Nothing to See Here...

[tksbaskets]

I'll be here What a bummer about the freezing. Grrr...I hate it when technology prevents me from having fun.

 

[Sherry E]

I'll be here What a bummer about the freezing. Grrr...I hate it when technology prevents me from having fun.

Thanks, TK -

I wish it were only fun that technology is preventing. Unfortunately, it goes beyond just fun for me and interferes with earning income, working, getting onto certain sites to take care of important business, etc.

I really need an all new system with all new hardware and all new versions of the software I use, just to start from scratch - instead of buying one brand new part and trying to make it work with 10 other things that are 12 years old! I think it's OK to piecemeal a computer set-up with old and new parts if you have a system that is 4-5 years old or younger. (Not too old, in other words.) But trying to make old software work on a brand new operating system can be tricky (if not impossible), and making a new CPU work with old printers, speakers and monitors and all of that can be difficult too. Things start to become incompatible after a while.

Anyway, sometime today I'll rewrite/re-post what I was trying to post from California Adventure and Disneyland 2 nights ago!

 

[mvf-m11c]

Just like TK. I will wait and see your wonderful pictures and reviews of your TR's.

 

[Sherry E]

I must admit that one of the most frustrating, maddening times of year for me is this time. Right now. The beginning of Summer.

Not only am I vehemently opposed to heat that exceeds 72 degrees, I also know that Fall (and with it, signs of Halloween!) is on the other side of Summer...just 3 months away...just out of reach. I always think, "I have to get through three long, grueling months of heat...and then Fall and the holiday season will come rolling right along to save the day!"

That's what I wait all year for, you know. Autumn. Pumpkins. Beautiful piles of colored leaves scattered in the street. A slight chill in the air. Blustery days. A respite from the harsh sun and soaring temperatures. An excuse to pull out the sweaters. A gateway to my true favorite time of year - Christmas time and the holiday season.

Yes, yes, I love certain things that are associated with Summer - I've always loved the ocean, for example. I love the beach. I love picnics and BBQ's and all that fun stuff. The flowers are gorgeous. I've had many fun Summer outings with friends in the past - at Disneyland and on Catalina, among other places. (Stay tuned for my return to Catalina in about 4 weeks - photos to come in the SoCal section of the board!!)

But...I simply hate to be hot. And I am one who gets hot on overcast days. I get hot when it is under 80 degrees outside. I get hot when it is under 70 degrees, to be honest with you. Dry heat, humidity - whatever it is, I don't like it. I am very, very, very heat-sensitive (to the point of getting ill ), and I have found that an 80-degree day in, say, November is milder than an 80-degree day in the middle of July. Although an 80-degree day in July or August would be a lucky break. Sometimes the temperatures soar to well over 100 degrees.

Anyway, my point in all this babble is that I just have to make it through another couple of months of torture, and sweet, merciful relief will be on the other side in the form of Halloween Time at Disneyland. Then comes Christmas time at Disneyland. Fake snow on Main Street. Gingerbread cookies. Hot cocoa weather. Dickens carolers. Stunning trees and lights. Christmas movie marathons on the Hallmark Channel. Rankin-Bass clay puppet classics. Peppermint ice cream.

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In the meantime...one week ago was when I last attempted to finish up on posting my pictures from June 9th at DLR, and my stupid PC locked up before I could even save what I had typed out. I had a few specific descriptions of and comments on some things, as well as the remaining photos from DCA to share. Then I was going to post the few photos I took in Disneyland while Liza/funatdisney was taking care of her pin business at Little Green Men. It's not a lot - I just have to get through it!

And THEN I was going to jump right back into my long-delayed holiday 2011 TR (about my rather ill-fated, annual Christmas visit to DLR and the reunion with my childhood friend), while I was on a roll and while I was in the mood to do it. The only problem is, if my PC locks up repeatedly it kills the roll I think I'm on and it ruins my mood, thus preventing me from getting anywhere on any TR for any trip!!

A bit later today, I am going to once again attempt to finish up the DLR June 9th stuff...and cross my fingers that nothing freezes, locks or crashes.

So, please, please, please - if there is anyone still out there - STAY TUNED!!!!

(Is there anyone still out there, left over from my Cars Land/Buena Vista Street photo bonanza?)

 

[PHXscuba]

I too will welcome fall's relief from the heat. I am insane enough to live in AZ where we would KILL for a day in the 80s this time of year. My POOL is 87 degrees!! Which is why we always come to CA for a week (and I do my barefoot happy dance on my parents' driveway )

I think that is why I have become such a big fan of fall. When I lived back East, fall meant that icky winter was coming ... now it means that the icky summer heat is going away. And yes, there is much more pumpkin/apple/gingerbread/peppermint available at that time of year.

I would LOVE to see the rest of your Christmas trip report so I can think that Christmas (and cool weather) will come again someday ....

PHXscuba

 

[deejdigsdis]

Hey Sherry...just popping in to say I will be back when the Christmas TR gets rolling again. I am trying to avoid pictures of Cars Land for the time being. Can't wait to discover it myself...then I will come back here to see all the details I am sure to have missed!

I posted after the podcast, but as far as I could tell (while trying to quickly skim through Cars Land photos with my eyes partially closed!) it looked like the post never actually posted. Anyway...I really enjoyed the podcast. You mentioned something that I've noticed about you from the get go, and have always appreciated about you. You notice when someone has been gone from the boards for a while, you remember their names, and other little details like questions they might have asked. I know I'm not the only one that has noticed and appreciated that. In this busy world where people are always rushing around...that is a really stand-out quality to have. Thank you!

OK...looking forward to the return of the Christmas Time TR. I'm even listening to Christmas music on Pandora right now -- Frank Sinatra singing "White Christmas." Wow...I really broke my "No Christmas Music Before Thanksgiving" rule, didn't I?

 

[mariezp]

I'm still here too Sherry! Bummer about the computer eating all your hard work yet again. I agree with you about hot weather. I do not do hot well anymore either. Can't wait for fall weather to get here and head to the park too. Can hardly wait to see what else is coming up.

 

[DizNee Luver]

I'm here still.....but I leave tomorrow morning for a special needs camp with the family and will be gone until Friday.

Looking forward to seeing the rest of your preview of Cars Land & Buena Vista St........but REALLY looking forward to seeing the Dec. TR!!! (before you go back for the holidays this year......lol)

 

[Sherry E]

I was just on my way down to the laundry room to do some laundry (while the machines are free - before my pesky neighbors get to them!), and I thought I would peek in here quickly to see if anyone replied - not expecting to see anything!

Wow! PHX is here, Marie is here, Laurie is here (although, only for a short time) - and deejdigsdis came back!! Hello, everyone! I just had to pop in for a quick comment because Deej has been missing in action! TK and I were commenting in this TR that we wondered where Deej was.

Deej - I didn't realize you were avoiding Cars Land/Buena Vista Street photos. I thought you had been planning to follow Bret's Cars Land, etc., reports so I figured I was safe in posting them and not scaring you off!

No, your post about the podcast did not come through. I'm not sure what happened to it. Thank you for the kind words!



It's safe for you to return, Deej! I don't know if you noticed, but I mentioned that I'm DONE with the Cars Land photos (which I guess you didn't really see anyway), and all that's left of Buena Vista Street are 4 pictures with Jessica/Belle Ella and Liza/funatdisney sitting in front of the Carthay fountain. That's it. The rest of the stuff is allllll safe stuff to look at - like from Disneyland!

You can come out of hiding (anyone who was avoiding my Cars Land & Buena Vista Street photos)! The rest of the photos from June 9th are in the safe zone!! Disneyland is a safe zone!


I had more replies for everyone but I'm afraid I'm going to lose my spot at the washing machines, so I must dash off right now. I will be back later!!

 

[kmedina]

We just left LA yesterday and are so envious of the weather, although it was a little humid. Hopefully, it is not too hot there this summer. I am here and ready to read about the rest of your trip. Ours just wrapped, and I need a few days to get it going.

 

[bumbershoot]

For anyone who was trying to avoid pictures, avert your eyes! I'm about to quote one. Here, I'll give you some room in the post so you don't have to glimpse it yet.

OK, what does that say? Widest WHAT?




And by the way, E and I will be there next weekend, and I have a little new pre-trip for it.

 

[kmedina]

OK, what does that say? Widest WHAT?

And by the way, E and I will be there next weekend, and I have a little new pre-trip for it.

Have fun. Take a picture of the whole outside, so we can see what it really says. I will have to look through my pictures now to see what it says.

 

[bumbershoot]

Isn't that funny, I hadn't even thought about the fact that I'd be there and could see the sign!


A few high school friends were talking about having a 25th reunion down at DCA (just our group...we didn't really fit in in HS and if the 20th reunion is anything to go by, don't WANT to fit in with the masses anymore, LOL), and I can just imagine their dirty minds reacting to that sign!

 

[Sherry E]

Hi, Molly!

First off, it says "Widest Assortment," I am fairly sure!

Second - I just thought of you this morning, before seeing that you had posted!! I hadn't seen you on this TR in ages and ages - not when I was doing any of my 'Background Info/Disneyland History/sort of Pre-TR stuff' for the December 2011 trip (which I did this year - well after the December trip, of course), and not when I was posting the Cars Land/Buena Vista Street photos! I figured you had checked out or unsubscribed or something.

Also, as I can understand, there's just not enough time in the day to follow TR's and update your own TR, and try to post in some threads here and there, while trying to get 'real life stuff' done as well. Plus, in my case, I have so many technical issues with this PC, and I am constantly losing info that I spent a lot of time typing, that I start to get discouraged and depressed after a while and I give up on writing/commenting.

So I figured you just didn't have enough time to really keep up. Glad to see you back here again, though!

But you must be psychic, or I'm psychic, or both!

I had been meaning to ask you if you heard the two mentions I gave you in the Podcast I recorded with the Unplugged team back in June? It was the "DISboards 15th Anniversary show," and I was on the show with Mary Jo, Nancy/YellowMickeyPonchos, HydroGuy and several others (I think there were 9 of us, total). I mentioned you!

Anyway, I also realized that I had never popped back into your last TR when you were talking about Club 33 - and I remember that there was something specific I was going to say about that, but now it escapes me. I actually saw your Club 33 stuff way back when it was first posted, and I must have been storing it in my memory bank, along with whatever the other things I had planned to comment on were - which have also now escaped me! Sometimes, if I don't have the time to comment right when I see something, I will remember it later on, and sometimes the thoughts vanish from my head forever. I was just reminded of your Club 33 visit recently, when you posted in the latest 'help me get into Club 33' thread. I thought, "Arrrrggghhhh! I forgot to say whatever I was going to say about her trip!"

I will pop over to your Pre-TR - I'm so glad you and E are going to see Cars Land and Buena Vista Street, and I'll be very curious to read your opinions!

I'm at a crossroads with my own TR's. I just have to simply finish posting the photos from June 9 - and there are not that many of them left, and they are mostly from Disneyland itself and not from DCA. Then, I have to go back to the December TR (now that I finished my Disneyland History/Background part of it) and carry on with that. And, my birthday is in 12 days...which means I am supposed to be on a boat to Catalina...which will be another report of some kind over in the SoCal section of the board (not in this thread).

So I basically have 2 TR's to finish and another one to start in the SoCal forum, and I just can't rely on this PC to get me through them. If I didn't have the technical issues I have, I would have been done soooooo much faster. I just end up losing my motivation to continue because I get so stressed and frustrated.

 

[Sherry E]

Oh, by the way, Kim -

I subscribed to your TR a few days ago as well. Love the "Chance of Lightning" title! As I explained in my above reply to Molly, I may not always have time to comment - or if I do have time, my computer is acting up and I give up - but I did read some of it so far and have to get caught up. I think I started somewhere in the middle of the TR, so I have to go back and then forward again!

 

[kmedina]

Oh, by the way, Kim -

I subscribed to your TR a few days ago as well. Love the "Chance of Lightning" title! As I explained in my above reply to Molly, I may not always have time to comment - or if I do have time, my computer is acting up and I give up - but I did read some of it so far and have to get caught up. I think I started somewhere in the middle of the TR, so I have to go back and then forward again!

No problem Sherry. My husband always makes fun of my titles, so I am glad someone liked it. I am looking forward to reading the rest of yours. No rush. I am subscribed, so it will let me know when your update is ready.

 

[bumbershoot]

Sherry, I don't tend to listen to podcasts, so no I didn't hear it!

For some reason when I'm done with my TR I tend to fall away from the TR section; I seem to get into light-reading mode instead of intense, paying-attention mode. It's evil of me, I know, and I apologize! And when I subscribe, I choose the "no email" option, so it's all up to me to check in! If I'm skipping the TR section entirely, I miss things. Boo to me. But just in the last couple days I went back through, finding yours, refinding Tracey's PTR for WDW, etc!

And, of course, the light-reading mode is what got me to this place where I have NO clue what's going on in the parks right now. Glow with the show, what on earth is THAT? What will the kid and I be getting ourselves into? Gotta figure that out.

 

[Sherry E]

Kim -

Yes, I definitely like the title of your TR! Last time I silently checked in, I was scrolling through pages, trying to figure out where I started and where I left off, and saw some fun pictures of a goody bag or gift bag of some kind in the room? Or was it a goody basket? In any case, there was some fun stuff there and I have to go back and figure out where I am in the TR!




Molly -

I was asked to be part of the DIS Unplugged podcast as part of a round table chat about our DLR side of the board, specifically for the 15th anniversary of the DIS. It aired back in early June (June 7th, I think it was?). As I said earlier, Mary Jo, Nancy, Trey and I were all part of it, as well as Pete (the Big Kahuna of DISBoards), and 2 of the Divas (who you've probably met), as well as Tom and Wayne (both regular Unplugged correspondents).

During the chat, I mentioned you, Laurie, Marie and Jessica/Belle Ella as being people that I've met in person, who have also become friends. And I also mentioned you as being one of the first names I remember seeing on the DIS - before I even joined!

You should check it out - ImTooExcitedToSleep keeps a sticky on the first page of the DL forum, and it has links to each podcast, if I recall correctly. Marie, Laurie, Deejdigsdis and Jessica have all listened to it! (No one else gives a hoot, I suspect!)

By the way - I don't think it's evil of you at all that you have been in light reading mode and haven't really been following along. People - all of us - go through phases in which we feel like reading a lot of TR's or being on the DIS a lot, and then there are times when we don't feel like it and just cannot be on the DIS too often. Also, people have lives and families and jobs and fun stuff like that. Not everyone can carve out the time to hang around on the DIS and read all the time. So we kind of drift in and out. It happens. It's life!

Yes, we all get bummed if it seems like no one cares or that no one is paying attention to what we worked hard on for our TR's, but it is understandable that people get distracted and busy (or that they just have stupid PC issues and can't bear the stress of dealing with them!).

For example, I spent a lot of time on my 3-part Background/Intro/Pre-TR for the December 2011 trip. I spent a lot of time even choosing which photos to include in each post, to help illustrate the story. It was not a fast process! I shared a lot about my childhood and how/why Disneyland came into my life, my early Disney 'connections' and why Disneyland ended up meaning so much to me, etc. ...simply because it will paint an overall portrait of why the outcome of the December 2011 trip affected me the way it did. Having some back story helps flesh out the main plot! But...I don't think too many people read the 3 installments, other than the people (my loyal DIS-friends) who actually commented on specific things (and I thank them!). So, what can I do? Move on with the TR anyway, whether people read it or not!!

So I appreciate the honesty - I try to be honest and tell people if I have actually read any of their TR's, or if I have read the whole thing, or if I've read some of it but had no time to comment, or not read it at all. If I am going to pop in and make a comment, I like to make it clear that I have been paying attention so that the comment is worthwhile. If I have not been paying attention (for whatever the reason), I don't like to comment. I don't want to be the person who says that I've been reading every single word - or that I've even followed a small part of it - if it's not true. (Sometimes I can tell when people have not been paying attention in TR's!)

 

[Sherry E]

Okay...let's try this again, and let's cross our fingers that my PC doesn't freeze and cause me to have a nervous breakdown!

When last I posted in my June 9, 2012 Cars Land/Buena Vista Street Trip Report, I showed you these pictures, which include my new favorite black Mickey t-shirt (even though I did not buy it) and the DCA time capsule:

http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=45191804&postcount=2770




I neglected to mention that I think I injured my foot in DCA that day, and it is still hurting today, one month later. Quite possibly I fractured something - maybe just a small fracture, but enough to cause me pain when I walk.

You see, when I was still by myself - before meeting up with Liza/funatdisney for lunch - I was over near Oswald's on BVS. I wanted to get a photo of some of the details, but there were people in the way. I turned around to walk away, and apparently I forgot there was a curb there. I stepped off the curb before I was ready to, and my left foot turned inward - leaving the outer side of my foot to hit the curb at an angle, which then pushed me into the street.

I don't know if you can picture what I mean, but trust me that it almost had me on my butt in the middle of Buena Vista Street if not for the quick save on my part! I am good with the quick saves sometimes, as you know, if you all remember my trash can-ice cream cone-camera encounter from December 2010!

I have already fallen on the ground more than enough this year - I was sick for 2-1/2 months, from early December to late February, and my equilibrium must have been out of whack. I did not want to fall again on BVS! So I stopped myself from falling and making a fool of myself, but I injured my foot. My foot felt okay that day, but injuries are strange in that sometimes they don't 'present' themselves until later on.

So even today, a full month later, the side of my left foot is hurting, like I injured a bone in there or something. And it hurts to walk if I am on my feet for more than a couple of minutes. I have discovered this when I have been out running errands.

This foot problem will be an issue if I am going to hoof it around Catalina in 12 days, which was the plan...

Anyway, back to the June 9th TR...

Liza/funatdisney and I had lunch at Taste Pilots Grill - she was kind enough to treat - and then went to Ghirardelli to try out some of their sundaes. I treated her to dessert. I also got my second chocolate/caramel sample of the day, because a different CM was standing at the entrance! The second sample was just as good as the first one!


Ghirardelli has quite an extensive and decadent menu!

It was hard to choose which sinful treat to indulge in, but I decided to order the "Strike It Rich" sundae for myself - which had butterscotch, almonds, butter pecan ice cream, vanilla ice ream, hot fudge, whipped cream and a cherry...

Meanwhile, Liza ordered the "Domingo," which had vanilla ice cream, bananas, hot fudge, almonds, whipped cream and a cherry...

The total for the 2 sundaes - in case anyone wants to get an idea of what they might spend at Ghirardelli - was $17.90 before tax and before my 15% AP discount was deducted.

After the cashier deducted $2.69 for the discount, and added in $1.18 in taxes, the total came out to: $16.39.



Liza and I are in agreement that we think Ghirardelli will give Gibson Girl in Disneyland a run for its money! First of all, GG does not accept the AP discount and Ghirardelli does! Secondly, there is a more interesting assortment of menu items and hot drinks at Ghirardelli than at GG.

To be honest, we were also saying that we think California Adventure might be gaining an edge over Disneyland in a lot of ways. We think that many more people are going to prefer being in DCA than in DL now that the billion dollar makeover is finished - if for no other reason than the fact that DCA has a different vibe to it. It is both a nice complement to Disneyland and also a welcome change from Disneyland.




Anyway, after enjoying our yummy sundaes on a bench, Jessica/Belle Ella (who now works in DCA) came to meet up with us for a bit. The last time I saw her was in October 2011, at the Halloween Party, and we never got any pictures together. In fact, Liza and I split up from Jessica and Paula (smile4stamps) and never saw them again that night!

This time we made sure to get a few shots in front of the beautiful fountain at Carthay Circle. It's a great place to sit on a hot day!



Here I am with are Jessica - and in case you haven't figured it out or in case you have not met either one of us, Jessica is the young, pretty, thin one in the picture! TK, notice that I am wearing a dark blue shirt - because of the lack of black Mickey t-shirts that have been around in the last few years!

Jessica and Liza...

Liza and me...

All 3 of us together - DIS power!!

And Goofy in his new green Buena Vista Street duds, making a quick escape!

It was great to catch up with Jessica and hear all about the fun she is having working at DLR. Not too long ago, working at DLR seemed like a far-off-in-the-future kind of thing for Jessica, but very quickly she pulled off a move and landed 2 new jobs, and she seems to be having a fantastic time working as a CM! She posts the best, most fun, pictures on Facebook!



Anyway, after chatting with Jessica for a while, we went our separate ways and Jessica went off to meet up with other DIS'ers. Liza had one bit of 'pin business' to take care of in Disneyland - at Little Green Men - before we went home (it wasn't really going to be a 'stay until nighttime' sort of trip), so that would be our next stop.


By the way, below was the souvenir brochure I got at the Cars Land preview - actually, it was not given to me when we picked up our wrist bands but, rather, Liza went and got one from the ticket booth for me when we had already staked out our places in line at the DCA entrance. The CM's were keeping the brochure on the down low, and I'm not sure why - as you can see, it was nothing elaborate!

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Next up...a quick little visit to Disneyland to stop and smell the roses and other flora!

 

[mvf-m11c]

I was crossing my fingers that you posted your update to your TR and it shown with no problem.

I'm sorry to hear about your injured foot Sherry. I hope that you get better soon.

Very nice pics of the menu and your desserts at Ghirardelli's. I agree that Ghiaradelli's is going to give Gibson Girl at DL a run for it's money as the best place at the DLR to get ice cream. Not only the selection of ice cream but also the AP discount does make a big difference.

I'm still glad that you got to go to the CL & BVS preview with Liza. It would have been great if I did ran into you or Liza at the preview. But we did miss each other that day. It was neat that you also got to see Jessica that day. Those are very nice pics of you, Liza and Jessica at the BVS fountain.

Nice pics Sherry.