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

[kmedina]

I just booked Cafe Orleans for 10/26. The only time left was 7:30 with Fantasmic starting at 9:00. Hopefully, we do not finish eating before the show starts (unless we finish early and just go out and find a decent place to stand). Hydro guy's super thread confirmed my suspicion that seating at Cafe Orleans offers terrible viewing of Fantasmic. You're right that I should try to do both though.

I am more excited about this reservation than I am about Blue Bayou on our anniversary. We wanted to dine at Napa Rose, but it does not open until 5:30. There is no way we can eat there and make it to the opening of the Halloween Party (must do to get in character lines and merchandise) unless we skip dessert and go to dinner in our Halloween costumes. I do not want to do either. By dining inside the park, we can start eating at 5pm (getting us out in time for the party). The idea of dining in our costumes on our anniversary kind of stinks, so we may bring them in and change after dinner.

Thanks for all your help. You really are a valuable DIS friend (probably the best when it comes to Disneyland). I appreciate you.

 

[mvf-m11c]

Thanks Bret. The last time we watched Fantasmic at Disneyland was in the summer of 2009. We saw it in December of 2011, but I prefer the Disneyland version. Although, I prefer the seating situation at WDW, which is why we see it there more often.

I have seen people dining at the restaurant during Fantasmic but always assumed they could not see very well. Many people stand in front of them in the walkways. The CMs try to keep them clear but it takes time to get one group out before the next group moves in.

I may give that a try though. If it does not work out, I can convince Crap that I really want to watch and hope he lets us stay for the second show. We have to get up early for the airport the next day, so I doubt he will allow it.

The DL version show is way better over the WDW version. But just as you said that the WDW version has teh seating where the DL doesn't unless you do the F! dessert package or the tables at the restaurants.

I have walked passed by CO at times during F! and the viewing area is not that good with the people walking during the show. The F! CM's have a difficult job to tell the guests that they can't stand in a specific area to watch the show. I have seen guests not too happy of not being able to stay in a spot where it isn't allowed.

I just booked Cafe Orleans for 10/26. The only time left was 7:30 with Fantasmic starting at 9:00. Hopefully, we do not finish eating before the show starts (unless we finish early and just go out and find a decent place to stand). Hydro guy's super thread confirmed my suspicion that seating at Cafe Orleans offers terrible viewing of Fantasmic. You're right that I should try to do both though.

I am more excited about this reservation than I am about Blue Bayou on our anniversary. We wanted to dine at Napa Rose, but it does not open until 5:30. There is no way we can eat there and make it to the opening of the Halloween Party (must do to get in character lines and merchandise) unless we skip dessert and go to dinner in our Halloween costumes. I do not want to do either. By dining inside the park, we can start eating at 5pm (getting us out in time for the party). The idea of dining in our costumes on our anniversary kind of stinks, so we may bring them in and change after dinner.

Thanks for all your help. You really are a valuable DIS friend (probably the best when it comes to Disneyland). I appreciate you.

That is great news to hear that you and your family have booked at CO during your upcoming trip. I'm hoping for the same thing that you will be at CO during the 9pm show of F! and to see the show. You will enjoy the food at CO and see the first show of F!.

It would be nice if the Napa Rose has lunch hour times so you can make have dinner and make it in time for MHP. That is one of the restaurants that I have never ate and will eat there one day.

Your welcome Kim. Glad that I can help you with the info.

 

[mvf-m11c]

Day 2 – September 15, 2013 – Part 5​

After we watched the 5:40pm Mickey and the Magical Map show at the Fantasyland Theater, we are now at Café Orleans to have dinner that night. It was nice to have dinner at Café Orleans with Alison, Fran, PiO, her DH and DS that night.

After we ordered our food and it came to the table, we all had our cameras and got pictures of each dish.

The Pommes Frites which is something that I always wanted to try at CO. It is traditional French-fried potatoes with Parmesan cheese, garlic and parsley with a Cajun spice remoulade.

Fran and Alison got the French Onion Soup.

Most of the food pictures that I took that night, I didn’t use flash since I want to show you what it looked like that night.

Then a while ago, we got our entrees that night. Alison and Fran shared the Monte Cristo together. PiO, her DS and I shared a Monte Cristo and Three Cheese Monte Cristo since the Monte Cristo can fill you up quickly. I knew that I wasn’t going to finish the Monte Cristo plate so the three of us shared the Monte Cristo and the Three Cheese Monte Cristo. I only ate 2 pieces of the Monte Cristo since it filled me up quickly.

Monte Cristo

Three Cheese Monte Cristo

DH ordered the N’awlins Vegetable Ragout

When we finished dinner at Café Orleans, Alison and Fran had VIP seating for the fireworks and F! that night. The fireworks which will be Remember Dreams Come True will start at 9:30pm and we will be watching the 2nd show of F! at 10:30pm.

While we were in NOS, we were talking about taking the Disneyland Railroad from the NOS to the Main Street station since one of Alison and Fran scooters was not working. But the only problem is that the DLRR stop running trains when the fireworks start. So we all head on over to Main Street station which is where we will be watching the fireworks.

We got to the Main Street Railroad station one hour before RDCT starts for Alison and Fran. The viewing area was really nice from the MS station. PiO and I set up our tripods in the backside of the benches since we will be taking firework trail pictures.

Just before the RDCT starts at 9:30pm, I head on over to the Disney Gallery store at MS right next to Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln to get the Tangled picture for my DB. He is a fan of Tangled and the picture that was available at the Disney Gallery just came out this weekend. So I had to get that picture for him since his birthday is next weekend. I talked to the CM’s if I could pick It up later that night and they can do that. It was nice to come back later that night to pick it up so I won’t have to carry it around that night. I had a hunch that we will be at the Disney Gallery store later that night. But that will be on anther post.

Here is a picture of the Tangled picture that I bought that night.

After buying the picture, I met up with everyone and we all waited until it was time for the 9:30pm show of RDCT. Just before it was time for RDCT fireworks, PiO and I were talking about the settings on the DSLR for the firework trails. I also used the 0.9 Neutral Density filter on the 18-105mm lens. I set the Aperture at f/16.0 and ISO speed at 200. The shutter speed was changed during the show for each different fireworks scene. I also can’t wait to see PiO’s firework trail pictures that she took that night. But here is her trip report link. Anyone Game? It’s my Sep 2013 Blog! 1 day Countdown #1148, 09/12 and Alison trip report link [post=49669607]Ready, Set, Let the Games Begin! – Our first WDW Breakfast[/post].

Here are pictures that I have took that night.

That’s it for now and I will have more pictures from RDCT fireworks that night.

 

[kmedina]

After that review, I am glad I am dining at Cafe Orleans. I am getting the Monte Cristo for sure.

Your fireworks pictures are outstanding as usual.

It was really nice of you to get that picture of Rapunzel and Flynn for your brother. I hope he liked it.

 

[mvf-m11c]

After that review, I am glad I am dining at Cafe Orleans. I am getting the Monte Cristo for sure.

Your fireworks pictures are outstanding as usual.

It was really nice of you to get that picture of Rapunzel and Flynn for your brother. I hope he liked it.

Cafe Orleans has great reviews and it will be nice to eat at the restaurant one day again. The Monte Cristo will fill you up quickly.

Thank you Kim. The pictures are getting better and better. But during this past trip in September, PiO helped me a lot with the settings on my DSLR for the fireworks that night.

I did send him a text of the picture during the trip and asked him if he wanted it. He told me that he doesn't want it. But I can tell that he would like it. So with his birthday coming up next month during the trip, it would be a nice birthday present since he is a fan of Tangled and it just came out.


Just got back from Sleep Train Arena where my aunt, cousin Chris, my aunt BF and DD3 got to see Disney on Ice: Passport to Adventure.

We also had Chinese dinner tonight before we head on over to see Disney on Ice: Passport to Adventure.

Here are some food porn from that night.

 

[kmedina]

Cool. Which Disney show is that? We just saw Pirates and Princesses over the weekend. It was great, but it was not on ice.

 

[mvf-m11c]

Cool. Which Disney show is that? We just saw Pirates and Princesses over the weekend. It was great, but it was not on ice.

The show was called Passport to Adventure. The show tells the story of an adventure by Mickey and Minnie that lets them see parts of Under the Sea, Hawaiʻ, Never Land and Africa. It showed movie characters and scenes from the Lion King, the Little Mermaid, Lilo & Stitch & Peter Pan. I have read that it is the longest running show on tour. I took a few pictures of the show with my iPhone and they didn't turned out well. I thought about bringing my DSLR camera but there are times when I go to the arena and they don't allow DSLR's in the arena.

That is neat that you got to see Pirates and Princess last weekend. Was it a Disney event or something else?

 

[mvf-m11c]

Day 2 – September 15, 2013 – Part 6​

We are now watching the 9:30pm Remember Dreams Come True fireworks from the Main Street station in Town Square. This is a spot that I have never watched the fireworks from and it was a nice spot to watch it all the way back. Alison, Fran, PiO’s DH and DS were sitting on the benches while PiO and I are standing up taking pictures of RDCT that night. It was nice to take pictures of the fireworks that night with PiO while she has given me good tips of taking pictures with the DSLR. Now let’s get back to the pictures of RDCT fireworks.

After the RDCT was over, DS was getting tired. PiO and DH told us that he didn’t get a lot of sleep ever since they got to the U.S. DH told PiO that he will take him back to the hotel and will try to make it back in time to meet us for the 10:30pm show of Fantasmic!.

When DH took DS back to the hotel which is not too far from the DLR, Alison, Fran, PiO and I head on over to the Rivers of America to see the 2nd show of F!. But when we were walking up on Main Street, most of the guests are now leaving the park which is a little hard to walk through.

We had to go through Frontierland to enter the area for Fantasmic! since Adventureland is used for the exit for the guests who watched the first show of F! at 9pm.

The Ray Bradbury tree is light up at night which is so nice to see during the Halloween season.

Over at the Dia de Los Muertos, the event was still going on at night with it the music playing and dancing in the area.

We got to the viewing area right by the Rivers of America where we are going to see the show but the area is not handicapped accessible and the seating was on the ground. Fran had to go to the handicapped section on the other side of the viewing area and couldn’t watch the show with all of us.

Just about 5 minutes to go until the 10:30pm F! show started, DH just made it in time to watch the show with us. I was amazed that he was able to drop off DS at the hotel and made it all the way to the viewing area with about 30 minutes.

Now it is time for the 2nd show of F! that night. I have seen F! a lot of times and it was nice to watch F! from a different spot. I have used my DSLR that night to take pictures of the show while I didn’t use the tripod or my video camera. Here are pictures from the F! that night.

Mickey Mouse

Kaa the snake from the Jungle Book

Monkeys from the Jungle Book

King Louie and the monkeys

You can barely see them but these are the elephants from Dumbo

Pinocchio and the two female marionettes

That’s it for this post and I will have more from Fantasmic!.

 

[kmedina]

The show was called Passport to Adventure. The show tells the story of an adventure by Mickey and Minnie that lets them see parts of Under the Sea, Hawaiʻ, Never Land and Africa. It showed movie characters and scenes from the Lion King, the Little Mermaid, Lilo & Stitch & Peter Pan. I have read that it is the longest running show on tour. I took a few pictures of the show with my iPhone and they didn't turned out well. I thought about bringing my DSLR camera but there are times when I go to the arena and they don't allow DSLR's in the arena. That is neat that you got to see Pirates and Princess last weekend. Was it a Disney event or something else?

We've never seen that one. It sounds cool. Yes, the pirates were from Jake and the Neverland Pirates, and the princess was Sofia the First. Peter Pan and Cinderella made appearances. Doc McStuffins opened the show. They were all preschool based, so my boys loved them. Of course, they loved the pirate one the most, because Crap bought them swords to play with.

Your fireworks view, while different than your usual one, is fantastic. There are no heads in your shot. Where exactly were you guys? I can picture you and PiO standing there taking amazing pictures whilst discussing camera settings. I cannot wait to see the ones she got as well. Yours are outstanding as usual.

It is cool that her DH made it back in time to see the show. With all of the crowds and madness, he must have been booking it. Too bad Fran could not sit with you. My Dad cannot sit with us at WoC either. I wish Disney would change that policy a little. Although, I realize they would have to design sections to do so.

 

[PrincessInOz]

Catching up! Great to see the pictures posted. You have taken fantastic pictures Bret.

Day 2 – September 15, 2013 – Part 2​

While we were having our treats, a DISer that PiO talk to about meeting was going to meet her at the Cozy Cone Motel where we are having our snacks. I forgot the name of the DISer and her child that we met up that morning. When you read this post PiO, can you tell everyone the name of this DISer. The one thing I know about her that she is from NorCal.

The Disser is BringingUpDisney.

When I put in the tickets, we got one of the Mad Arcade token. But we will not be using it that night since we will be at DL that night.

It's a shame we didn't get to enjoy this ticket.

 

[mvf-m11c]

We've never seen that one. It sounds cool. Yes, the pirates were from Jake and the Neverland Pirates, and the princess was Sofia the First. Peter Pan and Cinderella made appearances. Doc McStuffins opened the show. They were all preschool based, so my boys loved them. Of course, they loved the pirate one the most, because Crap bought them swords to play with.

Your fireworks view, while different than your usual one, is fantastic. There are no heads in your shot. Where exactly were you guys? I can picture you and PiO standing there taking amazing pictures whilst discussing camera settings. I cannot wait to see the ones she got as well. Yours are outstanding as usual.

It is cool that her DH made it back in time to see the show. With all of the crowds and madness, he must have been booking it. Too bad Fran could not sit with you. My Dad cannot sit with us at WoC either. I wish Disney would change that policy a little. Although, I realize they would have to design sections to do so.

Your sons would like this show. That is neat that the show had a lot of Disney characters. That is very nice of Crap to buy them swords.

This was also my first time take pictures of the fireworks from the Main Street station. It was unique to watch and take pictures from this spot since it is elevated from the ground and I can get the fireworks in other areas around the park then from the castle and the backstage area. We were watching RDCT from the Disneyland Railroad Main Street station on the elevated level. Here is a picture of PiO and me (you can not see my face since my camera was in the way but I did wear my Glow with the Show ears which you can see) from Alison's trip report right at the Disneyland Railroad Main Street station.

We did talk about what settings to used that night to take the firework trail pictures. I also can't wait to see her pictures from her trip as well while I have seen some of them during the trip.

With all the crowds leaving the park and having to come back in, we were all amazed that he was able to get to the viewing area with us just before the 10:30pm show of F! started. It was easy for DH and DS to leave the park without being in the crowds since they were at the MS station. For us, we had to walk through the crowds of getting to the Rivers of America. DH is a really fast person to make it back in time. I don't think I could have made it back in time to meet up with everyone. It was a shame that Fran couldn't be with us during the show. The area that we were watching F! that night was at a stairway area that leads to the walkway to the edge of the viewing area of the RoA. Fran was able to see the show that night and I believed before the show started that she went to one of the stores in NOS.

Catching up! Great to see the pictures posted. You have taken fantastic pictures Bret.



The Disser is BringingUpDisney.




It's a shame we didn't get to enjoy this ticket.

Thank you PiO. I got to give you a lot of credit for helping me a lot.

Thank you for clarifying during the DISmeet at the Cozy Cone Motel with DISer BringingUpDisney.

I knew your DS would enjoy the Mad Arcade. But we all had a great time that day.

 

[PrincessInOz]

Thanks Bret. But if you recall, your firework pictures turned out much better than mine this night.

 

[mvf-m11c]

Thanks Bret. But if you recall, your firework pictures turned out much better than mine this night.

Thank you PiO. You also had some great pictures that night as well. You took some great fireworks that night without the remote.


The next post will be up shortly.

 

[mvf-m11c]

Day 2 – September 15, 2013 – Part 7​

We are now watching the 10:30pm 2nd show of Fantasmic! at DL that night. After watching RDCT from the Main Street Railroad Station, DH took DS back to the room and was able to meet us by the Rivers of America to watch F!. We were all surprised to see that he was able to make it in time before the show started.

Back with more pictures from F! that Sunday night.

The Columbia is making its way down the Rivers of America with characters from Peter Pan

Peter Pan vs Captain Hook

At the end of the Columbia, there is Tick-Tock the Crocodile at the end but it wasn’t out there that night. It must have been down during that night.

Now the princesses floats.

Belle and the Beast

Ariel and Eric

Snow White and Prince Charming

Evil Queen

The old Hag

Mickey and Maleficent

It’s Murphy!!!

Mickey sleighs the dragon

Mark Twain approaching with a lot of Disney characters

The show was great like always every time I see it ever since Fantasmic! debut in 1992. Can’t believe it has been over 20 years since this show has been entertaining guests at DL.

We waited around the area until Fran came back from the handicapped section. Alison knew that one of her scooters was completely dead so we all helped her push the dead scooter all the way towards Main Street.

Just before we left the park, Fran head on over towards the Disney Gallery store to buy some merchandise. I also had to stop at the store as well to pick up the Tangled picture that I have bought for my DB. Fran spent a lot of time in the store and we all hanged out at the store until the park closed at 11pm.

When Fran finished her shopping, PiO, DH and I helped pushed Alison scooter until when we got to the new Starbucks location at DTD. She told us that she can push her scooter all the way to their room. So this is where we parted ways that day and we will see them again tomorrow morning for the next day.

PiO, DH and I walked back towards the Esplanade and to the bus loading area so we can head back to our hotels.

When we got to BWAI which is where I am staying, we parted ways and we will see each other on Monday morning. Since the park opens at 10am, we don’t have to be there early like Sunday.

That concludes the Sunday with the DISmeet with PiO, her DH, DS, Alison, Fran and BringingUpDisney. It was really nice to be able to come down during the trip where it wasn’t supposed to happen. But my DB and his GF were coming down and I owe them a big thank you when they were coming down to SoCal to help her brother get ready for Irvine University. This was a memorable DISmeet trip where we all got to do a lot of rides that day, shows and eating at different restaurants. The best was meeting up with everyone during the trip but I also had fun with PiO showing me different settings on the DSLR. I will now be doing more manual modes on my DSLR for future trips. PiO got me to ride GRR which is one of the rides that I don’t like to go on and I was able to go on with them. It was also great to have dinner with everyone that night where I haven’t ate at Café Orleans in a long time. Seeing RDCT fireworks and F! was great as well.

This concludes Sunday and now to the last day of the trip for me. But it will also be a fun one to spend some time with PiO, her family, Alison and Fran at the parks.

 

[kmedina]

Your Fantasmic pictures are amazing. You must have had great seating. Sounds like an excellent DISmeet indeed. Glad you and PiO were there to help Fran and Alison with the scooter issues. I know Alison was having pain in her legs, so it was brave of her to push the scooter from DtD to their room alone.

 

[ACDSNY]

Great pics of Fantasmic! I've loved this show from the beginning too.

 

[PrincessInOz]

Great pictures of Fantasmic! Loving your pictures, Bret.

I'm glad you've decided to head more into manual mode. You'll enjoy the better control over how you want your pictures to look. But don't forget...the cameras these days are built with the smarts to calculate your exposure for you. If in doubt, push it back to one of the program modes and use that as a basis to learn what you like and how you like YOUR pictures to look.

 

[mvf-m11c]

Your Fantasmic pictures are amazing. You must have had great seating. Sounds like an excellent DISmeet indeed. Glad you and PiO were there to help Fran and Alison with the scooter issues. I know Alison was having pain in her legs, so it was brave of her to push the scooter from DtD to their room alone.

Thank you Kim. They aren't actually seats but we did sit on the stairways right by the anchor close to the walkway by the RoA. It is between the F! dessert seating area which is not that bad I have seen that area a lot when I am sitting in the ground sitting area when I watch F! and it is okay but the only problem with that stairway spot is that there are the CM's and people walking by during the show. It is a nice spot for the VIP with little wait time. It was a great DISmeet by spending the whole day with PiO and her family and later with Alison and Fran. We all wanted to help Alison and Fran that night with their dead scooter. Fran bought some goodies that night from the Disney Gallery store and the dead scooter was all filled up with merchandise when they pushed it back to the room. We were willing to go with them to their room to push the scooter but she said that she will push it back when we were in DTD.

Great pics of Fantasmic! I've loved this show from the beginning too.

Thank you Angela. F! is a great show and still a great nighttime show as ever.

Great pictures of Fantasmic! Loving your pictures, Bret.

I'm glad you've decided to head more into manual mode. You'll enjoy the better control over how you want your pictures to look. But don't forget...the cameras these days are built with the smarts to calculate your exposure for you. If in doubt, push it back to one of the program modes and use that as a basis to learn what you like and how you like YOUR pictures to look.

Thank you PiO.

While hanging out with you during the trip, I wanted to expand the options of using more manual mode during the upcoming trips of showing the pictures of what I see and not using too much bright pictures at night. I will remember that really well with the exposures. I can always play with the setting when I am home so I can have some practice before the trip. Thank you for the tips PiO.


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[mvf-m11c]

Day 3 – September 16, 2013 – Part 1​

On our last update, we just finished watching the 2nd show of Fantasmic! at 10:30pm and Fran was able to do last second shopping before we left the park. It was also a good opportunity for me to get my DB picture for his birthday without him noticing when I get back to Sacramento. After we finished shopping that night, we all went back to our rooms to call it for the night. It was the last day for me since I will be at the DLR for about half of the day where I will be heading back to Sacramento with my DB and his GF later that day. I will get to that later and now it is time for the saddest part of the trip which is the last day.

It was a nice Monday morning where I didn’t have to get up early like Sunday but I still had to pack all my stuff in my car before I head on over to meet up with everyone. The park didn’t open until 10am since It was during the slow season. When I finished packing and checked out of BWAI, I met up PiO, her DH and DS outside of BWAI.

Just before we head on over to the DLR, I gave them some caramel corn which my mom made so they could enjoy during the trip plus some merchandise from the D23 Expo that I have attended in August. PiO gave me some Tam Tams from Australia.

Then we head on over to the DLR and went straight to Alison and Fran room at the GCV where they are staying. We got to their room about 9am and PiO gave Alison the Tam Tams and I brought the caramel corn. When I looked at the villa that they were staying during the trip, I was amazed of how spacious it was and it could fit a lot of people.

After when Alison and Fran were ready, we head on over to DCA just before the park opened at 10am. We went through the entrance to DCA from the GCH since they were staying on-site and they could enter the park from the GCH.

Just when we were walking in DCA and going in the RSR FP queue to get FP’s that morning, Alison noticed that her scooter was having problems. This is similar to what happened the other day where the battery was having problems. Alison decided to take back her scooter to the room and walked with us during the day. She left the line since it was going to take some time to go through the RSR FP queue.

Since Alison went back to the room, the four of us head on over to Hollywood Land to ride Monsters Inc. as the first ride of the day. BVS was not that busy since most of the guests were in the RSR FP queue or over at Cars Land so we head on over to Monsters Inc. Mike and Sulley to the Rescue first before we met back up with Alison while she is taking back her scooter.

We were all walking passed by the Mad T Party area. I didn’t have the chance to go by the Mad T Party to see the Halloween additions to the party since I was spending most of the day with PiO and spent a lot of time in DL looking at the Halloween decorations.

We got to Monsters Inc. Mike and Sulley to the Rescue, Fran decided to wait outside when Alison returned from dropping off her scooter. So PiO, DH, DS and I went on the ride. We only had to wait about 5 minutes to get on since it wasn’t that crowded that morning and it was a walk-on.

The four of us boarded in the taxi and we all had our cameras ready to take pictures during the ride. After going on this ride, I still remember the Monster’s Inc. taxi that was auctioned during the D23 Expo this past August. It is a nice item to have at the house and it was nice to go back on this ride after seeing it at the Expo.

Pictures from Monsters Inc. Mike and Sulley to the Rescue. Some of the pictures turned out really well while some of them turned out a little blurry. For the settings, I set the aperture at f/3.8, ISO speed at 1600 with different focal lengths. I set the Iso at 1600 while it wasn’t that too dark in the ride and I wanted to get the pictures just like what you see it during the ride. PiO and I talked again about the settings on the ride and it was a good opportunity to try the settings during the ride.

Celia and Mike

There is Randall

Boo and Sulley

Sushi anyone?

Celia is not that happy.

CDA (Child Detection Agency) is here.

Mike is loosing it

At the end is Roz

Just when we got off Monster Inc., we met up with Fran and Alison was their too. So we head all head on over to meet the VIP tour guide that Alison and Fran had set up for the day. Alison and Fran had one of their favorite CM to go with us during the day and enjoy the parks.

He took a picture of all of us together that morning.

Our first stop was to head on over to Radiator Springs Racers. So we all head on over to Cars Land to ride RSR that morning.

Just when we got over to RSR, the ride was down that morning. It almost feels like when I ever try to go on RSR first thing in the morning without getting the FP, the ride is not running.

Since we were in Cars Land, we decided to go on Mater’s Junkyard Jamboree.

Fran decided not to go on the ride while the five of us went on the ride. While we were in the line, Alison and I were talking about the songs of MJJ. I remember during the D23 Expo when we were attending the Walt Disney Imagineering 60th: Leave ‘em Laughing screening on Sunday which Alison, Fran, my DA and I attended, the CM's that was talking during the screening were talking about MJJ and the songs with Larry the Cable Guy. There was one point during the screening that when they were coming up with the lyrics for MJJ is that Mater used the words dadgum and something a lot during the lyrics for MJJ. It was hilarious that I did laugh during the screening. I got to remember to write up the rest of my D23 Expo trip report when I finish this one since I am almost finish with it.

One of the sides of MJJ was not running when we were in the queue but it did ran when we were on the ride.

That will be it for this post and I will have more from Mater’s Junkyard Jamboree.

 

[PrincessInOz]

Another great update, Bret.

While hanging out with you during the trip, I wanted to expand the options of using more manual mode during the upcoming trips of showing the pictures of what I see and not using too much bright pictures at night. I will remember that really well with the exposures. I can always play with the setting when I am home so I can have some practice before the trip. Thank you for the tips PiO.


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You're welcomed, Bret. But you already knew most of what I was telling you; I was only just reinforcing it. You're a great photographer....just remember to use it to tell your perspective.