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[Belle Ella]

Well, it's progressing well enough. At least I'm doing the assignment correctly. But I only got 9 squares done during our 2 1/2 hour class That is, 9 squares out of about 256.

 

[Belle Ella]

Odly enough, I apparantly have 4 days of photos from July '06 -- ranging from the 14the to the 17th. And yet, my park hopper was only for 3 days. Go figure, right?

 

[DisneyStitch626]

Haha, that's odd.

Sounds like that art project is going to take you a while.

Just watched Big Bang Theory and they talked about Disneyland!!! They mentioned the World Of Color too. ABC must be trying to advertise for it, lol.

 

[Belle Ella]

I wouldn't doubt that. But hey, Disney references will always make me happy. One of the girls in my art class was wearing an Ariel shirt today and it made my day. Really.

But yeah, my project is going to take a while. And I work slower than everyone else. But it will get done. Now that I've actually started it I'll be OK. My art BFF decided that I need to have at least 20 more squares done by Wednesday, so I'm going to prove her right and do more than that, lol.

 

[Belle Ella]

The tale begins ...
Part 1​

When time-traveling B.E. Air style there's one very big question: How to start??!! If only I knew, if only I knew ... Well, I can tell you we'll skip the boring drive talk and simplify it as this: It was long. It was boring. We made it there alive. I had trouble finding the parking lot for the Disneyland Hotel, but eventually we got everything situated and made our way into the lobby to meet up with Frick and MOF. It was literally the first time I had ever stepped foot into a Disney hotel and it was definitely a great feeling when we walked in! After getting our things situated in the room (which I only wish I had taken photos of to remember, but such is my luck that I only walked away with a photo of a couple of art pieces on the walls and the front of a cabinet) we made our way with Frick and MOF to go pick up our tickets at a AAA office that used to be in DTD but I'm pretty sure isn't anymore. And 4 years later, I still have that PH!

I can't tell you if we actually hit the Park the first day that we were there or not (and I do mean Park and not Parks since I know without a shadow of a doubt that I didn't set foot in DCA) but I do know the first place I went once there: New Orleans Square! This was back in the day before the Dream Suite and when it was the Disney Gallery. July 2006 brought along a new look to the front room of the Gallery, filled to the brim with items from the set of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest. It was really neat to take a peek at!

cannibal-island throne

letters of marque

tia dalma's locket

davy jones's chest

davy jones's pipe

jack sparrow's rings

ragetti's costume

pintel's costume

i spy a jar of dirt!!​

The Pirates additions to the Disney gallery weren't the only ones that summer at Disneyland. Whether you loved the change or not, Captain Jack Sparrow was added to the POTC ride and we all had, had, had, had to check it out and see if we could spot Cpt. Jack. Now, I have to mention before I share these photos that this was back in my non-common sense days (although sometimes I'm still not so certain I've mastered that art) when I used flash in dark rides. I figured that everyone else was so why not me? I cringe looking at these photos now, and looking back on taking them, but here you have it!

 

[kaoden39]

Haha, that's odd.

Sounds like that art project is going to take you a while.

Just watched Big Bang Theory and they talked about Disneyland!!! They mentioned the World Of Color too. ABC must be trying to advertise for it, lol.

I know I caught that. But, the thing is Disney owns ABC and Big Bang Theory is on CBS. They must have paid really good for it.

 

[DisneyStitch626]

Great start! I didn't know Jack Sparrow was on the ride more than once. I think I saw him 3 times! I need to learn how to take pictures on the dark rides with no flash! I love all the costumes and stuff!

And you are right about Big Bang Theory. I think I assumed it was on ABC cause of the World of Color reference, but it is on CBS. Weird. Disney must have paid a pretty penny for that! Great episode, although I would have loved to actually see Sheldon IN the park! Lol.

 

[kaoden39]

Great start! I didn't know Jack Sparrow was on the ride more than once. I think I saw him 3 times! I need to learn how to take pictures on the dark rides with no flash! I love all the costumes and stuff!

And you are right about Big Bang Theory. I think I assumed it was on ABC cause of the World of Color reference, but it is on CBS. Weird. Disney must have paid a pretty penny for that! Great episode, although I would have loved to actually see Sheldon IN the park! Lol.

Me too. I think that show is hilarious. And to see Sheldon in Disneyland itself would be brilliant.

 

[DisneyStitch626]

I love that show! We just heard about it a few weeks ago, and we've already watched the first 2 seasons and caught up on the third. It's great. It's the first sitcom I have really liked since Friends ended. I've been wanting to get into How I Met Your Mother next.

 

[Belle Ella]

I know I caught that. But, the thing is Disney owns ABC and Big Bang Theory is on CBS. They must have paid really good for it.

Who knew. Well, you did. I've never seen the show to be perfectly honest.

 

[DisneyStitch626]

Oh, you need to watch! Lol. It's a great show if you are just looking for a laugh. Sheldon is a really unique character, and his scenes are so funny. Bazinga!

 

[Belle Ella]

I'll think about it. I finally cut down on the number of shows that I watch t an easily manageable number. I don't know if I want to add more into the mix.

 

[DisneyStitch626]

Jsut look up some clips on youtube to see if you're interested. If you'd like to see my favourite in particular, search for "Sheldon-Ball Pit" and watch the first video. I would send you the direct link, but I can't get to youtube at work.

 

[Belle Ella]

I'll take a look as soon as I'm done writing the next bit

 

[DisneyStitch626]

Yay! Another piece!!

 

[Belle Ella]

Yup, yup! I figure I'll get one in every day and it will go pretty fast.

 

[Belle Ella]

I spy with my little eye ... a Pirate!!
part 2​

You don't think that was all that I had from New Orleans Square, do you? Now, I know that I mentioned my silly non-common sense days and using flash on dark rides, so to off set the previous photos that I shared, here is what that particular camera made of Pirates without any flash:

It makes you a little dizzy, doesn't it? My camera was, by no means, meant to be taking photos in the dark without flash. But it would be very useful outdoors during the rest of my trip, so it worked itself out in the end. Now it wouldn't be right for us to only go on Pirates once, and I'm pretty sure I lost count by the time it was time to drive home. So here are the rest of the photos I took when I wasn't busy singing along. Yo ho, yo ho, a Pirate's life for me.

i be davy jones

I can't say for certain because up until 2006 I don't have too many memories of my previous Disney vacations, as sad as that may be. So I'm pretty sure that thanks to MOF I got to experience my first meal at Blue Bayou. My parents say they've never eaten there before, so I don't know when else I could have. What a yummy lunch it was. No waterside table for us this time though.

i spy MOF

Frick and Miss Lumberjack​

I would be lying if I said that was the end of our Pirate adventures. How could it be? It was the summer of pirates after all. I'm pretty sure everyone in our party had been interested in spotting Jack Sparrow himself and I remember one morning when we had actually stopped to ask what time he wold be out and about so we could plan accordingly. So we found ourselves eating a late breakfast at the Riverbelle Terrace, waiting and waiting untilwe didn't have to wait any longer!

happy pancakes

it's lil ol' Frack

and of course Frick

and MOF​

Surprisingly, Miss Lumberjack wound up on camera duty with Frick's camera. So the girl who is more into the Pirates stuff than the rest of us (in my opinion -- you should see the pirate costume she put together for relay for life one year) didn't get her photo with one. But she did buy herself the goofy pirate ears. Which according to her I borrowed and subsequently lost after we got home. I'm still not so sure I believe this story! And I might also point out that the previous photo of myself is the one and only I have. Hence my new Disney motto: pics or it didn't happen!

 

[DisneyStitch626]

Oh, all those pictures are x's!! Looks like I will have to wait until I get home to see them.

 

[Belle Ella]

Oh, all those pictures are x's!! Looks like I will have to wait until I get home to see them.

Aw, lame-o!!

 

[DisneyStitch626]

I have no idea why they don't load. Most of the pictures in your past TR's load. Flickr isn't blocked. Photobucket half works. So no idea what the issue is.