pkondz
Brace yourself for immediate disintegration
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People! It’s coffee, not a custom Ferrari.
Alison, being a local, regular visitor with an AP, was able to make sure we toured most efficiently and, despite the insanely massive crowd, the 4 got in a
The foursome meandered from Land to Land, doing what they could- given the lines and their whims. The weather was perfect, the company delightful, and the day progressed nicely. They neither dawdled nor rushed, taking Alison’s lead on how best to tour the park. At some point, they stopped for a Dole Whip- because that’s what’s done. Every time.
Don’t you agree we make a pretty good looking trio?
Plaza Inn Specialty Chicken
But first, Carsland.
In the most elegant style possible, drinks arrive by cart and some are crafted tableside
The cute little 1901 cocktail napkins were dispatched, thus effectively wiping out a free souvenir pilfering. Regretful at best. Inward, shame and embarrassment filled Steppe’s heart, but she (probably not so effectively) passed it off coolly while dying a slow death on the inside. The final stake was neatly driven home when the sweet server noticed and cleaned up the table the rest of the way and brought her a brand new drink. (#3 if you're counting) The moral of this story is…. You just can’t take her anywhere.
Steppe learned that the gal also grew up in Hemet
Afterwards, Steppe called it a night and gratefully accepted a ride back with Kay and Ponzi. It had been a full and altogether lovely day of touring, made even better with altogether lovely company. I don’t know about you, Dear Reader, but that’s pretty hard to beat.
You had to go there.It IS a small world after all
You had to go there.
Just for you Dear
Hotel rates are getting crazier and crazier these last 5 years around the DLR. The hotels across the street are quite expensive along with the convention hotels. I remember when I stayed at the GCH in 2010 where I paid $200 a night for a standard and that is with my AP discount. Now today it is twice or more of what I paid. It is nice to stay on-site at the DLR but it can be quite expensive if you want to stay on-site even at Paradise Pier and the Disneyland Hotel.
It took me about 30 minutes to get from the hotel to the Toy Story Parking lot during rush hour traffic.
If you care about saving money, it does require you to lose vacation time which I have done before.
I could pay the price on hotels on walking distance but I have stayed at BW Placentia and have enjoyed the room. The rooms at Placentia are way better over Best Western Park Place Inn, BW Anaheim Inn or Stovall's by far. I only stay at certain hotels which
Smart. Always get air superiority first.
Thank goodness! Otherwise I don't know if we could be friends.
Whoops! A million pardons, m'lady.
Yes. and... don't remind me.
Hmmm... don't know.
Slight possibility?
Oh I am SO with you, my friend. I could give a not very nice word about what people think at this point in my life. I think that is one of the joys of being at the tail end of my thirties. The experience that comes with time has brought me to a point where I just do not care. Which almost sounds rude, but that's really not the case. I am who I am, and if you like it, that's great, and if you don't, feel free to move along.
Ah, beautiful sights, thank you for sharing. Such a lucky ride to the park for you! Saw this on some internet site and thought it was cute:
1998 - Do not meet strangers on the internet. Do not get into the car of a stranger.
2017 - Contact random stranger on internet and get into their car on purpose.
I have wonderful memories of Disneyland as our first big family trip. I enjoy the differences between the parks, but DW is winning for me at the moment. (I love Cinderella's castle!) But it will be wonderful to get back to DL, hopefully with grandchildren, and remake some magic memories there as well.
What a special day! So glad you could all meet up, and sounds like the day was as close to perfect as humans are allowed to get. I'm sure the beautiful memories are just precious, glad you could share them with us! And now I must go eat the inferior food that I have at the house...
I have two different coffee orders there. One for hot weather and the other for hot coffee! It's not rocket science!
I'm so glad it worked out that way. My bucket list was that you all got to see and do what you wanted!
Certainly, when are Mickey Beignets not in order?
OMG! I was not privy to the view from this angle. I was 90° from the photographer, from my angle it was clearly a Mickey. From the photographer's angle...
Someone seems to have a scowl on his face. Maybe because we're making him take a picture and not eat the Dole Whip!
I have all the food porn, and have two more bonus F&W updates, plus a surprise before I get to our day.
When we got to go to the AP Preview for Carsland, that's the way they let is in and I thought it was stunning. I try to do the same for new folks I'm with.
It was from the Pacific Wharf food court area.
Yup. That's them.
Not familiar with Starker Exchange but nine years ago we did a 1031 Tenant in Common exchange. Those kind of 1031 exchanges are no longer legal as so many of them tanked. A duplex sounds like a much more solid investment.
For those of you who didn't see these on FB.
Did you forget the "of" between air and superiority in that sentence?
Phew! Dodged that bullet.
I'll let it slide this time.
OH, it wasn't so bad was it? I distinctly remember you reversing us at one point, despite Kay and trying to stop you.
Invitation stands.
EEK! Never get between a man and his Dole.
New avatar. You look extremely determined.
I would not want to get in your way!
Geez, why didn't you say so? I could've stopped somewhere.
Guess which one I prefer?
Grrr.... Pet peeve of mine.
Well, I'm old. You young ladies aren't. But I am.
Want proof? Photos coming up later in this update!
"For the most part"? Which ones didn't you get to do?
And they were darned good, too!
I don't remember you doing that!!!
Oy. Three pretty ladies. One old fart who's seen better days.
Here. Let me help you with the cropping.
Oops, you took out a very important part of that photo!Muuuuuuch better. Now you can eat that beignet and keep it down.
It was very good!
Definitely not KFC.
I'm the same. I was just following along and not really paying attention where we were going.
I remember being very reluctant to go on the ride. I was concerned about you and your Mom.
But the teen was not to be denied.
Did you know Kay and I were counting the number of times we heard children crying?
What's so expensive about beating clothes on a rock by the river?
I do believe she ate.... practically all of them.
So I ordered more. And she ate those too!
Oh, it wasn't that big a deal. No one drowned.
It was close.... but no one did.
Oh! Crap. That's my fault. I grabbed them to sop up the spill. Wish I'd known you wanted them for souvenirs. I would've asked for more.
Well you spilled at least half your drink, so it was really only two and a half.
Wait. You say it's your favourite... but way below Illuminations?
Know what you mean. Been dealing with MIL's place for a while now.
Because you're not busy enough. Sure. Makes sense.
(Just teasing. I'm sure you have excellent reasons for doing that.)
(I know about you going to your folks'... but you said "vacations" plural.
And here I studiously did not go there!
I saw it right away, and... "Nope! Not saying a thing!"
Nah. He's just an ugly ol' coot.
You all did quite a lot of fun stuff that day at both parks. Glad to read your latest TR about your exciting day. I don't think I talked to pkondz that night when I talked with you and Alison.
Very nice pictures at NOS and the Mickey beignets are good to get. I can never get tired of the Dole Float which is the best dessert at DL.
It was a fantastic DISMeet! I've never really ever had a "bad" DISMeet. Some have been shorter, some longer. But all fun. It's a very long way for you to trek to the West Coast for sure. But if you ever do, let me know. It might work out to swing a group of us getting together.Great seeing the pictures of you all together. I have yet to experience a Dismeet. Hopefully someday. Disneyland is on my bucket list too, just not sure when or how ($).
Cars land really is impressive. It seems like the immersive theming is what they went for with Pandora in AK, based on the pictures I've seen. I assume this is what they will be going for with the new Star Wars land in WDW, which makes me excited as a Star Wars geek (yes, I admitted it).
I have never tried beignets. I always meant to go over to French Quarter when I stayed at POR and get some, but it just never happened. Of course they aren't Mickey shaped like DLR, and everything tastes better when it's shaped like Mickey.
1901 lounge looks wonderful, and very relaxing. But am I right in assuming it is not open to the general riff-raff like myself?
I think you and I have similar feelings about Illuminations. Although I was fairly impressed with the replacement for Wishes, the rumours of Illuminations demise in the next couple years make me very nervous.
Love the new avatar picture - adventure is out there!
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Enjoyed reading about your first day in Disneyland and california adventure.Looks like you had a fun time on your first day.Would love to have a personal guide like Fran to show you how to make the most of your time in the park.
The 1901 restaurant looks impressive a once in a lifetime experience for most people.
.I would love to get to the west coast sometime for but for some reason Disney UK dosn"t do orginised trips to Disneyland, it is proably because of ther lack of hotels there..
First, please don't feel badly for the slower pace of updates, as some of us are having a very had time keeping up At this point I'm very grateful I haven't missed 5 chapters!
100% agree! Like they haven't been in a SBux before and know what they have????
Sounds like an awesome day. So great that you guys got to meet up!
OMG, one of my favorite things at DL is that Plaza fried chicken. No sharing for me though, no way
It's pretty darn amazing isn't it?
Can't take you anywhere so awesome your kind server brought you a fresh drink.
It IS a small world after all
Sounds like you had an awesome day.
You had to go there.
That looked like a seriously fun DisMeet. So nice that you got to spend such a long time together too!! I hear of a lot of DisMeets that are just a "hi" and that is about it, or maybe you happen to get the same FP+ time for something...but a long DisMeet with not one but TWO meals, is just awesome!
In other news ...GOATS??? I just can't even. lol. I mean it sounds cool and all...but I am such a city girl lol and just can't even imagine living where you could own goats. It might as well be Mars really lol that's how different it sounds! Beautiful and really cool...but unimaginable!! So I'm definitely enjoying hearing about it!
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Just clocked your photos of your new lawn mowers they definitely have the cute factor.
Okay, gotta admit... they're pretty cute.
Dodged bullet? Or missed opportunity?
Sole preservation. I saved your shoes from being splattered.