LoT meet - Sunday, July 9
 

The SacTowns are going to Disneyland!


Won't you join us?

YAY!!!!!!


I shall hope to see you there!


Psst. Leo. Now's your chance!

Love to!

What time?

Hoorah!

Sam and Sac and Crystal all in one Park at the same time! Can I handle it?

What time can you make it to California?

I'll be flying in 12:30-ish Saturday the 8th.

Cursing LA traffic by say 1-ish.

I swear we're going to kidnap you, Sam, and take you to a Cemetery screening. You need swanking!

Dude, I've never met Sam before! I'm all excited! :D

It's been ages since we've seen Sac and family as well. Yay yay yay!

If the SacTownFamily is going to be there, I am going to be there. Easy fo sheezy!

Count me in! Can you believe it, I'm in (or soon will be)

Oh, without a doubt. The chance to meet Sam and Sac on the same day? Coudn't miss it for the world. :)

If I could go, I would totally bring a football with me...

:D

I have a couch. Lisa and Euro have a spare bed. Anaheim has hotels...

...and I have a football or two. Or five.

Can you believe it? I'm so stoked.

oh, now thats what I was gonna say.....
thats so close to comic con... but I think I have to say I'M IN!

Feeling the same way about you, bud... and a couple dozen other peeps as well.

Awesome! I am so excited about this trip and am really looking forward to seeing/meeting you all.

Now, to plot out the plans for the day.....I'm all for starting early and ending(relatively)late.

Yes; if you fly in at 12:30 p.m., I would say that you should be able to make your hotel by 1:00 a.m.

Yippeee, oooooh, this is going to be (pre-Dis-Birthday) fun.

Holy crap, everyone will be there! Sweet! :snap:

I'll be there with the LoT buttons

and miss another ride sinking? not on your life.
I will endeavor to attend

oh crap. i need a new gown.


(connecting rooms are all set)

Hehe. Someone said Sac.

:snicker: You said it too.

So, noon hub meet then a make out party for STC and ML on TSI at 2 followed immediately by a Matterhorney ride? Then a [upsidedown] pong party?

buod?

So when they say "larger passengers" what exactly are they talking about?

either way, i'm a weiner. LOL

Rock the effing house! I'm so happy you guys are coming to town! It's been too long; the little SacTownlets must have grown, like, a foot since last we saw them.

And Sam? You live near town? Why is it that we have not met before??? This is unacceptable!

LoT meet! LoT meet! Tom and I are totally there.

No, sweets! I live in Vicksburg, MS, some 1,800 miles away.

I'm so excited!!! Can't wait to meet you!

Sam is walking 1800 miles through the snow - uphill both ways - to attend the meet. He's old school that way.

:GC bows his head looking at his feet underneath a rain cloud.:
sniff.

It sounds like it's going to be a blast! Take LoTs of pictures!
:)

Speaking of which, is this the 50th or 51st birthday? How do you have both on the same day? I'm confused. :)

I have a hotel room you can crash in.

*said sing-songy like "If you clean your room, you can have some ice cream"*

Ooh, what flavor? :D


I call Shenanigans on these recent LoT meets. Shenanigans shenanigans shenanigans. There seems to be a disproportionate amount of LA and Boston LoT meets. There have been a ton of LA meets. And only one Boston meet. Lisa and Chris showed up for that. Kudos to them. Harumph.


:D Now I'll leave before I get told to leave by iSm. :D

I'll probably be there - but Rose'll be in Chicago, so if anybody needs a place to crash - we've got a spare room (as long as you don't mind the psycho kitties)

Hell, I know I'm just a girl, but you're welcome to share my hotel room if you fly out! I promise, I won't bite either you or Ralphie (much)! But, gosh, it would be simply FABOO to meet you since I won't make Boston before I migrate West.

I'm gonna cry! :( :( :( I know you're (half)joking but I still feel bad. We love you and wish we could see you more often!

I was jealous of the Boston swanking btw :D

Don't worry GC, I'm sure CP just meant everyone who's anyone. :p ;)

Have fun you guys!

Yeah! Have fun everyone!

No, don't worry about those of us stranded in other states. No, really, we're fine. <ragged sob> No, don't give it a second thought. We're really <bites knuckle> happy for you.

:p

i'll pro'lly be to tired that day.

It was a total joke. Seriously. I was just making a funny. :)

I have been an LA advocate lately when Ralphie and I discuss possible professorships for him. Here's to hoping.

The Boston swanking was fun. I wished I had more time off from work. Bleh.
:)


That "Sacs and McSam Meet" sounds ultra cool.

hope you like cat fights:p

^You and Crystal?

Meh, 2 days. :p

There is a Sharky that needs visiting.

Here Sharky Sharky Sharky

The Boston swanking was a BLAST! I'm ready for another trip. I miss you guys!

The swans, Romeo and Juliet, are in the pond now.

AWWWWW! Damnit.

i'm too excited to sleep:D

I just realized that the PikMe-Up screening is on the same day. Where's my clone?

hmmm... Nickolas and I may venture south that morning for breakfast in the Park...

Sactown groupies sing this song, Do-Dah! Do-Dah!

Oooh, a meet where the guests of honor will spend more than 45 min, will go on rides with us, sink boats with us, and possibly let us honor them with saved prime spots for the best fireworks show the world has ever known.

Plus I can't wait to get me some more of that inexplicable SacTown twang - that just doesn't come through in posts. It will be uber nice to visit with the S.T. clan again, too!

Call me an idiot (YOU'RE AN IDIOT!!) but I thought this boat sinking I've been hearing about was some kind of code talk for something else.

You actually sink boats? As in fill with water so they sink to the bottom and the ride has to be closed and evacuated? Or something else?

You're half right. We sink boats to the bottom - of the shallow canal. It's nowhere near deep enough to get water into the boat. Sometimes this results in CM's hauling us out of the boat - sometimes the CMs can shove us along - sometimes it only sticks for a second and then the current pulls us along.

Then there's that thing we do on Pirates where we put the heaviest people in the first rows and lean forward on drops. This causes a big splash getting at least a few drops of water on everyone on the boat - and a tidal wave over the front end, which sometimes makes it into the boat, soaking the pants of the front row. Don't know if that qualifies as sinking either.

No-one ever comes to Sydney instead. *Boo hoo*

Just because we don't have any theme parks - that's so theme-park-ist of you all.

I can give you a dead rat, and a string to swing it on......



Allright, I give you all permission to have fun without me. :p

BUT

Don't forget to have a Corn Dog for me. :(

Lashbear, I've been doing everything short of mailing myself in a box to Australia to get back to Oz (there's a wonderful new Intamin steel coaster at WBMW), and I'd definitely go back to Sydney if I got the chance - even without a theme park - Sydney is one of my favorite cities on Earth.

As a proud recipient of just such an honor I must say, such a gift honors the giver :snap: :snap: GD, CP and ISM rock.

Ps. To any future recipients of this honor, falling to your knees and crying "we're not worthy, we're not worthy" is somewhat undignified. According to strict DL protocol the correct response is: "Wow! This is great, thank you so much. Here have a Grande White Hot Chocolate". ;)

Sometimes more than once. :D



Oh, and curse you USH and your unsinkable JP boats! I'll get you someday!

I won't stand in the way of anyone who wants us to see fireworks from the best vantage point in the park (and I'm sure Scroogey McScrooge feels the same way). In the interest of full disclosure, I need to admit that we've viewed Disney's e-ticket in the sky from a prime spot once before (with My Pal Mickey). But if ya'll are able, we are more than willing.

And without a boat sinking, I don't think our trip can grade out higher than a C+.


Get your mind out of the downstairs gutter, idiot.

I'll be in Fresno that weekend. :(

I lied. I'll be here for this meet.

Sorry Crystal!!!!!!! Didn't mean to frighten you prematurely!

ohh yeah. i'm able.

are we gonna get the same fabulous bench? and i promise this time to let you put your arm around my shoulders during the fireworks this time. sorry i made a scene.

I've planned a day for groupy group things and another for Scroogey McScrooge things (though anyone is welcome to tag along).

I'm easy.

Is that really the best thing to say on this board? :evil:

Maybe not, but that's me... especially today.

My job? Not interested in the least

My mini-vacation? Primo importance

uh - oh.

ML is sick. just called the mouse and took three points up the ass. hope i get better in time for the meet.

:(

Wow - that's quite a sphincter you have there. Let's see....Sac for sure, but who were the other two?

You will. I have faith. Summer colds are only horrid for couple days.
I broke my foot while a cm, the 1st of July. Spent the whole day in health. Every single person who saw me said, "you know, You'll still have to work the holiday weekend".

Yeah, as if I had thought for an instant that I broke my foot to get out of work.
(in the end it was a few toes, but at that stage they were sure it was my foot)

turner and sparrow at the pirates ball:blush:

I'm jazzed! *uses jazz-hands*

So what time is this par-tay starting?

What's the usual starting time for these shindigs? We'll be in the park and available pretty much any time Sunday.



I, too, am jazzed to the point of using jazz-hands.

If there's a time and place for showing up...inquiring minds want to know! I'd like to do some swanky hanging out...

I could be up for early, but perhaps it's best to call this for noon.

Any other opinions? Noon at the latest, I would say (though any later joiners welcomed with open jazz hands).


Hmmmm, Sunday, noon, Hub. Who else might we run into?

Sunday, Noon, Hub is fine and we can all wear LoT buttons.

Noon, hub...alriiiiiiight!

Check!

Noon at the hub. That's never been done before.

;)

What's the Hub? Is that near the Magic Mountain?

Check and Checking for LoT Button....

:( I will be there, but I have no button...

SacTown likes my belly-button.

i call shot-gun!

(if i go).

We know that you will be there in spirit at the very least. You can always call when you're free! :)

Yeah, I bet it must be a little tough to make that walk from Sac's hotel room with sore knees.

Minor note - Al's meet is still Sunday, noon, hub. The hub will be a busy place. Not a problem really, just mentioning. Perhaps we should meet at a different small character statue, instead of the usual side? (Now trying to remember which small statues are where...)

I think there may be extras ;)

Eh no reason to segregate I think, the hud is a small enough place and it's been awhile since I've seen Al, the Mice Chatters & ADDers who might be there so it might be nice to say hi. Besides, I think we're an easy to identify group.

Gee, whatever gave you that idea? :p

(I dont know what the plan is.. beyond just hangin, but I would like to do fantasmic or fireworks. I havent decided which. And I was thinking of hitting the 11:15 Billy Hill and the Hillbillies, so that could make me a tad late, as I dont know the run time)

We'll be there (and we'll bring the Fosse gloves for our jazzhands.) We're going to try our hand at the bus commute (we haven't tried it before.) But we're leaving really early so we should have arrived by then. We'll have to leave the park early in order to make it back home, though, so we'll have to make the best of our aLoTted hours.

Have fun everyone!!! I'll be busy with the bride stuff (as will be usual for the next few months), but I'll be thinking about you all! :D

You would be fine, except that sometimes the show starts late. I've seen them wait for the Walt's Footsteps group to show up. They get lunch and VIP seats.

Blah. Thats not what I wanted to hear.
Ok, I'll let you know what I do, so that if you leave without me you at least let me know.

Though.... I guess I could leave the Golden Horseshoe

Aha! The light bulb went on. I understand your avatar.

You're funny. ;)

Doesn't anyone care about me? Alone and in Boston... Disneylandless? :(


Okay, that was my gratuitous feel sorry comment placed in a meet thread I can not attend. Back to the regularly scheduled meet organizing...
:D

:(

Thank you, Crystal. :D
Forget SMcS and Sac, you're the cool one I want to meet in person. We'll do drinks at Uva Bar and dish...someday...
:)

Cool :cool:

I'm going to do my absolute best to be there, at least for a bit. I am blocked out for the day, however (I might pay for a blockout ticket though).

Are there any plans for a grand cal excursion at some point in the day, just in case I opt out of the blockout ticket?

No solid plans as yet, that I know of. But I'll make some if it means getting to meet MBC :D

Yeah, MbC is a must. A trip to the AP Lounge to escape the hottest part of the day is always a good idea. What say you, everybody?

well golly. um. i might be sneaking around.:evil:

You must spread some Mojo around before giving it to Ghoulish Delight again.

I wouldn't worry too much. This group runs on LST*, which means we should be at the hub well past noon.






* LoT Standard Time - a time zone noted particularly for its lack of association with any other time standard

Will you just hurry up and get married already damnit!

We're going to try and make it. The munchkin has a horse show all day Saturday so we need to survive that first.

I'm stuck at home while the monkey works in her cursed tomb...

neat. I can hardly wait till tomorrow. *looks back trying to remember if I said I was attending.....*

is anyone planning on snagging one of those cool fireworks spots for tomorrow night? the one we took over last time was fantastic.

Yes, fireworks spot snagging is a certainty. Afterwards, a Space Mountain Rainbow Glasses extravaganza is a definite. Everybody - get fastpasses and don't use them. (I will likely make a run from the hub for the group, my pockets bulging with APs).


Premium APs, that is, MBC. But, 'natch, we'll adjourn to the Grand Cal around happy hour. Keep in touch with the Not Afraid switchboard, and we'll hook up at some point near then.


Wow, this is going to be the swankiest meet in a long time. (I hope Disneyland's Second 50th the following week is not a disappointment by comparison.)

Well, having a cold drink later in the day still sounds like a wonderful idea, I think I will most likely be at the hub at noon. I can't stay for the whole nighttime extravaganza but I'm planning on being in the park. I want to see everyone a little longer than it takes to have a drink. :)

I'd better get my sorry repo ass in bed or I'm going to be on some other time than LST.

I'm about to faceplant, but I will say that the meet was an utter delight-- truly lovely to meet Scrooge (who is just as swell as I imagined he would be) and the SacTown family was a joy as ever. I'm so glad you guys let us hone in on your vacation time! We had a blast.

Likewise!!

{{{{{{{{{LSPE}}}}}}}}} Thanks so much for coming!!

I'm so frickin tired - and we spent a good three hours in the Grand Cal! What's up with that?

What a GREAT meet! (Pssst, Leo....THIS is how a meet is done.....so sayeth the wise ISM.)

I'm so glad I got to meet Sac, Crystal and family. What a great bunch of people - and the kids were incredible joys all day long. I hope I never miss a Sac Family Meet again!

Sam, you are a doll! I hope you come out to visit again soon. I hope you and your feet are getting some much-needed rest at the moment. Remember the Westward Ho trick! ;)

Long Live LoT Meets!

I just couldn't have had a better time and it was so great to finally meet Scrooge, Sac, Crystal, the little sactowns, and Capt. Jack. What a wonderful group of people you all are.

And Leo, you were definitely missed. We would have happily introduced you to a little concoction called a sidecar. You would have had a bunch of fun, then probably hugged the porcelain alter a bit later in the evening. ;)

Really sorry I had to leave early and my apologies to anyone who I missed saying goodbye to. I had to go into the office for a few hours tonight and prepare for next week, which starts in about 5 hours and is going to be the beginning of a very hectic week. Having said that, I can think of no better way of kicking off a week of hell than by blowing off some steam with fellow swankers.

I had a most awesome time! :)

Would that I could have been there. Sounds like much more fun than what I was doing. Since yesterday probably would have consisted mostly of being the butt of male prostitute toaster whore jokes and listening to people whine about the PotC ride changes and the new movie, you can tell my day yesterday wasn't much fun.

MBC, you've tried to get me drunk before. I'm wise to your games. No freebies for you.

ETA - I better see a pic of ML eating a corndog with "Sac" on it.

Sounds like fun was had by all. Pictures please. :)

Happy to oblige.

Here's a picture of Marlon Brando in his thinner days:



And then, here is a picture of Heidelberg, Germany:



And finally, a picture of some rutabagas:

Cool pics! :D
You mean in his alive days? I think he's really thin now... :D :evil:
I wonder if Heidelberg is near Duckberg?
Nice!

Sidecars; They're a good thing! Thank you, GD!!!!

I had a fantastic trip!
Crystal, SAc; you have a wonderful family and very charming young people. I think your youngest was fairly certain I was an alien, and did not want to engage in conversation, but that aside they were wonderful!
Katie Sue, your daughter is a very charming young woman. Waiting to see Capt Jack Sparrow with the girls was one of the highlights of my day. I cant wait to see how those pics came out.

Motorboat Cruiser... I missed seeing you leave.. it was nice to see you again, and I enjoyed hanging out with you.
Sam..fabulous to meet you. You were a pleasure to be around, and I hope we can see more of you!
The rest of the swanktacular crew, thank you.

The fireworks were wonderful when seen from the FRONT of the castle, pirates was amazing, and I enjoyed being remind what great folks you all are.

Goodness, that was a positively epic lounge session in the Grand Cal. Let's just put it this way...we were getting table service, from the Hearthstone bar tender himself, in the lobby. Yeah, epic.

Scrooge, it was an absolute plearue meeting you, despite your odd obsession with sack meat. Not sure what that was about. We'll have to do it again sometime, preferably somewhere that has a better grasp on the concept of a mint julep.

Sac and Crystal, great to see you again. Love your new hippie mobile. I think I got high just standing next to it :eek:. The kids are awesome, had a blast heckling the pirate sing-a-long with Todd. Hope the knees feel better soon.

And everyone else who was there (I'd list 'em, but these posts have a character limit), thanks for a great time. Definitely a meet to be remembered.

Obsession with Sac's meat?!
:D

Everyone rocks the house. It was amazing meeting Sam, what a cool guy! Seeing the Sac family again was a blast.

I don't know how our little board has such huge meets...apparently it's quality of posters that matters, not quantity. :cool:

Definately one for the books. I can't tell you haow much it delights me that we can still pull off meets like this. The Lounging session was indeed epic, to where I must confess feeling a little guilty that we kept our out-of-town guests away from the park - so I hope they have a wonderful day today getting in a good park fix. I just loved seeing everyone yesterday.

Hehehe Is an explanation in order or should I just let that stand as written?

This was supposed to be "Sac's meet". When I found out Sac, Crystal and the Sac-lets were coming, I arranged to show up at the same time... to attend "Sac's meet".

There are already enough people obsessed with Sac's meat.

You know, for some twisted reason, I've always connected Mr. McSam with an image of Sam the Eagle in my head. I have no idea why (did you have some sort of patriotic avatar at some point, maybe?). Much to my surprise...he looks nothing like a talking blue felt eagle in real life.

Wicked cool event as usual. Jimmy the storyteller was a fantastic moment I dont see soon forgetting. wtg Kevy for flagging him down.

Kudos all...another swanktacular gathering to be sure....so like, whats left for us to sink?

Don't worry your head on my account. I had a wonderful time doing "exactly" what we were doing.

Sadly, there are other things keeping me away from the park so far this morning... work things, bleh! After I finish pinning this diaper on my colleague, Indy here I come!!!! ;)

... and to everyone involved in procuring, furnishing and guarding "the spot", my heartfelt thanks! You guys rock!!!

I always picture him as his first avatar here. Some hunky picture that Claire and I drooled over. :D

20-years-ago-me thanks you very much, while present-day-me regrets he ever played along with Flubber and Kevy Baby.

Claire :( I miss her

I kept envisioning Scrooge's avatar involving John Cleese and an albatross...glad I've gotten that image out of my head :)

Yeah - where is Claire? She rocked.

So great to see everyone. The munchkin and I had a lot of fun getting to know everyone. Pionne forgot to download the photos - will do it when I get home tonight.

I have some photos. On my camera. I'll get there.

What a let down today is going to be after such a great day and a fabulous weekend!

Those of you who were having an attitude adjustment missed Jimmy the Storyteller. I love that fact that there ares still new things to experience at the DLR after all these years. Jimmy showed up and we also got a walk by from Matt Ouimet. Kevy tried to flag him down too, but no luck.

We were lucky enough to meet the SacTown's and Sam on Saturday, while taking a little rest in the AP lounge during our all-day engagement photo shoot. ML found us sitting there, and called them all over!!! I was very happy to meet them finally!!! (Brief as it was.) :D

I had a wonderful, amazing time. I cannot recall when I had that much fun in the park. And my fireworks viewing spot. That bench. I'm in luv with that spot. Wow. Pretty fire goes BOOM! I had every intention of leaving before the fireworks so I could get a good nights sleep, alas that did not happen. Sam, it was great meeting you. I do regret not bringing my 84 Olympics playing cards, or my Sam plush for Greg. I had a similar image for some reason (I just didn't want to share it and be thought of as weird.. I should have realized that wouldn't have happened :p )

Aww. I'm sorry I missed that. I was just drooling over the shiny car. Sooo PRETTY! I'm sure I didn't look suspicious going around to all of the windows and peering in because Sac left the keys in the hotel room.

This morning, about 7:45am, my new hires were greeted by both DLR Ambassadors ...

simultainiously, the SacTown's were "chosen" as honorary Guests to OPEN THE PARK at the Main Gate. co-ink-i-dink:confused:

Wow that's great!

Sweet! I bet the kids were excited.

Shouldn't you be in the park right now? If not, I hope you're at least enjoying a swanky cocktail

Man, y'all are hard on a guy with sore feet, you know that?

While I was answering this post, SOMEONE called (someone different than NA's SOMEONE) and we're meeting up later to burn up a pocketful of unused fastpasses. Life is good!

Jimmy was awesome. I did not know they had the Storyteller. I understand he is around the fireplace at least once per day. They have the perfect person for the job!

I'll have to keep my eyes peeled for him again.

Sounds like you are making up for lost time. Hope you have/had an awesome day! :)

And how cool is that for Sac and family? What a great way to start the day!

Would someone post some pictures, dammit!!!!!!

:D Pretty Please?

Oh, I am so happy for the SacClan. That is just a wonderful treat. Almost as wonderful as the treat of spending some time with them again. Such good peeps, to a person. Love them All.

McSam, it was such a pleasure getting to finally meet you in the flesh. You are a class act.

I, too, felt a little pang for the epic loungeness vs. Park time. We usually sink more than one boat. But, really, there was such perfection in everything ... it's only the fault of planetary rotation that there wasn't time for more.

Hubness of happiness, Priceless Pirates Adventureing, Fine Dining at a New Eating Spot!!!!, Absolutely grand Grand Cal Lounging Extraordinaire, Fireworks Festivities of Fabulousness, and Equisitely Enhanced Space Mountain Magnificence.

Everything was tops of the pops, classic in scope and form and fun.


I'm so sorry I missed Storyteller! But, hmmmm, I wonder if that security-bike-team escort back from the parking lot was because we looked suspicious casing the Sacmobile, or because of something else?????

Oh, and a HUGE thank you to iSM for the wonderful gift!!!

(Get your mind out of the gutter... it was nothing like that)

Posting pics is on my list for tomorrow, along with a book club post.

I only took a few pics, but I thought I captured something intersting in the sociology of message board communities anyway.

First up, the Traditional Noon Meet at the Hub, with Al and his Mice Chat Minions:



On the opposite quarter, you have the rest of the LoT:



Now between the two emerged yet another group from some other message board:



Oh, and I caught a couple pics of Captain Jack Sparrow:




That's it for my pics, hopefully there where better photographers out than me.

Well, I suppose 4 out of 6 isn't bad, all though the last two are certainly the icing on the cake.

Wish I could have stayed for them. :)

Hear! Hear! That was very thoughtful, ISM, and very much appreciated!

I took lots of pictures; they're downloaded and need to be uploaded with captions. Hopefully, some of them will be posted by this afternoon.

Yes, it was a gloriously fun day, but I'll save most of my comments to go along with the photo captions.

It was great meeting several swankers for the first time, and seeing so many others again. It's been a long time since I've had so much fun at the park doing what other Guests would call doing "nothing" or "very little."

It just proves that a LoT of good company can over-power the draw of the attractions that were all around us. But, I wouldn't call successfully sinking Pirates, enjoying lunch at the re-opened Cafe Orleans, lounging in the Grand Californian, camping out for and viewing "Remember...Dreams Come True" fireworks from The Spot, and riding Space Mountain with special glasses doing "nothing." :)

THANKS to everyone who was there in person (and in spirit)! :cheers:

Are you sure that's another message board? Given the style of dress, general age and notebooks I would peg them as CM's in training or a educational group of some type.


Also, is that a tall red head I see over in the "other" group and not with the Lot side?

LOL! And I'm hugging Toddler who is really mad at me at the moment. I'm so mean.:evil:

I hear through the grapevine, that a certain someone who told me that y'all took a group shot while I was waiting to take pictures of Captain Jack Sparrow might have been fibbing?

Was he waiting to see if I believed him? I did.
To you I say... Bah! ;)

You offend my honor! There most certainly was a group photo taken.

Hey, I did NOT name names, O possibly honor offended one. Where is said pic?
I believe on stairs?


Okay, I'm sorry, You are correct. The photographer didnt mention that when I told him he should have been in line to see Capt Jack Sparrow with us.
I retract my BAH! to the always truthfull entitiy that was NOT named as GD.
I will now go admonish my source for convincing me that GD was messin with my mind.

if there was one, I must have still been stuffing my face.

It's Chris Kattan, I tells ya! :D

Photo highlights (28 pics, so far) from the July 9, 2006 meet have been posted at www.disneydaniel.com and titled: Lounge of Tomorrow Meet - July 9, 2006.
More photos will be uploaded in the near future. Enjoy! Here are a few pics to get you started.


After executing experienced, LoT loading of a boat, we sunk Pirates prior to the first drop.


We took a partial-group photo using the stairs of the Disney Gallery. After lunch, as with any large gathering, people started heading in different directions--and it's hard to keep track of where everyone goes--so apologies to those who were not present when this photo was taken.


LoT guests of honor for the day's meet: Scrooge McSam, SacTown Chronic and Crystal await the fireworks.

After the fireworks, we headed to Space Mountain for a special experience of the ride, thanks to glasses provided by innerSpaceman and zapppop. I was only able to take three Space photos, since the picture-viewing area is crowded--and the pictures change/disappear quickly from the monitors, as well.

Wonderful photos!

Steve's Rainbow Express!!!

(Great pics- ty!!!)

Lol! Sac looks so gleeful at being loaded off the sunken boat.....

According to today's Al's Update, there have been dozens upon dozens of boats stuck at the lip of the first drop (and many at the second as well). Bah, our LoT sinking method is no longer unique ... and some of us (*cough*CP*cough*) can stop feeling bad about holding up the ride. It's been happening several times per day ... and without the, ahem, front loading we do with troublemaker intent.

In fact, far from fixing the problem we so emphatically and scientifically pointed out the day Pirates closed ... they have done the exact opposite of fixing the flume in that area. According to Al, they have installed new braking systems, gate controls, and water flow restrictions at the top of the drop ... and have been paying a severe price for that retarded decision. Al reports that they have taken to having a maintenance guy stationed in the darkness at that point in the ride (think Splash Mountain final lift) to be ready to push boats at a moment's notice.

No such person was stationed there on Sunday. In fact, if this has been going on with any regularity since the ride reopened, I am surprised at the unpreparedness displayed by the CMs. Far from getting a Kyle, we were treated to CMs who probably haven't been at their posts for more than a month. But, if the boats really are stopping at the drop several times a day, the CMs we encountered must have been hired that very morning.

Spoiler from MiceAge about the next movie and the ride

:eek: :rolleyes:

Great pics!! Great times!! :)

My pictures suck. I may post a few, but after reviewing them, I took lot of ass pictures.

Oh, and according to Al ... there are TWO Johnny Depp face characters alternating at Disneyland. Perhaps we saw the "B" version.


(He has a face-by-face comparison between the two Disneyland actors, the Paris actor, the Florida actor, the California animatronic, and Depp in costume.)

what's the problem?:evil:

I think you got a hold of my camera!

Quit obsessing over people's shoes!!!!!;):p

Damn you WB! The cat is wet.

Any shots of my ass? Its been a while since I've seen it.... :)

After viewing the pictures, I am truly sorry we didn't make the meet.

What great photos! Thanks for posting them, DD.

Looks like it was a fun time.

That's it. I'm convincing Ralphie that we need to move closer to the park. I miss my park.

Love those pictures! I just want to joyously tackle each and every one of you Tigger style.
:)

dude, that's hot. gggrrrrrrrrr:D

Yay, fun pictures.

One memory that's gonna stick from this meet was accompanying Scrooge on his first visit to the Mansion since he was 11...and being greeted by scores upon scores of crows lurking in every tree in the vicinity! Couldn't have been more perfect.

Some of us might still like to see them. :p

here here!

I open this thread today, never having seen a picture of Scrooge.

Not to ruin your day, Scrooge, but you could be my dad's twin. Same hair in color and style, same glasses, same clothes, same build.....it was really, really eerie. Honestly, if you had a mustache, I would have a hard time telling pictures of you and my dad apart.

It was .....eerie.

*hollers upstairs*

LEO... Get off that computer and finish your homework!!!!

Well, at least I now know you aren't my dad....he was never home to yell up the stairs.

Hard to believe I was ever that young, but here's the visual to prove it.

Taken maybe a month before that very DL visit...



Those glasses had little footballs on the temples... tres chic!:cool:

Oh my goodness, so incredibly cute.

It really was a wonderful meet. It was great to meet the new people and see everyone else again. I'm even glad I stayed long enough to take part in the ceremonial parking structure farewell (although I can't say I felt that way at work on Monday after four hours sleep).

:)

Philadelphia perhaps?

Hey, you look good in that red and white striped shirt.

All right DisneyDaniel, where are the rest of the pics??
Some of us leave for Comic con and wont be on for over a week.... the suspense is killing me.... ;)

Disneyland's not in Philadelphia, silly. :D

I only have a few photos

My primary computer (containing most of my software and photo files--even though I have partial, external back-up) is being optimized and defragmented. It's taken almost two days so far. So, I plan to upload the rest of the photos after that computer is ready for use again. Thanks to you and everyone else for your patience. They'll be up prior to Comic Con. :)

Well, you didn't say how MUCH closer...

Awesome!

Oh yes.

iSm, you're a wonderful and thoughtful soul and you have a standing invitation for any party or get together I'm ever involved with. You are truly the host with the most.

(And a special thanks to BTD for making Cat feel better about dropping the gift after the hit-and-run by giving her gift to the eternally grateful SacTown Family.)

Welcome back, Sac! :)

Thanks, MbC.


I'll put together some sort of trip report when my head clears a bit. But let me say now that the LoT meet was the most magical day of a truly magical trip. Spending time with old friends and making new ones was a LoT of fun...and whether the time was spent in the park or in the AP lounge matters not at all -- it was all wonderful.

Sam, thanks for making the trip out here. We had a lot of fun with you. Sorry about dragging you back out on your last night with the promise of fistfulls of Fastpasses only to discover the park was closing at 11:00 for the first time in recorded summertime history. Guess I should start reading the propaganda they pass out at the gate, eh? Oh well, we'll always have Space and Matterhorn.

Haha...Who's yer daddy, Leo?

Based on what we sampled at the car, that'll be about...never.

I made a sidecar at home on Saturday. Yum.

No worries...
I'm at con as of noon tomorrow, Tuesday, so I will catch them on the re-bound.

THank you for taking them Daniel. I rarely make it into the pics, and its nice to have some that I am acutally IN!
Thanks again.

p.s. you take FAB fireworks shots! I love the one of Lisa and Chris.

What the .....:confused: !

Bloody Hell.

I smell a cat fight a' brewin.

Thanks to old friends....GD, CP, LSPE, iSm, Zapp, MickeyLumbo, LindyHop, KevyBaby, Bar Top Dancer (though I think she was a Tigger Fan last time I saw her), and blueerica, for coming out to see us again.

Thanks to new friends....NA, E, Cap'n Jack, SM, Bornieo, Ponine, katiesue (and Madison), Disney Daniel, Scrooge McSam, Motorboat Cruiser (I remember you being at the parking lot), and Tom for giving us the honor of meeting you all.

Spending the day with you swanksters was a priviledge and a pleasure.:cheers:



Cat: Dad, you know that crazy lady with the red hair? I forget her name.
Me: Lisa.
Cat: Yeah, Lisa. She's cool.

Awwwwww! I'm cool! (Even if I'm crazy.)

Give her a hug from me.

Thanks you all for a WONDERFUL day! You all really contributed to making our visit a truly magical one and I'm already looking forward to next year :snap:

We actually believe Sacramento is suitably near for a semi-annual visitation schedule, at the least..

(kids grow up so fast, and all - - certainly you wouldn't deny us the pleasure of seeing a few intermediate steps .... not to mention the other pleasures of your delightful company .... aka we miss you already)

bringing back to life old threads.................

Was that from the SacClan meet? Who's the dude between Lumbo and CP? He looks sorta familiar, but I'm not sure I recognize him. Maybe I'm just forgetting.

RustyThyme ?

CrustyRosemary ?

Be nice. That's our hot Toddy.
:)

Nobody got my herb reference :(


... think I'll go eat worms.






...unless you send Dusty over here to oz to cheer me up....

Not so, Ozman!