Sorry, I haven't been on to update this week. I'll hopefully be able to get to the next installment later this evening! So, be on the look-out! 
Glad to hear you will be posting soon.
Yeah, the monorail in Disneyland is kinda a waste and too long of a wait, but it is neat to be on the "original!" I do have pictures coming up in the Trippie of it too! I love how it is a totally different park from MK in WDW because it makes it a new experience. I was expecting the same thing and I was so pleasantly surprised! Hi Lindsey!
Really enjoying the last couple of installments!
I must say as far as the weather is concerned...I was clueless. In my mind S Ca is always warm and sunny...low humidity. I really would have never dreamed it was so cool and damp. We would probably go in late Oct. Any idea how the weather is that time of year? or the crowds? I will def. have to research that when I start planning my trip. So, thanks for the heads up on that!
I know the night of the premiere you guys must have been exhausted. I can't imagine sitting/standing/waiting in such a small area for so many hours. I have been that tired only a couple of times before - when you just felt to tired to eat...it is a bad way to be.But worth it for Johnny
Oh the memories you will have....lucky girl!
The pictures from the park look wonderful. I really want to go now...
Thanks so much for sharing. You are doing a fantastic job.
TTFN
Darlene
We shall see! We threw the last trip together last minute, so I'm sure we could pull it off this time too. I wonder how cold it is in Cali in December. 
The restaurant was not very big and there was a side banquet room with taxidermy animals around the top of the room that were rumored to have secret microphones in them for when Walt met with people...
The area where we ate was one big room done in ornate Victorian decor and we had basically a fancy dinner. Our food was comped so we pigged out.
It was about a $200 dinner without alcohol. There were other people dressed up fancy but you knew they were only there to eat and not tour the park.
I felt out of place in our warm sweatshirts BUT we had been in the park for hours and it was cold. We were there in Oct or Nov...can't remember which.
We did see Mary Rakjusub the actress ( I think I got her name wrong and butchered it) she is on the show 24....but not at the time we went..we were there in 2003. We bought a few souveniers and took the paper napkins off the table. We bought writing pens, a tie tac, and a shotglass. The polo shirts were boring and there wasn't much selection of stuff to buy. It was very businessy stuff.
The picture of us in front of the wood/glass area...thats the elevator you take up to the restaurant...its on the 2nd floor...sort of above the crystal shops in NO SQ and above Cafe Orleans. We could see Fantasmic from the windows...which was COOL !!
it was a really great experience and we will probably never get to do that again in our lifetime...which is a weird thought...
Did you check to see any clues for hidden microphones!? 
That is too funny! I wonder what else Walt had hidden around!? I'm so glad you got to experience that! I would be in awe the entire time! Fantasmic wasn't going on while we were in Disneyland and I know that's a must for our next trip! I heard it was better than WDW!OMG! You got to see Johnny!! Just catching up after 5 days of(abscessed tooth+allergic reaction to antibiotics=hospital stay & a root canal
) I was missing this TR soooooo bad...I am home now scrambling through the pages and
I'm so glad you were able to capture Johnny on video.
I am so glad you are okay! Are you feeling better now? 
I really hope so! I may be having some upcoming mouth surgery. Not sure yet. It's still in the works... Mouth and teeth issues are no fun at all! 
I'm glad you were able to catch up and I hope the Trippie made you no think about the pain for a little bit. I've been away for a few days, so I've got to get back to work! Sadly, I did not get Johnny's autograph, it I know if he could have just signed ONE more autograph, it would have been mine! Dumb security... Thanks for posting!Lindsey,
I'm so glad that you enjoyed DCA! I think it gets a bad rap...lol It holds a special place in my heart b/c that's where our wedding reception was! You were in the areas we had it...Hyperion queue (the Aladdin show waiting area) and Sun Plaza!
Next time you are out here, you should get corn dogs...oh wait, you don't eat corn dogs, huh? Bummer, they are really good. Well, they have fried cheese...do you eat that?
I'm from so cal and I've purchased DL sweatshirts so don't feel too badly about it...
p.s. definitely if you can find someone to get you into club 33...it's worth the experience! the food is just amazing! we went for our anniversary last year, but DH wouldn't let me take pictures of the food b/c he said that it's tacky to do that in a nice restaurant...no matter that everyone else was doing it! LOL
I was actually checking into Disneyland's Fairy Tale Wedding the other day at work and I was quite amazed! I should have packed up and made my way over to the other coast for my wedding! I'll put it on my list for next time. I didn't have enough time to eat a lot on this trip, but we did hit a few very good places! I didn't get to try the Mickey shaped sourdough bread, but I have seen a picture of it. I think it is so neat how so many of the foods at DL are all shaped like Mickey! It's just not like that or as neat at WDW! Everything in DL is Mickey shaped, even more so that WDW and that's just amazing to me! Like, the Mickey pretzels, etc. So cool! Hi there! I've just spent the past hour & 1/2 reading and relishing your trip report. Well done! You and hubby are certainly tenacious. I don't know if I'd have the stamina to do what you did.
With all the memories you've captured, you'll be able to relive these moments forever! Thank you for sharing them.
There is still more to come! 
Not to mention, we've have some really heavy thunderstorms and we keep losing power and our cable, which means no Internet! 
That is so neat! Do you have a picture to share, by any chance!?
Oh my goodness!
But that is sooooo cool that you were able to actually see him in person. 
Good luck with yours if you have to have mouth surgery. It is just awful. 
the Bugs Life area. That wasn't there back in 2001 when I went. I can't wait to see that in person.: Those are fantastic! You look great and so does Rick! I love the pose he's giving the camera! That sucks that you weren't able to get his autograph.
I'm feeling a bit better now, still having troubles, but hopefully they will be over soon. I hate teeth issues. I don't get it, I brush and floss several times a day and I still have problems.
Still enjoying your trippie. DF says we should book a trip to DL instead of going back to WDW for our 1 year anniversary. I'm thinking he's right!
Just some more incentive to go find Johnny! It's just bad news, lots of money, and lost of work! That also means...more pain... Lindsey......I love
More please
I felt like I was hijacking your thread posting those pictures of my time with Rick.........but you did ask so I obliged.
I love those pictures! More to come soon!!! I wish I had gotten the autograph, but it is still on my list of things I must do!
Yeah, I am actually having problem with my teeth shifting. It's been about 10 years, since the braces came off, but I got a crown a year ago, which has moved my teeth!
I think you should definitely go to Disneyland for your anniversary! It'll be a whole new adventure! I'd take him up on that offer!
I wish I still had my retainer from 15+ years ago . ) DF has a friend from another message board, non Disney related, that has worked on all the POTC films. He sent us pics from behind the scenes from the past several films, however, sworn to secrecy on the set and for fear of losing his job, there are none of Johnny, Orlando or Keira. (Darnit! )
