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- Sun, 13:15: Lunch break. Grabbed sandwiches from special grab-n-go area for event. Bad setup--3 lines, 2 of them had to cut thru other after paying
- Sun, 13:16: K then went to meet up with Shannon to give her more pins bought in the pop-up shop, I wandered.
- Sun, 13:17: Checked out 'concept bus' for transport--lightly themed interior, sound and light system for effects like birthday wishes, Halloween party.
- Sun, 13:18: Quick tour of Disney archives exhibit, photos and a few memorabilia of Walt Disney.
- Sun, 13:20: Then wandered doing some Pokémon inside and outside the Contemporary.
- Sun, 14:10: Afternoon session begins with talk on Marc Davis, legendary Disney animator.
- Sun, 14:20: Marc Davis moved to become an Imagineer, worked on Jungle Cruise among others.
- Sun, 16:09: Great session on Pirates of the Caribbean rides, heavy on the superb Shanghai version.
- Sun, 17:02: Short session on studies done to see how animals would be affected by extension of Animal Kingdom into night hours.
- Sun, 17:03: Ending session is an hour for Joe Rohde to talk about development and philosophy of Animal Kingdom--absolutely wonderful.
- Sat, 16:44: More on Adventureland after lunch, then on history of the Polynesian Resort. Quick lesson on the hula, then into a talk by writer of Moana
- Sat, 23:24: Radio silence this evening because no phones/electronics allowed at advance showing of Moana, so left at hotel.
- Sat, 23:26: Moana viewing held on beach of the Poly, had chairs set up but in deep sand so hard to get in and out of rows.
- Sat, 23:28: Saw many trailers for upcoming movies, the the short "Inner Workings", then Moana. Very good, want to see it again, will buy soundtrack.
- Sat, 23:30: Met up with Corey and 2 others in lobby after the film to trade pins--he had 2 Kevin pins I wanted, for spares I bought at this event.
- Sat, 23:31: Back to GF after 11.
- Sun, 09:12: Off this morning at 8, to Contemporary by monorail First talk is on Disney maps by authors of new book. Must add to my Amazon wish list
- Sun, 09:27: Next segment is show director who put Jingle Bell Jingle BAM! together. Showing a recording of show, with commentary
- Sun, 09:32: Glitter snow turns out to be serendipity--artificial snow contains mylar bits, when they have snow and lasers get glitter.
- Sun, 09:43: Next, guy that worked on development of the new Frozen ride and meet-n-greet area at Epcot
- Fri, 17:09: We emerged from the shop around 4:30, found the people we were chatting with in line for instant pin swapping in the corridor.
- Fri, 17:11: Most was trying to get full set of mystery box 12 Days of Christmas, were only allowed to buy 12. Most items had a limit of 1.
- Fri, 17:13: Are monorailing to GF, will put away pins, K will sort out the pins she bought for S, then we'll head to MK Xmas Party to meet S.
- Fri, 18:11: Off to the Magic Kingdom for Mickeys Very Merry Christmas Party via boat--dock is near our bldg. Stops at the Polynesian first then to MK.
- Fri, 18:46: Easy entry to the park w our party tickets on our MagicBands. Got party wristbands, headed to Plaza Restaurant, got a table after 5 min wait
- Fri, 18:47: A favorite--Reuben sandwich at the Plaza. https://t.co/T6ewzgtB48
- Fri, 21:54: Passed by the lines for character greetings early on, too long for the unusual characters. Got sugar cookies for a treat.
- Fri, 21:56: Found a spot to watch part of parade over heads and shoulder-kids. Then met up with S and her friend Tori in Frontierland for pin handoff
- Fri, 22:01: Now in the hub area for Wishes, Holiday version.
- Fri, 22:01: Found Big Al in Frontierland https://t.co/ePwhkw4Q4L
- Thu, 17:26: I was out early for AWRA, gave my talk at the second morning session. Went well, several good questions.
- Thu, 17:27: Mindi needed to talk to me, went w me to GF and we got lunch at GF Cafe, very good.
- Thu, 17:29: Mindi left, found Krissi and our pin-trading friend Debbie who were hanging out and arranging a pin trade continued from August.
- Thu, 17:31: We got Debbie a ticket to the Studios desert party via the GF concierge last night, so after pin trading we piled in her car for that.
- Thu, 17:33: Got to Studios in good time to check in for party, which includes the Christmas projection show special viewing area.
- Thu, 17:39: And the party has started, got a gingerbread martini as we entered. Snagged a sit-down table as those are limited, will take turns at food
- Thu, 17:49: Santa Goofy is making the rounds. https://t.co/gxHLFpwdag
- Thu, 18:37: Nice variety at the dessert party--savory stuff was pita and spinach dip, meatballs, same kale salad on a cone as B⦠https://t.co/Fqa32ll0OZ
- Thu, 18:43: Now are in the reserved area, 5 minutes until the Jingle Bell Jingle Bam projection show on the facade of Great Movie Ride
- Thu, 18:44: Sweets incl. cookies, cupcakes, Krispie treats, warm choc cake and a salted caramel cake both a la mode, key lime t⦠https://t.co/CYtQhM3alv
- Wed, 16:40: Morning work in room, later at AWRA, lunch was informal meeting on water use needs for NHD.
- Wed, 16:41: Went through presentation for Mindi then back to hotel and a bit more work. Now in Magic Kingdom and will meet up with Krissi.
- Wed, 17:12: Met up with Krissi, took a turn around the hub for Pokestops, now we're off to the Polynesian for dinner at Kona Cafe.
- Wed, 17:13: MK is ready for Christmas. https://t.co/Qk9BR0wBgO
- Wed, 22:30: Catch-up: nice meal at Kona, we split 3 appetizers for a sort of dim sum meal. Monorail back to GF so I could do final run through of talk.
- Wed, 22:32: Have come out on GF boat dock to see if the Electrical Water Pageant is doing a MK pass tonight--missed the official GF viewing.
- Wed, 22:36: Can see the ELP floats out near the Contemporary. Ah, music has started. https://t.co/K0G0WWEt3L
- Wed, 22:42: American finale to ELP. Space Mtn in the background. https://t.co/RQXchADlfN
- Tue, 17:43: After my day at AWRA, returned to hotel and worked on my PowerPoint. K also working. We're now off by bus to Disney Springs.
- Tue, 17:44: Will meet Mindi there, have 7 pm reservation at Art Smiths Homecoming.
- Tue, 17:45: K has done lots of planning, will meet Shannon on Thursday for brunch at 1900 Park Faire--character meal at Gr Floridian restaurant
- Tue, 17:47: Thurs PM we'll both meet up with Debbie, maybe at the Studios dessert party, maybe somewhere else.
- Tue, 18:30: https://t.co/lTss3xNgQt
- Tue, 18:31: Disney Springs from the 3rd floor open deck of the Coca-Cola store. Amazing how many Coke branded items can be purchased here.
- Tue, 19:11: Chef Art Smith stopped by the table to say thanks for coming in. Just demolished an order of "church lady" deviled eggs
- Mon, 18:03: Left the room at 7 this morning to head to the Florida Hotel for the AWRA conference. Smooth registration, caught the Plenary session
- Mon, 18:19: Saw Dave Blodgett at morning break, Mindi texted that she would arrive before lunch, after her conf calls
- Mon, 18:20: Lunch w Mindi at La Madeline in the mall attached to hotel, or maybe the mall the hotel is attached to.
- Mon, 18:20: Good afternoon session with talks on interbasin transfer inventory and water dispute mediation.
- Mon, 18:21: Skipped later afternoon session and drove back to resort. K had breakfast at Kona Cafe, got some work done too.
- Mon, 18:22: Off by monorail to Epcot, will see how long lines are for last night of Food and Wine.
- Mon, 18:23: Hawaii booth too long line, tried Canada but aborted when they announced were out of pretzel bread for the cheese soup.
- Mon, 18:23: Finally got salmon on potato pancake at Scotland.
- Mon, 18:55: Bypassing booths as not that compelling, or line not worth the food. I finally succumbed to the carrot cake w warm cream cheese frosting
- Mon, 19:12: Split a schinkennudeln in Germany. Excellent.
- Sun, 12:04: Event went to 11, very informative and entertaining. Headed back to hotel for some work time.
- Sun, 12:47: We have a visitor. https://t.co/lxtGtF4hr0
- Sun, 18:33: We worked most of the afternoon with one Pokémon break. Now have ventured by monorail to the Polynesian for pulled… https://t.co/HmZzXhuQfA
- Sat, 12:12: Stopped at Guest Relations, confirmed that the system failed to register us entering the park last night. Had to show photos to prove entry
- Sat, 12:13: Pass holders who come to Food and Wine 3 days get a gift, thus the desire to show each entry.
- Sat, 12:14: Headed back to GF, against the tide of many Festival goers on the last weekend. It will be crowded all day and evening.
- Sat, 17:22: We both worked a while in our room, now off to Disney Springs by bus
- Sat, 17:28: Nice conversation on bus with other Pokémon Go players.
- Sat, 18:16: K found another battery pack for her phone, and we've made a Pin Traders stop
- Sat, 18:20: Disney Springs is totally into Christmas--Santa is here, decor, etc. guess they are prepped for the Thanksgiving crowds.
- Sat, 18:23: Springs are crowded. Don't know if all these people are buying enough to keep all the new restaurants and stores happy, but bodies are here
- Sat, 19:02: Trying to find place to eat where we can sit down--challenging. 2 hr wait @ Morimoto, all bar options full. Waiting in long Blaze pizza line
- Sat, 19:25: Blaze Pizza's White Top, added a balsamic glaze. https://t.co/2pYEDBGYe1
- Fri, 16:24: Another Disney trip! I'm at WDW, just checked into the Grand Floridian and Krissi and I are off to Epcot for the Rockin Burger Block Party
- Fri, 16:25: Tweeting will be sporadic due to heavy use of phone for Pokémon Go. :)
- Fri, 17:02: Monorail fr GF to Epcot is nice if connections are close (they were) though you do have to go down and back up to change lines at the TTC
- Fri, 17:08: K has to pick up her new Annual Pass so we're in the ticket line.
- Fri, 17:10: Catch up: I drove down yesterday, spent the night in a Disney Springs area hotel. Picked up Krissi at the airport this morning.
- Fri, 17:11: Went from airport to Kissimmee Lakefront Park, *the* Pokémon hotspot in Orlando. That was great, lots of Pokestops, several lured constantly
- Fri, 17:14: Big lines to get in--last weekend of Food and Wine, Veterans Day holiday, Epcot is slammed.
- Fri, 17:17: Last nights dinner--the chicken and sugar doughnuts at Art Smiths Homecoming in the Springs, eaten at the bar. https://t.co/icrrOOX4jd
- Fri, 18:19: We have checked in for the burger party early, are first in the "reserved seating" second tier line. Are sitting on floor perusing the menu.
- Fri, 18:20: The party is in same bldg as the pin event, World Showplace. Big barn of a place. Will be 5 food stations, all have a signature burger.
- Sun, 12:39: Park hopping in California: bought a few pins at Trolley Treats in DCA at 9:18, in DL at 9:24 killing time before tour checkin.
- Sun, 12:42: Today's tour is Happiest Haunts, focuses on the Haunted Mansion and maybe other 'spooky' stuff. Like the ID button https://t.co/UKiIAP3bep
- Sun, 12:50: Women tour guides wear a riding helmet, a costume that dates to the 1960s where you could have seen it on Wonderful World of Color
- Sun, 13:02: Men guides don't wear a hat at all. Women also carry a riding crop, to keep us in line, perhaps. https://t.co/takIsklofv
- Sun, 13:04: Guide Tiff sounds a bit scripted, which previous guide didn't. Maybe this is a tour more junior CMs get.
- Sun, 13:05: Tour audio has spooky background music.
- Sun, 13:12: Goofy popped into our tour circle to wave.
- Sun, 13:13: Starting in Town Square taking about early ideas, Imagineers.
- Sun, 13:17: Imagineers via Windows on Mains St. https://t.co/Yxd4flsk92
- Sun, 13:18: X Atencio was in Town Sq.
- Sat, 12:23: Just strolling...don't think I need to ride Soarin again enough to either wait in line or pull a FastPass.
- Sat, 12:24: Wandering in Hollywoodland: replica Dumbo animation art in concrete at the Off The Page store entrance https://t.co/C7STb42hV9
- Sat, 13:17: Ride Mike and Sulley to the rescue--ride rumored on way out to build Marvel-based land. Roz in last scene was doing live guest interaction
- Sat, 15:31: Morning coolth is gone, had enough sun and pavement in DCA for now. Retreated to room with iced tea and pumpkin twi… https://t.co/nZ3PuJndjK
- Sat, 20:44: Spent the afternoon on a nap, then work--prep for next week. Will probably do the same tomorrow PM. Off to find dinner.
- Sat, 21:03: Found a table at GC Hearthstone Lounge, not inside where it's hopping with pre-dinner drinking parties, but at a terrace table just outside
- Sat, 21:05: One other party eating out here, still quieter than inside. Traffic from pool and occasional cast/maintenance folks is quite tolerable.
- Sat, 21:12: Wagyu beef sliders with prepared and arugula, subbed cheddar for the bleu cheese. Glass of Shiraz https://t.co/X5LDl6ROMV
- Sat, 21:59: That was a lovely dinner, despite a few bugs and the passing foot traffic. Lots of Pokemon activity, too--2 new species at one meal!
- Sat, 22:00: Off to Disneyland to catch the regular fireworks.
- Fri, 12:03: Enjoyed my burrito and coffee in the cool of the morning on the Ranco el Zocalo terrace. Sounds of Big Thunder Mine Train testing behind me
- Fri, 12:05: Strolled back to front of park to Tour Gardens, checked in, placed lunch order fr limited Jolly Holliday menu, got button so guide can ID me
- Fri, 12:13: Characters meeting in Town Square in Halloween costume. Goofy as skeleton, Mickey=Dracula (maybe), Chip&Dale=cops, Pluto has purple collar
- Fri, 12:30: Tour is "Walk in Walt's Footsteps". Looks like we'll be about at the 15 person limit.
- Fri, 12:35: Guide has appeared with the headphones
- Fri, 12:39: First stop, the fire house for Disney childhood story. https://t.co/wFucz2UdmT
- Fri, 12:49: Goofy briefly joined the tour as we headed up Main St to the castle
- Fri, 12:59: Clydesdales pulling the Main St streetcars are braided up for Halloween.
- Fri, 12:59: https://t.co/ZHnII2chhY
- Fri, 13:03: Guide has lots of recorded sound bites from Walt to play as he takes about the park history.
- Thu, 18:19: Changed to shorts, assembled stuff for parks, headed out. Will stop at concierge for the sheet of hotel activities.
- Thu, 18:32: TV commercial filming in Downtown Disney, disrupting traffic flow a bit. Lots of cast members directing us to the open path.
- Thu, 19:10: Into Disneyland, decided to do the DL PinQuest since I did WDW one. Supposed to be a sort of scavenger hunt across the park, buying pins.
- Thu, 19:11: CM at Music Store let me buy the entire set at once. I promised to go solve the clues over my weekend. :)
- Thu, 19:15: The Pokemon/Disney conflict. Am standing under the music teachers window enjoying atmosphere, can't move on cause of the 2 lured Pokestops
- Thu, 19:40: Collected caffeine at SBux, found a space to catch part of the afternoon parade over heads of those who staked their spots out early.
- Thu, 19:42: https://t.co/DIKzvQN6jS
- Thu, 20:00: In the "be kind to your feet" mode, will move fr parade standing to the Fantasy Fair show. I think it's Tangled, but mainly its seated.
- Thu, 20:37: Dios de los Muertes decor https://t.co/mrvcMlqYcR
- Thu, 21:03: Can't get a table at New Orleans Cafe, trying French Market's shrimp po boy. https://t.co/yot7uMf6ix
- Thu, 17:33: Parked my rental car, monorail goes by, must be in Disneyland!
- Thu, 17:57: Splurged on the Grand Californian for the weekend, though at least at something of a discount. Add more for parking the rental car.
- Thu, 17:57: Elevators to my room wing are just around the corner from the hotel's special entrance to Disneys California Adventure park
- Mon, 08:34: Radio silence yesterday was due to a very busy day. Breakfast was leisurely, Captains Grille in Yacht Club side of resort.
- Mon, 08:35: Captains Grille--neither of us had chocolate waffles, surprisingly. Personal electronics time was consumed by Pokemon Go, thus no tweets.
- Mon, 08:39: After breakfast we loaded up all our pins in my car and drove to the B Resort in Disney Springs hotel cluster for PinCon World pin event.
- Mon, 08:44: PinCon was organized by the group behind https://t.co/uP77cPpfPu, a group-sourced database of Disney pins. Other pin-trading groups helped.
- Mon, 08:49: Basically PinCon was a large room of tables. Sections set off for sponsorship level, meaning registration fee amt. We were silver.
- Mon, 08:54: PinCon 'sponsors' got a 4-ft table space to set out pins and trade. Other activities also: pin boards like the Disney event, raffles, games
- Mon, 08:57: We spread out pins side by side, also near table for Debbie and Larry, the eBay sellers we met Sat. and had planned more trades with.
- Mon, 09:00: Our friend Mark came in later and grabbed space on the table behind us. K had a big pin trade going w Mark who had set aside stuff for her
- Mon, 09:02: PinCon then became like manning an exhibit at a busy convention--constant flow of people looking at our pins, showing theirs, negotiating.
- Mon, 09:04: We both had wanted to wander the room and look for certain pins we want, but never found a break. Did do the trades w Mark, Debbie & Larry
- Sat, 14:50: Lines are shorter and moving better this afternoon as people finish using their tabs.
- Sat, 15:00: More trading in line, I traded an Artist Proof pin from the boards for a 20,000 Leagues pin, had a Hidden Mickey someone wanted, etc
- Sat, 15:04: We're staying in line with Mark who we met last year, and Carol and Rocky and their grown son David. Nice chatting with friends.
- Sat, 15:05: Almost to the head of line for our last trades. Hopefully they will change the boards soon.
- Sat, 18:31: After our last boards, headed into the back room trading area, the "shark tank". Avoided the sharks by using Shannon as a guide.
- Sat, 18:33: Did another large trade with Debbie, a back room trader, mixing pins from me and K. K traded her complete set of small world pins.
- Sat, 18:45: I like the parting gift (may be the first time)! Jack-Jack from the Incredibles. https://t.co/agseZy5KeG
- Sat, 18:47: Said goodbye to some folks, will see others tomorrow at the non-Disney PinCon World trading event at a Disney Springs hotel.
- Sat, 18:52: Back to hotel in post-thunderstorm humidity. Now taking the bus to Animal Kingdom to do a twilight safari ride.
- Sat, 18:53: We've decided the Pokemon for this trip is the Magikarp, a fish on its side, gasping. Probably due to Fla. humidity https://t.co/qTFiHcLvsZ
- Fri, 14:13: Update.... stayed in the line with 2 boards and are maybe 30 minutes from using our third tab. We take turns on break, ate bag lunch in line
- Fri, 14:15: Have gotten our "board pins", which no longer have to be collected on the boards. 6 pin set themed to Finding Dory.
- Fri, 17:17: We were down to our last tabs, waited in the hour and a half line, finally got to front, and the board was recently refreshed. And...
- Fri, 17:26: ...cont. Both K and I found our last tabs had fallen off our lanyard cards. Searching around didn't turn them up, so we told the CM and left
- Fri, 17:30: A guy we'd traded with in line gave me a tab he wasn't going to use, K went to check out the upcoming pins on display and wait on trivia.
- Fri, 17:35: Switched to a game w a quicker line which then didn't move. Jumped to line next door, got to pick from 2 cork circle boards. Nothing good.
- Fri, 17:38: Krissi's trivia game is on. 15 people seated facing us. It's the end of the day, hosts are having to select people to fill in for no-shows
- Fri, 17:38: Questions in earlier round were very tough!
- Fri, 17:45: Q1 tough, took third person to get it. Second easy, third hard--but I knew it! K got a shot at 4, no one got it correct. Not an easy game.
- Fri, 17:55: K knew several but didn't get in time. Good game.
- Thu, 14:41: Got our preordered merchandise and moved into the trading room. No confusion with the other Nancy Barber this year.
- Thu, 15:22: Met up with Carol and Rocky and their son David. I brought them a couple of DL sets in return for Xmas pins last year.
- Thu, 15:24: Grabbed the end of a trading table where S and her friend Torie were set up, got some multi person trading going.
- Thu, 15:26: S found someone who wanted almost every one of my Pixar alphabets, reg. and chaser--26 pins. I'll look in her and Torie's stuff to balance.
- Thu, 15:29: Left Coronado Springs close to 3, back to Beach Club to dump pin stuff. Grabbed snack of house made chips, lavash, hummus in lounge.
- Thu, 16:08: Off to Magic Kingdom by bus. Bus sign says "My other bus is a magic carpet".
- Thu, 17:04: After some back and forth, found store with Pin Quest starter, solved first clue, off to Storybook Circus.
- Thu, 17:05: Emerged fr store in time for flag retreat.
- Thu, 17:33: Pretty hot today too, but a little less humid than yesterday. Made it to Circus and did next stage of Pin Quest.
- Thu, 17:34: Skipped our Mine Train FP, K not interested and I wasn't enthusiastic enough to make her wait on me.
- Wed, 12:41: Woohoo! Upped to club level at Beach Club for the stay.
- Wed, 13:59: Anhinga taking advantage of the new anti-alligator fencing at Beach Club. https://t.co/ONHMq3mmK0
- Wed, 14:01: Got checked in, left bags at Bell Services as room is not ready, moved car to self-parking, and we headed to Epcot in the heat and humidity
- Wed, 14:03: Security definitely tighter, more thorough search of bags, and everyone goes through metal detector. Only one detector at Intnatl Gate.
- Wed, 14:05: Lots of ongoing prep for Food and Wine Festival, normal shortcut path to The Land was blocked. Played a little Pokemon Go as we walked.
- Wed, 14:07: I got a power salad w chicken at Sunshine Seasons. 2 pm Soarin' FastPasses,can cool off & ride in the next hour. https://t.co/8l3p9oTFoA
- Wed, 15:07: Asked for B concourse to avoid Soarin distortion, have now seen it with the Epcot ending instead of DL.
- Wed, 15:08: New women's restroom at Soarin are greatly expanded from old, very nice.
- Wed, 17:46: Back into the sauna that is WDW in August, walked across to Mouse Gear for A/C and some pin trading.
- Wed, 17:48: Too hot to wander so headed back to Beach Club. No message on room so found a table near a lounge w power outlet for phones. Pokestops near!
