Sleepy and Grumpy visit Tatooine–A SWW TR! - The End - All done and Link to new TR

[Leshaface]

Seriously, I can't believe the amount of traveling you did this Summer...only 56 hours in between Vegas and Cleveland. Yikes!!

Those cars are beautiful! Aw, Stanley!

Mmm, the 6am Dessert Special looks and sounds delicious!

Your cruise is coming up so fast now! So looking forward to hearing about that

 

[franandaj]

That's cute! We will both hook up with you guys next time for sure! Enjoy your trip. It does look exciting. Always wanted to visit Seattle.

Next time our trips align, we need to plan better and be sure we meet up for more than just a "hi" and "bye"!

Oh my gosh, I got far behind. We've been chatting so I didn't feel far behind.

You look absolutely in your element with your instrument. Love the splash of color.

Dinner looks delicious all but the pig ears. I am all about fried food but it just sounds ick.

Think anyone actually drives the stainless steel car? I can't get last the fingerprints. LOL!

Love the firehouse pic you sent.

You know what's going on in my life today, just not what I did in August!

Thanks, I never thought about that naturalness coming across in the picture. But I definitely do feel comfortable holding a saxophone. At least my own horn, not someone else's.

How did I miss Seattle for Thanksgiving?? We really need that spreadsheet on like Google docs or something so we can all keep track of each other.

 

[franandaj]

Ok I still need to catch up on our post trip updates.

I am glad you enjoyed sorcerers so much! I agree with your review of the mine train.

They will be there, but I may have a new TR coming up.

Mine turns up his nose too! Glad you didn't get the cold shoulder

It really seems like you made the most of it and that package was a great fit for you.

I'm glad when the kitties are happy to see us, we miss them so much when we are gone. When we do SWW again, I hope that they have the same package.

you two were gong NON stop before your trip, I can totally understand how you might have been wiped out going into it.

I am glad it worked out well overall for you

They are never the same are they? that's why we keep going back!

It seems like we have been going non stop all year, with the exception of the last two months. It's been nice to be home and enjoy guests at the house.

I'm starting to get back into WDW planning mode again!

Wow, you really did pack a lot of fun stuff in this summer. I'd be exhausted!

The Star Trek convention looks like a lot of fun. But I guess Vegas is a lot of fun with or without some other reason to be there.

We did pack a lot in, and now that we have rested for the past two months, I'm ready for some more excitement! And Vegas just for the sake of Vegas too! But that's next year.

Things have been crazy and I haven't been able to get to the DISboards for a while, but I can finally say I'm caught up here! Way too much to comment on, so I'll just say this: your travels are really cool. Between the Star Trek conventions, bands, and car shows, you and Fran really get to have a lot of fun. I'm kinda jealous, actually.

Anyway, keep on traveling and I'm looking forward to the next TR!

I'm glad you were able to get some family time in there, I've been behind too what with getting our house all ready for all the guests. I've barely been around, neglecting a lot of folks TRs. I finally got back around to comment on yours!

Wow, what fun!!! The car museums were too cool. I really need to do more things like this.

They had you practicing some long hours at GG9! I'm going to listen when I have some time to enjoy, thank you for that link.

You had some delicious looking/sounding meals that's for sure! That french toast dessert looked marvelous. Bacon icecream? Was it good?

Cute about the corn fields. Akin to the bird of paradise plant for you. They're everywhere here.

I'm sure you have some great museums for cars around you. Yes, there is a lot of practice time involved, but it is such a short time to prepare. We also work on the music before everyone gets to town as well.

Yes the bacon ice cream was good, the bacon flavor wasn't very strong. We have lots of crops that grow in California, corn is just not one of them. It seems like that's all that grows out there!

The breakfast at WPE looked good.

Nice pics on Mine Ride.

Nice pics of BOG. I liked the food there but wasn't crazy about it. "They show you the door". LOL. They do that for sure.

Beautiful pics of the parade and fireworks.

Great report and pics. Thanks for sharing.

Love the Disney canisters.

I have HDR on my phone. Not sure if it helps or not.

Nice sorcerer Fran got.

Love the photos at the Star Trek convention.

Love John Delancie. Used to watch him on Days of Our Lives. Too bad he canceled.

That is funny the thing she bought kept going off.

Sounds like a good trip to Vegas.

WOW! That carousel.

Love the shirt and keychain of the disc for the middle of a 45.

Pretty cars.

I have caught up again.

Hope you fun with PIO in Disneyland.

I'm glad you're all caught up Scott. Now I need to finish your WDW TR! At least I'm caught up on your most recent one.

 

[franandaj]

Catching up!


WOW! That Star Trek convention was great! I think that it is a very hard pick between Disney and Trek convention. So envious you got to sit in all those panels. We have a ComicCon that comes to Melbourne. I'm hoping to collect Star Trek captain signatures. I've gotten Patrick Stewart and Will Shatner so far. I keep hoping the others will eventually come to Oz. Love the CosPlay. Did your tribbles multiply?


That car museum is phenomenal. Cleveland is not exactly on my bucket list...but after seeing your pictures, I might put it in. That Stanley is great!
Pigs ears?? I'll eat them when pigs fly! Good on you for trying them. The food looks great there.
What a great museum! I'd love to visit it one day.
That Auburn Cord Dusenberg Museum is another great post. We visited the Daimler Benz museum in Stuttgard many years ago. This one reminds me of it.

Corn? Wow! Did you see any canned creamed corn?

It sounds like you are well on your way with the whole Star Trek Con. No our tribbles didn't multiply, I just think Fran kept buying more!

I was impressed with Cleveland. I didn't think it was going to be much, but we actually had quite a nice time. The Rock N Roll Hall of Fame was a pretty cool museum. We would have never gone there if we hadn't been in town.

Seriously, I can't believe the amount of traveling you did this Summer...only 56 hours in between Vegas and Cleveland. Yikes!!

Those cars are beautiful! Aw, Stanley!

Mmm, the 6am Dessert Special looks and sounds delicious!

Your cruise is coming up so fast now! So looking forward to hearing about that

I can't believe how much we were gone over the summer. This reminds me though when we first got together we did A LOT of traveling. I think we made a rule the first year. No more than one trip per month. We need to get back to that because we are starting to go overboard again now that she feels better.

That 6AM dessert was awesome. I loved it.

I am totally getting psyched for the cruise, it's really getting close and now starting to seem real!

 

[franandaj]

I’ve got another short life update. The moving thing is not going well. We haven’t done much at all on that front. Vacation-wise, we just passed our 180 day mark for the April trip and I got all the ADRs that I wanted. That will be another report. I still have the Wonder Cruise coming up in a little over a week. We haven’t started packing, but I hope to get the suitcases out soon. I have my FE gifts under control and just need to get it together.

The Ralph’s grocery nearest to us is going out of business soon and we have been stocking up on clearance liquor, deodorant, shampoo, and other random items. Those of you coming to the housewarming and or birthday bash will find plenty of celebratory items. And anyone coming to visit for the next 5-10 years. We now have. plenty. Of. Booze.


Back to my day at the park with PIO, family, and Bret and DAF. I was a little bit late to arrive to the park on the day that I was meeting Princess in Oz, her family, Bret and his DA. They had started at the time the park opened, while I arrived closer to 11:30AM. Through the modern miracle of cell phones, we were able to text with each other to find out each other’s location, before meeting up.





They were riding POTC and we agreed to meet up at HMH, so I waited outside the ride and worked on taking pictures.





Once we all met up, we went on the ride. PIO got some evidence of our meet up on this ride, but I didn’t get any until the end of the day. I did get these shots of ride.















Sorry about the blur in these next two pictures.











Not sure about the rest of the crew, but I hadn’t eaten all day. Luckily everyone else was hungry and we headed here.





They were making salads to order.



This was a Halloween special sandwich which looked better to me than the regular shrimp Po-boy.



And they had this special dessert as well.




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[franandaj]

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I ended up splitting this meal with DAF. It was plenty of food for the two of us light eaters. Everything was just great even the vegetables were yummy!



PIO’s DH had this salad for lunch.



Her DS had the Corn Chowder



PIO had the Jambalaya



As well as a Mint Julep



Bret had the French Dip



Everyone pretty much cleaned their plates, so I assume that it was good!

Then we headed over to Big Thunder Mountain Railroad.



Here we are on the ride….











Ka-bloowie!







And back to the station.



Since the gang had been at DL since park opening, we decided to head over to DCA and hit a few rides over there.





We headed directly for this place.



Luckily we had a very short wait time, and not what was listed on the Stand By Queue.



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[franandaj]

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We had a little bit of a wait, but not too bad.



Pretty soon we were on the ride.

















We got Luigi’s side, and here we are sporting our new whitewall tires.











Our redneck photo



I can’t resist taking a photo of Grizzly Peak



After this we headed over to TSMM, PIO and I rode in the same car. She kicked my butt because not only was she shooting at the targets on the ride, she was also shooting in another manner!



I felt a little queasy after that. We headed over to Grizzly River Rapids, but I declined to ride on that one. I don’t like getting wet. We rode Soarin’ after that and we all decided that we were done for the day with rides. So we headed over to a nice quiet spot.



While we enjoyed our beverages we finally got objective evidence of our DISmeet!



The next day we had a little bit more casual meet. After their long day at the park the PIO family came to stay at Casa Nueva. Bret and his DAF were on their way back to Sacramento and stopped by for a tour and some lunch. PIO took over in the kitchen and whipped us up some tasty and authentic food.





This is char kaoy teow



This is tom yum noodles



Our lunch table



My lunch



We were all stuffed and it was an excellent lunch! We spent the rest of the day lounging around the house before going out to dinner.



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[franandaj]

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The next day we visited the Queen Mary which is one of the tourist attractions in Long Beach.





I was slightly amazed at how much larger the promenade was on this ship as compared to the Disney ships.



We booked the Historical Tour and our guide had been captain of the ship almost from the time that it was docked in Long Beach.



After a great lesson in ship history, we were taken inside the Queen’s Salon. It was beautiful with all the woodwork. You won’t see this kind of wood on any modern ship.







Then we were taken to the bow of the ship where the Outlook Bar was located.







This ticket window was in the First Class passenger area and could actually book excursions on land when passengers arrived in New York or London.



Our tour guide turned down the sign reading, “Please do not touch the piano” and then asked if anyone would like to try. PIO being the loving mother she is, volunteered her son to demonstrate his mastery of the keyboard. He gave a stunning performance.



After our tour, I couldn’t resist taking this picture of the Long Beach skyline. There was much more to our day, but you’ll have to read about that on PIO’s TR!



We had a few more good times, including some pool time, tequila sipping and a whole lot of food porn, but since I wasn’t on vacation, I left it up to PIO to capture that. Consider this a preview into our trip and if you want the whole story, you’ll need to read her TR!

 

[franandaj]

And here we are the link to the new TR!


A Haunting, plundering and a Fiesta Caliente!

 

[Paula Sedley-Burke]

What a wonderful update. The HM looks amazing great photos! You got to do so many rides. The beauty of both those parks being side by side like that. Your lunch looks yummy. I like the look of that halloween sub

How wonderful seeing The Queen Mary. We must see that next time we are across. Great to see PIO and all your pals. How nice you had a cook off!

Wish we were coming to your house warming! Be there in spirit

 

[Pinkocto]

What a fun couple of days!!! As much as I don't like NBC the overlay looks great. I started thinking, 'I want to see DL during Halloween' and then suddenly remembered I will next year! Yeah!

I've wanted to see The Queen Mary for ages, it is such a beautiful ship. Too cool that your guide was the captain.

 

[mvf-m11c]

Nice to see you start your report from last week trip. That was a great day at the parks and we had a lot of fun to do all the different activities and rides. Your photos with the Sigma lens are very nice.

It was nice to eat at the French Market that day and it has been years since I have ate at that place.

All of our DISMeet pictures turned out really well and I should have got a picture when we were at the HMH that afternoon. I know PiO took a picture of us when we were in the queue and we'll have to wait until she writes up her trip report.

We had a great lunch that afternoon at your place where PiO made great noddle dishes.

That is great that you went to the Queen Mary the next day and did the tour.

 

[Leshaface]

What a fun day you had at DL with everyone! And you went to back to French Market again so glad you told us to eat there when we hung out in July.

Mmm, I would love a homemade lunch from PIO. Looks delicious!

Aw, I haven't been to the Queen Mary since my Dad was alive, I think in 2005 or 2006. Still such a beautiful ship.

Pam! What do I have to do to make you like NBC!?!

 

[Captain_Oblivious]

I’ve got another short life update. The moving thing is not going well. We haven’t done much at all on that front.

Well, it'll happen eventually. Right?

Ka-bloowie!

I still miss this, however many months later.

We got Luigi’s side, and here we are sporting our new whitewall tires.

I got Ramone every time! Nice to see what this side looks like.

The next day we visited the Queen Mary which is one of the tourist attractions in Long Beach.

This looks really cool! And very reminiscent of the Disney ships.

 

[dolphingirl47]

It is so nice to see photos from Disneyland and especially from Haunted Mansion. The lunch at your house looked great and the photos from the Queen Mary brought back some very fond memories.

Corinna

 

[franandaj]

What a wonderful update. The HM looks amazing great photos! You got to do so many rides. The beauty of both those parks being side by side like that. Your lunch looks yummy. I like the look of that halloween sub
How wonderful seeing The Queen Mary. We must see that next time we are across. Great to see PIO and all your pals. How nice you had a cook off!

Wish we were coming to your house warming! Be there in spirit

If you two come out to DL we will definitely get you on all the rides as well. You are also welcome to stay at the KVC and we could go to the Queen Mary, it is quite a place to visit.

What a fun couple of days!!! As much as I don't like NBC the overlay looks great. I started thinking, 'I want to see DL during Halloween' and then suddenly remembered I will next year! Yeah!

I've wanted to see The Queen Mary for ages, it is such a beautiful ship. Too cool that your guide was the captain.

Yes you will be here when the overlay is in effect next year.

I hope that you will come stay at the KVC following your VGC stay and the Cruise, or prior. It doesn't matter when, but you are welcome at any time.

Nice to see you start your report from last week trip. That was a great day at the parks and we had a lot of fun to do all the different activities and rides. Your photos with the Sigma lens are very nice.

It was nice to eat at the French Market that day and it has been years since I have ate at that place.

All of our DISMeet pictures turned out really well and I should have got a picture when we were at the HMH that afternoon. I know PiO took a picture of us when we were in the queue and we'll have to wait until she writes up her trip report.

We had a great lunch that afternoon at your place where PiO made great noddle dishes.

That is great that you went to the Queen Mary the next day and did the tour.

That's pretty much the TR from our meet. I enjoyed the French Marketplace, and PIO did take a lot more pictures so her report will be the one to check out! I'm glad you enjoyed the lunch, PIO did a great job and it was very tasty. We had fun at the Queen Mary.

What a fun day you had at DL with everyone! And you went to back to French Market again so glad you told us to eat there when we hung out in July.

Mmm, I would love a homemade lunch from PIO. Looks delicious!

Aw, I haven't been to the Queen Mary since my Dad was alive, I think in 2005 or 2006. Still such a beautiful ship.

Pam! What do I have to do to make you like NBC!?!

We had a fun day at DL and It was so good! Both the lunch at French Market at the lunch that PIO made!

Well, it'll happen eventually. Right?

Geez! I hope so, we have to eventually rent out these units and make some money!

I still miss this, however many months later.

It's a cool ride, I'm glad I can see it really often!

I got Ramone every time! Nice to see what this side looks like..

Luckily, I've gotten to see both, Ramone's is more interesting.

This looks really cool! And very reminiscent of the Disney ships.

Of which I can't wait to be on in another week or so!

It is so nice to see photos from Disneyland and especially from Haunted Mansion. The lunch at your house looked great and the photos from the Queen Mary brought back some very fond memories.

Corinna

Pretty soon you will be seeing Disneyland! We really enjoyed the lunch with PIO, I hope that she gives us the recipe soon, I'm looking forward to making that.

 

[Paula Sedley-Burke]

Thank you. I hope we make it out your way one day!

 

[Pinkocto]

Pam! What do I have to do to make you like NBC!?!

Not gonna happen. It FREAKS ME OUT!

 

[Pinkocto]

Yes you will be here when the overlay is in effect next year.

I hope that you will come stay at the KVC following your VGC stay and the Cruise, or prior. It doesn't matter when, but you are welcome at any time.

Thank you so much Once it gets closer and flights get booked I'll have a clearer vision of the time frame. Just in case I'm still at this job I put in a vacation request already for 10/14-10/25. I think Jenny and crew will be getting to DL 10/15, so maybe that first night or post cruise. With all that time we'll definitely be able to coordinate something.

 

[afwdwfan]

I'm sorry. There were like 4 updates there, but I'm still stuck on one of the first lines you wrote... clearance liquor.

Looks like a good time in Disneyland. The Queen Mary looks kind of cool. We won't have a lot of time, but we might look into checking it out if it can work out for us.