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Disney, of all things…

by Thomas on Jul.14, 2010, under General Ramblings, Reviews

So I’m still working on the updates for our Hawaii trip, but in the meantime, I thought I should post about our recent trip to Disneyland.

Yes, we went to Disneyland.  Surprised?  Of course you are.

Our annual passes expire July 17th, so we wanted to get one last trip in before that time.  You see, we decided not to renew our annual passes. (GASP!)   We decided not to renew for a few reasons. First off, we’re in a recession.  Did you not know that?  The constant price increases of the passes has gotten to us.  It’s just hard to justify spending that much money, when with all our obligations, it’s just getting harder to get away to Disneyland.

The other main reason is that for the next couple of years, there isn’t going to be a lot new at the parks.  The new Carsland opens in 2012, so maybe we’ll get passes then.  But that’s a big if.

We went with the Wife’s sister and husband, and the wife’s 14 year old second cousin.  It was nice staying again at our hotel of choice, The Candy Cane Inn.  With the Baseball All Star game happening the Tuesday after we were there, we were a little worried about crowds, but it actually wasn’t too bad.

All in all, it was a good time.  One of the highlights?  The new show in California Adventure, The World of Color.  If you see one show when you go to Disneyland, it has to be this show.  It was that good.  With over a 1,000 jets of water, each with LED lighting that can display any color, it looks amazing.

We ended up doing a dinner package at Ariel’s Grotto. (No, Ariel wasn’t there.)  The dinner package included tickets to the show.  The dinner was pretty tasty, and the location we received for the show was a great view.

Space Mountain, Big Thunder Mountain, and of course California Screamin’ rounded out a great time.

It was a tough time coming back to ‘reality’ and nice and hot Arizona, but it was good to be home.

So that will be the last Disneyland update for awhile.  :(

Here’s the pictures of the mayhem:

Disneyland Album at Flickr.

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Schnepf Farm’s 4th of July Fireworks

by Thomas on Jul.04, 2010, under General Ramblings



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We went to Schnepf Farms for their fireworks show. It was pretty good! Look for more pictures soon!

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Hawaii Trip – An introduction

by Thomas on Jun.30, 2010, under General Ramblings, Trip Report

So, we’re back from our vacation, and it’s back to work. That is always a suck, but what are you going to do?

I thought it would be good to have a travel blog about our trip. We did a lot of interesting and fun things, and I wanted to document it for posterity, and to get comments on what other people did, and maybe ideas for our next trip.

Continue reading to read all about it!

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Test

by Thomas on Jun.23, 2010, under General Ramblings

Yes, this a test. You can ignore it. Or comment on it, it’s fine.

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Back in the QC…

by Thomas on Jun.17, 2010, under General Ramblings

…and it’s good to be home.

The trip to Maui? amazing. San Francisco? Fun as always.

Of course, I have to go back to work on Monday, so I have a few days to decompress.

Look for a trip log (trilog?) and tons o’ pictures soon.

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The view…

by Thomas on Jun.17, 2010, under General Ramblings



The view…



….from our hotel window in San Francisco. (SF Hilton)

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My Grandma and our puppy…

by Thomas on Jun.15, 2010, under General Ramblings



My Grandma and our puppy…



….wishing us a happy 10th! Very cool!

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Receipt at Starbucks at OAK.

by Thomas on Jun.08, 2010, under General Ramblings



Receipt at Starbucks at OAK.



I don’t think they’re getting this whole "Facebook" thing.

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