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[firefox2]

Your report is great, awesome pictures. It was great meeting both of you. Looking forward to reading some more.

 

[Belle Ella]

Your report is great, awesome pictures. It was great meeting both of you. Looking forward to reading some more.

Tahnk you! It was great meeting you & your DH Just noticed you started your TR, I'll have to go through and read it and not just look at the photos. Did I ever know before now that you're a Ducks fan?

Speaking of hockey I can officially say I have tickets for the Sharks home opener against the Blue Jackets in 2 weeks. I need my hockey fix and I need it NOW!!!

 

[firefox2]

Tahnk you! It was great meeting you & your DH Just noticed you started your TR, I'll have to go through and read it and not just look at the photos. Did I ever know before now that you're a Ducks fan?

Speaking of hockey I can officially say I have tickets for the Sharks home opener against the Blue Jackets in 2 weeks. I need my hockey fix and I need it NOW!!!

I don't know if you knew I was a Ducks fan, but if you like hockey, stay tuned to my TR, day 7 may be of some interest to you
I agree, I am more than ready to get hockey season under way, can't wait for October, just for that reason.

 

[Belle Ella]

I don't know if you knew I was a Ducks fan, but if you like hockey, stay tuned to my TR, day 7 may be of some interest to you
I agree, I am more than ready to get hockey season under way, can't wait for October, just for that reason.

Hehe, big non Ducks fan. Been a Sharks (home team) fan all my life. My dad took me to their first game as an NHL club when I was a toddler and got me hooked. Did you go to a preseason game? I wish my birthday had been a little later so we could have gone to one.

Oh well. I'll have my chance soon enough. October 8th isn't that far away.

OK, so I'm a little behind here with the TR. I've been super busy the past weekend between work, school, and errands I have had to run. Not to mention my nose has been buried in a huge new book (Outlander = <3) any spare moment I've had which includes my sleeping time which I have had extremely little of.

I'll try and get a new update in today after my Bio lab gets out.

 

[firefox2]

Hehe, big non Ducks fan. Been a Sharks (home team) fan all my life. My dad took me to their first game as an NHL club when I was a toddler and got me hooked. Did you go to a preseason game? I wish my birthday had been a little later so we could have gone to one.

Oh well. I'll have my chance soon enough. October 8th isn't that far away.

OK, so I'm a little behind here with the TR. I've been super busy the past weekend between work, school, and errands I have had to run. Not to mention my nose has been buried in a huge new book (Outlander = <3) any spare moment I've had which includes my sleeping time which I have had extremely little of.

I'll try and get a new update in today after my Bio lab gets out.

Ys, it was the first pre-season game, and it was a great one at that. I grew up in Ontario, Canada, so we use to go to all of the Toronto Maple Leafs home games, as my Dad would always get seasons tickets. I became a ducks fan when they became an official NHL team LOL. My Dad wasn't disappointed like I thought he would be, he is a good sport.

I am looking forward to reading more of your TR, I'm loving the pictures. Going to go work on mine right now while I have some free time.

 

[firefox2]

Hehe, big non Ducks fan.

I should have mentioned, as Doug pointed out that ALOT of people don't know this, and I assumed that everyone on Disboards DO know.....Anaheim Ducks were originally owned by Disney, that is what drew me in. I've been following them ever since.

 

[Belle Ella]

Day 2 Cont.
September 9, 2009​

Here are a few photos that I took after breakfast right outside the restaurant while I waited on Dre. Including one of the PhotoPass poses that I did (with my camera). Why, oh why, did I forget to put my sunglasses back on?

After we left our delicious breakfast at Ariel's Grotto we decided to head over to Toy Story Midway Mania, which as I mentioned before is yet another ride I have never been on. I'm not adventurous in that department and unless I know exactly what it is I'm getting into I usually stay away. The thing that really, really turns me off on this particular attraction is that fact that it's in 3-D. Have I mentioned how much I hate 3-D? Because I really, really do. But I figured that I had enjoyed the Astro Blasters the day before so I might as well give this one a try.

While I did enjoy it, I can't say this is a ride I will purposefully go back to on my own. Like I said, I'm not a fan of 3-D so that was hard for my to get past. Not to mention, unlike your little blasters on Buzz, you have to keep pulling the string at the back of this thing and that had my arm begging to be chopped off in seconds it hurt so bad and ended up cramping up. Not exactly a side effect I was going for, you know? The most stand-out part of the ride was watching Mr. Potato Head in the queue, which I could have easily watched from outside the railing.

Then again, maybe I'm just sore because she beat me this time? Couldn't remember our scores. But I had caught up big time after the big deficit I was in after the first 'game'. That's all I care about.
But here's something you may get a laugh at: While in the queue I managed to take a look down at what I was carrying and noticed something that made me just about scream! I was missing the little bag that held the photo from Ariel's Grotto!! It made me so mad and I started to freak out because I had absolutely no idea where I left it. Had I brought it with me outside after I left AG? Maybe I left it with the PhotoPass photographer I had seen when I set my things down. A whole list of possibilities went flying through my had because an awful lot of things happened in those 20 minutes after I left AG and was waiting for Dre.

Luckily it was pretty simple: I had in fact left the photo at our table and all I had to do was wait a couple of minutes for them to bring it up for me. What a major sigh of relief.

As for the rest of the time in DCA that afternoon, we didn't do much. After TSMM we decided to make our way back to the Land and just stop for some PhotoPass poses along the way.

A slight bummer though. After going through our photos on the website we noticed that we're missing a post that we did (a variation of the top one here) where Dre was looking at the park map like we were lost while I was flying away with the balloons. I was really looking forward to that one, but alas, it is nowhere to be found. And it's not like I lost a card this time.

So sad!

In light of our attempt to get photos with as many characters as possible (well, my attempt at least) our first stop back in Disneyland was to Pixie Hollow. Actually, we had decided to go see how the line was before we decided if we would go in or not. It looked short enough to us, and we weren't disappointed in our judgment when we only had to wait about 15 minutes. This time through we got to see Tink (of course) and Silvermist.

Coming up: Peeking around Cemeteries and islands invaded by Pirate's​

 

[Belle Ella]

I've finally got a few more photos edited! I'll post a new update tonight. I've been so busy with school and work it's insane.

And wohoo! Hockey season is back! I can't wait until I get to go to the Sharks home opener next week! Even more photos to add to my never-ending folder that needs to be edited.

 

[kaoden39]

I've finally got a few more photos edited! I'll post a new update tonight. I've been so busy with school and work it's insane.

And wohoo! Hockey season is back! I can't wait until I get to go to the Sharks home opener next week! Even more photos to add to my never-ending folder that needs to be edited.

I look forward to reading more later.

 

[disneynerd420]

I'm loving the TR. I can't wait to see more pics!

 

[Belle Ella]

Day 2 Cont.
September 9, 2009​

After meeting Tinker Bell and one of her friends at Pixie Hollow we had to make our way back over to New Orleans Square. This was the very last chance we would have to experience the Haunted Mansion since Wednesday (the 10th) was the first day it would be officially closed for the Haunted Mansion Holiday overlay. Of course we had to get our fix in! And so we did (which was a walk-on, by the way)! Although directly after we parted ways, and I believe it was so she could go do some things that I was set not to do, like Big Thunder Mountain. Nooooo, thank you!

So what did I do? I went right back on the Haunted Mansion because there were even less people this time than there were before we had just got on. I did make one small detour though. I may not have gotten photos of one pet cemetery (the lines were never long enough to warrant all that queue space) so instead I sought after the ones you don't see every day before jumping in for the second time in a row.

Oh? And did I mention I attempted to take some video? All I had on me was the Flip Camcorder, but it's worth a try, right? I need some practice, let me tell you. I had to hold something against the back of it since there's nothing to cover the LCD screen and I didn't want to ruin the experience for anyone so lets just say that my 'aim' was a little off. But hey, I have something too look at while I'm at home other than just photos!

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Next up was another favorite, Pirates! And this time I remembered to take a photo of something that had seemed amiss the day before. The best part? I got the front of the boat, finally! Sometimes it pays off to be by yourself.

Notice the difference?

Doing the solo thing proved productive. Have I mentioned the fact that I'm a speed walker? Well, I mean that more as just in general I walk very fast, not that I consider myself a professional or anything like that (isn't it actually something they have in the Olympics? I know I've seen it). Well, it probably caters to why when I'm by myself I bounce around a lot normally - from one end of the park to the other. It just doesn't take me that long to do. And it's easier to do when you're by yourself. Since it was so close I went back for my 3rd Jungle Cruise since our arrival! My seat this time wasn't the best place to be attempting to take photos because of the bars, but there you have it. I got a few. The funnest part this time for me was right before we got to unload at the dock those of us celebrating birthdays got serenaded with a little birthday diddy:

This is your birthday song,
it isn't very long!

And last, but not least (there's still plenty to come from Day 2 that I almost forgot about) here are a couple of photos I took while meeting back up with Dre.

Note to self: Remember the Mark Twain later in the week! You have always seemed to bypass it in the last 3 years somehow.

All I wanted a photo of the water falling from the trough-thing ...

... but a better opportunity presented itself moments later.

Coming up: Fantasyland (finally!) and who do you think is taller, me or Peter Pan?​

 

[disneynerd420]

Great pics! I can't wait to see more.

 

[Belle Ella]

Great pics! I can't wait to see more.

Thank ya!

I don't think I'll have any more posted until Sunday. I've got the Walk for Hope tomorrow morning and an overnight shift at work (BOO!). Talk about a very long day, seeing as I doubt I will get sleep before going in to work at 10 PM.

Oh! And I'm seeing Toy Story/Toy Story 2 in 3-D on Sunday!

 

[disneynerd420]

That's ok... I can wait

 

[Belle Ella]

I might actually have the next update done before I leave to see Toy Story. I just wish my photos would upload faster. Silly Flickr.

 

[Belle Ella]

Day 2 Cont.
September 8, 2009​

It wasn't too long before we parted way again, and at this point I forget what she was off doing each time, lol. My memory isn't so good anymore, especially not after practically zero sleep in 2 days. But first we did finally make our way into Fantasyland for the absolute first time this trip. What is up with that?! I wouldn't have even thought it possible, but there you have it. We didn't stick around for long, however, we just gave ourselves enough time to go on Snow White's Scary Adventures - since there is never anybody in line. If I've said it once, I know I've said it a thousand times before. I love Snow White!

Before we left Fantasyland we also took a peek inside the Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique to see what it was like. They were still working on it when we went back in March. It really makes me wish I were a little girl again, although I know it's not something my parents would have ever done for me or my sister. We also did a little browsing of our own, contemplating what things we might be buying when it came time to make all of our purchases. I believe it was also the first time Dre spotted the Alice in Wonderland spinning teacup snow globe that she simply had to have!

I'm not quite sure what compelled us at that point to make our way back to Main Street, but that's where we found ourselves next with a couple of quick photos with Mickey and Minnie Mouse. Normally when I see them on Main Street they are by themselves so I had to stop for this photo.

And after that we split up again. Hmm. Maybe she was going back to Star Tours, I'm really not sure. Although it is my best guess because somehow I ended up back in Tomorrowland and found myself on Buzz all by my lonesome where I totally kicked my own previous score out of the park.

So there I was, fresh off the Astro Blasters and on my way towards Frontierland when I just happened to spot two characters that we kept forgetting to add to our list of characters to ask about at City Hall every monring: Peter Pan & Captain Hook. Between both of our run ins with Peter Pan (well, both of mine seeing as Dre wasn't with me for this one) I have officially decided that he's my favorite character find in the park. Ever encounter leaves me in a fit of giggles. This particular one involved a lo of climbing, Hook getting scared of heights, and debates as well as cheating over who is taller. And did I mention to fascination with spider webs?

Somebody was chickening out.

Always trying to strangle me! How rude.

Trying to find the perfect flying leaf.

What's everyone staring at? Oh, it's just a giant spider.

Now, to end this little segment I leave you with a question: Who's taller - me or Peter Pan?

Coming up: a Pirate invasion!​

 

[kaoden39]

I love how Peter Pan is your height. I can remember a million years ago when I thought that the guy that was Peter Pan was hot.

 

[disneynerd420]

Oh wow! Peter is cute....

Does that mean I have some secret dark desire for young boys... I hope not.

I want to get a picture with Peter Pan! I never see him in the parks except for in the parade.

Lucky

 

[kaoden39]

Oh wow! Peter is cute....

Does that mean I have some secret dark desire for young boys... I hope not.

I want to get a picture with Peter Pan! I never see him in the parks except for in the parade.

Lucky

No, just clean shaven ones.

 

[Belle Ella]

I love how Peter Pan is your height. I can remember a million years ago when I thought that the guy that was Peter Pan was hot.

He's adorable. And hilarious to boot. The second time I found him was the funniest darn thing .. but I'm still a ways away from that part.

A little perspective (to kick my butt in gear): I've gone through about 500/2670 photos so far.

Oh wow! Peter is cute....

Does that mean I have some secret dark desire for young boys... I hope not.

I want to get a picture with Peter Pan! I never see him in the parks except for in the parade.

Lucky

No, just clean shaven ones.

I dunno. Anyone's gonna have to fight with the Princesses over this one. He seems to have gotten it into his head that he's hansdome enough to lure one out.