..and boy are our feet tired!
Three days of Disney Goodness is enough for anyone. (Except for the
boyz who want more more more more MORE!) It was a FANTASTIC week to
go there. Prime season was falling off, but all the attractions were
still open, with the exception of the Monorail and the Submarine ride
(which is undergoing rennovation with a Nemo theme). The lines were
INCREDIBLY short - for Disneyland - and we got on most rides in well
under 30 minutes. Except for after 6 pm when California Adventure
closed and the park-hoppers shifted over to the big "D", it was
remarkably uncrowded.
Our best day had us on well over 30 rides. (Of COURSE we kept track
of which rides we went on and how often. Doesn't everyone do that?)
Ozzy's going to do a full frequency analysis, but here's a nutshell.
The most popular (based on numer of times ridden) were:
CDA - Mulholland Madness (roller coaster)
CDA - Grizzly River Rapids (inner tube ride)
Matterhorn
Splash Mountain
Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters (video game in a moving vehicle - I WIN!!!)
Big Thunder Mountain
Space Mountain
Special mention for Ryan's personal favorites:
Mad Hatter Teacups
Astro Orbiters
and Ozzy's personal favorite:
Pirates of the Caribbean
The park was, admittedly, clean and everyone friendly of course. I
did see several batches of sparrows and one or two minor groups of
pigeons. (The pigeons never touched the ground, as far as I
remember.) There was one live mouse in the bushes near the Matterhorn
(NOT Mickey!) and one stray cat sunning itself outside the Indiana
Jones area.
Food was decent, better than the Carnation Hot Dogs I remember from
childhood, but definitely on the expensive side. We even reserved a
table at the Blue Bayou restaurant, which had some very nice prime rib.
California Adventure was an interesting park, divided into attractions
based on geography. Redwoods/northern California had climbing trails
and a great rafting ride, Hollywood had the Tower of Terror and all
the shows, Paradise Pier with most of the roller coasters, The Wharf
which consisted mostly of food, drink (including margaritas!) and a
couple of factory tours (sourdough bread and tortillas...go figure).
The Bug's Life corner was quite well done. Lots of splash zones (not
one single dry spot on the boys when they were finished) and a few
rides for the little ones, but more impressively an excellent choice
of plants to give the feeling of being smaller than human height.
(Oversize leaves, clustered plants, etc.)
I only took about 300 MB of photos and short video clips. I guess it
wasn't so bad after all.
--G.H.
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