Thanks, and it has been quite enjoyable for the most part.
Some neat happenings...being at the right place at the right time...one being a ride on the Astro Orbiter as the evenings fireworks presentation was climaxing in a colorful finale.
A cool moment, and a great view!
I recommend trying this out, as there is no wait since everyone is squeezed onto Main Street during the show, and you cannot beat the dizzying view above the masses.
Riding one of the last trains of the night at BTMR was fairly neat too on my final night in the Park for this visit.
There is just something surreal about whirling around those attractive buttes at midnight on a fine late Spring evening with a bunch of off duty CMs and die hard *Mountain* freaks.
Have i mentioned yet that i rode that Attraction 15 times within a four day period?
No..?
Well i am not ashamed at all in confessing that.
Loved every second of it.
Of the 15 rides, only twice did the explosion effects not work correctly ( lack of *smoke* ).
Lots a *firsts* this visit...horse trolly rides on Main Street, Red Car trolly ride at DCA, Autopia, Cafe Orleans, and riding on the Mark Twain.
The cruise aboard the Mark Twain is great...very relaxing and the scenic views are inviting.
It draws you into the environment, and easily sucks you into another time.
I have cruised many times on WDW*s riverboat, but DLs experience was charming and i liked the scenery.
I have a nice story about my visit to Cafe Orleans....as well as a few other tales i was told by Baxter loving Cast Members.
I was wearing my *Discovery Bay* shirt the day a visited, and while dining there alone at my table i was approached by a elder CM who had noticed it while passing by on his serving runs.
He eventually came over to talk to me and express how much he wished they had actually built that area at DL. I totally agreed.
He also wanted to know where i had found the unique shirt, and once i told him the story of it*s origin he encouraged me to send a photo of it to Disney*s merchandise designing department and tell them they need to make something like this available for purchase.
With the recent series of nostalgic laced t-shirts being sold online during limited time periods, i suppose something like this might be of interest to others who remember this great concept.
It was cool to talk to him about *DIscovery Bay*, as he remembered when there used to be a display inside one of the buildings on Main Street promoting it as a *Coming Soon* addition in the early 70s.
That was a nice little display showcasing concept artwork and a neat model showing the proposed area.
A photo of that neat model from the archives ...the *Baxterland* that could have been !
Looking at this photo makes me so wish it was there....or IS it....?
I found a little reminder of this area on my recent venture that was a unexpected surprise in the most unlikely of places..atop a building in Frontierland.
More shall be revealed once i am able to compile and share some photos from the *Return*.
More to come....
Some neat happenings...being at the right place at the right time...one being a ride on the Astro Orbiter as the evenings fireworks presentation was climaxing in a colorful finale.
A cool moment, and a great view!
I recommend trying this out, as there is no wait since everyone is squeezed onto Main Street during the show, and you cannot beat the dizzying view above the masses.
Riding one of the last trains of the night at BTMR was fairly neat too on my final night in the Park for this visit.
There is just something surreal about whirling around those attractive buttes at midnight on a fine late Spring evening with a bunch of off duty CMs and die hard *Mountain* freaks.
Have i mentioned yet that i rode that Attraction 15 times within a four day period?
No..?
Well i am not ashamed at all in confessing that.
Loved every second of it.
Of the 15 rides, only twice did the explosion effects not work correctly ( lack of *smoke* ).
Lots a *firsts* this visit...horse trolly rides on Main Street, Red Car trolly ride at DCA, Autopia, Cafe Orleans, and riding on the Mark Twain.
The cruise aboard the Mark Twain is great...very relaxing and the scenic views are inviting.
It draws you into the environment, and easily sucks you into another time.
I have cruised many times on WDW*s riverboat, but DLs experience was charming and i liked the scenery.
I have a nice story about my visit to Cafe Orleans....as well as a few other tales i was told by Baxter loving Cast Members.
I was wearing my *Discovery Bay* shirt the day a visited, and while dining there alone at my table i was approached by a elder CM who had noticed it while passing by on his serving runs.
He eventually came over to talk to me and express how much he wished they had actually built that area at DL. I totally agreed.
He also wanted to know where i had found the unique shirt, and once i told him the story of it*s origin he encouraged me to send a photo of it to Disney*s merchandise designing department and tell them they need to make something like this available for purchase.
With the recent series of nostalgic laced t-shirts being sold online during limited time periods, i suppose something like this might be of interest to others who remember this great concept.
It was cool to talk to him about *DIscovery Bay*, as he remembered when there used to be a display inside one of the buildings on Main Street promoting it as a *Coming Soon* addition in the early 70s.
That was a nice little display showcasing concept artwork and a neat model showing the proposed area.
A photo of that neat model from the archives ...the *Baxterland* that could have been !
Looking at this photo makes me so wish it was there....or IS it....?
I found a little reminder of this area on my recent venture that was a unexpected surprise in the most unlikely of places..atop a building in Frontierland.
More shall be revealed once i am able to compile and share some photos from the *Return*.
More to come....
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