Sherry E
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Here is the THIRD installment for today!!!
Thank you guys for bringing my TR to the 300,000 views and beyond mark! Those views have taken over 4 years to earn, but they are still more than 300,000 views and very much appreciated!
I have lots of lurkers - come out, come out, wherever you are!! Join in for the final 10 pages of this thread, and as I make my way through the rest of this December 2012 TR!
Up on the rooftop reindeer pause
Out jumps good old Santa Claus
Down thru the chimney with lots of toys
All for the little ones
Christmas joys
In the last TR installment, I left the creature comforts of Critter Country and ventured off to Adventureland (that was some sentence, eh? Lol!).
I could have spent more time in Adventureland but I knew I wanted to get to Toon Town at some point to get a couple of pictures of the hideous Christmas trees. I did not get photos of these trees back in 2011.
Because I had spent so much time in New Orleans Square earlier, time flew by. I cant recall what time it actually was when I started to think about it, but it occurred to me that the first Candlelight Processional/Ceremony would be taking place at 5:30 p.m. and the sun was already slowly beginning to fade.
I wasnt sure if I was going to try to stand around and watch the CP, or try to flee Disneyland like I was escaping from Alcatraz before it began Lou Diamond Phillips was not my narrator of choice and I didnt have a great urge to stand around in a mob, trying to watch him speak over tall peoples heads. I was going to kind of play everything by ear and see how I felt when the CP was close to starting. I figured I would assess the crowds around Town Square and if it looked like I could stand somewhere and have a good view, I might go for it. But I wouldnt count on seeing the CP I would just see what happened when I got there. In fact, I was pretty much assuming that I would just leave Disneyland and go elsewhere.
If I wanted to get to Toon Town to get a couple of ugly tree pictures and then high-tail it to Main Street to decide about the CP, I knew I had to get movin!
I left Adventureland and began walking towards Fantasyland.
I decided I couldnt handle the horror of the Toon Town trees enough to even try to get a photo of Mickeys tree and Minnies tree. The main city tree was plenty. I am just bitter and resentful that the good trees that used to be part of Toon Towns décor were replaced with eyesores, so I can only take so much torture.
But .just as I was going to start taking pictures of each and every wreath again, to be sure I had up-to-date photos for my Disneyland at Christmas Superthread, I realized that it was time to race over to Town Square and make an impromptu decision about whether or not to try to see the Candlelight Processional, or try to escape from the park before crowds got terrible.
So, although I would be revisiting Its a Small World Holiday a bit later, I would have to leave my IASWH wreath odyssey for another trip.
Up next, in Part 12 of Day 2 what I almost ended up not doing at all ends up being a highlight of my entire trip, as I wait for Lou Diamond Phillips in the cold night air with friendly strangers!
Candlelight, here I come!
Thank you guys for bringing my TR to the 300,000 views and beyond mark! Those views have taken over 4 years to earn, but they are still more than 300,000 views and very much appreciated!
I have lots of lurkers - come out, come out, wherever you are!! Join in for the final 10 pages of this thread, and as I make my way through the rest of this December 2012 TR!
Candlelight and Cannonballs! Aunt Bettys Do-Over Christmas Trip
(Sun., 12/9/12 Wed., 12/12/12)
Day 2 - Monday, December 10, 2012 - Part 11
(Sun., 12/9/12 Wed., 12/12/12)
Day 2 - Monday, December 10, 2012 - Part 11
Up on the rooftop reindeer pause
Out jumps good old Santa Claus
Down thru the chimney with lots of toys
All for the little ones
Christmas joys
In the last TR installment, I left the creature comforts of Critter Country and ventured off to Adventureland (that was some sentence, eh? Lol!).
I could have spent more time in Adventureland but I knew I wanted to get to Toon Town at some point to get a couple of pictures of the hideous Christmas trees. I did not get photos of these trees back in 2011.
Because I had spent so much time in New Orleans Square earlier, time flew by. I cant recall what time it actually was when I started to think about it, but it occurred to me that the first Candlelight Processional/Ceremony would be taking place at 5:30 p.m. and the sun was already slowly beginning to fade.
I wasnt sure if I was going to try to stand around and watch the CP, or try to flee Disneyland like I was escaping from Alcatraz before it began Lou Diamond Phillips was not my narrator of choice and I didnt have a great urge to stand around in a mob, trying to watch him speak over tall peoples heads. I was going to kind of play everything by ear and see how I felt when the CP was close to starting. I figured I would assess the crowds around Town Square and if it looked like I could stand somewhere and have a good view, I might go for it. But I wouldnt count on seeing the CP I would just see what happened when I got there. In fact, I was pretty much assuming that I would just leave Disneyland and go elsewhere.
If I wanted to get to Toon Town to get a couple of ugly tree pictures and then high-tail it to Main Street to decide about the CP, I knew I had to get movin!
I left Adventureland and began walking towards Fantasyland.
I thought the leaves on this plant were interesting
As I passed through the Castle, I stopped to get a better photo of this clock than the last one I had gotten in 2010 again, its all about improving, and the last photo I took of the clock was very blurry! I had to remedy that! (Deejdigsdis knows this clock well, as she has taken pictures of it in the past! But Deejdigsdis has also disappeared from this TR, so she wont be able to see that I improved my clock photo!)
I was drawn to this particular shot because of the various types of peaks in the frame there are turrets and a roof, as well as the sun-dappled Matterhorn in the distance
And this is the one that I call Just horsin around
Ive never taken a photo of any part of the Carousel in the past this was a first for me!
Hello, Toon Town! (Notice that Roger Rabbit is wearing his Santa outfit?)
Im not really sure why Roger has pieces of candy in his wreath? The wreaths and garland in Toon Town are themed to their designated areas, and they all make sense except for this one!
And there it was the awful Toon Town tree
Plutos Dog House
Daisys Diner
Goofys House (the first photo is too dark I should have Auto-fixed it)
As I passed through the Castle, I stopped to get a better photo of this clock than the last one I had gotten in 2010 again, its all about improving, and the last photo I took of the clock was very blurry! I had to remedy that! (Deejdigsdis knows this clock well, as she has taken pictures of it in the past! But Deejdigsdis has also disappeared from this TR, so she wont be able to see that I improved my clock photo!)
I was drawn to this particular shot because of the various types of peaks in the frame there are turrets and a roof, as well as the sun-dappled Matterhorn in the distance
And this is the one that I call Just horsin around
Ive never taken a photo of any part of the Carousel in the past this was a first for me!
Hello, Toon Town! (Notice that Roger Rabbit is wearing his Santa outfit?)
Im not really sure why Roger has pieces of candy in his wreath? The wreaths and garland in Toon Town are themed to their designated areas, and they all make sense except for this one!
And there it was the awful Toon Town tree
Plutos Dog House
Daisys Diner
Goofys House (the first photo is too dark I should have Auto-fixed it)
I decided I couldnt handle the horror of the Toon Town trees enough to even try to get a photo of Mickeys tree and Minnies tree. The main city tree was plenty. I am just bitter and resentful that the good trees that used to be part of Toon Towns décor were replaced with eyesores, so I can only take so much torture.
On my way out of Toon Town, I passed Its a Small World Holiday and double checked some of the wreaths around the area to be sure none of them had changed since my photo spree in 2010.
Hmm was this one new? I got photos of every single one of the IASWH wreaths in December of 2010, and I dont remember seeing this one, with the small nutcrackers hanging in it! I remember another nutcracker wreath, but not this guy
Hmm was this one new? I got photos of every single one of the IASWH wreaths in December of 2010, and I dont remember seeing this one, with the small nutcrackers hanging in it! I remember another nutcracker wreath, but not this guy
But .just as I was going to start taking pictures of each and every wreath again, to be sure I had up-to-date photos for my Disneyland at Christmas Superthread, I realized that it was time to race over to Town Square and make an impromptu decision about whether or not to try to see the Candlelight Processional, or try to escape from the park before crowds got terrible.
So, although I would be revisiting Its a Small World Holiday a bit later, I would have to leave my IASWH wreath odyssey for another trip.
Up next, in Part 12 of Day 2 what I almost ended up not doing at all ends up being a highlight of my entire trip, as I wait for Lou Diamond Phillips in the cold night air with friendly strangers!
Candlelight, here I come!