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All caught up! Season of the Force looked like fun--I especially loved checking out the Star Wars retrofit on Space Mountain on Youtube. That looked amazing!

Really wish I'd seen the Aladdin show. It looks and sounds amazing as well.
 
Catching back up! I love that Storm Trooper! Fantasmic at DL is so much better but I love Florida's seating. :)

I'm going to miss Aladdin...I'm kicking myself for forgetting to see it one last time in December. :(

Jill in CO
 
We were certainly having one Disney of a week! Friday at the studios, Sunday F!, Monday, Season of the Force, Wednesday we saw Beauty and the Beast live on stage at the Pantages, and here it was Thursday and we were headed back to the park yet again.
Wow! You're really getting a lot of Disney in your life. I can think of worse things to do!

I’m really going to miss this show! Even if you just skimmed through the last update, I really did it more selfishly for myself to have something to remember this by when it’s gone. The costumes the staging, everything about it is just so great, I’ve seen it more than half a dozen times and still every time it’s a fantastic show. The Genie is so funny and keeps his jokes topical, you always want to know what he’s going to come up with next. I will go see the Frozen show when it opens, but I doubt that I will keep going back like I have with this show. Thanks everyone for indulging me with all these pictures!
I appreciated it! I've only seen the show once, but I thought it was incredible!
 
I am so loving this report of your day to day in Disney. How lucky you are. Thanks for the Aladdin pictures, they were wonderful.
 

Thank you for all the Aladdin pictures! Since I've never made it to that coast, I've never seen the show. It sounds like it was amazing and lots of people are going to miss it. I understand they have to "keep up with the times" but it's still sad when an attraction or eatery closes.
 
I've only gotten to see the Aladdin show 3 times and it was always great! Nothing in Frozen will be as good as the Genie! :genie:
 
OH, I will DEFINITELY miss that show. A lot. When I was last there with my aunt who passed away shortly after our trip, we laughed a ton in there. Such a quality presentation. :(

I'm sure they'll do a great job on Frozen as well, but I'll miss Aladin for sure. Thanks for chronicle-ing it for us!

I'm glad you have such happy memories of that show. I'm sure Frozen will be a good show, but it won't be something that I will go back to see over and over again. My default ring tone on my phone is the song "Friend like Me" and I absolutely LOVE that routine in the show. There is nothing that will be better than that in my eyes!

Thank you, thank you, thank you for all the photos of Aladdin! I was heartbroken when I heard it would be gone and you just let me relive it again. Thank you again.
Not sure about Frozen yet, as I have not even seen the movie, yet. :rotfl2:

I'm so glad that you enjoyed my photos! I did it mostly for myself, but I'm glad that others are happy to see it again!

Thank you for the great photos :) That was a great show! I'm sad that I completely forgot about it when I was there in October :(

I really enjoyed meeting the animals at the Big Thunder Ranch. I'm still in shock that they're taking out an area that has been there so long.

I'm sorry you missed the Aladdin show. I guess it's a sign of the times that animals are replaced by a galaxy far far away.

@Pinkocto Ugh we did forget Aladdin in October. :(

Great update! Glad you got to enjoy things that will either be gone or will go into hiding during the upcoming years. We have never eaten at Big Thunder BBQ. I have never seen the Osbourne Lights either (I know it's WDW).

Not sure I told you but we ended up renewing our APs; just Deluxe so we have major holiday black out dates but I am still really happy! :woohoo:

Monsters Inc is one of our favorites. I'd love to get pictures of the memos they have. Michael is always hoping the ride will stop so he can read them.

I'm glad that I got to "say goodbye" to all the attractions. They have been reporting on the news that the park has been mobbed these last two days. We went out Friday morning and left by 4PM to get home to let the cats in. Evidently crowds have been INSANE since we left.

When we saw the Osborne lights crowds were similar. That's all I'll say so I don't ruin the trip report. I'm glad you renewed your APs so we can go back together!

The photos turned out great, both of the ride and the show. I am glad that you managed to see the show again. I was certainly happy that I got another chance to see it when I was over the September.

What a bit of luck that you managed to have one last dinner at Big Thunder Ranch Barbeque. I had heard that getting a reservation there has been an absolute nightmare recently.

Corinna

Yeah, we never got back to either Aladdin or Big Thunder BBQ, but I did ride the Train last Friday. Evidently it's been an nightmare line all weekend.

Thanks for your update and pics - loved seeing them.
You have the most amazing trips. Thanks for including us !
Where will the next trip be this year ?

The next trip is actually not Disney, it's a trip down the Mississippi River on a Riverboat from Memphis to New Orleans. It should be quite an interesting trip.

I'm sad I never got to try the Big Thunder Ranch Barbeque! The food there looks pretty good! At least I got to see Aladdin last year.

Glad you got in two of your disappearing enjoyments in!

I'm sorry you never got to Big Thunder because it was so good. That was our first time there, and I'm really sad we never got back there again as it was so good. We did see Aladdin quite a few times, but I'm sad that we didn't get one more time to see it again. I saw so many of my friends on FB who went to see it tonight. At least I rode the train on Friday.

I'm so going to miss that show as well.

I'm really going to miss it too!
 
All caught up! Season of the Force looked like fun--I especially loved checking out the Star Wars retrofit on Space Mountain on Youtube. That looked amazing!

Really wish I'd seen the Aladdin show. It looks and sounds amazing as well.

I'm glad they have it on YouTube, it's really cool and for people who might not see it otherwise, it's great you can see it in virtual reality! Aladdin was great may it Rest In Peace.

Catching back up! I love that Storm Trooper! Fantasmic at DL is so much better but I love Florida's seating. :)

I'm going to miss Aladdin...I'm kicking myself for forgetting to see it one last time in December. :(

Jill in CO

Yeah seating for the CA F! sucks, but the show is so much better! I'm sorry you missed the show when you were here.

Wow! You're really getting a lot of Disney in your life. I can think of worse things to do!

Exactly! We haven't been quite as lucky lately but we did make it out there to see the train before it closed!

I appreciated it! I've only seen the show once, but I thought it was incredible!

That's great that at least you got to see it!

I am so loving this report of your day to day in Disney. How lucky you are. Thanks for the Aladdin pictures, they were wonderful.

I'm just glad we get out there as often as we do. I wouldn't know what to do if we didn't live so close. I've gotten very used to getting out there rather often!

Thank you for all the Aladdin pictures! Since I've never made it to that coast, I've never seen the show. It sounds like it was amazing and lots of people are going to miss it. I understand they have to "keep up with the times" but it's still sad when an attraction or eatery closes.

I'm so sad this one is closing. Frozen will never be as good as Aladdin. The genie totally made it. Unless they can make Olaf as funny as the genie (which will be tough), it just won't be close.

I've only gotten to see the Aladdin show 3 times and it was always great! Nothing in Frozen will be as good as the Genie! :genie:

I totally agree. I saw it at least 10 times, maybe more, I have no idea, but every time it was great. I can't imagine wanting to see Frozen that often.
 
The Mississippi River Boat sounds interesting - have seen/looked at that info.
When is the trip ?
How many days on the boat ?
 
The Mississippi River Boat sounds interesting - have seen/looked at that info.
When is the trip ?
How many days on the boat ?

It's a week long trip. We leave March 20 and stay in a hotel on the riverfront included in the cruise in Memphis. We board around 4PM the next day and it's a week long trip. We stop everyday along the way and seem to be in port for quite a bit of the day. There are a number of included excursions as well as premium excursions available for purchase. I don't think we'll be doing any of those as they are rather long and Fran appreciates her nap time mid day.
 
So it was Thursday one week before Thanksgiving that we were at the park for Aladdin and Big Thunder Barbeque, both of which had their final call earlier this week. The following Sunday was our annual “Band Concert in the Park” where for a 30 minute performance, the entire band gets a one park pass into the parks. Our performance time was 12:00 noon which meant that we needed to be dressed and ready to go at the backstage entrance by 10:30. Those of you who know the area will be familiar with the entrance to DL off of Ball Road, and the next street to the west leads to a Cast Parking structure which is where we park. For the most part everything went smoothly, except that about ¼ of the band didn’t understand that “be dressed and ready at the backstage entrance by 10:30” actually meant just that. So as most of the band is sitting on a tram at 10:45 waiting to be shuttled to the backstage area of DCA, a herd of stragglers comes rushing up because they were all late in arriving and security held them at the gate. To put even more stress on our poor conductor one guy didn’t listen to any of the instructions and he was standing on the Esplanade with his clarinet wondering where everyone was! :rotfl2:

It all worked out, we had a great audience who loved our show, and then we all got our tickets into the parks. Here’s a few shots from that day.







By the time we finished playing, changed our clothes and moved our cars out of the cast parking, it was almost 3:00 when we entered the parks. We were completely starving as we hadn’t had anything since breakfast which was before 10:00AM. We decided on Flo’s V8 Café.



Which is right across from the Cozy Cone Motel.



I had the Ribs, which were fall off the bone tender and very tasty. I did struggle with this decision as I had eaten ribs only three days ago, but in the end, ribs are good so why not?



I also got a side of macaroni and cheese, this was REALLY good! I now have a go to snack for in the parks. This was perfect for just a bite to eat when I don’t want a $7-8 meal.



Fran got the Roast Beef and Cheddar Sandwich, she really liked it, plus she finished off what I couldn’t eat of my ribs.



We split this chocolate shake, and it was really good too!



Our friend Leonard from the band was with us and he also got the ribs. After we ate, we decided to ride a couple rides while Fran shopped. First we went on Radiator Springs racers, then we went over to Disneyland and rode Hyperspace Mountain, and Star Tours. Fran did some shopping. By this time it was getting late, and it was dark, so we decided to call it a day. We all had a really good time without wearing ourselves out. Leonard is not a Disney die hard, so he liked that we just had a few hours of fun and then left so he wasn’t totally exhausted and overwhelmed.


Don’t worry, we’ll be back again soon!
 
The concert sounds like a great thing to be involved in. I had to smile that somebody ended up in completely the wrong place. You lunch looked delicious. I agree that sometimes it is a lot of fun to just spend a short time in the parks. I really enjoyed the couple of hours that I spent in the parks at the end of my travel day in September.

Corinna
 
Your Band looks very professional - nice work !
Your food looks yummy !
I have never been to DLC - maybe someday.
 
I don't care where you put your Mississippi River trip report as long as you post a link to it on your other threads. I am looking forward to that trip!

I love your band. So envious. Wish I could play in a band in Disneyland!!!!

I love the ribs at Flo's. They are one of my must do's when I'm in CA Adventure!
 
Another great concert at CA! Too bad some of the members couldn't follow directions! Those ribs looked tasty!

Jill in CO
 
Your band always has an appreciative audience because it's soooo good!

What an awesome afternoon at Disney and Flo's.
 

















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