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

[kaoden39]

I know you are really looking forward to this upcoming trip. I hope you have a great time!!

 

[mvf-m11c]

I know you are really looking forward to this upcoming trip. I hope you have a great time!!

I am definitely looking forward to get away from the real world and being back at the DLR. Thank you Michele. I am definitely looking forward to more updates to your TR.

 

[mvf-m11c]

Just only 7 days until I am back at the happiest place on earth and my relaxation trip. There will be a lot of updating that day with Cars Land and BVS. I am also glad to hear that the Blue Sky Cellar will be updated during my visit. But I am not happy about the monorail being down during my trip. We'll just wait and see what it will be like next week.

 

[tksbaskets]

Just only 7 days until I am back at the happiest place on earth and my relaxation trip. There will be a lot of updating that day with Cars Land and BVS. I am also glad to hear that the Blue Sky Cellar will be updated during my visit. But I am not happy about the monorail being down during my trip. We'll just wait and see what it will be like next week.

Can't wait to hear all about it!
TK

 

[IndayMichelle]

Just only 7 days until I am back at the happiest place on earth and my relaxation trip. There will be a lot of updating that day with Cars Land and BVS. I am also glad to hear that the Blue Sky Cellar will be updated during my visit. But I am not happy about the monorail being down during my trip. We'll just wait and see what it will be like next week.

Hooray for relaxation! I'm hoping to do the same! I'm going to swing by home depot today to get a LGMH!

 

[mvf-m11c]

Can't wait to hear all about it!
TK

Thank you TK.

Hooray for relaxation! I'm hoping to do the same! I'm going to swing by home depot today to get a LGMH!

It will be nice to relax at the Happiest Place on Earth. I hope for the same thing for you too Michelle that you have a great time at the DLR. It will be nice to see your LGMH during our trip.

 

[mvf-m11c]

I am really excited about going to DL tomorrow and it will be very interesting to see Cars Land and BVS during its construction.

 

[skiingfast]

I am really excited about going to DL tomorrow and it will be very interesting to see Cars Land and BVS during its construction.

Have a good time. There is so much to see that wasn't there before.

 

[kmedina]

Newbie to the report. Thanks Skiing. It looks awesome and overwhelming. Have a lot of catching up to do, so I may save comments for a while. Have fun tomorrow.

 

[mvf-m11c]

Have a good time. There is so much to see that wasn't there before.

Thank you Matt. There is a lot to see and now I am uploading my pictures on to my flickr.

Newbie to the report. Thanks Skiing. It looks awesome and overwhelming. Have a lot of catching up to do, so I may save comments for a while. Have fun tomorrow.

Thank you kmedina for coming along. I hope you enjoy the TR.


I just got back from DL about 10 minutes ago and there is something very interesting going on at DL MS TS. There is an area around GMwML and by the Flag Retreat area that they are filming something since there are a lot of CM's around TS. Here are some pics from today and I am uploading the pictures right now. My DA didn't go inside the park since she was tired from the driving today so I went by myself. I got to go to DCA first and check out the construction area at BVS and Cars Land.

We are not actually staying at BWAI, we are staying at BWPPI since I got a last second deal on the double bedroom at BWPPI a few days ago.

Here are pics from today and more to come later tonight.

 

[skiingfast]

Modern Family. In one of your flicker pics you can see the cast standing right in front of the benches. Ed Oniel's head is by the mike.

 

[kmedina]

Thank you kmedina for coming along. I hope you enjoy the TR.


I just got back from DL about 10 minutes ago and there is something very interesting going on at DL MS TS. There is an area around GMwML and by the Flag Retreat area that they are filming something since there are a lot of CM's around TS. Here are some pics from today and I am uploading the pictures right now. My DA didn't go inside the park since she was tired from the driving today so I went by myself. I got to go to DCA first and check out the construction area at BVS and Cars Land.

We are not actually staying at BWAI, we are staying at BWPPI since I got a last second deal on the double bedroom at BWPPI a few days ago.

I am enjoying it so far. Thank you. Looks exciting. I wonder what they were filming.

 

[mvf-m11c]

I am enjoying it so far. Thank you. Looks exciting. I wonder what they were filming.

Your welcome kmedina. From what I have heard so far from yesterday, Modern Family was filming yesterday at MS TS.


I have been resting for the last two hours after a crazy day at the park thing morning.

I was at the park this morning when it opened at 8am and enjoying my usual time at DL where I go on a few rides and take alot of pictures around the park. But it did felt strange around 9am when most of the ride wait times were very low. It did not make any sense why the ride wait times were low like ST was at 10 minutes, PP 5 minutes, & Space at 10 minutes. Then I found out when I was about to head on out of the park around 9:30am and there were CMs around the exits by MS and told everyone that they were not allowing anyone out of the park unless you are escorted by a CM. After I checked it out on my iPad and there was a suspicious bag outside the esplanade. So I knew that I was going to be in DL for quite some time. So I went back on the rides in DL until they started to let the guests in around 10:45pm. My DA was suppose to meet me at DCA around 9:30am, but since the DLR was closed I had to wait until they let the guests in. I finally got to read the news about what has happened this morning. Now the parks are extended for one extra hour and added more nighttime shows tonight. At least management is extending the hours tonight after the parks being closed this morning.

The crowd levels are really high when the guests were allowed in both parks. There were a lot of young girls here at the park. I believe I have read on the threads that there was a cheer competition at the ACC so I knew that it was going to be packed. When I met up with my DA at DCA we head on in DCA and do our usual rides at DCA. We usually do MFW first, but TSMM was a walk on at 5 minutes so we went on it first. When we got off, the wait time was only at 10 minutes, but our arms were tired so we head on over to MFW. I got my usual pics from MFW. The pictures will be uploaded tonight so stay tune or your can check my pictures out on my flickr on my signature below.

Today was really crazy by having the park at low levels and getting on rides at DCA where you don't do a walk on unless you are at the park at the beginning. I will talk about it more on my TR. But this is what happened today.

 

[deejdigsdis]

Wow Bret, sounds like you had an interesting morning. That would be strange to see the wait times so low. Looking forward to hearing more about it.

 

[mvf-m11c]

Wow Bret, sounds like you had an interesting morning. That would be strange to see the wait times so low. Looking forward to hearing more about it.

Its nice to hear from you Deej. Oh my goodness today was crazy. I knew that there was something wrong that morning until I was about to head out of DL around 9:30am this morning. I was surprise to hear that no was allowed to enter or leave the park during that morning. I was lucky to get in the park when the DLR didn't let any guests in after 8a this morning. It was nice to go on any ride while the wait times was short. I am doing some more updates from today until I write up a complete TR when I get back home today.

Here are some pics from this morning when I was stuck in DL.

ST was a walk on

PP look so empty that morning

Here are some flowers from the TS for you Deej.

MS looked so empty that morning

You can see from this picture that the CMs were not letting anyone exit the park and the DLRR was also closed during the suspicious package outside the park.

It was 10am and still empty

 

[mvf-m11c]

Here is a small update of today. I will have the full TR when I get back home tomorrow. So for today, my DA and I went to DL for the fireworks, but we heard from a CM around the Hub that the fireworks is canceled due to high winds. It didn't felt windy today, but we went through our backup plan and watch the 8pm WoC show. Luckily, we got some WoC FPs this morning when we entered the park like everyone during the incident this morning. So when we got to the viewing area at PP, I asked a CM and see if they would let people watch the show right by the fire hydrant and luckily they started to let people watch it from that spot. I would have guess since that the construction walls around the LM and the viewing area was taken down this week and made the fire hydrant spot a place to watch the show with a blue FP. I was so happy this morning that we got FPs for the show. We weren't suppose to watch WoC tonight, but it would be good just in case if the fireworks are canceled that night.

After watching WoC, we head on over to DL and saw that the fireworks was canceled tonight. So we head on over to DL to see the MMY and the new segment. It was a nice segment. I will try to upload it when I get back in town. We got to get a dole whip tonight and we only rode the DLRR. We got to ride the E.P. Ripley Engine #2 with the Excursion car set and called it for the night.

I will write more about my TR when I get home tomorrow. Thank you everyone for reading this bizarre day today.

 

[kmedina]

That really was a bizarre day. On the same day fireworks were cancelled, they were not allowing people to leave or enter the park. I've never had either of those happen in my mnay trips there. At least you got to ride TSMM with a 5 minute wait, even if the ordeal messed up your meeting with DA. Happy you got to see WoC too.

 

[kaoden39]

It definitely had to be a strange day there for you. I hope you hav e great trip Bret.

 

[tksbaskets]

Bret - I was concerned when I heard about the bomb scare on the news and I knew you were there. Thank goodness all was well. It must have been very strange to see the park so quiet on a beautiful morning.

TK

 

[mvf-m11c]

Just got back home and boy it was a crazy weekend. I will get to the TR tonight if I have time or tomorrow guarantee.

That really was a bizarre day. On the same day fireworks were cancelled, they were not allowing people to leave or enter the park. I've never had either of those happen in my mnay trips there. At least you got to ride TSMM with a 5 minute wait, even if the ordeal messed up your meeting with DA. Happy you got to see WoC too.

It was really a bizarre day. Not only when the park was on lock down for the first 2 1/2 hours, plus the fireworks were canceled due to high wind which I didn't feel it that night. But DL management is being cautious so the fireworks won't be heading towards the residential area on the other side of the highway. I was really surprised to see TSMM with a 5 minute wait and then turned into a 10 minute wait when we got off the ride. The whole day was chaos with both parks opening very late. It was a good idea to get WoC FP as a backup just in case if the fireworks are not playing that night.

It definitely had to be a strange day there for you. I hope you hav e great trip Bret.

It was a bizarre and great trip. The first two and a half hours at DL on Saturday were amazing and bizarre. Since I mostly do one one ride (BLAB) in the morning and go around the park to take pictures around the resort.

Thank you Michele

Bret - I was concerned when I heard about the bomb scare on the news and I knew you were there. Thank goodness all was well. It must have been very strange to see the park so quiet on a beautiful morning.

TK

Thank you TK. When I first heard about the suspicious package out by the ticket booth on that Saturday morning, I knew that it was going to be a long morning. I was surprise to hear that they didn't let all the guests in the parks around 10:30am which was a long time. It was strange at first when I saw that the wait times around the park were not that crowded. After seeing PP, ST, & Space wait times so short, I knew that something was wrong. I was just lucky to be one of the few hundreds of people in the park on Saturday and going on any ride without waiting.

P.S. Like you said, I did TSMM that Saturday when I met up with my DA and I didn't even best your score on TSMM. Maybe I just can't get those high scores like you do on TSMM.