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I did not take any notes for race day, so I'm going from pictures and memory...mostly pictures. I remember walking through Downtown Disney to get to our hotel, because I stopped and called my parents to let them know how the race went. We went to the hotel, showered and headed out, because we had a very special breakfast to attend! First, a closeup of the medals we'd earned:
Disneyland half marathon medal. If you finished this race, you got one of these.
My favorite medal - the Coast to Coast. We'd earned this one because we ran a Disney race at both WDW and DLR in 2011.
We'd gotten a voucher for one meal with our Costco package, and we'd chosen Goofy's Kitchen at the Disneyland Hotel. Although we had a reservation at 12:00, we had to wait for a bit. My receipt shows that we prepaid for our meal using our voucher at 12:08. Duffy visited with Mickey and Minnie while we waited.
Once we were shown to our table, we helped ourselves to the buffet. Here's the only plate I remembered to take a photo of:
Duffy wasn't very hungry, but apparently, he was thirsty!
One thing I'll say about this restaurant experience: it sure had an eclectic mix of characters! First, we saw Baloo, and then Cinderella, followed by Belle in her blue dress. We told each character about how Duffy belonged to our daughters, and they all gave him lots of love and attention.
However, that attention was nothing compared to what the next two characters offered! Here is some photographic evidence:
This photo is so blurry because I was laughing so hard!
The highlight of the meal was when Chip sat down at the table and started communicating via the paper table cover. He'd ask us questions by writing them down, and we'd answer him out loud. It went back and forth like that for a while, and eventually, he drew a picture for our youngest daughter.
So much fun! I don't know if only Chip is at this meal, or if Dale just didn't show up at our table. It would seem strange to have one without the other...
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Soooooo jealous of this medal!!!! I did this in 2010 and got the big number 5 medal for the 5th anniversary. Had I known that, I would have held off on doing the coast to coast for 1 more year. Oh well. I guess I have to just do this race again to get this gorgeous medal!!!!
We also had a wonderful interaction with Chip at Goofy's breakfast. And only Chip, no Dale. He was great fun and wrote on our table too! I'm glad you got to experience that as well!!
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Soooooo jealous of this medal!!!! I did this in 2010 and got the big number 5 medal for the 5th anniversary. Had I known that, I would have held off on doing the coast to coast for 1 more year. Oh well. I guess I have to just do this race again to get this gorgeous medal!!!!
We also had a wonderful interaction with Chip at Goofy's breakfast. And only Chip, no Dale. He was great fun and wrote on our table too! I'm glad you got to experience that as well!!
It IS pretty, isn't it? Sorry you got the 5. Bet they thought you would think it was pretty special... The funny thing it, it looks like the Old English D that is the symbol for the Detroit Tigers! That's what I think of when I see it. I do love the C2C medal, though.
How great that you got the same kind of interaction that we did with Chip. I was laughing SO hard; it was great to get that kind of interaction, even though we were adults with no kids!
The breakfast I went to at DL also had a crazy mix of characters. At first I thought it was strange, but it was so much fun because you never knew who would come out next. Funny, we also had Chip but no Dale-- and Chip had us all laughing, too, dancing and carrying on.
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Our park for the afternoon was California Adventure, because we had a reservation with friends at Ariel's Grotto for dinner. We had mostly been spending time at Disneyland and hadn't been to CA since our first day, so we had lots of catching up to do. First, we took a silly picture of Duffy with a very big hat!
We'd been told not to miss the Aladdin show at DCA, and our Costco package had come with priority seating, so that was our first stop once we hit the park. It was awesome! We started chatting with the lady next to us, and found out that her brother was in the show! We weren't really supposed to take pictures, but I snuck a couple (non-) ones anyway:
The Genie was the highlight of the show!
The big man to the left of Iago (with the blue plume on his turban) is the brother of the woman next to us
After the show, we wanted to see if we could set up a meeting between little Duffy and his lifesized counterpart. We happened upon Lightning McQueen and Mater out for a meet with a fairly small line, so we visited with them before heading to:
We had to wait quite a long time, and it was hot standing in the sun, but it was worth it.
Duffy waited very patiently, and once the big guy arrived, we'd been there a long time, so we took a quick photo and went over to visit with another of our favorites:
We purchased this birthday Duffy for our oldest DD, who would be turning 12 the week after we got back from DLR.
I guess you're determined to finish up with this report so you can move on-- as soon as I post a response there's another update!
I must have missed the announcement or sign that said no pics during Aladdin-- I took a ton of them (no flash, of course)! What a great photo of Mickey with birthday Duffy.
Next on our to-do list was Monsters, Inc.: Mike & Sully to the Rescue! We passed through A Bug's Land again on our way to the Hollywood Pictures Backlot:
Check out the "baby" in the stroller!
Light fixture!
The parade was going on as we made our way from one end of the park to the other:
We waited a long time for Monsters Inc., but I knew we could ONLY ride this here, and at least it was inside and not in the hot sun!
I had my Disneyland Hidden Mickey's book out, so the CM told me about a couple to watch out for. There's one in this picture!
This ride moves VERY fast, so most of my pictures didn't turn out very well.
I love this scene in the movie. She can't speak intelligible words, but she's potty trained?
CDA are my son's intials
Usually, Roz talks to people as they go by in the cars. She had nothing to say to us.
Dinner was up next! We probably had about 30 people in our Tour Guide Mike group eating at Ariel's Grotto tonight. Since we were such a big group, it took some time for them to figure out how they were going to seat us, but we didn't mind waiting. We were out of the sun, and had lots of friends to chat and catch up with.
We were finally seated in a separate room, which was out by the water. It was lovely! The appetizers and desserts were family style, and the entrees were a la carte.
Our antipasti tower included: Salami, Marinated Mozzarella, Tomatoes, Gherkins, Olives, Red Pepper Bracelets, Chilled Vegetables with Pesto and Ranch dips, and "Jewels of the Sea" Fruit Gelatin, String Cheese, and Seasonal Fruit, A Mixed Greens Salad served with Ariel's Grotto House Vinaigrette, Sourdough Pull-apart Flower. (Obviously, we had seafood, too, which is not mentioned in the allears menu)
We enjoyed some adult beverages, beer for DH and this Very Berry Punch for me
Cioppino: Lobster Tail, Scallops, Sustainable Fish, Green-lip Mussels, Shrimp, and Bilbao Chorizo in a Fire-roasted Tomato Broth.
Lava Cake, Chocolate-Chip Strips, French Macaroons, S'more Chocolate Bites and a White Chocolate Conch Shell of fresh Berries. It was really a wonderful, relaxing way to end a fabulous, fun-filled weekend. It was also quite pricey ($120 for the two of us, including tip).
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The breakfast I went to at DL also had a crazy mix of characters. At first I thought it was strange, but it was so much fun because you never knew who would come out next. Funny, we also had Chip but no Dale-- and Chip had us all laughing, too, dancing and carrying on.
How fun!
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I guess you're determined to finish up with this report so you can move on-- as soon as I post a response there's another update!
I must have missed the announcement or sign that said no pics during Aladdin-- I took a ton of them (no flash, of course)! What a great photo of Mickey with birthday Duffy.
Yep, I want to get this one done so I can finish my marathon report from January. Maybe it wasn't the PHOTOS I wasn't supposed to take...it may have been the video I was thinking of!
Wow, you have been busy with the updates! What an amazing time at Goofy's Kitchen - such fun memories! I remember having a great time when we last ate there and I'm hoping we'll get to go back in December.
Such a fun breakfast with Chip!!! Sounds like a great afternoon at California afternoon and dinner looks delicious!!
It was such a terrific ending to our trip!
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Great updates! Beautiful medals too. Love the shot of Mrs Incredible ( I forget her superhero name) . Food looks fantastic
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Wow, you have been busy with the updates! What an amazing time at Goofy's Kitchen - such fun memories! I remember having a great time when we last ate there and I'm hoping we'll get to go back in December.
I went back and forth on which character meal to do. I'm glad it worked out so well.
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Beautiful medals! Sounds like you had two wonderful meals this day!
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I remember walking through Downtown Disney to get to our hotel, because I stopped and called my parents to let them know how the race went. We went to the hotel, showered and headed out, because we had a very special breakfast to attend! First, a closeup of the medals we'd earned:
Bet they thought you would think it was pretty special... The funny thing it, it looks like the Old English D that is the symbol for the Detroit Tigers! That's what I think of when I see it. I do love the C2C medal, though. 
We weren't really supposed to take pictures, but I snuck a couple (non-
) ones anyway:
Maybe it wasn't the PHOTOS I wasn't supposed to take...it may have been the video I was thinking of!
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I remember having a great time when we last ate there and I'm hoping we'll get to go back in December.
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