We're Home From the Road!! 17 Days of Travel with Tons of Pics~COMPLETE!!

[DizNee Luver]

Day 7, Part 14:​

The kids played in the shade in the esplanade as we waited on Betty, Mike, Tyler & Derek to come back from the motel. When they got back, we headed through Downtown Disney to go to Earl of Sandwich for dinner. It's probably a good thing we don't have one of these anywhere near us in Oregon.....lol So delicious!!

















After dinner, we window shopped our way through DTD and did some real shopping at the World of Disney store. I would LOVE to have an unlimited budget.....just once.......to shop to my heart's content!! THAT......would be awesome!!!!

We went back into DCA and went straight to CarsLand to watch the neon turn on. If you haven't been there to watch this....you really should try and plan your times to be there. Ask a CM in the afternoon about what time that will be (depends on "dusk"). We found a bench and fed Michayla as Mike took pictures.

 

[DizNee Luver]

Day 7, Part 15:​

We headed to Radiator Springs Racers (I believe we had gotten an assigned time right after coming back into DCA after dinner). I love this ride at night!! We ended up with 2 cars: Mike, Tyler, Anthony, Addy & Shyann and then Betty, Derek, Michayla and me.











































We were going to use our "re-entry" passes to do a 2nd ride but Betty & Derek decided they had enough and went back to the motel.



Next post will be our 2nd ride on RSR!!

 

[DizNee Luver]

Day 7, Part 16:​

We said goodbye to Betty & Derek and the 7 of us went back in line for Radiator Springs Racers. Since the car only holds 6, Tyler asked the party behind us if he could join the 4 of them and they said sure. So here's our 2nd time through!

























This was a picture of the PP on-ride photo of Tyler with the other party. We did phone in the #'s (the wheelchair loading area has a phone to call in your PP+ card # to add photos to your disc) but didn't get either of them & I called the #'s in to Photopass after we got home & realized they were missing & only got the one of the 6 of us but never did get this one added.





As we made our way down "Route 66".





Now as we head to exit of DCA.









And the gates to Disney California Adventure Park.

 

[DizNee Luver]

Day 7, Part 17:​

The kids & I found a spot in the esplanade to sit down & Mike took a few pictures as we waited for the fireworks to start.











F*I*R*E*W*O*R*K*S!!!!









































We headed back to the motel & I snuck in a batch of laundry before calling it a night.

 

[DizNee Luver]

Day 7, Photopass Pictures #1:

These are the photopass pictures from our day in DCA.

Storyteller's Statue:









CarsLand:













Paradise Bay:
















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[DizNee Luver]

Day 7, Photopass PIctures #2:​

Duffy Bear....probably a good thing we got these since Duffy is no longer going to be there. Oswald the Rabbit is going to be replacing him. Excited to see Oswald but kinda have a soft spot for a giant hugging teddy bear......lol



















At the beautiful fountain in front of Carthay Circle.









Tyler, Addy & Anthony on Tower of Terror (back row, right side):



CarsLand at night:













This ends our 2nd day in Disneyland/End of day 7 of our road trip!!

 

[DizNee Luver]

Day 8, Part 1:​

Late start to our last Disneyland day......Made it to the park just before 10am. Betty decided to stay at the motel. We realized we hit right when the big Happy Birthday celebration was going to start. They held it at the Main Street Train Station. Mike took Addy & Anthony with him and stood over by Great Moments with Lincoln as Derek & I took the twins to City Hall to pick up our daily passes (the 2 re-entry passes for each girl). Tyler took off to find the LE 59th Birthday buttons being released today.

These are Mike's pictures from where they stood. LOTS of characters & hoopla because not only was it Disneyland's birthday but also the announcement for the 60th!!

The Dapper Dans and the Mayor of Disneyland.







Cinderella & other characters from the movie.











Mulan (as a warrior....that was new) and Mushu.





Aladdin, Jasmine & Abu.



Captain Hook, Cruella deVil, Merida, Meeko, Peter Pan & Wendy.



The characters singing & dancing.







The crowd sang Happy Birthday and then the big announcement about next year's 60th birthday celebration. The "Diamond Celebration" will begin in the spring of 2015 and include a photo contest asking for pictures from all the decades since 1955. After the announcement and the unveiling of the logo for next year's celebration the sky was filled with confetti.









More celebrating & dancing!











They ended with fireworks being shot off from the train station.

 

[DizNee Luver]

Day 8, Part 2:​

So while Mike & the kids were enjoying the full celebration, Derek & I had the twins at City Hall to pick up their passes. Again, they weren't in the system...so this took a little longer then it should. When we had the passes we went and stood down by the Fire Station and I got these pictures of the celebration.

















As you can see, a lot of people were in attendance!! This marching band came by when the celebration was over (and to also get people moving....lol)







I texted Mike to let him know where we were & also Tyler. Tyler came back and the LE birthday pins were sold out in the first hour!!! That's kinda frustrating that they don't have more available.....I get Limited Edition, but at least have enough to get into the afternoon....selling out in an hour is ridiculous!

Mike & the kids found us and Mike took them into the Firehouse to look around as we waited for the crowd to disperse.

 

[DizNee Luver]

Day 8, Part 3:​

We made our way up Main Street, seeing the Disneyland Marching Band as they came through.





We headed towards the Matterhorn (not to ride, but to head to that side of Fantasyland).





Derek & I had signed us up on the twins DAS cards to ride Alice first. We had to take two cars, so the pictures are from Mike's vehicle.



















We stopped to get a return time for IASW and then decided to use our re-entry pass at Splash Mtn, so we headed that direction. We stopped briefly so Mike could get pictures of the Old Mine Train and BTMRR.

 

[kaoden39]

Oh my! That crowd is huge! But, I get it! Great idea gelling in the Firehouse while the crowd lightened up.

Love all of the different characters. There are so many different ones that you might not normally see unless they are in a parade. I guess it is the same sort of idea.

Sorry I haven't been around on here much. I haven't been on the Dis much recently. So many stupid life things getting in the way of fun!

 

[DizNee Luver]

Oh my! That crowd is huge! But, I get it! Great idea gelling in the Firehouse while the crowd lightened up.

Love all of the different characters. There are so many different ones that you might not normally see unless they are in a parade. I guess it is the same sort of idea.

Sorry I haven't been around on here much. I haven't been on the Dis much recently. So many stupid life things getting in the way of fun!

It was a big crowd but dispersed pretty quickly. I'm not in a big hurry when there, so hanging out until the crowds died down some is never a problem.

I know you've had your hands full.....so no worries!! I figured you'd find me again when you had the time!!

 

[kaoden39]

It was a big crowd but dispersed pretty quickly. I'm not in a big hurry when there, so hanging out until the crowds died down some is never a problem.

I know you've had your hands full.....so no worries!! I figured you'd find me again when you had the time!!

I kind of like watching the crowds. Doing things like counting all of the women in high heel shoes.

 

[DizNee Luver]

I kind of like watching the crowds. Doing things like counting all of the women in high heel shoes.

I couldn't imagine wearing heels at Disneyland!! (or a dress!!!) Of course I don't tend to wear them anyways.....lol

 

[lovegrumpy]

Loved your pictures of Coos Bay Oregon. Born and raised lived there from 74-96. Got married and moved away but the family moved too MT back in 98 so I haven't been back in awhile.

 

[DizNee Luver]

Loved your pictures of Coos Bay Oregon. Born and raised lived there from 74-96. Got married and moved away but the family moved too MT back in 98 so I haven't been back in awhile.

AWESOME!!! Mike was born & raised there (class of 79). His mom & 2 brothers are still there. I was raised in Coquille until my parent's split and then ended up in Salem at the age of 12. Moved back down to stay with my dad & met Mike at SWOCC. Moved away....again.....but came back to raise our 3 boys. Was there for over 10 years but ended up moving away and I swear.....we won't be going back!!! lol Not a whole lot going on there other than the casino, hospital and community college. The timber market died and so did the area.

 

[PHXscuba]

Your pictures are really fun and it is neat that you were there on the anniversary, even if it snarled things for a bit!

I got to ride Radiator Springs Racers at night for the first time last fall and I really liked it at night.

PHXscuba

 

[Briarrose1306]

Great TR! Loving all the pictures! Looks like you guys had a great time!

 

[WDWJonasGirl]

I can't believe they sold out On the bright side, I'm thrilled they have the 60th anniversary stuff out. I will be 20 at the time. I had no idea that Duffy was being replaced. I hope they still have him at WDW

 

[kaoden39]

I couldn't imagine wearing heels at Disneyland!! (or a dress!!!) Of course I don't tend to wear them anyways.....lol

During the summer my mom will wear sundresses. I get that. It's not my style but hey you know? I have to laugh at the women in heels. I know that these women are there on dates, want to impress someone or have never been to Disneyland a day in their lives.

 

[DizNee Luver]

Your pictures are really fun and it is neat that you were there on the anniversary, even if it snarled things for a bit!

I got to ride Radiator Springs Racers at night for the first time last fall and I really liked it at night.

PHXscuba

RSR & BTMRR are such a different experience at night......love them both!!!

Great TR! Loving all the pictures! Looks like you guys had a great time!

Thank You!!! We really did have a good time....the kids did sooooooo good!!

I can't believe they sold out On the bright side, I'm thrilled they have the 60th anniversary stuff out. I will be 20 at the time. I had no idea that Duffy was being replaced. I hope they still have him at WDW

I hope they have the 60th out when I'm there end of February next year......they said it would start up in the spring and that's a tad early.....but getting the merchandise out at the start of 2015 would be ideal (at least for me it would be)!! Well it doesn't look like Duffy was "replaced" since they have Oswald located on Buena Vista Street......but they did take him out.

During the summer my mom will wear sundresses. I get that. It's not my style but hey you know? I have to laugh at the women in heels. I know that these women are there on dates, want to impress someone or have never been to Disneyland a day in their lives.

Sundress with sandals/flip flops.....yes........dresses with heels (except to make a fashion statement on Dapper Days).......NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!