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^^ Yay! Thanks Falafel. I loved my flan, lol! Well Chuck, it really came down to a choice for me: Dessert Ride? or Wierd Animal-tracked Ride? Of course, desserts always win out over wierd animals.

^^^ All the framed pin sets look lovely, John. Do you have them up in your home, somewhere for friends and guests to see? My stuff is everywhere, all over our home, and I try to display a souvenir in a spot that "fits to it" and vice versa, lol. My David doesn't seem to mind, and I try not to overdo, etc. Still - there's a lottta stored stuff/crap/precious here....

^ It was great touring with you and Peter, Mike! I hope you didn't think I was directing things around too much. But with time between fastpasses and all, heh heh. And I had looked at the layout and whereabouts of everything at the park's site. Not to mention being a Disney Park Geek since childhood, heh heh. So I knew a bit about where to get there from wherever, LOL. And it was even better fun to do it with people who were enjoying it as much as myself/us! I also think our various meal choices rocked, too. In both parks. No doubt about, I am a carnivore, LOLOL! And Popcorn-Loving Expert, hee hee. I really enjoyed us going from Westernland, through Adventureland, then back to Fantasyland ... or did we head back to Tomorrowland? Hmmm... I forget. But that was so cool about the layout pf the park. Everything was literally side-by-side each other! Which made covering most of TDL's attractions pretty snap! I hope the three of us get to tour again, together through a park or three in the not-too-distant future. Maybe the Europe tour? It was a good time, and at my age - cool!

^ No really, I am very sad I didn't get to ride this....um.....attraction? Looked definitely RDA, uh huh.

^^^ You too, Miles??? Great TR, Tom. I liked Space World too. I wish the rapids ride was working. It looked wierd and freaked-up from what I could make out, when I was on the wheel. Ah well, another visit I guess, hmmm? Looking forward to more.

KaliKala - Great photo of you there. What is your "dance troupe"? What type/kind of dance? Thought I'd ask.

^ Yes, I wanted to ride the wierd-running "animals" ride that they had. But didn't have enough time, darnit. And the UltraMan attraction... Kinky. (And more time to eat our meal, lolol!) TRs are great Chuck. Keep'em comin'.

And now - the other park in the Tokyo Disney Resort... Set G - Tokyo Disneyland - And then my camera went --- First of all, I want to make it clear that Tokyo Disneyland is an incredible park to visit, as much as Tokyo Disney Sea is. The first day we visited, happened to be the start of their Hallowe'en Season, complete with guests being allowed to costume themself as either characters from Disney films, or the Disney park attractions. Which probably explained, sort of, the disco ball guy I saw (silvered from head to foot) at the entrance to the park. Maybe he was the chandelier from "Beauty & The Beast"? And - we got to go on the newly overlayed Haunted Mansion, a la' Nightmare Before Christmas... SCARY TEDDY LIVES!!! I was so happy about that, heh heh. And there was Winnie The Pooh's Hunny Hunt, like Aquatopia at TDS but dry, lol. And really unique as trackless hunny pots took off in threes and persued their quest for the ultimate sweet. Me and my Amigos (Mike and Peter) started out with the rain storm still coming on strong, left over from the previous night. But we worked the ponchos, and managed to get'em off and then get'em on when needed, quite efficiently. It cleared up by afternoon, and between FastPasses a-plenty (three in two hours!) we did all the Disney classics: Country Bear Vacation Hoedown; Tiki Room - Feel The Fever!; Jungle Cruise (which had a great unique indoor temple at the end with jewels and tigers and snakes, oh my!)... And an ineresting circuit on the Western Railroad, which by Japanese Gov't law cannot have more than one station, or then it's considered public transit and therefore subject to taxation. So they made it a circuit ride, with Primeval World thrown in at the end. It was great. ALso, most of this stuff was with Japanese dialogue or ride ops speaking the local language (like the Jungle Cruise op). But it really didn't matter. Like Universal Osaka, you didn't need to understand everything said. It was all done up very visually so you could easily "get it," in any language. Oh - and the last photo was actually taken the next day at TDL. But my camera battery was slowly wearing down by then, and the final kick to it, was a small container of frozen honey-lemon sherbet (with a collectible "hunny pot", heh heh) put on top of it in my bag. Which I think, speeded up the demise of the battery! So that third day at Disney was pretty much kerplunk for taking pix; I did have a fresh battery back at the hotel, and picked up film at the park (yes they still sold film there, and film-in-throw-away cameras, too!) cheaper than at the hotel! Enough of this! On to the photos! (To be continued...) We wait to get in - while it starts raining - again. Add-on Pic #9, thanks Mike/miniviews. Hmm. Not sure what Peter/Loefet is reacting to here. Open for captions? After the first deluge (and Mansion, Pooh, Gadget's Coaster, and Cartoon Spin)... WAFFLES! Mickey-style! The all-important Castle Shot, with park touring buddies - and ponchos, too! (o: Mmmmmmm Triple FastPasses! All to use within a two-hour period! And we did it the day before at TDS, too. Man we were good at this, lol. And behind us, the Mansion with NBC overlay, incl. Jack Skellington's sleigh up there! At first, I thought we were getting NILE NELLIE to ride on the Jungle Cruise. Not to be, I sadly found out. Two of the (many)costumed guests we saw in the park. These two posed with me, after we all had ridden IASM. The next day. I tried a smoked chicken leg. Liked it better than prev.turkey leg at TDS. Bought the sherbet. And then ----- CAMERA LOCK DOWN! )o: For just the day, thankfully. Leaving TDL, after getting some 'Gling' beads in a sort-of New Orleans Square-type shop. For dessert? Ice cream for all, including my Gi-Normous Mickey Sundae (and another collector container!). And note, a couple of "Incredibles" strolling by there? (o: An early dinner - flank steak, yum - at the Queen of Hearts Banquet Hall. Good eating, indeed. And great prices, too. Ka-ching!

Yes. It was that bumper-cars thing 3-D movie thing. In that theater. A mistake I am sure a few of us will never repeat when we re-visit Lagunasia in the not-too-distant future.

For the United States of America - Happy Columbus Day! For Canada - Happy Thanksgiving Day! and For Every Other Country in The World - Happy Monday!!!

This pin from eBay. For $25, plus shipping. I think it was worth it, though. The attraction certainly was. And it comes with it's own display easel too! Grin.

Looking sweet, there. In the vid. Thanks for posting it

Maybe it's the coaster with the great view. Maybe it's those gondolas you take to get to the "other side of the mountain," heh heh. But I would definitely like to take in this park, one of these years. Thanks for posting, and looking forward to the ongoing report.

^ Because they are pictures of Disney Sea! They just photo-shopped the volcanoe out of it, lolol.

^ Elissa and Robb ^ Okay. I understand now. I could have read through the list you did post - but call me lazeee, lol. Great!

Am I reading this answer right? Or are the years wrong? Or are you actually repeating most of the 2007 Japan Tour... next year, 2008? Just an observe.

Another great dinner being prepped and done tonight, by my David. Much Yum.

Hey all who asked and commented on - Just asked my David about that tv in the photo, with the "wood-grained panelling"? (snicker) He says, "it's an old crappy tv that is temporarily replacing a burnt-out monitor, on a video editting suite." So the answer is YES, it's still working, heh heh. "Just barely."

Sounds like a real fun time, one way or t'other...

I just love editting!!! Loved Lagunasia. Wanted more Magical Powder in my life, uh huh. And I still suck at shooting rides! The score card I got even told me so, after riding Fire Fire - it said "Bad" and gave me an F... Well F you, Fire Fire!

And, drum roll please.... Set F - TOKYO DISNEY SEA ... finally! I will let you read all the reasons I loved this theme park, as my #3 Choice in my Top Ten List of the TPR Japan'07 Tour shows, LOL... http://www.themeparkreview.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=38822&start=30 Pretty much covers everything, except of course, there was that lovely bunch of young women me, Peter/Loefet, and Mike/miniviews first encountered at Indy/Crystal Skull... Well I am sure you've heard all about it by now? And if not - well, the photo's here once again, at the end of this set, lol. And onto the photos! (To be continued) It's not a castle! It's an f-ing VOLCANOE!!! Mt. Prometheus in the distance, beyond the entry "port" of Mediterranean harbor, TDS. No Mickey - it's THIS way! In the lovely little section of Cape Cod, part of the American Waterfront, TDS. My "angry and not happy that it's closed" look at Raging Spirits. Oh well, there's always another visit to ride it (yay). Lunch at Yucatan Base Camp Grill. Mike is all "spicy shrimp oooooo" and Peter is "take the *&^%# pic already so I can eat this." Nice, guys. Dive Suit Pic #1 - Nautilus Gift Shop, Mysterious Island. I loved the 1954 Disney film, so getting up close to one of the dive suits was cool for me to be able to do. Probably a copy divesuit, but I didn't care, LOL! Mystrerious Island. After exiting 20,000 Leagues ride, you see this. Ain't this purty? Unfortunately, you can't tour this Nautilus, like at DisneyParis. But it still looks great, yes? Gift shop on the right, there. Dinner in the Casbah Food Court, Arabian Coast. Peter is all "MEEEAATBAAAALL CURRYYY" while I am ecstatic at getting ANOTHER collectible cup with my meal! Ka-ching! Me and The Big Guy at the entrance to Mermaid Lagoon. Before we (once again) ran into.... My (well, Our) FAN GIRLS!!! This was taken at our first encounter, at Indy/Crystal Skull. Then two more run-intos and then eventually, we left the park, sniff sniff. A lovely group of young women, they were. (o:

^ I love the nametags collection, John! One of my eBay Disney pin sellers bought and had engraved, one of the Disneyland "little Monsters 2004" nametags, with my first name on it! So cool to have something like that, even if I didn't really go to the event, heh heh. But yours are even better! And - I had to share this... I just got these two pins on eBay auctions. Second I actually 'Buy It Now"... bought, heh heh. I just loved the Sinbad ride at TDS and wanted to ride it again and again, when I go there again...and again. the score is so great and happy, and the main singer is just superb. Not to mention a sweet Not-Too-Small-World attraction worth repeating. Maybe it's beacuase I can't remember the Japanese lyrics, heh heh. "It's - an Arabian World - After All..." (Edit: I know these aren't "theme park souvenirs"... But I decided not to f around looking for the pins thread! And the Sinbad poster pin is "theme park related", lol. ) Ah Sinbad. I loved it, even though it's much MUCH happier now in a new storyline to it. Mmmmm nice. And I get a "pin easel" for displaying it! Kewl. (o: I have a couple of other "1/4-ed" (what I call) kinds of pins. I liked this one. So, I won it, lol.

Day 78 of the Vancouver civic workers' strike.....

"When You're In My Arms" from the 1980 London CD cast recording of They're Playing Our Song (Edit: Sorry about the HUGE white area with the teeny CD cover in it.) I saw the show in London, less than one month after it opened! Great show.

Ooooooooooooo. I forgot there could be that option, maybe, possibly, LOL.