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

[smile4stamps]

So Happy to have you back here! I love the Hokey Pokey!! So fun that you guys got to do that!

The Billy Hill & the Hillbillies is on my MUST do for June! I think I will have enough time

I am doing the Preferred Viewing for WoC in June as well. I hope we get a good spot!

 

[TheColtonsMom]

Wow 2 fiddling engagements in one day...maybe it is a sign and you need to start those fiddle lessons...maybe someday you can be one of the Hilllbillies for real

 

[DizNee Luver]

Woo Hoo.....back to the report!!!!! I forgot about that annoying lady who HAD to sit on a bench.....lol I just needed a long cattle prod to poke her with everytime she got up......... or maybe a taser.......

Great pics!!

 

[Belle Ella]

Woo Hoo.....back to the report!!!!! I forgot about that annoying lady who HAD to sit on a bench.....lol I just needed a long cattle prod to poke her with everytime she got up......... or maybe a taser.......

Great pics!!

Man, oh man, how nice that would have been, huh? I completely lost count of how many times she was told to sit back down. It was so frustrating. But WOC was just as amazing as always though.

It's taken me long enough to get back to business here, huh?

Wow 2 fiddling engagements in one day...maybe it is a sign and you need to start those fiddle lessons...maybe someday you can be one of the Hilllbillies for real

Maybe life was trying to tell me something, huh? I've been wasting away a natural born talent!! I don't think I'd pass for a good Hillbilly though. I doubt I could rock the overalls like they do.

So Happy to have you back here! I love the Hokey Pokey!! So fun that you guys got to do that!

The Billy Hill & the Hillbillies is on my MUST do for June! I think I will have enough time

I am doing the Preferred Viewing for WoC in June as well. I hope we get a good spot!

Thanks Paula! You definitely should take a moment to stop by the Golden Horseshoe in June. Although they also perform a little set out in front of the Pioneer Mercantile where we saw Farley. I'll have to double check with Tina on the time. She would know.

Yay! I love your pictures.

Thank you, Michele!

 

[DisneyStitch626]

I hadn't realized that you posted over the weekend, but I am here and caught up!

Doing the Hokey Pokey in Disneyland sounds like an awesome time! Glad you had so much fun.

I had the tri-tip when we did the Ariel's Grotto WOC meal, and I loved it as well. So yummy.

Looks like you had a great spot for WOC. Too bad there is always that one person that likes to ruin it for others. Loved the photos you got from it though!

 

[Belle Ella]

I'm starting to think I'll only get 1 update a month!! At least that's the pace I'm on these days. I had my finals this week though so what turned into a busier semester than I anticipated is now over and I can gt back to work. To top it all off I am officially in the double digit countdown for September's birthday/Half Marathon Weekend celebration!

 

[Belle Ella]

Friday, Day 1, had been a pretty long day for me seeing as it started with the long and boring solo drive so I ended up sleeping in a little late the next morning, although "late" for me is still about 7a. I can't remember the last time I slept much later than that. So I was ready to start Day 2 off in a chipper mood. Laurie had already gone when I woke up as she had some breakfast plans at Carnation Cafe with a few of the other Divas. I was hoping to be ready to hit the park in time for a group ride on Pirates and of course it was the day of the big Scavenger Hunt! I wont lie, I was more excited for that than anything else over the weekend. I've always wanted to take part in a Disneyland scavenger hunt. It was also the day to don our wonderful group shirts (or purple if you didn't get one) that Mel (tinkermell) made. They were absolutely fabulous! I didn't really get a good photo there that really showed my shirt off, but here are a couple that I took at home so you can see what a wonderful job she did:

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Back
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I absolutely loved the bling! It made the shirt really pop and we got so many comments throughout the day on our shirts. It was pretty awesome.

I wasn't anticipating it to be as warm a day as it was already shaping up to be when I packed. I was very thankful that I had added some cropped yoga pants as I had originally intended on doing some running while I was there. But because I'm me, I forgot my tennis shoes! Sorry, but I'm not running in my Converse. But I got use out of them anyway, and I think I would have completely overheated if I had been stuck in jeans all day long. So then it was time to hit the Park!

Our group ride on Pirates wasn't that big, only about 7 of us showed up: Sarah (MotoXPrincess99), Jen (MrsPinUp), Laurie (DizNee Luver), Trudi (VintageDisneyRules), Vicki (bsblgrl23), Marie (YourMaire83), Jodi (JodiLuvsDisney), and myself. But a group of Divas it was nonetheless! After the ride we ended up taking some group shots over by the Court of Angels while it wasn't in use for the Mardi Gras weekend celebrations. We even got an honorary Diva in the form of a CM who was walking down the stairs at some time while we were taking our photos. He was wearing purple and fit right in so he posed for a photo with us. What can I say, we're a popular group of ladies! There were so many cameras going around and I never seemed to get mine into the mix (although I did end up with a blurry solo shot) so I don't have any photographic proof myself, but here are a couple of links to the photos that Laurie posted in her TR:

Group photo - Court of Angels

Group photo with our honorary Diva

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I very much wish I could remember what happened next, but this is my problem when I don't have my camera: I forget everything! So we'll just fast forward a few hours, assume I had lots of fun, and pick right buck up with everyone meeting for lunch at Plaza Inn our first gathering spot before our group photo in front of the Castle and then the kick off for the Scavenger Hunt over by the Plaza Gardens. Here's a quick photo of me after pulling out my tiara and then a couple of links to photos from Laurie's (DizNee Luver) TR again, as I don't have any of them myself:

Group photo - Castle​

So ... the Scavenger Hunt! Where do I begin? I really have no idea other than to say it was so much fun I wish I could one every time I go. Then again, they aren't always for the faint of heart, especially on a very hot day. Our team consisted of myself, Laurie (DizNee Luver), and Michelle (Zoemakes5) and one more member who never made it because she was sick. We had dubbed ourselves the "Paparazzi Princesses" on account of the love a few of us have for stalking Disneyland with our cameras and I was in charge of making our press passes. I'll share a photo sample of mine straight out of Photoshop without the backing and such. Laurie brought us some light up wands and jewelry along with a feather boa we decided against wearing. The hunt itself was pretty tough, especially the scrambler puzzle that Laurie had taken over (and she did an outstanding job), Michelle kept an eye out for lamp posts that we had to identify from a photograph, and I was in charge of identifying the photographs of different signs throughout the park from a photo and finishing a portion of the text that was blocked out. Kind of my area since I love photographing all of the signs and only one or two I had never taken a photo of myself before, I ended up finishing a lot of them from memory. We all pitched in when it came to the trivia however. Unfortunately the day, the heat, and some other stuff caught up with Laurie (DizNee Luver) and she had to drop out during the last hour or so of the Hunt so it was up to Michelle (Zoemakes5) and myself to finish. And finish we did! I thought we did pretty darn good and we finished as much as we could before the 5p turn in time! I have one photo from the hunt, which was one of our challenges!

Our Scavenger Hunt team - the "Paparazzi Princesses"
Laurie (DizNee Luver), myself, and Michelle (Zoemakes5) with the Press Passes I made



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After turning in our hunt packages it was time to wait while the SH Committee tallied the results. There would be an announcement on the winner and the most creative team for their name/costume. And guess what? We placed second in the hunt! I think that's pretty darn respectable considering we started out down 1 member and ended up down another by the end of it. We each got a nifty little prize pack that Trudi had made filled with some goodies: a $10 Disney gift card, glow stick bracelets, a Princess pen, memo pad, and small bottle of lotion. Awesome swag! The SH Committee did an amazing job, and I get to officially say that I get to do my part in planning next year's Scavenger Hunt! Let's just say I'm super excited.

Following the hunt I ended up leaving the Park for a few hours to take care of some personal matters. I thought I was just going to head back to the hotel afterward and call it a night while many of the group went to watch Fantasmic with their premium viewing seats (which I loved when I got to do it last September). But on my drive back to Anaheim I decided I really needed to go back to the park for a little while. So I texted some of the Divas and ended up meeting up with them in Fantasyland for a ride on Pinocchio. Or should I say an almost ride on Pinocchio. The ride broke down not long after we jumped in line! Talking with everyone it turned out Fantasmic ended up getting canceled and instead got Priority Seating for the fireworks. We ended up making the rounds of a few different rides before officially calling it a night just before closing!

A very fun and successful day, despite my lack of photographic evidence.

 

[DizNee Luver]

I'm impressed you remember as much as you do......I HAVE to write stuff down & then report back quickly after the trip.....my mind is going as I age.....lol

You & Michelle did a fabulous job on the hunt......I pretty much had my head in the puzzles as we moved from place to place. I was so glad I got those both done!!! I was proud of both of you for taking 2nd place!!!

 

[Belle Ella]

I feel like I forgot so much, but I guess I did remember a bit, huh? Then again, I cheated and dipped into your TR for a couple of refreshers. I usually can't remember squat without photos. But once I remember something a few of the bits and pieces start falling back into place. I usually just remember the basics. The colored shirts for some reason are helping me remember what I did which day, funny as that sounds!

I attribute the win to us getting a lot accomplished before you had to go relax We made a pretty darn good team.

 

[smile4stamps]

Wo-Hoo for the update!!

I am the same way! Without pictures I had no clue what happened on my trips!

 

[Belle Ella]

It's kind of funny, isn't it? I know I leave with so many fun memories, but I can never sit down and remember all of them at once. Of course, in a couple of hours I'll kick myself when I remember something awesome that happened that I forgot to inlcude in my post, lol.

 

[JH87]

The scavenger hunt sounds pretty fun! I am also the same way with remembering things much better when I have pictures of it. I can have one photo of some random day and just looking at the picture can make me remember a whole series of events in that day.
Looking forward to the next update!

 

[DisneyStitch626]

Great update Jessica! The scavenger hunt looks like it was a lot of fun, and I love the shirt!

 

[tdashgirl]

Caught up! OK, you weren't kidding about the shirt LOVE the bling.

 

[Belle Ella]

Caught up! OK, you weren't kidding about the shirt LOVE the bling.

I just cannot give enough props to Mel who made the shirts. They were (and still are) totally awesome! Glad you're all caught up. Crazy as this sounds, guess who's working on a new update less than one month after her last?!

Great update Jessica! The scavenger hunt looks like it was a lot of fun, and I love the shirt!

I loved the Scavvy Hunt. So, so, so much fun!

The scavenger hunt sounds pretty fun! I am also the same way with remembering things much better when I have pictures of it. I can have one photo of some random day and just looking at the picture can make me remember a whole series of events in that day.
Looking forward to the next update!

And that is probably the biggest reason of all why I take my camera and feel so lost without it. Well, that and just my love for taking photos at Disneyland. After a few instances of leaving the camera behind I just felt so bare without it. And then so are my memories half of the time.

 

[Belle Ella]

Sunday, Sunday, Sunday! Between Friday and Saturday I had already bypassed my awesome Disney fun quota but it was only Day 3 so I still had at least another 24 hours before I had to go home on Monday (the question was simply when on Monday I would leave). It turned out to be a somewhat lazy morning for me. I was going off on my own for a bit as many of the Divas headed off to Comapany D, the CM store, with our resident Diva CM Jill (4fosterskid). I'm kicking myself for not tagging along, but I really shouldn't have spent the money. But man that would have been fun! Instead I took my sweet time getting over to the Park at some point in the morning and decided that I wanted a Mickey pancake for breakfast so I headed straight for the River Belle Terrace.

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I'm normally not a breakfast kind of girl, but that pancake really hit the spot! Afterward I decided it was the perfect kind of morning to do some photo scavenging, and after Saturday's actual Scavenger Hunt and the lamp post challenges I was inspired to start taking my own photos of different light fixtures and lamp posts and what not. I was already at the cross section between Frontierland, New Orleans Square and Adventureland so that was where I got started. Can you recognize any of these?

And a couple of non-lightting related photos ...



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So I honestly didn't get very far and really only stuck to one spot to get those photos, but considering how many different light posts and what not found in each land, and each shop, I don't think I expected to make it very far before I got the urge to get at least one ride in for the morning. So my first ride of the day was ....

Pirates of the Caribbean!!

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And I had my camera in hand! As it turns out that seemed to prompt a little attention before the boats launched as the CM looked directly at me while saying "No flash pictures," and someone else in the boat made a comment on it as well. Luckily for them, I don't take flash photos and I told them as such. I was rewarded with an odd look but shrugged and got my camera ready for my non disturbing on ride photography. Of course it was just my luck that someone else on our boat ended up using flash. Oh, joy.

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I'm so picky, I only saved those photos from the ride despite taking many more. But now I was in ride mode so I decided to head over to BTMRR next for some more thrills.

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Now, here's my rule of thumb: when in Frontierland, do as ... Frontierlanders would do and go check out the Hillbillies!! I happened to walk by while they were out in front of Pioneer Mercantile and I just had to stop and watch for a little bit.

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But that wasn't nearly enough Hillbilly for my taste so I decided, why not head over to the Golden Horseshoe and wait for an encore? I did start off with a couple more lighting photos.

Can you count the jewels in the horseshoe above the stage? That was one of the trivia questions from the Scavenger Hunt.



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[Belle Ella]

Aw, I see I'm getting views but no comments, lol. How did my TR get so lonely lately? I tease, I tease.

 

[Happy 2 B Me]

I am totally enjoying reading your TR. I usually do not write to much. I seem to, for what ever reason, have lots of time today for responding to posts.

Just to note I love all the pictures of you vella collection. Some are just to cute for words. But glad it is you and not me-- I know I would spend way to much. My motto is "Have Credit Card will charge" .

ok bye bye for now

 

[Belle Ella]

I am totally enjoying reading your TR. I usually do not write to much. I seem to, for what ever reason, have lots of time today for responding to posts.

Just to note I love all the pictures of you vella collection. Some are just to cute for words. But glad it is you and not me-- I know I would spend way to much. My motto is "Have Credit Card will charge" .

ok bye bye for now

Oh man, do I know that one! I have to leave mine hidden so I don't use them. I actually hid them so well I had no idea where I put them until I was doing some massive cleaning on Friday and I found them, haha. I'm trying to be good and not buying anything unless I have the cash for it. The problem there is that I don't end up saving as much as I would like.

I'm a work in progress.

for dropping in and saying hi!

 

[mvf-m11c]

I thought I stopped by on your TR. I like all the light textures and lamp posts that you have taken during the Diva Trip.