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Such a wonderful parade! After it ended, we dashed out into the street for a spot to watch the Disneyland Forever fireworks. We were so focused on getting a spot that Karen had left her purse on the sidewalk! Luckily, Mark spotted it and snagged it for her.
It was easy after the poor results from the night before to just take it all in and not take photographs. I think of all the spots we watched it, this was probably my favorite – it was a very immersive experience. I truly felt surrounded by magic!
We called it a night (not that we had a choice – the park was now closed ) and walked out with the rest of the crowd. Cheryl and Mark had dinner at Steakhouse 55, so we all walked back to the DLH together. Karen and I said goodnight to them and then headed up.
Up Next: Enjoying a mostly empty park
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Mickey's so happy to see me back, he can barely contain himself!
I so knew you'd taken more shots - I seemed to remember you snapping away. Mind you, I don't think I could ever watch that parade and not take any photos.
I am so glad I found your updates. I love your TRs and think you are one of the best photographers. I also thought it was interesting that you do not like Dasani water. My DD also doesn't but I have attributed that to her fussiness, not a bad taste. Maybe she has a point.
Glad you had a wonderful time. I need to get back to DL. I actually like it more than WDW but don't like the cross country flight to get there.
Wonderful update and more great photos of Paint the Night. Also love the group shots of all of you together. The ones of you & Karen with Olaf were so cute!
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Such amazing photos from the PTN Parade, which you captured so well! Glad RSR was up and running again and got to do it with Cheryl and Mark! Some more great times in the various parts of DL the next day!
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October 6, 2017-Enjoying an amazing dinner at Victoria & Albert's with PP's Dot and Drew
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Amazing shots of the parade! Seeing all those amazing pictures of DL and DCA is making me of my oldest son. He'll be going on a student trip next summer to California and will be visiting the parks.
I so knew you'd taken more shots - I seemed to remember you snapping away. Mind you, I don't think I could ever watch that parade and not take any photos.
Yup, I couldn't help myself.
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I am so glad I found your updates. I love your TRs and think you are one of the best photographers. I also thought it was interesting that you do not like Dasani water. My DD also doesn't but I have attributed that to her fussiness, not a bad taste. Maybe she has a point.
Glad you had a wonderful time. I need to get back to DL. I actually like it more than WDW but don't like the cross country flight to get there.
Thanks! I think I've passed my distaste for Dasani onto my DM. So once three people agree on anything, that makes it completely true!
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Wonderful update and more great photos of Paint the Night. Also love the group shots of all of you together. The ones of you & Karen with Olaf were so cute!
Thanks! It was really cool to meet Olaf (no pun intended )
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Ugh! the heat. Hope it isn't that bad we I go in November.
Still loving the PTN photos and all those special shots are great too.
You should have better weather in November! And those special Photopass spots were so much fun. We managed to get them all!
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Thanks for all the great photos of Paint the Night, my new favorite nighttime parade! The music totally had me bouncing.
PTN is so much fun! I think it's my favorite nighttime parade, too!
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Such amazing photos from the PTN Parade, which you captured so well! Glad RSR was up and running again and got to do it with Cheryl and Mark! Some more great times in the various parts of DL the next day!
It seems that RSR still has issues getting opened up in the mornings. But once we got on, it was just as much fun as ever.
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Really amazing photos of the parade. Thank you
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Amazing shots of the parade! Seeing all those amazing pictures of DL and DCA is making me of my oldest son. He'll be going on a student trip next summer to California and will be visiting the parks.
Umm, you need to volunteer as a chaperone!
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Mickey's so happy to see me back, he can barely contain himself!
My apologies for the delay in posting a new update. Photobucket did not want to play nicely with my laptop. After about an hour of frustration, I gave up! Hopefully there won't be any more delays. Now, on with the TR!
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Day Nine – Thursday, September 10 Enjoying a mostly empty park
Karen and I were up early and got ready for a fun day. I was going to have more fun than Karen today, because Karen needed to be on a work call (and if I remember, she actually didn’t need to be on it after all ), so I’d have a bit of solo time while she was doing that. But we had time to play first.
We started off with our regular routine – a quick breakfast in the lounge before heading out into the park. I have to say how much I loved being able to look at both parks (and Downtown Disney) while having breakfast. It really helped build up excitement for visiting the park.
We went to Disneyland and headed straight for Peter Pan’s Flight. This is the one attraction that we hadn’t managed to do before because of lines. And what do you know, there were lines again today. It looked to be about a 30 minute wait, so I convinced Karen to just do it – I figured it wouldn’t be any shorter as the day wore on.
While we were in line, I happened to hear the people in front of us discussing Action Park, an extreme ride amusement park which used to be open in New Jersey somewhere. More to the point, this guy was telling his friend how Action Park was so dangerous and so many people got hurt on their rides that it had to be shut down. I’ve been there once when I was maybe 10 years old, and my dad was one of the people who actually got hurt on one of the rides (he got a pretty bad scrape riding one of their slides). I told the guy this story and we laughed about it (Dad wasn’t hurt seriously, after all). The guy told me he heard that Action Park is opening up again (or it may have already, by this point). I could look it up, but I don’t really care. I wouldn’t go there if you paid me.
After our flight over Neverland, we took a spin with Mr. Toad. Say what you want about Toad's driving, it’s still much safer than Action Park!
Next we did the Matterhorn in the single rider line. I wanted another look at the amazing new Yeti. The Matterhorn is crazy bumpy but so much fun!
Then we did the Matterhorn Photopass spot. This one was a ton of fun (actually, all of them were pretty fun ).
And our bonus shot…
Next we went on it’s a small world. I love it at Disneyland – from being able to be outside while riding to the Disney characters worked in, it’s just a better experience to me (though I’ll admit I still like the one at Disneyland Paris best). I was able to get some pretty good photos to add to my vast collection.
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After it ended, we dashed out into the street for a spot to watch the Disneyland Forever fireworks. We were so focused on getting a spot that Karen had left her purse on the sidewalk! 
Luckily, Mark spotted it and snagged it for her. 
) and walked out with the rest of the crowd. Cheryl and Mark had dinner at Steakhouse 55, so we all walked back to the DLH together. Karen and I said goodnight to them and then headed up. 
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Mind you, I don't think I could ever watch that parade and not take any photos. 
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Glad RSR was up and running again and got to do it with Cheryl and Mark! Some more great times in the various parts of DL the next day! 
of my oldest son. He'll be going on a student trip next summer to California and will be visiting the parks.
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And those special Photopass spots were so much fun. We managed to get them all!
But once we got on, it was just as much fun as ever. 
), so I’d have a bit of solo time while she was doing that. But we had time to play first.
I wouldn’t go there if you paid me. 
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