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

[WDWJonasGirl]

Have a great time at the d23. I hope to see you there.

 

[mvf-m11c]

Thank you Kaitlin, same here I hope to see you there at the Expo. I will be wearing my LGMH and my D23 Expo hat from 2009 with the Sorcerer Mickey.

I just got here right now and I am resting in my room at BW Stvoalls. The weather is very nice at this time and I will be going to the park shortly.

Here are some pics from the BW Stovalls room that I have just took awhile ago.

I will be heading to the park shortly and post some more pictures later today.

Thank for following along.

 

[kaoden39]

Bret that looks just like the room we stayed in there last year in June. It's so funny how the rooms all look alike. It made me smile to see it. Have lots of fun!!

 

[deejdigsdis]

Looking forward to your pictures, Bret! Have a good time.

 

[JH87]

Wow that is a nice room!
Have fun! Looking forward to hearing all about the Expo!

 

[mvf-m11c]

Bret that looks just like the room we stayed in there last year in June. It's so funny how the rooms all look alike. It made me smile to see it. Have lots of fun!!

Your welcome Michele. This is the first time I am staying in the double room. I have only stayed in the king room during my previous trip in August in 2009 and November last year and it was nice. The room is very nice and the space is good enough. The WiFi here is very fast, way faster than the BWPPI.

Thank you Michele.

Looking forward to your pictures, Bret! Have a good time.

Thank you Deej.

Wow that is a nice room!
Have fun! Looking forward to hearing all about the Expo!

It is a very nice room.

Thank you Jillian.

Oh yeah, I got the picture that you wanted Jillian. The classic Minnie on the construction wall where the Carthay Circle Theater is being built.

Here is the picture

 

[JH87]

You are amazing.
Thank you!

 

[skiingfast]

Bret hope your time in the park was fun. Look forward to seeing what you see at expo.

 

[mvf-m11c]

I am waiting in the queue to get in the ACC and right now, my DA and I are waiting in the queue right by the arena. I got up late this morning and got in line around 7. Some people were here since 5. The queue is almost all the way towards Katella and the opposite of us. Talk about a crazy queue.

In any case, I am looking forward to get in the ACC and enjoy the D23 Expo.

 

[skiingfast]

I'm sure you will have a lot to post later. Please get some good shots of the FLE expansion model for me. Disney released a small picture of a part of it.

 

[mvf-m11c]

I'm sure you will have a lot to post later. Please get some good shots of the FLE expansion model for me. Disney released a small picture of a part of it.

I will matt. To tell u the truth that I haven't went to the WD Parks and Resorts pavilion all day today since most of the morning i was shopping at the dream store and archives store. But I plan 2 see it later today. I missed the Legends ceremony since when we finished shopping at the dream store, it was too late to go in the arena. But I got the merchandise that I want at the dream store. That includee the Disney legends pion which I got two.

I'm just in the queue for the WD Parks and Resorts event at the d23 arena and I'm bout to enter the arena. I been waiting all day today for this presentation.

I got to see the making of the LMAUA awhile ago and it was neat. They showed some art and sketches that they never shown until now.

 

[mvf-m11c]

Just got back from the D23 Expo and now I am currently at DL waiting for Magical fireworks. Today has been an exciting day and kind of a bad day. The good part of the day was that I got to do all of my shopping at the Deam store, Disney Archives store, and the WD Parks and Resorts shopping. Plus I got to do the making of the LMAUA presentation as well as the WD Parks and Resorts screening at the arena. The only bad part of the day is that I got to the line late today at 7:15am and was right next to the arena. There must have been a few hundd people in front of me and I got in the wrong line for the dream store which cost me a lot of time this morning. I also missed the Disney Legends ceremony which was disappointed. But overall, it was a great day and I was happy with the way it went.

When the fireworks is over, I will upload all the pictures that I have taken today ate Expo. Also skiingfast, I have got the pictures of the FLE while I visited the pavilion. It was nice to see the model of the MK new expansion.

It was also difficult since I couldn't do the DIS meeting this morning since I had to get in line for the Expo since it was already that long this morning. I heard from a CM that a guest waited in line since 2am. I will get back to you tonight after the fireworks.

 

[skiingfast]

I saw another Dissers pictures of the Dismeet. Were there two today or a look a like at the one posing as you?

 

[mvf-m11c]

I saw another Dissers pictures of the Dismeet. Were there two today or a look a like at the one posing as you?

That was franandaj TR and yes I was at the DISer meet up on Thursday night. It was nice to meet a lot of different DISers that night and it was a shame of not seeing anyone yesterday. But dish made up a little since I got to meet HydroGuy today. I met him inside the ACC this morning when they let the guests in and later in the queue of stage 28 during the Buena Vista Street presentation. It was great and exciting to meet him in person and got to talk a lot about the two of us and our experience at the parks.

I do apologize to the followers during my trip since I am not on my CPU and typing on the iPad. I can't get the photos uploaded from the iPad so later tonight, I hope to get started on the live TR.

The day has been fun and very bad again. First the bad part is that I got in the queue early this morning around 6am so I can do my fast shopping, but after I had to use the restroom and my DA was in the room I asked a person right next to me if he could save me spot while I used the restroom at the Hilton. He said it was okay and will save my spot and I rushed over to the Hilton. When I got back and saw the man that would save my spot. Then he wouldn't let me back in and said that you have to go back to the end of the line. I told him that I asked him to save my spot while i used the restroom and he said no and he said talk to the other people right next to me while I was in line and they didn't say anything. He said too bad and go back in the end of the line while it was still small. So I just left and got back in line. I had lost my spot since i had a stomach ache that morning and that guy was lying to me and said to get in the back of the line. I know that when you leave the line, you lose your spot. I thought the man right next to me would have no problem with it and let me back in, but looks like I was wrong and not all people would be nice.

 

[skiingfast]

How rude.

 

[Lil' Grumpy]

so sorry, but it was his lost. [ they could have shared some
time, with a "real disney fan." ]


hope the bug is soon gone too!

can't wait for your future reports. i am sure "bugs, meanies or
standing in long lines " , can't keep you from- "show casing" the
very best of this expo,

i mentioned last year member cruise where they gave out d23
extras? others on this year cruise are checking it out, thinking
they will give a lil'~insight for our up coming cruise.

i saw the lil ~mermaid sneaking into room pictures, & it looked
clean & tidy! ...a great place to stay.

wow! your camera looks like a professional one.

don't know exactly how this happened but we are helping others
in our community to "do" wdw. a family just came back & the
mother informed me that her children "decided" while they were
still there...they are going back! . i am no expert but
anyone asking me, our greatest/best memories have come
from our encounters with others. [ i also teaching health
professionals the "principles in human dynamics". ] an act of
kindness is the best way to leave a good impression. it is a
sad fact, that too many have to learn this the hard way.


hopefully~ your bad luck is ending & the magic is just beginning!

 

[JH87]

What a rude guy. I save spots for people all the time at concerts and events that like. It's no big deal.
But, very cool that you got to meet HydroGuy! Sounds like the presentation of Buena Vista Street was interesting.

 

[WDWJonasGirl]

Sorry to hear about the rude man. I had a good time, minus the 3.5 hour wait for Shake It Up.

 

[mvf-m11c]

I just got home 30 minutes ago and it is really nice to be back home. It was just a bad today because I got a flat tired with about 1 1/2 hour to Sacramento. I thought the day couldn't get any worse but it didn't (good thing). So we called AAA and the tow truck took us to Costco where they fixed the tire and we got home safely. We lost about 2 hours of our time, but is better to be safe than get into an accident.

How rude.

No kidding. What a rude person, I thought he would be nice but it looks like he wasn't one of those nice Disney people at the convention.

so sorry, but it was his lost. [ they could have shared some
time, with a "real disney fan." ]


hope the bug is soon gone too!

can't wait for your future reports. i am sure "bugs, meanies or
standing in long lines " , can't keep you from- "show casing" the
very best of this expo,

i mentioned last year member cruise where they gave out d23
extras? others on this year cruise are checking it out, thinking
they will give a lil'~insight for our up coming cruise.

i saw the lil ~mermaid sneaking into room pictures, & it looked
clean & tidy! ...a great place to stay.

wow! your camera looks like a professional one.

don't know exactly how this happened but we are helping others
in our community to "do" wdw. a family just came back & the
mother informed me that her children "decided" while they were
still there...they are going back! . i am no expert but
anyone asking me, our greatest/best memories have come
from our encounters with others. [ i also teaching health
professionals the "principles in human dynamics". ] an act of
kindness is the best way to leave a good impression. it is a
sad fact, that too many have to learn this the hard way.


hopefully~ your bad luck is ending & the magic is just beginning!

Definitely Lil' Grumpy. I would have thanked him properly big time when I got back to the line. But it did not affect me during the whole time since I was in line for the Dream Store that Saturday morning. Luckily there was no long line that Saturday morning since everyone was headed straight toward the arena for the WD Studios presentation.

That was just a little road block during my visit at the Expo, but in the end it was great and I can't wait to tell everyone about the Expo.

Thank you

What a rude guy. I save spots for people all the time at concerts and events that like. It's no big deal.
But, very cool that you got to meet HydroGuy! Sounds like the presentation of Buena Vista Street was interesting.

Yeah, but in the end it turned out better after that. It wouldn't hurt to help someone out while we were in line that morning. It was really nice to meet HydroGuy and the other DISers at the Expo this weekend. The Buena Vista Street presentation was great, but the Cars Land Presentation as well as the Vintage DL clips was also great. I can't wait to tell you about the enjoyment of the Expo.

I am also glad that you are happy that was the picture that you wanted Jillian.

Sorry to hear about the rude man. I had a good time, minus the 3.5 hour wait for Shake It Up.

Thank you Kaitlin. It would have been nice to see you at the Expo, but I am glad that you had an excellent time at the Expo. Did you get to do all the presentations at the Expo as you have planned?

 

[deejdigsdis]

Welcome back Bret! It sounds like you were able to do/see a lot of what you had planned. Looking forward to hearing all about it. I'm also glad you were able to make it back OK after the flat tire.