BE's Never Ending TR -- That kind of ... Ended? Or did it?

[Belle Ella]

*cough* None of the above as I am supposed to be a reformed soda-addict.

 

[kaoden39]

*cough* None of the above as I am supposed to be a reformed soda-addict.

Hahahaha

 

[Belle Ella]

This is no laughing matter!!

 

[kaoden39]

This is no laughing matter!!

I'm sorry.

 

[DisneyStitch626]

Even if I have to quit drinking soda completely one day, I will still say that Coke is better than Pepsi, lol. I even like Sprite better than 7up. But I will stop talking "soda" so it's not so hard on Jessica, lol.

 

[Belle Ella]

I've always been anti-Pepsi. I never could stand the taste. Coke has been my soda of choice. Maybe it was the red containers.

 

[DisneyStitch626]

I've always been anti-Pepsi. I never could stand the taste. Coke has been my soda of choice. Maybe it was the red containers.

My dad was a big coke drinker, so it's just always what we had in our house. I remember bringing a Pepsi home onetime when I was a kid cause the store was out of coke, and the look on my Dad's face made me think we was going to kick me out!

But yeah, Pepsi is nasty to me. I love coke, and I love all their products. I had a great time in the coke store in Vegas when we were there, lol. And I even have some ornaments for my Christmas tree.

 

[DisneyStitch626]

Also it's funny when we go to a restaurant and I order a coke and they ask me if Pepsi is ok. I say "nope, can I get an iced tea?" I can't even drink it as a back up, lol.

 

[coaches24]

Also it's funny when we go to a restaurant and I order a coke and they ask me if Pepsi is ok. I say "nope, can I get an iced tea?" I can't even drink it as a back up, lol.

Yea im the same way except if they don't have coke at a restaurant I get water or lemonade. Not an ice tea drinker either. I'm so glad that DL has coke.

 

[Belle Ella]

Can I just say how much of an improvement having an actual chair to sit in makes on the enjoyment of the parade? I remember back when we caught the Christmas Fantasy parade earlier in the month and while I really loved it the cold cement we were sitting on kind of detracted from the whole thing. But this time? This time we had chairs!! The tour itself was worth the price just for that little fact right there. Before the parade actually started our guide, Chandra, got us even more excited about the parade by having us pick one of the Seven Dwarfs to cheer for (my pick of Bashful ended up being the winner -- I think we made him blush) and because of our distaste of those wicked and ugly stepsisters she talked us into booing Lady Tremaine, Drizella and Anastasia during their short appearance. Let's just say they got a little huffy over that one! Our seating was right across from IASWH at the end of the parade route was kind of nice as well although waiting for the parade to reach us could be quite a bummer at times. We kept thinking it was around the corner, thinking it was around the corner, thinking it was around the corner ...

Eventually is was around the corner.

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As we were getting back into the swing of things following the parade we started to see everyone with their New Years party hats and noise makers. We could not be left out of those!! These were being passed out back in Frontierland in an offstage area behind Reindeer Round Up so we cut our way through Big Thunder Trail connecting Frontierland to Fantasyland to go pick ours up. Any worries about them running out were quickly hushed up as they had piles upon piles upon piles of them. People were grabbing maybe even 10 hats at a time and you could see people wearing them piled on top of each other. There were CM's lined up along the path to remind you not to use the noise makers until you left Reindeer Round Up so as not to frighten the poor reindeer! Totally makes sense, although not everyone listened. I wish they would find a new place to pass these out, but that's where they had the space to do it I suppose.

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With our New Years hats and noise makers in hand (I wont lie, I was using mine like crazy already) we remembered we had another FP to use for BTMRR and so that's where we were off to. I also came to a sad conclusion: if I wanted to wear my NY hat then I would have to take off my nice warm wool cap. The two just did not mix well together and any time I moved the plastic one would just plop off. Sigh. Oh well, Jason just added it to the stack on his head and we just kept going.

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After BTMRR we talked about hoping back into the SRL for Indy but on our walk over there we saw that the wait for POTC was the absolute shortest we had seen all day long -- somehow it was only 5 minutes! You can't pass up a line like that on NYE.

... to be continued ...​

 

[Belle Ella]

Yea im the same way except if they don't have coke at a restaurant I get water or lemonade. Not an ice tea drinker either. I'm so glad that DL has coke.

Also it's funny when we go to a restaurant and I order a coke and they ask me if Pepsi is ok. I say "nope, can I get an iced tea?" I can't even drink it as a back up, lol.

Me too! Although I would usually ask for lemonade. Pepsi is just not my thing. Yuck.

 

[mvf-m11c]

I am very impressed with your "A Christmas Fantasy" parade photos right by IASWH. These are very nice pictures from the Holiday tour seating area. Those photos from your D40 are very good Jazz. Can't wait to read more of your TR.

 

[Belle Ella]

Thank you, Bret!! She's been good to me so far. I might have a hard time letting her go whenever I decide to upgrade, lol.

 

[mvf-m11c]

Thank you, Bret!! She's been good to me so far. I might have a hard time letting her go whenever I decide to upgrade, lol.

The Nikon D40 is a very nice DSLR camera for a beginner. For better quality and usage it would be nice to upgrade to one of the new model DSLR cameras. Most of the new DSLR cameras that just came out recently have more megapixels, better quality, and HD video recording. The DSLR cameras that you and I have (I have D60 DSLR) are good models. I really want to upgrade my D60 to one of the new Nikon models, but they are not cheap. I looked at your pics from your flickr account and they are very nice.

 

[DisneyStitch626]

Me too! Although I would usually ask for lemonade. Pepsi is just not my thing. Yuck.

I remember a lot of places in the states the iced tea wasn't sweetened, and I didn't like that much. We have sweetened here, and we don't always have lemonade everywhere, so iced tea or 7up is my second choice.

Love the parade pictures. It looks like a really nice parade. Especially getting to see it from sitting in a chair!

The hats are funny, but I totally would have been wearing one or two myself!

 

[Belle Ella]

The Nikon D40 is a very nice DSLR camera for a beginner. For better quality and usage it would be nice to upgrade to one of the new model DSLR cameras. Most of the new DSLR cameras that just came out recently have more megapixels, better quality, and HD video recording. The DSLR cameras that you and I have (I have D60 DSLR) are good models. I really want to upgrade my D60 to one of the new Nikon models, but they are not cheap. I looked at your pics from your flickr account and they are very nice.

Someday, someday, someday!! I want to take another photography class and then learn a little more about editing before I spend the money on a new camera. It's certainly going to be a short while, that's for sure. At least until that day comes I have something I can rely on.

I remember a lot of places in the states the iced tea wasn't sweetened, and I didn't like that much. We have sweetened here, and we don't always have lemonade everywhere, so iced tea or 7up is my second choice.

Love the parade pictures. It looks like a really nice parade. Especially getting to see it from sitting in a chair!

The hats are funny, but I totally would have been wearing one or two myself!

Most iced tea I've ever had when out has been unsweetened and you usually sweeten it yourself. No idea why, lol. But I'm not a big fan of iced tea so I don't usually drink it. Probably because I'm far too lazy to sweeten it myself.

 

[Sherry E]

Most iced tea I've ever had when out has been unsweetened and you usually sweeten it yourself. No idea why, lol. But I'm not a big fan of iced tea so I don't usually drink it. Probably because I'm far too lazy to sweeten it myself.

Glad to know I'm not the only one who feels this way about iced tea! I swear, over the last few decades, any time I've been out to eat with friends - whether it's at DLR or wherever - everyone else orders iced tea. I am the lone hold out with the Coke or lemonade (I'm not a Pepsi fan, either!). For some reason, I just can't get into that whole iced tea thing. I mean, if it's 110 degrees outside and there's nothing else to drink, I will drink it. But it's never my drink of choice at a restaurant. It's got to be Coke, juice or lemonade as far as cold drinks in restaurants, or coffee/cocoa in the hot category.

 

[DisneyStitch626]

The reason I like iced tea I think is because I don't have to sweeten it. I ordered one at Chili's in the states and didn't know it wasn't sweetened and I tried to put some sugar in it to help it, but it just wasn't working out. It doesn't taste anything like that here.

Coke makes a really good iced tea called Cool Nestea, and that's what I drink if I'm not in a coke mood, which is rare, lol.

 

[Belle Ella]

As we took our leave from POTC it was getting closer to the time that the sky would light up with the "Believe ... in Holiday Magic" fireworks somthing I still had yet to see with a view of the Castle. Unfortunately tonight wouldn't be that night either as people had been camping out on Main Street and around the Hub all day. I mean, this was New Years Eve and all. But we ended up on Main Street just as the fireworks started anyway, mind you we were walking around the hub to get back to Fantasyland and the Small World Promenade. So I technically did get to see the fireworks from the Castle and even got a couple of photos that weren't blurry messes, which is extremely hard to do while you are walking!

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Our next stop was to use our readmission passes for IASWH that we received because we didn't have the time to include it in the tour. By this point many people are already staking out there spots for the night and with the first fireworks of the night coming to a close it meant that the line for the ride was short-short-short and we didn't really even need to use the passes and so we didn't. But while we waited in line we came to a final decision on where we wanted to be for the countdown!! In the middle of the promenade was one of the party areas that had been set up for the night complete with Top 40 music, some character appearances by Goofy, Pluto, Chip and Dale, and it was even hosted by CM Russ who you should see as one of the Genies from the Aladdin musical over at DCA (there were also setups in front of the Castle, Tomorrowland, and the Rivers of America). As soon as we got off IASWH we wouldn't be leaving the area until it was officially 2011!

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And here are a few photos from inside IASWH:

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What can I say about the rest of the night? I've been thinking about this long and hard but there aren't too many words that can describe it. It was just fun -- heck, it was just one big party fit with group dances, dance offs, and tons of loud music. This was how we spent the final 3 hours of 2010 and before long it was time to start the countdown to midnight!!

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The midnight fireworks were just amazing and a whole lot more than I was actually expecting. Absolutely an incredible day and night. I don't even know what more to say about it except this: Bring on NYE 2010/2011!! I would totally do this again in a heartbeat. But I would have to say, the best part of the night was the announcement: "Congratulations on being the first guests to the Disneyland Resort of 2011!!"

 

[DisneyStitch626]

It sounds like such a magical night! DL never disappoints, does it? My brother was whining the night we waited for the fireworks, cause he didn't want to stand there any longer, but by the time they were done he was in complete awe. I was glad I made him stay! It would be so cool to see them on NYE though.

I didn't realize how much detail they put into the holiday version of IASW, but it looks pretty cool. Do they change the music too?