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The outdoor ending! Awesome surprise!

After all of this past season is over, and Fright Nights as well, I totally forgot that this was the overlooked (by Playland, too) 10th Anniversary Year of our great Haunted Mansion! It opened in the 2009 Season, and I got to try it out after returning home from TPR's 2009 Scandinavia Tour. There are a few things now gone from the photos (like the Gift Shop at the park's entrance). I also posted a separate 2009 thread about getting back to Playland seeing The Mansion, etc. Here it is... https://www.themeparkreview.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=51892 Happy (past) 10th, Haunted Mansion! What the current Haunted Mansion replaced. And this lasted a good several years, before they dismantled it. (Vancouver Archives)

...bills to pay....

^ They also changed the vehicle size in this second poster, too. What was like the Ratatouille vehicles (2 rows; 3 across) in the first poster above, this one shows the cars with only two people per row, 2 rows per vehicle. Like a coaster train. I like this way of showing the attraction, with actual people on the poster. It's different, and yes, it does show "real people in a cartoon world." Works for me.

Eat Cinnamon Bread. Eat Cinnamon Bread.

A second new poster has been released by Disney for Runaway Railway. I find it interesting that so far, neither of the two posters are showing any scenes that are actually a part of the attraction's ride. Or....maybe there is more to this, hmmm? With this one, they have the Opening Date on it. (o:

Souvenirs: Most Things Paper.....and Pins etc. Some people collect match book covers. Others collect menus from where they had a good meal. For myself, I collect whatever I can get my hands on, LOL. That includes used tickets, drink coasters, info flyers...anything is possible, when it comes to collecting memories and stuff from my trips. So here's the paper souvenirs, with other stuff thrown in, and the pins I bought at the parks. Not a lot this trip, as I think I was keeping tabs on David and making sure he was interested in everything going on around us. So shopping wasn't as much (or costly) as I usually do it. The mess of stuff. Before sorting it all out, I put Baby Groot in charge, heh. Toiletries, a pen, and even some sour cream, mustard, and maple syrup in packets. Yum! Info.flyers/maps of the parks. In the end, I got only one or two, of each park! Usually I get three (or more). Stickers a nice guest gave me; a Rainbow Pen; Glow Cubes from our drinks at Blue Bayou. Pixar drink coasters from the Lamplighter Lounge in DCA. Signed by the artists who drew them. Oga's Cantina drink coasters! Fast Passes. Soon to be obsolete. Our World of Color Dessert Party wristband; a Snowflake Pass for FROZEN at The Hyperion. Knott's Hotel key cards... a bit outdated; Disney Parks Passes. David got Galaxy's Edge, I got Pixar Pier. The Pins and Buttons Haul. My year pin. Thought of Elissa with this one. (o: A Mystery Pin: A Monsters, Inc. Door, whose owner is...? I have no idea. Mickey Bling. Mickey Sparkly! Cheshire Cat (In any form) is always a fave of mine. David took all three of these (they're free) from the big bin of them they had, at City Hall in DL. All pins and the paper stuff in a Disney Parks Bag, sitting beside my 2016 haul bag.

^ Wow. What a way to get attention, huh? The whole place looks pretty cool, on it's outside. Good for them to do something about a drab building like that.

Lil BUB, the cat with the odd look and face (and internet fans), passed away on Dec.1, at age 8.

Biscuit Bonhomme de Neige

Nessie Hansa Park (Sierksdorf, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany) The Dark Brown Track ~ It's in there! TPR 2014 Scandi Tour

^ Call me a silly optimistic guy, I guess. If nothing comes of such a thing, that's cool. And as I said before, we aren't planning to get over there until 2025. So anything can happen, until then!

Jetline Gröna Lund (Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden) TPR 2014 Scandi Tour.

Sight.

^ Nice on the wheels, and the ride! Maybe I will re-ride it, if ever I get back to MM.

...And I might as well remind everybody about SpongeBob too.... Best Day Ever! "The SpongeBob Musical: Live on Stage" Sets December Airdate on Nickelodeon ~ Broadway.com Saturday, December 7th ~ 7pm ET https://www.broadway.com/buzz/197611/best-day-ever-the-spongebob-musical-live-on-stage-sets-december-airdate-on-nickelodeon/ ^ The LINKed article also has a great little preview video of the broadcast, in it. Ethan Slater (SpongeBob) and his onstage gang do a TV version of The Broadway Musical! (o:

^ I never got the chance to see it live onstage. And I love the Brdwy Cast Recording of it! Seeing this will help, and maybe in a future touring season, Vancouver will get to see it LIVE onstage, too. And Hey Robb!.....this is coming your way in a week or so...and for everybody else who is interested... it's not live onstage, more "Live ONSCREEN", but it still boasts a pretty stunning lead cast for it. https://us.lesmisconcert.com/ These three male leads are all phenomenal singers; only Fletcher(Fantine) is the 'unknown' voice, for me.

Chips. Beethoven or Mozart?

To ADD to The Above ^..... On closer inspection of this table model of FS, the Tangled attraction definitely looks to be a boat ride with a turn table load/unload you can "just" make out, by the Tangled Tower. And there is still space between the rumored Arendelle Restaurant, and the Frozen Attraction show building, if you look closely. I still maintain, that there is going to be some kind of transport connection to the two parks, done only with 3 & 4 day park (hopper) tickets. Just like Universal and the Hogwarts Express between it's two parks. And the Disneyland station would be "roughly" between + beyond the Beauty/Beast show building, and Toontown's Gadget's Coaster area. It could work. And yes, I totally geek out, on Disney Parks' Attractions stuff. P.S. All subject to rumor, and/or change. "Planning For 2025!" Tangled, close up. The area is also on the other side of the walkways, thus opposite Peter Pan's Neverland and not on the same side of, as previously thought. Between the Table Service and the Show Building, there is an interesting 'rectangle' in place, and rather flat, between the two. Hmm. A Transport Station, perhaps? (o;

"So Long, Marianne" ~ Leonard Cohen (live version)

^ Re: Polar Plunge. You're all nuts! But have a great time.

A still shot of a current model of the new Fantasy Springs in TDS, was posted today. It's part of the latest episode of "The Imagineering Story". Thank you to whoever posted it, with the labeling done, over it. (o:

Gobble, Gobble.

We just came back from seeing FROZEN II earlier...and I am honestly conflicted about it. This sequel was definitely story driven. Very intensely at times. The songs were strong, a couple were fun. But... My problem was that David and I were in the theater with three other pairs of people, and a few children. All spread out, throughout the big theater. We were front and center, of the front section's back row (if that makes sense). Stuff that was obviously funny, I found hearing myself laughing out loud and nobody else. Wierd. Then there was the emotional stuff, and I found myself so isolated from the movie....because there were only a few people in the audience. And children so young, I kept wondering how the heck they ever got anything out of it, except for maybe, Olaf? Still, felt off to me. So, I want to see it again, but this time, NOT in IMAX. In 3D and on a regular sized screen, downtown. I actually did that with the first Frozen. I saw that one twice, because I just loved that Elsa Transformation on the big screen. Anyway we'll see, till then... To Be Continued. SPOILER ALERT Although the revival of Olaf was a real tear-jerker, to us .

^ Well, it's raining like heck there, now. Guess they closed, earlier. Happy Thanksgiving! Gobble, Gobble.