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Thanks for the kind comments - I'm so glad you all enjoyed coming along for the (two) ride(s)! It really was surreal to have been in both parks on the same day, and I highly recommend the experience!
BTW...I must ask...how did you manage to get pictures from the waterslide and not destroy you camera???? I'm having visons of you or your DH going down the slide in some contorted way to keep the camera dry!! LOL!!!
Welllllll.... we cheated! We went back to the pool in our street clothes after breakfast and walked up to the top of the slide to take pictures.
I think this will be the most protracted retelling of a single Disney day in the history of these boards! Although I am an editor, I am completely unable to whittle down the number of amazing Disneyland photos the Roots took that day (and here I’m talking about the scenery, not the shots of us!), so I will just have to make multiple posts over the next few days so you can see them all!
How we came to meet up with our Orlando-based wedding photographers in Disneyland just days after seeing them at Walt Disney World was a happy twist of fate. Our double date at WDW had been on the books since they got sick and we missed them during our honeymoon. But then they decided to take their belated honeymoon to Disneyland, and the dates just happened to coincide with our 2 Parks, 1 Day trip to both parks!
We decided to meet for lunch at Disneyland that Sunday. However, about two weeks before the trip, it finally dawned on me that we would be at my all-time favorite place with my all-time favorite photographers – and we’d be crazy not to do a photo shoot! The idea of getting pictures of me and DH in my favorite corner of the park (and the place where he proposed) – New Orleans Square – had me giddy. The Roots very graciously agreed to give up part of their honeymoon (and some sleep!) to meet us at Disneyland at 7am, when it opened for Magic Mornings (our pale imitation of Extra Magic Hours – you can only go once during your stay).
So that’s how I came to wake up at 4:30am after falling into bed at 1:30am. Because any time I know the Roots will be around and holding cameras, my vanity requires me to hire a little professional help in the looks department!
The Roots almost didn’t make it past security with their pro equipment due to some paparazzi-related paranoia surrounding Miley Cirus’ upcoming birthday party at Disneyland...
September 28th, and the Halloween decorations were up...
I’m stealing Jensey’s caption for this photo:
“This is Disneyland's City Hall. Where you can't buy tickets, complain, or make a reservation. I'm not sure what you can do here, actually; I think it's just a big, fancy building to get your birthday button!”
It’s true!!!
First ones in the park? Gotta start with the Hub.
Necking in front of the Tea Cups (because it’s physically impossible to neck while on the Tea Cups!).
More glorious submarine shots later... We stopped at DH’s fave place in Tomorrowland, the retro-futuristic stage at Tomorrowland Terrace that rises from the ground for Jedi Training Academy and cheesy cover bands on the weekend.
We pause to prepare for The Future...
...And then welcome it with open arms!
Another of DH’s favorite places is, well, anywhere people like to toss coins....
He likes to fantasize about collecting all of it for our Disney Jar...
This little guy hides equipment for the fireworks show!
Carrie, thank you for sharing more fantastic pictures. That was so sweet of the Roots to give up some time on their Belated Honeymoon to take a photo shoot of you at Disneyland.
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Love the pictures, they came out great. I was totally impressed with your bi-costal HM and POC rides. I really was getting worried when you were stuck on SpM....I found myself gettting all worried that you would be trapped in MK and never make your plane....but you made it and got it all done
Carrie, thank you for sharing more fantastic pictures. That was so sweet of the Roots to give up some time on their Belated Honeymoon to take a photo shoot of you at Disneyland.
Totally! I still feel a little guilty about it, but since Nathan enjoys shooting in his free time and basically is never without a camera, I justify it by saying that they woulda been taking pix that day anyway, so... we just happened to be in all of them!
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Love the pictures, they came out great. I was totally impressed with your bi-costal HM and POC rides. I really was getting worried when you were stuck on SpM....I found myself gettting all worried that you would be trapped in MK and never make your plane....but you made it and got it all done
Hee hee! Thank you for your concern! I was worried too!
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Great DL photos!
They take such amazing photos - the ones I'm showing you are only from one day of three days they spent at Disneyland!
I forgot to put some commentary in the last installment, but it was pretty mundane. Like how my makeup turned out WAY too heavy for my taste (fake eyelashes? no thank you!) but ended up looking great on film. When we got into Disneyland at rope drop we tried to rush to New Orleans Square for photos before anyone got there, but they had a rope up. I tried to jump it in my enthusiasm and got yelled at – grrrr!
Anyway, it all worked out, because even when it finally opened, there was still hardly anybody there!
Through Frontierland to get to New Orleans Square
Lillian: “Uh, nice anniversary present, Walt.... waaay better than that bowling ball you got me last year...”
At last... the Court d’Anges! This is my favoritist spot in all of Disneyland – or any Disney park I’ve been to! Patrick knew this, and that’s why he proposed there. Buckle up – there’s a lot of smooching ahead....
Proposal reenactment...
Actual proposal spot...
Let’s take a break from smooching for a mo’
Is it possible to draw a caricature of a caricature?
So we’d done my favorite spot in the park – next it was time for DH’s favorite spot: The Tree House!
We waited for Nathan to get up close and then triggered the cheetah’s scream – he jumped about a foot!
DH wants to live in the Tree House...
After we climbed down from the tree house, we made our way toward an area of the park that’s become a favorite since our vaguely Moroccan wedding, the Aladdin storytelling spot that replaced the Tahitian Terrace restaurant adjacent to the Tiki Room. It’s a pretty dreadful show, but the theming is great and there’s beautiful courtyard waiting area.
As he frequently does, DH found a penny...
The Enchanted Tiki Room is another of our favorites. A lot of people think it’s cheesey, but we LOVE tiki stuff and the fact that it was the first attraction with Animatronics and just find it charming. I think Nathan and Jensey were not similarly enthralled, but they dutifully took amazing pictures of the place for us!
Those are the last shots of us you’ll have to endure for a while. At this point, we all took a break so they could have alone time and we could go swimming in the Disneyland Hotel’s Neverland Pool. But don’t worry – there will be more gorgeous Root shots of Disney later in the day when we all meet up again!
Great pics (as we all knew they would be ) - I especially like the one taken from above of you spinning around...very arty!
But please tell me you didn't really put that penny in your mouth to test it..?!?
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It really was surreal to have been in both parks on the same day, and I highly recommend the experience!
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) - I especially like the one taken from above of you spinning around...very arty! 
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