Chapter 136 Limited Time Darkness Previous Post | Next Post Table of Contents (Originally posted January 23, 2014) Pluto showed up outside Starbucks right after we finished our drink, and they actually checked our bracelets to make sure we were there for the AP event before letting us meet him. It was extra special to …
Wandering Mouseketeers
We are Taylor and Tracy — husband and wife from Boulder, CO — and we love all things Disney, as well as general travel. This website was originally created to showcase our Walt Disney World, Disneyland, and Disney Cruise Line trip reports, but we've also got an entire series of blog posts about what it was like to live for a year and a half in Orange County, CA. Hopefully you'll enjoy reading about our various adventures. All of our Disney trip reports have lots of pictures and details that you can use to plan your next vacation!
DLR Life Report Update (1/19/14) | We Moved to Disneyland!! Now What…?
Chapter 135 So Long, Farewell Previous Post | Next Post Table of Contents (Originally posted January 19, 2014) I’m not the type of person who would ever advocate Disneyland needing to be like a museum and never allowed to change, but we just felt like it was a really dumb idea to close off this …
DLR Life Report Update (1/17/14) | We Moved to Disneyland!! Now What…?
Chapter 134 It’s Getting Hot, Hot, HOT Previous Post | Next Post Table of Contents (Originally posted January 17, 2014) September 1-7, 2013 The end of August and beginning of September marked the beginning of the most horrid heat wave we’ve had since moving to CA. Every day just felt torturous for about two weeks. …
DLR Life Report Update (1/13/14) | We Moved to Disneyland!! Now What…?
Chapter 133 This Is (Almost) Halloween Previous Post | Next Post Table of Contents (Originally posted January 13, 2014) We were excited when we made it back home, and we were so gung-ho to get back to Disneyland that we ended up going to the parks on Sunday night. We actually didn’t go to experience …
DLR Life Report Update (1/10/14) | We Moved to Disneyland!! Now What…?
Chapter 132 An Uneventful Homecoming Previous Post | Next Post Table of Contents (Originally posted January 10, 2014) We went back to the resort one last time on Thursday before heading to Colorado the next day. We’d heard that the first actual Halloween decorations in the parks had been put up in some shops on …
DLR Life Report Update (1/9/14) | We Moved to Disneyland!! Now What…?
Chapter 131 Koko Selga Previous Post | Next Post Table of Contents (Originally posted January 9, 2014) August 11-16, 2013 On Sunday, we slept in. Late. I think we woke up just barely before noon. It felt so wonderful to stay in after the two busy days we’d just had—though we’d enjoyed every minute of …
DLR Life Report Update (1/5/14)
Chapter 130 The Soundtrack of Our Lives Previous Post | Next Post Table of Contents (Originally posted January 5, 2014) A moment later, Tim O’Day reintroduced Alan Menken (cue another thunderous standing ovation). Rather than wasting any time talking, Menken sat down at the piano and immediately broke into a Little Mermaid medley. Now, while …
DLR Life Report Update (1/4/14) | We Moved to Disneyland!! Now What…?
Chapter 129 Tuppence a Bag Previous Post | Next Post Table of Contents (Originally posted January 4, 2014) Tracy had been wanting to go to the Sephora booth all day to get her makeup done with the new Ariel collection, but the lines had been ridiculous each time we’d walked by. Now we had a …
DLR Life Report Update (1/2/14) | We Moved to Disneyland!! Now What…?
Chapter 128 It’s a Jolly Holiday Previous Post | Next Post Table of Contents (Originally posted January 2, 2014) Of course, the centerpiece of the exhibit—which we were really excited about—was the Mary Poppins retrospective. Here are some storyboards from “Jolly Holiday.” The banner from the premiere at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre. This letter from PL …
DLR Life Report Update (12/30/13) | We Moved to Disneyland!! Now What…?
Chapter 127 Going to the Dogs Previous Post | Next Post Table of Contents (Originally posted December 30, 2013) August 10, 2013 I wish I could say we had learned our lesson and found the perfect way to avoid waiting in line forever at the beginning of Expo day two, but this is how we …