A good day with a sad ending? Maybe not. We made plans with our friends, Aunt Becky and Uncle Mikey to ride Amtrak to see Disney's (excuse me, Studio's) train to advertise their new movie A Christmas Carol (with Jim Carey). It was a beautiful day. Our train made good time and we arrived just as the Christmas train was opening. We even got special treatment because of Aunty Becky's relationship with Disney and were ushered to the front of the line and given all the inside scoops on stuff. The train was fascinating. We got to see a preview of the movie (WOW!) And since we were there, we headed downtown to eat and check out the shops.
But here are the photos - they are worth at least a thousand words.
Waiting to ride the train. Uncle Mikey reads BOLT!
The book wasn't long enough: "When will it get here??" We're bored. Mommy's turn to read BOLT!
Ezra playing with Thomas as we ride.
The Conductor was nice enough to pose with the kids as they consumed their breakfast of puffy "Cheesies," and doughnut holes. Hey - we were on an adventure!
Here we are in front of the movie/train ad. This movie is going to be so rad. It's live action and CG (like, but WAY more sophisticated than, The Polar Express movie).
For those who stand in line, there are entertainers. This guy was amazing with his magic hands!
Aunty Becky with her contact (I can't remember his name!! - was it John??) Who took us to the front of the line.
Here he is showing the kids how to use the interactive screens.
This is a photo of the technology involved in making the movie. The train also had masks and mock-ups of the characters and their costumes. As the movie is still in production, it was a real treat to see the behind-the-scenes secrets that went into making the movie. The train is traveling all over the US so check with your Amtrak station to see where it will pull in close to you!
Aunty Becky morphing herself into one of the characters.3
Here's Oli as Tiny Tim (with a "Ga-Ga")
Outside the train we got to decorate Christmas cards for the troops overseas. Very cool.
Walking through Old Town. There's lots to see. The kids want candy, but mommy insists we eat lunch first!
Oli really enjoyed his lunch of beans and rice. And for dessert? Sour Cream. Good stuff.
I love this picture of Uncle Mikey. He was taking a photo of the horse statue.
Here we are on the horse and buggy ride. Only $10 for all six of us to ride through Old Town!
Me and my boys.
Don't you love Aunty Becky's cute face?? We spent the ride home making cards. Ezra tried to rest with Uncle Mikey, but ended up joining us girls. Oli was wide awake and flirting with the grandma who sat in the seat opposite his stroller.
The sad part of the day was when I left my camera on the seat right next to me after taking the ride home photos and forgot to take it off the train. Uncle Mikey ran back right away and told the conductor but couldn't get on the train so my camera rode away with strangers. Happily for me - after many weeks and many phone calls and the help of Aunty Becky - my camera was finally located and returned to me. The day had a happy ending after all!
Thanks UM and AB for the adventure!! We had a lot of fun!
1 comment:
That looked like so much fun! I wish we could have done that. Wow! That just proves there are nice people out there. Praise God you got that back.
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