The Lilly Belle

Yay, it's the second Friday Finale at Over The Big Moon. I found a picture of the Lilly Belle on Pinterest one day and thought to myself WOW, I want to ride on this train car. So we did!!! To see the original link and picture here. Below is our trip around Disneyland in the Lilly Belle.

On our recent trip to Disneyland we were lucky enough to ride the Lilly Belle train car. For those of you who don't know the Lilly Belle is the Disneyland Railroads Presidential Car. Walt Disney originally had it brought to the park for his wife Lillian. We were told by our guide that Lillian was very quite and keep to herself so she enjoyed riding the car when she visited the park.

The original carpet from Walt's office is still in the car and of course even in the beginning there were hidden Mickey's.

The first non family member to ride on the Lilly Belle was the emperor of Japan. He later sent this silk robe to the Disney family to thank them.

The car is beautifully lined with mahogany wood and the furniture was bought from the Queen Mary.

and now for the most important part of this post! How can you ride on the Lilly Belle? When the park opens head straight to the Main Street train station and ask one of the train conductors if the Lilly Belle is running for the day. If they say yes ask for reservations to ride. They only allow guests on twice a day and space is limited so you'll need to go first thing. It is also a full circle trip so expect to enjoy a full trip around Disneyland. We had so much fun! If you get reservations and are able to ride I would love to hear about your trip around the park!

Magic Photos

Next time you are at Disneyland ask a cast member with a camera to take a Magic Shot of you and your family! It's so much fun to have the characters added to your pictures!

Happiness

Hoppy Hop Day!!! This weeks theme is Happiness! What makes me happy at Disneyland? Just about everything especially when this little man smiles.

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Got Another Urban Ledgend For You

According to associatedcontent.com 

Haunts in It's a Small World - Supposedly, Disneyland employees working on the It's a Small World attraction report strange occurrences, such as the lights turning on and off by themselves, and the dolls moving when the electricity is off. Rumor has it that this is the work of three former employees who loved the attraction so much that they decided to stick around even after death!
Picture frome sparklette.net

Happy Talk Like a Pirate Day

"Ahoy! and Happy Talk like a pirate day all you Disney fans. Grab your sprogs and head on over t' this fun translator. You and your family will have a blast soundin' like a pirate."

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Pirate Translator

Three Times

The Disney Blog posted a very interesting article today about 9/11 and some cast members stories of that day in the park. As I read thru the article I began to wonder about the actual days that Disneyland has closed its doors. When I looked it up on the internet I found that there have only been three days with no visitor since the day it opened on July 18, 1955.

*The assassination of John F. Kennedy November 22, 1963

JFK Hall Of Honor

* The Northridge Earthquake, January 17, 1994

ShakeMap for the 1994 Northridge Earthquake

California Geological Survey

*  9/11, September 11, 2001

This picture was taken by Disneyland Nomenclature blog on 9/11. Click on the link to read the full article about their 9/11 story.

Urban Legend

Is it true that one of the last phrases Walt Disney wrote before his death was Kurt Russell?

picture from younghollywoodhof.com

 True

Kurt Russell comfirmed this in 2007 during his apperance on Jimmy Kimmel Live.  The last two words that Walt Disney wrote were "Kurt" and "Russell".  Russell stated on the show "It's true."  "I don't know what to make of it. I was taken into his office one time after he died and I was shown that."

Where Oh Where Could We Be?

Can you guess where this is at Disneyland?  I hope everyone is enjoying guessing where these pictures have been taken. I am impressed at how Disney smart you all are. Most of you have known exactly where all my pictures have been taken.

Also don't forget to head on over to the Blog Hop hosted by Babes in Disneyland

*Updated on 9/11.  Snow White's Wishing Well.

Where Oh Where Could We Be?

hhhmm? Give me your best guess!

Update: If you said outside the Tiki Room you are right!