The Tweet Repeat: Live Twitter Trip Report Recap - Lots of Photos (Part 31 11/1/09)

[disneygirlinnj]

Awww so sad the TR is coming to an end! Great photos of Illuminations Scott!

 

[scoot241]

Awww so sad the TR is coming to an end! Great photos of Illuminations Scott!

Thanks! I actually got my setting from the fireworks thread on the Photography Board, which worked well. f/8.0, 1 second, ISO 200. I think in the future I might try ISO 100 and 2 seconds, or keep ISO 200 and go to f/11. Either way, I want to take longer exposures next time. I also want to use a wider lens; I couldn't get any of the high bursts with the 30mm and the way I was set up. If I'm feeling brave I might use bulb mode.

Yep, the TR is almost over. I'm 90% sure the next entry is going to be the last one. I still need to do a table of contents.

 

[annnewjerz]

Yes Ann, we're not quite done yet.

Coming up: Ann glares at me through her monitor as I try to stretch this report out more, and a rainy romp through Downtown Disney

You crack me up. I'm really enjoying your TR---no need to cut it short on my behalf!

Great shots of Illuminations. I haven't decided if I'll try to get shots of the show during our trip in December. As you know, we aren't huge on fireworks, parades, etc. so seeing Wishes may be enough for our group.

 

[scoot241]

You crack me up. I'm really enjoying your TR---no need to cut it short on my behalf!

Great shots of Illuminations. I haven't decided if I'll try to get shots of the show during our trip in December. As you know, we aren't huge on fireworks, parades, etc. so seeing Wishes may be enough for our group.

I'm not cutting it short. I just thought I'd get a few zings in after our discussion on your photo trip report.

I have a couple of photos that I went back and decided I could do something with them that I'll post next time. So the next post is probably just what happened when we got back to Houston, a few more random pictures and some closing thoughts, and that'll be the end...



or is it? (I really need some sort of laughing vampire animation to make this complete)

 

[DiningPlanDevastator]

Just went through your entire Trip Report. Great photos!

I recently went to a DLSR (Canon XS?-the ten MP). I really enjoy it and debating whether I want to haul it around when I return to WDW in July...

What kind of carrying case do you take to the parks?

I only have the 'kit' lense. What would you suggest being my next lense purchase? A prime 30mm?

Thanks for your TR - enjoyed it all!

 

[scoot241]

Just went through your entire Trip Report. Great photos!

I recently went to a DLSR (Canon XS?-the ten MP). I really enjoy it and debating whether I want to haul it around when I return to WDW in July...

What kind of carrying case do you take to the parks?

I only have the 'kit' lense. What would you suggest being my next lense purchase? A prime 30mm?

Thanks for your TR - enjoyed it all!

Thank you!

I have a case made by Lowepro. I can't recall the model number off-hand; it was part of the deal when I bought the XSi from Best Buy earlier this year. It's nice because I can fit all of my stuff in there; however, when I went to the parks, I attached one lens and stuck with it at least until I returned to the hotel room. Most of the time I had the 30mm on; at Animal Kingdom and one morning at MK I had the 18-55mm IS kit lens on. I didn't take the bag out to the parks; instead I stuck my spare battery and a memory card in one of my pockets, put the camera around my neck and left the bag.

If you want to shoot dark rides, get either the Sigma 30mm f/1.4 ($300 or so) or the Canon 50mm f/1.8 ($100) or f/1.4 ($300-400). If you want an idea of how the Canon 50mm f/1.8 performs, take a look at disneygirlinnj's pictures in her trip report. Her dark ride shots were taken with the Canon 50mm f/1.8 on a Rebel XTi.

I really want a long lens next. I've been eyeing the 70-200mm lenses, both Canon and Sigma ($$$). 55mm definitely isn't long enough on Kilimanjaro Safaris, and I could have benefited from the reach at some of the shows also (Beauty and the Beast, Fantasmic, Festival of the Lion King to name a few).

 

[Sleepingbooty]

Aww, I hate it when a TR is about to come to an end. Its like the feeling you get on the second to last day of your trip. Okay, not that bad, since I'm not actually ON the trip - but a letdown nonetheless.

Bummer about the fruitcup at Teppan Edo - that is pretty cheesy. We've never been there, because I figured it would be so similar to all the hibachi places we've been to at home. There are just so many great TS places at Epcot that its never made our list, but maybe we'll have to give it a try.

So I'm curious how you are going to display your Art of Disney print. I am so tempted to get one every time I go there. I LOVE those "vintage" park attraction posters. I'm just not sure where I'd put them. As much as I love Disney, I don't think it would fit with my general decor. I've considered having a Disney themed guest room, and getting a couple to put in there. Also might be good in a basement rec room, I guess.

 

[scoot241]

Aww, I hate it when a TR is about to come to an end. Its like the feeling you get on the second to last day of your trip. Okay, not that bad, since I'm not actually ON the trip - but a letdown nonetheless.

Bummer about the fruitcup at Teppan Edo - that is pretty cheesy. We've never been there, because I figured it would be so similar to all the hibachi places we've been to at home. There are just so many great TS places at Epcot that its never made our list, but maybe we'll have to give it a try.

So I'm curious how you are going to display your Art of Disney print. I am so tempted to get one every time I go there. I LOVE those "vintage" park attraction posters. I'm just not sure where I'd put them. As much as I love Disney, I don't think it would fit with my general decor. I've considered having a Disney themed guest room, and getting a couple to put in there. Also might be good in a basement rec room, I guess.

I had the Mad Tea Party poster framed and I hung it in our study. It came out very nice with a purple mat around it that matches one of the colors in the print. When the posters are printed, they are printed with a lot of white space around them, so we were able to fit it into a 24x36" frame off the shelf which saved a lot of money. Hobby Lobby was also having a 50% off frames sale.

Yesterday I bought a few frames and pre-cut mats for some 8x10s I had printed and I'm working on getting those hung in the playroom.

 

[scoot241]

Yes, I'm borrowing a title from a movie I have no intention of seeing.

Back at Houston' Hobby Airport, we retrieve our bags from baggage claim and carry them out to the shuttle that takes us to the parking garage across the street from the airport. We get up to our car, put the bags in, get ready to go and...

9/12/2009 6:01 PM CDT Naturally we got to the car and it didn't start. Got it jumped off and we are grabbing dinner on the way home.

Fortunately, the parking office had a portable battery to hook up to mine in order to get it jump-started. It turned out that my car's battery was old and needed replacing, but it took sitting unused for a week for the problem to show up.

We picked up some Chick-Fil-A on the way home, then finally got back to the house and relaxed for the rest of the night. One of the first things I did was hook the camera up to the computer and unload all four memory cards.

9/12/2009 8:23 PM CDT We are home. Watching the LSU game, unpacking and loading photos on the computer.

By the end of the night, I had started the trip report, and by posting this tweet the thread will go into an infinite loop.

9/13/2009 12:30 AM CDT ladies and gentlemen, announcing the start of the trip report: http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2283004

Epilogue:

Today marks 8 weeks since we left for WDW. Since then, I've gone through all the photos, posted a bunch, gotten the Mad Tea Party print framed, printed photos to fill the album as well as a few to hang on the wall, filled Hailey's autograph book with pictures (I printed those on my printer), and wrote a 31 chapter trip report. As you probably have caught on, we had an amazing time.

Here's a couple of pictures I just recently posted:





In addition to Hailey deciding that Pirates was going to be her first ride at WDW (which it was), she also decided some time ago that she wanted to be a pirate for Halloween (she decided this before the trip).





She had a blast last night and really enjoyed the costume.

I guess the last question is "when are you going back?" I have no idea! With the baby coming soon, it probably won't be for a while. I've had a thought brewing of Disneyland/Southern California in 2012, but we'll see. All can say right now is "eventually".

To quote one of the masters of the spoken word, Porky Pig, that's all folks!

 

[annnewjerz]

It's over?!

Really great TR Scott. I've enjoyed all of the photos and the commentary and even though I pick on you about stretching it out---I think you did it right. I hate TRs that are all posted and done in a matter of a week or weekend and yours gave me something to look forward to reading every day or two.

Good luck with the new baby, be sure to post some pics over on the Photo Board when he/she is eventually born and most importantly---I hope you follow along on my December TR. Having some readers who can appreciate whatever photo-related jibberish I may write about is nice.

Catch ya later!
Ann

 

[scoot241]

It's over?!

Really great TR Scott. I've enjoyed all of the photos and the commentary and even though I pick on you about stretching it out---I think you did it right. I hate TRs that are all posted and done in a matter of a week or weekend and yours gave me something to look forward to reading every day or two.

Good luck with the new baby, be sure to post some pics over on the Photo Board when he/she is eventually born and most importantly---I hope you follow along on my December TR. Having some readers who can appreciate whatever photo-related jibberish I may write about is nice.

Catch ya later!
Ann

Thanks Ann!

I'll definitely be following along in December. And there will definitely be photos of the baby, if not on here then at least on Flickr, but I'll try to post some on the Photo Board too.

 

[Todd_H]

Hey, Scott! Finally got all caught up. Great job on the TR! It was well written and your pictures were fantastic.

Good luck with the baby! Looking forward to seeing lots of pictures when the time comes !

 

[scoot241]

Hey, Scott! Finally got all caught up. Great job on the TR! It was well written and your pictures were fantastic.

Good luck with the baby! Looking forward to seeing lots of pictures when the time comes !

Thanks Todd!

We're hoping the baby will be here this Friday, but that all depends on what the doctor says Thursday. Whenever it is, there will be lots of pictures.

 

[MyMuse]

Ahhhh, what a great TR to end.

I enjoying following. I'm seriously thinking about POP in the future. I'm glad you had a good time there.

Sorry about your EoS sandwhich! Maybe you can make your own at home to make up for it. LOL!!

Good luck on the baby!! Congrats!!!

 

[scoot241]

Ahhhh, what a great TR to end.

I enjoying following. I'm seriously thinking about POP in the future. I'm glad you had a good time there.

Sorry about your EoS sandwhich! Maybe you can make your own at home to make up for it. LOL!!

Good luck on the baby!! Congrats!!!

Thanks Michele!

I actually got my All-American the next Friday when my wife was near their location in Sugar Land, TX. So it all worked out. The club wasn't bad, just not what I wanted.

Pop was great and I'd definitely stay there again. Next time we visit, right now I'm thinking we might stay at a moderate just because I'd like to stay at a different resort but you never know.

 

[Sleepingbooty]

Awww, what an adorable pirate!

Thanks for sharing your trip with us - I really enjoyed your report and especially your fantastic photos! Glad you had a great time

 

[scoot241]

Awww, what an adorable pirate!

Thanks for sharing your trip with us - I really enjoyed your report and especially your fantastic photos! Glad you had a great time

Thank you! I really enjoyed writing it.

 

[VBsHustla]

Just realized that I somehow missed this great TR's completion! I'm very saddened that it's over and insist that you take another trip immediately. Your photos are the best!

 

[annnewjerz]

Just realized that I somehow missed this great TR's completion! I'm very saddened that it's over and insist that you take another trip immediately. Your photos are the best!

Since I know Scott just had a new baby and has no trip planned in the near future, I am fully taking advantage of this opportunity to direct you to my October TR and December PTR (both listed in my signature).

I took lots of pictures in October and will be taking loads of purdy ones in December----including lots of food porn since we're on the DxDDP, pictures of Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party, pictures of the Behind the Seeds tour in Epcot, etc. So come on over and join in the fun, the more readers the merrier!!

Ann

 

[scoot241]

Just realized that I somehow missed this great TR's completion! I'm very saddened that it's over and insist that you take another trip immediately. Your photos are the best!

Ann pretty much already said it. My wife had our baby about two weeks ago, so no Disney trips for a while. We don't have any planned at all right now; it'll probably be at least a couple of years before we get back unfortunately. Plus, once we're ready to go back we'll have to start planning around school since Hailey will at least be in kindergarten by then.

Here's a couple of baby pictures:




William was 9lb 13oz and 22 in. long at birth, so yes, he's a big baby.

Ann's October TR is full of great pictures, and I expect her December one will have even more since she'll be there for more than 3 days.