CupcakeLisa
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- Nov 11, 2011
Love your report!
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It's really great that you got this shot of the railroad map since it'll likely be removed and replaced by a new one after the train is rerouted. Did you know that this map lights up to show the position of each train that is online? If you're willing to watch it for a few minutes, you can see the trains move around the park. You can see the lights in the day if you look closely, but they're much easier to see at night. I didn't know about the lights in the map until we were lucky enough to get to ride the Lilly Belle and our guide told us.
Love your report!
Somehow missed the posting of this trip report when you started posting it and only just found it! Love reading about Disneyland! Glad to have found your TRs again! I've missed them! All Caught up now!
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What a fun parade! I love that big variety of characters outside of the "normal" ones you see at WDW. And that Tangled tower float is amazing!
I'm sorry DS froze up at Turtle Talk! It's great that he was still happy about the whole thing. But moments like that can be so hard because you just want to rush in and help and there's nothing you can do!
Beautiful fireworks shots! But wow, that's a really short show!
I'm glad the whole flight home went smoothly!
Love the parade photos! And I completely agree, even though it's not as elaborate as FOF it's still a wonderful parade! I just love that Mary Poppins gets its own section!
Aww I love the story about Turtle Talk!
Love the pic of you wearing your Monsters Inc shirt in front of Boo's door!
Seeing Cars Land light up must be so awesome to witness!
I'm so glad you ear ending up popping for you! I've had to go on a plane with clogged ears and I couldn't believe how painful that truly is!
Love the fireworks pictures. Wow less than 5 minutes, that's definitely short!
So sad when a trip comes to an end. But it sounds like you guys had a great time
Great parade photos! I must say that I enjoyed the soundsational parade much more than I was expecting! It's nothing earth shattering but is definitely fun (I agree the music is fun) and also agree that it is nice they have some different characters than the norm featured. Even like Tianna getting her own float is nice.
What a cool photo - I'd love to know what was going through his mind at the time!
Yeah, the fireworks were definitely not as elaborate at WDW. Was the bendy color lines just from the settings on the camera
sounds like you overall had an amazing trip! Glad the trip home was smooth and so glad your ear popped before the flight!!!!
I'm sorry to see your trip come to an end! I love reading DL TR's - makes me want to go back so badly! It seems like you accomplished a lot in a week. Looking forward to the Wrap Up!
I've really enjoyed your report. The incredible photos made me feel like I was there too
Sure looks like a busy day - I'm one month away from my trip - your report is getting me excited, except for when I say to myself "That'll be closed"
Who doesn't?First up was the Frozen pre-parade, which DS actually really enjoyed! He REALLY loves Olaf!
It really is a great parade. I certainly enjoyed it!While it’s no Festival of Fantasy, it’s still a really fun parade with catchy music! I like that it features the more popular characters like the Fab 5, princesses, Peter Pan, etc., but also ones that you don’t usually see in Disney parades like Mary Poppins, King Louie & Terk, etc.
I already knew I was going to love our emcee when he said the hydrophone Crush would be using was left over from the Dharma Initiative. Lmao!
I'm sorry he froze, but hey, at least he got to talk to Crush! And it seems that Crush managed to handle it well. And now Paxton dude knows what a question is!Funniest moment was DS raising his hand to ask a question, and when the emcee came over, he froze and wouldn’t say anything for the longest time. When he finally did, he just said, “Fish!” Crush was like, “Fish…? What about fish?” So DS turns around to look at me wondering what he should say and as I’m telling him to ask a question, Crush says, “Oh, now he’s in a conference.” It got awkward after that for a minute until finally Crush said, “Did you just wanna say hi? Hey, Paxton, dude… Hi.” As I learned later talking to DS, he actually had no idea what a question was at the time! DS did very much enjoy that Crush talked to him, though, and that he called him the dude in the red shell.
That's awesome! I was disappointed that I never managed to be in the right place at the right time to see this while we were there.While I was sitting waiting for them, I got the unexpected surprise of seeing Cars Land light up for the night! They play the song Sha Boom and the neon lights start coming on one by one.
Whew... that's definitely a relief. Sorry it didn't happen sooner, but at least it was before you flew home.Once we met up, we stopped at the restroom before going to find a spot for fireworks. And it was there in the restroom that out of nowhere, my clogged ear finally opened up and I could hear again!
Oh yeah... of course he's kidding.After they chatted a bit, he smiled and said, “Make sure you have all the settings how you want them. The show is only 4 and a half minutes!” and walked away. I swiveled my head around so fast I’m surprised it didn’t come off my shoulders to look and DH and say, “He’s just kidding, right?” We assured ourselves that he had to be kidding and kept waiting for the fireworks.
I know the feeling. We scoped out a spot... spent 45 uncomfortable minutes waiting. And then if you blinked, you missed it.Well, 4.5 minutes later when the fireworks show came to an end, we realized that CM had most certainly NOT been joking! Feeling a little ripped off that we had invested so much time in such a short display, we decided it was time to call this trip over and head back to the room.
I can only imagine. You should have made a point to avoid walking anywhere near the entrance to that area!(although sometimes that could get a little old…especially on our 3rd or 4th rotation through Bug’s Land)
Thank you! I always enjoy your TR's and Dustin's pictures. I look forward to the next ones!Finally, a huge thanks to everyone who took the time to read this TR and comment along with the posts! I know there were some long pauses between updates at times as we all adjusted to our new life as a family of 4, so thanks for not giving up on it.