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[azdisneylover]

Anyway, my Halloween Time podcast with the Unplugged team is tonight! It was very flattering of them to ask me to come back, especially to chat about Halloween Time - which is one of my favorite Disneyland-related subjects. I would like to be even more involved in special things like that for the DIS in the future. Wish me luck!

Wishing you a trick or treat bag full of good luck for your time on the podcast this evening!


PS Anxiously waiting for the last of the Christmas trip report.....

 

[Sherry E]

Wishing you a trick or treat bag full of good luck for your time on the podcast this evening!


PS Anxiously waiting for the last of the Christmas trip report.....

Thank you, Linda! The Halloween Time podcast/call-in show is up on the Unplugged site now.

Here is the link!


I guess no one really cares, but I thought the show went very well. There were 6 of us discussing Halloween Time at DLR and only a couple of callers, but we covered a lot of ground, and pretty much touched on all aspects of the season (with the exception of the Happiest Haunts tour).

Now I just have to make my own Halloween Time plan!

Don't worry - I am almost done with the Aftermath/Where are We Now installment of the Christmas TR! As I was typing it up, I began to have an idea...a rather ambitious idea. Well, I'll say this: there is a really, really, realllly ambitious idea, and then there is a modified 'lite' version of the idea, which is not quite as ambitious, but still ambitious. I have no clue if I can pull off the lite version, let alone the full-fledged version. It may be something that has to wait until next year.

But I wanted to include my ambitious idea in the Aftermath segment, so I had to go back and revise some text! Stay tuned!

Thank you for hanging in there with me.

 

[PlutoRocks]

Thank you for asking - yes I am finally feeling better YAY!! I hate being sick

I'm glad the podcast went well. Enjoy planning your Halloween trip and I'll be here to read the trip report when you get back

Have a great day!

 

[kaoden39]

Tease!

 

[sarahk0204]

Tease!

Yes! We do care, and we want to hear/read "Where are they now?"

I love the DL podcast, and I enjoyed hearing you last time you were on. I downloaded this week's episodes today, and I will hear you soon.

 

[tksbaskets]

I'm loving the podcast. Listening to it now

 

[Sherry E]

Thank you for asking - yes I am finally feeling better YAY!! I hate being sick

I'm glad the podcast went well. Enjoy planning your Halloween trip and I'll be here to read the trip report when you get back

Have a great day!

Thank you, Dawn!

I'm glad to hear you're feeling better.

We've got some nifty Arizona-like weather headed our way in a couple of days - more temperatures over 100 degrees! Booooooooo! I cannot get myself in the spirit of trying to figure out a Halloween trip because it's so darn hot. This weather is not very Fall-like, that's for sure!

Tease!

Michele -

Yep.

Yes! We do care, and we want to hear/read "Where are they now?"

I love the DL podcast, and I enjoyed hearing you last time you were on. I downloaded this week's episodes today, and I will hear you soon.

Thank you so much, sarahk0204!

I appreciate it. We only had a couple of callers on the show, but the rest of the Halloween Time discussion was pretty informative, I think. Everyone had some good insight and tips.

You know, I will be interested to hear what you all think when I post the 'Aftermath/Where Are We Now' segment of the TR because I wonder if others would feel the same way I do about a particular thing - which I won't mention now but will explain in that installment. I don't know if I should be offended or hurt by this 'thing,' or if I am just being extra-sensitive. So I will be curious to know how everyone else would feel or respond.

I'm loving the podcast. Listening to it now

TK -

Thank you! I think there will be a holiday edition too, so stay tuned for that. I don't listen to the podcasts myself - first of all, I don't need to hear myself talk. Secondly, it locks up my computer if I try to listen.

But, being a participant in the discussion, I know that from my end it sounds as if we are all often talking over each other or overlapping at times (due to those pesky audio/technical delays, when it sounds like someone is finished with their thought and someone else starts speaking). Tom from the Unplugged team (also known as I'mTooExcitedToSleep on the DIS) edits the shows, and I don't hear the finished product.

From a listener's standpoint, in the podcasts you've heard, does it sound as though we are all overlapping at times or talking over each other, or is most of that taken out and everything sounds like a smooth transition?

 

[azdisneylover]

I didn't know you could call into the podcast! Good to know. I listened to the Halloween part of the podcast this morning and I must say, I really want to go to Disneyland and go trick or treating! Sherry, you were great! The segment went quickly.
One thing I do want to say is, one of the regular female voices on the podcast sounds just like Holly Hunter.

We got teased with a couple of days at the 98 mark, now we are going back up to the 100s. It is hard to even think about baking cookies, making candy, quick breads, or any other yummy fall/winter foods with the summer refusing to move on!

I am looking forward to your summary. So, post away! LOL

 

[Sherry E]

I didn't know you could call into the podcast! Good to know. I listened to the Halloween part of the podcast this morning and I must say, I really want to go to Disneyland and go trick or treating! Sherry, you were great! The segment went quickly.
One thing I do want to say is, one of the regular female voices on the podcast sounds just like Holly Hunter.

We got teased with a couple of days at the 98 mark, now we are going back up to the 100s. It is hard to even think about baking cookies, making candy, quick breads, or any other yummy fall/winter foods with the summer refusing to move on!

I am looking forward to your summary. So, post away! LOL

Thank you, Linda! I'm glad you enjoyed the podcast. Thank you for taking the time to listen to it - I think it was about an hour (or a bit more), wasn't it?

You know, that was the very first call-in show. The podcast I did with the Unplugged team back in May was just a roundtable chat. This Halloween Time show was a roundtable chat with a couple of callers, but they had never taken calls before. I would imagine that, by the time the holiday season hits in mid-November, the team will have drawn in some extra callers and will be taking quite a few more calls. I think this year's holiday season will be really noteworthy due to the Candlelight Processional and the Cars Land/Buena Vista Street decorations. People should want to ask questions and discuss all the festivities.

I wonder if the Holly Hunter voice was Nancy? I don't know. Nancy and Mary Jo were the other two females in the chat with me, though I never associated either voice with Holly Hunter. Maybe it sounds different from the listeners' standpoint!

You're not kidding that it's hard to think about baking treats in this weather. I got some free ready-to-bake brownie mix at the store and I wanted to try it out, but I cannot bear to turn on the oven!

 

[PHXscuba]

OK, Sherry, I finally did it! I started my Pre-Trip Report. All hail October!!

It's just a measly one post right, now, but we'll see if anyone likes it enough for me to write more.

I await the wrap-up from your TR. Really, inquiring minds want to know!

PHXscuba

 

[Sherry E]

OK, Sherry, I finally did it! I started my Pre-Trip Report. All hail October!!

It's just a measly one post right, now, but we'll see if anyone likes it enough for me to write more.

I await the wrap-up from your TR. Really, inquiring minds want to know!

PHXscuba

PHX -

I know. I've finished most of the wrap-up, and every time I about to put the finishing touches on it something else comes up that I want to add in, or I think of something I want to take out because it's not relevant anymore, or I just get bogged down with 50 other things I'm trying to do. I feel overwhelmed!

I saw your Pre-TR. I'll zoom over and subscribe to it.

 

[kaoden39]

I finally got my AP book!! Yay!! It was in perfect shape too!!

 

[Sherry E]

I finally got my AP book!! Yay!! It was in perfect shape too!!

Oh good! It's about time - it sure took long enough to reach you, didn't it? At least your mail carrier was careful to not bend your book at the spine like my postman did and like deej's did!

It's got some nice photos, hasn't it?

Bret should have received his book by now too.

 

[Sherry E]

Sigh. Why is it soooo hard for me to get down to DLR just one day for the Halloween season, to take some photos? It is like a comedy of errors trying to get there - even just for a few hours. I want to laugh and cry at the same time. Every possibility ends up fizzling out. It's so frustrating that I have this AP - which is now all paid off and it expires after 11/13 - and I can't just get to DLR when I need to go. I feel like I live in another state.

The good news is that it is supposed to be 68 degrees this coming Wednesday!

I was awake at around 4 a.m. this morning because I couldn't sleep. I noticed it was a little hot and stuffy (my apartment holds onto heat and cold air even after they've dissipated outside), so I pushed the window open a bit more than it had been to let more cool air in the room.

About 45 minutes later I went back to sleep - and this was the first time since probably January or February that I actually pulled the comforter all the way up to my chin and wrapped myself up in it! Yes, that's right - I buried myself in the comforter because the room got chilly!

Yay!!!!!!!!!!!!!
HappyDanceHappyDanceHappyDanceHappyDanceHappyDance!

 

[tksbaskets]

Yeah for the cool weather...boo that you can't get down to DL. I need you to get there so I can see your pictures and you share your thougts.

TK

 

[PlutoRocks]

Glad to hear the weather is finally turning in your favor! It is finally starting to break 100 on a regular basis here in Phoenix too - YAY!!

I hope you find a way to DL - if I was there I would come by and get you but I'm way over here in Arizona so that won't work.

Here's some pixie dust to help everything work out

 

[DizNee Luver]

Whew caught back up!!

I tell you, I go back 10mths and get angry again at the way your friend treated you!! If we weren't at Disney.....I might have had to do/say something (and not nicely!!). Some people are just unbelievable and this whole situation was horrible. I couldn't imagine treating anyone, especially someone I call a friend like that!!

I had almost forgotten about how sick you were...... between that and the stress/disappointment/hurt feelings/etc....... it just wasn't the greatest Disney trip you've done.

Next time has got to be better!!!

I still loved meeting you and Molly!! I'm glad I finally got to spend some time with you (even if it was limited) and sharing Goofy's Kitchen together! Next time, we'll hope for better circumstances!!

I guess I never did hear what happened after the trip......I'll be interested in hearing what her excuse was for her despicable behavior!!

 

[Sherry E]

Yeah for the cool weather...boo that you can't get down to DL. I need you to get there so I can see your pictures and you share your thougts.

TK

TK -

After this lengthy TR that I am finally completing (I am about to post the final FINAL installment - the Aftermath - tonight, so stay tuned!!), I don't think I have another thought in my mind left to share! I just want to go to DLR and take photos and post them here, without any explanation or story. I think I need a break from any 'storytelling' TR's for a while. I'm sure everyone needs a break from me, too. But I have the itch to take photos, and before I resort to creeping around in neighbors' bushes to get covert photos of their Halloween decorations, I need to get myself to DLR!

 

[Sherry E]

Glad to hear the weather is finally turning in your favor! It is finally starting to break 100 on a regular basis here in Phoenix too - YAY!!

I hope you find a way to DL - if I was there I would come by and get you but I'm way over here in Arizona so that won't work.

Here's some pixie dust to help everything work out

Dawn -

Thank you! I appreciate the sentiment - oddly, I think all the people who would be willing to come and get me are people who live out of state! I can't seem to find any local folks who can conveniently do it!

I am about to post the Aftermath/Where Are We Now installment (after I respond to Laurie below), so you will get more insight into my plans - or possible plans (however unrealistic or unattainable they may be)!

Yay! Your area is dropping below 100? Woo hoo! It's practically Winter, that's so cold!

Today I double checked the forecast for my area for Wednesday to be sure it still said "68 degrees." I'm not sure what I would have done if it had not said 68 degrees, but luckily I didn't have to worry about that because it is still supposed to be an arctic 68! Brrrrrr!

 

[Sherry E]

Whew caught back up!!

I tell you, I go back 10mths and get angry again at the way your friend treated you!! If we weren't at Disney.....I might have had to do/say something (and not nicely!!). Some people are just unbelievable and this whole situation was horrible. I couldn't imagine treating anyone, especially someone I call a friend like that!!

I had almost forgotten about how sick you were...... between that and the stress/disappointment/hurt feelings/etc....... it just wasn't the greatest Disney trip you've done.

Next time has got to be better!!!

I still loved meeting you and Molly!! I'm glad I finally got to spend some time with you (even if it was limited) and sharing Goofy's Kitchen together! Next time, we'll hope for better circumstances!!

I guess I never did hear what happened after the trip......I'll be interested in hearing what her excuse was for her despicable behavior!!

Laurie -

Yep, that 'friend' of mine ("M") was something else. Actually, she was just being herself, but I thought/hoped she had changed over the years. The really sad part is that I don't think she will ever realize that how she handled things was wrong. She doesn't listen when anyone tries to tell her why they're upset with her (including her dad and cousin), and she just dismisses them all as being wrong.

It's a shame that this fiasco had to happen during a holiday trip, when I love the holidays so much. Not that it would have been welcome on any kind of DLR trip, but a holiday trip is just the worst. As I've said, if I had it to do over again I would certainly plan out my time differently, leaving maybe only the dinner with "M" in the mix and spending more time with you and Molly, as well as more time by myself taking pictures! I can only hope that my next holiday trip is better!

You and Molly couldn't have been nicer or lovelier people, and you were very kind to me. Thank you again for the Goofy's breakfast, and for sharing the room!

You're about to find out what happened after the trip in December, as I am just about to post the Post-Trip Update/Final Installment that everyone else has been waiting ages for! All will be revealed!