Hi everyone! As always, I want to thank you for being a faithful reader of this blog. I love sharing all of our various adventures with you. I’m writing this update because I’ve got some big news to announce… I wrote a book! Taking all the knowledge we gained from our years of being Disneyland …
Chapter 40 Unexpected Wildlife Previous Post | Next Post Table of Contents The Mendenhall Glacier visitor center charges a nominal admission fee (it was no more than a few dollars per person), so we sucked it up and paid. You get handy wristbands when you enter, so you can go back in as many times as …
Chapter 5 Goin’ Down the Bayou Previous Post | Next Post Table of Contents (Originally posted September 24, 2012) Upon arriving at Paradise Pier, Steve dropped us off right outside the entrance then drove his car around to park while we checked in. At the check-in counter, we gave our information to the cast member …
Chapter 176 A KOST-ly Event Previous Post | Next Post Table of Contents Toward the middle of November, we’d gotten a fun text from our friends Kathy and Jake letting us know that they had won a contest online from the radio station KOST 103.5 and had a pair of extra tickets to the company’s …
Epilogue Closing Thoughts Previous Post Table of Contents (Originally posted January 20, 2013) Well, that’s it, folks. If you’ve been following along with the Real-Life Updates or my other trip reports, you basically know what happened after we returned. Looking back at this trip for the last eight months (six of which have included all of …
Chapter 68 M-I-C-See Ya Real Soon… Previous Post | Next Post Table of Contents (Originally posted January 20, 2013) Not necessarily having too much success choking back our tears, we found and boarded our bus back to Riverside. The ride went pretty quickly, and soon we were back at the main building of our resort …
Chapter 67 Saying Goodbye Previous Post | Next Post Table of Contents (Originally posted January 11, 2013) As we reached Main Street, I took this picture of the door honoring the WDW cast members. Then Tracy took a picture of me trying to go in the door to symbolize our desire to join the Disney …
Chapter 66 Last Rides and Waffles Previous Post | Next Post Table of Contents (Originally posted January 6, 2013) At the base of the Swiss Family Treehouse, there was a very uniquely placed Photo Pass photographer. He was taking pictures in a small patch of landscaping right outside the Treehouse entrance. He had us climb …
Chapter 65 Always More to Do Previous Post | Next Post Table of Contents (Originally posted January 3, 2013) Walking through Frontierland, it was amazing how empty it still seemed. It was still relatively early in the day, but I would have expected heavier crowds considering this was the beginning of Memorial Day weekend. After …
Chapter 64 A Horse of a Different Color Previous Post | Next Post Table of Contents (Originally posted December 29, 2012) On our way out of Crystal Palace, I took a few more pictures of the topiary in the entrance. Since Eeyore is Tracy’s favorite, she posed with him. And I did too for good …