I'm freezing my butt off at Disneyland. At least it isn't raining like last time. Here's the minute by minute report.
I'm really excited about this piece. Peter Pan be far is our favorite ride in Fantasyland. I was riding it with my niece on Sunday and though she didn't care about the ride I told her I love the ride because of the flight over London and Neverland.
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7:00 - trying to get my wife to wake up.
7:15 - wife wakes up and I'm anxious and grateful. She a real trooper to help me. Plus its my nephew's birthday party today and I have to rush to it after the event.
We drink our morning breakfast shakes, thanks to HerbalFolks.com. It a great way to have the nutrition and energy that we need for the morning. I'm also recovering from a cold so I'm taking a lot of drugs.
7:35 - We're on our way and Lexy gets to come too.
8:00 - Disneyland officially opens. We arrive at Disneyland parking and they are directing everyone to park in Pinocchio. We get awesome parking in the disabled area.
8:25 - we finally enter the park and get in line. I'm standing by the mad hatter. This time its more organized. Ilm in line and there are two cast members ready to give us wrist bands. We get one band for each piece we wish to purchase. I have two band and Laurie has two. Laurie immediately take money from me to buy coffee.
View Picture of Line
8:37 - I am officially caught up on this blog. I'm reporting live now. Amazingly its been 12 minutes and no one has gotten in line after me.
8:40 - laurie returns with coffee and nothing for me. I'm cold. if you read the last event it was raining at this moment in time.
Interesting item. When normal guests see this long line they always ask what the line is for. What's the response been? Most people can't believe this is the line for the lockers.
8:42 - a nice family gets in line behind us. We are no longer the last people in line. Based on the number wristband the cast member is holding there are still a lot of pieces left.
8:46 - yesterday we thought that selling engraved glassware would be awesome for the themeparkshopper.com website. I'm now at Crystal Arts getting Mickey and Minnie Champagne glasses engraved for us. I think this will be a great new product line.
I also just passed Disneyana and there is a second line for people wishing to meet Bob. I'm told there are still presigns left.
Travis is out front and he's got half of Main street set up. Its such an awesomw collection.
Another picture of the line
8:55 - another person just entered the line. There are now two groups behind us..
Here's a scoop: they had Town Square, Astro Orbitor, and Haunted Mansion in stock. They are gone! Nothing for me.
9:03 - we are now in front of Disney Showcase. My wife really wants to leave at 10:00 hate to break it to her that probably will not happen.
9:15 - we are bored. I'm listening to my iPod and Laurie is shopping. This line is getting to be really expensive.
9:25 - I'm at the entrance of the Main Street Hotel. The line is moving real slow, but its really not that bad. They payment line ends at the Main Street Cinema. I really hope to get a presign.
9:48 - this is a real slow moving line. Laurie came back from shopping so now its my turn to wander. I went to see Travis. He has the Main Street Electrical parade 1st set on the base. Its the train, MSEP drum Elliott and bug. Should come out in March. Also Dumbo will be release this time next year. There was also a discussion about the Matterhorn. If Bob builds it with the current resin material the piece will cost $600. If he uses paper then it will be less than $300 but the question is detail and whether or not he can achieve it through paper.
Picture of Main Street Electrical Parade
10:05 - the line is picking up. I'm in front of the 20th century music company. There's about 20 people in front of me.
10:25 - 11 people to go. I believe there are going to be left over pieces from this event. I could have come later if not for the birthday party.
10:36 - we are next in line. Finally!
10:38 - we paid and are inspecting 4 pieces. They are huge! And quite beautiful. They also just out of the presign, literally right in front of me. We then move to the sign line and had a good but brief conversation with Bob. We talked about the MSEP piece and the Dumbo piece. I also told Bob my favorite part of the ride was the flight over London. Now we move on to packaging.
11:00 - done. Now off to the party!
