Originally Posted By SoThisIsLove I'm gonna do it! It's not going to be the best, but it WILL be heartfelt. See you next week, guys, and keep an eye out for LP Live pictures. xoxo (Thanks to those who sent such sweet, supporting emails and you KNOW who you are! See you this weekend, birthday girl. ♥)
Originally Posted By ShivaThDestroyer Twin, Hope you and TinksGuy have a wonderful and magical visit. Give the birthday girl a hug from us too!! I'll be checking the LP Live pics on a regular basis.
Originally Posted By mmaus1962 STIL, have a fabulous time! I, myself was this --> <-- close to heading out to DL this weekend, but the finances wouldn't cooperate. Safe journeys!
Originally Posted By disneylandfan8 Hope you have a magical, pixie-dust filled, FUN time this weekend. I'll be anxiously awaiting your TRIP REPORT and photos!!! xoxoxoxoxoxox to you all!
Originally Posted By TINK-MOBILE You Both are going to have a Wonderful Time , Wishing,.. Wishing,.. Wishing,.. for the Dreams in your Heart to come True..STIL...you are a very Special person in our lives and in the Lives of sooo many others, have fun in this Magical Place...say hi to Nadia, Wes , Eric , they are our most wonderful photo pass friends out there, happy with their cameras, just have a Wonderful Time. Hugs and Tugs from your Friend The Tink-Mobile.....Dreams do come true at this place and on the path to this place as one of mine did talking with you, thanks to a Fine Bud named Shiva...Your twin.....yes give that Birthday Gal a hug from us to, hope she had a fun day...missed meeting her...
Originally Posted By llanatoye Dang STIL, wish I had known you were going to be there, see I've missed yet another opportunity to meet you again, the first time was way too short. Hope you have the most wonderful time. Looking forward to the TR's and pictures, give Mickey a squeeze from me
Originally Posted By SoThisIsLove And I'm delaying....!!!! xoxox Pollyana, I'll report manana, all right, querida? xoxo
Originally Posted By SoThisIsLove (Whoops, I thought that meant "dear one". An online dictionary says I just called you "mistress". Sorry! LOL!)
Originally Posted By SoThisIsLove Rats. Thanks, everyone for your kind wishes. Here's a group hug for everyone {{{♥LP family♥}}}
Originally Posted By Pollyana I enjoyed each picture you posted, STIL. I just can't wait to go, and BTW, did you stay at HOJO in MY room?????
Originally Posted By SoThisIsLove LOL! Nope, Mistress Polly of the Dark (or, I guess, Glad). We stayed in 1705 and it ROCKED! What a perfect, perfect view. We were too tired to request your room. I was like: just give me a floor and let me die....... The sunlight thingies (what do you call those things) really let the light in once the sun came up, but it didn't faze us. We were completely toast. Fried. Beyond the pale. Destroyed, even. xoxo By the way: DH sent all the pics and he captioned them in his own unique way (giving folks new names and stuff and writing small novellas) Sorry, mods! xoxo
Originally Posted By disneylandfan8 Uh, er, am I STIL waiting? (...pulls out a bag of Hershey Kisses...)
Originally Posted By SoThisIsLove That'll do it everytime. I'll write it tomorrow. And it will be a very sad little tale of woe, which is why I've been putting it off. So, yeah. ♫Tomorrow, tomorrow, I'll write it, tomorrow...and you'll all be sad I did.....♫ Thanks for the Kisses, dlfan8. You do know the way to my heart. xoxo
Originally Posted By SoThisIsLove Warning: this is rated X for x-cruciating. It is not full of warm fuzzies. I'm sorry. xoxo Why, oh why, did I tempt fate and begin this thread? I’m being punished as only a tempter can be, I guess. First off, please note that our girls were not raised as Disneyland kids. They’ve known the music, the movies, the ‘toons. Just not the Land. Hence the ensuing heartbreak… We left the Phoenix area at 3 am (we should’ve left at 10:30 pm). Should’ve taken this as a harbinger of doom, but nay…we pressed on. Arrived, sleepless, at HoJo’s around 8:30. The room of course, was not ready, so the girls and I became breathtakingly attractive while changing in the lobby restroom of building one. We actually had a great first day. We had breakfast at the Riverbelle, at the request of the birthday girl, DD16. It was lovely sitting on the patio and the food was terrific (Club 33 bacon lovers: it was definitely “worthy”) The little sparrows were precious and DD18 enjoyed sharing her crumbs with them. *Note: DD18 is vegan, so we got to know the fruit stands well. The main street fruit stand sold fruit for $4.00. Riverbelle had a similar offering for $7.99, for example. So, the fruit stands are probably your best bet. We did Splash a couple of times and that is where it became apparent that they are not, in fact, my children. They do not “like” Splash. "It is so 80’s. And the eyes on the animals are so freaky, mom!" They endured Pirates. (Boring) They actually semi-enjoyed Indy. And now, the redeeming moment: they LOVED the Billies. Thank heaven for small favors! It was DD16’s second time, but DD18’s very first. She was totally entranced. Thank you, dearest Billies. xoxo DD18 had never been to DCA so we went there next. The girls loved Soarin’. (Who couldn’t? I cannot get enough of that flying sensation and the luscious smells…mmm) They loved Grizzly. They enjoyed Monsters. But the real highlight of their day came in and around the Animation building. First, we caught the “Drawn to the Magic” show. Excellent! Three “animators” (gosh, if they’re animators, too, wow…) sing and dance in a great audience participation show. By a lovely stroke of luck, the DD’s were chosen by 2 of the performers to go onstage. They posed, danced, and sang and were quite beautiful up their on stage, if I do say so myself. They got to keep the drawings done by the animators: Cinderella for DD18 and Sorcerer Mickey for DD16. Then, off to the animation academy where it was drawing, turtle talk, zoetrope, sorcerer’s workshop…oh, yeah. And Dream Ears. We were so thrilled. It was like winning the lottery. We spent a couple of hours in that one building. The girls were HOME. That was about it for DCA. The girls were tired and they called it a day!!!! DH and I were like……no way! So, we went back to the room. DH napped while DD18 and I got pizza and vegan food at the grocery store. After that, DH and I headed back and partied at DL until it shut down at midnight. Heavenly. We were exhausted, but thoroughly happy. It was the first time we had seen the fireworks from inside DL, in front of the castle. I’m such a goof. I just cried. It was all so beautiful….. Day Two: Girls went on strike; refused to participate. DH and I enjoyed spending time with Lady Starlight and Son and, later in the evening, watching the fireworks with –PLP- right in front of the castle! Breathtaking! DH made friends with some Canadians right next to us, and I silently sat, huddled in my still-wet clothes from Grizzly. It was worth it! We met submarine-maniac in the photo shop on Main and went to Disneyana with –PLP- as our partner in some secret skullduggery. Day Three: Girls on strike in the morning. Finally…(insert “spirited family discussion” here) we got them to go to the park with us around noon. Got DD16 her birthday button and we did whatever the princesses desired…pics with Tigger and the lovely Minnie (thank you, Minnie…you made her day); Alice in Wonderland, Buzz, Matterhorn, Space Mtn, Nemo…stuff like that. We had lunch at Rancho del Zocolo (note: nothing vegan…just vegetarian…is available there) Did Tower of Terror (very proud of DD18 for that one!) and then the girls decided to go to Newport Beach. (Did I mention we got the girls from someone on Ebay?) DH and I thought……well, what the heck, and we just had a blast the rest of the time, until the girls graced us with their presence again, about 6:30. Shut down the place. Well, it closed at 8 pm, much to my sorrow. No fireworks. No pixie dust. No Tink. Last trip report I’m ever doing…last time the princesses ever go to DL…and I cannot WAIT until I am back in the park. Xoxo PS Sorry it was a downer. And you know what? In real life, they are not such freaks…who knows what jinx got thrown on us this time?
Originally Posted By Pollyana You should have taken ME! It's too bad that we all don't share that special Pixie dust and magical feeling for Disneyland. But I am very proud of the fact that the DD's liked the Billies. I turned you on to them, STIL and it is still a priority when we go. In less than 3 weeks, we will be walking down Main Street and smelling the smells, tasting the goods, and having a great time. Fall hours are a bummer though. We will have to leave the park at 8pm. Oh well, we will have a great time. Thanks for posting the report, I know it was hard for you to write.
