Amazing photos! Did you use a tripod? I also love the one with the kid on someone's shoulders. Very cute. And how nice of you to share the sticker magic!
You had to wait for the 3rd boat, huh? Doesn't sound like you minded. Overall what did you think about the transportation to/from WL? I think I'm staying there next Dec... at least that is my dream!
Thanks! We didn't use a tripod...many of our pictures DID come out blurry, but many (as you saw) were also very clear. DH has got a steady hand!
Handing out the stickers was so much fun! It was great to see all those little faces light up.
Waiting for the boat wasn't bad at all. It did take a while, but I would say there was less than 5 minutes between the boats. They realized the mass exodus after Wishes and compenstated with more boats. I thought the transportation from the WL was alright overall. I did NOT like how it shared a bus sometimes with FW or GF though. AKL doesn't share a bus at all and that was our only other Disney bus experience. But, I would still stay at the WL and use Disney transportation without complaint. The buses arrived promptly and we never had an unbearable wait-even with the boat.
December at WL =
you gotta do it!
Never say never, Brook!
I am still shaking my head over the room allowing her son to stand in another person's stroller!!! Did she even ask or say anything to you or Joe??? What is wrong with people! I am so aghast!
Beautiful pictures of the parade and fireworks. I believe the big scary bat with fangs is Chernobyg (I don't think that is close to being spelled correctly) from Fantasia. I could be wrong though.
That was so sweet of you to hand out stickers to the kids walking by!
I am so excited to be staying at a resort that does turndown service -- I have already written a note in my binder to remember to call about it.
You'd think I would know that by now, wouldn't you?
Themother didn't say a word to us. She actually stood there and held onto his waist so he wouldn't fall. It was absurd.
Ahhhh, that makes sense about the bat!! I haven't seen Fantasia in FOREVER (obviously).
Turndown service is really neat! Joe thought it was silly, but he didn't think that way after we got home and tasted the chocolates.
What awesome pictures!
385 pictures in 1 hours? I am impressed!
Did Joe use a tripod for the Wishes pictures?
Thank you! Yes, 385 between Spectro and Wishes. In some of our Wishes pictures you can actually see the progression of the fireworks - shooting up, exploding and then fading. He did a very good job!
And nope, no tripod! There are quite a few blurry ones, but soooo many came out nicely too.
oh i don't have anything that fancy... but looking to upgrade but with camcorder...
and forgot to mention.. love WL... that's what we are saving for next!!
happy new year!!
We also have a hard drive camcorder. It doesn't take the greatest pictures, but it is SWEET for video. We took very little video on the trip, we just forgot about the camcorder altogther for some reason. It's so nice to just plug in the camcorder and download it-not dealing with tapes or anything. The video quality is also very good.
I believe they now sell digital SLRs that do video recording. Not sure on the quality of the video though (or the price, that one has to be scary!
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WL is AWESOME. Well worth saving for!!!!
Wow.
Wow.
Wow.
Those were some awesome pictures!! Thank you for sharing!! Wow. I'm so amazed.
And I'm also amazed at that mom thinking it was okay for her kid to STAND IN YOUR STROLLER?!?!?
What in the world?????? I could see a kid getting away from mom and dad and climbing in, but you'd think as soon as the parents saw that, they'd be yanking their kid out lickity split. That's just nuts.
But way to go and not letting that get in the way of your magical evening. It sounded the the perfect ending to a day... and getting to share those stickers - how sweet of you!!
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Thank you! It's all the camera and Joe's very steady hand. Well, and Wishes being completely AWESOME!
Yes, it was ridiclious about the kid standing in our stroller - I couldn't really believe it myself... If she would have asked if he could squat down right in front of Joe and I, I would have said yes, and even given him some fries!
But to just do that - ugh. And like I said above, she even gave me this sheepish smile, knowing she was wrong in letting her son stand in the stroller, but continued to hold his waist during both shows so he wouldn't fall...
All well though-it was not worth a battle, esp when I was holding all that food and had a crying hungry baby climbing up my leg!
Happy New Year to you too! I keep forgetting it's the 31st!
love your pics, spectro was not running when we were there in aug because of constuction on the liberty square bridge so your pics made me feel like i was there . thanks
Oh man, no Spectro! That stinks! But, I'm glad to assist with the pictures to tide you over until you can see it. In January it's only showing a few times while we are there-and not on the day we have MK planned. Hopefully we can hop over to the park just for it (and another Wishes showing...and maybe even a bit of Casey's...
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Get outta here! They have the sweet nectar of a dole whip at the state fair??!?
Thank you my dear DIS friend for sharing this info with me!!
Do they have pineapple???
As a former 4-Her I'm embarrassed I don't know this!! Okay, I know where we'll be stopping (but I realize, we'll be back to Disney right as the fair is starting... I'll have to re-evaluate future trips to balance the year out, Dole Whips in Minnesota in the summer, Dole Whips at Disney in the winter!) Maybe that's what all the snow birds up here do... it's not about escape the Minnesota winters, it's about balancing Dole Whip consumption...
YES, IT'S TRUE!!!!!!!!
And yep, they have pineapple. If I remember correctly they even have the Dole Whip Floats.
You are HILARIOUS about your comments on the Snow Birds.
However, I think your plan of Dole Whips in the summer in MN, and Dole Whips in the winter at Disney sounds FANTASTIC.
(Your CA ones took my breath away - you have a great eye for photography!)
We've missed it for 1 reason or another for 3 trips! Last trip I promised myself I wouldn't leave WDW until I'd seen it. But, alas I had too! I've planned ever so careful and hope and pray that we'll be watching Spectro go by a week from tomorrow!!! 
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that we plan to use to get the points back on it. We will pay for our trip with the card, then come home and pay it off with the cash we set aside. Then we get freebees from the dollars we spend. 
