Disneyland New Year's Day 2010

New Year's Day we headed to Disneyland where we took in quite a bit of attractions, holiday decor and some yummy food. We took some 700+ images of which I was only able to cull it down to 500+ which you can see HERE

The holiday decorations were still up..







We saw the Princess & the Frog "Louis" walkaround..



and caught the "Tiana's Showboat Jubilee" show twice.. once in the morning, and again in the afternoon.. (along with the Second Line to the Mark Twain) This was great!! Best show ever!! I was especially glad, as it was one of the last days as they drained the Rivers of America a couple days later..







Lunch was Christmas Tamales at Rancho Del Zocolo..


and some very bland flan..


We caught the 4pm Christmas parade..





as well the Holiday fireworks..



as well "Fantasmic!" in New Orleans Square's Rivers of America..


then the camera batteries died.. and so although our fun continued, photographing it did not. =)

Our Annual WDW trip.. RADP XIV

Most years we head down to Walt Disney World for our annual #rec.arts.disney.parks meetups. We've been doing this since 1999, missing only a couple December meets, and in one case, opted to go in October for a special RADP Fall meet which allowed us to attend Food & Wine Fest, the Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party, and best of all, visit with some of our RADP friends that can only go in October.. fun stuff!

This is where I should admit I don't post to the #radp usenet group much these days. Instead, my online friends have become my Florida Ohana.. radp 'cousins' if you will. A friendship originated from the internet, becoming a "IRL" friendship that is much stronger & much more real than the internet. =)

The focus on visiting WDW for me, has become much less about the parks & more about having fun with our Disney friends.

Suffice to say we had a good time this past trip (we flew out on the 3rd and returned the 12th of December). You can see the entire collection of pix from our trip HERE

Christmas Carol @ El Cap

With Disney the holidays come a little early..


We decided to go see the film on a Sunday night (Happy Birthday mom!) when there might not be huge crowds, despite it being opening weekend. We shared a sundae at the Soda Fountain, did some browsing, ran into friends, then headed to the theatre..

There were many other things on display, some like the large portraits were at the D23 Expo in September.. but they did have other things like maquettes, and models of the buildings in the film, etc..

Before the movie was of course entertainment by Disney.. the wurlizter player, and a "Holiday Extravaganza" with Disney Characters (Mickey, Minne, Chip & Dale, and Goofy) as well as dancers.. however, film was the best part.

The rest of the set is HERE.

Halloween @ Disneyland..

Jack O'Lanterns on the hill..

We spent the day and evening at Disneyland.. checking out the decorations, riding Haunted Mansion Holiday at least twice, checking out the "Princess & Frog" merchandise in New Orleans Square, watching the fireworks and riding more attractions..














see the entire set HERE..