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[Yakety76]

I love all your pictures of the Disney details. My goal for our upcoming trip is to remember to slow down and notice those types of details. Great Job.

 

[Belle Ella]

Totally non-TR and non-Disney realted but tonight I get to go to my first hockey game of the season! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

 

[disneynerd420]

Looks like good times! I love the jungle cruise.



I hope you enjoyed the hockey game!

 

[firefox2]

I hope you had a good time at the game. Looking forward to reading more of your TR.

 

[RiverLou]

Looks like good times! I love the jungle cruise.



I hope you enjoyed the hockey game!

I hope you had a good time at the game. Looking forward to reading more of your TR.

Oh I'm sure we'll hear all about it here. She called me during the intermission and said she even had her face painted.

Dany Heatley got a hat trick!


*sigh*


So jealous that she could be there, oh well at least I can watch games in HD here at home, I can pretend.

 

[Belle Ella]

Hehe! I just got home. Game was uh-may-zing. So much so that I literally cannot talk save a squek or two. Or at least pathetic attempts.

Gotta go to sleep. Hopefulyl I'll have a new DLR-update tomorrow and a few photos from the game since I know we've got some Sharks fans around these parts.

 

[JustAKid]

Lurker here wondering where the great Belle Ella is, cause I'm itchin' to read some more of the trip report!!! I check back everyday, sometimes a couple of times a day but...nada.

 

[Belle Ella]

Lurker here wondering where the great Belle Ella is, cause I'm itchin' to read some more of the trip report!!! I check back everyday, sometimes a couple of times a day but...nada.

Awww. Nice to feel some love for a moment.

I'm working on an update right now. It's just been one heck of a week + for me and work has had me so stressed out I just haven't had the time to sit down and edit any more photos.

I can't just flake out now though, hehe. I should have something up within the next hour though!!

 

[Belle Ella]

Day 3 Cont.
September 10, 2009
Happy birthday to me!!​

Before I continue, here are a couple of photos from Pirates that I promised. Nothing extravagant, just some pirates! And another case of me getting a little distracted!!

Sad face!​

We had some time for one last hurrah in Disneyland before we made our way back over to DCA. We never do much actual park hopping, usually just sticking to designating certain days for Disneyland and leaving one day open to do DCA, and the plan this time was to do things a little differently. Not to mention the amazing and spectacular Aladdin Musical is a must see and we planned to hitch on over so we could see it again. The plan (I sure do have a lot of those ... ) was to catch that since we had priority seating vouchers. But I'm getting ahead of myself. We made a stop by the shooting range in Frontierland. Dre was dead set on not skipping over this, although it's not exactly my idea of entertaining. But I will admit it was a little funny to see what happened when you got your targets. On some of them.

No photos to share at the moment though, not of that!

So we make that long trek across the esplanade and we're back in DCA for the second time this trip. We've got a couple of hours until Aladdin is set to start. Might I just add at this point that Dre looks like she's about to pass out and it's obvious to just about anyone that she's feeling like absolute crap and really needs to just go get some rest, preferably back at the hotel (well, obvious to me - she kept insisting that she'd be fine if she just sat down for a minute or two). But she kept pushing on. So we did a photo op in the Sunshine Plaza with everyone's favorite Mouse and then she went to get a little cool air in the Off the Page shop and I took a couple photos of some window displays.

 

[Belle Ella]

Alright, a real quick update, but I am officially back in the game. Going to go see Where The Wild Things Are with my sister (otherwise I'd try and get a little more posted)!!

 

[Belle Ella]

I can't believe I haven't been on to update or ever finish this in months. I've been missing my daily DIS fix like I can't tell you. Anyone still willing to tune in for a Summer '09 Trip Report just say the word and I'll break out the folders of photos and get to work.

But now I have a new trip to plan for - October 2010 - I am celebrating a Disneyland Halloween if it's the last thing I ever do!!

 

[firefox2]

I'm here, waiting patiently!

 

[kaoden39]

I'm always here for your trip report!!

 

[Belle Ella]

I'm always here for your trip report!!

I'm here, waiting patiently!

I'm glad to see you both still here. And aw mannnnnnnn I'm so excited to see the trips you've both got planning. It just makes me happy.

Heck, my sister was visiting my home away from home for Christmas and her birthday - I got to live vicariously through her the lucky brat.

Boo. Hiss. I'm getting ready for my night of work, but tomorrow I think I shall dig myself a cozy little burrow and get to work.

 

[kaoden39]

I'm glad to see you both still here. And aw mannnnnnnn I'm so excited to see the trips you've both got planning. It just makes me happy.

Heck, my sister was visiting my home away from home for Christmas and her birthday - I got to live vicariously through her the lucky brat.

Boo. Hiss. I'm getting ready for my night of work, but tomorrow I think I shall dig myself a cozy little burrow and get to work.

Digging in sounds pretty good to me.

 

[Belle Ella]

And dig in, I shall I've got the comfy blanket, my all-time favorite V-Day treat (conversation hearts - the only redeeming thing about V-Day to begin with, I wait all year long for these bad boys) and still more photos than I know what to do with!

 

[Belle Ella]

Day 3 Cont.
September 10, 2009
Happy birthday to me!!​

So when we last left off (you know, back in the last decade ...) little shorty a.k.a. Dre a.k.a. Frick had stopped for a little breather while we were at DCA and it didn't take all that long before that little breather turned into a lot more and she finally made the call to head back to the hotel to rest. So the birthday girl, a.k.a. me, was officially on her own for who knew how long. But that's alright, I'm a lone wolf - I do just fine on my lonesome. And I get around a lot faster on my own to boot so I was hauling you-know-what. I'm not the leisurely stroller kind of vacationer. I know what I want and I'll barrel towards it, full-steam ahead. So the first thing my speed-walking-demon self did was take a full but brief self-tour through DCA stopping to visit a few friends along the way.

I even went through the Mission Tortilla Factory for the first time - all so I could get my free birthday tortillas which I continued to munch on. I'm nothing if not an all day grazer who loves her food. I had a lot of fun taking photographs inside.

I was pretty bummed that TSMM was down when I was passing by because I would have loved to go for another round, even by myself, but that's how things work. I can't remember what else I did, if anything. But since I had a date with the Lilly Belle around 3 p.m. I wanted to make sure I was at least in DL so that's where I went with plans to ride IJ until I was tired of (whoever came up with the Single Rider line is my hero). But of course, that was down too. These things happen. But while I was sitting there in the shade for a breather of my own it was fun to listen in on the conversations of people who had family members on the ride when it stopped. They all came out in full chat-mode about getting to walk through the ride with the lights on. Not something you get to see everyday, huh?

Rather than go on any rides I made my way back to Main Street to get some photos while I waited for 3 o'clock to roll around. I know I take a lot of photos, but I hadn't really just stopped and taken photos so much until that point. Every time we saw any characters we would get a few, and I have plenty from the rides and from waiting in the queue but I love to have photos of anything and everything. Especially when there are treats involved.

Coming up: The Lilly Belle revisited​

 

[Belle Ella]

Day 3 Cont.
September 10, 2009
Happy Birthday to me!!

For those of you who have stuck around (or even any newbies who've been brave enough to retrace my reports) since my March '09 adventure with the Frick-ster you may recall that we had a rather unpleasant (putting it nicely) experience riding the Lilly Belle. I was determined to make up for it, and I did get my chance. My second time aboard the Lilly Belle was just about a million times better than the first. It was just me and one awesome nice CM/conductor who actually took time to answer my questions and tell me what she new. And then just chat in general. It's really a great experience, and if you can have the time I recommend asking to see if they could accommodate you for one round-trip. The only bad thing that I have to say (and it will be quite obvious when you see the photos) is how absolutely hot it can get - especially in the late afternoon on a hot summer day. I was in Hades. But that's alright, I got to take my time taking photos of the interior, and a little video for my dad who was intrigued when I told him about it. And hey - who doesn't like to be the center of attention when everyone you are passing by or who is on the train keeps pointing and wondering what makes me so special? I kid, I kid. Sort of ...

And this time I also was able to get the tender tickets which they were out of back in March!

Is it hot in here, or is it just me?

And, if anyone is interested, here is the video I shot for my dad so he could see the interior. Not the best, but if you were curious for yourself, here is it!

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[disneyland89]

The Lilly Belle looks awesome! I want to ride in it now.....lol.

 

[kaoden39]

I love your trip report. Welcome back. I really enjoy the Lilly Belle pictures. And I am kind of jealous about your getting to ride in it.