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

[mvf-m11c]

I'm not too worried I didn't get better video of the shows. It would of been nice, but I'll manage to get by without.

The shows are better when you experience it in person than watching it on video. There are barely any videos on youtube that have great video quality and keeping it steady.

 

[skiingfast]

The shows are better when you experience it in person than watching it on video. There are barely any videos on youtube that have great video quality and keeping it steady.

Oh yeah, honestly when you search online for ride or show movies in the parks, there are thousands to pick from. But only a few of the thousand have good qualities like yours. Too many people like me who just use my P&S to film the shows. It hard to find one with a good picture, little or no background noise or steady from using a tripod, like yours.

What really boths me the most is some people try to build an portfolio of on ride videos and in half of them they are talking in the back ground. What is the point in that. I want to hear what the pirates are saying not what you are telling your friend about how they updated the attraction.

 

[mvf-m11c]

Oh yeah, honestly when you search online for ride or show movies in the parks, there are thousands to pick from. But only a few of the thousand have good qualities like yours. Too many people like me who just use my P&S to film the shows. It hard to find one with a good picture, little or no background noise or steady from using a tripod, like yours.

What really boths me the most is some people try to build an portfolio of on ride videos and in half of them they are talking in the back ground. What is the point in that. I want to hear what the pirates are saying not what you are telling your friend about how they updated the attraction.

I definitely agree with you that there are barely any videos that have great quality and good background noise. TY for the compliments on my videos. But you barely see anyone in the park with a tripod or monopod with them the whole time and video tape the show. I might see one or two people at the park and videotaping it.

Yup, there are a lot of people talking in the background noise and it does bother me a lot. I want to tell them badly to please be quiet and enjoy the show or ride. But they do have the right to talk at the park. I do have the CD for the ride soundtrack. I could easily do that for the rides, but I like the sounds of the waterfall, the cap guns on JC, the tires screech of the Indy ride vehicles. It's just not the same.

 

[mvf-m11c]

Day 2 – April 10, 2011 – Part 1​

Sorry to be late with the TR since I have been busy since the last two weeks and I have not been feeling well the last few days. It is time to finish the rest of the TR. This will not be a big one since I barely did anything that day on Sunday since I was there for the Yu-Gi-Oh! Championship Series Tournament at the Anaheim Convention Center.

On a beautiful Sunday morning, I decided to head on over to DL for about one hour and than I will head on over to the Anaheim Convention Center for the yu-gi-oh side event tournaments.

I left the hotel around 7:50am and head on over to the park. As always int he morning at 8am, there were anyone at the front gates on a very nice Sunday morning.

The park was really quiet and it was very nice. I was just there to take a lot of different pictures at DL, but I did not take too many pictures as I have thought. When I walked down MS, I forgot that the Emporium was doing a major refurbishment on the outside of the building. I was kind of weird to see the store on a refurbishment. Everything looks nice as always at DL.

The Emporium store is having a major refurbishment on the outside.

The first thing I did was go on BLAB again. I just love playing BLAB everytime I got to DL. When I finished the ride, I had a total of 800,000 points. It was not as better as the last game, but it was still a decent score on the ride.

When I finished BLAB, I went to get my FP for Space Mountain. Already the line was at a 20 minute wait and the line will just get worse later during the day.

The Star Trader store still has the walls up towards the store entrance and I believed right now it is down and with the new products for ST2. Can't wait to go on that ride later the summer.

I head on over to FL and get some different angles of the Matterhorn.

I walked on over to IASW and once again, the time of IASW was not opening. I was surprise to see that it wasn't working all week.

Matterhron from IASW area

After taking pictures of IASW and Matterhorn, I decided to head on back to the room and get ready for the tournament at the ACC. On the way out of the park, I had to take some pics of some different pics around the area.

When I left the park, more and more people started to show up. MS was already crowded, so I got out of the park at the right time.

I had to get a pic of Monorail Red outside the east gate.

I got back to the room around 9:15am and I had put all of the bags that were in the room in the car since we are not planning on getting out of Anaheim around 3pm. After putting all the stuff in the car, I head on over to the ACC and play in the side events at the tournament.

We played until 3pm and left Anaheim around 4pm. Than we got back to Sacramento around midnight. It took that long since we had to get out of traffic in LA and had to make a couple of stops on the way.

Even though this trip was not that long and I was disappointed in the tournament and my videos of the nighttime shows, I had a pleasant time at DCA with Sara. It was a fun time and very crowded during the Cheer competition week.

Now I am planing my trip in late May during Memorial day weekend. This is really an important week for me because my middle school is playing at the Plaza Gardens Carnations, but also Soundsational will debut that week and possibly getting selected to see ST2 that weekend. I am hoping that I get selected, but in the end, I will have a great time at DL.

 

[tksbaskets]

Hi Bret,
I love your picture of the castle with the crab apple trees about to bloom. It did look like a beautiful day!

Glad your score was better on BLAB

We can't wait to ride the new Star Tours as well. Hopefully in January!

TK

 

[mvf-m11c]

Hi Bret,
I love your picture of the castle with the crab apple trees about to bloom. It did look like a beautiful day!

Glad your score was better on BLAB

We can't wait to ride the new Star Tours as well. Hopefully in January!

TK

Sunday morning was really nice. Even though I was only there for one hour, the park was really nice and quiet.

The BLAB score was better than Saturday, I just can't hit that 100,000 point target in the morning. I have to ride BLAB in the afternoon in order to get a high score. When I had my 2,000,000+ score last year, it was in the afternoon. Maybe I need to ride it in the afternoon, but the wait line is around 30+ minutes. It doesn't matter, I'm just glad that I had a good time.

I have enter the Star Tours 2 AP sneak peak contest which AP holders can get the chance to see ST2 before it opens to the public on June 3rd. Luckily when I am down there during Memorial Day Weekend (on Saturday and Sunday) the selected dates are on my schedule and hopefully I can see the ST2. If I do get selected, I will take pictures of the queue. I am not planning on videotaping the ride since I would like to experience it first before videotaping it.

I'm hoping that this ride will live up to the expectation that Disney has been promoting just like LMAUA ride at DCA.

 

[tksbaskets]

Sunday morning was really nice. Even though I was only there for one hour, the park was really nice and quiet.

The BLAB score was better than Saturday, I just can't hit that 100,000 point target in the morning. I have to ride BLAB in the afternoon in order to get a high score. When I had my 2,000,000+ score last year, it was in the afternoon. Maybe I need to ride it in the afternoon, but the wait line is around 30+ minutes. It doesn't matter, I'm just glad that I had a good time.

I have enter the Star Tours 2 AP sneak peak contest which AP holders can get the chance to see ST2 before it opens to the public on June 3rd. Luckily when I am down there during Memorial Day Weekend (on Saturday and Sunday) the selected dates are on my schedule and hopefully I can see the ST2. If I do get selected, I will take pictures of the queue. I am not planning on videotaping the ride since I would like to experience it first before videotaping it.

I'm hoping that this ride will live up to the expectation that Disney has been promoting just like LMAUA ride at DCA.

Good luck with the sneak peek contest. That would be exciting to see it before the official re-opening. I have heard good things about the refurbishment. I'll be anxious to see what you have to say!

TK

 

[mvf-m11c]

Good luck with the sneak peek contest. That would be exciting to see it before the official re-opening. I have heard good things about the refurbishment. I'll be anxious to see what you have to say!

TK

It would be exciting, but if I don't get selected it still would be a great short trip to DL in late May. I really don't want to go during Memorial Day Weekend which will be really busy, but I don't have many opportunities to see my middle school band play at DL. I am also exciting to see what the new refurbishment on the ride will be and how much it will be different from the original ride.

 

[mvf-m11c]

This is almost getting old for me, but I have to say this to everyone. I might possibly be going to DL again in mid June maybe twice this month or just once (I will tell you about that later). My dad friend and his family is coming down from Houston to DL the week of June 11-16 and my dad asked me if I want to go to DL with him for two days which is the 14 & 15. My dads friend will be staying at the DLH and wants him to come down to Anaheim and visit him. This will be another great excuse to go down to DL and hope to ride on LMAUA and ST2 (I might be able to ride it during the sneak peak in late May if I get lucky). It has not been official yet, but it will be nice to see the LMAUA ride before August. I just don't know if I should go or not since it will be less than one month since my trip in late May. But it will be good to do LMAUA ride before August. I need some help from you DISers if I should go that month or not?

 

[tksbaskets]

This is almost getting old for me, but I have to say this to everyone. I might possibly be going to DL again in mid June maybe twice this month or just once (I will tell you about that later). My dad friend and his family is coming down from Houston to DL the week of June 11-16 and my dad asked me if I want to go to DL with him for two days which is the 14 & 15. My dads friend will be staying at the DLH and wants him to come down to Anaheim and visit him. This will be another great excuse to go down to DL and hope to ride on LMAUA and ST2 (I might be able to ride it during the sneak peak in late May if I get lucky). It has not been official yet, but it will be nice to see the LMAUA ride before August. I just don't know if I should go or not since it will be less than one month since my trip in late May. But it will be good to do LMAUA ride before August. I need some help from you DISers if I should go that month or not?

Of course you should go! Being able to spend time with your dad is a good enough excuse but add the LMAUA and perhaps ST2 tips the scale right over!

Did you really expect me to tell you not to go? Not me - I enjoy your trip reports like I'm visiting myself.

 

[mvf-m11c]

Of course you should go! Being able to spend time with your dad is a good enough excuse but add the LMAUA and perhaps ST2 tips the scale right over!

Did you really expect me to tell you not to go? Not me - I enjoy your trip reports like I'm visiting myself.

TY TK. I am looking forward to go with my dad to DL since the March trip from last year when my family and I took a unexpected bump from our WDW trip and got a day at DL.

I knew that you would follow along.

Sorry, change of plans. I thought it was June 14 & 15 during my visit. Now I have found out that my dads friend will be there on June 18-25 and my dad hasn't decided what days we will be going down to Anaheim. The days that we might go is on Monday 20th & Tuesday 21st or Tuesday 21st & Wednesday 22nd. I am kind of confused why he hasn't given me a day of which days to go. But I know that his friend will be at DL on Monday and Tuesday. So one of the days that my dad will be in the park to be with his friend. I'm sorry for the confusion, it will be in a few days until what days my dad wants to go to Anaheim and see his friend.

TK, I'm trying to PM you, but your storage is all full.

 

[tksbaskets]

My box is now ready to receive a PM.

 

[skiingfast]

Sorry, change of plans. I thought it was June 14 & 15 during my visit. Now I have found out that my dads friend will be there on June 18-25 and my dad hasn't decided what days we will be going down to Anaheim. The days that we might go is on Monday 20th & Tuesday 21st or Tuesday 21st & Wednesday 22nd. I am kind of confused why he hasn't given me a day of which days to go. But I know that his friend will be at DL on Monday and Tuesday. So one of the days that my dad will be in the park to be with his friend. I'm sorry for the confusion, it will be in a few days until what days my dad wants to go to Anaheim and see his friend.

Hmm interesting. I'll see how my schedule works out then.

I'm thinking maybe doing a trip that includes a ride on Amtrak with it. Even if it's down the coast and back. DS was talking about taking a train somewhere.

 

[mvf-m11c]

I just concluded my DLR trip last month [post=40698688]April 8 - 10, 2011[/post] which I played at the Anaheim Yu-Gi-Oh! Championship Series Tournament. It was really fun to play at the tournament, but I didn't do so well out there. But on the other hand, I got to enjoy another good time at DL on Saturday and Sunday.

Though the trip was fun, I was also quite disappointed with myself for the videos. As for the people that follow my TR, I like to videotape the nighttime shows and when I was at DL that weekend, I was videotaping RDCT and Memories. I left my extended lens in the room and left my videotaping at low resolution. I was not planning on putting a low resolution video on youtube since you have seen my videos that are really good.

Even though it was during the Cheer competition also at the Anaheim Convention Center, it was not that bad at DL. I would assume that all the girls competing in the competition went to DL on Monday and Tuesday. There were some of them that went to the park on Saturday and Sunday. I want to say congrats to all of the young ladies competing at the competition last month.

I also had a good time with Sara and spending part of my day with her at DCA on Saturday afternoon. Even though we only did one ride at DCA, it was always nice to talk to her and take some pictures of DCA. The best part was taking some pics with her at the park.

This is the first time since my August trip, that I didn't even take a lot of pics. I only took less than one hundred pics during my visit. I need to get myself all hyped up during this trip, but there was nothing spectacular to do in a short amount of time. Maybe this month trip will be better for me. I also haven't done my favorite rides at the DLR. Like the Monorail, DLRR and MFW. But with limited time at the parks and I had to get ready for the nighttime show, it was expected that I didn't do all my favorite things out there.

Enough talk about the last trip, it's time to get my pre-trip planned for this month.

Cast: Me Bret 29

The reason I am doing a short trip to DL is that my middle school that I coached basketball for several years will be performing at DL and at the Plaza Carnations Garden during Memorial Day weekend. I have a couple of kids that played for me during the basketball season and will be going down there. Some of my friends that teach at that school will be chaperoning for the kids when they are in the park. I thought this would be a great excuse to go to DL. But I also didn't like when it was during Memorial Day weekend and should be high crowds. When DL announced that the Soundsational Parade is expected to debut during that weekend, I was ecstatic to hear that I will be down there when it makes it debut. I am planning on seeing the parade on Friday or Saturday. Also with Magical starting that week, it would be good to get a good video of the Summer Nighttastic firework show. I have videotaped it before in the past, but they are not that good. So this will be a good time to videotape the show and put it on youtube. The last good part about the trip is that Star Tours 2 will be doing sneak peeks for the AP holders. I was kind of surprise that the contest dates that are available are on the same weekend that I am going down. The ride is suppose to open on June 3rd and have the chance to ride it before it opens really excites me. But I have to wait and see if I get selected for those days. The trip is already making me so energetic and might be one of the best trips of this year. I also have to renew my AP since it will be expiring in mid June. I am planning on getting the Premier again since I am going to WDW in December again. This will be a fun trip.

I will be doing my usual plan to Anaheim. I will be driving down from Sacramento to Anaheim like my DA and I always do on our previous trips together. As you know for the readers that follow me, I don't like to fly and just drive while I can carry extra stuff with me than spending a lot of money towards a flying. It just not worth paying the extra money for extra bags and getting a rental car. This time, I will be using my good car to drive to Anaheim than the usual Honda Civic Hybrid, since it has having some trouble lately with the engine. I will be driving in my Acura TSX. Even though it uses super gasoline and will be more to drive it, I might be able to get to Burbank on a full tank and do my usual stop in Merced on the way home. I will stop at Livingston (close to Merced) that is always on my way to Anaheim to see my grandmother. I was planning on leaving Sacramento on Thursday night and save one and a half hour time of my road trip to DL. Than leave Friday morning around 5am. I want to get to Anaheim early so I can get ready to watch Soundsational at 4pm on Friday. It will be a 5 and a half hour drive to Anaheim. I should get there around 10am just like I did on my last trip to DL.

I will be staying at BWPPI, my usual hotel that I have always stayed at during my visits. I am not really happy of how the price of the hotel is at the BWPPI, but I am not planning on staying at BWAI or BW Stovalls since they are also expensive. So I just decided to stay over there. I wasn't even planning on staying out of the area since I don't like to park at the structure during the day and lose about a half an hour of my time in the parking lot.

My goal for this weekend is to watch my middle school play at the Plaza Gardens Carnation and also spend some time with them at the park. I also plan on seeing the Soundsational parade on Friday or Saturday which will be exciting. I will be planning on videotaping Soundsational and take some pics during the parade. If I get lucky with the ST2 Sneak Peek, I will be going on the ride. I am not planning on videotaping the ride since I want to experience it first. I would assume that the CMs won't allow videotaping on the ride, but I will try to take pictures of the new queue. Planning on seeing Magical and Memories on Friday and top it off with WoC on Saturday. This is going to be a fun weekend with my school playing, Soundsational and the usual nighttime shows. I also want to take as many pictures during my visit and I need a challenge to do when I am out there.

I'm only just 25 days till I am at the Happiest Place on Earth.

Thank you for reading my PTR and hope you can follow it.

P.S. I am looking for idea of what kind of quest I should do during my visit.

 

[mvf-m11c]

Hmm interesting. I'll see how my schedule works out then.

I'm thinking maybe doing a trip that includes a ride on Amtrak with it. Even if it's down the coast and back. DS was talking about taking a train somewhere.

Sry for getting to your post Matt.

It is neat to do a train ride to California. I wonder what it would feel like to take the Amtrak to Anaheim.

 

[TheColtonsMom]

This is almost getting old for me, but I have to say this to everyone. I might possibly be going to DL again in mid June maybe twice this month or just once (I will tell you about that later). My dad friend and his family is coming down from Houston to DL the week of June 11-16 and my dad asked me if I want to go to DL with him for two days which is the 14 & 15. My dads friend will be staying at the DLH and wants him to come down to Anaheim and visit him. This will be another great excuse to go down to DL and hope to ride on LMAUA and ST2 (I might be able to ride it during the sneak peak in late May if I get lucky). It has not been official yet, but it will be nice to see the LMAUA ride before August. I just don't know if I should go or not since it will be less than one month since my trip in late May. But it will be good to do LMAUA ride before August. I need some help from you DISers if I should go that month or not?

Oh yes go! Even if you get picked in the lottery to ride ST2 in May there is still the New LM ride and of lesser importance but still newer Goofy's Sky School to check out. Plus if you do not get picked in the lottery you have your time set for your first ride on ST2. Plus years from now you will never regret time spent with your Dad so win/win if you ask me and you did so there's my opinion FWIW.

I just concluded my DLR trip last month [post=40698688]April 8 - 10, 2011[/post] which I played at the Anaheim Yu-Gi-Oh! Championship Series Tournament. It was really fun to play at the tournament, but I didn't do so well out there. But on the other hand, I got to enjoy another good time at DL on Saturday and Sunday.

Though the trip was fun, I was also quite disappointed with myself for the videos. As for the people that follow my TR, I like to videotape the nighttime shows and when I was at DL that weekend, I was videotaping RDCT and Memories. I left my extended lens in the room and left my videotaping at low resolution. I was not planning on putting a low resolution video on youtube since you have seen my videos that are really good.

Even though it was during the Cheer competition also at the Anaheim Convention Center, it was not that bad at DL. I would assume that all the girls competing in the competition went to DL on Monday and Tuesday. There were some of them that went to the park on Saturday and Sunday. I want to say congrats to all of the young ladies competing at the competition last month.

I also had a good time with Sara and spending part of my day with her at DCA on Saturday afternoon. Even though we only did one ride at DCA, it was always nice to talk to her and take some pictures of DCA. The best part was taking some pics with her at the park.

This is the first time since my August trip, that I didn't even take a lot of pics. I only took less than one hundred pics during my visit. I need to get myself all hyped up during this trip, but there was nothing spectacular to do in a short amount of time. Maybe this month trip will be better for me. I also haven't done my favorite rides at the DLR. Like the Monorail, DLRR and MFW. But with limited time at the parks and I had to get ready for the nighttime show, it was expected that I didn't do all my favorite things out there.

Enough talk about the last trip, it's time to get my pre-trip planned for this month.

Cast: Me Bret 29

The reason I am doing a short trip to DL is that my middle school that I coached basketball for several years will be performing at DL and at the Plaza Carnations Garden during Memorial Day weekend. I have a couple of kids that played for me during the basketball season and will be going down there. Some of my friends that teach at that school will be chaperoning for the kids when they are in the park. I thought this would be a great excuse to go to DL. But I also didn't like when it was during Memorial Day weekend and should be high crowds. When DL announced that the Soundsational Parade is expected to debut during that weekend, I was ecstatic to hear that I will be down there when it makes it debut. I am planning on seeing the parade on Friday or Saturday. Also with Magical starting that week, it would be good to get a good video of the Summer Nighttastic firework show. I have videotaped it before in the past, but they are not that good. So this will be a good time to videotape the show and put it on youtube. The last good part about the trip is that Star Tours 2 will be doing sneak peeks for the AP holders. I was kind of surprise that the contest dates that are available are on the same weekend that I am going down. The ride is suppose to open on June 3rd and have the chance to ride it before it opens really excites me. But I have to wait and see if I get selected for those days. The trip is already making me so energetic and might be one of the best trips of this year. I also have to renew my AP since it will be expiring in mid June. I am planning on getting the Premier again since I am going to WDW in December again. This will be a fun trip.

I will be doing my usual plan to Anaheim. I will be driving down from Sacramento to Anaheim like my DA and I always do on our previous trips together. As you know for the readers that follow me, I don't like to fly and just drive while I can carry extra stuff with me than spending a lot of money towards a flying. It just not worth paying the extra money for extra bags and getting a rental car. This time, I will be using my good car to drive to Anaheim than the usual Honda Civic Hybrid, since it has having some trouble lately with the engine. I will be driving in my Acura TSX. Even though it uses super gasoline and will be more to drive it, I might be able to get to Burbank on a full tank and do my usual stop in Merced on the way home. I will stop at Livingston (close to Merced) that is always on my way to Anaheim to see my grandmother. I was planning on leaving Sacramento on Thursday night and save one and a half hour time of my road trip to DL. Than leave Friday morning around 5am. I want to get to Anaheim early so I can get ready to watch Soundsational at 4pm on Friday. It will be a 5 and a half hour drive to Anaheim. I should get there around 10am just like I did on my last trip to DL.

I will be staying at BWPPI, my usual hotel that I have always stayed at during my visits. I am not really happy of how the price of the hotel is at the BWPPI, but I am not planning on staying at BWAI or BW Stovalls since they are also expensive. So I just decided to stay over there. I wasn't even planning on staying out of the area since I don't like to park at the structure during the day and lose about a half an hour of my time in the parking lot.

My goal for this weekend is to watch my middle school play at the Plaza Gardens Carnation and also spend some time with them at the park. I also plan on seeing the Soundsational parade on Friday or Saturday which will be exciting. I will be planning on videotaping Soundsational and take some pics during the parade. If I get lucky with the ST2 Sneak Peek, I will be going on the ride. I am not planning on videotaping the ride since I want to experience it first. I would assume that the CMs won't allow videotaping on the ride, but I will try to take pictures of the new queue. Planning on seeing Magical and Memories on Friday and top it off with WoC on Saturday. This is going to be a fun weekend with my school playing, Soundsational and the usual nighttime shows. I also want to take as many pictures during my visit and I need a challenge to do when I am out there.

I'm only just 25 days till I am at the Happiest Place on Earth.

Thank you for reading my PTR and hope you can follow it.

P.S. I am looking for idea of what kind of quest I should do during my visit.

Can't wait to see your video of Soundsational.. You know my family loves your videos...I will keep it as a surprise for Colton. Also really rooting for you to get to ride ST2 the Star Wars fans around here would love to see pictures of the new queue make sure to take lots if you get the chance!

 

[mvf-m11c]

Oh yes go! Even if you get picked in the lottery to ride ST2 in May there is still the New LM ride and of lesser importance but still newer Goofy's Sky School to check out. Plus if you do not get picked in the lottery you have your time set for your first ride on ST2. Plus years from now you will never regret time spent with your Dad so win/win if you ask me and you did so there's my opinion FWIW.

You are correct about that Sherri. I am definitely looking forward to the LMAUA ride. I might check out GSS, it is still the same ride, but just the facade is different. I am also looking forward to those Victorian style restaurants at PP. I am hoping that I get selected in May and than after experiencing the ride, than I will videotape it. I would assume that they won't allow any guests videotape the ride just like Soarin. It is nice to do some Disney activities with my dad. He is not a huge Disney fan like me, but he has no problem with it. He is just doing this so he can see his friend.

Thank you for your help Sherri.

Can't wait to see your video of Soundsational.. You know my family loves your videos...I will keep it as a surprise for Colton. Also really rooting for you to get to ride ST2 the Star Wars fans around here would love to see pictures of the new queue make sure to take lots if you get the chance!

I'm glad that you and your family like my videos. I am wondering where I should videotape the parade? Right now I am planning on seeing the first parade at 4pm and I am planning on setting up around IASW because I would assume that the parade will start from there and than the later parade will start at TS MS. I was also thinking of videotaping right by the Refreshment Coke Corner & Plaza Pavilion on the curb. I might need some help of other options of where to set up for the parade. Right now, I am leaning toward IASW unless there is a good spot to see and videotape the parade. Thank you for rooting for me Sherri and to all the other DISers who have participated in the contest. I would guess that the CMs would have np with me taking pictures of the queue during the sneak peak, but I will be shocked if they won't allow that. I can understand the ride, but the queue?

 

[skiingfast]

I'm not sure about the amtrak but might try the Metro to Oceanside and back. But will have to justify a day away DL.

 

[mvf-m11c]

I'm not sure about the amtrak but might try the Metro to Oceanside and back. But will have to justify a day away DL.

Since I don't know anything about the railway system, I hope everything goes well for you when you take the train to SoCal.

 

[deejdigsdis]

Hey Bret,

I'm finally all caught up on your ongoing TR. When I was in DL last week the clock on IASW wasn't working then either. Everything seemed to be working except the doors with the time coming out. I wonder what's going on.

You mentioned the Steak Gumbo at RSV. I had wanted to try that last week but it was closed when we went by.

Your Sunday morning in the park looked so quiet! I couldn't believe the lack of lines at the turnstiles.

It was nice that you were able to spend some time with Sara and get a picture together. It's great to be able to wander the parks alone and do your own thing, but it's also nice to have someone to talk to.

I hope you have a good trip at the end of this month. I'm anxious to see your Soundsational pictures.