The last part of today's report may be a little sketchy because I was so tired by the time I wrote about it in my journal that my handwriting got squigglier and squigglier til it pretty much became just wave shapes. Gulp!
After the dessert party, they herded us all down the street to where the Osbourne Lights were s'posed to be… but weren't!
I mean, they were there, but they were turned off until Disney could find the one lone kid at this pricey adult-y event to throw the switch. It was nice to get to experience that "WOW!!!" moment since we'd never ever brave the crowds to see them turn the lights on during regular park hours.
"Hooray! We found a kid!"
"So did you just wanna go ahead and do it yourself, mister?"
Now I almost can't believe this, but Patrick didn't take *any* pictures of the lights! I think it was because he knew we were going to have scads of amazing photos taken by the Roots, so why bother?
I'll just refresh your memory about what Osbourne Lights look like. The presentation started with the street looking like this…
… but when they threw the switch, it looked like THIS!
And this is about where the stage for the presentation was set up:
Unfortunately, the guy they had doing the presentation seemed to have attended the same public-speaking school as the woman with the PowerPoint. I think there was probably an interesting story in there, but most of the talk was devoted to describing in excruciating detail the series of phone calls required to bring the lights to Walt Disney World.
"So then Jennings called me back, but I was at lunch, so he had to leave a message…"
"I am totally never going to get a word in edgewise."
That went on for, I dunno, an hour? It felt like an hour. So after an hour of standing in one place looking at this guy, they finally gave us a few minutes to wander around and enjoy having the lights all to ourselves. They also began distributing the shwag, which was a D23 Christmas ornament.
How it later looked in action!
At this point we spotted someone who looked like an event guide and started the line of people who needed an escort over to DISapalooza. After waiting and waiting and waiting til the guide thought there were enough people, off we went on our yards-long journey over to
Pixar Place.
As you can tell by this picture, it was very exciting!
Meanwhile, Nate and Jensey were making their way to Disapalooza to meet us (and, like us, they had to run back to the room for their tickets!). Here's what they saw on the way in!
You can prolly get better French food in Philly!
- Oh, someone else already did
Though probably you weren't in the line to meet the princesses, like we were. 
