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

[TheColtonsMom]

Me three...enjoying it so far..really interested as I am thinking I may be able to go next year maybe....

 

[Belle Ella]

Me three...enjoying it so far..really interested as I am thinking I may be able to go next year maybe....

I know you posted as much in the big thread, but it would be really great if you could next year, Sherri!

I'm here too!

Yay, Bridget! Thanks for dropping by.

Hi Jazz!
I'm aboard!!

(I was one of the ToT peer pressure ladies....)

Yes, yes you were! And I promise I don't hold it against any of you

I got through some more photo-editing this morning which means I can get a couple of updates in over the next couple of days. Maybe even today if I'm lucky, but we're shampooing the carpets ... I'm totally looking forward to it

 

[Belle Ella]

A lot of people will probably never understand my need to photograph things such as light fixtures at Disneyland. Heck, my family doesn't quite understand it yet. But the point is that I enjoy it! I was lollygagging though and still perusing the merchandise all the while, reminding myself over and over to look but not to touch. Spending money = no bueno. Part of the draw of Davy Crockett's Pioneer Mercantile was the leather goods booth next to the entrance. There was a bit of interest expressed from many a Diva in getting something. The only final product that I got to see for myself later in the day was the bracelet Michelle/Zoemakes5 got for her daughter. It had touches of Jack Skellington on it!

By the time I started to get a little restless wandering around the shop it seemed like everyone was done. I was going to hop over to the courtyard of the Tiki Room to take some photos of all of the different Tikis on display, which is something that I keep telling myself every year that I'll get photos of them all and yet I never do. Laurie/Diznee Luver had gone off on her own for a short while to take a breather' while the rest of us were perusing the shot and afterward we met back up with her outside of the shop and walked across the way to Adventureland. It looked like we were right on time for the next show and got to walk straight in and find seats to wait for some entertainment by the singing-birds, drum-playing-tikis, and the rest of the enchanted crew. I grabbed a front row seat (er ... bench) so I could try and get some good photos. It's always been a crapshoot as to whether or not I get photos that turn out to my standards but I did walk away with a couple that I liked.

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Of course on our way out after the show had ended I just had to sing along with my favorite little after-show song. "Heigh ho, heigh ho, it's out the door you go"!

At this point I also said a quick goodbye (for now) to our small group, although I cannot recall exactly why. It could have been because they were on their way to DCA or had some lunch ressies to make. But it gave me an opportunity to go get some solo time in and ride Space Mountain with the FastPass that I had grabbed earlier. I suppose I just needed a little me time for a bit. I would for sure be seeing Michelle/Zoemakes5 and Laurie/DizNee Luver later seeing as I was rooming with them! I also made a mental note to try and be back in Frontierland around 1 o'clock to meet more Divas before watching Billy Hill and the Hillbillies. But for the time being, off to Space Mountain!

Ugh. The worse time I have ever had on this ride, which is saying something considering the massive headache I had going on during the last day of my previous Disneyland trip. I was riding by my lonesome in the last row and two geniuses in front of me decided that throughout most of the ride they would try again, and again, and again, and again to take a photo of themselves -- with flash. I am pretty vocal about the fact that taking flash photos on dark rides is a big pet peeve of mine, but this was a different level entirely. I would have been fine if they had taken their photo quickly in the loading area. I would have been fine if it was one photo. But they kept taking photo after photo after photo all through the launch scene and into the first part of the ride. Really? Really! That flash was going off right in my face and it hurt. I hope they caught all of my mean faces in each and every single one of their photos. I may or may not have flipped a certain bird after I asked them to stop and they did it again.

Sigh. That ride was not over fast enough. And when it was, I high tailed it out of there before I made a scene. It would not ruin the rest of my day! And just my luck, as I came out the exit to the area where you can buy your ride photos I got a pleasant surprise: Buzz Lightyear! I had never actually seen him in Tomorrowland with my own eyes before. In fact the only time I had previously seen him at Disneyland was at First Aid the time I needed to get something for my headache as he came out of the Make a Wish room. What was even better was the fact that there was no line, so I was able to get me a photo.

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So in the end it was all good. I could only hope that camera-karma caught up with the two bozos I had to share the ride with.

Seeing Buzz reminded me of something else character related: this weekend was the final weekend of the Family Fun celebrations, and they were celebrating Mardi Gras over in New Orleans Square with Tiana and friends. At the very least I wanted a photo with Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse in their Mardi Gras finery which meant that my next stop was the Court of Angels. I was very excited to see Mickey and Minnie were there for their photo op when I arrived, and the line seemed do-able to me, so I hoped on over to save my spot and busied myself with making sure my camera was on the right settings so I didn't make the same mistake as a previous trip where I left a certain setting (ISO) too high after taking photographs in the dark and ended up with the rest of my photos for the duration of my trip being too grainy for me to enjoy.

So here are a few photos fro my short wait in line:

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When it was my turn I couldn't help myself and took a moment to get a photo of Mickey and Minnie together before I jumped in the photo as well. I just like having photos of characters with nobody else in them, just like I like having my photos of Disneyland with as few people in them as I can swing.

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After getting my photo with everyone's favorite mouse and his leading lady I realized that I needed to head back to Main Street where I had a locker full of things I didn't want to leave in my car waiting for me and that I needed something from it so that was my next destination (with a pit stop by the Indiana Jones Adventure thanks to the single rider line). During my time on Main Street I started to notice groups of ladies wearing pink shirts, which if I didn't mention it before was the t-shirt color of the day for us DIS Divas. On top of the pink shirts it wasn't hard to notice everyone with their name tags that Carol/karylrocks had brought for everyone with a lovely little luau-themed design. Of course I was a little too shy at that point to walk on up to everyone and say "hi" or anything like that. So I kind of hung around behind them while they made their way towards Frontierland. So if I made it to the Billy Hill group watch I would probably have to say "hi" or something like it, lol.

As I was debating with myself over whether or not I should go introduce myself I stole over to Adventureland again to take a couple of photographs real quick while keeping within sight of a few of the Divas.

... to be continued ...​

 

[DisneyStitch626]

I love the pictures of Mickey and Minnie in their costumes. And it's nice to get a photo or two with no one in them.

Hopefully those guys got their camera taken away. Or maybe they dropped it on another ride and it smashed to pieces! Would serve them right. I hate when people can be so inconsiderate like that. We had the same problem with people on POTC and IASW. Totally ruins the experience.

 

[Belle Ella]

Is it wrong that I'm super nitpicky , even about the photo with just Mickey and Minnie alone? I hate the way I framed them. The edge is way too close to Minnie's dress with so much open space next to Mickey. Sigh. Why can't it be perfect.

If I hadn't been in sucha hurry on my way off of Space I would have said something to the CM there. It was absolute bull and I was seeing stars (not the ones that were part of the ride) the entire time. Does nobody think about others anymore?

 

[DisneyStitch626]

My photography teacher always said a photo is better when the subject isn't perfectly centered. It makes it more interesting. But I am that way too. It's a little bit of OCD I think, lol.

 

[kaoden39]

Love it all so far.

 

[Belle Ella]

My photography teacher always said a photo is better when the subject isn't perfectly centered. It makes it more interesting. But I am that way too. It's a little bit of OCD I think, lol.

It depends on the photo. Normally I would agree with your photography teacher and I usually try to frame my shots veering more one direction than another. But for one like that I would prefer it dead centered. I guess I should just be thankful I didn't cut off Minnie's dress. But I was really trying to take that photo as fast as I possibly could!

Love it all so far.

Glad you're enjoying it, Michele!

 

[kaoden39]

It depends on the photo. Normally I would agree with your photography teacher and I usually try to frame my shots veering more one direction than another. But for one like that I would prefer it dead centered. I guess I should just be thankful I didn't cut off Minnie's dress. But I was really trying to take that photo as fast as I possibly could!



Glad you're enjoying it, Michele!

You know me, I am always thrilled by your trip reports.

 

[daisy_77]

I am enjoying your report.

I would have been upset too if some morons were taking flash photos in my face on a dark ride at DL. Ugh. hehe you gave the camera the bird

Looking forward to more!

 

[tdashgirl]

about those SM guys.

Enjoying the rest

 

[Belle Ella]

You know me, I am always thrilled by your trip reports.

I am enjoying your report.

I would have been upset too if some morons were taking flash photos in my face on a dark ride at DL. Ugh. hehe you gave the camera the bird

Looking forward to more!

Darn tootin' I did! Along with a couple of ugly faces. I hope I ruined every single one of their stupid photos.

about those SM guys.

Enjoying the rest

Thanks for reading, everyone! Tomorrow's update should be a fun one.

Billy!

 

[Belle Ella]

Thanks to Laurie I can stop driving myself crazy trying to remember who I saw throughout the day. I may have to rely on her a few more times, lol. But tomorrow I can go back and edit in the ladies who I completely spaced on their names: Tracey/QueenDoOver and her friend, Carrie!

 

[kaoden39]

Thanks to Laurie I can stop driving myself crazy trying to remember who I saw throughout the day. I may have to rely on her a few more times, lol. But tomorrow I can go back and edit in the ladies who I completely spaced on their names: Tracey/QueenDoOver and her friend, Carrie!

Very cool!!

 

[FHS_chick_2005]

hey Jazz! cant wait to read more! I love the Mickey and Minnie picture.. i didnt even notice how it wasnt dead center till you said something!

 

[kaoden39]

hey Jazz! cant wait to read more! I love the Mickey and Minnie picture.. i didnt even notice how it wasnt dead center till you said something!

Too funny neither did I.

 

[FHS_chick_2005]

Too funny neither did I.

I went back and looked!

 

[kaoden39]

I went back and looked!

I didn't. I figured I liked it and that was all I needed to know.

 

[Belle Ella]

Haha, sometimes I am my own worst enemy. See you all on the other side of tomorrow!

 

[TheColtonsMom]

Is it wrong that I'm super nitpicky , even about the photo with just Mickey and Minnie alone? I hate the way I framed them. The edge is way too close to Minnie's dress with so much open space next to Mickey. Sigh. Why can't it be perfect.

On the bright side of it their faces are bang on dead center. Isn't it funny how we are all so overly critical of our own work?

I bet Jazz has 100s of photos that she deemed unworthy that others would love to have been able to shoot. I bet there are others around here that do too.