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Perfume Genius Just Like Love

^ Oooooo really new photos! Looking forward to what you post, Bert!

^ Cool pose! What's the name? Here's a fairly recent one of Stella, in a "different" relaxing spot. Taken just before we left for our S.California trip, beginning of Sept. Up in our neighbour's arbor.

Dismantled pinball machines?

New photos have been posted, of Fantasyland's expansion. And one of the Fantasy Springs construction. Thank you to whoever took these photos. Beast's castle. This could be (the top) of the new Fantasyland Theatre being built. Where the new Fantasy Springs Hotel will/should be. Bayside Station (monorail) is there on the right.

Time for afternoon cocktails!

Voyage isn't that old, compared to Bear-y Tales and Dinosaurs. So maybe an overlay of some kind would be better, rather than gutting it out and putting back one of the two previous incarnations of the dark ride. Then after the year(+) Celebration is over, they could just put Voyage back to the way it was before. Easy. There's also the opportunity to do a Knott's Ghost Town overlay on Voyage. A real shoot-em-up! My 5 cents. And something is eventually going to be done with Mystery Lodge. One assumes. One hopes. Hopefully something will happen with Mystery Lodge. (Sept.2016)

Playland at the PNE. Simple. And worth repeating... My fourth time posting about this, apparently. So Playland.........BUILD ONE! Good spot for part of it. (o; (As viewed from the West Coast Wheel in Playland)

At The End of the Day, It's All About the Dessert Party! After our meal at the Smokejumpers Grill, we had time to do a leisurely stroll around Pixar Pier, before heading to where one sees the World of Color show in the lagoon area of the park. Or in our case...sit, eat, drink and see the show. Up to this point, I hadn't told David I had bought us two spots for the World of Color Dessert Party. I bought them nearly a month ago. And the price had gone up nearly $10 since I last went and enjoyed it, in 2016. $84 per person. Which is roughly over $100 in Cdn dollars. No matter. I knew what we would be getting, and for my $$$ it would be worth it. So eventually, I let David in on what was going to happen. And since we were walking right by where one queues up and checks in, he pretty much figured it out. So we did just that, got seated at a great table, were joined by a nice couple from Asia...... and we ate, and drank, and watched World of Color, without having to stand around, etc. The show was great, the sweet and savory plates of food were too much for us so we took the 'leftovers' home. And after the show was done, we casually strolled out of the park, and to the pick up spot for our shuttle to take back to Knott's Hotel. The whole day went really well for us, heat and all. And our next day would be our 2nd "Day Off" to enjoy however we wanted to. Including PIZZA! Pretty. Luxo is on over there, but he still didn't move at all. Set up for Dessert Party and VIP seating. King Triton overseeing the festivities. Us at our table. Le Menu. Le food and drink. Very enjoyable, including our drinks. It got dark pretty quickly, after 8pm. The show started at 8:15. Photos from here on are fuzzy, but "interesting" we thought. (DM) = My partner David took these shots. (DM) (DM) (DM) (DM) (DM) Looks like a duck, right? (Smoke from the fire) Three times she blows! Time to head to our hotel. A fuzzy shot. Much, much better, this one.

Somebody just posted a great overhead shot of the Resort! Thanks, whoever took this from their plane flight!

Happy National Boston Cream Pie Day!

Halloween Appetizers!

Orange

^ Well, I'll be the first to admit, it is a bit crude, eating that way. We like to call it "Informal Dining." Every hotel room I've been in, does not necessarily come with a table and chairs, etc. So I've learned to improvise, especially with food brought back to the hotel room. And you've never seen this before, in a Trip Report? Cool! It's worth trying, by the way, if you'd rather not sit with the food in your lap, in your hotel room etc. A small face towel usually works. Why waste a larger one, hmm? Here's three Knott's shots, David got of me while on the rides. Here's me in the 2nd car, hand up. Front row, once again with the hand out and up (mine is the higher hand) so he can find me, heh. Front row, on the right. (o:

Not to be confused with BingBong... (o; Great report! And every home should have a ketchup robot!

Oooooh Chuck this is all awesome of Grona Lund! So many memories I have, from my tours there. Love re-seeing all the old stuff, and the new stuff, too. By the way, how was the new (for us) Haunt House there? Still two levels, with stairs, etc.? Looking forward to The Final Day from you. p.s. Grona Lund is the "Blackpool of Scandinavia" to me. And then some!

Fixed.

^ That's cool! My first time with TPR to TDLR (2007) it was so hot and humid, I wore a small towel around my head. Then, Cast Members would keep giving me stickers from practically everything I rode on that day, lol! It was fun. Stickered and waiting for "Legend of Mythica" to start in the TDS harbour. TPR 2007 Japan Tour.

^It wasn't always open when we were there. But you can actually check and find out, before entering the queue. Beside the (what I call) Loading Barn, there are stairs to the left of where the general queue goes inside it. And there's a SR sign above those stairs. And the Single Riders sign will either say Closed or Open. You'll be able to see it w/o having to enter the main queue, which you'll then have to do anyway to get to the SR stairs. Hope this helps w/o sounding too confusing.

Our First DCA Day continued, with riding a few more attractions. David didn't want to ride any more coasters there, so I used the Single Rider line on Incredicoaster. I always find this queue interesting, as you have to line up, then get into one of two elevators, first to go up. Then cross over the loading tracks to the second elevator, and take it down to the loading area. First timers doing this always seem confused with what's going on. And my group was certainly thankful "somebody" (me) knew what to do. After my ride, we did our first turn on Midway Mania. David did way better than me on this, so I wanted a rematch later on. WE then headed back over to Cars Land, and rode both Luigi's Rollicking Roadsters and Mater's Junkyard Jamboree, both themed to Halloween. Both fun, but it was obvious there were only half (or less) of the cars running in Luigi's. A cast member told me that "some of Luigi's relatives weren't feeling well" i.e. needing maintenance. After that we headed over to Hollywood Land and joined Mike & Sulley To The Rescue. A slow ride but definitely better than what was there before. I remember reading about. (See Superstar Limo) And then after that...after that? We still had a couple of hours until we saw "World of Color" (and my surprise for David). So we apparently timed it just right, to see the 5pm showing of FROZEN. But this time, after it's playing for three+ years, no Fast Passes were needed. Everybody just showed up within a half hour, including us, and we got these great Orchestra (on the aisle) seats for the show. (SPOILER ALERT?) But, I totally forgot how c-c-c-cold they make the building for the s-s-s-snow effects. Nonetheless the actors were strong singers and everything was just as it was, when I saw it in 2016. When the show was over, I took us over to Smokejumpers Grill for something to eat before WoC. After all the fancy food we'd been eating both at Knott's and here, this was a very simple burger we had. First and only one for me on the entire trip. The ring things were excellent, and the vanilla shake was thick and tasty. And when we finished, we were ready to head to an area to see World of Color. And that's when I sprung my surprise on David.... I look like I'm conducting, or something. (DM) I would love to be a Design Imagineer, if I could come up with this! The middle looks a bit "eaten up," but the wheels still look good. Wait. Aren't there supposed to be more cars out there? Photo from 2016. Even with half gone, it was still a fun ride. How's Your Blood Type, Mater? Yep, I would love to come up with stuff like this. I wish Fillmore's had more than drinks, but still, my fave spot. It almost looks like a Pop Up Shop to me. Plenty of space to just hang around. I still am not sure what he had on his back. But I asked to take a pic, anyway. They obliged. First we go left (Mike & Sulley); then we'll go right (Frozen). Here we are. In the queue, waiting to go in. Great show again. No photos taken. I was lazy. Dinner before dessert! Simple burger and ring things. And the milkshake was great! Almost done. "When Balloon Clouds Attack Each Other" A stroll around the Pier again, before World of Color starts. "Luxo" wasn't on, nor was 'he' moving at all. Back of the Pal-A-Round. And Bing Bong continually cries out candy. (To Be Continued)

^ Sad to have lost them, too.

^ Sweet!

Don't Be Stupid ~ Shania Twain

Kharma Chameleon ~ Culture Club

^ There's so much happening in the next few years, I'm not surprised that they didn't mention a new country (i.e. Brazil, Rumor) for World Showcase, at this year's D23. There's always D23 in 2021 (and 2023) too. My two retro EPCOT books. The right one is 'slimmer' than the other. (o: