As you would expect, Disneyland was a great time today. Last night we dined at Downtown Disney and walked the neighborhood (read: fake village).
Today it was up bright and early and off to the Park. But that didn't do us much good since we forgot the tickets in the room. So we just continued around on the trolley and were in the doors of Disneyland by 10:20 or so, just 20 minutes after it had opened.
As our guide, we used a day itinerary we got out of Frommer's. We knew what we wanted to hit, but were willing to accept their recommendations on order.
And their order was no good. We started at Space Mountain, which was a rough introduction to the Park for Mary and for me, reminding me that roller coasters in the dark make me queasy. And then we followed up with Star Tours, which is always a little jerky and again--we both left not feeling in tip-top shape.
That's when we arrived at Indiana Jones right as they evacuated the lines because the ride was broken. But wait! Never mind, it works! We turned around and were first in line for a wonderful thrill ride that was so good that afterward Mary finally said "I get what the big deal is [with Disneyland]."
We did all the biggies. I even made Mary do "It's A Small World," which might have been cruel of me, but that's ok. How can you come to Disneyland and not ride Small World?
One important note. I remember getting splashed on Splash Mountain. And the people in the log flumes who disembarked in front of us as we got in were lightly sprayed. Our boat--sorry, log flume--got DRENCHED. Drenched like you would not believe. Drenched like water coming over the sides of the flume. Drenched. We had thought ahead and used our zip-loc bag from the flight to store our iPhones on the right we knew might get us wet. But ... man. Soaked right through my jeans, my shoes, my socks ... drenched.
If you're interested, here's the complete list of rides we did during the day, in order. We pretty much hit all the good ones!
Space Mountain
Star Tours
Indiana Jones
Pirates of the Caribbean
Haunted Mansion
It's a Small World (After All)
Matterhorn
Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
Splash Mountain
Enchanted Tiki Room
Jungle Cruise
Tomorrow we're going to Warner Bros and then to Jay Leno. I'll try to report afterward. Too bad I missed Obama last night on Leno. He had a few good zingers for Hillary that would have been very cool to see.
Thursday, October 18, 2007
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I would like a report on the new Pirates ride, please.
Last I was there, it was closed for construction and I was SO sad.
We got stuck once, on the old pirates ride at Disneyworld Orlando. That thing just keeps repeating the same phrase until your little robo-boat moves past, this got a little old after 20 minutes. The kids want to do Disneyland SO badly, one of these days we really need to go.
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