Mickey light post directions

[BigDaddyRog]

You'll get the hang of it VAcamper.....great light!!!! Are those paper machet shoes? Too cool. I like that sign sitting on the sofa too!!!

 

[VACAMPER]

Thanks! Some harmlessly strange person made it for me.

Thanks for posting my picture. I told my husband you would when you saw that I couldn't figure it out.

The shoes are made out of styrofoam. We wanted to make Mickey hands to hold the Fort FIENDS sign but they didn't turn out. We don't have time to redo them since we're leaving Fri. AM. for the fort.

 

[chief19spixi]

that is some lamp!! cool!!

 

[PolynesianPixie]

Wow! That looks great!

OT: I must also tell you that you are extremely intelligent having dark carpet in the house! Mine is polka dotted, and that wasn't done intentionally!

 

[VACAMPER]

It shows everything. Thats why its about to be ripped up and hardwood put down.

back to lamp post......

 

[Us3]

GREAT great job on the lamp post. We also leave Friday morning and haven't finished ours ....too much to do and not enough time to do it! We might finish it tonight or tomorrow depending on time...hope to meet you while we're both there!

 

[VACAMPER]

Hope to see you there. I need to call and see if they can give me a loop number.

 

[Minnie's Mate]

We have requested loop 300. Don't know if we will get it or not. Post the phone number if you have it handy and I'll call and see if we can get it. We arrive on Saturday.

Great light. I'll be cruising one evening and I'll be looking for it.

What size globes did you use. I am thinking either 16" or 14" with 8" for the ears. I haven't been able to find 12" with a throat that will fit in a pre-made lamp post I already have. I'm taking the lazy route and just want to drill the holes for the ears and silicone them one!

 

[VACAMPER]

407-824-2900

The light should stand out. It might be a bit to much. We had to settle for small globes 8" and 6". We didn't have time to order. We also used silicone for attaching the ears. Seems to be holding up. We did cut holes so that more light would get to the ears.

 

[ynottony99]

I wanted hubby to attach a flag bracket to ours, but wasnt sure it would be to top heavy. Has anyone done this???

I have mine on a standard yard light post, and run a piece of CPVC pipe through the hole for the decorative cross bar, that is long enough for my Mickey flag. As you can see I fasten mine to the tongue of the TT with bungees or wire ties, and never have an issue with it. I don't know how it would do with a free standing base.

 

[Minnie's Mate]

407-824-2900

The light should stand out. It might be a bit to much. We had to settle for small globes 8" and 6". We didn't have time to order. We also used silicone for attaching the ears. Seems to be holding up. We did cut holes so that more light would get to the ears.

Thanks for the number. I'll keep an eye out for your light post. It is very unique the way you striped the post.

 

[CampingChristy]

This is ours......thanks Dad!

 

[HappyCamper87]

I printed my instructions from John today, DH actually seemed eager to please me and construct it.

And, more important than that, it juggled my sloooow brain and reminded me that I have Mickey Icon Christmas lights that I bought my last trip to the Christmas Shop in Downtown Disney. I have been ringing my hands trying to find Disney lights for our awning and they were in my storage shelf all the time! I love those lights and I can not believe I did not think of it before.

Anyway now that I've shared how slow I am I thought you all might like to know they are or were available in Downtown Disney.

Happy Lighting!

 

[Minnie's Mate]

407-824-2900

The light should stand out. It might be a bit to much. We had to settle for small globes 8" and 6". We didn't have time to order. We also used silicone for attaching the ears. Seems to be holding up. We did cut holes so that more light would get to the ears.

We not only saw your light post, we wound up two sites down from you. We were the Airstream in site 1607! Unfortunately, the only time we saw anyone at your site was when we were pulling in. I wanted to stop by and say "Hi" and complement you on how good it looked, but never caught you there when we went by.

We were there from Saturday 'till Wednesday. I had to be back at work on Thursday for some meetings I couldn't get out of...work does get in the way some times, darn it.

Any way, great job!

 

[VACAMPER]

Oh Man!! Sorry I missed you. Would have loved to meet up. I hope you didn't look at the lamp post to close, when we were setting up my husband dropped it first thing and busted the globe. Oh well, we wanted a bigger one anyway. I can't believe we were that close and never met. We hit the parks pretty hard since our friends that came with us had never been to WDW at all. We didn't really get to enjoy the campground as much as we would have liked. I will plan differently next time.

 

[Minnie's Mate]

I know what you mean about not getting to enjoy the campground much. We had planned to be there the whole week, but work obligations forced us to change our plans. We decided to board our two year old cocker spaniel (Sulley, AKA James P. Sullivan of Monsters, Inc.) because we knew we wouldn't have any time to spend with him.

On the bright side, my mom joined us and got to spend time with the grand-kids and us so we did have a great trip, although a shorter than planned one. I tried to book Memorial Day Weekend, but they were already booked solid so I'll keep checking to see if there is a cancellation. But, we'll be back for the 4th of July if not before!

 

[Mmketeer]

Bumping! I had to go all the way back to the 5th page to find this thread and I still have to work on mine...

 

[Minnie's Mate]

I know what you mean about not getting to enjoy the campground much. We had planned to be there the whole week, but work obligations forced us to change our plans. We decided to board our two year old cocker spaniel (Sulley, AKA James P. Sullivan of Monsters, Inc.) because we knew we wouldn't have any time to spend with him.

On the bright side, my mom joined us and got to spend time with the grand-kids and us so we did have a great trip, although a shorter than planned one. I tried to book Memorial Day Weekend, but they were already booked solid so I'll keep checking to see if there is a cancellation. But, we'll be back for the 4th of July if not before!

Update: We managed to get Memorial Day Weekend--Friday night through Sunday night. Persistence pays.

I ordered my globes from www.lightpostglobes.com and got the 12" and 8" globes. I bought a 4" hole saw at Home Depot this past weekend so I can put it together. I'm going to use a Holiday lamp post that we bought for this purpose last fall and hope the little "flame" candle light bulb will be bright enough to illuminate it. If not, there will be another trip to Home Depot!

BTW, the hole saw was two separate pieces and one was $20 and the mandrel was $13. I have more in the plastic globes than the lamp post and nearly as much in the saw that I'll only use to cut two holes!

 

[flrickd]

Update: We managed to get Memorial Day Weekend--Friday night through Sunday night. Persistence pays.

I ordered my globes from www.lightpostglobes.com and got the 12" and 8" globes. I bought a 4" hole saw at Home Depot this past weekend so I can put it together. I'm going to use a Holiday lamp post that we bought for this purpose last fall and hope the little "flame" candle light bulb will be bright enough to illuminate it. If not, there will be another trip to Home Depot!

BTW, the hole saw was two separate pieces and one was $20 and the mandrel was $13. I have more in the plastic globes than the lamp post and nearly as much in the saw that I'll only use to cut two holes!

Let us know how the hole saw works .

 

[bradisgoofy]

This is our post at site 320 last April.

We used the hole saw too, just go very slowly.