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

[mvf-m11c]

Day 2 – June 10, 2012– Part 32​

Now back at BVS during the preview. It was a nice night and just about 20 minutes until 11pm, I stayed at BVS to do my picture taking until it was time to go back to the hotel and call it for the night.

The night was great with about less then a hundred people out on the streets of BVS. The lights were on all around with the light poles, signs, and window displays showing all the great items to look through the windows.

Right by the Elias & Company store

There is just so much to look at as well as taking pictures of the signs, ligth poles, etc. on BVS.

Elias & Company building

Right across is Julius Katz & Sons store

Now I went across the street and got a picture of Elias & Company building

While I had some time in BVS until 11pm, I went inside Julius Katz & Sons store and I did get some pics of the store. I know that I said that I didn't get any pics from the other stores, but the CM's didn't have any problem with it so I got some pics.

Since I did most of my shopping that night, I didn't buy anything else. I was just looking at the last second if I missed something that I wanted since I won't be back to shop at BVS or CL in August. So it was buy it now or wait till later.

So I went back outside and got more pics of the buildings in BVS.

Window display from Elias & Company store

A look at the CCT

Chip & Dale were out on BVS taking pictures with the guests

It was almost 11pm, so I am about to head on out of the park and go back to the hotel to meet up with my DA. More pics from that night just as I was about to leave.

A look at the Big Top Toys sign and window display underneath the bridge.

That's it for this post and I will be back to conclude Sunday preview of CL & BVS.

 

[mvf-m11c]

Day 2 – June 10, 2012– Part 33​

Now back with more pics from BVS at night.

It was close to 11pm and I was about to head on out of DCA and back to the hotel. On the way out of the park, I did stop at the Elias & Company store to look for anything that I missed since I won't be able to buy the next day when it is for the AP preview that got lucky in the lottery.

There were still some people that night in BVS getting some pics during the preview. I mostly got everything on the two days of the preview and was looking forward to getting back to the room.

When I was about to leave BVS that night, my feet started to get sore after being in DCA since 5pm that afternoon. I know that 6 hours is nothing compare to half a day in the park where you don't feel tired, but my body was still sore from Saturday. So I just have to last about 20 minutes in the park as well as walking back to BWAI.

At the front entrance of BVS, it looked even great at night with all the lights on as well as the Red Trolley. Even though the Red Trolley doesn't have any lights on the outside except for the head light. It looked great at night through the windows.

A look at the monorail bridge.

Mortimer's Market

DCA Lockers

A look at the BVS Red Car Trolley sign

Los Feliz Five & Dime

Red Car Trolley

Front entrance of Los Feliz Five & Dime store

Chamber of Commerce which is the Guest Relations building

Oswald's store

Now I head on out of BVS and towards the esplanade. When I got out of the esplanade, it was around 11pm and DCA is already closed at 10pm. Good thing I left DCA before the 10:15pm WoC show since I didn't see the people behind me or at the esplanade.

It took about 8 minutes to get from the esplanade back to BWAI and call it for the night. My DA was still up watching TV while I unloaded all the stuff that I had with me during the preview. She also bought some more souvenirs during the preview. She told me that she stopped at Elias & Company store to buy some shirts from BVS and CL. So she was happy during her shopping. I could have saved her some money on the merchandise, but she didn't want me to cut my time of roaming around BVS and CL. So she did lose 10% on the discount since she was a DAP. But she had no problem with it.

I was up until midnight and called it for the night. I was on the CPU for awhile to upload all those pics that night. That concludes Sunday and now getting ready for Monday.

This was another great day at DCA during the preview of CL & BVS. This one was a good one where we got to see CL & BVS at night with the lights on. CL at night time surpassed my expectations with the lightings of Radiator Springs.

We also got to ride Radiator Springs Racers three during the preview which was amazing and got to go through Luigi's side during the ride after going through Ramone's two times on Saturday. Got to ride Luigi's Flying Tires as our first ride that day and it was great like always. We didn't do Mater's Junkyard Jamboree since my DA didn't like it the first time where I accidentially bumbed into her on the ride.

This time we had the pretzel bites at the Cozy Cone Motel as well as getting few more souvenirs at the Cone that was the McQueen popcorn buckets and cone cups. It was disappointing that I didn't get the pie at Flo's V8 Cafe, but I had a great time going around CL during the preview. So on my next trip in August, that is one of my must do list and eat at Flo's and take a lot of pictures inside the restaurant.

I did take a lot of pictures that day. I must have too about 1000 pics of CL & BVS just on that Saturday. Most of them were random shots of both lands and some of them were getting the littlest details of the buildings, flowers, lights, etc. This was easily the most pics I have ever taken during a trip which surpassed the WDW last December during the Holday season.

Now with BVS which was great during the day and night. I did get to go inside the Red Car Trolley which was neat and that is another must do next month. I also wanted to see the Storyteller's statue, but it was boxed up during the preview. So seeing the statue is another must do. I also thought about eating at Fiddler Fifer and Practical Cafe during the preview, but the choices were nothing special. So I might try something at that counter service. The lights at night were very nice.

I got to go to DL early that morning which I usually do and it was nice and quiet during a MM. I did get up late that day, but it was great to see the part empty. I thought it would be a little bit busier that morning. Most of the rides were walk-on's while I as always never take advantage of all the rides. I did go on BLAB, the monorial and the DLRR which I usually do everytime. I was hoping the Matterhorn would do a preview, but it didn't happen. So riding the Matterhorn is another must do.

Even though I was also disappointed that DCA didn't do a 11:15pm private viewing of WoC for the preview guests, but I was not going to use my time at the preview to see WoC. I'm hoping that when they do something like this again in the future, that DLR needs to tell the people in advance that there is no WoC at 11:15pm and it has to be during the 2nd show.

This was a great day and now we are heading towards Monday. This day is mostly a relaxation day since we were hoping to get selected for the AP preview on Monday. But it wasn't the case. I was originally thinking after the AP lottery for Monday which we didn't get selected we were thinking of going back home to Sacramento on Monday instead of staying towards Tuesday. But since I had a free night on Saturday where I added that day for the preview, it was a good opportunity to stay at the DLR. The next day was also my DA birthday. So we had to stay for her to have a great birthday. So Monday is her birthday which she was excited to be with me at the DLR. It would have been if we got selected for the preview on Monday, but were happy of those two days on Saturday and Sunday.

We spent $250 together for the two days during the preview which is a lot of money just for 9 hours during the preview (this does not include time in BVS just for CL). This was well worth the money during the preview.

That is it for Sunday and Monday will be up next tomorrow.

 

[kmedina]

Other than the Chamber of Commerce to get my papers stamped, I did not remember to enter any of those stores. We were in DCA for two full park days, so I am not sure where all the time went. Nice to see your pictures. The Red Car Trolley looks awesome at night. It would have been a nice birthday present for your DA to get selected at the last minute for the AP preview lottery, but I am glad you had the two previews. Even though $250 is a lot, it really seems like you two got your money's worth. You did so much more in nine hours than we did in two full days when it comes to Cars Land and BVS.

I am looking forward to reading about your next visit and am curious to see hoe your Aunt spent her birthday down there.

 

[PrincessInOz]

I'm looking forward to the day when I can check out all those nice new stores.

Sounds like your DA had a good time shopping in them; and how cool to be at DLR for her birthday.

 

[mvf-m11c]

Other than the Chamber of Commerce to get my papers stamped, I did not remember to enter any of those stores. We were in DCA for two full park days, so I am not sure where all the time went. Nice to see your pictures. The Red Car Trolley looks awesome at night. It would have been a nice birthday present for your DA to get selected at the last minute for the AP preview lottery, but I am glad you had the two previews. Even though $250 is a lot, it really seems like you two got your money's worth. You did so much more in nine hours than we did in two full days when it comes to Cars Land and BVS.

I am looking forward to reading about your next visit and am curious to see hoe your Aunt spent her birthday down there.

Thank you Kim. The Red Car Trolley did look great at night. It would be really neat to ride it at night but just like DL MS vehicles which doesn't run at night. It would have been nice if we did get selected for the AP preview lottery for her birthday, but we went with plan B of getting tickets on Saturday even though it cost us another $100. But it was worth every penny to enjoy CL & BVS.

I'm looking forward to the day when I can check out all those nice new stores.

Sounds like your DA had a good time shopping in them; and how cool to be at DLR for her birthday.

You will like the stores at BVS. There are so many to choose when you enter or leave BVS.

My DA did had a good time shopping that night when she left. It is always great to go to any Disney park for your birthday. This is the third time out of the last four years that we are spending my DA birthday at the DLR.


I will have the next post later tonight since I am working.

 

[mvf-m11c]

Day 1 – June 11, 2012– Part 1​

After a great day on Sunday during the preview, now it was a regular day at the DLR where we go to DL first thing in the morning. The park hours for Monday was 8am to 12am at DL while DCA was still at it's regular time at 10am to 10pm until it gets to Friday the 15th where they will have the re-grand opening of DCA where the hours are 8am to 11pm. I would have loved to go to DCA during the new hours, but we had a great time at the preview.

That day was also the AP preview. Just like the other two days where we had to pay, these AP holders were lucky to go to CL & BVS on the lottery. At least the days that we went were not that bad while these can be busy while it was free to get in.

So we start the day by getting up very late around 7:30am. My DA was still sleeping and didn't want to go to DL that Monday morning. So I just went by myself to DL that morning. I was still tired from the Sunday night preview, but I like to take advantage of the low crowds at DL in the morning where you can get a lot of pictures and go on rides while it is empty. Even though she was fully rested from Sunday night, she is not an early bird person like me and there wasn't anything spectacular she wanted to get up early. If we did get selected for the preview on Monday morning, she would have no problem with it.

It was also my DA birthday today and of course I said happy birthday to her and she was excited to hear that from me.

I left around 8:00am and on my way to DL. Harbor Blvd didn't look that busy that morning, but there were still quite a number of people heading on over to the park.

When I was about to go past the security check point, there was a sign saying that DCA will be closed on the 14th. I already know that DCA was going to be closed on the 14th due to the media day at DCA.

Over at the turnstiles, DL was already open and there were only a few number of people going through the turnstile. The DCA special event turnstile was also opened that morning for the AP preview of CL & BVS.

I got in at DL around 8:10am and now on my way to do my first ride at DL which of course is BLAB. I thought about changing my plans to ride something else that day, but I always like to ride BLAB first to get a high score.

MS TS didn't look that busy like always in the morning and the rope drop already went by so it was easy to walk through MS over to TL.

Flowers at MS TS

Walls still up at Carnation Cafe

It was already past 8:15am that morning.

So I raced over to TL while MS Hub was not that busy. The whole day was great where it was cloudy like always in the morning in Anaheim.

I looked at the wait time at ST and it was only 5 minutes which was a surprise in the morning. Mostly it is about 15 minutes. It looks like ST has calm down since it opened last year and it was a breeze to get on ST.

So I head on over to BLAB as my first ride of the day which I usually do every time I go to DL in the morning. It was just a walk on and I had a good feeling that I would have a great score on BLAB.

When I finally finish my ride on BLAB, I had a score of 736,700 points which was way better then Sunday score. I wasn't the high score that morning since I check the highest and saw that someone got 1,400,000+ that morning. Once again, some parts of the ride targets were not working including Zurg secret target chest and the alien in the box didn't open where you can score high points. But it didn't stop me from getting a good score that morning.

After getting off BLAB, I head on over to Adventureland to get a FP for Indy.

The day wasn't that bad and it wasn't that crowded just like the other day. So it was going to be a nice at the park until later in the afternoon.

The Omni Bus

Sleeping Beauty Castle looks great all the time

A look over at the former Carnation Plaza Gardens which I am sad to see go.

I head on through Adventureland as my next stop.

Flowers right at the entrance of Adventureland just for you Deej.

It did look quiet at Adventureland that morning.

When I got to Indy, the wait time was only 10 minutes which was not that bad in the morning. So I just got myself a FP for Indy just like what the wait time was at.

After I got my FP, I head on over towards the RoA. It was quiet as usual in the morning where the boats don't run until later that morning.

Columbia in the side dock

Mark Twain in the main dock

It was quiet at the HM and it was already past 8:30am. So after that I head on over to Frontierland. That will be another post later today.

 

[kmedina]

Sleeping in on my birthday would be the best gift possible, so I agree with your DA on that. Glad your Buzz score was higher than the other day. I wonder where all the people are. Were they all at DCA?

 

[PrincessInOz]

Going to the Parks early is always rewarding when there is hardly anyone else there!

 

[mvf-m11c]

Sleeping in on my birthday would be the best gift possible, so I agree with your DA on that. Glad your Buzz score was higher than the other day. I wonder where all the people are. Were they all at DCA?

I didn't want to force my DA to go with me that morning since we have been to DL a lot of times in the morning. I could have done the same thing to in the morning and just sleep in until it was time to go to DL, but I always like to go to DL in the morning when it is quiet and you can get on any rides. The score was great that morning. It did look deserted that morning, I was wondering where everyone was. That day looked as well as Sunday looked empty, not like when I went in March where the park was kind of semi busy.
They must have been at DCA for the preview.

Going to the Parks early is always rewarding when there is hardly anyone else there!

It is rewarding to go to the parks early in the morning where you can get on any ride with little wait time. But those families enjoy a nice breakfast in the morning with the Disney characters. When I have kids with me, we will definitely do a character breakfast at Plaza Inn or Goofy's Kitchen.



I know TK that you would love to get that score on BLAB. When I always past TSMM every time in the morning where I always think of you and you would go on no matter what the wait time was at.

The next post will be shortly.

 

[mvf-m11c]

Day 2 – June 11, 2012– Part 2​

I left off at NOS right by the HM. The whole day was just great with barely anyone in the park and a very nice day. While I was in DL, I just went walking around just looking and taking pictures of certain parts of the park. I thought about riding some rides that morning, but I just felt like walking around which seems odd.

My DA was still in the room resting on her birthday, but I did promise her that we will have lunch and dinner for her birthday as well as a nighttime show. It would have been nice if she was with me at DL that morning, but she isn't a morning person and I mostly go around DL & DCA in the morning taking pictures and getting exercise in the morning. Let's get back to DL in the morning.

It was around 8:30am and the HM looked empty that morning.

After looking around the RoA and NOS, I head on over to the backside of Frontierland and head on over to FL. The whole area around Frontierland didn't look that busy while rides like BTMRR were walk-on's.

A look at the Big Thunder Ranch Jamboree sign which is a character greet and meet area and a place to see bands play since the Carnation Plaza Gardens is now closed due to the Fantasy Faire. It was only for Friday's to Sunday's so it is not available that day.

Big Thunder Ranch was not open that morning and willl be later during the day.

I was now in Fantasyland and it was quiet. Dumbo was about 15 minute wait in the morning, while PP was at 25 minutes. Rides like Casey Jr. King Arthur's Carousel, Mr. Toad, & Snow White were all walk-on's that morning.

I head on over towards the other side of FL where Storybook Canal & AiW were quite busy. The Teas Cups were not that crowded.

A look at the Matterhorn. It was still not open and it would have been nice it it was running.

Over at IASW Plaza didn't look that busy as well. But there were people heading on over to the Merida meet & greet area right across from IASW.

Now I head on over to TL.

FNSV Lagoon

Side of the Matterhorn

Monorail Orange or Mona they would call it pass over the lagoon in TL.

Even at TL was still quiet and it was almost 8:45am. FNSV was only 15 minutes & the Autopia was 20 minutes. I head on Space Mountain to see what it was like that morning and it was close to 30 minute wait time.

I passed through BLAB and ST and they started to pick up that morning. So I passed through TL and back to MS Hub. While I was in the area, I decided to get a few pics of the flowers around the Frontierland entrance since I got the flowers at the Hub the other day.

The Omni bus

Some pics of the flowers at the entrance of Frontierland.

Now I was back in Frontierland and now on my way over to NOS.

Over at NOS, it was still quiet while there were some people going on POTC, the whole area still looks empty.

That's it for now on this post at NOS and I will be back with more tomorrow.

 

[PrincessInOz]

Lovely set of pictures. Thanks for sharing.

 

[kmedina]

Seems like crowds are finally picking up. A 30 minute wait for Space Mountain is not too bad though. Nice pictures, expecially of the flowers. I agree with you on getting to the park early. I just also agree with her that she should sleep in (if that is what she likes to do). Crap always rises early, but I like to sleep. It is rare, but I love when he takes my early rising kids. Connor is almost always up ealry, but Xander seems to get up early on the rare days Connor actually sleeps in.

 

[tksbaskets]

I didn't want to force my DA to go with me that morning since we have been to DL a lot of times in the morning. I could have done the same thing to in the morning and just sleep in until it was time to go to DL, but I always like to go to DL in the morning when it is quiet and you can get on any rides. The score was great that morning. It did look deserted that morning, I was wondering where everyone was. That day looked as well as Sunday looked empty, not like when I went in March where the park was kind of semi busy.
They must have been at DCA for the preview.




It is rewarding to go to the parks early in the morning where you can get on any ride with little wait time. But those families enjoy a nice breakfast in the morning with the Disney characters. When I have kids with me, we will definitely do a character breakfast at Plaza Inn or Goofy's Kitchen.



I know TK that you would love to get that score on BLAB. When I always past TSMM every time in the morning where I always think of you and you would go on no matter what the wait time was at.

The next post will be shortly.

Hi Bret - I was drooling at your score on BLAB. I can't get even close to that with all the targets working! We do have a very high threshold for waiting for TSMM especially if we haven't ridden it yet that day.

Enjoying your report!
TK

 

[mvf-m11c]

Lovely set of pictures. Thanks for sharing.

Thank you PiO.

Seems like crowds are finally picking up. A 30 minute wait for Space Mountain is not too bad though. Nice pictures, expecially of the flowers. I agree with you on getting to the park early. I just also agree with her that she should sleep in (if that is what she likes to do). Crap always rises early, but I like to sleep. It is rare, but I love when he takes my early rising kids. Connor is almost always up ealry, but Xander seems to get up early on the rare days Connor actually sleeps in.

The crowds do pick up around 9am in the morning when DL is open at 8am. Space Mountain wait time is not that bad, but I have seen it only 10 minute wait time in the past. This does not include the time when I went to DL when the park was closed due to the threat outside the esplanade back in March. I do admit that if I said it again and again it was fun and strange to see the wait times and the park empty past 10am. The flowers were nice that day and the whole summertime. If you want to go on rides with little wait time, I would go first thing in the morning when the park opens at 8am. But on days when the park opens at 9am or 10am, it just fill up quickly. My DA is not a early type person so she like to rest up at the room until it is time.

Hi Bret - I was drooling at your score on BLAB. I can't get even close to that with all the targets working! We do have a very high threshold for waiting for TSMM especially if we haven't ridden it yet that day.

Enjoying your report!
TK

Thank you TK. I know that you will ride TSMM anytime while it is not that busy just like at DHS.

Thank you for checking the latest update.

The next update will be up shortly.

 

[mvf-m11c]

Day 3 – June 11, 2012– Part 3​

While I was in NOS, I went around the buildings just because I like to walk around the area. The whole day was really nice while it was not that crowded and the weather was great. NOS wasn't decorated like in the Holiday season or Mardi Gras so it was the same like it was during the summertime.

While I was in the back side of NOS, I decided to ride the DLRR at the NOS station. I always like to ride the DLRR.

Flowers right by the entrance of the NOS station.

I was at the NOS RR station and I had to wait awhile since it was still early in the morning and the wait time was 10 minutes. Mostly they have two trains running a day in the morning until later during the day where they have three or all four trains on the line.

Finally the train arrived and it was the E.P. Ripley Engine #2 with Holiday 2 which is the cattle car set with the caboose at the end. I decided to ride the DLRR all the way over to the MS station so I can head on over to DCA that Monday morning.

So I rode the DLRR all the way over to MS station so I can get on over to DCA that morning. It is always fun to ride the DLRR around the park especially during the morning. Mostly you should be riding the DLRR later during the day since you want to take advantage of the low crowds in the morning at the park, but I just like to ride the DLRR in the morning.

Now I was back at MS and I head on out of DL and over to DCA. DL is now picking up that morning with more and more guests coming in at 9:30am. So it was a good time to split on over to DCA and do some fun things until I head on back to the hotel to get my DA.

When I left the park, I forgot to get pictures of the DCA signs on the poles at the esplanade. They all have attraction pictures of the rides at DCA which they didn't have them on Saturday and Sunday which were just Let the Memories Begin signs.

Radiator Springs Racers

They had Little Mermaid ride, GRR, Goofy's Sky School, Red Car Trolley, and MJJ.

CS, Red Car Trolley, RSR, and MFF

DCA is already opened and it didn't look as busy as I have thought. Plus the AP preview turnstile was open for the lucky AP holder that day. When I got to the turnstiles at DCA, of CL & BVS which was neat. On the other side, it had the day where DCA will be closed due to the media day on the 14th.

It was past 9:30am to get inside DCA and I was on my way over to GRR to get my FP for WoC. Since I don't have my DA with me, we won't be seeing WoC that night. I originally was planning on seeing WoC on Sunday night during the preview, but when they

Now going through the back side of Soarin which we won't have to go through until BVS is open to the public on the 15th. I am really excited to go through BVS instead of the back side of Soarin.

Condor Flats didn't seem that crowded that morning during the rope drop since most of the people were at PP to go to TSMM. I thought about riding TSMM that morning, but I just went walking around the park until I head on back to the hotel to pick up my DA.

I got to GRR and got my FP for WoC at 9pm. Unfortunately, I won't see WoC unless I go by myself that night. I wasn't on planning of seeing WoC that night and will see something else.

After getting the FP, I head on over to PP. It was a nice day and there weren't too many people headin on over to PP. But I did predict that it will be semi busy around PP since I still have about 15 minutes until DCA is officially open at 10am.

Light poles by GRR

Now I was in PP and waiting until DCA was open at 10am. I will be back with more tonight.

 

[kaoden39]

All of your pictures make me look forward to November.

 

[kmedina]

Hopefully, your DA got to the park in time to get a WoC fastpass, since you missed it the night before. Looks like you already had a nice time at Disneyland before DCA even opened. Glad you headed over early while your DA slept.

 

[PrincessInOz]

Already a good morning's worth of pictures. Hope you made it to WoC!

 

[mvf-m11c]

All of your pictures make me look forward to November.

I am also getting excited for you when you go on the opening day of the Holiday season.

Hopefully, your DA got to the park in time to get a WoC fastpass, since you missed it the night before. Looks like you already had a nice time at Disneyland before DCA even opened. Glad you headed over early while your DA slept.

Unfortunately, my DA was still in the room resting up. So I had to go back to the room to get her. If she did arrive after 10:00am, the FPs for the blue section might be gone and we would have to be in different sections during the 9pm WoC show. So that wasn't an option since we like to be with each other. I always love to be in DL early in the morning. I am also looking forward to go to DCA in the morning at 8am since I am not used to it. So this will be a new experience for me.

Already a good morning's worth of pictures. Hope you made it to WoC!

Thank you PiO.

 

[mvf-m11c]

Day 2 – June 11, 2012– Part 4​

It was a nice morning at DCA and I was on my way over to PP. I was thinking of going on MFW that morning, but since I got the pictures on Sunday. I thought about going on TSMM that morning. It only depends on how many people were around PP right at the rope drop. Since I was coming around 9:45am, I would guess that PP would be busy with guests ready to head on over to TSMM.

When I got over to PP right by the light tower, there were quite a number of people waiting to go to TSMM or CS. I thought about it for awhile, but I just decided not to head on over to TSMM. It has been awhile since I rode TSMM, but with all those people I just decided to go on TSMM another time.

A look at the LM ride. The ride was a walk on that morning

One touch color of blue

It starting to pick u p with more and more people waiting to get to PP.

When it got to 10am, most of the people headed on over to TSMM. I didn't leave the light tower area and went to take some pic of the flowers with MFF.

After that, I decided to head back to the room and get my DA. I have a special birthday lunch for her. I just didn't want to say anything to her since I was trying to keep it a secret to her and to everyone.

I went towards BVS and see how busy it was at the AP preview. There were a lot of people coming from Pacific Wharf and ABL. Those AP holders must be having a great time at the preview. Also when I saw there wristbands, they had the same color from the Sunday preview. I saw them have green, blue, & yellow wristbands.

Now at BVS where they are still having the preview at the BVS stores.

I head on out towards Condor Flats since I can't exit towards BVS. Condor Flats was nice and quiet after the park opened past 10am. Soarin was only 15 minute wait which was a short time.

Rocket jet engine right by Soarin

I just about to leave DCA around 10:15am which is a short time at DCA. But I was on my way to get my DA and head on back to have lunch. On the way, I did get a picture of CL & BVS sign when I entered the turnstile. On the other side of the sign was the closed sign for June 14th due to media day and the park will re-open on June 15th.

The esplanade didn't look that busy that day, but there were a lot of teenager groups all waiting to go in the parks.

Another look at the DCA sign out at the esplanade.

I head on back to the room while more and more people started to head on in to the DLR. I got back to the room around 10:30am. My DA was already up just reading her book in the room. She was all ready to go to the park, but I told her that I need to stop at the GCH to purchase a item. But reality is that I am taking her to lunch. Can you guess what restaurant it is? I will have the answer tomorrow.