Nothing to See Here...

[bumbershoot]

This is the same Knight that my DD4 has declared as "hers" ever since our first trip there in October 2007. We have been back in 2008 and 2009 and each time she HAS to have her picture taken with him while she is wearing her Cinderella Dress. It has been very interesting to see the changes each year in her height next to the knight and length of her Cinderella dress. I wonder how many claim him as their knight in shining armor?! thanks for sharing this picture!!

That is SO sweet! It's like taking your kid's picture next to the little door at the hat store in Fantasyland.



Sorry for the essay I just wrote, Sherry. Oversharers R Us!

 

[deejdigsdis]

Oh, I forgot to mention the tree in Pooh Corner! That is really cute and clever. How did I miss that when I went in? I liked your close-up shots to get a better look at that glaze.

That ice cream looked really good, too. Is that just a holiday-time offering?

And since we were on the subject of the Main Street Electrical Parade... I just had to go and watch it on YouTube. I watched a 1972 "flat" version. I don't think it's possible for me to sit completely still while that music is playing. My sister was talking to a lady a few years back that was in the original parade as one of those hoop-skirt dancing ladies. She said that they had car batteries scared1 attached to themselves to power the lights. The effect of this? Well...how shall I put this... She said it completely halted her "cycles" for a while. Now, I was a bit skeptical that they would actually use car batteries, so I tried to verify it on different "vintage Disney" websites and I couldn't find it mentioned. So who knows...

 

[ty&brenmom]

My 12 and 15 year old boys do. I love that movie and the kids have seen it lots of times. They even have warm fuzzies about it because I would sing Candle on the Water to them as a lullaby when they were little.

My boys know the movie also -my youngest loves all the older Disney cartoons and movies.

Sherry I have really enjoyed your trip report - I have recently come over from the WDW side of Dis and have enjoyed reading your trips to Disneyland.

 

[wazowskiLOVER:)]

Sherry, that tree outside of the Goofy's Kitchen is so darn cute! I absolutely love it! Your camera takes such crisp pictures! You should be very happy with it


I'm happy that you were able to go to Disneyland to see everything during the Holiday season. The tree in GCH is so beautiful and I love the wooden touches they did on the presents ! It looked so fantastic!!

Its about 3:30 in the morning and I'm starting to get sleepy, so I'm going to call it a night for now

 

[DisneySuiteFreak]

Sherry, it looks like you had a wonderful time! Thanks for posting! Your photos came out great! I'm so glad you got to go to DL!

 

[Sherry E]

Oh! I didn't know I had all of these replies! I think the email alerts stopped coming early last night! I have to go to the bank, but when I come back I will read everyone's posts more thoroughly and respond!

 

[prettyprincessbelle]

Ahh blue dress Belle! I love it!

I don't know why I didn't comment on your TR earlier.

And I'm glad you're feeling better! It took me 2 weeks and like 3 days to get rid of my cough (well 2 weeks ago is when I got sick). Eww!

 

[Sherry E]

N/A

 

[davidsprincess]

Hi, Davidsprincess! I haven't seen you around in a while! Thank you for joining in my TR!

Well, if I have to surrender the Knight to your daughter, then I will accept defeat! Or we can all share him, one or the other. I know there are no 'Knights' around here whre I am in Beverly Hills-ish area, so I had to cling to the first one I got my hands on!!.....I like that tradition of taking a photo with him every year and charting your daughter's growth! I bet those pictures are adorable!


Hey Sherry! DD just saw your picture with you and the knight and she said that she is willing to share him with you . Just try not to be around him when we go see him

 

[Sherry E]

Hey Sherry! DD just saw your picture with you and the knight and she said that she is willing to share him with you . Just try not to be around him when we go see him

Okay! We will try to make sure we schedule our DLR trips at separate times so there is no fighting over the Knight! Who knew he was in such hot demand?

 

[bumbershoot]

Aw Sherry you made me tear up. Then again, there are other factors:

1. Robert's off in the Far East right now
2. Eamon's watching Bolt and they were playing that "there ain't no home like the home you got" song which makes me melancholy
3. I was just reading DawnCT's thread on the CB about how her MIL treats her sons and everyone's stories of rotten relatives just got to me.


So it's possible it isn't just the sweet thing you said.



I didn't want to interrupt Courtney's TR for this, but Courtney! I finally understand why you, a grown woman, went to see Jonas. I couldn't really understand that, but DS came across the show, and now we all watch it. It's VERY much like the Monkees, and they are SO cute, and I'm glad I'm not their age b/c I know I'd be feeling like I would absolutely DIEEEEE if I never met them (similar to how I felt about each one of Duran Duran, including Andy, at one point or another in my Duranie stage). And their music is good, too. So now I understand.




Oh Sherry (ha! sorry. feel free to "good golly" me at a later date), poor you dealing with S and his CD! How awful! What was he thinking that day????

I had a boyfriend that made me mix tapes (mixed tapes? which one is it?), actually he made them for all sorts of people, just like the character in High Fidelity (GREAT movie). And while his mixing was always great...his choice in music was very questionable. For instance, while I thought his inclusion of Tambourine Man as read/sung by William Shatner was brilliant, and the Leonard Nemoy song was amazing, he also had a serious *thing* for Charles Manson's music and I had to forbid him from using those songs in MY tapes.


Maybe 2010 will bring you steady and solid work (I assume you're still freelancing?), and you'll be able to hit WDW!


Oh man, here comes the scene with Penny and the fire in the studio and they've realized the smoke is too much and they put their heads down.....and then Bolt, Bolt, he, he realizes that there's an air shaft...and...well I don't want to spoil anything... (by the way that was to be read in a voice like the scene in Sleepless in Seattle when first Rita Wilson tears up while talking about the Cary Grant movie, then Tom and the other actor do the same about the guy movie, LOL)

 

[ty&brenmom]

Thank you, Ty&brenmom, for joining in on my TR, especially since you migrated over from the WDW side and have many, many great DLR TR's to choose from to read! Have you been to DLR before, or often? I would love to get to WDW someday, while I can still walk!! I need to see WDW during the holidays at some point in my life! I have to get a good look at those edible holiday displays in the hotels!....Also, I am glad to hear that your boys also know "Pete's Dragon." Maybe it is more of a 'classic' than I thought, but it just seems like no one ever talks about it and it is barely even detectable at DLR in merchandise or anything other than the Electrical Parade float.

I have never been to DLR - I am planning on taking my sons in 2012 as a suprise - I'm looking forward to it. It will be fun being able to walk around and not need to what on buses the whole time. I hope that you get to WDW someday - it really is amazing. I would love to see any park during the holidays (maybe one day).

 

[deejdigsdis]

I didn't want to interrupt Courtney's TR for this, but Courtney! I finally understand why you, a grown woman, went to see Jonas. I couldn't really understand that, but DS came across the show, and now we all watch it. It's VERY much like the Monkees, and they are SO cute, and I'm glad I'm not their age b/c I know I'd be feeling like I would absolutely DIEEEEE if I never met them (similar to how I felt about each one of Duran Duran, including Andy, at one point or another in my Duranie stage). And their music is good, too. So now I understand.

Sorry for the OT comment, but this made me smile. I was a Simon girl myself, and my sister was a John girl. We shared a bedroom and we made it our mission to cover every inch of our bedroom walls with Duran Duran anything...especially those little pin-up pages from Tiger Beat and Bop! Thanks for the memory!

 

[bumbershoot]

You are welcome!

I still think it's amusing that I liked Andy for awhile. But he had those allergy circles under his eyes and so did I...it was like we were meant to be. And then I moved onto Nick with his lipgloss.

 

[deejdigsdis]

You are welcome!

I still think it's amusing that I liked Andy for awhile. But he had those allergy circles under his eyes and so did I...it was like we were meant to be. And then I moved onto Nick with his lipgloss.

LOL about your "meant to be" connection to Andy! When you mentioned him in your original comment I thought, "Hmmm. I've never heard of anyone liking Andy before..." I guess I kind of thought of him as the Ringo Starr of the group. If I was around during Beatlemania, Ringo would have been my last pick. And Nick... I "decided" once that I was going to like him, because I was getting tired of Simon and my sister already had John, but then I just couldn't get past the make-up and went back to Simon.

ETA: I had to go listen to "Union of the Snake" and "New Moon On Monday" after all this Duran Duran talk!

 

[mariezp]

Sherry, I am so far behind in posting here but I am glad I came along when I did cause it looks like this here thread could use a little bump! When I last posted was 5 pages back in November when we were talking about the Facebook drama. Shame on me! Speaking of FB though.... I should get your contact info so we can chit chat there. I'll pm you! Anyway, back to Disboard posts....

I am going back through and catching up....hmmmm..... You just never know what useful information you will gather around here and be able to use later. Just reading your discussion with Courtney about upgrading tickets. Hearing about your methods of trading in tickets to apply and upgrade came in handy on our trip this time around. I didn't come out with a $123 gift card but you actually did help save me some money. You and persistance. Of course, I will have to tell you about it later in my report.

My camera experience with the new camera sounds something like yours. For me, I was expecting something amazing over my photos in the past. While some came out good I didn't feel like it was a huge improvement over some I have taken with other cameras in the past either. Sometimes I think I may have used the wrong setting. I stink at remembering the things I have read in the manual. I know I sent DH off with the camera one time and he must have had it set wrong cause the pictures were horrible blurry. I also think that my big old hands do not handle such a little bitty camera very well. I seem to have trouble holding the camera still. Anyway, I guess one can only expect the camera to do so much.... when the user is challenged, as I am. It can only compensate so much!
I didn't take nearly as many pictures on our WDW trip. Only 526. We were just on the move so much or the weather was bad. A shame too cause there was so much more to take pictures of. My DD did her part. She took another 163 pictures with her puny little camera. I took a handful more with my old Polaroid. So with the original 27 Photopass pictures we ended up with around only 750 pictures. Compared to usual it's pretty shabby. It was such a hassle to upload so many photos I am probably glad I did not have more. I loaded them the first time on Shutterfly so I could get an archive cd. They did not offer codes so I had to go through it all over again on Webshots. Plus all the editing on Photopass. By the time I got through I was pretty much tired of looking at pictures!
Gotta say that you did have some very good Photopass pictures of your bunch! Of course the characters liked you better! No doubt, they could sense your Disney enthusiasm.... though I do think Shawn did better in her photos this time. She doesn't have the hostage look. Honestly, I do think you took some good shots with your new camera too.

Just wondering if maybe Bridgette might be a better choice to join you on your DL ventures. She seems to be much more willing than Shawn, at least as of late. I bet if you started inviting her that Shawn would probably suddenly get a renewed interest. I do think Shawn has used some very poor judgement in how she has chosen to respond or not respond at all when you are trying to make plans. Good grief. The two of you are supposed to be friends. Why can't she just come out and tell you, without being rude, WHY she doesn't want to go rather than leave you hanging. I certainly would not base my future trips on her going. At any rate, no matter who ends up meeting you there or not it is wonderful that you have found a new way to get there on your own. It is unfortunte that it is costly to hire a driver to get there. On the other hand, it may be a good thing that it does make trips somewhat cost prohibitive or you might end up in the park every week spending extra money there.

I am glad you got to make it to Goofy's kitchen this trip. Your food pictures are making me hungry! By the time we go again I think I may be ready to head to GK myself. I have no doubt if I could get DH there for breakfast he would love it. He is a breakfast loving sort of guy. Right now we started a new diet so everything food related at the park sounds so good! We have also never made it to WCT so I am adding that one to my list too.

Thank heavens there is not a demon child like the one you experienced everytime you ride Small World. I am sure once was more than enough. I cannot believe the mother did not say more than she did. Then again, nothing surprises me now a days. Kids can be pretty rotten and their parents think nothing of it. Maybe you should have just let Bridgette practice her former job just one more time.

Loved the story about the security check and the scarf. Seems like you have 2 types of workers you can run across. There are the ones who are too lax. You could slip anything by them and they would not care. They are just there for the paycheck. OR the other option are the ones like you got that are real sticklers who take their job to extremes. We always run one across one of them every trip too.

I never thought about the mural at CA being related to Catalina but I suppose it does make sense. I agree that CA could use some TLC and some of the changes sound wonderful but I do hate to see so much change. I have always loved the bridge and will miss it when it is gone. And I can't believe they are gonna put a trolley in that only runs down one street. I think it would be great if it would take you back to the Paradise Pier area. It is a long walk over there. Some transportation to the back would sure be nice!

Can't say I missed seeing the crowds you talked about but I would have loved to have been there with you at DL. I miss it! My DH even talked about how much he even missed CA. I missed DEP! And, yes, I do know about "Pete's Dragon", thanks to my DD! Do I get a prize? Guess I am probably not what you are counting on when you asked for the current generation. I do think I have smelled an ocean scent over the ocean in Soarin. Perhaps I just have a vivid imagination.

I don't think Peter Pan's line is hardly ever shorter than 30 minutes. That was one thing nice at WDW. They actually have FPs.

I just noticed another thing while going back over your TR that we have in common. I am a ride whimp too! I will never ride TOT again! And, so far I have managed to avoid Screamin. Not so lucky on our trip to WDW. My DS talked me into riding Rockin Roller Coaster. Let's just say that the only thing i liked about it was that it was over fast!

Gotta agree that it is easier to keep up with other threads than your own. Posting on your own trip report requires more deep thinking. I try not to do too much of that!

I am a chatter too. I am from Texas what do you expect? We're a friendly bunch! Anyway, when we are waiting in line one of my favorite thing to do to help pass time is to start up a conversation with someone. Sometimes it works but I have also found a lot of people who just want to be in their own space. I guess they are just that way all through life. Me, I am an open book. Luckily, I usually have my DD with me so I don't have to share my entire life with everyone at the park! She's a good talker too so we can keep each other busy if no one else wants to converse in line.

I hope all my rambling helps to make up for me being MIA. I am still getting back in my groove after the holidays and our trip.... plus I think I am still suffering from the Disney blues that come after a trip. At any rate, I am going to have to pull myself up by my bootstraps... no wait! that won't work. I don't wear boots.... but you know what I mean.... and get back to keeping up with things around here. Ya never know when you might miss something important that you might need for a next trip. Here's hoping there's some more trips coming up for both of us this year!

 

[Sherry E]

N/A

 

[Sherry E]

Sherry, I am so far behind in posting here but I am glad I came along when I did cause it looks like this here thread could use a little bump! When I last posted was 5 pages back in November when we were talking about S and the Facebook drama. Shame on me! Speaking of FB though.... I should get your contact info so we can chit chat there. I'll pm you! Anyway, back to Disboard posts....

I am going back through and catching up....hmmmm..... You just never know what useful information you will gather around here and be able to use later. Just reading your discussion with Courtney about upgrading tickets. Hearing about your methods of trading in tickets to apply and upgrade came in handy on our trip this time around. I didn't come out with a $123 gift card but you actually did help save me some money. You and persistance. Of course, I will have to tell you about it later in my report.

My camera experience with the new camera sounds something like yours. For me, I was expecting something amazing over my photos in the past. While some came out good I didn't feel like it was a huge improvement over some I have taken with other cameras in the past either. Sometimes I think I may have used the wrong setting. I stink at remembering the things I have read in the manual. I know I sent DH off with the camera one time and he must have had it set wrong cause the pictures were horrible blurry. I also think that my big old hands do not handle such a little bitty camera very well. I seem to have trouble holding the camera still. Anyway, I guess one can only expect the camera to do so much.... when the user is challenged, as I am. It can only compensate so much!
I didn't take nearly as many pictures on our WDW trip. Only 526. We were just on the move so much or the weather was bad. A shame too cause there was so much more to take pictures of. My DD did her part. She took another 163 pictures with her puny little camera. I took a handful more with my old Polaroid. So with the original 27 Photopass pictures we ended up with around only 750 pictures. Compared to usual it's pretty shabby. It was such a hassle to upload so many photos I am probably glad I did not have more. I loaded them the first time on Shutterfly so I could get an archive cd. They did not offer codes so I had to go through it all over again on Webshots. Plus all the editing on Photopass. By the time I got through I was pretty much tired of looking at pictures!
Gotta say that you did have some very good Photopass pictures of your bunch! Of course the characters liked you better! No doubt, they could sense your Disney enthusiasm.... though I do think Shawn did better in her photos this time. She doesn't have the hostage look. Honestly, I do think you took some good shots with your new camera too.

Just wondering if maybe Bridgette might be a better choice to join you on your DL ventures. She seems to be much more willing than Shawn, at least as of late. I bet if you started inviting her that Shawn would probably suddenly get a renewed interest. I do think Shawn has used some very poor judgement in how she has chosen to respond or not respond at all when you are trying to make plans. Good grief. The two of you are supposed to be friends. Why can't she just come out and tell you, without being rude, WHY she doesn't want to go rather than leave you hanging. I certainly would not base my future trips on her going. At any rate, no matter who ends up meeting you there or not it is wonderful that you have found a new way to get there on your own. It is unfortunte that it is costly to hire a driver to get there. On the other hand, it may be a good thing that it does make trips somewhat cost prohibitive or you might end up in the park every week spending extra money there.

I am glad you got to make it to Goofy's kitchen this trip. Your food pictures are making me hungry! By the time we go again I think I may be ready to head to GK myself. I have no doubt if I could get DH there for breakfast he would love it. He is a breakfast loving sort of guy. Right now we started a new diet so everything food related at the park sounds so good! We have also never made it to WCT so I am adding that one to my list too.

Thank heavens there is not a demon child like the one you experienced everytime you ride Small World. I am sure once was more than enough. I cannot believe the mother did not say more than she did. Then again, nothing surprises me now a days. Kids can be pretty rotten and their parents think nothing of it. Maybe you should have just let Bridgette practice her former job just one more time.

Loved the story about the security check and the scarf. Seems like you have 2 types of workers you can run across. There are the ones who are too lax. You could slip anything by them and they would not care. They are just there for the paycheck. OR the other option are the ones like you got that are real sticklers who take their job to extremes. We always run one across one of them every trip too.

I never thought about the mural at CA being related to Catalina but I suppose it does make sense. I agree that CA could use some TLC and some of the changes sound wonderful but I do hate to see so much change. I have always loved the bridge and will miss it when it is gone. And I can't believe they are gonna put a trolley in that only runs down one street. I think it would be great if it would take you back to the Paradise Pier area. It is a long walk over there. Some transportation to the back would sure be nice!

Can't say I missed seeing the crowds you talked about but I would have loved to have been there with you at DL. I miss it! My DH even talked about how much he even missed CA. I missed DEP! And, yes, I do know about "Pete's Dragon", thanks to my DD! Do I get a prize? Guess I am probably not what you are counting on when you asked for the current generation. I do think I have smelled an ocean scent over the ocean in Soarin. Perhaps I just have a vivid imagination.

I don't think Peter Pan's line is hardly ever shorter than 30 minutes. That was one thing nice at WDW. They actually have FPs.

I just noticed another thing while going back over your TR that we have in common. I am a ride whimp too! I will never ride TOT again! And, so far I have managed to avoid Screamin. Not so lucky on our trip to WDW. My DS talked me into riding Rockin Roller Coaster. Let's just say that the only thing i liked about it was that it was over fast!

Gotta agree that it is easier to keep up with other threads than your own. Posting on your own trip report requires more deep thinking. I try not to do too much of that!

I am a chatter too. I am from Texas what do you expect? We're a friendly bunch! Anyway, when we are waiting in line one of my favorite thing to do to help pass time is to start up a conversation with someone. Sometimes it works but I have also found a lot of people who just want to be in their own space. I guess they are just that way all through life. Me, I am an open book. Luckily, I usually have my DD with me so I don't have to share my entire life with everyone at the park! She's a good talker too so we can keep each other busy if no one else wants to converse in line.

I hope all my rambling helps to make up for me being MIA. I am still getting back in my groove after the holidays and our trip.... plus I think I am still suffering from the Disney blues that come after a trip. At any rate, I am going to have to pull myself up by my bootstraps... no wait! that won't work. I don't wear boots.... but you know what I mean.... and get back to keeping up with things around here. Ya never know when you might miss something important that you might need for a next trip. Here's hoping there's some more trips coming up for both of us this year!

Hi, Marie! Don't worry about being late to re-join us! Better late than never! I know you have had your hands full with your WDW trip and then the holidays and trying to edit your PhotoPass pictures and load your other ones and then begin your own TR! Time flies.

Oh wow, the last time you were on the TR was when I was explaining the Facebook stuff? Wow! That saga has turned into a big mess of epic proportions that I am trying to get out of - a snowball, but not one of the fun Disney kinds of snowballs! I will have to explain that whole soap opera somewhere off of the DIS.

Rats! I was just about to go through your post paragraph by paragraph and see what I need to comment on, but I have to stop and do some work for a client. Hopefully I will be able to get back on here later and finish replying!!

 

[bumbershoot]

Good Golly, Miss Molly! (There! You told me I could do that at some point! You can imagine the endless fun my friend Mandy and I used to have when people would randomly break into either one of our names' songs to be witty!)


I love William Shatner for all the campy, pompous contributions he has given the world! Have you also heard his version of "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds"? Classic!!!

(Nor would I want to record an album in the house where the horrible Tate, et al., murders occurred, like Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails infamously did). Bad karma! Bad energy! Bad vibes! Bad everything!

Oh, don't think I was not a Duran Duran fan too! I was a teenager in the '80s, so I was all over Duran Duran, INXS (RIP Michael Hutchence), Culture Club, etc., etc. - all the big 'video bands' on MTV (this was all before I got wrapped up in the glam metal/Poison scene of the Sunset Strip). Simon never did anything for me. I, of course, was a John fan, and then I liked Nick in all of his weirdness for a while, and then I kind of liked Andy for a bit when he went solo. In fact, he had a solo song I liked (and now I can't remember what it was). I was big into Tiger Beat and Teen Beat and Bop and all of that, even before Duran Duran days. I was reading Tiger Beat when they were auctioning off dates with Leif Garrett or revealing David Cassidy's innermost thoughts!!!!! I am OLD!

I have a Mandy friend, too! Though she was actually named for the song. Mom is a huge Manilow fan. Her family intervened when Mandy was a bit older; said it was absolutely inappropriate to have a nickname as a name (quick, someone tell my mom that!), and "forced" Mandy's parents to change her name legally. How does family do that? Anyway, so Mandy got to choose which name she wanted...Amanda or Miranda...she chose one, and now she knows when telemarketers call, b/c they will use her proper name, which isn't HER name.

Shatner's Lucy is great!

Ew, I had not heard that about Reznor....bleah... My mom, well, she was pregnant with me at the time of that horrible horrible happening. And she was in similar circles...not the acting circles, but the music circles, and I'm sure you know how those interact quite often especially in CA! Manson messed people up...at the time, hippies felt that longer hair = peaceful, loving, good person. And he changed it all. Man he sucked. Sucks. Yuck.

You're not old! You're only a blip older than I am, right? Then again, I liked Shawn, not David, C.

 

[prettyprincessbelle]

MOLLY! I'm HERE!!



Sigh, the Jonas Brothers. Now that Nick went solo, I'm kind of waahhh about them. BUT I still listen to their CDs in my car and I'm still SO happy I went to their concert (ALONE!). And I'm SO glad you understand! I could have sworn everyone was looking at me like this .

Their show is funny. The acting is funny (they're better at singing!), but some of the lines are so . It's a cute show! And I'm glad E likes it too!

Hiya Sherry! Did you miss me?!