Yep, I'm trying to get this wrapped up quickly!
I love Mickeys 60th outfit.
He's looking sharp for sure!
Those pancakes look awesome!
They are soooo good! The apple-granola topping is delicious.
I have to say I am surprised you went and met Tink.
I definitely would not have, if it weren't for getting the Tink 10K medal!
Losing a card is definitely freaky but I'm glad she found it even if it was in a weird spot.
Me too! such a relief.
That was so weird that someone took your picture. You did seem to have a great outfit though it was very coordinated.
Well thanks! And yep, still weird that someone took my picture!
I can't say I've ever met maleficent. I wish she was out more at WDW.
I've only met her and the Evil Queen at WDW on race courses. But this is the second time I have met the Evil Queen at Disneyland!
Grape churros? That does not sound good.
I agree, and they cost like $4-$5 so I was not about to try it!
Boo for breakdown on Hyperspace mountain but yay it came back on and you got front seat. I've heard good things about the overlay.
It's really cool how they do it. Just changing the screens and the music/audio makes a huge difference!
I can understand the being conditioned to run all the races. I ran the 5k and half at WDW weekend this year and the day of the 10k I spectated because I wasn't running and felt like I should've. Well I'll be running all the races next year...
Yeah, spectating is fun, but racing is better!
Steakhouse 55 looks great!
It is! Dinner there is definitely a must-do for me on my next trip!
Finally caught up! I totally LOLed at the "tutus everywhere" meme because #truth.
Right??
So smart of you to wait in Earl's for the rain to clear. I was not that smart (though I was smart enough to stay under the overpass in the corral). It never even crossed my mind because at WDW you get in that mode of "just get to the corrals and wait" and DL is so different in that respect.
I know what you mean! Just knowing that the corrals were right around the corner was good knowledge to have that morning.
Haha! I know a meteorologist, and they get really peeved when you point that out to them!
Haha, sorry to your friend!!
Me too, made the race a lot more fun!
Love your Castle shots - yours and the ones PhotoPass took of you! I am really impressed with them. Especially at WDW when I get the photos included in my AP!
Totally agree about the character signs, they should do them at WDW races, too. Great photo with Fawn!
Me too! I'm excited to see what they do in November.
My goodness, I nearly had a panic attack just reading about your mom's CC, so I'm glad she found it!
Ahhh, I know! And she was so casual about it!
Good perspective on DLH vs. PP - I haven't stayed on property in California, so it's nice to hear honest perspective and that you don't necessarily get more bang for your buck. DH and I walked through GC a few times as a shortcut to DD, and we thought it would be cool to stay there sometime just because of the backdoor entrance to DCA, but I'm not going to pull that trigger until I do my research since I'd be really irritated if it turns out to be less than stellar.
I had the same thought about GC, but as my husband point out, while the dedicated entrance is awesome, it's not exclusive to GC guests - anyone can use it. We were staying at Paradise Pier in December and we would often just walk through Grand Californian and use that entrance because it was faster than walking through Downtown Disney - and when we were going to Downtown Disney, again, we'd just walk across the street and through GC to get there. It was funny because I went into that trip thinking he would see the GC and want to stay there in the future (he's turned me into a hotel snob and Wilderness Lodge is where he would stay at WDW on trips as a child - and GC reminds me a lot of Wilderness Lodge), but he said he's totally not interested - he made another great point that every time we walked through the lobby, it seemed there were tons of people there going through it to get to DCA or Downtown Disney, and it seemed like if we were staying there and paying the extra money, that would be annoying, to constantly have the lobby crowded and loud like that - not like you could really just go down and sit and relax. That's something I hadn't thought about, and I have to agree with him! So for us, we'll be sticking with Paradise Pier in the future.
Man, all those churros carts! So many! I kind of regret not trying any.
Yeah, Californians really love their churros, I guess?!
I totally understand that weird feeling about not running all of the races in a weekend. I did Star Wars Dark Side (half only), and after Dopey in January it just felt weird to not be getting up super-early each day and running a race. But it can also be a bit of a relief since you can just go to the parks and not worry about being on your feet or what you're eating and so forth.
Yeah, the day of the race it didn't hit me as hard as I expected, which is good. Still strange, though! But absolutely a relief for the reasons that you mentioned, and something that I'll be keeping in mind for future race weekends.
Really enjoying your TR!
Thanks!
I love the BB8 hoodie! 
Gasp!
I think my body and mind are sort of conditioned to assume that I’ll be running allll of the races if I’m on Disney property during a race weekend. It was a really strange feeling.
