Ready, Set, Let the Games Begin! - Link to new PTR/TR!

[PrincessInOz]

What a great meet! Does anyone have the link to PiO's TR?

Jill in CO

I haven't started it yet. I'm still in the US and won't be home till 12 oct. I'll be posting a link in the PTR (link below) when I'm ready. I have no idea how many pics I'll have; but I've got a decent amount already and there is still all if WDW to come.

Sadly, I have a lens disaster. My normal walk around lens is broken and I'm probably not going to end up with as many pictures as I'd hoped for at Disney. I'm surprised no one heard my screams all over the US when I realised about the lens.

 

[ACDSNY]

That's wonderful all of you were able to meet up at DL. Lovely pics, especially the one of PIO and you.

 

[franandaj]

Your DISmeets are off to an awesome start. I pictured PiO's son dropping his head from exhaustion. Poor kid. I cannot wait to see the pictures she got of your new place. I am assuming your room is a VGF. They really are stunning rooms.

Mickey and the Magical Map looks awesome. We love plays/musicals, so it is the thing I am most looking forward to on our trip next month. Excited to read more about your meet with PIO and Bret.

Hopefully I will have more soon. I'm going to do a short report on the stuff here. PIO can do a full one when she gets home! But I do have another one brewing before we go to WDW. We do have a lot going on. In addition to the house stuff we have tickets to Wizard of OZ tomorrow night and then a production meeting Friday, plus we have a reason to go out to the DL hotel Thursday. Lots of stuff and I STILL NEED TO PACK!!!!

I did remember during the trip that PiO DS was exhausted from the flight.

Great pictures of your room at the GCV.

It was very nice to meet up with you, Fran, PiO and her family during the trip last weekend. I was fortunate to get to the Fantasyland Theatre on time and meetup with all of you at 5:10pm. We had great spots to watch Mickey and the Magical Map during the 5:40pm. The show is very nice to watch and it was great to see it up close that day. Nice pictures from the show.

I still have to write up my trip report with PiO and her family that Sunday morning to the afternoon until we met up with you and Fran that day.

Kim - You and your must see this show during your trip in which you will like it from Alison's pictures.

It was nice to meet up with you, thank you for the caramel corn!!! we enjoyed it! We are still working on the Tim Tams! I'm glad that you were able to joing us for the whole meet up thing!

I think we were in the studio next door in May. This was also accessible. I loved to see the photos from the show. I definitely have to make sure to see this when I come back to Disneyland next year.

Corinna

I'm sure you were next door because the two are right next to each other, so If you had the accessible studio it was right next to the one bedroom. We don't mind it since it still has the tub, but it has an awful view so if we were going to be in it for any other time than sleeping, that would have been good!

Wonderful meet up and cute picture of you two...

The show looks fabulous and maybe one of these days we will make it out there.

It would be great if you two make it out here!

What a great meet! Does anyone have the link to PiO's TR?

Jill in CO

She will let us know when she starts it, I think you already saw that!

I haven't started it yet. I'm still in the US and won't be home till 12 oct. I'll be posting a link in the PTR (link below) when I'm ready. I have no idea how many pics I'll have; but I've got a decent amount already and there is still all if WDW to come.

Sadly, I have a lens disaster. My normal walk around lens is broken and I'm probably not going to end up with as many pictures as I'd hoped for at Disney. I'm surprised no one heard my screams all over the US when I realised about the lens.

I'm sorry to hear about your lens...

That's wonderful all of you were able to meet up at DL. Lovely pics, especially the one of PIO and you.

I have some more, that I will post, but tonight, I'm too tired. Hopefully I can sneak them in tomorrow while Fran is working me on moving boxes and stuff!

 

[kmedina]

We just saw Wizard of Oz on the 14th. If it is the same traveling company we saw, you are in for a treat.

 

[rentayenta]

Love a good DIS meet. The Map show looks fun, I hadn't even heard of it. Glad you were able to have dinner too the night before; where did you go in Long Beach? And PIO got to see the house? Awesome!


Can't wait to read more and I cannot believe how crazy busy you are before you go.

 

[jedijill]

I haven't started it yet. I'm still in the US and won't be home till 12 oct. I'll be posting a link in the PTR (link below) when I'm ready. I have no idea how many pics I'll have; but I've got a decent amount already and there is still all if WDW to come.

Sadly, I have a lens disaster. My normal walk around lens is broken and I'm probably not going to end up with as many pictures as I'd hoped for at Disney. I'm surprised no one heard my screams all over the US when I realised about the lens.

Thanks!

So sorry about your lens.

Jill in CO

 

[SunDial]

I haven't started it yet. I'm still in the US and won't be home till 12 oct. I'll be posting a link in the PTR (link below) when I'm ready. I have no idea how many pics I'll have; but I've got a decent amount already and there is still all if WDW to come.

Sadly, I have a lens disaster. My normal walk around lens is broken and I'm probably not going to end up with as many pictures as I'd hoped for at Disney. I'm surprised no one heard my screams all over the US when I realised about the lens.

Just reading this. Sorry to hear about the lense PIO. What brand do you shoot with?

 

[Fairy Floss]

I haven't started it yet. I'm still in the US and won't be home till 12 oct. I'll be posting a link in the PTR (link below) when I'm ready. I have no idea how many pics I'll have; but I've got a decent amount already and there is still all if WDW to come.

Sadly, I have a lens disaster. My normal walk around lens is broken and I'm probably not going to end up with as many pictures as I'd hoped for at Disney. I'm surprised no one heard my screams all over the US when I realised about the lens.

The lens.......Oh no!!!

 

[franandaj]

We just saw Wizard of Oz on the 14th. If it is the same traveling company we saw, you are in for a treat.

It was a good show. Not as much fun as Priscilla, but still a good show!

Love a good DIS meet. The Map show looks fun, I hadn't even heard of it. Glad you were able to have dinner too the night before; where did you go in Long Beach? And PIO got to see the house? Awesome!


Can't wait to read more and I cannot believe how crazy busy you are before you go.

We went to a place that's new called Nomad Asian Bistro. It's in the Marketolace whereJimmy's Fish and Grill used to be. We were going to go to California Shabu Shabu but they didnt open until noon and we.were ready at 11AM.

I am so.busy we'll be lucky to pack other than in between everything else going on! With your new ticker I'm confusingnyou and Jill!

 

[franandaj]

After the show we had a reservation for dinner at Cafe Orleans. We started to head on over there. On the way into the park Fran noticed that her scooter battery was already down one light thingy. We traded batteries and that helped but not much, we were pretty much on low battery for the night. We had to push the scooters up the hills at the park and it wasn’t pretty.

But we got to our reservation and they gave us a buzzer. It took a little longer than expected until we were seated, but eventually we were given a nice table for six. PIO’s DH was kind enough to take the picture. Keep in mind, that every person in that photo (including the photographer) had a camera, so every photo you see was taken four other times!



We split an order of fries for the table.



Fran and I got an order of the French Onion soup.



Then we had a Monte Cristo between the two of us for our entrée. This was still too much. I would have been happy with one of these sandwich chunks.



PIO, Brett and her DS split a regular Monte Cristo and a Three Cheese Monte Cristo, her DH got the vegetarian option which included some sort of corn cake and other vegetables. He said that it was very good.



Following dinner, we had VIP seating for both the fireworks and F! We debated leaving the scooter and taking the train over to Main street, but in the end I’m glad we didn’t take the train because the train stops running for about 1 hour during the fireworks so we would have been stuck getting back to our places for F!

I took a few shots while we were waiting. The Halloween decorations had gone up just a couple days before.





The cameras were all set up for some fantastic shots.



At this point I turned off my camera for the night. I left it to the professionals to take the great pictures of the rest of the shows. I’m sure they all got great shots. In between the two shows, PIO’s DH had to take DS back to the hotel because he was just too tired. This is what is so great about DLR, even staying at an off campus hotel, her DH made it back in time for F!

Both shows were really enjoyable, but the bad part was that one of the scooters had pretty much gone completely dead. Also the F! viewing area wasn’t scooter accessible and seating was only on the ground. Fran had to go off to the handicapped section and couldn’t watch the show with us. Because my scooter was dead, I ended up pushing it back to the room, but not until after Fran did some shopping at the Disneyana store. PIO and Brett hung out with us. Fran’s scooter wasn’t doing much better and she barely made it back to the room.

I hung out online to check out what was going on, and it seems the TF had started to take pity on the Boo Boos that night and our transformation began! More later!

 

[franandaj]

I'm really hoping that we have good news on the home thread as well! We have appointments tomorrow for Fran to sign loan documents I can't actually sign anything because as her ineffectual partner all these years, I am actually nothing until we get to the trust, but as far as tax returns go she is the only who has filed one. We don't need to refile except for 2012 since that is the only year we actually had any income. Every other year we had a loss.

As a joint couple we never made an income with her medical the loss of our business. Now that we closed it, we have a gain on the income so we can refile and deduct my medical as a married couple just like we do with the state and get that loss to deduct on our taxes and get back what we paid for 2012

 

[jedijill]

I'm really hoping that we have good news on the home thread as well! We have appointments tomorrow for Fran to sign loan documents I can't actually sign anything because as her ineffectual partner all these years, I am actually nothing until we get to the trust, but as far as tax returns go she is the only who has filed one. We don't need to refile except for 2012 since that is the only year we actually had any income. Every other year we had a loss.

As a joint couple we never made an income with her medical the loss of our business. Now that we closed it, we have a gain on the income so we can refile and deduct my medical as a married couple just like we do with the state and get that loss to deduct on our taxes and get back what we paid for 2012

I hope you have a good accountant because my head just start spinning around.

Looks like a great evening with PiO and family! Too bad about the scooters. Dead batteries stink! (I came out to one on my car this morning! )

Jill in CO

 

[podsnel]

Poor Pio's hubby!! I can only imagine how exhausted they must be after that loooooooooooooong flight!

Very much missing DLR- it is so wonderful- LOVE the Halloween pics! And that 1 bdrm at GCV.... I need to come back!

 

[Pinkocto]

Oh man, I'm sad I missed getting one of those sandwiches!

The Halloween decorations are so cute.

 

[dolphingirl47]

This sounds like a great evening. It was nice to see some Halloween decorations up.

Corinna

 

[rentayenta]

Looks like a really nice time. Bummer on the scooters. I would guess they're heavy to push back too? I'm sorry, that really stinks.

Glad you enjoyed both shows and let the pros take the pics. Sometimes it's nice to just set the camera down. I'm always one taking photos so if I don't, we don't end up with very many.


Ineffectual? Glad the times are a changin'.

 

[mvf-m11c]

Glad to hear that everything went well with you new place today. You and Fran deserve it a lot.

It was nice to meet up with you, thank you for the caramel corn!!! we enjoyed it! We are still working on the Tim Tams! I'm glad that you were able to joing us for the whole meet up thing!

It was nice to be with all of you during the trip. I'm glad that you and Fran enjoyed the caramel corn. I still haven't the Tim Tams yet so it will be awhile.

Nice pictures from dinner at Cafe Orleans. Dinner was very enjoyable that night where it wasn't that cold. It has been awhile since I have ate at CO and it was a good thing that I shared the Monte Cristo with PiO and her DS. I was filled up with half a plate and it shows you that eating those Monte Cristo's can fill you up quickly. I also enjoyed the Pommes Fritters as well.

Watching "Remember Dreams Come True" fireworks from the Main Street Railroad station is very neat. The spots were very nice and PiO and I had set up our tripods so we can take pictures of RDCT fireworks trails. Here are some photos that I have took that night at the MS Railroad station.

I was amazed that PiO's DH was able to make it back in time for the 2nd show of F! after taking PiO's DS back to the hotel with all that walking from the hotel and back to the park around 30 minutes.

The F! viewing area between the F! dessert seating area is very nice to watch the show. I have seen that area a lot when I watch the show from the ground sitting area right by the River of America. It was a shame that area is not handicapped accessible for Fran.

It is always fun to go in the Disney Gallery to see all the different art work and sculptures. I remember that Fran bought bought some unique figures. I also bought the Tangled picture for my DB for his birthday next month. It was nice that when I bought it, I was able to pick it up later that night when we were about to leave the park.

Very nice update and I will have to get mine started.

 

[ACDSNY]

It looks like you all had a great day at DL and took some wonderful pics!

 

[franandaj]

I hope you have a good accountant because my head just start spinning around.

Looks like a great evening with PiO and family! Too bad about the scooters. Dead batteries stink! (I came out to one on my car this morning! )

Jill in CO

we do have an excellent accountant. That's how we never had any income until this last year! At least when we refile, we will get a little bit back from what we had to pay!

We have the batteries, but need to put them back in their cases and charge them otherwise they will be useless when they go to WDW in 84 hours!

Poor Pio's hubby!! I can only imagine how exhausted they must be after that loooooooooooooong flight!

Very much missing DLR- it is so wonderful- LOVE the Halloween pics! And that 1 bdrm at GCV.... I need to come back!

Yes you do!

Oh man, I'm sad I missed getting one of those sandwiches!

The Halloween decorations are so cute.

PIO's DS ate the heck out of the cheese one, he really liked it. I prefer the other, we put a good dent in all that food, but it is really rich and needs to be split between multiple people unless you have growing boys. I'm anxious to hear if Ellen's crew made it there and how here family did if they had the Monte Cristos.

This sounds like a great evening. It was nice to see some Halloween decorations up.

Corinna

I like the Halloween decorations too! Actually I love all the decorations and I'm happy when we can get out there for any of the holiday seasons!

Looks like a really nice time. Bummer on the scooters. I would guess they're heavy to push back too? I'm sorry, that really stinks.

Glad you enjoyed both shows and let the pros take the pics. Sometimes it's nice to just set the camera down. I'm always one taking photos so if I don't, we don't end up with very many.

Ineffectual? Glad the times are a changin'.

Actually they're not that heavy to push back, these are very lightweight, when they are disassembled they can fit in the back of a sedan (one scooter). I knew that PIO and Brett had it under control. So glad he posted a few of his pics here!

Glad to hear that everything went well with you new place today. You and Fran deserve it a lot.

It was nice to be with all of you during the trip. I'm glad that you and Fran enjoyed the caramel corn. I still haven't the Tim Tams yet so it will be awhile.

Nice pictures from dinner at Cafe Orleans. Dinner was very enjoyable that night where it wasn't that cold. It has been awhile since I have ate at CO and it was a good thing that I shared the Monte Cristo with PiO and her DS. I was filled up with half a plate and it shows you that eating those Monte Cristo's can fill you up quickly. I also enjoyed the Pommes Fritters as well.

Watching "Remember Dreams Come True" fireworks from the Main Street Railroad station is very neat. The spots were very nice and PiO and I had set up our tripods so we can take pictures of RDCT fireworks trails. Here are some photos that I have took that night at the MS Railroad station.

I was amazed that PiO's DH was able to make it back in time for the 2nd show of F! after taking PiO's DS back to the hotel with all that walking from the hotel and back to the park around 30 minutes.

The F! viewing area between the F! dessert seating area is very nice to watch the show. I have seen that area a lot when I watch the show from the ground sitting area right by the River of America. It was a shame that area is not handicapped accessible for Fran.

It is always fun to go in the Disney Gallery to see all the different art work and sculptures. I remember that Fran bought bought some unique figures. I also bought the Tangled picture for my DB for his birthday next month. It was nice that when I bought it, I was able to pick it up later that night when we were about to leave the park.

Very nice update and I will have to get mine started.

I think the caramel corn is now gone, and the Tim Tams are close as well. We tend to eat at CO more often than almost any other restaurant at the park. Thanks for sharing your pictures, they are much nicer than I could have taken! I'm glad PIO's DH made it back as well, it was really a bummer that the VIP area was not HA, because the last time we used that area was HA. We end up spending a lot of money in that shop!

I like the picture that you got for your DB, we got a similar one with the lanterns and stuff, I really like that scene.

It looks like you all had a great day at DL and took some wonderful pics!

We did! Just wait for tomorrow!

 

[kmedina]

It is a bummer about the scooter batteries. I wish Fantasmic seating was not so hard to get, so Fran could have sat with the rest of you. We rarely watch the show, because we do not like the seating situation and how much park time it wastes to get a crummy a crummy seat. I am thinking of doing Fantasmic on the 26th but only if we do not do a sit down for dinner. Doing both will take too much time out of our evening. I really want that Monte Cristo, so I am having a hard time deciding.

It looks like (other than the scooter issue) you all had a good time. I like how close the on property hotels are too. Glad PiO's DH rested and made it back in time. Whenever we leave, I have a hard time getting Crap back into the park. Therefore, we rarely leave until we're all done.