thanks for sharing. Sounds like the second half was a window into the music of your childhood. It would have been fantastic to have been there to listen to and also to reminisce.
You said that you didn't buy tickets for Sunday. At least you've experienced the Expo this time round. There is always the NEXT time!
The Menken section was DEFINITELY a "best of" from my childhood. I was on Cloud 9. And while we were a little sad not to have gone to day three, I think we might have fallen over halfway through from exhaustion, so it's probably for the best
Expo sounds like a great experience.
One of my girls' favourite songs is "I believe in love" from Mirror Mirror which is an Alan Menken song.
And a belated Happy New Year to you both ... I have been reading about your continued adventures, but not doing much commenting lately!
It was a fantastic experience!!
I don't actually know that song, having never seen Mirror, Mirror. I'll have to look it up!
And Happy New Year to you too!!
I hope 2014 has been good to you so far
I agree!
The
youtube video gave me goosebumps
I'm glad you enjoyed watching it too!
The Expo in 2015 should be really exciting, especially since that's going to be
Disneyland's 60th anniversary/birthday year. I think there will probably be some big surprises and maybe even big revelations of future DLR plans during that event. I might have to actually go to that Expo.
Oh good! I'm glad you saw the mini-gingerbread Cozy Cone model in the Cozy Cone office. I'm glad it was back for 2013 because the gingerbread Mater that had been on display in Flo's in 2012 did not make a return visit, nor did the gingerbread displays in Carthay Circle or in Fiddler, Fifer and Practical Cafe. The 2013 version of the Cozy Cone display actually seemed slightly better and more detailed than the 2012 version, as it was a mini-version of the holiday-ized Cozy Cone, complete with a tiny cone Christmas tree. It may have been that way in 2012 too, but I didn't notice that it was a mini-holiday model in 2012 because it was not close enough to the window to get a good look. In 2013, the decorators came to their senses and moved the display nearer to the window so people could actually see it.
There was also a gingerbread house in Storytellers Cafe and a smaller one in White Water Snacks, complete with cute Christmas trees made of candy. I think the Storytellers house even featured a gingerbread snowman, which was adorable. Hopefully you and Tracy saw those.
Anyway, I look forward to your next TR installments and also eventually reading about your Halloween and holiday adventures!
I really can't even imagine all the ways they might "plus" it up in celebration of the 60th. I'm already getting excited for whatever they (hopefully) do in the parks, and I bet you're right that the Expo will be extra special!
We were glad the Cozy Cone gingerbread house was back too! I made sure to drag Tracy over there soon after the decorations went up because I remembered you mentioning it and thought it sounded cool. It did not disappoint!
Unfortunately, we missed those ones in Storytellers and WWS... I feel like no matter how hard we tried, it was impossible to see EVERYTHING. Oh well, just another thing to add to the must-see list for next year! I'm excited to get to the Halloween and Christmas months of the report soon because we loved both seasons!
Wow the Expo sounds amazing! Not sure I could deal with all of the lining up but it would be definitely worth it to see those legendary performers.
I'm still really enjoying reading along your journey, a lot of the time I am on my phone so don't reply, but I am still very much following along
It really was amazing! And I thought the lines would bother me more than they actually did (having heard from others who had been to the previous Expos, I was expecting to be in line for hours each day). The concert line was definitely a behemoth, but I think it was totally worth the wait!
Glad to hear that you're still reading along and enjoying!
I would have loved to see the Sherman/Menken performance and would have happily lined up for hours to do so! I love 'Feed the birds' and would have been crying my eyes out during it. You're both so lucky to have experienced that show and I've loved reading all about the expo.
Glad we could bring a piece of the Expo experience to you from afar! I started getting teary just from the anticipation of "Feed the Birds"
Hi Taylor
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Thanks so much for sharing(in GREAT detail), the things you and Tracy were able to view/accomplish/take part in, at the Expo.
I've never really had a desire to attend, but after reading your reports, I have to confess a budding wish to attempt being there this year.
Thank you for taking the time to write!
I'm so glad to have piqued your interest in the Expo! We really had no idea what to expect, so I'm glad we enjoyed it as much as we did! Hopefully you'll decide to check it out next year! I'm sure it will be a blast once again
Hi Taylor! I believe I saw you and Tracy last night, but I was on the other side of the hub and thought a stranger shouting at you may have been a tad creepy haha
Hopefully I get to meet you guys another night!
AH! You should have yelled across the hub! I would have enjoyed it
. We were indeed there that night, so it probably was us. Hopefully next time we can actually manage a meeting!
This was a great update! It was funny how you described it. I had the occasion to speak with Tim O'Day prior to the Expo and I talked with him about this concert. At previous
D23 events Richard Sherman had been the star entertainer for a lot of the events. In 2012 at the Destination-D event, Alan Menken was the headliner. I told Tim that before the event I wasn't quite sure how I was going to feel about Richard Sherman not performing after so many events where he had been the evening entertainment. However, once Alan Menken began his performance I realized that while Richard Sherman wrote the soundtrack to my childhood, Alan Menken had written the soundtrack to my adult life. Your comments about him writing the soundtrack to your childhood made me feel old!
But at least I'm well aged!
I'm not sure if my comments gave Tim any ideas for his introduction for that evening, but I like to think I might have been some inspiration.
I'm not sure if you read my last couple updates to my Expo report, and we felt just as wiped out as you two that last day. Since we had the Sorcerer's tickets, we felt compelled and obligated to go to the last day of the Expo even if we didn't go to all the seminars that we had planned on. That's one nice thing about being self employed is that as long as no disasters occur, we can take our days off as we need them. One definitely needs a recovery day after an event like the Expo! We may have even taken two or three!
I didn't realize that there were so many meet ups going on outside the Expo, but we're not hip to many of these groups and since I don't follow Twitter, I guess I miss out on some of these folks who # a lot.
That's really cool that you mentioned some of the exact sentiments to Tim O'Day that figured into his speech. I agree that you can definitely take credit for it! Sorry to make you feel old
At least you got to experience all those great Sherman Bros songs when you were growing up, so I'm actually jealous of that!
I need to catch up on your Expo report, but I can definitely understand being wiped by day three. I'm glad you got a day (or a few) to recuperate after all the excitement.
And yep, Twitter is a great resource for meeting new Disney folks and finding out about some of the meet ups. Honestly, reading people's Disney tweets is 90% of what I use Twitter for anyway...
DL popcorn. It really is the best!
Hopefully there will be many more sightings in your future!
