glennbo123
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After a busy day of visiting the parks (I had been to 3), complete with celebrity-sightings, and Photopass pictures, and even some thrill rides like "Journey into Imagination" and "Living with the Land", we were back at Kidani for dinner. Dinner in the suite, that is. Hey, eating a few meals in the suite was part of the justification we used to buy into DVC, so we had to stick with the gameplan. And besides, we had groceries to use up.
Something tells me that I took this picture at precisely 7:03pm.
We eat pretty healthy meals. Just ignore the Fluff and Pop-Tarts on top of the fridge.
So how do you cook burgers for 5 people (Judy isnt a big meat-eater) and veggies on a DVC stovetop? You use every available burner and every available pan.
And when I say every available pan, I mean every available pan.
I'm not sure how she flipped that baby.
James wanted cheese-fries, so made his own version. This looks so redneck, doesn't it?!
We quickly ate and got ready to head back to out. I was probably waiting for others to get ready when I took yet another picture of critters out on the savanna.
Poppy and Gram stayed behind to rest, so it was just me, the missus, and kids. Our goal was to see the fireworks at the Magic Kingdom. The fireworks that we'd missed on our last trip. Link to the chapter Tonight's showing of Wishes is delayed until... from my last trip report.
The transportation gods smiled on us that night as we got to the bus stop at 8, had a MK bus pull up at 8:04, and we arrived at the Magic Kingdom at 8:25. And people poo-poo AKV because its "too far".
I had a little story from that bus ride in my notes that Id forgotten about. The girls sat towards the back of the bus and were basically acting pretty silly. A couple of little kids sitting near them were just enthralled, watching them. James informed the girls that some little kids were listing to them, and one of the girls said "they speak Spanish". James said, "Well, you can still make an impression on them!" At that, the mother laughed and it broke the ice. Pretty soon they were all talking together back there and we learned that they were from the Dominican Republic. With the rare exception of meeting Grumpy dwarf himself, the other passengers on Disney buses are usually super-friendly.
On the way into the Magic Kingdom, James got some more Sorcerers of the Magic Kingdom cards. He never misses an opportunity for that type of thing. Then since the crowd was forming for the parade, we decided to walk up Main Street through the Emporium.
While Judy shopped, James and Marlene decided to try on some hats. Or rather, Marlene decided to try a hat on James. (Judy-game note, the Rules Committee has no idea whose hand that is in the lower-left of the picture.)
Whoever buys this hat, please note that it's been through the wringer. Okay, maybe not "through the wringer", but pre-messed-with.
We weren't sure where we wanted to watch the fireworks from, but we ended up turning right and walking past the Plaza restaurant, into Tomorrowland, and then walked out onto the bridge between the Hub and Tomorrowland. James and I claimed the base of one of the legs from this Tomorrowland sign as our "spot". I wanted to use it to brace myself in order to try to take fireworks pictures with just a monopod.
It was almost 9 oclock and stone/concrete base was still hot from the days' sun.
Meanwhile, Judy and the girls found a nice bench beside us to watch the fireworks in comfort.
The lights on the castle were changing colors and with nothing else to do, I captured a few different hues.
I also took a shot back at the hustle and bustle of Tomorrowland.
And walked forward a few steps to get a picture of it with the sign.
Across the way, was the ice cream parlor and the Plaza restaurant.
While we waited, Lauren texted a friend from school who was also there that night and they met up briefly to talk and then she came back over with us. Judy talked to a couple who sat down beside her on the bench, and I think she practically sold them a DVC membership. Too bad she didn't give them our name to reference if they ever did buy. They had been on the sales pitch earlier that day but they must have been too shy to ask any questions and now here they were seated next to Judy who had just been to New York City, Vero Beach, and Walt Disney World using her membership. At that moment, DVC couldn't have had a better spokesperson. They offered us their fastpass vouchers, since they had made the mistake of taking the tour on the last day of their trip and couldn't use them. But we wouldn't be coming back to the parks either. Oh well. (Like I say so often!)
At about quarter to 10, the "Magic, Memories, and You" show started. I have to tell you, I was so impressed by this show, I may have liked it even better than Wishes. How they change the images on the castle, I have no idea, but it's stunning. The whole time I sat there going, "how do they do that?" I mean, I assume the images are projected onto it, but from where? And it's all perfectly synchronized, from all angles, and in motion. You really have to see it to believe it.
And then with each new scene, I wanted to take another picture. I tried to refrain from taking too many.
It's incredible when these balloons fly up the castle, toward the sky.
And at one point, probably toward the end of the show but I don't remember, one of the castle towers is made to look like a rocket being launched into the sky. So cool! You can hardly believe your eyes. I loved this show!
Here's a link to some video I took of the "Magic, Memories, and You" show
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Something tells me that I took this picture at precisely 7:03pm.
We eat pretty healthy meals. Just ignore the Fluff and Pop-Tarts on top of the fridge.
So how do you cook burgers for 5 people (Judy isnt a big meat-eater) and veggies on a DVC stovetop? You use every available burner and every available pan.
And when I say every available pan, I mean every available pan.
I'm not sure how she flipped that baby.
James wanted cheese-fries, so made his own version. This looks so redneck, doesn't it?!
We quickly ate and got ready to head back to out. I was probably waiting for others to get ready when I took yet another picture of critters out on the savanna.
Poppy and Gram stayed behind to rest, so it was just me, the missus, and kids. Our goal was to see the fireworks at the Magic Kingdom. The fireworks that we'd missed on our last trip. Link to the chapter Tonight's showing of Wishes is delayed until... from my last trip report.
The transportation gods smiled on us that night as we got to the bus stop at 8, had a MK bus pull up at 8:04, and we arrived at the Magic Kingdom at 8:25. And people poo-poo AKV because its "too far".
I had a little story from that bus ride in my notes that Id forgotten about. The girls sat towards the back of the bus and were basically acting pretty silly. A couple of little kids sitting near them were just enthralled, watching them. James informed the girls that some little kids were listing to them, and one of the girls said "they speak Spanish". James said, "Well, you can still make an impression on them!" At that, the mother laughed and it broke the ice. Pretty soon they were all talking together back there and we learned that they were from the Dominican Republic. With the rare exception of meeting Grumpy dwarf himself, the other passengers on Disney buses are usually super-friendly.
On the way into the Magic Kingdom, James got some more Sorcerers of the Magic Kingdom cards. He never misses an opportunity for that type of thing. Then since the crowd was forming for the parade, we decided to walk up Main Street through the Emporium.
While Judy shopped, James and Marlene decided to try on some hats. Or rather, Marlene decided to try a hat on James. (Judy-game note, the Rules Committee has no idea whose hand that is in the lower-left of the picture.)
Whoever buys this hat, please note that it's been through the wringer. Okay, maybe not "through the wringer", but pre-messed-with.
We weren't sure where we wanted to watch the fireworks from, but we ended up turning right and walking past the Plaza restaurant, into Tomorrowland, and then walked out onto the bridge between the Hub and Tomorrowland. James and I claimed the base of one of the legs from this Tomorrowland sign as our "spot". I wanted to use it to brace myself in order to try to take fireworks pictures with just a monopod.
It was almost 9 oclock and stone/concrete base was still hot from the days' sun.
Meanwhile, Judy and the girls found a nice bench beside us to watch the fireworks in comfort.
The lights on the castle were changing colors and with nothing else to do, I captured a few different hues.
I also took a shot back at the hustle and bustle of Tomorrowland.
And walked forward a few steps to get a picture of it with the sign.
Across the way, was the ice cream parlor and the Plaza restaurant.
While we waited, Lauren texted a friend from school who was also there that night and they met up briefly to talk and then she came back over with us. Judy talked to a couple who sat down beside her on the bench, and I think she practically sold them a DVC membership. Too bad she didn't give them our name to reference if they ever did buy. They had been on the sales pitch earlier that day but they must have been too shy to ask any questions and now here they were seated next to Judy who had just been to New York City, Vero Beach, and Walt Disney World using her membership. At that moment, DVC couldn't have had a better spokesperson. They offered us their fastpass vouchers, since they had made the mistake of taking the tour on the last day of their trip and couldn't use them. But we wouldn't be coming back to the parks either. Oh well. (Like I say so often!)
At about quarter to 10, the "Magic, Memories, and You" show started. I have to tell you, I was so impressed by this show, I may have liked it even better than Wishes. How they change the images on the castle, I have no idea, but it's stunning. The whole time I sat there going, "how do they do that?" I mean, I assume the images are projected onto it, but from where? And it's all perfectly synchronized, from all angles, and in motion. You really have to see it to believe it.
And then with each new scene, I wanted to take another picture. I tried to refrain from taking too many.
It's incredible when these balloons fly up the castle, toward the sky.
And at one point, probably toward the end of the show but I don't remember, one of the castle towers is made to look like a rocket being launched into the sky. So cool! You can hardly believe your eyes. I loved this show!
Here's a link to some video I took of the "Magic, Memories, and You" show
continued in next post
Link to next post
, but if there is a reflection of something in the pot, the Rules Committee couldn't make out that it was Judy.
Yeah, I thought that show was pretty good! 
You're my rival on "length-of-time-between-chapters".
