Josh and Jackie's Birthdays. Surprise for Josh. Meeting baby A. Grand. Delightful.

anticipation of a wet ride. Also O's faves are the Tower of Terror (inspired his viewing of the Twilight Zone), and Big Thunder Mountain, especially at night

view from room 206,  Hotel Pepper Tree, Recommended.

There she is!

Mickey with a plan

mission accomplished

Happy Birthday Jackie

Oliver's digestion

Clarke and Eric

we did well considering how many of us in attendance. a laid back group

Cars ride and Indiana Jones were very enjoyable too

Tomorrowland conversion to Star Wars. We benefited from a quiet opening of Space Mountain to Hyperspace Mountain (darker, music and scenes from the first movie)

new Disney attraction: Reality World

Winner: Home Run Pillow just 3/8 balls in the hole. Somehow apparently not often accomplished.

Goodbye old friend (especially before they gussied you up with shows)

shoplifters will be prosecuted as well as anyone posting any unauthorized Star Wars videos on YouTube

hey! a lot of my wishes from way back when came true

well, he looks happy

Josh showing us and his audience how he can fly. These are his days to do so, and doing it well..

Jackie's surprise for Josh turned out well and no one gave away the secret. We liked our Hotel Pepper Tree, not really close to the park but quiet with kitchen, and nice grounds.  For us renting a car was the economical and kind of fun choice. We got a comfy Chrysler and I drove most of the way down (Point Reyes was good training) and Maria drove all the way back.  Meeting up with everyone was easy as somehow we walked into Disneyland at the same time. Warm weather on Saturday, cooler on Sunday.  Easy crowd to be with, and we always enjoy getting soaked on the Grizzly Peaks river rapids ride. It was chosen again on a cold Sunday night with Dexter and Eric. Some might refer to us as idiots, and we might agree.  

Food choices at reasonable prices, even vegetarian options can be found in the parks with a little diligence and searching (nice pasta plates at a diner near Space Mountain, veggie skewers at Bengal Barbecue, even the French Market had some options. While it's good that you can get a decent cup of Starbucks in the park, to accommodate the company the Main Street down home store was removed and replaced by a Starbucks. That store previously had an old time feel to it, with a coffee stand in the middle of it that was never very busy and while the coffee was just okay, you could always get free refills. Now there's a line that wraps around in the store, out the door and around the corner. Bleh.  Some small touches are being traded in for a larger corporate share (Star Wars land, conversion of Tomorrowland to a complete Star Wars merchandising center, coffee example, quiet places- the old art center that was up near the Tree House) but still a place with a vision realized, no doubt.