franandaj
I'm so happy, I could BOUNCE!
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- Nov 15, 2009
I am not dealing very well with that either. I so wanted to meet up with you and Fran
I wish that back when we did our DC trip I was better with DISmeets. I would have pushed for us to get together, but back then I was a little gunshy. I know now that we would have had a great time meeting up!
I finally got back to read, life has been crazy busy lately!
Your trip sounds marvelously fun. Did I meet Jim? He didn't come out to eat with us but was he at the concert? I'll look at my photos again if you remember.
I'm pretty sure you did meet Jim. I would have introduced you to him backstage as he is one of my best friends in the band. Back when, everyone was my best friend in the band. It's sad. When I turned 40 I think the whole band came to my birthday party, it was a murder mystery party on a reproduction of a Riverboat. There were 96 people on the boat and our party made up half of the boat. Only one table of 8-10 did not have band people. That's like 30+ folks.
My 50th involves about 20-25 folks, and less than 10 of them come from the band. One third band, one third family, and one third DIS!
Lots of delicious things at F & G this year for whatever reason I didn't realize how soon your trip was.
I'm soooooo looking forward to it!
Naked Jim rocks! That story made me smile. Hope you have great time!
I'm glad you found the story funny. I figured that since he shared it with me, and was willing to share it with others, it paints a great picture of what a free spirited and fun kind of guy he is. Hence why we are going to have so much fun with him on this trip!
BTW - the Disney archives was one of my favorite places I have ever been! I had that particular set of books, along with several other ones in that room. My love for all things Disney started with a little tubby cubby. I had a Winnie the Pooh room with a giant pooh head rug. Then, I got to know Uncle Walt who came to visit once a week. I finally made it WDW in 2008, but I made it DL last year. My eyes were so leaky those few moments sitting in front of the castle before opening looking out as Walt must have every day.
I couldn't believe all the treasures that we saw in the Disney archives. But the books were amazing. I especially remembered those. Every Sunday we came in from playing to watch Uncle Walt and this was in the 70s so he was long gone. I take it for granted all the things I get to experience, but I wouldn't trade it for the world. I love living so close to the original park and I love sharing with other folks when they come to town!
I hope Naked Jim enjoys the World. I love taking people for their first time. It is so much fun to share that. Thanks for sharing! I always enjoy your cruise reports.
Thanks about the cruise reports! I hope to have a couple more this year, but I really hope that Jim enjoys this trip. I know he will. He is one of those guys who always sees the glass half full and makes the best out of everything.
That looks like you have a lot of good options to pick from at the booths. I envy you.
Good luck on getting to 50% on your Golden Spoon!
I'm sure we will have some good eats at the booths. I just hope we can add enough walk up places to get that 50%!
Wow, that's a lot of food options! I'm sure you'll have a great time visiting the booths.
I think I'd probably be hanging out at the BBQ and pineapple stands, myself!
Yeah, those are the ones that I'm looking forward to, the others are kind of like, OK, what is there that I would possibly eat here. If you noticed one of them, the only thing was the Bloody Mary!
Since I have recently read your reports I immediatly thought "I wonder if Alison is going to pack some meat"
The list of food and drink offerings sounds amazing, lots and lots of great things to try,especially that macadamia nut rum dome whip! Yummy!
Definitely packing meat this time! I hope to try a lot of the great food offerings!
All of the pineapple! I love all things pineapple!
I love pineapple too, that and the Barbeque option!
Someone that departed from Long Beach...say it isn't so! I'm so homesick now! Glad I found your report even if I'm a WDW newbie. I grew up with an annual pass to Disneyland and worked at Knotts Berry Farm. Can't wait to keep reading !
Sorry you had to leave Long Beach, I definitely love living here and wouldn't trade it for anywhere else!