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What a great start to your tour! With the exception of the food at dinner. All the goodies you get with the tour is pretty awesome! The guy dressed as spiderman cracked me up. That is definitely a Walmart Halloween costume.
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What a wonderful first day! You really packed a lot in on your own. And how absolutely cool about your great aunt winning an Academy Award, and very cool memento you have now with the picture in the theatre.
Wow, sounds like a great and packed first day! Glad you were able to sleep in a bit and do some pre-ABD touring. Sorry the dinner was meh but sounds like the company more than made up for it.
Can't wait to hear about the next day's adventures....
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The company was great and I think this will be a wonderful touring group. There are mostly adults, two 10-ish-year-old girls, and a few young, but very mature teens. It'll be interesting to see how they accomodate the different ages and interests.
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Great first day! Your lunch looked really good! Bummer about the dinner, though. I'm glad the company was good!
I'm keeping my fingers crossed for you for Club 33! Enjoy your tour tomorrow, especially at Jim Henson Studios! Sophia was wearing her new Animal t-shirt today!
I love that shirt she got! I'm still thinking of going back to the Soda Shop for the Mickey shirt.
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What a wonderful day you had! Your resort looks amazing.
The location is perfect for a non-Disney LA visit. The staff is great also. Of course, all you need to do is say, "I'm with Adventures by Disney" and they practically leap over the counter to help!
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It's looking to shape up to a great tour. I can't believe how small Rita Hayworth's feet were, and how cool that you got to see a memento that brought back memories of your Great Aunt. Hope it's not as hot today, and have fun!
Thank you for that link, Sharon! I had asked guide Matt if there was a key and he said that the intent was for them to remain anonymous. I should have known someone would have researched and made a website! Now I'm going to go back to the mall area this afternoon to look at more quotes. It was getting frustrating to read them and not know the authors.
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What a great start to your tour! With the exception of the food at dinner. All the goodies you get with the tour is pretty awesome! The guy dressed as spiderman cracked me up. That is definitely a Walmart Halloween costume.
His costume wasn't even the worst, but I couldn't take pics unless their backs were turned as I didn't want to be hit up for money. Some of them really did make more of an effort with the costumes, and you have to hand it to them for figuring out a way to make some money these days. The tourists posing with them didn't seem to have any complaints. The Captain Jack character was really good, but the Mickeys (there were several out at the same time!) were just sad-looking.
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What a wonderful first day! You really packed a lot in on your own. And how absolutely cool about your great aunt winning an Academy Award, and very cool memento you have now with the picture in the theatre.
I never met her, but my Grandfather spoke of her. It is something, though-- FIVE Oscars is pretty great.
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Great day Laurie! I'm sorry the food wasn't up to par but it sounds like everything else was wonderful! Hope you are having a great day today!
It's supposed to be cooler today (mid-80's), which should help. I don't see much on Tam o'Shanter's website for veggies, but I'm hoping they'll come up with something good! If not, a nice dinner at a sit-down place in the area is definitely called for.
Great day! That area around your hotel looks like a lot of fun, it's good that there is so much to see within walking distance. I can't believe how small Rita Hayworth's feet were! Here hands too, they look child sized. Those costumed characters around the theater remind me of the ones in NYC's Times Square. Last winter we took the girls to the city and when we passed the people dressed like Minnie and Mickey even Kaeli asked, "what is wrong with Mickey??" He definitely did NOT look like the one we are all used to at the parks!
Great day! That area around your hotel looks like a lot of fun, it's good that there is so much to see within walking distance. I can't believe how small Rita Hayworth's feet were! Here hands too, they look child sized. Those costumed characters around the theater remind me of the ones in NYC's Times Square. Last winter we took the girls to the city and when we passed the people dressed like Minnie and Mickey even Kaeli asked, "what is wrong with Mickey??" He definitely did NOT look like the one we are all used to at the parks!
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Sounds like you had a fabulous first day! I'm sorry that dinner wasn't entirely up to par, but it sounds like you are with a good group of people.
I'm interested to hear how today goes and see your photos from the open air bus!
And yes, as to your earlier comments... Meri is definitely growing up too fast! I'm not ready! But I do know we'll get to hang out with you before she's grown!!!
Sounds like an awesome start! That tour of Paramount sounded like so much fun! And not to hijack, but Jeannie, I can't believe you've seen so few stars! I've seen more than that here in NYC. I just saw Henry Winkler about a week or so ago!
I'm glad you're enjoying the new (kind of) Loews Hotel, Laurie. It's interesting to see what changes they're making. And I'm glad to hear your guides are already taking such good care of you! And I'm finding it very interesting to hear how the tour has changed.
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Sounds like an awesome start! That tour of Paramount sounded like so much fun! And not to hijack, but Jeannie, I can't believe you've seen so few stars! I've seen more than that here in NYC. I just saw Henry Winkler about a week or so ago!
I was born in the city of Los Angeles and grew up on the east side of LA...middle class, suburbs, not all that hip. Stars really wouldn't be caught dead in my neck of the woods, lol!
Funny that you mentioned Henry Winkler. I saw him on my cousin's wedding day when we were having photos taken at a really nice hotel in Pasadena. Henry Winkler was walking out when we were walking in. Since my cousin was in her wedding dress, Henry congratulated her and told her how beautiful she looked.
To be honest, I can't remember much more than Henry, Bob Newhart, Richard Dean Anderson, and Gates McFadden. I'm sure there were a few more, but unfortunately none that I can recall, lol! I did see the top of Morgan Fairchild once when I was walking around South Street in Philadelphia. She's so tiny that all I saw was the top of her puffy blonde hair but everyone around was saying it was Morgan Fairchild.
I saw Pierce Brosnan at DLR's Downtown Disney a few months ago. He was having breakfast about 20 feet away from me...so effectively, I had breakfast "with" Pierce Brosnan!
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Laurie - OMG what a wonderful start to your trip!! I remember reading about the "Star Trek IV" tank and hearing about it on the making of parts of the DVD (yes - not only a disney geek, but a star trek one too..). I can't wait to hear about your tours!!
I was born in the city of Los Angeles and grew up on the east side of LA...middle class, suburbs, not all that hip. Stars really wouldn't be caught dead in my neck of the woods, lol!
Born and raised in SoCal, too. I usually see celebs at LAX - the last time they were paging Susan Sarandon - and then she boarded the plan to NY. You just never know!
Great day! That area around your hotel looks like a lot of fun, it's good that there is so much to see within walking distance. I can't believe how small Rita Hayworth's feet were! Here hands too, they look child sized. Those costumed characters around the theater remind me of the ones in NYC's Times Square. Last winter we took the girls to the city and when we passed the people dressed like Minnie and Mickey even Kaeli asked, "what is wrong with Mickey??" He definitely did NOT look like the one we are all used to at the parks!
Looking forward to more!
"What's wrong with Mickey?" I love it! I didn't know they're now doing that in Times Square.
Yes, Rita Hayworth's hands are tiny! I didn't think she was an especially small person-- she always looks quite majestic on screen. I knew her daughter, too, and she was tall.
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Sounds like you had a fabulous first day! I'm sorry that dinner wasn't entirely up to par, but it sounds like you are with a good group of people.
I'm interested to hear how today goes and see your photos from the open air bus!
And yes, as to your earlier comments... Meri is definitely growing up too fast! I'm not ready! But I do know we'll get to hang out with you before she's grown!!!
I didn't take many photos from the open-air tour, but there are lots of photos from the rest of the day coming up.
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Just catching up, great surprise tour! The hotel looks lovely and perfectly located. Looking forward to hearing about today's adventures.
Tonight is our last night at this hotel, which has been very nice.
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Sounds like an awesome start! That tour of Paramount sounded like so much fun! And not to hijack, but Jeannie, I can't believe you've seen so few stars! I've seen more than that here in NYC. I just saw Henry Winkler about a week or so ago!
I'm glad you're enjoying the new (kind of) Loews Hotel, Laurie. It's interesting to see what changes they're making. And I'm glad to hear your guides are already taking such good care of you! And I'm finding it very interesting to hear how the tour has changed.
I've seen lots of stars in NYC also. Fewer today than I used to. I sat next to Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward (my seat was next to Paul!) at the ballet, had the table next to Judy Garland and Liza Minelli at the old Palm Court tea room at the Plaza, and have seen others passing on the street.
I am enjoying the Loews! If I weren't so excited about seeing the Grand Californian I wouldn't want to leave tomorrow. I'm sure they have more changes in store for this location.
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I was born in the city of Los Angeles and grew up on the east side of LA...middle class, suburbs, not all that hip. Stars really wouldn't be caught dead in my neck of the woods, lol!
Funny that you mentioned Henry Winkler. I saw him on my cousin's wedding day when we were having photos taken at a really nice hotel in Pasadena. Henry Winkler was walking out when we were walking in. Since my cousin was in her wedding dress, Henry congratulated her and told her how beautiful she looked.
To be honest, I can't remember much more than Henry, Bob Newhart, Richard Dean Anderson, and Gates McFadden. I'm sure there were a few more, but unfortunately none that I can recall, lol! I did see the top of Morgan Fairchild once when I was walking around South Street in Philadelphia. She's so tiny that all I saw was the top of her puffy blonde hair but everyone around was saying it was Morgan Fairchild.
I saw Pierce Brosnan at DLR's Downtown Disney a few months ago. He was having breakfast about 20 feet away from me...so effectively, I had breakfast "with" Pierce Brosnan!
Isn't it odd that we're all so fascinated with celebrities? And, now that the cult of celebrity-watching has gotten so out-of-control, ironically they're harder to spot than they used to be.
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Laurie - OMG what a wonderful start to your trip!! I remember reading about the "Star Trek IV" tank and hearing about it on the making of parts of the DVD (yes - not only a disney geek, but a star trek one too..). I can't wait to hear about your tours!!
Today was GREAT!
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Born and raised in SoCal, too. I usually see celebs at LAX - the last time they were paging Susan Sarandon - and then she boarded the plan to NY. You just never know!
I guess the airport is a prime spot for the paparazzi!
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