WAhoo! A great trip through the Disney Gallery - I loved the Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow plaques. Next we were treated to lunch somewhere I've never been and a turn through the Haunted Mansion Holiday.
Only one ride?? You did laze about this morning.
Where are we going next??
Well, since you asked... we are riding the train to Tomorrowland and then catching a ride on Autopia!
I know a lot of people skip over this one, but even kid-less I need to ride it. I sure missed having my 4 year old next to me, though. Squealing such a happy squeal.
(Anyone remember the Fantasyland Autopia?)
Mom had a lot of trouble with her car. She stalled a total of 13 times. But she was always able to start it up again.
A picture of "M's Trees." (M as in my older sister.) She's always loved this clump of trees.
From here we went to the subs. Wouldn't really be my first pick for that time of day, but we were right there. Actually our wait was only 15 minutes, so it was fine.
These bubbles are so deceiving. I don't even want to admit my age when I finally realized that we weren't actually descending deep below the surface!
Actually I'm not sure of the exact age. I do know I was far too old, though. I guess that "magic" just stayed with me from the time I was a little girl riding the old gray submarine voyage.
And speaking of the old subs... scenes like this make me feel like I am still riding it.
We completed our voyage and began to disembark. As D36 was walking by the CM in the middle of the sub...you know, the one where all you see is his legs? She couldn't resist and actually reached out to grab his legs! She called up to him, "Does anyone ever reach out and grab your legs as they walk by?" He said, "All the time!"
Moving on to Captain EO.
I was kind of on the fence about seeing this one. I watched it when it came out in the mid 80s, but I remember absolutely nothing about it. So I didn't have that nostalgic pull to see it again. D36 really wanted to see it, though, so we all went. I'm glad I went but I don't feel the need or desire to see it again. Nothing was familiar to me, and the 3-D effect seemed to be off. I had to hold the glasses way out in front of me and it still kind of hurt my eyes.
From here we hopped on the Monorail and rode to DTD. The plan was to walk through DTD and then spend the last couple of hours at DCA. I had to pop into the
Lego store for the sake of my 3 Lego Maniac Boys.
More signs of Halloween:
(It feels kind of funny posting Halloween stuff while I'm listening to Christmas music. Yep, I broke my "No Christmas music before Thanksgiving" rule.)
We decided to hit Soarin' first. D36 and M48 were worried about this one, from a motion sickness standpoint. Our nearly 72 year old mother wasn't worried. In case you haven't noticed...she does everything ride-wise! Anyway, I told my sisters I can do Soarin' just fine, but I haven't been able to do Star Tours for years. I told them they could always close their eyes or look off to the side if that yucky feeling started coming on.
So we were off! I'm sad to report that I broke my streak. My streak of never having stood in this line for more than 3 minutes, that is. Get this... I actually had to stand in line for 5 MINUTES! The nerve!
It was 6:00 on a Wednesday evening and we didn't have FPs either. Crazy. Anyway, the ride was a big hit with all. D36 was feeling the yuckiness come on at the very end and needed to rest when we got out, but everyone was glad they went. Soarin' in DCA is my Pirates in Disneyland. Meaning, if I went to DCA and could only ride one ride, Soarin' would definitely be the one.
While D36 was resting, we had Mom stand by the old gas pumps and pose while we took pictures of her with her hat hair. (When she removed her Mickey baseball cap for Soarin' we all got a good laugh out of her stylin' hair.) She was a very good sport and obliged her daughters' request.
I thought a ride on Heimlich's Chew Chew Train would be a nice calm ride so we headed over there.
OK, these signs of Christmas were not up 2 days ago when we passed through to see Aladdin!
I remember we stopped at that cute Kleenex box restroom and then got a churro before riding Heimlich. The whole reason I took this next picture was because I was really missing my kids.
Last year, my littlest guy who was 3 at the time, thought this sign meant "No Dancing Allowed" and "You're Not Allowed To Wear Seat Belts."
D36 and M48 wanted to ride Mickey's Fun Wheel. I thought about riding TSMM while they rode the wheel, but I couldn't bring myself to stand in that long of a line by myself. No one else was interested in riding that one. So Mom and I just sat and enjoyed the Pier and the lights while we waited.
Up next... California Screamin'! M48 hasn't been able to do coasters of any kind for around 20 years, so it was a really big deal that she rode Big Thunder, Matterhorn, etc. And now she was up for trying Screamin' since the others weren't giving her any motion sickness troubles.
So again, all 4 of us rode. I realized that I've only ridden this one at night. (In my whole 3 times of riding it.
I can only handle it once, which is sad to me because it's exactly the kind of roller coaster I would have spent all day on in my teen years. Surprisingly, though, I didn't get a headache this time as opposed to my other 2 times.)
Our ride picture was so funny. None of them knew a picture would be taken. My mom totally looked like she was taking a nap. M48 looked like she was nonchalantly cleaning her teeth with her tongue, doing it in a way that would be inconspicuous. D36 looked like she was enjoying an afternoon stroll on the beach. I was my normal "squinty so my contacts don't dry out and fly off my eyeballs" self.
So mom and I handled this one just fine. The other 2 were feeling a little icky, D36 more so than M48. D 36 was ready to call it a night. It was about 7:30 by this time. Closing time was 8:00. D36 headed back to Disneyland to clean out our locker and just sit on Main Street.
Mom, M48 and I went to ride GRR. We waited until the end for this one so we wouldn't have to walk around in wet clothes for long. Of course it was a walk-on. A little 7 year old boy joined us. Apparently his mom told him to try to ride with us because we looked like nice ladies. She was sitting out with a baby. I have a 7 year old boy so of course having this little guy ride with us and "showing us the ropes" (even though I had ridden before) reminded me of my own 7 year old. It was a fun ride and we didn't get nearly as soaked as we had envisioned.
DCA closing time. We danced our way out of the gates to California Dreamin' by The Mamas and The Papas. A perfect way to end our DCA evening. We met up with D36 who apparently really enjoyed some alone time on Main Street. Let's just say the wheels began turning for an AP upgrade... Sitting on Main Street in Disneyland is therapeutic, I tell you!
And that concludes DAY 3!
Anyway...I'm working on pics for Day 3 right now. 
I know all too well that feeling of talking to yourself in a TR, and wondering if anyone will chime in. It's nice to have interaction and feedback. Or you feel like you are wasting your time!!
So when I changed the size of the photos that seemed to help a little. My PC will still lock up on TR's that don't even have many photos, or the photos are smaller, so there is no logic behind it all. Some TRs that are really, really long (like 3 times as many pages as my own) will freeze up the ol' PC, too,
I noticed he often posed in a way that made him "keep his distance" somewhat, and I wondered if he was told to do that to sort of ward off the ladies. 
We waited inside for about 3 minutes before being called up. First party of the day to be seated. 
We were seated at a perfect table, where there were 2 pirate hats waiting for us. Apparently the reservation listed us as a party of 2 adults and 2 children. D36 and I took it upon ourselves to be the children of the group and put on the pirate hats (which we later discovered were really the child menus). Our big heads stretched and tore the paper a bit, but we made them work and wore them for the rest of the day.
I wasn't sure exactly where they'd be, so we just headed that direction.
After they were done performing one of the Dans came over to me and asked, "Can I see the picture of Random Dancing Guy?" So I showed him. Then I took a picture of him. 
