~A XMAS STORY~decorations, crowds, pixies..AND A BLOODY NOSE~ACTUAL UPDATE 11/9 p190

[punkin413]

i love this one - ROCK ON!!!!!

now my turn!

as we were leaving the star tours area i heard something coming from the trees above the entrance. i looked up there and realized that's where the ewoks lived and you could HEAR THEM TALKING!!!! it was the cutest thing! when i told ray to listen his mouth just fell open in surprise. here's a video i took with my camera so the quality stinks and you can barely hear them. you have to listen hard! you can hear chris telling luke what ewoks are and then ray says something about how they're going to eat C-3PO. although he mispronounces it and says 3PO instead. you'd think a star wars expert like him would get it right!!!



here's a picture i took of that area. you can't really see much in the dark.

i love how disney adds these little details. so cool! i wonder if you can hear them all day or just at night after park closing? whoever's there next has to listen REALLY close when you go by that area and let me know!

some random shots as we left the park. i love this park at night!

luke had to use the bathroom before we left so me, ray and anna went to wait by the turnstyles for he and chris. they seemed to take forever and we started having to do jumping jacks and running in place to keep warm. it was COLD! i'm sure we looked so silly. ray has gout in his foot and the cold weather makes it really painful, so he was hurting. they eventually came out and what took so long is that luke fell in the bathroom and chris had to calm him down. poor little guy!

we finally headed to the car and i snapped this on the way.....

that picture was taken at 9:27 so that's what time we left the park. it had been a long, cold day! but we had a blast! i was a little disappointed that we didn't get to ride RnRC or see beauty & the beast, but with the crowds it was just impossible. plus it's just hard to fit everything in at DHS because it's a lot of shows and they take so long.

we headed back to the condo, stopping at mickey D's along the way. we were all starving! we hadn't eaten a meal since sci-fi at lunch! when they had tried to find luke some food earlier all they found was popcorn so everyone was still pretty hungry.

to beddy-bye we went. tomorrow was our big MK day!!!!!! and i was planning on doing something i'd waited my whole life to do. stay tuned for that.

 

[shannon47142]

awesome update!!!Your excitement is so fun to read

 

[KatGarcia]

Oh I LOVE the lights! GREAT pics and videos!!! It's so much brighter now that they switched to LED lights. They were KC's fav part of our trip the year we went for christmas. How awesome the time you guys had running around and having a ball!

 

[burly]

THAT WAS TERRIFIC. I WANNA GO.....

 

[micandminforever]

Great ending to a wonderful day at DHS. I loved all the pictures of the lights.

 

[AussieAngel]

Wow, beautiful lights!!

I loved the videos too! I didn't know the lights danced, they look amazing! My next mission will be to go to Disney World at Christmas time!!

(Also, I've never seen A Christmas Story! Is that really bad!? I don't know how I haven't seen it - I love Christmas movies!)

I couldn't hear the Ewoks in the trees, but then again... I don't really know what Ewoks sound like! That's such a cute idea!

Thanks for such a big, great post!!

 

[timandlesley]

WOW!!! This is my favorite update by far, I have been waiting and waiting for this and it did exactly what I thought it would do, MAKE ME WANT TO GO DURING OSBORNE LIGHTS! HOW COOL The pictures and videos you took were amazing!!!! What a great tip to be there after closing, I never would have thought of that and I couldn't believe the lack of crowds as your night/pictures progressed. WOW! Thanks for all of the awesome video and pics. Glad you guys got to ride Toy Story,that ride rocks! Ray sounds a lot like Tim ( I guess most guys ) with his competetiveness, he does the same thing and I NEVER beat him. I couldn't believe how right on both of your accuracy was.
LOVED how you found the Christmas Story lamp and heard the Ewoks, I couldn't agree more, gotta love those Disney touches.
I want the "peace love and Mickey" lights for my front yard
GREAT update!
Lesley

 

[MeMom]

Beautiful pictures! I look forward to seeing them again on our December trip, but we may wait until almost park closing time to go back there, since it worked so well for you.

It was so much more crowded when we were there on the opening night of Osborne Lights.
SO much more crowded.
We were shuffling our feet and taking about two inch strides. That was as crowded as I have ever seen it.

Thanks for the nice update. It was a good way to start this cold day. It's sleeting outside right now, so with that and your Osborne Lights pictures, I may put in a Disney Christmas CD on the way in and have hot chocolate when I get there....in my Disney World Happy Holidays mug, of course! (Normally I am already at school by this time, but with the sleet, I was waiting to see if they might call a snow/ice day at the last minute. No such luck. I'm gone.)

 

[hlrababy]

Awwww, I am so excited about seeing the Osborne Lights now!!!! Woly moly!!!! That is so cool you saw the leg lamp!!! I love that movie!!!

But gosh, those pictures were awesome!!!!

 

[DisneyLaura]

Oh I can't wait to go this year so I can see everything in person. 8 more months to go for me YEAH. Your picture in front of the lights for your card came out really cute. I can't wait to do that as well, putting in my head go there late.

 

[tinkgurl]

Isn't Toy Story Mania so much fun?! I love Andy's nightlight! I WILL find a way to beat B/F this trip! He acts like a lil' kid on Buzz too. He'll get mad if I rotate our car around to the other side! He'll be like "HEY! I was almost getting something over there!" Boys and their games huh?!

Aw, the lights look so awesome! That peace, love, and Mickey sign was cool! I've seen a few tattoos of that and I think it's so cute! Again, Luke is free entertainment! Haha, the leg lamp..We actually found one before this past Christmas and got it for my grandpa because he is a HUGE fan of the movie! That's so funny you found it there! Did you know about it before you went? Or did you just randomly find it?

 

[LISAMWDW]

Wow! Great pictures! Fabulous update!

 

[lmillercrew]

How perfect, that after the boogie boarding/sledding pics and references to Christmas Vacation, that the first video has the theme song to that movie playing in the background. I didn't know if you noticed it or not, but I got a chuckle out of it.
I really want to go during Christmas time so that I can see the lights. They look so cool!!

 

[FauntleroyFAN07]

good plan on waiting till the close, the lines for photopass were huge during hte normal hours, we did not get to use them.

next time we will use your tip

 

[heatherlizz602]

Dawn...I loved your snow update. It reminds me of going up north for spring break...there isn't much snow so we just sled like crazy and usually a couple of us almost end up in the lake LOL. It's too much fun but your right its good for one day and then its like bring on spring!!!

The Osborne lights look amazing. I really want to go during the holidays but I also want a summer trip? We will see. Its so cute how look is so happy, that makes it so worth it. I LOVE TSM!!! I was cracking up at what you said about Ray...I can see that ride doing that to the men. Can't wait for the next update.!!!

 

[CanadianWDWfan]

Glad you all got to ride TSM, I can't wait!

I didn't know you can use fastpasses after the return time expires, is that true?

What a great idea to wait to see the Osborne Lights at closing time.
It was perfect, you could move around and Luke could run. I love it when CM's interact with the kids. Little did Luke know he would get to see real snow in the future. Way cooler!

Good old Mickey D's....always around and open all hours, gotta love it...

 

[punkin413]

i will be back tomorrow to reply to you guys but i just had to share something i'm SUPER excited about.

yesterday i got an e-mail with a pre-sale password for DANE COOK at phillips arena in june. i've been a HUGE dane cook fan for about 5 years now. i don't like his movies but his stand-up is awesome. anyway, i bought tickets today for me, ray, anna and chris to go see him. I'M SO EXCITED!!!!!

if you're not familiar with him, here's some of his stuff. he has a potty mouth sometimes but they bleeped him so you don't have to go into the closet away from the kids to listen.

anna and i always say, "have you seen my shoes? i kicked them off in a fit of joy," whenever we get excited about anything after hearing this one!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdrxDlh3EkA

sorry if you're an athiest - don't take it personally. it's just in fun!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7qxqc6ItJc&feature=related

making fun of psycho tom cruise!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmWBgIZEKIA

 

[lmillercrew]

My kids LOVE Dane Cook!!! They would be so jealous that you get to go! Enjoy

 

[Ally192]

I love Dane Cook! I'm so jealous! Have you seen his thing about Oprah? I was in tears the first time I watched it.

Great update, by the way! I love the Osborne lights. Seeing the lights when I go makes me so much more in the mood for Christmas and the holidays.

 

[scottny]

all caught up.

the Osborne Lights were gorgeous. You got some great video and pics. It was the highlight of my trip.

I never heard the Ewoks before but have seen the display up there.