Nothing to See Here...

[kaoden39]

I am wondering now why Duffy is on Main Street. I kind of liked that he was a DCA character. I am sure it is a financial thing.

 

[deejdigsdis]

Wow Sherry...you have no idea how much I needed this today. I'm sitting in a hotel room right now, taking a break from hospital visits. About 10 days ago we found out my dad had a tumor in his lung. I left town to take him to a hospital about 3 hours away from where he lives so he could have surgery. What started out as a "this is actually a blood clot with tumor cells around it...looks like we caught things early..." has since turned into a "your dad has cancer that started somewhere else and spread to his lungs but things aren't adding up and we can't figure out where it originated and we don't know if it's treatable..." If that wasn't bad enough...we were completely shocked to learn that my mom needed emergency double bypass open heart surgery. Their hospital rooms were actually across from each other.

Enough about that. I so needed to see this TR today. It actually brought tears to my eyes. Happy ones...first in a long while.

I was so shocked to see the Masked Mickey! (The only clown-like thing I will tolerate.) It looks different from past Masked Mickeys. Am I right? Are the colors different?

Yep, The Hearse definitely looks like it's been freshened up. So glad it's back. I noticed in Bret's TR that it had been put back in it's rightful place.

Thank you, my friend, for your AMAZING pictures. You have no idea how much they lifted my spirits this afternoon. Can't wait to see the Sewing Machine Display.

 

[funatdisney]

Sherry, I have finally been able to head on over here and read your TR. Great job on the pictures and nice narration, too. I was very happy to take you and had a great day.

When we separated, I headed on over to visit my DVC guide to give her a thank you gift. I stopped by the World of Disney on my way back to DL, and took some pictures of the Halloween merchandise. Did you ever leave the park? I'm guessing you didn't. There wasn't any Halloween decor in Downtown Disney. Anyway, my pictures are posted on the Halloween thread.

 

[kaoden39]

Wow Sherry...you have no idea how much I needed this today. I'm sitting in a hotel room right now, taking a break from hospital visits. About 10 days ago we found out my dad had a tumor in his lung. I left town to take him to a hospital about 3 hours away from where he lives so he could have surgery. What started out as a "this is actually a blood clot with tumor cells around it...looks like we caught things early..." has since turned into a "your dad has cancer that started somewhere else and spread to his lungs but things aren't adding up and we can't figure out where it originated and we don't know if it's treatable..." If that wasn't bad enough...we were completely shocked to learn that my mom needed emergency double bypass open heart surgery. Their hospital rooms were actually across from each other.

Enough about that. I so needed to see this TR today. It actually brought tears to my eyes. Happy ones...first in a long while.

I was so shocked to see the Masked Mickey! (The only clown-like thing I will tolerate.) It looks different from past Masked Mickeys. Am I right? Are the colors different?

Yep, The Hearse definitely looks like it's been freshened up. So glad it's back. I noticed in Bret's TR that it had been put back in it's rightful place.

Thank you, my friend, for your AMAZING pictures. You have no idea how much they lifted my spirits this afternoon. Can't wait to see the Sewing Machine Display.

Oh I am so sorry to hear this. I am praying for your family.

 

[Sherry E]

Love it!! But you know me I am a chat fan!!

Great pics! You wouldn't have gotten my family or me away from TSMM with a 10 minute wait until our forearms fell off

Can't wait for more....

Did I say how happy I am that you made a secret trip???

TK -

Thank you! It is a shock that I got to see DLR before the holiday season this year, isn't it? Heck, even the holiday trips are shocking to pull off - with me, it's always a race to the finish. It's a 'will she or won't she get there' cliffhanger up to the very minute I leave!

It was the oddest thing on TSMM. That is one of my top 2 favorite rides in both parks combined. Normally, I would be giddy at the thought of a 10-minute wait. Don't get me wrong - whenever I play against Shawn or one of my other 'regulars' at DLR, my forearm feels the telltale "Toy Story Burn," which is what I call it - we all know that burn! Playing against Shawn - who I have dubbed the Toy Story Titan - requires me to step up my game and my forearm pays the price.

But this time, for some reason, my forearm felt like it locked up - it felt stiff. It wasn't the same burn that I normally get. It was bothering me through TSMM and after - hence, the lowest score I have gotten to date. I've been having some arthritis-type stuff happening in my hands off and on recently, so maybe this somehow had to do with that. All I knew was that I didn't want to push my luck.

Great pictures as always Sherry.

Can't wait to see more.

Thank you so much, Bret! And you know I am a big fan of your photos, too! It's always a joy to see what new quests you have completed or new photo subjects you have come up with!!

Great start so far Sherry! Loving the pictures even though, as you know, I am not even much of a halloween fan. DD and I were just discussing the fact that even if you are not a fan of the holiday with Disney you can still enjoy the park because they do such a wonderful job of keeping it family friendly and have such cute decorations. Just more of that good old Disney magic!

WOW! Lucky you! I have never seen a 10 minute line for TSMM. I would have had to have gone on it at least a couple times.

Now you have got me really curious to see if we share the Little Mermaid assessment. While I would hope after all the hard work (and money) they put into it that it would feel "complete", I don't suppose it would come as a total shock if it ends a little abrupt. I love all the dark rides but they sure do all seem to have really squashed storylines. Guess it's hard to squeeze all the highlights of a 90 minute movie into a ride that only lasts a few minutes.

Can't wait for more!

Hi, Marie!

Yes, DLR's version of Halloween is very palatable and family-friendly. That's what I like about it. There's nothing really all that 'scary' anywhere. Even though I have been known to watch the occasional specials about Halloween attractions on the Travel Channel, like about the House of Shock and all that (and each attraction is bloodier and more frightening than the next!), I do NOT like going to theme parks during Halloween season and being chased around by hatchet-wielding maniacs, or having deranged 'actors' leaping out at me from behind bushes, wildly waving chainsaws around. That is not my thing at all.

There's the 'scary' version of Halloween (like what Universal Studios does, for example). And then there is the fun, cute version of Halloween (such as Disney and Peanuts and all that kind of thing). I can watch the TV shows about the 'scary' Halloween stuff, but I would rather actually experience the 'fun, cute' Halloween...the kind where Mickey merely wears a special Halloween suit and is not trying to murder me in ToonTown or whatever.

Yep - my wrist was just stiff and not cooperating with another round of TSMM that day. I know the line will probably never again be 10 minutes - I'm not even sure why it was 10 minutes then! I am guessing that most of the folks were off in DL (and even that wasn't really too crowded) where the Halloween stuff was.

I'll be curious to hear your opinion of the Little Mermaid ride. I definitely liked it - it's colorful, lively, visually appealing. Gotta love dancing sea creatures! And there are blobs of goo in the cement around the queue that look like ice cream drippings but are actually carefully executed seashell shapes! As I said, I can't really put my finger on what it is that I think is missing. It's not necessarily an abrupt ending. It's just that somewhere in there, it feels like a piece is missing, or like they just kind of threw some scenes together without a real cohesive transition between each scene. I'm not sure. I'll have to ride it again and see what I think the second time. Good thing was - there was pretty much NO line for that either!

I am wondering now why Duffy is on Main Street. I kind of liked that he was a DCA character. I am sure it is a financial thing.

Michele -

I was quite shocked to see Duffy in Main Street shops. Mr. Potato Head used to be in both DL and DCA, and then at some point he became a DCA exclusive (who knows where Mr. Potato Head is now?). I don't know when DLR made the decision that Duffy could cross the border and move into DL too! You're right - there is something kind of cool about certain items being exclusive to one park only. I like to know that there are some things I can only get in one place or the other, and not all over the Resort.

Wow Sherry...you have no idea how much I needed this today. I'm sitting in a hotel room right now, taking a break from hospital visits. About 10 days ago we found out my dad had a tumor in his lung. I left town to take him to a hospital about 3 hours away from where he lives so he could have surgery. What started out as a "this is actually a blood clot with tumor cells around it...looks like we caught things early..." has since turned into a "your dad has cancer that started somewhere else and spread to his lungs but things aren't adding up and we can't figure out where it originated and we don't know if it's treatable..." If that wasn't bad enough...we were completely shocked to learn that my mom needed emergency double bypass open heart surgery. Their hospital rooms were actually across from each other.

Enough about that. I so needed to see this TR today. It actually brought tears to my eyes. Happy ones...first in a long while.

I was so shocked to see the Masked Mickey! (The only clown-like thing I will tolerate.) It looks different from past Masked Mickeys. Am I right? Are the colors different?

Yep, The Hearse definitely looks like it's been freshened up. So glad it's back. I noticed in Bret's TR that it had been put back in it's rightful place.

Thank you, my friend, for your AMAZING pictures. You have no idea how much they lifted my spirits this afternoon. Can't wait to see the Sewing Machine Display.

deej -

Oh dear! I am so, so sorry to hear about what's happening with both of your parents (at the same time!). Just one of those scenarios would be scary and stressful enough to deal with, but for both of them to have major health crises simultaneously is just too much to have to deal with. And, correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't it your brother or brother-in-law who also had a health scare not long ago as well (a tumor, right?)?

I just don't even know what to say. I'm so glad (and shocked) that you took the time to pop in here and say hello, given all that you are going through. I really appreciate it. I'm glad I was able to lift your spirits a wee bit!

I have lots more photos to come (though I haven't gotten anything posted today). Every time I took a photo of flowers (real or fake ones) and every time I passed by the sewing machine, I thought of you! I don't know how effective those will be at cheering you up, but I will make a valiant attempt!

Well, as for Masked Clown Mickey...he did look a tiny bit different than the one I last saw in 2007. The only thing I can think of for why that may be is that there were lots of mini-pumpkins involved in the floral display back in 2007, and maybe that somehow affected the color? This newer version of Masked Mickey may not have had as many pumpkins, but maybe had more actual flowers making up the color composition? I will have to get a closer look to get to the bottom of this mystery! I was just amazed to see that DLR suddenly brought him back after he had been MIA for so long.

I think the Hearse must have been wiped down and re-painted or something? It looks much brighter than it did before. That would have been a terrible travesty if they hadn't put the Hearse back in time for the Halloween season.

I have lots of stuff from the Round-Up coming soon. I will also have the sewing machine coming up soon. Funny thing is, I am so used to either seeing that sewing machine window in your photos OR in the evening (which is when I have caught it during the Christmas season), that when I saw it in person, in the daytime, during Halloween Time, it looked a bit different to me!! I kept saying to myself, "Is that the same sewing machine? Or are there different sewing machines around Main Street?" I even thought the sewing machine had switched windows at one point, and moved to a different location from where it used to be. I finally convinced myself I was crazy, but for a moment I thought there was a bit of sewing machine trickery going on!

And I was not the only one hovering ominously around the Main Street windows - every time I stopped to zoom in on a window display and try to get a glare-free, reflection-free photo (almost impossible on that day), there was someone on my heels, right behind me, waiting for me to move aside so they could also get photos! Must have been DIS'ers!!

My thoughts are with you and your family, deej! I am sending good vibes and prayers your way.

Sherry, I have finally been able to head on over here and read your TR. Great job on the pictures and nice narration, too. I was very happy to take you and had a great day.

When we separated, I headed on over to visit my DVC guide to give her a thank you gift. I stopped by the World of Disney on my way back to DL, and took some pictures of the Halloween merchandise. Did you ever leave the park? I'm guessing you didn't. There wasn't any Halloween decor in Downtown Disney. Anyway, my pictures are posted on the Halloween thread.

Thank you, Liza! I know what you mean - there's hardly any time to do anything! I couldn't post an update in my TR today because I was too busy with other stuff.

I did not go to World of Disney. I would have gone there if I had another day to wander around, but in the time I had, I had other missions to accomplish.

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Off to watch "Dancing with the Stars"!!!! I hope to have another couple of installments with photos up by tomorrow!!

 

[WDWJonasGirl]

Loved the whole report Sherry!!

 

[tksbaskets]

Wow Sherry...you have no idea how much I needed this today. I'm sitting in a hotel room right now, taking a break from hospital visits. About 10 days ago we found out my dad had a tumor in his lung. I left town to take him to a hospital about 3 hours away from where he lives so he could have surgery. What started out as a "this is actually a blood clot with tumor cells around it...looks like we caught things early..." has since turned into a "your dad has cancer that started somewhere else and spread to his lungs but things aren't adding up and we can't figure out where it originated and we don't know if it's treatable..." If that wasn't bad enough...we were completely shocked to learn that my mom needed emergency double bypass open heart surgery. Their hospital rooms were actually across from each other.

Enough about that. I so needed to see this TR today. It actually brought tears to my eyes. Happy ones...first in a long while.

I was so shocked to see the Masked Mickey! (The only clown-like thing I will tolerate.) It looks different from past Masked Mickeys. Am I right? Are the colors different?

Yep, The Hearse definitely looks like it's been freshened up. So glad it's back. I noticed in Bret's TR that it had been put back in it's rightful place.

Thank you, my friend, for your AMAZING pictures. You have no idea how much they lifted my spirits this afternoon. Can't wait to see the Sewing Machine Display.

Deej - praying for all of you I know how hard it is when one parent is ill - let alone two.

I'm so glad you found Sherry's trip report and it gave you some much needed relief to the stress you must be feeling. Hang in there~

TK

 

[mvf-m11c]

I'm sorry to hear that Deej and I hope that your parents get better as soon.

Thank you so much, Bret! And you know I am a big fan of your photos, too! It's always a joy to see what new quests you have completed or new photo subjects you have come up with!!

I don't know what quests to do for future trips. Right now, I got the Halloween quest next week then the Holiday quests in November and December (WDW). Right now I got those quests all planned out. Maybe if I do another trip early next year I can take on some suggestions of what to do for the next quest.

 

[Sherry E]

Loved the whole report Sherry!!

Thank you! There's more coming, Kaitlin! I am just about to go over to Photobucket and round up the next batch of photos for this TR. I've got lots more to share - including some good ones from the Round-Up, from Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead), etc.

We're still at the point in the TR where I was with Liza/funatdisney - we had not split up yet. So I still have all the photos I took when I was totally by myself to go through!!

....I don't know what quests to do for future trips. Right now, I got the Halloween quest next week then the Holiday quests in November and December (WDW). Right now I got those quests all planned out. Maybe if I do another trip early next year I can take on some suggestions of what to do for the next quest.

Bret -

There will always be Quest ideas. I still have a few ideas floating around which I can give you when you go next year. Between Halloween and the holiday season, you and your camera will be very busy for a while, without taking on any new Quests!!



Okay, I am zipping over to Photobucket and will be right back with more pictures!!

 

[Sherry E]

The Return of the Masked Mouse and His Diabolical Twin - September 16, 2011 - Part 4​

Okay! So when last we left off in this TR, Liza/funatdisney and I were in a (rather empty) California Adventure. I had taken my first voyage on the Little Mermaid ride and had racked up my lowest score to date on TSMM, leaving with a stiff wrist.

To be honest, if I had been on one of my multi-day trips, I would have lingered much, much longer in DCA. I would have taken sooooooo many more photos of everything - the new entrance (which brings me back to my childhood, and my trips to the original Pan Pacific Auditorium), all the Little Mermaid queue stuff, all the construction around the park, etc. I would have sought out any signs of Halloween I could find, if any were to be found.

When I am by myself and don't have anyone with me, and I don't have to meet up with anyone at a given time, I can totally get in "the zone" and just start snapping away at anything. And sometimes that's when I stumble upon the most interesting ideas (interesting to ME, anyway) - remember my vantage point of the Sorcerer's Hat at the DLH? Sometimes I may get good photos; sometimes I may get not-so-great ones - but I like to just keep trying until I get something I am satisfied with. Eventually, if you just keep pointing and shooting, you will come up with something good!


But, alas, I knew I had limited time and energy, and I had to focus on the Halloween stuff in Disneyland. I could not stop to take photos of 'everything else.' I had not been to DLR for Halloween Time in 2 years, and I had a lot of ground to cover in a short time!


Imagine my surprise to find that Duffy has his own Halloween photo opportunity in DCA!!

Well, I am not as big of a Duffy aficionado as many of my fellow DIS'ers are, but I was thrilled to see any signs of Halloween in DCA at all. Since the removal of Candy Corn Acres, DCA has been virtually Halloween-less, with the exception of some Fall-colored flower beds.

Duffy wasn't in his photo spot, but I assume he is wearing some sort of special Halloween outfit.

I love this hidden Mickey pumpkin!

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So after stopping by a Duffy-less Duffy Pumpkin Patch, we exited DCA (again, if there had been more time, I would have gone on Soarin' and Monsters, Inc., but there were Halloween-ish things to accomplish in DL so I couldn't dilly dally).


I should point out - for anyone who has not been to DCA very recently and has not seen the new entrance and the new way in which you have to enter DCA, it is a long, circuitous path to take to get into DCA (a Plaza Inn Cast Member even joked with us later on about how much extra walking there is now, given DCA's current condition). If you are not one to like a lot of extra walking on your DLR trips, this new route into DCA will probably bother you. My friend Shawn would have probably been annoyed. While DLR does a great job at putting fun posters up on their construction walls to keep it interesting, those walls keep you from entering the park in the way that you were probably used to. Of course, this set-up is temporary, and eventually we will all be able to enter DCA with fewer footsteps and roundabout pathways required, but for now, it's kind of...interesting!

Thankfully, my leg was not bothering me at that point - if you recall, I had some major, major pain with that on my DLR trip in December, and walking was an excruciating ordeal.

As we made our way down the long and winding road out of DCA, I stopped to snap a cell phone photo of the ever-present Buzz Lightyear toy-which-is-also-a-cup.

I planned to send this picture mail to my friend from the famous I Family (the ones who are supposed to be out here in November/December), as her husband and son love Buzz Lightyear and all things Toy Story, and would probably enjoy this toy/cup.

Gotta love technology. The picture mail with the Buzz photo never went through to her. It's one of those things that will probably be trapped in the Sprint airwaves somewhere, and end up with my friend in about a month. (I had a similar experience recently, in which a friend of mine sent me a picture mail...which promptly got to me in one month's time. Now that is some slooooooow service!)


I suggested at this point that Liza and I split up so we could go off on our own missions - mine being a photo mission, and hers being a mission to her DVC office and then photo-taking after that. It was just about 11:00 a.m.. We agreed to meet up at 4 p.m. (Actually, Liza suggested meeting up at 2 p.m. and I secretly laughed to myself at the crazy notion of being done with any kind of picture-taking by 2 p.m. I will spend hours just at the Reindeer Round-Up alone during the holiday season, so I need a good, long stretch of time to roam wild and free. I offered up 4 p.m. as a better option.)



Left to my own devices, what photos would I come up with? Probably nothing all that exciting, but I needed to just jump in and start getting back in the swing!

Hello again, pumpkin friends!

These people got in my shot, just as I was about to get a clear photo of the Great Mickey Pumpkin. Grrr.....

Time to hit the window displays!!

Duffy is now being sold in Disneyland too!

Hello, Old Gingerbread Friends!

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Sometimes I can get good window display photos, free of glare and reflection. I don't use a flash. I press the camera up to the glass unless it somehow cuts off the angle I am trying to capture. Usually these methods work. I got lucky with many of my nighttime window photos last December.

This Halloween trip was not one of those times in which I could get glare/reflection-free photos, which irritated me to no end. Still, I forged ahead, reflections or no reflections.



Coming up...more from Main Street, lots from Dia de los Muertos and Halloween Round-Up, as well as other randomness.

 

[kaoden39]

I think that maybe it is a Sprint in Disneyland thing. I tried sending several pictures in February. Some I sent either sent numerous times or not at all. It was the oddest thing. I hope somebody posts a picture of Duffy in a costume. His area is so cute.

 

[Sherry E]

I think that maybe it is a Sprint in Disneyland thing. I tried sending several pictures in February. Some I sent either sent numerous times or not at all. It was the oddest thing. I hope somebody posts a picture of Duffy in a costume. His area is so cute.

You're right, Michele!

I have the worst possible Sprint service in Disneyland. People will call me and I don't get the call because there's no signal and it goes straight to voice mail...and then I don't get the voice mail for hours. Sometimes my Picture Mail works, sometimes it doesn't. It's very random. Other people seem to have better service with their non-Sprint phones while at DLR.

Anyway, as for Duffy and his Halloween photo spot...well, from what I have heard, he is supposedly wearing a li'l pumpkin outfit much like the stuffed Halloween Duffy is wearing (photos coming up), which is on sale in the parks.

I didn't stop for any PhotoPass photos this time around, but I might have to do that if I see Duffy in a pumpkin-type outfit!! Duffy was slacking off! He was not where he should have been on Friday!!

 

[kaoden39]

Ironically our girls had T-Mobile in June 2010 and believe it or not it was worse service than Sprint. Kacy thinks that it is because T-Mobile only works goood in bad neighborhoods. Loren's best friend Vincent's Sprint was even working on POTC. I just think it is an iffy thing.

 

[DizNee Luver]

Loving it so far Sherry....I'm so glad you got your day trip in!!! Your pics are making me sad.....we would have been there in 11 days But I'm enjoying them too (if that makes sense). Can't wait to see the rest!!

 

[WDWJonasGirl]

Love the halloween pictures!!

 

[Sherry E]

Ironically our girls had T-Mobile in June 2010 and believe it or not it was worse service than Sprint. Kacy thinks that it is because T-Mobile only works goood in bad neighborhoods. Loren's best friend Vincent's Sprint was even working on POTC. I just think it is an iffy thing.

Michele -

I've never had T-Mobile. But I don't want to go to bad neighborhoods so maybe I will avoid it!!

It's funny you mentioned POTC as being one of the places Vincent's Sprint service was working at DLR!!

My Sprint service, as I told you, is so spotty. Let's say, for example, that Shawn and I are supposed to meet up with Jackie and Bob at DLR at some point. Jackie has my number as well as Shawn's number, but she will generally try calling me first to set up the place and time where we are all going to meet.

When Jackie calls me, the signal will be messed up so I won't get the call. She goes straight through to voice mail and will leave a message. Not only do I not see the call coming through when Jackie tries to reach me, but I will not even get her voice mail message for another couple of hours - long after the time we were supposed to meet up! This is why she has Shawn's number too - so if she can't get me, she can call Shawn. I don't know what cell phone service Shawn uses, but it always seems to work in Disneyland!!

BUT, one random, fluke time that my Sprint service decided to work was...on the POTC ride! In the middle of the ride, all of a sudden I hear some sort of familiar tone and it's my phone. (Obviously I was not going to answer it at that time.) So my stupid service won't work in any other place in Disneyland but it will work on Pirates of the Caribbean!!

I guess that's the lesson for today, kids - if your Sprint service is not working at Disneyland, go on POTC and it will be fine!!

Loving it so far Sherry....I'm so glad you got your day trip in!!! Your pics are making me sad.....we would have been there in 11 days But I'm enjoying them too (if that makes sense). Can't wait to see the rest!!

Hi, Laurie!!

Thank you!

I'm so sorry you didn't get to do the Halloween trip this year (or a holiday trip), but I really think that by the time you finally get to visit the parks during Halloween Time, it will be an even bigger and better celebration. While it was nice to see something Halloween-ified in the way of the Duffy photo spot in DCA, I am still holding out hope that when all the work is done on the DCA makeover, Halloween will really be a part of DCA too, whereas now it is really just focused on Disneyland park, and only in certain areas!

I'm very glad I got in the day trip as well (thanks to Liza/funatdisney to taking me down there and back home) - I missed Halloween last year and I knew I wanted to really get in there and take some photos. But I still need at least a good couple of days to hit the specific areas I want to hit for Halloween season, and then much more than that for the holidays.

Oh, by the way, even though I always had my secret plan to head to DLR on opening day of Halloween Time in September, I was still planning to do an early October trip - as I'd told you months ago - around the time you would have been there. But I felt like I wanted to get a hotel room if I were going to do the party, and that PIN code I got for 10/16 - 10/31 threw off my course of action. And then I wasn't even able to use the PIN!

When you figured out that you wouldn't be able to do the Halloween trip, that was just one of the things that made me think I should again readjust my party plans.

Now I am still planning to go to the party - I wish it didn't cost so much, so soon before my holiday trip, or I would go more than once - but it won't be early October.

Love the halloween pictures!!

Thank you, Kaitlin!

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I am going to go take a peek over at the main forum and see what's happening, and then I'm heading to Photobucket to gather up more photos for the next trip report installment, continuing on with where I left off yesterday morning! Lots o' photos coming, everyone!!

 

[Sherry E]

The Return of the Masked Mouse and His Diabolical Twin - September 16, 2011 - Part 5​

So when I posted Part 4 of this Halloween Time TR yesterday morning, I had split from funatdisney/Liza so I could go on a photo-taking mission and was making my way down Main Street.

This is a creepy-looking critter!

I was not expecting the characters to come by, out of nowhere!

Mickey is busting a move! The band stopped to perform some choreographed dance moves to "Under the Sea," which was cute.
I didn't have a good vantage point to get photos of the dancing, so I skipped it.

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More from the hub...and a little Day of the Dead for ya, comin' right up!

 

[Sherry E]

The Return of the Masked Mouse and His Diabolical Twin - September 16, 2011 - Part 6​

Still at the hub...

There are 7 character pumpkins which surround the Partners statue. Each character pumpkin represents a different land in Disneyland.

Jack Skellington represents New Orleans Square...

Woody represents Frontierland...

Pooh represents Critter Country...

Tinkerbell represents Fantasyland...

Roger Rabbit represents ToonTown...

Buzz Lightyear represents Tomorrowland...

And Tarzan represents Adventureland...

Although I couldn't get clear shots of them, on the backsides of each pumpkin were little enhancements to the themes. For example, on the back of the Pooh pumpkin there are little honey (hunny) bees buzzing around, and on the back of the Buzz Lightyear pumpkin there are, I think, planets or stars or something?




Now...on to Frontierland, where Dia de los Muertos - Day of the Dead - is celebrated in a colorful display!

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Coming up in Part 7...a few more photos of the Dia de los Muertos display and we're going to mosey on over to the Halloween Round-Up for some rustic Halloween fun!

 

[Sherry E]

The Return of the Masked Mouse and His Diabolical Twin - September 16, 2011 - Part 7​

Still at the Dia de los Muertos display in Frontierland...

And on to the Halloween Round-Up...

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Coming up in Part 8...more photos from the Halloween Round-Up!

 

[kaoden39]

Sherry, I love, love, love all of your pictures. I feel like I am there. I needed this lift today. Thank you.