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

[tdashgirl]

Even though I have no clue really about the Starkid story the shirt and glasses are super cute! TG you got 'em from the crazy neighbors!

I love your plan! Too bad I can never convince DH to leave at 2am I can usually get him on the road around 6-7 so we're in Anaheim in time for lunch.

 

[WDWJonasGirl]

Loved the update!! I have never heard of Starkid. What is it?

 

[Belle Ella]

Tania - Haha, my whole TR and PTR has a Starship & Starkid theme. Blame Harry Potter and the Deahtly Hallows. I've been a big fan of these guys for what feels like ages but with HP coming out it got pulled back to the forefront and perfect timing too considering the actual theme for the 5K. I did post the "basics" of the Starkid Story in my first TR Tuesday update and maybe I'm just trying to browbeat everyone into watching their musicals or something. As for leaving times, it would have to be my only option if I ever left at 6 or 7. 2 has been absolutely perfect and any time I've left later than that has been miserable. I guess another big plus is that it's still pretty cool when you drive through the Grapevine. I am not a big fan of that drive when the sun is really up, lol.

 

[blabbermouth]

Nice! Getting new stuff before your trip is always part of the fun. Love the color of the sunnies.

Wow, good for you getting up at 2 to drive! I don't know if I'd be able to do it and still function on my first day there.

Almost under a month for you!

 

[Belle Ella]

Sometimes I don't know if you could call it functioning! I remember the first time I did it for my first trip that I wrote a TR for. It got to a point we were beat. Exhausted. Frustrated. Yada yada yada. Somehow I make it through. But I definitely do not close out the Park on my arrival day!

 

[DizNee Luver]

Good update Jessica!! Good girl on your running......you're doing great & I know by race time you'll do us all proud!! Are you meeting up with the committee that weekend?? Are you doing lunch at BB by yourself?? Sorry, really shouldn't read things with lots of words when tired....I may have missed those answers.......

Are any other Diva's doing the race? If so, do you get to run in the same grouping??

 

[JH87]

Yay an update!!!
Your first day in DLR sounds fun and laid back. I love traveling really early in the morning, it reminds me of when I was a little kid and we'd take family trips. My dad is a real early bird! I would still travel super early in the morning now but the friends I usually travel with have a different idea. Oh well!

That shirt and glasses are super cute! I must admit, you have got me very curious on this whole Starship thing. I do remember you explaining it a while back, but I feel like I need to watch it now after you talking about it so much!

 

[DisneyStitch626]

Yay an update!!!
Your first day in DLR sounds fun and laid back. I love traveling really early in the morning, it reminds me of when I was a little kid and we'd take family trips. My dad is a real early bird! I would still travel super early in the morning now but the friends I usually travel with have a different idea. Oh well!

That shirt and glasses are super cute! I must admit, you have got me very curious on this whole Starship thing. I do remember you explaining it a while back, but I feel like I need to watch it now after you talking about it so much!

If you like musicals, you really should. It's cute. I have never been huge into musicals and plays, so I couldn't get myself too into it like Jessica, but the few scenes that I saw were good.

 

[Belle Ella]

Well, first of all I need to make an edit to yesterdays TR Tuesday update (already, haha ). I thought I had everything all nicely planned out and then this morning Disney has to go and throw a wrench into that by posting the actual entertainment hours for half of September. So obviously the wrench must have been a pretty, decorated one right?

Fireworks (Magical): 9:30pm
Mickey's Soundsational Parade: 4:00pm, 6:30pm
Fantasmic: 9:00pm, 10:30pm​

There isn't anything posted for California Adventure yet (aside from Disney Junior - Live on Stage) but I think I'll be honest and say that I'm going to skip WOC and Aladdin on this trip. WOC at least has taken the spotlight over Fantasmic for me the past few trips and I really, really, really, really miss Fantasmic so I think that will be my top priority. I also have yet to see Magical from a view with the Castle and I would like to remedy that, finally. So here's where the change in yesterdays plan comes into effect:

The plan was to do some rides early in the morning and collect Fast Passes before my lunch reservation at Blue Bayou. Afterward I was going to head over to the Disneyland Hotel for the Health and Fitness Expo for no pre-determined amount of time before hopping back to Disneyland for some last minute fun and an early night back at the hotel. Well, the new plan is almost exactly the same except that I want to be back in Disneyland in time to catch either of the two parades either from somewhere along Main Street or near the Hub. This will be step one of getting all three nightly entertainment options in over the course of the weekend so I'll have to decide how to split up Fantasmic and the Fireworks between Saturday and Sunday (I'll have to ask Meredith if she'd like to do either one on Sunday). I wish I could throw one in on Friday night but I plan on being in bed long before 9:30pm!

OK, that's it. I'll have the info added to the post sometime today for any future readers. Now back to comments!

Thanks for the enthusiasm, Jillian! It's kind of funny for me to actually be "planning" a laid back day at Disneyland. I can't say I've been the type to plan everything down to the second but I have definitely had the tendency to be more on the "commando" end of the spectrum more often than not. Hopefully I take my own advice and don't overdo it on the first day. Normally when I leave so early in the morning I have somebody with me and I don't know if being solo is going to have a big impact on how alert/awake I am but I'm hoping it goes smoothly. Worse comes to worse I just head back to the hotel as soon as I can check in and sleep, sleep, sleep. Either way I'll be at Disneyland so it wont be so bad. It's funny how I managed to coerce my friend into leaving so early. I think it helped that I was the one driving the entire way otherwise it probably never would have happened. But it wasn't even an option seeing as she didn't have a drivers license at the time. If I do end up going with somebody who can drive this time I'll still probably have to play the whole "I'll do all the driving myself if we can leave at 2am" line again. But who am I kidding, I'm too much of a control freak not to make the entire drive. But I like it, to be honest.

Haha, my Evil Plan is working! Starship really is a funny show and I loved it, but I love everything they do. Fans of Harry Potter should watch A Very Potter Musical and A Very Potter Sequel first. They were the first productions and there are a few running jokes from them that carry forward into Starship. If anybody does end up watching it, I hope you like it.

Thanks Laurie! Some days it really doesn't feel like I'm making that much progress with my running, but then I look back at where I started and I guess I really have. I think the only other Diva who is doing the actual 5K will be Bridget and I can't remember who else was for sure signed up for the Half other than Sarah. I'm having some dead brain mojo this morning. All I know is I better be seeing Bridget during the race But I will be meeting up with the other Committee members on Saturday but don't expect to hear details Saturday's plan will be posted next week. And yup, right now I will be dining solo at BB.

Ooh, thanks for the plug Andrea!

 

[DizNee Luver]

Thanks Laurie! Some days it really doesn't feel like I'm making that much progress with my running, but then I look back at where I started and I guess I really have. I think the only other Diva who is doing the actual 5K will be Bridget and I can't remember who else was for sure signed up for the Half other than Sarah. I'm having some dead brain mojo this morning. All I know is I better be seeing Bridget during the race But I will be meeting up with the other Committee members on Saturday but don't expect to hear details Saturday's plan will be posted next week. And yup, right now I will be dining solo at BB.

Ah, come on Jazz.....just a few hints??

 

[Happy 2 B Me]

Miss Bella you have me so excited to do a 5k. I used to walk 2.5 miles two times a day. Morning and early evening. My time was between 34-38 mins walking for the 2.5 miles. I did 32-33 a few times but not often. Comparing times I think I can keep up doing a 5k at a steady run. Might be slower then last years tar but me will just be slower but steady.

I am not what I call built like a runner. Not now for sure but when I was younger I could run long distance and maintain a good speed. Now I have to get started training. I have a hard time getting going on exercise these days. Not to long ago I was going to the gym 2 times a day and walking the 2 times a day taking care of home and self where did I find not only the time but the mind set to do that?

I am going to start out much slower this time around.

Now back to your trip and pre-trip report. It appears you have some good plans for the next trip.

Did you get to keep the guy wearing the t-shirt to. Sure is a cutie.

Take care will be checking back again.

Patty

 

[Happy 2 B Me]

Now Now Bella Woman -- where are my updates? The trip reports and Pre Trip reports are my vacations. Hurry back I need another trip . I will be watching >>.

Patty

 

[WDWJonasGirl]

I love the trip reports and pre-trip reports

 

[reyasmommy]

I finally got to the IMAX to see Harry Potter and it was A-M-A-Z-I-N-G !!! I’m sad it is over, but I decided to start reading the books again, so that’s been fun. So aside from Twilight. ((Not sure if you’re a Twilight fan or not?)) I’m now excited about the Hunger Games movies. Hope they’re not a let down. ((Not sure if you're a fan of Hunger games either))

Anyway…… back to your PTR!!

Job Well done with your running. I wish I had the energy and motivation that you do. Can’t wait to see how well you do at the race.

You’re first day sounds nice. I’m bummed because Blue Bayou and POTC will be closed during our visit. SOOOOO BUMMED!!!!! But at least you’ll get to enjoy them both.

((by the way… when do they post hours for Disney?… a month ahead? Two months?))

Great update…look forward to more.

 

[kaoden39]

I finally got to the IMAX to see Harry Potter and it was A-M-A-Z-I-N-G !!! I’m sad it is over, but I decided to start reading the books again, so that’s been fun. So aside from Twilight. ((Not sure if you’re a Twilight fan or not?)) I’m now excited about the Hunger Games movies. Hope they’re not a let down. ((Not sure if you're a fan of Hunger games either))

Anyway…… back to your PTR!!

Job Well done with your running. I wish I had the energy and motivation that you do. Can’t wait to see how well you do at the race.

You’re first day sounds nice. I’m bummed because Blue Bayou and POTC will be closed during our visit. SOOOOO BUMMED!!!!! But at least you’ll get to enjoy them both.

((by the way… when do they post hours for Disney?… a month ahead? Two months?))

Great update…look forward to more.

The casting of Woody Harrelson (sp?) as Haymitch is perfect!! I am really looking forward to those movies as well. I loved that series.

 

[kim3339]

Loved the glasses and the shoes from last week! So jealous that you're leaving that early. If I could convince my dad of that, I'd be on the road right with you. I'd love to be there Friday when the gates open.

I forgot what channel it was on, but last week there was a made for TV movie about Rowling on. I think it was Magic Words or something like that? It was really good/interesting.

 

[kim3339]

Forgot to ask you~ How do you change/rename the link on your signature to the TR Thread from the actual website address? I kept trying but was having any luck with it.

 

[Belle Ella]

Kim, What time on Friday are you leaving then? It's a very logical way to go about it, honestly. I really do hit very little traffic. And I usually make it down in under 6 hours (and I'm about 45 minutes to an hour out of San Jose).Those morning hours are all important, but it will be a little different with Friday being a MM because of the 5K. I remember hearing about that thing on JK Rowling but I never got to watch it myself! Shame one me, right?

Oh, and to link your text you just tag it like you would an image pretty much. Here's an example (just take out the *):

Jazz Takes on the Star Tours 5K ºoº September 2-5 ºoº PTR on pg.64 ºoº Updated 7/25

would be

[*URL="http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2593178"]Jazz Takes on the Star Tours 5K ºoº September 2-5 ºoº PTR on pg.64 ºoº Updated 7/25[/URL]

There's also a button when you are typing your text that will do it for you - it should be a little earth or something with a little link. So you would type your text, highlight it, then press that button and it will ask you for the URL you want to link to s you paste it in there and then hit done or whatever and it will create it for you.

Deanna, I am definitely a huge Twilight fan (not as much as I was a few years ago, but I was very proud when I won a Twilight costume contest when Breaking Dawn was released) and Hunger Games fan - among others. I'm a pretty big fan of YA series in general if I had to be perfectly honest, lol. I am so glad that you loved Harry Potter! I think amazing is really an understatement. I have to go see it again now, haha.

And thanks about the running. Trust me, I don't have the motivation to do it every day which is what happened at the end of last week. I tried making it up the past few days and boy am I regretting it right now! And it really is a shame for everyone who's going to miss out on all the fall refurbs that are going on this year. It is pretty depressing but you'll still have a great time. Lately they've been getting the hours posted rough 60 days out

Michele, so far Haymitch/Woody Harrelson is the only actor I placed in my dream team who's actually in the film. Very happy with that choice, very happy! I'll reserve my judgment of everyone else until I see the final production.

Patty, haha. I'll have another update posted next Tuesday, I promise! Can't give away all the good stuff at once. In better news though, I have quite a few more trips lined up after this one and the waits wont be nearly as long.

Laurie, you wish!! How's this for a clue: there will be photos involved.

 

[reyasmommy]

The casting of Woody Harrelson (sp?) as Haymitch is perfect!! I am really looking forward to those movies as well. I loved that series.

Yes, I agree! I think the girl they chose for Katniss is great too. She looks exactly how I imagined. I LOVE Woody... I met him a few years ago and he's a really cool, laid back guy.

 

[DizNee Luver]

Laurie, you wish!! How's this for a clue: there will be photos involved.

BRAT!!