DIS Divas, Take Two & Tyler....WooHoo!! COMPLETED!...OVER 1400 PICS!!

[DisneyStitch626]

Happy wedding anniversary, adoption anniversary, and St. Patrick's Day!!!!


Love that new Star Wars ride. Though I remember the old one being pretty cool too.

I love when you pass the x-rays of the suitcases, you can see an outline of Stitch if you are there at the right time. I thought that was cute.

 

[DizNee Luver]

Happy Anniversary!!! And Happy Adoption Anniversary!!!

Thanx Michele!!

Happy wedding anniversary, adoption anniversary, and St. Patrick's Day!!!!


Love that new Star Wars ride. Though I remember the old one being pretty cool too.

I love when you pass the x-rays of the suitcases, you can see an outline of Stitch if you are there at the right time. I thought that was cute.

Thanx Andrea!!

That would be cool....I've never seen that on the xrays!!!

 

[DizNee Luver]

At this point, we went off to do our own thing. I wanted to head up towards the Hungry Bear as this was where the scavy hunt would be ending. I had a little time, so I decided to check out the Court of Angels to see if they had a Meet-n-Greet going on with the Mardi Gras costumed characters.

When I got in line, Chip and Dale were on the left side and then you went to the right side and saw Mickey and Minnie.....I was pretty happy to get to do both sets. I was lucky enough to get picks with these 4 last year.

While I was in line.....another Scavy Hunt team passed by!!

About a dozen people away, Mickey & Minnie left and Chip & Dale moved over to their spot. Two people away, Chip and Dale left.

But look who took their place......Goofy!!! Yay!!! I didn't get a picture with him in his brightly color Mardi Gras attire last year.....so I was pretty happy!!

I decided to get a picture of this ornament shop......it would be closing forever after this weekend.

I headed up to Critter Country and the Hungry Bear to watch the teams come in. We took over an area all the way to the back of the restaurant.

Next up will be the awards!

 

[DizNee Luver]

I received a "prize" for being the person who guessed the scavenger hunt theme this year.....a few months ago, the committee gave hints & I correctly guessed. I got this awesome frame!!

Here's Melody thanking people.

Bridget naming the winners.

The 3rd place team (Jen, Lisa, Monica & Jodi)

The 2nd place team (Jill, Vicki, Daisy & Stacie)

The 1st place team (Jen, Holly & Sarah)

The Last place team (Cynthia, Nicole, Brandi & Becci)

After the awards, Michelle and I decided to head back to the motel for a bit. The park was PACKED!! It took forever to walk from Critter Country to the front gates. I stopped at the Newstand to pick up my picture from the Minnie & Friends breakfast and we were outta there.

***This picture is out of order, but I wanted to show you a gift Tyler bought me to thank me for taking him.......I had been saying I needed a Disney clock for our kitchen & he remembered that & got me this!!!!!!

 

[kaoden39]

What is going where the ornament shop is/was? Do you know?


I love the clock!! I would love one myself.

 

[DizNee Luver]

While I was with the Divas, Tyler spent time in Disneyland & California Adventure. After riding Star Tours with me, he headed off to Innoventions & took these pictures.

His next stop was at Captain EO....he hated it.....lol

He decided to return to the Jolly Holiday Bakery for his lunch. He took pictures of the decor as he waited in line.

His lunch....yum!!

He had the Hot Angus Roast Beef on a Toasted Onion Roll. It has caramalized onions, white cheddar & a horseradish aioli (Ty opted to leave off the horseradish).

He said the sandwich had no flavor.....I think the aioli would have helped but a little disappointing to hear the meat couldn't hold it's own with out a sauce added to it.

For dessert he had the Lemon Meringue bar......he said that was good!!

A picture of the Matterhorn.

He saw the White Rabbit as he was leaving the bakery seating area.

He headed to California Adventure and went to the Animation Building and Off the Page, World of Disney, Soarin' and back to Off the Page before heading to the motel for a short break. (I think it's because he had a purchase from Off the Page he needed to get back to the motel for safe keeping) He was being sneaky and bought Mike & I an early anniversary gift. This was what he bought us (I didn't get to open it until we were home & Mike was with me).

We both LOVED this picture!! He even had them use the green color to represent St. Patty's Day which is our anniversary!!!

When he returned, he went back to California Adventure and rode Monster's Inc.

He rode Tower of Terror....unfortunately, he didn't get a very good picture of the on ride photo.

At this point is when we met back up.......so I need to stop here & catch you up on what I did!!!

 

[DizNee Luver]

What is going where the ornament shop is/was? Do you know?


I love the clock!! I would love one myself.

I have no clue....I had read prior to the trip that it would be closing that weekend. There are a lot of people that had commented on how upset they were to see that.....a lot of their families had a tradition of buying an ornament from that shop every trip. I think it just wasn't bringing in the revenue back there. It's really small & it was dead when I popped in there. (the park was packed that day too).

I'd love to find more Disney Clocks (wall)....they actually are kinda hard to find!!

 

[DizNee Luver]

So remember me mentioning Ty's short break at the motel....it just happened to be when Michelle & I went back as well. While Michelle & Ty both took catnaps, I used my time to catch up my journal, upload pics & catch up on Facebook. I sent a text to Kelly to see if we'd be able to meet up. They had a dinner scheduled at Catal in DTD and we had our Diva dinner at the Jazz Kitchen in DTD, so we coordinated to meet up before we all went to dinner. So around 5pm, we headed over to the esplanade area to meet up!!!

Katie, Shelby, Rosemarie, Kelly & Michelle

Shelby & I had a blast going through DTD together.....that girl is me when I was young.....talkative & always smiling!!! lol

We got down to Catal & stopped and chatted a bit longer, before Michelle & I had to head off to Ralph Brennan's Jazz Kitchen to meet up with the ladies.

We were seated and I took a few pics of the lights:

I was seated with Trudi, Sarah, Carol, Lisa, Katie, Melody, Capri, Becci & Beth.

The other table had a friend of Nicole, Nicole, Jen, Holly, Jodi, Brandi, Michelle & Cynthia.

The menu:

Trudi and her daughter Sarah:

Nicole and her friend (that happened to be visiting Disneyland this weekend)

Jen, Holly & Jodi:

Michelle & Cynthia:

Beth taking pictures:

My dinner choices: I didn't go with an entree, I got the Soups 1-1-1 and the Louisiana Crab Cake.....delicious!!

The Soups 1-1-1 (Gumbo Ya-Ya, Creole Onion and Soup of the Day which was Mushroom Bisque)

The Louisiana Crab Cake.

Trudi ordered the Double Chocolate Bread Pudding Souffle for her dessert.

Melody & Katie shared the Tableside Banana's Foster. Mike & I had this for our anniversary last year & it was so good!!!

Dinner & the company was wonderful. Michelle & I decide we need to go find Ty. So I text him and he was in line for the Tower of Terror, so we headed that way. Michelle was hoping she could join him in line and ride, but it didn't work out & I walked through Electronica to see if I could locate Rochelle & maybe see her dance.....unfortunately, I didn't see her there. I did see Tammy, Wendy, Stacie, Amy & Cristablel. I headed over to the exit of ToT to wait for Tyler & Michelle met me there.

When Michelle & I are getting ready to go into DCA, a gal handed me a stack of fastpasses (3 for Soarin', 3 for Goofy's SkySchool & 3 for the late WoC show)......the Soarin' fastpasses were the ones we figured we'd get use out of. So that was where we were headed. Ty mentioned he needed dinner, so we stopped in at the Taste Pilot's Grill. He got the Chili Fries.

When he got done, we went around the corner to Soarin & the doors were closed!! AWK.....we didn't notice the time & the park was closing.....lol Tyler is an avid fan of Tumblr & had made a number of friends that are CM's or past CM's and wouldn't you know it......the CM outside of Soarin' was one of them. So Ty went over to talk with her for a few minutes & we joined them.

Since DCA was closed, we headed back over the Disneyland. As we were headed up Main Street, we saw Chris, so we stopped to talk with her. She said a group of the gals were on their way & they were going to Space Mountain. Well.....that's where we were headed too....so we waited. Pretty soon, Jessica, Tina & Sarah showed up & we headed off to Space Mtn. We had enough Fastpasses for everyone, so we went to get in line. The wait time for the FP line was 25 mins....lol Oh well....we had fun anyways!!

Ty and I ended up in a separate car from the rest of the Divas....so here's our on ride pics.

After the ride, Tyler & I decided to head back to the motel & Michelle stayed for a short time longer.

Day three was long but full of fun & friends!!

 

[DizNee Luver]

Day Four~~Teal Shirt Day (you will soon see that I didn't have a teal shirt)

Tyler had Magic Morning and so he was up early & gone before Michelle & I started our day. Since we both have Annual Passes, we didn't get a Magic Morning.

Ty was one of the first people through security when it opened & he was able to get these pictures of the gates.

The Floral Mickey.

He took these pictures of the Partner's Statue and the Castle as he made his way to Fantasyland.

His first ride was Peter Pan (but no pics), got a pic of the Sword in the Stone, followed by Pinocchio.

The next ride was Snow White.

Then he took a ride on Dumbo.

He rode Mr Toad's Wild Ride and Alice (but no pics) and then did the teacups.

He rode Sleeping Beauty's Carousel.

 

[DizNee Luver]

Continuing Ty's Magic Morning.

He next did the Storybookland Canal Boats. He got a lot of great pictures on this. The last time I rode this, I had a hard time getting pictures on it....it seemed like they were racing through the ride.

Ty headed up Main Street and saw Dale with a service dog......he said he let the dog kiss him for a good 5 minutes.....so cute!! After waiting patiently, Ty got a picture with Dale.

Ty was going to join us for breakfast & I thought he was going to walk over to the Paradise Pier Hotel. Michelle & I decided to take her van to the PPH & when we got to the light in front of our motel....there was Tyler waiting at the cross walk.....he was going to come to the motel so he could walk over with us. I'm so glad we saw him.....he jumped into Michelle's van and we were off to breakfast!!

 

[DizNee Luver]

We arrive at the Paradise Pier Hotel & self park in the parking garage. Busy place....but eventually we found a spot. We made our way inside & waited for everyone to arrive. I asked the ladies in attendance if they were ok with Tyler joining us. I didn't want to make anyone feel uncomfortable because we had a guy with us....but everyone seemed ok with it. I did ask Ty to stay out of the group pic and take pictures instead.

After we did the group, I asked if Ty & I could do a picture with Mickey.

I got a picture of Carol and her daughter Lisa posing with Mickey.

When we were being led to our table.....Stitch was on the floor & wearing a little girl's Stitch BackPack......so cute!!

Part of the group went up to get food, Sarah & I had stayed at the table to watch everyone's stuff. She told me she was going to go do a picture with Tinkerbell after breakfast with her Tink Half-Marathon Medal. The line for Tink after the race was always so long that Sarah decided to wait and just do it another time. I asked if I could see her medal & then I got a picture of her wearing it!!

WAY TO GO SARAH!!!

Here are some delicious looking Food Porn pics!!

Pluto & Stitch were dancing in the front, so I hopped up to get a couple pics.

Minnie came for a visit....here's Ty & I with her (she loved my nails!!)

Here's Ty & I with Pluto!

And here we are with Stitch.....he's so playful.

Gotta love the nose picking......lol

Stitch started it......he tried to pick Ty's nose....so we only felt it was fair that we picked his!!! lol

Jen decided to fix Stitch's tuft of hair.

After breakfast, we said our goodbyes and headed back to the parking garage. Ty's knee was really hurting, so Michelle drove us down to Target to get a knee brace. We got back to the motel & I wrapped Ty's knee & we were off to the parks. Michelle was having sinus issues/headache so she decided to lay down for a little bit before joining us.

 

[kaoden39]

Great pictures again. I love the pictures from the Storybook Land ride.

 

[kelmac284]

Wow LOTS of updates today!! Great as always and YAY that you got to our meeting!! That is funny about Shelby LOL. Yeah she is pretty talkative and outgoing. Both my girls just loved you guys and the kids and ask about you all the time!! So glad that we were able to meet!!

Sad that you are almost to the end Just love your reports. But hey now we have a DW one to look forward too!! I can't wait because they are always so awesome!!

Great as usual and can't wait for next installment!!

 

[WDWJonasGirl]

I loved it!! I have never been to the Jazz Kitchen before.

 

[kaoden39]

Laurie,

I meant to mention how much I liked the picture of Dale with the service dog. I think that picture could win one of those contests they have for favorite holiday pictures.

 

[DizNee Luver]

Great pictures again. I love the pictures from the Storybook Land ride.

Tyler got some great shots!!!

Wow LOTS of updates today!! Great as always and YAY that you got to our meeting!! That is funny about Shelby LOL. Yeah she is pretty talkative and outgoing. Both my girls just loved you guys and the kids and ask about you all the time!! So glad that we were able to meet!!

Sad that you are almost to the end Just love your reports. But hey now we have a DW one to look forward too!! I can't wait because they are always so awesome!!

Great as usual and can't wait for next installment!!

Your girls are fun & hopefully we'll be able to get the kids together again. Shelby and I could get into all sorts of trouble I think........probably a good thing we don't live close....I'd probably not be a very good influence......

I loved it!! I have never been to the Jazz Kitchen before.

If you like the cajun style of food (a little spice) you'd love this place!!

Laurie,

I meant to mention how much I liked the picture of Dale with the service dog. I think that picture could win one of those contests they have for favorite holiday pictures.

Tyler said it was really neat to see the interaction of Dale and the dog. The dog licked his eye for a while...lol This was the first time I've been at Disneyland and saw service dogs. I saw a number of them this weekend. I loved it!!

 

[farmgirljen]

I love the tinkerbell half marathon medal-Disney sure does make nice bling! Cute pics of the service dog! Enjoying your report a lot

 

[DizNee Luver]

I love the tinkerbell half marathon medal-Disney sure does make nice bling! Cute pics of the service dog! Enjoying your report a lot

The medal was cool, the Tink spun around in the middle.....pretty!!!

I'm glad you're following along!!!

 

[DisneyStitch626]

Love the updates. Ty got a lot of wonderful pictures of his MM.

Ralph Brennan's also looked really good. I am not a seafood eater, but did see a lot of things on the menu that sound yummy.

As always, love seeing the photos of Stitch interacting with everyone, he is so much fun!

 

[DizNee Luver]

Love the updates. Ty got a lot of wonderful pictures of his MM.

Ralph Brennan's also looked really good. I am not a seafood eater, but did see a lot of things on the menu that sound yummy.

As always, love seeing the photos of Stitch interacting with everyone, he is so much fun!

Ty did.....made me feel like I was right with him!!

Oh the Jazz Kitchen is delicious!!! Just remember if you're going to do this as a meal....to allow time. It's a very relaxed, non-rushed meal.....so not a good place if you're hoping to be out of there in 30 minutes.

Stitch is always a lot of fun.....a real highlight to that meal!!