We Moved to Disneyland!! Now What ? Stories from New DLR Locals - Updated 1/15

[tinkerbells mum]

More lovely photos. As you know I've been following your adventures for quite some time and I'm really enjoying all your details about Disneyland. Living in UK we always get our Disney fix from Disney Paris and occasional trips to Disney world. We have got a trip in the planning stage to go back to WDW next April which I'm so excited about. Disney Land was never in my future because it is such a long flight however my DD and I have now started thinking about a trip to Hawaii in 2017 (after a lot of very hard saving) and combining it with a shortish stay somewhere on the way there and way back hopefully taking in Disney Land. I am so excited to think that me may get to visit our third Disney resort and have got a lot of time to research and plan. If this trip does come off I will be even more grateful that you have shared so many details about a park I knew so little about, keep those details coming because they could feature heavily in our future trip planning lol xx

 

[franandaj]

Im so glad you got your last pictures in the Court of Angels. We did that in August. I think it's sad that Disney has taken such a beautiful and iconic place away from most parkgoers.

Im glad that there are Starbucks in the parks. Though I've never been to the one in DL, I've been to the one in DCA a few times.

Next time we go I'll text you and see if you're out there.

 

[tayalltheway]

You got pictures of the Court of Angels. It will definitely be something to remember.

Nice pictures of the afternoon and congrats on that TSM score.

I was really glad we got our pictures in the CoA too. I definitely miss the peace and quiet that area always afforded--especially on busy days!

I don't know how I did that well on Toy Story, but I've only matched it one or two other times. Now we haven't done that ride in probably 3 or 4 months, so I doubt I'd be at the top of my game anymore!

Those fall colours are gorgeous! One day I'll have to go during Halloween just for the rich colours. Pumpkin spice anything from Starbucks is my favourite, sadly they closed the only store near where I live.

The fall colors were definitely beautiful! Sometimes it's easy to forget that Disney's floral department makes the colors that way rather than them happening naturally I guess that's a sign that they're doing a good job!

I can't imagine not having Starbucks nearby!!! We love going at least once a week...

More lovely photos. As you know I've been following your adventures for quite some time and I'm really enjoying all your details about Disneyland. Living in UK we always get our Disney fix from Disney Paris and occasional trips to Disney world. We have got a trip in the planning stage to go back to WDW next April which I'm so excited about. Disney Land was never in my future because it is such a long flight however my DD and I have now started thinking about a trip to Hawaii in 2017 (after a lot of very hard saving) and combining it with a shortish stay somewhere on the way there and way back hopefully taking in Disney Land. I am so excited to think that me may get to visit our third Disney resort and have got a lot of time to research and plan. If this trip does come off I will be even more grateful that you have shared so many details about a park I knew so little about, keep those details coming because they could feature heavily in our future trip planning lol xx

I'm so glad to hear that we've swayed you toward trying out Disneyland!! I guarantee that you will not be disappointed if your trip ends up working out! I'll gladly keep sharing our fun adventures, and I hope they can play into your own trip plans soon!

Im so glad you got your last pictures in the Court of Angels. We did that in August. I think it's sad that Disney has taken such a beautiful and iconic place away from most parkgoers.

Im glad that there are Starbucks in the parks. Though I've never been to the one in DL, I've been to the one in DCA a few times.

Next time we go I'll text you and see if you're out there.

I definitely agree with you about it being sad that Disney took away the CoA. I don't really know why they feel the need to make so many things exclusive for Club 33 members when they know that 99.9% of parkgoers will never be in that category. We were also sad to learn that the Lily Belle is now off limits too. We never got to ride it!

I'm glad about Starbucks too, and I'm especially glad that they are both very well-themed. It doesn't feel like going there takes you out of the Disney "world," which I'm very happy about.

Hopefully we'll get to finally meet up sometime soon!

 

[tayalltheway]

Chapter 146
Jane​

 

[PrincessInOz]

Nice park visit. Love the "conjure a villain". That's so cool.

Biscuit is so cute. Glad that he enjoyed his stay with you.

Your total days spent at DLR is sure creeping up. That's a great count and it sure gives you an indication of how valuable that AP is.

 

[franandaj]

So this update shows me that you know far more about the special events that go on at DL than we do and take much better advantage of them. We have no idea about the stuff that goes on in the arena.

But it looks like you guys had a great time with all the folks and that you had a wonderful time. With the animals and the characters.

What was the car you were driving? We are into classic cars and have a few just curious what you were driving?

 

[tayalltheway]

Nice park visit. Love the "conjure a villain". That's so cool.

Biscuit is so cute. Glad that he enjoyed his stay with you.

Your total days spent at DLR is sure creeping up. That's a great count and it sure gives you an indication of how valuable that AP is.

We thought Conjure a Villain was really fun too! I hope they bring it back this year.

Biscuit is indeed adorable. We still check in on him every so often after we got close during that week.

Our days really were ticking up at that point. I'm sure we're well over 100 now

So this update shows me that you know far more about the special events that go on at DL than we do and take much better advantage of them. We have no idea about the stuff that goes on in the arena.

But it looks like you guys had a great time with all the folks and that you had a wonderful time. With the animals and the characters.

What was the car you were driving? We are into classic cars and have a few just curious what you were driving?

They've been doing some great little events in the Big Thunder Ranch Jamboree area over the last several months. It seems like there's always something new and exciting. The Halloween makeover was definitely the most involved one we've seen though, and it was a lot of tun.

The car with the clock was actually just the rental we had while we were in CO, so it was far from a classic (I think probably a 2013 Chrysler of some sort). We just thought it was so funny that the clock made it look like they were trying a little too hard, which is why I took the picture!

 

[tayalltheway]

Part V
October-December 2013

Chapter 147
What About Bob?​

 

[PrincessInOz]

Love the picture of Tracy and Twilight.

Another great update at DLR. I love your backyard playground. So nice to see you two hang out there.

 

[tayalltheway]

Love the picture of Tracy and Twilight.

Another great update at DLR. I love your backyard playground. So nice to see you two hang out there.

I love it too! "Backyard playground" is a good way to describe how we treat the parks!

 

[tayalltheway]

Chapter 148
DAS Good

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[AussieMumma]

Biscuit is super cute! I think the two of you need to get yourselves a pet, you are such huge animal lovers
Great to hear you've had no issues with the DAS.
We are finally only 6 sleeps away from Disneyland

 

[PrincessInOz]

So glad that DAS worked out for you. And sweet of Tracy to head to the park on DAS-D-day so you didn't have to stress to much about it.

And its great that Crooky didn't hold a grudge. One of my cats does and she has a l-o-n-g memory. I've learnt to stay on her good side.

 

[BirdyGirl85]

Huh, I was at Disneyland with my husband and one of our friends when you two were there, we went October 3 through 6. We had no idea Gay Days was going on then, or really knew there was a such a thing. It was crazy busy... But at least our friend got to see Fantasmic and fireworks, basically the main reasons we went to Disneyland on a weekend.

 

[tdashgirl]

That is really good news about the DAS.

 

[tayalltheway]

Biscuit is super cute! I think the two of you need to get yourselves a pet, you are such huge animal lovers
Great to hear you've had no issues with the DAS.
We are finally only 6 sleeps away from Disneyland

We definitely want a pet, but we'd have to move AND we currently travel too often for it to be a good idea. For now, we just pretend that Crooky is our cat...

I'm glad we haven't had any problems with the DAS too!

And most importantly, that's awesome that you'll be here so soon!! Make sure to say hi if you see us while you're in the parks!

So glad that DAS worked out for you. And sweet of Tracy to head to the park on DAS-D-day so you didn't have to stress to much about it.

And its great that Crooky didn't hold a grudge. One of my cats does and she has a l-o-n-g memory. I've learnt to stay on her good side.

I'm very glad it all worked out too! It was certainly a weight off of my shoulders.

We've learned that Crooky NEVER holds a grudge. He always comes over within 5 minutes of us getting home from a trip, even if we've been gone for like 2 weeks. He just wants the attention because no one else really gives it to him...

Huh, I was at Disneyland with my husband and one of our friends when you two were there, we went October 3 through 6. We had no idea Gay Days was going on then, or really knew there was a such a thing. It was crazy busy... But at least our friend got to see Fantasmic and fireworks, basically the main reasons we went to Disneyland on a weekend.

Ya, it's certainly not super obvious when Gay Days is going on. I think a lot of guests don't realize that it's even happening just like you didn't. Agreed that it was very busy that weekend, but I'm glad that you and your friend got to see Fantasmic and fireworks

That is really good news about the DAS.

Definitely good news

 

[tayalltheway]

Chapter 149
Thirteen​

 

[BirdyGirl85]

Ya, it's certainly not super obvious when Gay Days is going on. I think a lot of guests don't realize that it's even happening just like you didn't. Agreed that it was very busy that weekend, but I'm glad that you and your friend got to see Fantasmic and fireworks

Well I meant I didn't know about it before we planned our trip. Once we were there that day, we definitely noticed something different with so many people wearing red shirts... But yeah we heard about Gay Days through people there that day. I just meant I never heard about the event before that day.

October weekends have become so busy at Disneyland... I much prefer the weekdays when the crowds aren't so big... But we did part of the trip during the weekend so our friend could see Fantasmic and the fireworks since that was his first visit to Disneyland. I am really glad that California Adventure has World of Color every night, even on weeknights when they close earlier. Makes it nicer for the people who want to go during the weekdays, that at least some of the night shows are offered then. (I know in the summer they are every night, but I was talking about other times of the year)

 

[tdashgirl]

That black spider cake pop looks amazing and sounds delicious. Too funny about the black stains though

October weekends at DL are crazy now. They used to be so mellow not that long ago!!! I love all the stuff they have there now, but not the crowds!

 

[OhioStateBuckeye]

I'm a little bit behind with your trip report/life report but I'm so excited that it's Halloween time!! Halloween season is our favorite time to visit WDW but we've never been to dl's Halloween

Can't wait to live vicariously through you 2!

Also, looks like I'm headed back to DL in the beginning of June! Yay for me! Anything that's new in the parks in the last year or so that you'd recommend?

Oh and also...did guys adopt Crookshanks!? When did this happen. Geez I need to go back and read.