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What ~ an ~ awesome thing to experience! And I'm curious - how much for a wand? Thanks for a great tour through it all!

....And, jumping to the end of the month, we have.... January 27 – National Chocolate Cake Day. Yum.

^ So it'll be a choice between "Sphere View" or "Water View" rooms at that hotel.

^ Great! Hope they're still doing it, when we (eventually) get there.

https://tdrexplorer.com/tokyo-disneyland-space-mountain-construction-update-january-2026/ TDRexplorer has posted a new photo (among others) of the ongoing work, on the new Space Mountain. Thanks AJ! Close up it looks amazing. Set to open in 2027. Happy New Year! Side view of it, I believe. What it's supposed to look like, in 2027. Looks awesome!

Today, its..... January 11 – National Hot Toddy Day

This is great! SPEED was an awesome coaster when I rode it in Oakwood, on two TPR tours. I think the first visit, when it had just opened in the park, I must have ridden it 15+ times! I loved it that much. Including the final double helix, which I fondly called "The Toilet Bowl," lol. Great coaster and I'm glad it's heading somewhere else, to keep it going. 2006 TPR UK Tour. With "The Bowl" on the left, there. A happy group, with myself included, heading back into the station. TPR 2006 UK Tour. Thanks to whoever took this shot back then! I forget who it was.

...and a Happy New Year, too! Have a happy, safe, and enjoyable year, every body!

Happy Holidays Everybody! And here's hoping for a better 2026. Ho ho ho.

Great PERK of your WORK! (Sry, had to do that) Awesome photos of all that you saw and toured through. Love all that vege -----tation.

One worm to another... "I'm in love with you.!" "Don't be silly" said the other worm, "I'm your other end."

A couple of days before The Day, I bought my usual set of scratch tix, this time actually paying a larger amount I'm not used to.... $20 ..... cdn. And some more candles at higher prices than my usual buy at Dollar Tree - they were totally sold out of all their tapers. No holiday ones, either. So, I paid over $40 Cdn for today's purchases. Merry, Mary!

The Best Line from this past Saturday's SNL.... it was also Bowen Yang's last episode before he exited the show. Add to that, his 'Glinda' Ariana Grande hosted (again!) and CHER was the musical guest. At the end of the Delta Airlines sketch (with eggnog?), Bowen's last sketch ever, Cher hugged him and told him... (paraphrasing here) "A lot of people think you're a bit too gay. But I think you're perfect." And then Bowen fell apart and couldn't stop crying, and the audience went nuts. There could be an annual re-broadcast of it for the holiday season. It was one of the best episodes in a long time for SNL. Ho ho ho.

We have an annual subscription, thru "Broadway Across Canada". Gets us at least four touring shows coming to town. We just saw the opener for this Season ....MJ. It - was - exhausting! ^ And Bert? Hope you enjoy Hadestown as much as we did, during last year's Season. It was amazing. And SIX was an insane show! Such juicy parts for all six women in it. We're hoping that & juliet will eventually visit us. Love both the London and Broadway cast cds of it. And interestingly, to us at least, there is going to be a play, which will end the Season ..... CLUE. Looking forward to it.

And for today.... December 16 – Chocolate Covered Anything Day! Hmmm. Chocolate on ....cauliflower? Nope.