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[Sherry E]

I just noticed that the Photopass thread is now officially a Sticky!! Yay! I was pulling and asking for it to be Sticky status because either I or Dizneydaz usually has to go in and bump it before it gets lost waaaaaaay in the murky depths of the board. So it will be much easier to find now, and hopefully will encourage more folks to start posting their PP pictures......which reminds me that I have to dip back into my well of PP pictures from December and post a few more of them....either here or on the official Photopass sticky thread.....or both.....

 

[merrrydeath]

I just love allll of your pictures! I wish my parents had been better at taking pictures and saving them. I have none from my very first trip! Even though I distinctly remember taking one with Minnie. So sad. But woe is me. I'm the third child. Hand-me-downs and no proof that I was ever a child

 

[Sherry E]

I just love allll of your pictures! I wish my parents had been better at taking pictures and saving them. I have none from my very first trip! Even though I distinctly remember taking one with Minnie. So sad. But woe is me. I'm the third child. Hand-me-downs and no proof that I was ever a child

Hi, Meredith! Thank you for joining my TR thread! I know what you mean about not having any pictures. There are other places I went when I was younger - and even other DLR trips - where I was not the one taking pictures and either no one got any or someone else has them and I never will see them. It's frustrating.

Oh no! You are the baby of the family? You got the short end of the stick! No proof (in pictures) that you were ever a kid! That's too funny - but sad too!

Anyway, I am glad you enjoyed the pictures. When I started this TR last year, initially there were NO pictures at all. I was waiting to develop some of them and just didn't put any in. Then, when I got my first PhotoPass CD and got everything else developed, I went nuts with the pictures and went back and sprinkled them throughout this TR, and then got the idea to start putting in DLR pictures from the '70s to 2008. I hope you were able to thumb through the all pages and see them. I have to post more PhotoPass pictures because now I am going through picture-posting withdrawal.

 

[merrrydeath]

Hi, Meredith! Thank you for joining my TR thread! I know what you mean about not having any pictures. There are other places I went when I was younger - and even other DLR trips - where I was not the one taking pictures and either no one got any or someone else has them and I never will see them. It's frustrating.

Oh no! You are the baby of the family? You got the short end of the stick! No proof (in pictures) that you were ever a kid! That's too funny - but sad too!

Anyway, I am glad you enjoyed the pictures. When I started this TR last year, initially there were NO pictures at all. I was waiting to develop some of them and just didn't put any in. Then, when I got my first PhotoPass CD and got everything else developed, I went nuts with the pictures and went back and sprinkled them throughout this TR, and then got the idea to start putting in DLR pictures from the '70s to 2008. I hope you were able to thumb through the all pages and see them. I have to post more PhotoPass pictures because now I am going through picture-posting withdrawal.

I definitely have the curse of the baby of the family. My parents like to say that all the pictures/videos of me burned in "the fire". Ha. Ha. Very funny.

I think all of our pictures from DL were from disposable cameras, so who knows where those are nowadays. I didn't get my love of photo albums/scrapbooks from EITHER of my parents.

I'm hoping to make up for all of the trauma by taking gazillions of pictures this time.

 

[Sherry E]

I definitely have the curse of the baby of the family. My parents like to say that all the pictures/videos of me burned in "the fire". Ha. Ha. Very funny.

I think all of our pictures from DL were from disposable cameras, so who knows where those are nowadays. I didn't get my love of photo albums/scrapbooks from EITHER of my parents.

I'm hoping to make up for all of the trauma by taking gazillions of pictures this time.

All the pictures of you "burned in the fire"? Oh, that is too funny! I can see your family has a sense of humor, which is good.

I have heard conflicting stories that the baby of the family gets short shrift, AND I have heard that the middle child is always the forgotten one, AND I have heard that the oldest child is forgotten once the next children are born!! I don't know what to believe! I am an only child, so I never had that dynamic to contend with!

Yes, take lots of pictures on this upcoming DLR trip. We all love pictures here on DISboards! Take your own pictures and take PhotoPass pictures, too, just so you will have a whole set of really nice (and funny) pictures of you and your mom together, and anyone else who may join in on the trip. You will be asked to do many of the silly poses that I was asked to do for my PhotoPass pictures (posted earlier in this same Trip Report), and probably even some new ones (it seems the PP photographers are always coming up with new ways to embarrass the guests).

 

[mariezp]

Great guys! Now I know what to tell my youngest child about why there are not very many pictures of her when she was young. "Sorry, honey, they burned in the fire!" By the time she came along 10 years later than my son, DH and DS became sour-pusses about having family photos taken. The last professional family portrait we have is before she was born! The old folks look like hippies but man were we slim! And the last professional picture taken of the two kids was when she was about a year old. The shame!

Thank heavens we go to Disneyland annually so there are SOME pictures of her as she was growing up! HONEST, our oldest DD is working on becoming a professional photographer so we have plans this spring for her to come shoot some portraits outside at our home. DD will just have to use her imagination before the age of 9!

 

[Sherry E]

Great guys! Now I know what to tell my youngest child about why there are not very many pictures of her when she was young. "Sorry, honey, they burned in the fire!" By the time she came along 10 years later than my son, DH and DS became sour-pusses about having family photos taken. The last professional family portrait we have is before she was born! The old folks look like hippies but man were we slim! And the last professional picture taken of the two kids was when she was about a year old. The shame!

Thank heavens we go to Disneyland annually so there are SOME pictures of her as she was growing up! HONEST, our oldest DD is working on becoming a professional photographer so we have plans this spring for her to come shoot some portraits outside at our home. DD will just have to use her imagination before the age of 9!

I think that the new "burned in the fire" excuse may replace the "dog ate my homework" concept from so long ago. You can adapt it to many things.

If you notice, those pictures I posted of me as a small child in the '70s at DLR a page or two ago are not bountiful. I mean, someone was lazing off on the job and only snapped a random picture here or there on each trip. And then some DLR trips I have no pictures of at all, for some reason. So I wonder if the rest of my DLR pictures from when I was little also "burned in the fire."

That's great that your daughter is becoming a photographer. Is she a good one? Have you seen a lot of her work? She can do all kinds of nice family portraits of you guys - for FREE, hopefully, which is a perk!

 

[merrrydeath]

All the pictures of you "burned in the fire"? Oh, that is too funny! I can see your family has a sense of humor, which is good.

I have heard conflicting stories that the baby of the family gets short shrift, AND I have heard that the middle child is always the forgotten one, AND I have heard that the oldest child is forgotten once the next children are born!! I don't know what to believe! I am an only child, so I never had that dynamic to contend with!

Yes, take lots of pictures on this upcoming DLR trip. We all love pictures here on DISboards! Take your own pictures and take PhotoPass pictures, too, just so you will have a whole set of really nice (and funny) pictures of you and your mom together, and anyone else who may join in on the trip. You will be asked to do many of the silly poses that I was asked to do for my PhotoPass pictures (posted earlier in this same Trip Report), and probably even some new ones (it seems the PP photographers are always coming up with new ways to embarrass the guests).

Yeah they THINK they are really funny. I don't know if all those birth order stereotypes are true. I don't think anyone was ignored. I MIGHT have gotten more attention from everyone but being the only girl and the youngest didn't hurt. My mom was an only child and she did NOT know how to handle sibling fighting. Whereas my dad, who is one of six, had to tell her to ignore it.

There should be no worries that I won't take pictures. I bought myself a brand new camera and it just came on Tuesday. So excited.

Great guys! Now I know what to tell my youngest child about why there are not very many pictures of her when she was young. "Sorry, honey, they burned in the fire!" By the time she came along 10 years later than my son, DH and DS became sour-pusses about having family photos taken. The last professional family portrait we have is before she was born! The old folks look like hippies but man were we slim! And the last professional picture taken of the two kids was when she was about a year old. The shame!

Thank heavens we go to Disneyland annually so there are SOME pictures of her as she was growing up! HONEST, our oldest DD is working on becoming a professional photographer so we have plans this spring for her to come shoot some portraits outside at our home. DD will just have to use her imagination before the age of 9!

Ohh I feel for her, really I do. We have one family picture displayed in the house...and I wasn't born yet. We have the standard 6 mo. 1 year, 1.5 year pictures and all the school ones, but that is it. You can look through album after album of my oldest brother. It's a curse.

 

[Sherry E]

There should be no worries that I won't take pictures. I bought myself a brand new camera and it just came on Tuesday. So excited.

Meredith, what kind of camera did you get? I have seen so many good pictures taken posted all over the DIS here, and some are high end Nikon DLSR models and some are just basic point and shoots. I actually prefer taking pictures with a 35 mm because I don't have to worry about a shaky hand as much as I do with digital, and I used to take a bunch of really cool pictures with my old 35 mm, but I am in the market for a new digital. I wouldn't mind a really good point and shoot. I have been asking a lot of the different DIS'ers what cameras thay have used to get such great shots, and I have heard everything from Koday Easy Share to Sony Cybershot to Canon Powershot to Panasonic to Casio.....I am confused and don't know which to get that isn't TOO expensive.

 

[merrrydeath]

Meredith, what kind of camera did you get? I have seen so many good pictures taken posted all over the DIS here, and some are high end Nikon DLSR models and some are just basic point and shoots. I actually prefer taking pictures with a 35 mm because I don't have to worry about a shaky hand as much as I do with digital, and I used to take a bunch of really cool pictures with my old 35 mm, but I am in the market for a new digital. I wouldn't mind a really good point and shoot. I have been asking a lot of the different DIS'ers what cameras thay have used to get such great shots, and I have heard everything from Koday Easy Share to Sony Cybershot to Canon Powershot to Panasonic to Casio.....I am confused and don't know which to get that isn't TOO expensive.

I researched it a lot. I've always had a Canon, and have loved them a lot so I didn't really feel it necessary to buy from a different brand. I use to have a Canon Powershot SD600 which had 6 megapixels. It was a good, standard point and shoot camera. I loved it for the years I had it, but wanted to buy something that would get me a crisper picture. I looked for something with more megapixels. I looked at the Cnet review site and you can compare many different cameras and they tell you the pros and cons of each. I'm not a professional, so I wanted something easy to use, but that I could play around with if I wanted. In the end I chose the Canon Powershot SD880. It has 10 megapixels and is very beautiful. I would say it's on the higher end of the point and shoots. I got it for $246 on Amazon which wasn't bad at all. Amazon was the lowest price I could find. The Auto settings are great if you don't want anything too fancy but they also have a bunch of Scene modes(Like Fireworks, Foliage, Beach, Indoor, Children, Portrait, etc) to help add oomph to pictures.

 

[Sherry E]

I researched it a lot. I've always had a Canon, and have loved them a lot so I didn't really feel it necessary to buy from a different brand. I use to have a Canon Powershot SD600 which had 6 megapixels. It was a good, standard point and shoot camera. I loved it for the years I had it, but wanted to buy something that would get me a crisper picture. I looked for something with more megapixels. I looked at the Cnet review site and you can compare many different cameras and they tell you the pros and cons of each. I'm not a professional, so I wanted something easy to use, but that I could play around with if I wanted. In the end I chose the Canon Powershot SD880. It has 10 megapixels and is very beautiful. I would say it's on the higher end of the point and shoots. I got it for $246 on Amazon which wasn't bad at all. Amazon was the lowest price I could find. The Auto settings are great if you don't want anything too fancy but they also have a bunch of Scene modes(Like Fireworks, Foliage, Beach, Indoor, Children, Portrait, etc) to help add oomph to pictures.

Canon is the brand of my old 35 mm and I had good luck with it for a long time. I would tend to stick with a brand I was comfortable with, but I really just want the best quality for a not-too-expensive camera. I had been hearing that Sony Cybershots and Nikon point and shoots were better, so I a not sure. I wish there was a way I could test out each one of them before I bought one to see which one I liked best. But then again, I have a hard time making decisions about stuff like that - electronics and what not. It is time for me to upgrade my cell phone and get a $150 rebate, but I can't make up my mind which one I want. There are a couple I could get almost free, but I want one with the video capabilities (as well as the digital camera), and I like to have a phone that has a blinking red or green light when I have messages, and not all of them have those features. So I have to pick one that has only some of the features I want but not ALL of them

 

[Sherry E]

Does anyone else recall the ragtime piano music or know if the piano is still in the ice cream place, or was it tossed out altogether?

 

[mariezp]

Hi Sherry! Would that be the piano player that plays at Coke Corner or was it a totally different one?

 

[Sherry E]

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[mariezp]

Sad to day that I seldom go in Coke Corner either because it is always so darn crowded. And, the few times I have been the service was pretty slow. Anyway, the only reason I remembered the piano player is because he is the one who plays the music for musical chairs with Alice and Mad Hatter.

Now ask me anything tougher than that and you will definitely be testing MY aging memory!

 

[Sherry E]

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[prettyprincessbelle]

Sherry!! I am SO SO happy your TR is so pro-Goofy's Kitchen!

I was thinking I wanted us to go to the Plaza Inn for breakfast on the day of my birthday, but now I'm really leaning towards Goofy's. We went there last year for my birthday for dinner and it was expensive for what we got. We were pretty much the last seating before closing and the characters were rushed. But we're willing to give it another try. Plus we hear that breakfast is way better than dinner. I also like about Goofy's that it's mixed face and masked characters. I love love face characters! So! I know you know the answer to this, what's the price of breakfast? I can't find the prices and I know there was a thread on this earlier, but I can't find it.

 

[Sherry E]

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[prettyprincessbelle]

Hi-ya Sherry!!!

Thank you! I forgot about that picture too! So I changed my siggie and added a couple more!

Does your stomach feel any better? I’m still sick! I’m going to the doctor today after work. I think I have a sinus infection! Boo!

I think we might do our Goofy PS’s around 9:00am? I’m trying to think if we’re going to drive to the hotel or to the park and then walk to the hotel. We changed our hotel and we’re now staying at the Hotel Menage. It’s right at the corner of Harbor Blvd and Ball Rd, so it makes it awkward and we’re not sure to drive or walk. I guess we’ll see when we get there what looks easier. Good thing our APs have parking on them! Oh but yes! We’re going April 28th and coming home May 1st. I’m not sure what day to make the PS on. My actual birthday is May 1st, but I don’t know if I want our PS’s that day because I want to spend our last half day in the park spending my birthday fun card!

I’m really excited to try breakfast at Goofy’s! And you did convince me! Woohoo!

Oh yeah! We’re also going to be going to the park April 10th and 11th with Jesus’ family!! Two trips in one month! Wooohooo!!!!!!!

 

[Sherry E]

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