ependydad...Doug

Aww man, I want to watch these but my internet is horrible here. (What's worse is that I paid $50 for 2 weeks of crappy Internet. But no cell phone service so I have no backup options.) Thanks for finding that. It sounds like it is hit or miss if the 2 videos show different effects.

Aww man, I want to watch these but my internet is horrible here. (What's worse is that I paid $50 for 2 weeks of crappy Internet. But no cell phone service so I have no backup options.) Thanks for finding that. It sounds like it is hit or miss if the 2 videos show different effects.

My wife shared this with me. I didn't realize that California Adventure was so terrible. http://www.themeparktourist.com/features/20151212/31106/california-mis-adventure-how-disneylands-second-gate-crashed-burned-and-was

There are 2 tractors the look startled and possibly moo, then some hedges and then one tractor that is tipped on its back. But there's no actual tipping that we got to see (on either ride). Are you saying that you actually got to see the tipping action? If so, I'm really disappointed! If not, I'm still disappointed that Disney didn't do it. :D I hope I didn't come across as negative about the separate entry/exit. I liked it for all of the reasons that you did- and we aren't slow. Sister's foot just hurts, but she can still walk a bit without it. If I recall, Space Mountain at Disneyl

We stayed at the Walmart in Dillon, SC. Nice sized level lot. We called ahead and they were as friendly as could be. We were one of a handful of RVs last December.

I started my last update saying that I wasn't going to inundate you with photos, but I seriously love Cars land. It was awesome by day, but at night- just wow. So very cool (even if Disney did let a small fail happen). We first walked in about 5pm. The sun had just set but it wasn't fully dark yet. As you can see, we had a lot of company. Not crazy crowded, but cozy. There's also nothing too special at the start. In fact, this is kind of terrible photo and a waste of one of my 30. But here you go: Once you get to the buildings, it starts to liven up: The Crazy Cone motel and meet and gr

my wife says I worry about too many things. I have seen folks post on other boards that their Ford didn't charge and discovered the relay/fuse in a plastic bag in the center console. I've read the same things online.

Double.

Sir, you're way too old to look like an idiot.

600 is the currently running paired down number. :) I took more- but more times than not, it's 7 of the kids at a shot trying to get them looking and not blinking. My son has the attention span of a gnat and his eyes dart every which way. Catching him looking in my direction and moreso his eyes actually at me is always a difficult proposition!

600 is the currently running paired down number. :) I took more- but more times than not, it's 7 of the kids at a shot trying to get them looking and not blinking. My son has the attention span of a gnat and his eyes dart every which way. Catching him looking in my direction and moreso his eyes actually at me is always a difficult proposition!

Too true about the lack of crowds. If someone wants to go for Christmas decorations, the first week in December on *weekdays* was AWESOME. The weekends crowded back up, but I couldn't believe how little the crowds were. Plus, we lucked into pretty gorgeous weather. They still did the breaking mirror sequence. Was there more that I'm forgetting? I knew they didn't move from shaft to shaft- but there was still some up/down and theatrics. I didn't pick up on the lack of randomization as we only rode it once. Thanks, Gwen! It's so hard being selective, but if I'm not- this TR would take

You wouldn't believe the number of photos that I "kept" after culling down the bad ones. I'll work to really skip a bunch of pictures and focus a little more. If you want to see more, just click on any photo and check the others out on Flickr. We were set for the Paint the Night parade. TCD did a great job showing this parade off in his TR. And really, we enjoyed it. That morphs into the nighttime fireworks. I think they're called the Disneyland Forever fireworks. To be completely honest, this was easily the top Disney fireworks I've ever seen AND not only that, pretty far up there for

*Double ghost post.*

My kids have never played in that area. :) You have such an amazing knack for great photos of the kids and everything around. The ice cream pictures made me laugh outloud! And how sweet about the popcorn bucket. That was awesome. Good for him!

Sounds ilke Blue Bayou is a winner. I wonder if it would be distracting/awkward to have people see you while you eat. But I guess it's no different than eating outside. Like I said, on a subsequent ride- I waved wildly like an idiot and got more than one person to wave back. Sounds nice. We hit the other New Orleans-like restaurant there for the famed Monte Crisco sandwich. I'll post about it later. And the NBC stuff was very high on why we scheduled time in December- in order to be able to catch it. Very worthwhile.

I'm not sure if we'll still be in Clermont by that point or if we're moving down the Gulf Coast a bit. If it's 24 hours, wife and I might be in.

Really? I've had breakfast there several times. It's still the same restaurant even though it has a different name. LOL. Oh the joys of marketing speak. Not quite a lie, but....

We keep laughing about when we'll go back!

Moving along, we hit Pirates of the Carribean next. This one starts with quite the pair of hills. Fun but a little splashy- nothing like we've experienced in WDW, though. Unfortunately, I don't know the ride well enough to know what is the same and what's different- but the DL version seems much longer and more elaborate. In subsequent ridings, I've learned that you can get the people eating their fancy expensive dinners to wave at you if you wave wildly and goofily enough. My daughter wonders if they ever clean down here: I do enjoy their projections on water/mist: La pooch still is

Maybe the "yous" thing is a York, PA thing. I know my family and friends all said it- makes me crazy to hear it. He liked it at first and then stopped liking it after it had to be redone (thanks Soak Mountain). Apparently the 2nd person didn't do it right! But still, I think it was something crazy like $16/each!

The mid-week days were great. The weekend days were quite a bit busier, as would be expected. We avoided going on a Saturday and chose Sunday as her Touring Plans app said the wait times were slightly less. If you look around my hands, my daughter is making the same basic face. But his is classic! And DINOSAURS!

That a shame about Rick not doing SM and you not doing it (though, I do understand!). The ride seems to be smoother than WDW's and I liked the side-by-side seating of it. Matterhorn, trust me.. you're better off.

(crappy filter for effect, you're welcome) Once inside, they kept up with little and big details alike: These pictures rotated between Christmas and Halloween: I wasn't able to catch Zero in this picture: This room also had tarot cards with NBC characters on them: The table was re-done in Christmas colors, but they still kept the hidden Mickey: Headless hat guy: Jack is pert-near impossible to photograph without it being blurry: The pumpkin mouths on the bottom sang (the mouth was projected): We love Oogie Boogie: Once outside, they tempted us with HM merchandis

Wednesday, December 2 You couldn't see anything of Disney from inside the room. But stepping out into the "hallway", we could see Matterhorn (which, funny enough- we could also see from our campsite once we got there). We also had a great view of the neighboring hotel's pool + play area. There was a bell that constantly rang indicating that the big bucket was about to dump. We were very afraid of hearing it from inside of the room, but surprisingly- we didn't. We had heard that mid-week in early December was a great time to go. And truthfully- that was very correct! We aren't morning pe