You have no idea how envious I am of everyone who lives close enough to DLR with an AP and can visit these special events and parades at the drop of an Easter bunny hat!
Great pictures. Thanks for sharing.
Hope that you and Tracy get that Duffy egg next year. And I'm pretty sure that there is a post in the not too distant future about Tracy acquiring that Cheshire cat.
Fancy spotting James Franco in the restrooms. Personally, I tend to head straight to the cubicles myself and unless I literally walk in on a celeb, I'm probably not in the mood to look left or right (maybe it's a girl thing....or just me).
The events like the ones at Easter were definitely one of the times when we felt the most lucky to be AP-holders and locals! They did several Limited Time Magic events all at once.
You would be correct in assuming that Tracy didn't hold out for too long before buying the Cheshire Cat... Only a matter of days, in fact.
Honestly, I don't think I would have noticed James Franco at all if I hadn't been going out the door of the bathroom as he went in. When I was in that close of proximity, I just happened to make eye contact long enough to think he looked familiar.
I'm a big fan of Roger Rabbit, we had a hard time finding a copy of the movie to show our kids (only very expensive ones on ebay) until one day, when I wasn't looking for it, I stumbled across a copy in the bargain DVD bin at the local variety store! What luck!
Glad you both have fallen on your feet with jobs and are still managing to live the Disney dream!
I'm honestly not sure if I've ever actually seen Who Framed Roger Rabbit (and if I did, it was at least 20 years ago...) That's quite the lucky find you came across in the bargain bin though!!
I'm glad we both have managed to find work without having to sacrifice our Disney-driven lives as well. It makes working much more bearable...
I'm finally caught up on all 3 of your trip reports. Turns out that our paths may have crossed in 2011, as your last park day was our first park day of our first DL trip. (I love finding out when I've been in the same place as someone, since it makes me feel like a character from Lost!) We probably also crossed paths when you were in Victoria. What year did you travel up here? Did you visit the petting zoo at Beacon Hill Park, or did you only have time to see Butcharts?
I hope Tracy ended up getting the Pillow Pet. I splurged and got the Dumbo one for DD for her bday when we were there in July, and since they had a 2 for $50 deal, I got DS the Bullseye one. They came in handy on the plane ride home, but the flight attendant teased me for cuddling with Bullseye when DS was colouring.
So cool that you spotted James Franco! I don't think I'd recognize a celebrity if they were standing right infront of me.
I'm interested to hear about your experiences with the new system that's replaced the GAC. Hopefully it will help reduce the time you need to spend actually standing in line, but it sounds like you'll have to stand in line at a kiosk anyway, which seems counter productive.
Glad to hear that you got all caught up! Thanks for reading
That's funny that our paths almost crossed in Disneyland a couple years ago. I've found out later that lots of people reading my reports happened to be in either DLR or WDW when we were there. It really IS a small world after all... We went up to Victoria in the summer of 2007. We only were there for one full day, though, so we didn't get to do the zoo in addition to the gardens. I'd LOVE to go back someday. Victoria was so beautiful.
As you'll see in a post coming VERY soon, Tracy decided to get the pillow pet after all, and she's been happy to have him. I definitely understand the 2 for $50 deal being very enticing as we almost bought a second one while we were at it. And I can attest to the fact that there's nothing wrong with an adult using one on an airplane
I'm usually awful at spotting people in a crowd, but with celebrities, I've often had luck just noticing them being right in front of me. There was something about the way he carried himself as he walked into the bathroom that exuded self-confidence and made me pretty sure it had been him even before we confirmed it upon his exit.
After only using it a couple times so far, I'm withholding judgment on the new
DAS system until it's been around for a little while and gone through the inevitable tweaks that I'm sure are still to come. As of now, though, I'm pretty happy with the new system. Since obviously change has been brewing for a while, we were expecting worse. So far the waits at the kiosks to get return times have never been bad, and I don't see anything wrong with us needing to wait out the length of the lines since that's only fair. Obviously, though, my disability is MUCH different than kids with autism or other cognitive disorders, so I definitely understand the families who are frustrated with the new system.
! It's always hard to leave them on our Disney trips so we'll be on the look out for a 'cat fix' at Disneyland this time round and see if we can spot any 
Catching up. Looks like you've done heaps of posts whilst I've been gone and all of them are jammed packed with so many details. I'll just mark my spot here; rather than commenting on everything!
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