Games of the Boardwalk ( April 2009)

Checked  out the new Boardwalk games in DCA
I liked the makeover of these games.






Grabbed a quick dinner at Wine Country Trattoria with Kim then headed over and went 


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Then it was Tiki Time ---Went to ask him some advice about surfing

Disneyland Picture of the Day (DCA)

Some Small World Additions April 2009

Then we checked out the recent additions to the Small World –which I liked ….They were subtle and didn’t change the ride to much. Some of the cooler stuff --my NO Flash camera didn’t capture good enough… Here is what I did capture……


Then we checked out the recent additions to the Small World –which I liked ….They were subtle and didn’t change the ride to much. Some of the cooler stuff --my NO Flash camera didn’t capture good enough… Here is what I did capture……

Magic Carpet  Ride for 2




The Three Amigos-----Oh Wait  Wrong Movie
The New Americas section....I sure hope they don't make it interactive with Targets on the  sides of characters...



Oh Well----too late....




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Rinky Dink Celebrate Parade (April 2009)

Celebrate, Small World additions and new Boardwalk games in DCA
Before I document my first ever experience with the Ren Faire (a tall order since I have over a hundred pics) I decided I'd do a quick Disneyland Resort blog –showing some of the new things at the resort that I checked out on a few recent trips…..
First off The new Disneyland Parade Celebrate…….A Great parade ………NOT SO MUCH
Celebrate follows the Street Performance style parade …..Not my favorite type of parade……In fact the last good parade in this style was probably the Lion King Parade….I personally think traditional moving parades work much better…..

So Celebrate was not great but at least it wasn’t as bad as the worst case of a street performance parade . That spot in the hall of lame is still reserved for LIGHT TRAGIC.
To see pics from LIGHT TRAGIC go herehttp://www.yesterland.com/lightmagic.html
Yeah I get what they were trying for with Light Magic…..The Lord of the Dance was popular back then….so they figured they would do something with that……But cheesy faires or elves or whatever they were on bad fiber optics floats…NOT SO MUCH Especially as a replacement for the Electrical Parade…..



Back to Celebrate…….It is basically just low budget version of the Mardi Gras parade from 1990 35^th anniversary parade…….Floats of the famous Disney characters????? Dancing and a conga line???? I’ve seen that before…but done better…
Go here to see pics from that parade
Party Gras
http://www.yesterland.com/partygras.html
Now I present the low budget version Celebrate!
I thing Eric needs a drink for this one (as he waits in long line for a beer)

The Mardi Gras Parade had 40 foot character balloons --this time around 7 foot balloons (Impressive—NOT SO MUCH)


The Floats themselves are very plain and dull



Tigger doing what Tiggers do



The rinky dink dancing began

Then they let the kids loose on the streets which is the high point of the parade for families like our friend Amelia and her daughter.



Some late arrivals the Slit walkers

POOH doing dance moves I didn’t know POOH could do


And they danced



And for a finale they rode the characters by on bicycles????????

DCA Fun " Step right up" Paradise Pier Art work and Aladdin

DCA 

Ready for some 3-D?

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Talk to the Pineapple …......

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I finally got past Beaver level on Toy Story Mania....and achieved Smelly Cat status

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The Man behind the Trashcan....

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The Trashcan  getting pushed around by some kids....

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<?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />..Paradise.. Pier  Things that may soon be gone…....

Step right up to the carnival ladies and gentleman….and see the man with a very hot ass….No literally his ass is on fire....

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I the giant evil carnival master loom over you....

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Come and see Lillie the Lonely Lady….or as we like to call her ---Would you? ---NOT SO MUCH!....

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Step right up and see the silly Octopus....

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Come see AL Astic the Bendable man---He is currently tied up in a knot....

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Don’t Miss The Snake Lady Vipera....

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Lady Beard   ---NOT SO MUCH....

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I thought I had a sore throat....

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And then there is this guy....

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Just a dream away ladies  END is in the house....

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Stocking up for the White Trash party....

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Meet Pinky the Tattooed Lady....

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And her husband ---wait for it……Inky....

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Proof that the guy with the strange mustache we have discussed before is a time traveler....

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You too can sport the cool look of a gay sailor with tattoos....

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Twilight Zone Time....

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Myspace Pic time 

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Now for number 3  The Wiener

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And why not finish of the week with a little Broadway show  (non Flash –sorry for the pic quality)....

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It looks like the Genie Cloning machine is working ....

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The Genie was sharp and quick witted like always....

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Now that is some shooting....

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Take that Zurg....

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Signs  (For Kim)....

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