CDNCruiser

The threads I started several years ago with instructions for Mickey Lamp Posts and Mickey Rope Lights have been pretty active lately.

I'm glad to see the interest from all of the Do-It-Yourselfers!

I don't think I ever posted this project. 

This one is very easy - and a great way to display all those Antenna Toppers!

http://www.carol-anne.ca/Antenna%20Topper%20Rack.htm

Have Fun!

I haven't seen a Minnie version either.  I'd love to see a picture! 

The rope light that I normally use might be a bit too rigid to make tight curls for the bow, but I did buy one, an 18 footer, several years ago at Spirit Halloween that was a bit more flexible and might do the job!

Show me a picture if you can, I'd like to try this out! 

Here's one for you!  A rack to display all those antenna toppers you own! 

http://www.carol-anne.ca/Antenna%20Topper%20Rack.htm

A hole saw is the way to go . . . but yes, they do cost $20 - $30.  Good news - you only have to buy it once.

When you use the hole saw, keep it flat to the surface of the globe and keep it moving at all times. 

Use light pressure, don't press too hard.

I have found that it melts it's way through as much as it cuts it's way through.

Just rub around the edges with a file or sandpaper to remove any beads of melted acrylic and you're ready to glue!

We were lucky to be Dave and Dee's neighbors at The Fort for a few weeks. 

We saw his amazing castle again and again and again . . . it just never gets old!

Thanks Dave! 

Thanks for sharing your pictures TCD!

http://land.allears.net/blogs/guestblog/2013/11/in_progress_the_dragon_calliop.html

An interesting blog on the missing calliope!

Great report . . . as always!

Thanks

The overlays at Disneyland's Haunted Mansion and It's a Small World are just amazing!

I sure hope that the Jingle Cruise is a huge success and leads to more overlays at WDW.

I'm late, but I'm here.  I love going down 81 from the North East.  84 out to 81 and 81 to 26 to 95.  Am I missing one?  The motorhome knows the way, I set the cruise and go play games with the rest of the family.  They always seem so nervous when I do that though.

 

Dan

Yup - 81 to 77 to 26 to 95 - that's our normal route.  We live just across the Canadian border, about 25 miles from where I-81 ends.

The only place my wife gets nervous is coming down that 7 mile hill from VA into NC.

Dan, do you play cards with the cruise control on coming down there?  :bugeyes:

I agree on the egg burger!!! I was introduced to what they call a "Hangover Burger" at this awesome burger joint in Corpus Christi, huge juicy burger with an over easy egg on top, yummmm!!!!!

In Australia McDonalds serves an "Aussie Burger" - it's a 1/4 Pounder with cheese plus a fried egg and a slice of beet.

In New Zealand the "Aussie Burger" is called a "Kiwi Burger" but they are identical.

They both sound pretty goofy . . . but they are good!

We use a Virgin Mobile MiFi . . . I think they use the Sprint network. 

Works just fine for us at the Fort.

Yes, that is the Olympic Stadium.  The Expo's played MLB there for many years!

The amusement park on those two islands in the St. Lawrence River is the site of EXPO 67 - the World's Fair which was held in Montreal in Canada's Centennial Year - 1967.  The biosphere is a geodesic dome designed by Buckminster Fuller - the same design as Spaceship earth.  It was built for EXPO 67.

As for the USA invading Quebec . . . give it your best shot!

The rest of Canada has been fighting the French-Canadiens since 1750.  We have defeated them dozens of times but they just won't quit fighting.

We go a few times a year . . . 1,405 miles to Fort Wilderness from our home in Canada.

While you were in Halifax did you hear about the explosion?

During WW1 a ship loaded with munitions was in a collision in the harbor.  It lost power, caught fire and drifted to the main dock before exploding.

It was the biggest man-made explosion until the Enola Gay dropped her little bundle of fun on Hiroshima during WW2.

Most of Halifax was levelled in the explosion!

I never heard of Sydney or Fort Louisbourg either. Thanks for sharing the information. It looks like a lot of effort was put in to the restoration.  Is this the equivalent of a National Park in the US?  Is Parks Canada the equivalent of the US National Parks Service? 

 

It is amazing what a different experience a cruise in the northeast is from a cruise to the Bahamas.

 

TCD

Judy already covered the Parks Canada question quite well, but I'll add that we also have some amazing Provincial Parks - similar to State Parks in America.

Sydney is a coal mining and steel making city.  The coal mines have many shafts which stretch out a few miles under the Atlantic Ocean.  They're a brave bunch, those coal miners who call themselves "Men of the Deeps".

The walled fortress at Louisbourg was the site of several battles during the French and Indian War (1754–1763).  Many New England soldiers and militiamen lost their lives at Louisbourg.  It is a great "living museum" and well worth a visit. 

There is a surprising amount of early American history here in Canada!

Tim Hortons has been huge in Canada for many years.

There are over 3,000 Timmies stores in Canada and about 600 in the USA.

We use a Virgin Mobile MiFi - $55.00 a month - 5 gb - no contract, pay as you go

We have a good signal all the way from Canada to the Fort.

And you have socialized medicine. Think there is a correlation?

There is definitely a correlation.  Wouldn't have it any other way - we Canadians are very happy with our Universal Health Care!

I wasn't sure if it was just crazy taxes because we were in a tourist area, or your whole country. I hope your pay meets the taxes! lordy! 

 

thankfully we filled up in NY and didn't need to buy gas, so we paid $3.85 a gallon. 

Niagara Falls is more expensive than average because of the tourism . . . but Canada in general is much more expensive than the US.

Yes, our wages are typically higher too.

Somehow we still beat the USA every time when the OECD measures standard of living and quality of life.

High prices . . . YUP - we got 'em!

High taxes . . . YUP - we got 'em!

Our restaurant meals are at least 30% higher than in the USA, so are hotels.

In Ontario they've combined the Federal Goods & Services Tax (GST) and the Provincial Sales Tax (PST) into one Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) and it's 13 1/2%.  We pay it on almost everything we buy!

A gallon of reguar gasoline is about $5.00 and 24 cans or bottles of beer will set you back about $38.00

But we sure do have a nice view of those Niagara Falls!

So are there more pictures?

Here are a few more for your list:

January 2007:  http://carol-anne.ca/2007 January Trip Report.htm

August 2008: http://carol-anne.ca/2008 August Trip Report.htm

August 2009: http://carol-anne.ca/2009 August Trip Report.htm

January 2011: http://carol-anne.ca/2011 Panama Canal Cruise Trip Report.htm

May 2011: http://carol-anne.ca/2011 May Alaska Cruise Trip Report.htm

May 2012: http://carol-anne.ca/2012 May Cruise Trip Report.htm

May 2013: http://carol-anne.ca/2013 May Wonder Cruise Trip Report.htm

Triple post

Great diagram Dave!

Once in a great long while they shut one side of the fall, or the other side, completely off so they can examine the rock faces.

I didn't see it, but the US side was last shut down in the late 1960's - they diverted the water flow to the Canadian side.

Must have been quite a sight! 

That is a GREAT pic!

I'm surprised Disney hasn't come up with more "special" events to separate us pet owners from our sheckles.

That was a very special occasion.

Back when there was a kennel at each park we took the dogs to Animal Kingdom one morning.

Pluto was actually walking away (end of his shift?) when he saw us join the line waiting for PhotoPass pictures.

He turned around, came back, and waved us in for a picture . . . all the other folks waitng in line cheered!

Disney Magic at it's best!

Your dogs pose better than my kid!

They weren't so good in this one at Animal Kingdom.  Zak, the sable, was afraid of Pluto!