The cruise sounds like great fun!
And the fireworks shots turned out great, even without the long tails
Thanks.
There is another another bus story coming in the future.

There might well be.
That was neat that you had a nice picture of all the DISers during the meet. The cruise looks very interesting to do with a big group of people and the pictures of the Electrical Water Pageant are very nice.
The firework pictures looks very nice even without a tripod and on a boat. I have taken pictures of the fireworks at DL & the MK without the tripod and overall they are very nice. Overall, the pictures turned out nice on the boat.
It was nice of Ed to drive you back to your room and pass by the Monorail/WDW RR Roundhouse.
Very nice update.
Thanks Bret. It's been a while since I've taken firework pictures handheld.
The cruise was a great way to spend the evening.
II will post my pics of the Wishes cruise and the group picture when I get a good internet connection to upload them. Right now I'm on my cell phone.
The nifty 50 is a great lens. When I got my fast prime I went a little wider with the Nikkor 35 1.8 I love this lens. My go to lens is the Nikkor 24-70 2.8. This is what I shot most of if not all pics with this night.
Thanks Ed.
Nice job on the fireworks shots. "Workmanlike", and sometimes, that is best. Couple of very appealing shots in there.
I did a big backstage tour (during the day.,..) and we visited those buildings back behind MK. Pictures were not allowed! However, absolutely fascinating! There is one building back there that was the first building built on property,m and it is the shops building, and that is where they made everything! From trash cans to animatronic figures and monorail cars! I told the guy if I had walked in there 40 years earlier, I would never have left!
Jud
Do they run that backstage tour still? It sounds like it might be a good one to go on and learn more about WDW.
Love both updates.
Is that not the cutest little Coke bottle for the Cal Grill Coke float?
We have eaten at the Cal Grill once in 2007. It was one of the best meals we've had at WDW- both food and service were amazing.
Your shots of Hallowishes are great. I like seeing it from a different view. Very nice.
I loved the dessert. It was so much fun.....and that little coke bottle was wonderful.
You ate at Cali Grill in the 'hey days'. Lucky you.
Beautiful pics! Sounds like it was a fab evening from beginning to end!
Thanks. It was a great evening.
Nice pics on TGMR.
Very nice pics of Fantasmic.
Nice pics of beach Club.
Nice DTD pics.
Love EOS. That is least amount of people I have seen in there. LOl.
Nice the balloons were waiting there.
The candy made me hungry.
I have that unfriend you shirt.
Never been in DisneyQuest but it looks fun.
The Dreamworks exhibit looked fun.
Sorry you didnt feel well and had to leave.
I think cab drivers do that purposely to make more.
Glad you recovered quickly. LOL.
Nice group pic.
Nice pics at CG.
How nice you all did that cruise. We did a few years back and it is truly one of the best experiences I ever had there.
Nice fireworks shots.
I am all caught up again.
LOL. You DID catch up. That was a lot!
Beautiful firework shots! So crisp and clean. Even the 'blurry' ones are terrific. I think it would be lots of fun to do one of those cruises sometime, especially with DIS folks, who would appreciate it.
I've done the Illuminations cruise with family. The Wishes cruise with Dis folk was way more fun.
I love the fireworks shots. I really enjoy the Electrical Water Pageant. We have seen it from various points on land, but also watched in on the lake once when we were on a boat from Wilderness Lodge to the Contemporary. I loved watching it from the water.
Corinna
After this trip, next time.....if there is a next time....I'm going to see if I can find different places to view the Wishes fireworks from. It's nice to have different vantage points and perspectives rather than up on Main Street all the time.
I am so happy you mentioned that you posted these at LAST!
It feels great to relive that night!
Bobbi

Thanks for checking in Bobbi. Yes, I've been having a lot of fun writing this TR because of the memories involved.
It will happen I can feel it

So nice to see you and Ed ( SunDial) finally come out of hiding around here Thanks PIO for tempting them in !
BIG BBQ Dismeet when you come back again PIO Plenty of photo ops around here
Just down the road Pretty huh ?
Beautiful! I'm going to have to work out how to come visit you and Bobbi.
OK, I'm behind because of the move and there is a lot I have wanted to comment on but didn't get a chance.
I'm so sorry that you felt bad enough to take a taxi back to the BCV and then that backfired on you. I know how far it was to CSR past BCV that cab driver really effed up! I'm glad though that it helped to snap you out of the ickey feeling.
That meatball was very good. We enjoyed ours, I would imagine that eating one yourself pretty much did you for lunch, and I agree the lobster roll was not that great. We would have liked a little less cooked and a little more mayo and seasoning. it was just kind of bland and dry. I'm sorry you didn't try the Belgian waffles. The savory one was just to die for, it was some sort of beef thing over a savory waffle. We loved it. The sweet ones were great too.
At CA grill we got the sushi plate the pork sushi plate, large ravioli thing and tomato salad. Both the sushi things fell short of the mark. We have great sushi in So Cal and both these were sub par. They may have looked good, but didn't measure up tastewise. The best thing was the giant ravioli, I didn't love the tomato salad, but Fran thought it was pretty good.
We got the dessert sampler that everyone is raving about and they are correct, it was fun and yummy! I would do that one again if I came back here, which is unlikely for a while.
Now I like hearing your photo babble. I can't remember what settings that I used for the fireworks last week, but I believe I was around 1/50 for most as I was doing handheld. I would like to know what you do for the long trails that you get with a tripod, I couldn't seem to get those at WDW this trip.
I loved the pontoon boat trip. Fran and I were in the back and we didn't get to talk to may people on the boat, but we had a really nice time seeing Discover Island that we visited back in 1997 and River Country that I never visited. This is still the only time that I have seen the Electric Water Pageant so that was awesome!
Your Hallowishes Fireworks pictures are great! I can't wait to figure our how to take the long trails fireworks pictures for my nesx trip or trip to DL!
I didn't get to eat from Belgium on this day.
Yes, that meatball pretty much filled me up. I was surprised at how filling it was.
Glad to read that you loved the pontoon ride. It was one of our highlights for the trip. I really enjoyed seeing the different parts of WDW and the different perspective for the Electric Water Pageant and HalloWishes.
I'll make sure I share the long trails photography details a bit later on in this TR.