Our 3rd Annual Holiday Trip to DL in November - November 22nd - 25th, 2013 Post #3416

[skiingfast]

I though of some really hard photo quests but felt it would be evil to challenge you with them on a short trip.

Since it's a short trip, how about the CS menu's. Then you can submit the prices to allears of wdwinfo?

 

[mvf-m11c]

I though of some really hard photo quests but felt it would be evil to challenge you with them on a short trip.

Since it's a short trip, how about the CS menu's. Then you can submit the prices to allears of wdwinfo?

If I don't feel like riding any rides at the DLR. I'm just going to be riding only about a few rides during my visit. I was planning on going on my usual rides (DLRR, monorail, BLAB, & MFW) that I do almost all the time when I am at the DLR. Even though I am going to miss part of Saturday since I am going to that Extravaganza at the LA Convention Center, I plan on seeing WoC that night. I just can't get tired of that show ever since the debut in June. I have seen WoC for all my trips that I went to DL last year. I can get a lot of the signs around the resort when I am walking down and don't go on too many rides.

What restaurant is CS? I know that is a restaurant but explain what the name of the restaurant is.

 

[amamax2]

Bret,

Your photos of both castles are gorgeous!!! So clear and the color is stunning!

What will you be doing at the Anime Convention in Bakersfield? I agree with skiingfast - definitely worthwhile to see your friends at the LA event. Those things are always so much fun.

I'm about half-way done with a bathroom sign quest....it is a bit disappointing as some of the signs that I have seen posted on-line have been replaced with generic signs, but the others are pretty funny or interesting. Originally I was only taking ones of the women's bathroom (didn't think it was such a good idea to stand outside the men's and take pictures), but then my DH got into, so now he takes the mens and I take the womens.

I loved the ride vehicle one! I want to hear some of Matt's "evil" quest suggestions, lol. I'm always looking for a new one too.

 

[skiingfast]

What restaurant is CS? I know that is a restaurant but explain what the name of the restaurant is.

CS=counter service, or QS=Quick Service, both compared to TS=Table Service.

Amamax2 when Bret or you have a longer trip just let me know. I want to see somone find a CM with the name of everyone in their party in each land. Of course it's easy to find a Matt, a Bret is a little hard, just depends on your names and of course you should be standing with the CM.

 

[mvf-m11c]

CS=counter service, or QS=Quick Service, both compared to TS=Table Service.

Amamax2 when Bret or you have a longer trip just let me know. I want to see somone find a CM with the name of everyone in their party in each land. Of course it's easy to find a Matt, a Bret is a little hard, just depends on your names and of course you should be standing with the CM.

How stupid of me not knowing what CS means. I can do that and take pictures of the menus of the CS restaurants when I walk around the resort. But aren't the menu prices on wdwinfo are accurate just like allears?

The longest trip that I will do is when the D23 Expo is going on in August and my WDW trip in December. The August trip is 5 days while the December trip is 6 days. I would assume that you can find a Matt CM in the park, I remember that I have seen a CM with my name but I forgot which land he worked in. Maybe it was the DLRR, I don't know which one it was.

 

[mvf-m11c]

Bret,

Your photos of both castles are gorgeous!!! So clear and the color is stunning!

What will you be doing at the Anime Convention in Bakersfield? I agree with skiingfast - definitely worthwhile to see your friends at the LA event. Those things are always so much fun.

I'm about half-way done with a bathroom sign quest....it is a bit disappointing as some of the signs that I have seen posted on-line have been replaced with generic signs, but the others are pretty funny or interesting. Originally I was only taking ones of the women's bathroom (didn't think it was such a good idea to stand outside the men's and take pictures), but then my DH got into, so now he takes the mens and I take the womens.

I loved the ride vehicle one! I want to hear some of Matt's "evil" quest suggestions, lol. I'm always looking for a new one too.

Thank you amamax2 for liking the castle pictures at DL and WDW.

I am working at a vendor stand selling Anime merchandise such as trading cards, stuff animals, books, etc. I was planning on seeing my friends at the LA Convention Center on Saturday, but I might not spend as much time at the Convention Center as I have thought. I just want to enjoy my time at DL and just say hi to them when I get to the convention center.

If I do the sign quest during my trip, I got to remember not to take photos of the woman's bathroom just like what you said on your pp. It would look weird for me to take pictures of the women bathroom signs. Can't wait to do the sign quest at the DLR.

The ride vehicle quest was not bad, but if you want to get all the picture of the ride vehicles you have to go on rides that you don't want to go o and wait in those long lines. It will be very interesting to see what Matt would suggest for another quest.

I got to be prepared when I go to Anaheim on Friday since I have heard that it is snowing up in the grapevine. So now I have to get my snow chains out and practice putting them on before I go on the grapevine. I'm hoping that I won't have to use the snow chains on my car when I go up the grapevine. But I might have to if I want to get to Anaheim.

 

[skiingfast]

How stupid of me not knowing what CS means. I can do that and take pictures of the menus of the CS restaurants when I walk around the resort. But aren't the menu prices on wdwinfo are accurate just like allears?

The longest trip that I will do is when the D23 Expo is going on in August and my WDW trip in December. The August trip is 5 days while the December trip is 6 days. I would assume that you can find a Matt CM in the park, I remember that I have seen a CM with my name but I forgot which land he worked in. Maybe it was the DLRR, I don't know which one it was.

The menus on both sites can get old and Disney does raise prices. That's why it's nice when they get updated. A lot of people plan budgets really exact and it's important to them to get good infromation.


Well finding Matt's is easy. But Bret's would be tough. But there are a lot of CM's. Not just working ques and loading but in shops, CS locations, Like that used CS?, and doing crowd control, custodial it's thousands of people to find a handful of Brets in.

But during expo you might want to focus on other things.

 

[skiingfast]

The ride vehicle quest was not bad, but if you want to get all the picture of the ride vehicles you have to go on rides that you don't want to go o and wait in those long lines. It will be very interesting to see what Matt would suggest for another quest.

I got to be prepared when I go to Anaheim on Friday since I have heard that it is snowing up in the grapevine. So now I have to get my snow chains out and practice putting them on before I go on the grapevine. I'm hoping that I won't have to use the snow chains on my car when I go up the grapevine. But I might have to if I want to get to Anaheim.

Drive safe, give extra distance between cars and lots of time to slow down.


So this would be really hard. The license plate of each autopia vehicle. It's much hard that the sub name, or JC boats, or even the ride vehicls in snow white or toad.

 

[mvf-m11c]

The menus on both sites can get old and Disney does raise prices. That's why it's nice when they get updated. A lot of people plan budgets really exact and it's important to them to get good infromation.


Well finding Matt's is easy. But Bret's would be tough. But there are a lot of CM's. Not just working ques and loading but in shops, CS locations, Like that used CS?, and doing crowd control, custodial it's thousands of people to find a handful of Brets in.

But during expo you might want to focus on other things.

I would agree with the same thing that I would want to know what the prices are at each restaurant at the DLR. But they can change when we get there and we planned already.

There are a lot of places around the resort where you can find a CM with the same name as you or me. I would bet there are CM with my name at the DLR but it would take time to look for that person.

During the Expo, I'm wait for the schedule dates during the Expo and I will plan on which event I want to see and attend. It was a pain of not doing all the live events during the D23 Expo with the opening with Bob Gurr, Legends ceremony, Johnny Depp, Parks and Resorts and John Lasseter interview. I'm barely will go to the parks and just concentrate the Expo more than going in.

 

[mvf-m11c]

Drive safe, give extra distance between cars and lots of time to slow down.

So this would be really hard. The license plate of each autopia vehicle. It's much hard that the sub name, or JC boats, or even the ride vehicls in snow white or toad.

I got to be really careful when I go up the grapevine even when it is not snowing. Thx for the concern. I got to drive extremely carefully when I go up the grapevine.

I would say that would be the hardest quest out of all since most of the ride vehicles will not be operating and in the sides. I thought the sub names are easier just like the DLRR names. I think that the Monorails are the easiest since you have to call it Mark VII Red, Blue & Orange. There are a lot of ride vehicles that have a name for each vehicle. BTMM & POTC have names for their vehicles.

 

[amamax2]

Amamax2 when Bret or you have a longer trip just let me know. I want to see somone find a CM with the name of everyone in their party in each land. Of course it's easy to find a Matt, a Bret is a little hard, just depends on your names and of course you should be standing with the CM.

That would be hard! My kids have somewhat unusual names/spellings, but I do like the idea. What's funny (or maybe just sad) is that I don't often notice the CMs names - but I do always look at where they are from.

So this would be really hard. The license plate of each autopia vehicle. It's much hard that the sub name, or JC boats, or even the ride vehicls in snow white or toad.

Ooh, another great idea! Each car would be hard and time consuming - I wonder how many cars they generally run at once? Yes, that is an "evil" one!! And you are right - that would need to be a long trip so you could devote the time.

But the sub names, JC boats, etc....that wouldn't be bad! That could be a multi-trip quest - one or two rides per time getting the names. Thanks Matt!

Our trips are always 2 - 3 days, but mid-week off season, so slower times. Some of these are definitely doable.

 

[amamax2]

Bret,

Skiingfast's quest suggestions has my brain going now....I noticed on Sherry's TR a statue of Mickey and one of Minnie - I think from the DLH - but something like that could be another possible quest: statues. There's the obvious Partner's Statue and all the cute characters around there, but also ones like Mr. Toad in his ride. It wouldn't be things like the skunks on BTMRR.

Or CM costumes....or ride name fonts (I actually started taking some of those on our last trip)....

 

[mvf-m11c]

Bret,

Skiingfast's quest suggestions has my brain going now....I noticed on Sherry's TR a statue of Mickey and one of Minnie - I think from the DLH - but something like that could be another possible quest: statues. There's the obvious Partner's Statue and all the cute characters around there, but also ones like Mr. Toad in his ride. It wouldn't be things like the skunks on BTMRR.

Or CM costumes....or ride name fonts (I actually started taking some of those on our last trip)....

I read skiingfast's post from last night and his quest suggestions are very interesting. I have saw Sherry photos on her TR and shown two statues in the DLH. That would be another interesting quest to do and would be challenging to look for statues around the resort. All these quest suggestions are now making me thinking of what I should do. I was planning on doing the sign quest at the DLR and now I am thinking of doing a CM name search, statue, ride vehicle names, etc. This is getting crazy of what I should do.

R u talking about the ride signs letters?

 

[Funball]

Bret,

Skiingfast's quest suggestions has my brain going now....I noticed on Sherry's TR a statue of Mickey and one of Minnie - I think from the DLH - but something like that could be another possible quest: statues. There's the obvious Partner's Statue and all the cute characters around there, but also ones like Mr. Toad in his ride. It wouldn't be things like the skunks on BTMRR.

Or CM costumes....or ride name fonts (I actually started taking some of those on our last trip)....

I read skiingfast's post from last night and his quest suggestions are very interesting. I have saw Sherry photos on her TR and shown two statues in the DLH. That would be another interesting quest to do and would be challenging to look for statues around the resort. All these quest suggestions are now making me thinking of what I should do. I was planning on doing the sign quest at the DLR and now I am thinking of doing a CM name search, statue, ride vehicle names, etc. This is getting crazy of what I should do.

R u talking about the ride signs letters?

Ok guys.. seriously? All these quests for poor brett must be making his head spin!!

But brett, nice TR! Very well done!

 

[Funball]

brett how many times do you go to DLR and WDW?

ok in one month how many times do you go to DLR?

 

[Funball]

I need to remember and finish the rest of my WDW TR. But I thought it would be nice to show some pics of Cinderella castle with the icicles. But the Cinderella castle doesn't have much Holiday decorations than SB castle at DL. I wished that Cinderella castle has more decorations as SB castle. But the pictures of Cinderella castle are very nice with the color changing at night.

Cinderella castle at night.






SB castle at night.

I like these shots!!! VERY nice brett!!!

 

[amamax2]

I read skiingfast's post from last night and his quest suggestions are very interesting. I have saw Sherry photos on her TR and shown two statues in the DLH. That would be another interesting quest to do and would be challenging to look for statues around the resort. All these quest suggestions are now making me thinking of what I should do. I was planning on doing the sign quest at the DLR and now I am thinking of doing a CM name search, statue, ride vehicle names, etc. This is getting crazy of what I should do.

R u talking about the ride signs letters?

Yes, the ride sign letters. They are all so different and fit the theme of the rides so well - it's one of those great details that I "noticed" but didn't really take "notice of" until recently.

I know, I'm in the middle of several quests, but love all these ideas, too. Not sure what I will do either....

I think you could easily do the CM name quest (after all, it's just ONE name you need to find, lol) and maybe one or two of the easier ride names since you don't have a lot of time.

Ok guys.. seriously? All these quests for poor brett must be making his head spin!!

Hey, Matt started it. Or Sherry. Certainly not me.


How's that trash can quest coming, Sara?

 

[mvf-m11c]

Ok guys.. seriously? All these quests for poor brett must be making his head spin!!

But brett, nice TR! Very well done!

It's fine, I'm just thinking of what quest I should do when I head to DL in a few weeks. After doing Matt's riding vehicle quest which was quite an adventure and now want to do something challenging on my short trip to DL.

brett how many times do you go to DLR and WDW?

ok in one month how many times do you go to DLR?

In the past I mostly go once a year to DL and during the last three years (not including this year), I went to DL on a average of 4 trips during those three years. I have been to 30+ trips to DL and 7 trips to WDW in my life.

When I went to DL in March 2010, I went to DL on the 16-18 during a short business trip and went to DL about a half day when my family and I were suppose to head to WDW on March 26th. That was two trips in one month.

The most days I have been to DL during a vacation is during the D23 Expo back in 2009 which I went to the park 5 days during that event.

I like these shots!!! VERY nice brett!!!

I'm glad that you like the castle pictures with the Holiday overlay. Cinderella Castle at MK does not have that magical Holiday overlay like SB castle does at DL. With no snow on the turrets and few decorations all over the castle (just only the icicles all over the castle at night).

 

[mvf-m11c]

Just looking through some of my pics from WDW and DL and see how the difference of the ride design are at both resorts.

Disneyland Splash Mountain

Walt Disney World Splash Mountain

 

[mvf-m11c]

Yes, the ride sign letters. They are all so different and fit the theme of the rides so well - it's one of those great details that I "noticed" but didn't really take "notice of" until recently.

I know, I'm in the middle of several quests, but love all these ideas, too. Not sure what I will do either....

I think you could easily do the CM name quest (after all, it's just ONE name you need to find, lol) and maybe one or two of the easier ride names since you don't have a lot of time.

That will be a good idea to do for my picture quest since I was planning on getting pics of the signs around the DLR. But this will take more than 1 1/2 days at the DLR if I don't plan on doing any rides or shows.

If I do the CM name quest, it will take some time to look for the person with my name, but some names are hard to get. But we will wait and see.