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^ omg I stand corrected. Wow. That is a - lot - of candy!

Oooo nice! Always room for more Tokyo Disney Popcorn! And yes, that too! BTW, what does "The GreyGray Stuff" actually taste like? What's on the way to me now, via eBay sale. (o: TDL Caramel Popcorn Cart Snack Case, for the Holidays!

^ LOL! And after all those Halloween parties.... I love these pumpkin puking photos, lol!

^ That's still a crazy amount of candy! By the way, you DO mean 1000 pieces and not pounds? From your last year's post about it, you've now doubled the amount of candy, that you bought last year! And if it does rain, and you have leftovers, it should still 'last' till next October, lol. (Oct.31) Here's what we got out front, so far. I got lazy about putting the orange lights up. So...not this time. Next year, I promise. (Nov.01) This time, instead of being short of candy, we had nearly 100+ pieces left over! Doesn't look like much in the daytime. And here's David's craft skills result. Instead of a candle, we got something with little lights that blink. The whole thing. It'll be better at night, with the lights that are already up there. How it looked, at night.

On The Mark Twain....And I Find a New Little Buddy. After the time we spent in Galaxy's Edge, we headed back to the Mark Twain for the ride we were supposed to take the other day. No crowd on it, and just a perfect way to relax, take in the Disney scenery, and enjoy not rushing around, for a bit. Then, David and I decided to split up for an hour or so. He took off to Tom Sawyer's Island, and I took off for the enjoyment of Single Rider Lines. Turns out Indiana Jones was basically a ten minute or so wait, so no single riders queuing there. And Space Mountain was another easy on and off ride, thanks to it's SR entry. And after that, I came back to Big Thunder and literally (again) just walked on, to it. This all made me realize that mid-September is an awesome time to visit DLR! In hindsight though, I should have made a beeline to the Smuggler's Run Single Rider Queue itself. But I didn't think of it, at the time. Ah well, another visit, then. We got back together eventually, went on Pirates one more time (and we both still took awful photos in there), then headed back to Main Street for some more browsing and shopping....and then....David saw Him. Near one of the cashiers in the Emporium. Pointed Him out to me, and I was immediately in love with the little guy. We had seen Him on other shoulders in DCA, and were told (by whoever had one) they had gotten Him from the Guardians Gift Shop. So we didn't expect this find in DL! And then we continued on with our day, Baby Groot on my shoulder.... Here it comes. And we're on it! Looking over at "StrollerLand". A real 'Mine'. Columbia was not sailing, any time we were there. Tom Sawyer Island, Now "Pirate Size"! Nope. Didn't want to get wet again. Hungry Bear Restaurant. Looks beautiful on the shoreline. They did a pretty good job of hiding those spires in Star Wars Land. Last time I rode one of these, was in Disney Paris, 2008. This was cool to see. Nice Disney touch. It takes a village... Spotted this piece of track. Probably from the original Mine Train ride. Retro Postcard. David on The Island. (DM) Spotted these in the distance. Thought they were real... (DM) ...They weren't. (DM) Indy was a literal walk on for everybody in line. Not the same as looking at a castle, but that's okay. The lower 'Mine!' at rest. Still fuzzy shots of Pirates. Better shot of The New Redhead, but still crappy at best. We find each other! (DM) (To Be Continued)

^^ Actually, upon re-looking at this concept model, the icons' shapes obviously mean stuff. So it looks like: Circles = Attractions; Fan-shaped = Show; 6-Sided = Shops; Squares = Food/Drink/Snack/Popcorn... ... and Yellow #10 is Minnie's new Meet 'n Greet Styling Shop. And that Star? Still probably the Fast Pass distribution spot. EDIT: I miss TDLR and all the gp's Cos Play costumes during this time (or any) of year. This Princess had it made, with her built-in transport gown, LOL! (2013) ...Or you could go as a Bunch Of Duffies & Friends! (o: (2013)

Out of the house, and on our way to dinner on The Drive, we saw this... Oct.10/19 ~ 7:22pm

Boo.

Today's the day.....boo.

from the "Just Noticing Dept"..... Now that it's done, that two Autopia-type small car driving attractions are now closed in Hong Kong Disneyland, and Tokyo Disneyland (for Marvel in HKDL and Beauty/Beast in TDL)... doesn't it look rather obvious, that TommorowLand Speedway in Magic Kingdom is basically on it's last legs? First, it was slightly shortened (cordoned off. I don't remember) for the new Circus Area, off of FantasyLand. And now recently, it's actually been shortened for the new TRON coaster there. I think there's now some good space available for something new, high tech and totally "tomorrow" in that spot. Hmmm? Yes/No? (Ha! Bring an Original Alien Encounter Back in that spot, plplplplease?) Just a thought. I am also convinced that Disneyland's will/would be "The Last To Go," if it came to that. Beauty (Paris) Before Age (Anaheim).

^ Great to remember. Thanks for the info. Joey! In a concept model, the STAR there is where the paper Fast Passes for #1 were/are supposed to be given out. This is a very early concept model, just to emphasize that. And just because.... #3 and #4 should be Le Fou's and Gaston's, respectively. The 2's are the three shops, opposite them. And #5 could be an actual Meet 'n Greet for Belle and Maurice ...and Beast too, hmm? And #1 and #6 = Main Attraction & Theatre. (o:

Wow. My fave colour "used to be red". But.....this could change with that gorgeous track colour. Purple does look very cool on coaster track!

Anybody done up their house for The Season? Just curious. We just have our usual lights up on the porch. And a pumpkin, of course. And, as reminded from last year, we have 250+ pieces of candy to hand out. And not run out of. We hope. To be eventually carved up.

I hope they don't get rid of that great Ferris Wheel structure they have in there. I was reminded of it, on our recent trip to Disneyland, seeing another wheel in one of the shops. Immediately took me back to 2017 and my trip to CP with Bert. And that wheel in the CP Museum/Town Hall. I hope they don't auction that off. EDIT: I took a look. Whew! Not in the auction list, yet. In one of the Main Street shops in DL. Sept.12/19. The Wheel in Town Hall in Cedar Point. Taken June 05/17.

^ LOL Great name!

^ Yes, you are!

^ Why....you're correct! Uncanny...

^ It's a great idea, but it didn't work that well for me when we were there, because 1) The Happy Hour was only from Monday to Thursday. So enjoying it on the weekend we spent at Knott's park was out. And 2) It was from 4 to 7pm. Except for our second day off (the Wednesday), we were either in Knott's or at Disney during that time period. But that was okay. I got to enjoy it on that 2nd day off. And with not drinking as much as I probably do on these trips, it helped in my eventual weight loss from the trip! And half-price on the beers was a great deal! 1/2 price off this was a pretty good deal. (o:

Day 3 at Disneyland - "Mono, Mono, it's the Mono, Monoraaaaiil Ride!" ~~~~~~ (And it's the ONLY time we actually Park Hopped that day, lol.) ~~~~~~ After our second day off, it was time to get back to Disney. On our previous visit, we saw that the Monorail Ride was shut down between 11am and 6 pm. Probably for the heat in the afternoon, we thought. So, that was our first ride of the day, once we entered Disneyland. Before 11am. After that, it was time to finally get a ride on Smuggler's Run. We waited the 35+ minutes in the queue, but there was so much to see in it, time went by pretty fast for us. Then we got inside, and were given Pilot tags to fly the thing! Cool! And we did pretty good, David handing the side-to-side part, me going up and down with the controls. Our "team" got only one of "those canisters" in the end, but we didn't bang everything up too badly, heh. It was fun, and we definitely wanted to do it again. After that, we hit Ronto's Roasters for another pricey snack and drink to enjoy. Halloween decor in the Knott's Hotel lobby. More tropical greenery outside. Back at DL! Going up the ramp to the Monorail, we saw this. View from the Monorail loading platform. "Do Not Touch," we were told. And....we didn't (o; Heading through the Grand Californian Hotel. (DM) Continuing on, to the Disneyland Hotel Station. (DM) At the Hotel Station, we noticed "something"... Hmmm. That must have taken a bit of work to get it on the light. (o: Heading back to the Tomorrowland Station. Another Matterhorn shot. (DM) And then, we headed to Black Spire Outpost. Great photo ops, everywhere you turned. In the queue for our first ride on Smuggler's Run. Eye candy everywhere in this queue! A card game "in progress." There was usually some filming going on, somewhere in either of the parks. Finally meeting Hondo. Pretty cool AA. Down the hallway to our eventual cockpit. And ...it was done! In Ronto's Roasters. Name those fish! Roasting the Ronto? Fuzzy Menu. But this was our second time here, so we already knew what we wanted.... The Ronto Wrap and the Meiloorun Juice! Both great, again. (To Be Continued)

^ Very cool find, Bert! Have fun using them, reminding yourself where you were when you got them. I forgot, that I myself, got something a bit "spooky" recently. That being, another candy case but themed for TDLR's BOO Season. From the same eBay seller I bought the Popcorn Cart and the blue Electric Parade one. All three of them will be coming to me, by mid-November. Ha! With your (probable) 6 Mickey Ghosts on it, Bert! (Candy not included)

Friend I haven't seen for 9+ years is arriving this morning. Staying with us while he's at a work conference. I'm a bit nervous. I mean, 9 years no contact, that I can remember. Still, we can catch up a - lot!

What's being sold (still?) in DCA's Cars Land for The Season...a Halloween Straw Topper!

West End Girls ~ The Pet Shop Boys

Great update Larry! And maybe they should/could carry over the painted theming of Hilarity Hall onto the Food Building as well? Just a suggestion. By the way, what is the low roofed building to the left of Hilarity Hall? I forget if you've mentioned it before.

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