Nothing to See Here...

[mariezp]

I am so glad there were some pros to your trip. YAY for room upgrades, good meals and churros! Double YAY for not having too much pain on this trip. And triple YAY for the friends who appreciate you and do love spending some quality time with you in the Disney magic.


On the other hand, shame on those crappy friends of yours for ending your trip the way they did. If I knew some really good poxes to place on them I would! I could send my DS to go beat them up for you.

PPH really needs to work on their employee training and policies. Wonder if they will throw some sort of compensation your way again this time? And, that's just crazy at Goofy's to limit a group to one camera.

Aside from all that, I hope you get feeling better ASAP. Just being sick alone is a crummy way to end a trip. Too bad you didn't get to take all the photos you wanted. I have just about decided that no matter how much time one has in the park that there will always be something that you feel like you missed doing. All the more reason to make a return trip. I would say after this trip you are gonna need another trip just to make up for having a less than stellar trip this time.

Anyway, I'm so sorry for things going astray. I know it was a huge disappointment and broke your heart. Heck, it broke my heart just hearing about it too. I do hope you manage to get over the hurt your so-called friends caused you and I do hope you find a way to get back your Christmas spirit.

 

[kaoden39]

On the other hand, shame on those crappy friends of yours for ending your trip the way they did. If I knew some really good poxes to place on them I would! I could send my DS to go beat them up for you.

Thank you!! I'll send my DS too and they can handle it quickly!!

 

[deejdigsdis]

Wow. I am so sorry to hear this. We all know how much you were looking forward to this trip, bending over backwards to make things work for the "Burgermeister Meisterburgers." I'm glad there were some good moments. I hope you will soon be able to "put one foot in front of the other" and curl up with a cozy cup of cocoa and enjoy a Rankin-Bass masterpiece to bring some of that Christmas spirit back. We will all be here waiting when/if you decide to share more from your trip.

 

[ddwlms]

We will all be here waiting when/if you decide to share more from your trip.

Yes, no pressure, but let me second that we are here if you choose to come share.

 

[DizNee Luver]

Sherry.......I'm so thankful for the generous offer/invite to join you for a couple days!! I felt so bad for you by the way your friends treated you & also with you feeling sick. I'm almost wondering if you being stressed about making sure everything went smoothly for EVERYONE, that your body finally shut down when you got there. I know it's not the way you had planned OR hoped the trip would turn out. I'm glad you found some pro's in the midst of all the chaos & kleenex........I was thrilled to finally be meeting you in person & then getting to experience our love of Goofy's Kitchen together.

HERE's THE PIC:

Also the one of Sherry being attacked by Pluto....lol

I hope you start feeling better soon & a report will follow!!! Love Ya & thanx again!!!!

 

[kaoden39]

Sherry.......I'm so thankful for the generous offer/invite to join you for a couple days!! I felt so bad for you by the way your friends treated you & also with you feeling sick. I'm almost wondering if you being stressed about making sure everything went smoothly for EVERYONE, that your body finally shut down when you got there. I know it's not the way you had planned OR hoped the trip would turn out. I'm glad you found some pro's in the midst of all the chaos & kleenex........I was thrilled to finally be meeting you in person & then getting to experience our love of Goofy's Kitchen together.

HERE's THE PIC:

Also the one of Sherry being attacked by Pluto....lol

I hope you start feeling better soon & a report will follow!!! Love Ya & thanx again!!!!

Love the picture of the attack of Pluto!!

 

[mariezp]

Thank you!! I'll send my DS too and they can handle it quickly!!

Bet Sherry will feel so much better knowing we've got her back covered. LOL!



Loved the pics Laurie! So glad you and Sherry got to spend some of the happier times of the trip together.

Feel better soon Sherry and ditto on what's been said about being here for you when you are ready to share.

 

[kaoden39]

Bet Sherry will feel so much better knowing we've got her back covered. LOL!



Loved the pics Laurie! So glad you and Sherry got to spend some of the happier times of the trip together.

Feel better soon Sherry and ditto on what's been said about being here for you when you are ready to share.

I bet she will!!

 

[WDWJonasGirl]

Love it!! Too bad I had school during this time

 

[Sherry E]

Hello, all!

I appreciate the kind sentiments from everyone! Thank you all. Now that my cold is on its way out (thank goodness it wasn't a whopper that spread into my tonsils and chest, as I've had in the past), I may have more incentive to do a proper TR. I usually get sick after DLR holiday trips - this time I just happened to get sick during the trip, which cut some of my in-park time short and left me feeling like I had missed out on a LOT. Well, it wasn't a feeling. I actually did miss out on a lot, compared to what I did last year.

The problem with doing a TR - well, there are many problems - is that, first of all, I really went all out with the photos last year on my 2010 holiday trip, a feat which simply could not be replicated this year. I didn't have enough time to do that again on this trip. Plus, many of the photos I did take last week have a certain 'been there, done that' element to them because I got very similar photos last year, or other people have gotten almost identical photos this year. I didn't have enough time to get too creative and try to top my own photographic endeavors! So I'm not sure how interesting a TR is going to be.

This year's trip was a blur, basically, starting out with a bang and a whirlwind of activity, and people coming and going, and ending with me being sick, and disappointed in my friends who blew me off. I'd like to be able to explain it and explain what exactly happened, but I don't know if I have the energy! TR audiences seem to have short attention spans and tune out very quickly, then tune in, then tune out.

Also, some things I would recount for you may already be mentioned in Laurie's TR before I get to them in my own TR, so how interesting is it going to be to read it in mine too?

And then there is the issue of my stupid PC - it gives me so many problems. I am not sure I can deal with it long enough to try to push through a TR.

So I am on the fence about the TR.


BUT...as I ponder what to do about the TR, I want to share with you the stand-out photo (for me) of the trip...it's the photo that I know NO one else has. It's the photo that will not appear in 20 other Trip Reports. It's not that it's so spectacular because it's not - it's pretty subtle. It's not even a 'holiday-specific' photo, to be honest. But it's different and unique, and I am glad I was able to get something unique that no one else will have.

So give me a minute to round up the IMG code and I will post this year's unique DLR photo!

 

[kaoden39]

I am sorry you had the bad moments this trip. I would love to read your take on your trip. I think that people can do the same thing at the same time and have a different take on it. Each being valid but different.

 

[Sherry E]

Okay, so to follow up on what I just said in my previous post...


Remember this photo from my 2010 holiday TR?:

That was a stand-out photo for me because it was something different. It was something I had not seen before. It was a take on the Sorcerer's Hat that I had never seen (even if it's out there somewhere, it was new to me). So when I took this photo and the others like it, it was not influenced by anything else lodged in my brain/memory. It was something I just thought of on the spot.

My goal has recently been to try to get at least ONE unique or different shot on each trip - something that I have not seen from anyone else. Sometimes I have the time to get creative and come up with a subject like that. Sometimes I don't have the time or I don't see anything that moves me.



I was certain that I would not have the time to conjure up anything new and interesting this year because my trip was slated to be jam-packed with activity and people. I knew I wouldn't be able to concentrate.

But, lo and behold, during some brief solo time in the early morning hours, when my mind could limber up a bit, my subject appeared to me....

 

[DizNee Luver]

One of my pics this trip was shooting up the sorceror hat........ how funny is that??!!

I love the new one!! I'm guessing that's the shadow of Mickey from the lamp above the tv in our room??? Very cool!!

 

[kaoden39]

Okay, so to follow up on what I just said in my previous post...


Remember this photo from my 2010 holiday TR?:

That was a stand-out photo for me because it was something different. It was something I had not seen before. It was a take on the Sorcerer's Hat that I had never seen (even if it's out there somewhere, it was new to me). So when I took this photo and the others like it, it was not influenced by anything else lodged in my brain/memory. It was something I just thought of on the spot.

My goal has recently been to try to get at least ONE unique or different shot on each trip - something that I have not seen from anyone else. Sometimes I have the time to get creative and come up with a subject like that. Sometimes I don't have the time or I don't see anything that moves me.



I was certain that I would not have the time to conjure up anything new and interesting this year because my trip was slated to be jam-packed with activity and people. I knew I wouldn't be able to concentrate.

But, lo and behold, during some brief solo time in the early morning hours, when my mind could limber up a bit, my subject appeared to me....

Oh those are adorable!!

 

[Sherry E]

One of my pics this trip was shooting up the sorceror hat........ how funny is that??!!

I love the new one!! I'm guessing that's the shadow of Mickey from the lamp above the tv in our room??? Very cool!!

Well, I can safely say that I posted my 2010 Sorcerer's hat photos here in this TR long, long ago (I even posted one of them in the Picture of the Day thread early this year) and I had not seen them anywhere on this board or any other board prior to that! So I am claiming credit! Muahahahahahahaha!

It was all a matter of timing and lighting - the light hit Mickey in just the right way and I had to act quickly. It's a photo that not a single other person will have, and even if someone tries to replicate it in the future it will never be exactly the same!

 

[Sherry E]

Oh those are adorable!!

Thank you, Michele!

Gotta love that early morning sunlight and the shadows it creates! It adds some dimension and depth to photos, for sure. It sort of looks like Mickey is secretly peeking over a wall or something (to me it does, anyway). He is a sneaky mouse.

 

[kaoden39]

Thank you, Michele!

Gotta love that early morning sunlight and the shadows it creates! It adds some dimension and depth to photos, for sure. It sort of looks like Mickey is secretly peeking over a wall or something (to me it does, anyway). He is a sneaky mouse.

It does give him that spy vs spy attitude!

 

[DizNee Luver]

Well, I can safely say that I posted my 2010 Sorcerer's hat photos here in this TR long, long ago (I even posted one of them in the Picture of the Day thread early this year) and I had not seen them anywhere on this board or any other board prior to that! So I am claiming credit! Muahahahahahahaha!

It was all a matter of timing and lighting - the light hit Mickey in just the right way and I had to act quickly. It's a photo that not a single other person will have, and even if someone tries to replicate it in the future it will never be exactly the same!

You can lay claim to both pics (actually all 3)!! I may have seen your pic, but surely didn't remember......Molly & I were walking under it & I said....hang on, & looked up & snapped the photo......lol

The one from the room is awesome!!

 

[deesquared]

Sherry,
I love the Mickey shadow picture!
I'm sorry that you had some un-magical times on this trip. Boo!
It's always good to come to the DisBoards and feel the Disney love!
Hope to hear more about the good parts of your trip!

 

[tksbaskets]

Sherry, those pictures are adorable!!

TK