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A Test and Disneyland Visit

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Confused? Don't be. On Tuesday, I took a test with a company in Orange County and I think it went quite well. Since I was out there and I didn't really feel like sitting on the 91 freeway for 2 hours, I decided to go to Disneyland. I loved seeing the pumpkin characters above the turnstiles! The City Hall area is apparently being renovated. As I was walking by, I saw that the horse had been disconnected from the trolley! The colors of Halloween! By this time it was 4:20 in the afternoon and I was STARVING. I went to the Carnation Cafe and ordered a fantastic cheeseburger with fries. Oh it was good. You can see that I had practically the whole place to myself! After that GREAT burger, I walked to Frontierland and stopped to check out the cool Halloween stuff. Here you see a Leota snow globe. It is really cool and has a battery operated light which I turned on for the photo. At $24.95 it was a bit too steep for this unemployed Disney Freak so I h...

Fantasmic Glows Part 2

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Welcome back! You know, the wonderful thing about having an annual pass is that you don't feel pressured to "do it all" when you are at the Park. My son and I had a leisurely dinner, then sat and talked and just enjoyed sitting by the Rivers of America and watching the Mark Twain sail by. When we were finally ready to do some walking, we used the Hungry Bear's back stairs and came upon this - a not so very camouflaged watercraft of some kind. Once we were on the lower level we paused to admire the river yet again. A quick stop in the bathroom presented another photo opportunity. This is for you, Dave! These rather large tiles are above the sinks and quite pretty, I think! Oh look! It's the Mark Twain....again! I took my son to the little used bypass that goes along the river and we watched people as they reached the end of their Splash Mountain plunge. I liked the look of these rooftops so naturally, I took a picture. Rounding the ...