Life is a Journey

It's home!! It's finally home!!!! Geez, just typing these words makes my eyes water and a huge lump is now in my throat. I arrived at Disneyland at 4:30 and simply enjoyed the Park atmosphere for a spell. Then I got hungry. I debated whether to eat right away or wait and see if anything special would be offered during the preview event. I decided to eat right then and there. The Carnation Cafe was quiet and empty so I was quickly seated outside as you can see below. I mulled over the menu and finally decided on the meatloaf dinner. I can tell you that I was not disappointed. It had been about a year since I had the meatloaf and it was still very good. I'm not crazy about the vegetables and mind you, I love vegetables but these just don't thrill me. I think next time I will ask if I can get a double serving of mashed potatoes instead! As you can see, I enjoyed my meal. After dinner, I browsed in the shops a bit and was so excited by the uber cool mer...

Nothing new, right? Ah, but there IS something new! Most of you know that I am on a podcast called The Disneyland Gazette. From time to time, I record reports from the Parks and share those on the podcast. However, many people don't listen to podcasts and I wanted to find a way to share those audio recordings via Facebook and Twitter so that people could get a taste of what our show is all about. I found a way! But let's get back to Disneyland and I promise to give you more info on hearing my audio reports at the end of this post. By noon, the Mickey and Friends parking structure was already full so I ended up at the Toy Story lot. Christmas was till everywhere in the Park and I was glad I got to see the decorations one last time before they were gone for another year. I was meeting my friend, Alicia, so I made my way to Big Thunder Railroad where she was waiting for me.   We took the obligatory selfie and then met up with the rest of our group and ha...

In recent years the island has been called Pirate's Lair. I still prefer to call it Tom Sawyer's Island. The island has been closed for some time but if all goes well it will reopen in May of 2017 at the same time the Disneyland Railroad become operational again. A part of the island will be missing - gone forever. Back in 2011 I took you on a photo tour of the island. This might be a good time to take a look back and remember how things were because we really have no idea what to expect once it reopens. My nine part series began in February of 2011 and ended in March. So many photos to share! Click here to read that first post. In the coming days I will post links to the rest of the tour because I know interest in the island is growing rapidly and to be honest, since I wasn't on Twitter back then, I didn't get to share this with so Disneyland fans worldwide, lol. I'm sure there are a lot of people out there that will appreciate these photos. Have fun on the t...

Oh, MAN!!!! I can't wait for my next cruise!!! Sorry but I just had to get that out. Ok...deep breath.... I should have posted this picture in my last post about the Chef's T able but to be perfectly honest, I forgot to scan it! I figured you wouldn't mind if I posted it here. Each one of us got a n 8x10 photo and that was included in the price of the dinner. Nice touch, right? On our last morning I got up early, as usual. I made my way to the buffet restaurant to get some coffee and decided to sit outside to enjoy the view while I still could. Soon it would be time to go back to the cabin, gather my belongings and leave the ship The ship had docked in Long Beach while we were still sleeping. Some day I'd like to watch the docking process but I already get up too early as it is so I'm not about to get up even earlier, LOL. It was so nice to enjoy my coffee and take in the scenery. Don't ask me why I took this picture - I have no idea! It wasn...