the “secret” restaurant at Disneyland called Club 33, lately it has become a cash cow and obviously is no longer a secret.
This was from back when the cars were comfy and I thought the ride was fun.
I used to love this ride!
This parade has begun to grow on me, now that I’m interested in taking night pictures again.
I took a few more costume pics before we exited the exhibit.
After we left the Archives, we got in line for the Disney store. I saw this picture of Yoda that they were creating at the Jelly Belly booth. He’s only half done, but they are recreating Yoda with Jelly Bellys!
We waited about half an hour in line to get into the store. Just as we reached the front of the line quite a few people we knew came by and we sat there talking to a bunch of friends, including Magdalene and Michael (who will be making an appearance later, sort of).
We were let into the store and I was getting really tired by this point. I only took these two pictures of the displays inside.
And then we got into the line to purchase our goods. I’m not sure how long we waited, but I was starting to get ancy at this point. We had checked our purchases from the Dream store at the package check in the front of the Convention Center. The Expo closed at 7PM and they told us to come back before then otherwise there would be (yet another) line to get our stuff. We had an 8PM dinner reservation at the DL Hotel, and it was around 6PM and we were still at the back of the checkout line. When we finally got to the front, there was something about Fran’s order that she had asked for the Disney Visa Card discount, but some of her items were not eligible, so they had to re ring her up. By this time it was 6:30, so we worked it out that she would pay for the remaining things, and I would go get the rest of the stuff from package check. By about quarter to 7 we were on our way back to the cars. I wish we had taken pictures because we were quite the sight! Two gals on scooters with more packages than we could hold, a large picture in a box, and bags spilling off everywhere! But we made it, got the car all loaded up, and were even on time for our reservation!
franandaj
I'm so happy, I could BOUNCE!
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Now you’ll have to believe me that our dining companions were Magdalene and Michael because we don’t have real photographic evidence. I do have a shot of Michael’s hands, but I won’t be posting that out of respect for him. I do have a shot of his (covered) midriff, that will make an appearance. However, if you follow Magdalene’s report, eventually she will have pictures of the exact same food porn to back up my story! (another shameless plug! Plus after Disney she is going to a lot more interesting destinations than you will find in this report!)
Those of you who have been following along know that I love to dine at Steakhouse 55 because the chef there knows us and is willing to prepare special meals that are catered to our favorite flavors and ingredients. It was fun and tricky to work things out between the four of us because while all of us will eat almost anything we have our “dislikes” and many of them do not overlap. Michael doesn’t eat seafood, we all decided that we wanted steaks for the main entrée, and the vegetables we all liked had a small window of overlapping, as we each had something in there we didn’t really like. All in all, Chef Marcel came up with a wonderful meal that we all enjoyed, so let’s get to it!
The Bread service. Not spectacular, but still very tasty!
I don’t remember specifically what this Amuse Bouche was, but I believe it was a savory little crepe with crème fraiche. @Flossbolna are your notes any better?
This next course was kind of funny, it was a watermelon salad served with prosciutto and arancini. Arancini are one of my most favorite things on the planet. They are little balls of Arborio rice filled with something, normally cheese, like these were. But I have also had them filled with a meatball, or mushroom paste or other delicious stuff. What made it funny is that Michael doesn’t like watermelon, but he didn’t put it on the list because he never thought that he would be served watermelon at a Steakhouse! However, this was the tastiest, juiciest, and most flavorful watermelon that I’ve had in a long time! Everything else on the plate was terrific too!
The next course was an asparagus soup, plated in a Yin and Yang style with both white and green asapargus, drizzled with a balsamic reduction. We just love his soups, they are so rich and creamy and packed full of flavor!
The next course was completely up to the chef. I had requested a soup and a salad, but said surprise us with the third course. He did completely. This was a Roasted Butternut Squash Ravioli with a Brown Butter Sauce, topped with I believe a Ricotta Cheese Sauce. Now I’m not usually a big fan of butternut squash, I don’t make it at home, and I was a tad bit skeptical, but this was so good, that I savored every. single. bite. I think I even cut each ravioli in to four pieces so as to prolong the flavor explosion!
I didn’t get a great picture of the steak, but it was a tasty cut of meat! I know I didn’t finish it all, and since it’s been a while, I don’t know if I ended up eating the leftovers, or if Olga lucked out. This was also my first experience with Bone Marrow. I know it’s a delicacy and some people really love it, but I think I might leave it to them. It wasn’t my favorite part of the meal. However, there was more than enough steak to fill me up!
We had some sides with dinner as well. The truffled Mac and Cheese.
I don’t remember what this side was, maybe grits? Creamed Corn? I think Magdalene really liked this one….
Or maybe it was this one that she really liked. I think this was flash fried spinach.
For our dessert, three of us got the Souffle, Grand Marnier for Magdalene and myself and Chocolate for Fran. The truffles were also delicious.
Michael preferred something a little lighter and found this on the regular menu. He made a special request for this dessert, Sorbet with seasonal berries.
We really enjoyed our time with Magdalene and Michael and hope to see them again sometime in the future whether it be in California, Florida or even Germany! We said our goodbyes, but hopefully they were only temporary and someday in the future we can have some fun times together again.
Those of you who have been following along know that I love to dine at Steakhouse 55 because the chef there knows us and is willing to prepare special meals that are catered to our favorite flavors and ingredients. It was fun and tricky to work things out between the four of us because while all of us will eat almost anything we have our “dislikes” and many of them do not overlap. Michael doesn’t eat seafood, we all decided that we wanted steaks for the main entrée, and the vegetables we all liked had a small window of overlapping, as we each had something in there we didn’t really like. All in all, Chef Marcel came up with a wonderful meal that we all enjoyed, so let’s get to it!
The Bread service. Not spectacular, but still very tasty!
I don’t remember specifically what this Amuse Bouche was, but I believe it was a savory little crepe with crème fraiche. @Flossbolna are your notes any better?
This next course was kind of funny, it was a watermelon salad served with prosciutto and arancini. Arancini are one of my most favorite things on the planet. They are little balls of Arborio rice filled with something, normally cheese, like these were. But I have also had them filled with a meatball, or mushroom paste or other delicious stuff. What made it funny is that Michael doesn’t like watermelon, but he didn’t put it on the list because he never thought that he would be served watermelon at a Steakhouse! However, this was the tastiest, juiciest, and most flavorful watermelon that I’ve had in a long time! Everything else on the plate was terrific too!
The next course was an asparagus soup, plated in a Yin and Yang style with both white and green asapargus, drizzled with a balsamic reduction. We just love his soups, they are so rich and creamy and packed full of flavor!
The next course was completely up to the chef. I had requested a soup and a salad, but said surprise us with the third course. He did completely. This was a Roasted Butternut Squash Ravioli with a Brown Butter Sauce, topped with I believe a Ricotta Cheese Sauce. Now I’m not usually a big fan of butternut squash, I don’t make it at home, and I was a tad bit skeptical, but this was so good, that I savored every. single. bite. I think I even cut each ravioli in to four pieces so as to prolong the flavor explosion!
I didn’t get a great picture of the steak, but it was a tasty cut of meat! I know I didn’t finish it all, and since it’s been a while, I don’t know if I ended up eating the leftovers, or if Olga lucked out. This was also my first experience with Bone Marrow. I know it’s a delicacy and some people really love it, but I think I might leave it to them. It wasn’t my favorite part of the meal. However, there was more than enough steak to fill me up!
We had some sides with dinner as well. The truffled Mac and Cheese.
I don’t remember what this side was, maybe grits? Creamed Corn? I think Magdalene really liked this one….
Or maybe it was this one that she really liked. I think this was flash fried spinach.
For our dessert, three of us got the Souffle, Grand Marnier for Magdalene and myself and Chocolate for Fran. The truffles were also delicious.
Michael preferred something a little lighter and found this on the regular menu. He made a special request for this dessert, Sorbet with seasonal berries.
We really enjoyed our time with Magdalene and Michael and hope to see them again sometime in the future whether it be in California, Florida or even Germany! We said our goodbyes, but hopefully they were only temporary and someday in the future we can have some fun times together again.
PrincessInOz
Thanks for my avatar, Mary Jo!
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OMG! I can't work out which one I WANT more.....
One of those Star Wars dresses or the Steakhouse 55 dinner.
That's a great set of pictures you have of the memorabilia. I love that Club 33 nook they set up. Guess it's no longer so secret anymore.
One of those Star Wars dresses or the Steakhouse 55 dinner.
That's a great set of pictures you have of the memorabilia. I love that Club 33 nook they set up. Guess it's no longer so secret anymore.
franandaj
I'm so happy, I could BOUNCE!
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OMG! I can't work out which one I WANT more.....
One of those Star Wars dresses or the Steakhouse 55 dinner.
That's a great set of pictures you have of the memorabilia. I love that Club 33 nook they set up. Guess it's no longer so secret anymore.
You are too funny! I wish they would have fit my gals! I so would have bought the dresses.
Yeah, the Club 33 thing was more like an ad than anything else. "Please check with us how you can drop your next $45-60,000 dollars that you're not planning on using elsewhere, we have a place for it!"
mvf-m11c
DIS Veteran
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That is good news that you got the Sigma 35mm 1.4. You will enjoy that lens and I will have to get one one day to replace the Nikon 35mm f/1.8.
That is correct. I am leaving today to SoCal and I should be in there this afternoon. This is one of those last second trips which is good to go down. Glad to go down and see the Halloween decorations and to ride the DLRR, Mark Twain and Tom Sawyer Island until they are closed next year for SWL. The weather will be hot this weekend but I don't mind that.
That is good news.
There were a lot of different stands that sold different merchandise and the Star Wars dresses were very nice. Glad that you were able to go and walk through the Disneyland the Exhibit that Friday where there were a lot of neat Disneyland collectibles. I thought the Disneyland #1 ticket was the neatest of the exhibit. I should have stayed longer but it was a long day where I was tired and DAF was not with me. The Disney Store was one of the stores that I missed out and I still regret of not going in on that day but this is where you have to choose what you want to do during the Expo.
SH55 dinner looked amazing. After seeing your pics, I will have to consider it.
Pinkocto
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Please don't clean the house on my account!
Cute Star Wars skirt.
What big picture did you get? On that note what was in all the bags???
That Tsum Tsum dress must have weighed a ton!
The Disneyland exhibit looked very nice.
Dinner looked mighty scrumptious.
Cute Star Wars skirt.
What big picture did you get? On that note what was in all the bags???
That Tsum Tsum dress must have weighed a ton!
The Disneyland exhibit looked very nice.
Dinner looked mighty scrumptious.
dhorner233
Disneyophile
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I enjoyed the Archives exhibit. I really liked some of the stuff they have discontinued. Like the Electric Light Parade. I know they had to update it to include the newer movies but, I walk around singing the song from the Electric Light Parade. I can't remember the tune to the Light the Night Parade and I saw it twice.
Those were some interesting costumes; the Mary/Bert, how clever and the Tsum Tsum dress. I can't see buying all those stuffed animals and then doing that with them but, very creative!
And the meal at Steakhouse 55!! I wish I could have eaten every bite of that meal!!! I wanted to go there this time but, ran out of time. Only had 4 days. We ate at La Tratorria for the first time, had to get my Monte Cristo and we did the Plaza Inn and the Story Tellers at the Grand Calif. I love their breakfast!! I still haven't done SH 55 or Napa Rose!
Those were some interesting costumes; the Mary/Bert, how clever and the Tsum Tsum dress. I can't see buying all those stuffed animals and then doing that with them but, very creative!
And the meal at Steakhouse 55!! I wish I could have eaten every bite of that meal!!! I wanted to go there this time but, ran out of time. Only had 4 days. We ate at La Tratorria for the first time, had to get my Monte Cristo and we did the Plaza Inn and the Story Tellers at the Grand Calif. I love their breakfast!! I still haven't done SH 55 or Napa Rose!
Paula Sedley-Burke
Proud to believe in Rainbows and Unicorns...
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Yeah the lightsaber skirt was the best garment anyway it is super cool. How great to wear it to Palo's! Perfect. Swish swish. Imagine if when you walked it had the sound of the light sabers swishing...
I love Walts badge. Grilled cheese lunch with bacon sounds nice. Yum to dinner looks just up my alley. That costume is funny with both chatacters on it!
I love Walts badge. Grilled cheese lunch with bacon sounds nice. Yum to dinner looks just up my alley. That costume is funny with both chatacters on it!
DnA2010
Rope Drop!
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Aladdin def we will see, we loved it on our last trip and for sure want to see it before it's gone.
I booked the the Fantasmic dinner package at BB for the 24th (only day during the stay that it is playing) as we have never seen it!
Internet on our trip- ugg I need to figure this out - our Canadian cell plans are highway robbery when we travel- I need to figure out what the options are stat tho! I can always text, I don't think that is too ridiculous
Love the light sabre skirt! SH55 looks as fab as always
Can't wait to read about your cruise!
I booked the the Fantasmic dinner package at BB for the 24th (only day during the stay that it is playing) as we have never seen it!
Internet on our trip- ugg I need to figure this out - our Canadian cell plans are highway robbery when we travel- I need to figure out what the options are stat tho! I can always text, I don't think that is too ridiculous
Love the light sabre skirt! SH55 looks as fab as always
Can't wait to read about your cruise!
dolphingirl47
In Search of the Tag Fairy
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I would have loved to do this. What a shame that this was not available in time for our trip.
You will have to keep me posted on this.
I need to go to Shanghai now! Those attractions are going to be amazing! Anyone want to go with me?
This is definitely on my to do list.
It took me several passes through the line to realize that this costume was worn by one gal. I would see Bert and then I would go the other way, in the queue and see Mary. I thought that there were two people until I looked really close.
We saw the same costume or at least a very similar one at Mickey's Halloween Party on September 30th.
Corinna
rentayenta
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Dinner looks amazing! Steakhouse 55 is really something special.
In case I miss you before Pam arrives and the cruise: Bon voyage! Have a wonderful drink filled fabulous cruise!
In case I miss you before Pam arrives and the cruise: Bon voyage! Have a wonderful drink filled fabulous cruise!
afwdwfan
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Ok... I know I quoted more than this but the Dis was being buggy with me. And I'm lazy. So we'll go with what I've got.
Anyway, I'm glad you managed to make it over to D23, even if just for one day and not attending any sessions. And thanks for the quick photo tour!
HEY!!! You and Fran should turn your scooters into an X-Wing and a TIE Fighter and follow each other around making laser gun noises!!!
Your dinner looks great. I'm glad that Chef Marcel took good care of you, as usual.
Anyway, I'm glad you managed to make it over to D23, even if just for one day and not attending any sessions. And thanks for the quick photo tour!
Wow... half an hour just to get into the store!!!
That. Is. Awesome.
HEY!!! You and Fran should turn your scooters into an X-Wing and a TIE Fighter and follow each other around making laser gun noises!!!
I kind of like that. I mean, I wouldn't want them to change Main Street USA into this or anything. But I think it is kind of a neat idea and I'd like to see a park designed like this.
Ok. I'm a Disney fan, but I don't know my castle architecture 100%. Is that a version of Cinderella castle?
Seriously? That movie gets a ride over there but all WDW can do is a stinkin' restroom?
That Rapunzel mosaic just looks odd. I mean it looks like she's projectile vomiting.
That costume is pretty cool too!
I have no idea what you're talking about.
Your dinner looks great. I'm glad that Chef Marcel took good care of you, as usual.
Captain_Oblivious
DIS Dad #257, Galactic Salad Dodger
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I like that skirt a lot! Very cool.
Excellent work.
Allrighty then.
Say what?! There's a restaurant in there??
I still thought it was fun...
Awesome! That's an art project I can fully support.
Sure they were...
Good for you! I have to admit, squash is one of those foods I just can't get down. Tasteless goo. Yuck!
I'm glad you were able to meet them both and have a great time with them!
Captain_Oblivious
DIS Dad #257, Galactic Salad Dodger
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I always thought it was a slow boat to China.
But there's always the long detour via Australia to get there.
If I stopped in Australia, I might never continue on!
PrincessInOz
Thanks for my avatar, Mary Jo!
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If I stopped in Australia, I might never continue on!
And the problem is????
Oh wait!! I remember. You're on your way to China!
franandaj
I'm so happy, I could BOUNCE!
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I don’t have much time and I’m sorry for not getting to replies before posting this, but I’m short on time because I’m going on a cruise in about 37hours. I just wanted to bring you guys up to date. With all the cancelled trips this year, I am over the moon about booking new ones!
Disney Cruise Line released their new 2017 itineraries earlier this week and some of you might have known that I was looking to get on the Fantasy for an Eastern Caribbean Cruise (we’ve been to Grand Cayman and Cozumel twice in the past few years and would like a change, especially after the last Grand Cayman trip!). Plus on the Fantasy we get a trip to Castaway Cay, and three sea days. I love sea days! I can’t wait to try Remy on the Dream and I’m looking forward to going on a ship where I can go to Remy and Palo and not have to skip any of the other dining rooms! When will this happen? Well we booked this trip for Feb 25, 2017. It will involve a short WDW stay only because I have learned that I don’t want to get off a ship and go right back home, so we’ll go from the airport to the cruise if all works out on our December trip and then go to WDW for a few days afterwards before we go home.
This means that we are looking at June maybe May of 2017 for our trip to DLP. We would like to visit other areas of France on our journey, but we are finding out that the there is no ADA in France so this will take some careful planning, we need to get on that right away!
As far as upcoming trips, we have booked FP+ for the December trip. I’m not sure how much we are actually going to utilize them. I realized while booking them that when we go to WDW, we aren’t going so much for the rides as we are for the different experiences in the pavilions at WS and seeing the decorations. So while I do have FP+, for every day, there are some that may go by the wayside. I enjoy the rides, but there are other things I might rather do during my trip, so we’ll see how that pans out. I am also looking at making a reservation at the Boathouse for one of the nights we have no plans. They have a great menu and I think I would really love to try that place. Fran want to try Morimoto Asia, so we have some negotiating our future!
Lastly on our trip with Naked Jim for our redo, I was able to book our trip just as we wanted. We have a 2 bedroom lock off at the VWL for 4 nights, and then we got a Poly Bungalow for three nights after that. My birthday will be spent at the VWL and I think we will be dining at the Artist Point that night, but I haven’t even thought our ADR’s through that far! Now that we know we have our Poly Bungalow, we need to plan lots of time in the room and at least one or two nights watching Wishes from our Balcony! Trader Sam’s should definitely be in the mix as should O’hana, but early so we make it back to the room for fireworks. I need to get thinking on this, but once we get back from the cruise!
And then there is the Riverboat Cruise! Oh my! We have so many great trips planned! I just hope that they all come to fruition! Our luck has not been so good, so let’s just all keep our fingers crossed that everything comes together!
See you on the other end and I will have link to a new TR when we come back! Yay! Finally something other than just our run of the mill DLR photos (although I do have some more of those with some new twists to posts when I come back!).
Disney Cruise Line released their new 2017 itineraries earlier this week and some of you might have known that I was looking to get on the Fantasy for an Eastern Caribbean Cruise (we’ve been to Grand Cayman and Cozumel twice in the past few years and would like a change, especially after the last Grand Cayman trip!). Plus on the Fantasy we get a trip to Castaway Cay, and three sea days. I love sea days! I can’t wait to try Remy on the Dream and I’m looking forward to going on a ship where I can go to Remy and Palo and not have to skip any of the other dining rooms! When will this happen? Well we booked this trip for Feb 25, 2017. It will involve a short WDW stay only because I have learned that I don’t want to get off a ship and go right back home, so we’ll go from the airport to the cruise if all works out on our December trip and then go to WDW for a few days afterwards before we go home.
This means that we are looking at June maybe May of 2017 for our trip to DLP. We would like to visit other areas of France on our journey, but we are finding out that the there is no ADA in France so this will take some careful planning, we need to get on that right away!
As far as upcoming trips, we have booked FP+ for the December trip. I’m not sure how much we are actually going to utilize them. I realized while booking them that when we go to WDW, we aren’t going so much for the rides as we are for the different experiences in the pavilions at WS and seeing the decorations. So while I do have FP+, for every day, there are some that may go by the wayside. I enjoy the rides, but there are other things I might rather do during my trip, so we’ll see how that pans out. I am also looking at making a reservation at the Boathouse for one of the nights we have no plans. They have a great menu and I think I would really love to try that place. Fran want to try Morimoto Asia, so we have some negotiating our future!
Lastly on our trip with Naked Jim for our redo, I was able to book our trip just as we wanted. We have a 2 bedroom lock off at the VWL for 4 nights, and then we got a Poly Bungalow for three nights after that. My birthday will be spent at the VWL and I think we will be dining at the Artist Point that night, but I haven’t even thought our ADR’s through that far! Now that we know we have our Poly Bungalow, we need to plan lots of time in the room and at least one or two nights watching Wishes from our Balcony! Trader Sam’s should definitely be in the mix as should O’hana, but early so we make it back to the room for fireworks. I need to get thinking on this, but once we get back from the cruise!
And then there is the Riverboat Cruise! Oh my! We have so many great trips planned! I just hope that they all come to fruition! Our luck has not been so good, so let’s just all keep our fingers crossed that everything comes together!
See you on the other end and I will have link to a new TR when we come back! Yay! Finally something other than just our run of the mill DLR photos (although I do have some more of those with some new twists to posts when I come back!).
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