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Moving on with the current of the years.
We go on
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It's time to move on and move forward.
PassPorter is a small business, and for many years it supported our family. But the world changed, print books took a backseat to the Internet, and for a long time now it has been unable to make ends meet. We've had to find new ways to support our family, which means new careers and less and less time available to devote to our first baby, PassPorter.
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02-19-2010, 01:46 AM
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Community Rank: Passenger 
Join Date: Dec 2009
Posts: 28
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Day 14 - November 10: Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue.
Pictures taken from our hotel room at Grand Californian:
And some more shots in our room:
When we enter for our last Magic Morning there’s again several characters out on Town Square. I want to say good bye to Chip and Dale, so we get in Chip’s line. He recognizes me and gives me a big hug, then motions that Dale is coming over and we’ll wait for him to take a picture. Thank you Chip.
Some more rides on Buzz later I do have a new highscore. Nowhere near the one they robbed be off, but hey… it’s a start. 
Pixie Hollow does have a line like last year meanwhile… looks like others realized meanwhile that the line was a breeze, and it’s not a breeze anymore. 
Assorted shots from Fantasyland during Magic Morning:
We’re headed for another showing of the Showboat Jubilee when there’s a speaker announcement: the Disneyland Band is playing at the castle. On a Monday? Why isn’t this on the schedule?!  Change of plans, we’re staying for the concert.
Excuse the picture quality, I was trying not to get in anyone’s way with the scooter.
After that it’s just time for another performance of the Showboat Jubilee.
We just have enough time for the Meet & Greet with Tiana and Naveen – better play safe and get another picture while I can, plus I want them to sign the park map for my friend.
It’s a little more busy this time, but still not what I expected. I’m third in line this time, this gives me a nice view and I can tape the arrival of the parade.
Andrea also asked if we could go to Café Orleans again, so this is our stop for lunch. We have – you guess it – the Monte Cristo.
And yes, I cleared the plate a third time. I wish I had any idea why this dish isn’t bothering me.
Christmas Decorations at New Orleans Square:
Turns out Café Orleans is quite a good place to snap more photos of the Showboat Jubilee if your camera has a strong zoom.
Leaving the Café we bump into the arriving Princess again and I decide to get in line for the Meet & Greet again. Hey, all good things come in threes, right? 
This time one of the dancers passing gives me beads too.
We do some more pin trading until it’s 2.10 PM… we really have our last chance to see Alice and the Mad Hatter at Coke Corner today. Rafael’s in the area and has some spare time, so he comes to say good bye. We look for a seat there and have extremely delicious Cherry Cokes. (Definitely a spot I will visit again next year.) Mad Hatter arrives on time, but Alice is late. That way I get a picture with him.
And we get to listen to him performing with the piano player.
Windows at Coke Corner:
We’ve been listening for a while when Chip & Dale come out of a door in the back of the seating area.
Some kids yell out for them. But then Chip catches sight of me, jumps and comes running towards me to give me a that big hug that for a moment I am afraid the scooter might topple over. Andrea snickers. Okay, okay, I admit it… I may have taken too many photos with them.
A couple of minutes later the next visitors are passing through. A cast member working at Aladdin’s Oasis walks through the door. And he’s got someone in tow… someone large and blue. Oh my god. The Genie?! The Genie is out? 
I know he's out more at WDW, but this was the first time in all of the years I have been going to Disneyland that I saw him out. The only time I actually saw him before was in the Christmas parade.
The duo wanders of in the direction of Adventureland, pretending to look for Aladdin. Forget about Alice, I want to see the Genie. I ask Rafael to toss out the rest of my coke and take off. Andrea yells after me: “You can't follow them like a 3 year old." “Of course I can… it’s the freaking Genie!” – yelled back from quite a distance away.
After a lot of “searching” they find Aladdin near Indiana Jones and Aladdin and Genie start taking pictures and signing autographs. You can tell from the stupid grin on the photo how happy I was.
Rafael has to leave, and another friend is coming to say goodbye, so we make our way back to GCH through DCA again.
Shots from the Grand Californian lobby:
TBC in Day 15: Time to say goodbye |
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